yuca
English
A box of raw yuca
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Galibi Carib yuca (“cassava”).
Noun
yuca (countable and uncountable, plural yucas)
- Cassava
- cassava root
- 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 485:
- She spooned out yuca into what I assume was my plate, and chorizo from a red frying pan.
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Usage notes
Do not confuse this plant with yucca.
Spanish
Etymology
From Taíno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝuka/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.ka]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃuka/ [ˈʃu.ka]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒuka/ [ˈʒu.ka]
- Rhymes: -uka
- Syllabification: yu‧ca
Further reading
- “yuca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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