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potjiekos

potjiekos noun: food cooked in a three-legged pot or cauldron over an open fire.

Noun

potjiekos (plural potjiekos)

  1. (South Africa) Food cooked in a three-legged pot or cauldron over an open fire.

Forms of potjiekos

pluralpotjiekos

Origin of potjiekos

From Afrikaans potjiekos, from potjie (diminutive of pot (“pot”)) + kos (“food”).

Questions about potjiekos

What does potjiekos mean?
Potjiekos means food cooked in a three-legged pot or cauldron over an open fire.
What part of speech is potjiekos?
Potjiekos is a noun.
What is the plural of potjiekos?
The plural of potjiekos is potjiekos.

Words near potjiekos in the dictionary

  1. potions
  2. Potiphar
  3. potisign
  4. potisigns
  5. potjie
  6. potjiekos
  7. potjies
  8. Potkay
  9. Potkays
  10. potlach
  11. potlache

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