chufa
noun
chu·fa
ˈchüfə
plural -s
: yellow nutsedge
Word History
Etymology
Spanish, from Old Spanish, tidbit, trifle, joke, from chufar to joke, alteration (influenced by trufar to fib) of chuflar to ridicule, whistle, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin sufilare to whistle, alteration of Latin sibilare
- promise the moon
- promise the stars
- promise the world
- promised
- promised her the stars and the moon
- promised land
- promised lands
- promisee
- promisees
- promiseful
- promiser
- sedilia
- sediment
- sediment bulb
- sedimentable
- sedimental
- sedimentarily
- sedimentary
- sedimentary rock
- sedimentate
- sedimentation
- sedimentationist
- sedimentations
- sedimented
- sedimenting