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matoke en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /maˈtəʊkeɪ/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Luganda matooke.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Mashed boiled bananas or plantains, a staple food in Uganda.
   • 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”, in Literary Review, page 449:

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