tafona

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese atafona, from Andalusian Arabic الطَاحُونَة (aṭ-ṭāḥūna), from Arabic طَاحُونَة (ṭāḥūna, “mill”). Compare Portuguese atafona and Spanish tahona.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taˈfona̝/

Noun

tafona m (plural tafonas)

  1. bakery
    Synonyms: forno, panadaría

References
  • “tafona” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “tafona” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “tafona” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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