matoke
English
Alternative forms
- matooke, matooka
Etymology
From Luganda matooke.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /maˈtəʊkeɪ/
- Rhymes: -əʊkeɪ
Noun
matoke (uncountable)
- Mashed boiled bananas or plantains, a staple food in Uganda. [from 20th c.]
- 2016, Maya Jaggi, “Memories of Makerere”, in Literary Review, page 449:
- 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.
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Anagrams
- kamote