Matoke

//maˈtəʊkeɪ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Mashed boiled bananas or plantains, a staple food in Uganda. uncountable

    "The two men walk down the hill from Makerere University but get no further than Wandegeya, a cacophonous slum of scrap-iron artisans, blaring radios and ragged-trousered clients frequenting matoke and waragi bars."

Example

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"The two men walk down the hill from Makerere University but get no further than Wandegeya, a cacophonous slum of scrap-iron artisans, blaring radios and ragged-trousered clients frequenting matoke and waragi bars."

Etymology

From Luganda matooke.

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