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kenkey

kenkey noun: a West African staple food made from a ball of boiled and fermented dough, usually maize, wrapped with husk or large leaf.

kenkey: a West African staple food made from a ball of boiled and fermented dough, usually maize, wrapped...
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Noun

kenkey (uncountable)

  1. A West African staple food made from a ball of boiled and fermented dough, usually maize, wrapped with husk or large leaf.

Forms of kenkey

alternative formkenke
alternative formkenky
alternative formkonkee

Questions about kenkey

What does kenkey mean?
Kenkey means a West African staple food made from a ball of boiled and fermented dough, usually maize, wrapped with husk or large leaf.
What part of speech is kenkey?
Kenkey is a noun.

Words near kenkey in the dictionary

  1. Kenkel
  2. Kenkels
  3. kenken
  4. kenkeni
  5. KenKens
  6. kenkey
  7. kenkiid
  8. kenkiids
  9. kenky
  10. Kenley
  11. kenlore

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