Etymology

mashua

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Today it means: A root vegetable grown in the Andes, Tropaeolum tuberosum. Full definition →

Spanish mashua
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mashua · noun1

  1. Spanish · borrowed frommashua
  2. English todaymashua

From Spanish mashua, from an indigenous language.

mashua · noun2

  1. Swahili · borrowed frommashua
  2. Swahili · borrowed frommashua
  3. English todaymashua

Borrowed from Swahili mashua (“boat”), borrowed from Omani Arabic ماشوة.

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