mojama
English
Etymology
From Spanish mojama, from Andalusian Arabic المُوسَامِمَا (“like mummified flesh”), from Arabic مُوسَامِمَا (mūsāmimā, “of wax”).
Spanish
Alternative forms
- almojama (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈxama/
Etymology
From earlier almojama, from Andalusian Arabic المُوسَامِمَا (“like mummified flesh”), from Arabic مُوسَامِمَا (mūsāmimā, “of wax”).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mojama” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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