Matoke
//maˈtəʊkeɪ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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