masa

[ mah-suh; Spanish mah-sah ]

/ ˈmɑ sə; Spanish ˈmɑ sɑ /

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flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.

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<Spanish: dough <Latin massa;see mass

Any time of the day here is good to try tayoyos, an oval-shaped cake made of masa and stuffed with beans and avocado leaves.
The Road to Cinco de Mayo|Tania Lara|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When he signed his contract with MASA, he signed away the opportunity to visit the West Bank.
No Talk, No Peace: How Israel's Separation Barrier Cuts Off the Conversation|Angela Zimmann|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They want to explain to other MASA students why, exactly, Naftali Bennett was so bad.
Why Don't Young Diaspora Jews Like Naftali Bennett?|Elisheva Goldberg|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Un ydolo de masa, de una masa que llaman tzoally, la cual se hace de semilla de bledos y maiz amasado con miel.
The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))|John G. Bourke

Beneath the suspended calabashes was placed a small table containing piles of tortillas and calabashes of masa and water.
The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras|Thomas William Francis Gann
Two more tutiua were next made, and lastly all the masa and sikil left were mixed together with a few ounces of salt.
The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras|Thomas William Francis Gann
The masa was taken from the large to the small shed, where the priest and several male members of the family sat around it.
The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras|Thomas William Francis Gann
Giuseppe La Masa bound to a stick a white pocket-handkerchief, a red one, and a green ribbon, and waved the three Italian colours.
The Revolutionary Movement of 1848-9 in Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany|C. Edmund (Charles Edmund) Maurice