waragi
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Luganda waragi, itself from English war + gin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwaɹəɡi/, /ˈwaɹəd͡ʒi/
Noun
waragi (countable and uncountable, plural waragis)
- A distilled alcoholic beverage made from bananas or millet, common in Uganda.
- 2016, Maya Jaggi, ‘Memories of Makerere’, Literary Review, 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.
- 2016, Maya Jaggi, ‘Memories of Makerere’, Literary Review, 449:
Anagrams
- Girawa, Wagria