hominy

== English == === Etymology === First recorded in 1629. From Powhatan ("Virginia Algonquian"), though the exact source word is in question: suggestions include uskatahomen, appuminnéonash (“parched corn”), and rokohamin (“parched, ground corn”), the last yielding also the unclipped rockahominy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɒmɪni/ Homophone: harmony (non-rhotic, father-bother merger, weak vowel merger) === Noun === hominy (usually uncountable, plural hominies) A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits. Synonym: nixtamal ==== Derived terms ==== hominy snow ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === hominy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia