ahoren

Guanche

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *a-βV̆rn. See Tashelhit ⴰⴳⴳⵯⵔⵏ (aggʷrn, “flour”), Kabyle awrn (“flour”).

Noun

ahoren

(Tenerife) roasted barley flour
Synonym: (Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote dialect) gorio (“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.

See also

tamosen (“barley”)

References

Blench, Roger. "The peopling of the Canaries: new data and new hypotheses" (PDF).

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