# chufa
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chufa, possibly from Latin cȳphi (“gallingale perfume”), from Ancient Greek κῦφι (kûphi, “a kind of Egyptian incense”), from Egyptian kꜣpt (“incense”), a nominal derivative of kꜣp (“to cense”).

### Noun

chufa (countable and uncountable, plural chufas)
* Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).
** 2001, Clifford A. Wright, Mediterranean Vegetables, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 119:Chufa is most popular in two places in the Mediterranean, Spain and Egypt (especially around Damietta). In Spain, especially in the region of Valencia, chufa is used to make a drink called horchata.
** 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 6, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:The chinese water chestnut and the tiger nut, or chufa, are both members of the sedge family, a group of water grasses that includes papyrus.

#### Synonyms

* chufa sedge, yellow nutsedge, tigernut sedge, earthalmond

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Cyperus esculentus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Cyperus esculentus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Cyperus esculentus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

### Anagrams

* fauch

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese chufa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Back-formation from chufar (“to brag”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃufa̝/

#### Noun

chufa m (plural chufas)
* mockery; joke; witty
* flattery, praise
* boast, brag

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chufa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chufa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chufa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chufa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chufa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “chufa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

chufa
* inflection of chufar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃu.fɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃu.fɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃu.fa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃu.fɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃu.fɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃu.fɐ/
* Hyphenation: chu‧fa

### Verb

chufa
* inflection of chufar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃufa/ [ˈt͡ʃu.fa]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ufa
* Syllabification: chu‧fa

### Etymology 1

Not completely certain. Suggested from Latin cȳphi (“gallingale perfume”), but the continuity of this word is doubtful. Perhaps instead the same word as trufa.

#### Noun

chufa f (plural chufas)
* chufa
    Synonyms: cuca, alcatufa
* tiger nut (edible tuber of that plant)

##### Descendants

* → English: chufa

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

chufa f (plural chufas)
* (colloquial) slap in the face
    Synonyms: bofetada, tortazo
* (archaic, colloquial) lie
    Synonyms: burla, mofa, mentira

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

chufa
* inflection of chufar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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