chuño

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua ch'uñu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuɲo/ [ˈt͡ʃu.ɲo]

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• Rhymes: -uɲo
• Syllabification: chu‧ño

Noun

chuño m (plural chuños)

1. (South America) freeze-dried potato; potato starch

Further reading

• “chuño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024