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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Tuza

English translation:

Corn husks

Added to glossary by Eileen Brophy
Apr 22, 2008 21:01
16 yrs ago
Spanish term

Tuza

Spanish to English Social Sciences Geography Honduras
The only definition I have found is mole. How can a mole be used by an artesano? This is the context....

Otros materiales naturales empleados por los artesanos hondureños son cuero, calabazas, flores secas, semillas, tuza y junca.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +3 Corn husks
4 +1 corn cob
4 +1 corn leaf
3 tuza flowers
3 mud (tusile)
4 -1 Loofah
4 -1 Estropajo

Discussion

Juan Jacob Apr 22, 2008:
Está claro... son hojas secas de maíz. Saludos.
Eileen Brophy (asker) Apr 22, 2008:
This is the link I opened then sent them an email asking them what a Tuza is


http://cecoeco.catie.ac.cr/bancoconocimiento/T/Tiendamunecas...
CodSeccion=32&IntMenu=5&MagSigla=MENU_NEGO
Eileen Brophy (asker) Apr 22, 2008:
I have contacted the people who make the dolls and asked them exactly what the "tuza" is so we will know soon. Many thanks to you all!!!

Eileen
Sandra Rodriguez Apr 22, 2008:
¡Son lindas las muñecas de tuza de maíz! Gracias por la ref Lydia!
Lisa McCarthy Apr 22, 2008:
Ok - from what I understand - corn cob can be used in pipe-making and corn husk in things like dolls, paper, cards, flowers, necklaces as I've indicated below. But looking at Google sites the Spanish for `corn cob' is 'marlo', as in `Pipas de Marlo'
Juan Jacob Apr 22, 2008:
In Google, you type: tuza de maíz Honduras... there's a lot there. AFAIK, that's corn leaves.
Lydia De Jorge Apr 22, 2008:
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&q=muñecas de tuza...
Sandra Rodriguez Apr 22, 2008:
El cuerpo duro de una mazorca tal vez puede servir para un trabajo artesanal. Corn cob:hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/corn cob
Sandra Rodriguez Apr 22, 2008:
Depende del país. Según el DRAE, en Nicaragua “tuza” significa “hoja que envuelve la mazorca del maíz”. Pero en Honduras tal vez es el cuerpo duro de la mazorca, el “corn Cob” que apunta Lydia.

Proposed translations

+3
27 mins
Selected

Corn husks

another word for the outside of the corn and probably more correct than `leaf'


http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/crafting/article/0,,HGTV_3352_15128...
Corn husks dolls and flowers are two of those traditional crafts that are unfortunately often forgotten these days.

Flowers, dolls, necklaces are made from the corn husks. The festival includes fireworks, music, and a parade with floats carrying children dressed almost completely with corn products.
http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/2006/11/festival-of-c...


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Note added at 33 mins (2008-04-22 21:35:26 GMT)
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CORN HUSK FIGURES ("TOTOMOXTLE")

The elaboration of dried corn husks is a traditional craft in the village of San Antonino Castillo Velasco. Small figures and village scenes including religious processions and bands of musicians, are the creations of Hermenegildo Contreras Cruz and his brother. They won a national contest in Veracruz with their "jarocho" dance and a bevy of Oaxaca beauties in regional costume. The brothers also work with straw flowers, the "flor inmortal." Work in both materials is displayed at the Zocalo on the Night of the Radishes, December 23rd, when the artisans set up elaborate scenes in these unusual and ephemeral forms of popular art.
http://oaxaca-hotel-group.com/more-about-oaxaca/handicrafts-...

But there's an enormous variety of gifts of all kinds to choose from, such as the crêche (€38) at left, which is hand-crafted from corn husks, or the glass bead and yarn necklaces (€33) at right.
Spazio Artigiano, vicolo dei Serpenti 13, in the Monti district.
SEE IMAGE
http://www.inromenow.com/site templates/ChristmasShopping2.h...

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Note added at 14 hrs (2008-04-23 11:17:48 GMT)
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WEBSITE ABOUT HONDURAS

The township of Nuevo Celilac in Santa Barbara has organized a town fair where several bands will play Caramba and Marimba - another traditional instrument of ***Honduras. Colorful handicrafts made of tusa, or cornhusks, ***will also be sold at the fair.
http://www.marrder.com/htw/2002sep/cultural.htm
Peer comment(s):
agree Juan Jacob : Por lo que veo en guguel, es lo más probable. Artesanía hecha con hojas secas de maíz. Algo de eso también hay en México, hechas de totomoxtle, como apuntas.
27 mins
Gracias Juan
agree Sheila Hardie : that's my interpretation of the term too
11 hrs
Thanks Sheila!
agree jacana54 (X) : Así que este era el término adecuado en inglés; qué linda investigación, Lisa, y qué preciosas muñecas :))
14 hrs
Gracias Lucia. Pero lo de munecas - nunca me han atraido!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "A wonderful job Lisa, very many thanks :-))"
8 mins

tuza flowers

http://www.hondurasinfo.hn/cipres/Eventos/DisenoAcabadosTall...

See page 3, Chart #1, last column of rows 1 and 3.

I haven't been able to find whether they have another name in English.
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11 mins

mud (tusile)

I found a few hits on Google, but none are too exact. "Tusile" = mole excrement.
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+1
12 mins

corn cob

tuza1.
(De tusa2).
1. f. rur. Nic. Hoja que envuelve la mazorca del maíz.
2. f. Nic. dinero (‖ moneda corriente).

http://www.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2007/abril/29/noticias/mo...
Peer comment(s):
agree Sandra Rodriguez : Aunque creo que no es la hoja, sino el cuerpo duro de la mazorca, justamente el "corn cob".
29 mins
Gracias Sandra! Salu2!
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+1
16 mins

corn leaf

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Peer comment(s):
agree jacana54 (X) : This must be it : )) Aquí: muñecas de Guatemala hechas con hoja de maíz. http://www.negociosgt.com/main.php?id_area=2&id_categoria_se...
3 mins
Thanks Lucia!
neutral Oscar Medina : One thing is a spathe, i.e. a leaflike bract that encloses a corn ear, and a corn leaf is quite another. I guess it depends on which of the two is a "tuza" for Hondurans.
5 days
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-1
5 hrs

Loofah

Ve Google Images... (Yo creia que esa TUSA, con "S")
Reference:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=loofah&gbv=2

Note from asker:
A loofah is another plant!!!
Peer comment(s):
disagree Lisa McCarthy : No, see the following link where they use Tusa instead of Tuza, explaining that Tuza are 'cornhusks'. http://www.marrder.com/htw/2002sep/cultural.htm. It is also highly unlikely that they are going to make dolls from loofah.
9 hrs
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-1
5 hrs

Estropajo

otra...
Reference:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://agronomia.nireblog.com/blogs/agronomia/files/pashte.gif&imgrefurl=http://agronomia.nireblog.co

Peer comment(s):
disagree Lisa McCarthy : see above comment
9 hrs
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