The story
- Old Tupi · derived frompa'muña“sticky”
- Brazilian Portuguese · borrowed frompamonha
- English todaypamonha
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pamonha. From Old Tupi pa'muña (“sticky”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pamonha
Today it means: A traditional Brazilian food, a dumpling made from sweetcorn and milk boiled wrapped in the husk, sometimes with a sweet or savoury filling; associated with festa junina winter celebrations. Full definition →
Brazilian Portuguese pamonha ← Old Tupi pa'muña