ahoren
Guanche
Etymology
From Proto-Berber *a-βV̆rn. See Tashelhit ⴰⴳⴳⵯⵔⵏ (aggʷrn, “flour”), Kabyle awrn (“flour”).
Noun
ahoren
- (Tenerife) roasted barley flour
- 1772, José de Viera y Clavijo, Noticias de la historia general de las Islas de Canaria, page 131:
- Ahoren. Harina de cebada tostada.
- Ahoren. Roasted barley flour.
- Synonym: (Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote dialect) gorio (“roasted barley flour”)
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See also
- tamosen (“barley”)
References
- Blench, Roger. "The peopling of the Canaries: new data and new hypotheses" (PDF).