ˈchüfə noun
( -s )
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 — more at sibilant
: a European sedge ( Cyperus esculentus ) with small edible nutlike tubers — called also earth almond, ground almond, rush nut