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quinoa (KEEN-wah, kee-NOH-uh) - n., an amaranth (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andean highlands cultivated for its edible, starchy seeds; the seeds of this plant.
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FWIW, I rarely hear that second pronunciation. We cook it a lot in our house -- it has a nicely low glycemic index -- though not as much as rice. We got the name from Latin American Spanish quinoa/quínoa/quinua, from Quechua kínua/kinwa.
And since we're on food, a bonus word: lima bean (LAI-muh BEEN) - n., a bean (Phaseolus limensis) with a broad, flat, edible seed; the seed of this plant, also called butter bean.
Despite it being pronounced differently, it is indeed named after Lima, Peru (LEE-mah), from Classical Quechua Limaq, the one who speaks, after an oracle that was pronounced there, which in modern Quechua is rimaq, from rimay, to speak.
---L.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
FWIW, I rarely hear that second pronunciation. We cook it a lot in our house -- it has a nicely low glycemic index -- though not as much as rice. We got the name from Latin American Spanish quinoa/quínoa/quinua, from Quechua kínua/kinwa.
And since we're on food, a bonus word: lima bean (LAI-muh BEEN) - n., a bean (Phaseolus limensis) with a broad, flat, edible seed; the seed of this plant, also called butter bean.
Despite it being pronounced differently, it is indeed named after Lima, Peru (LEE-mah), from Classical Quechua Limaq, the one who speaks, after an oracle that was pronounced there, which in modern Quechua is rimaq, from rimay, to speak.
---L.
