tomaca
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, influenced by pataca, a variant of patata (“potato”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [tuˈma.kə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [toˈma.kə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [toˈma.ka]
Audio (Valencia): (file) - Rhymes: -aka
- Hyphenation: to‧ma‧ca
Noun
tomaca f (plural tomaques)
- alternative form of tomàquet
Descendants
- → Spanish: tumaca
Further reading
- “tomaca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007