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ugali en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Eastern Sudanicder. Swahili ugalibor. English ugali Borrowed from Swahili ugali, from an Eastern Sudanic language.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) African cornmeal porridge
    • Still tall as the doorway, still fat from crocodile meat and ugali porridge. 2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 256:

Translations (7)

zu uphuthu (maize flour porridge — see also maize flour porridge) · ki ngima (maize flour porridge — see also maize flour porridge) · rw ubugari (maize flour porridge — see also maize flour porridge) · sn sadza (maize flour porridge — see also maize flour porridge) · af mieliepap (maize flour porridge — see also maize flour porridge) · sw ugali (maize flour porridge — see also maize flour porridge) · ts vuswa (maize flour porridge — see also maize flour porridge)