masa

ma·sa  (mäs)

n.

Dough made of dried corn that has been soaked in limewater then rinsed and ground, used especially in tortillas and tamales.

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[American Spanish, from Spanish, dough, from Old Spanish, from Latin massa, mass, dough; see mass.]

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Masa - an independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages Chadic, Chadic language, Chad - a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa