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tuo zaafi

/tuoˈzaːfi/

tuo zaafi noun: a staple food, made with maize or millet flower, commonly eaten in northern Ghana.

tuo zaafi: a staple food, made with maize or millet flower, commonly eaten in northern Ghana
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Noun

tuo zaafi (uncountable)

  1. A staple food, made with maize or millet flower, commonly eaten in northern Ghana.

Forms of tuo zaafi

alternative abbreviationTZ

Origin of tuo zaafi

Borrowed from Hausa tuo (“cooked flour”) + zaafi (“hot”).

Questions about tuo zaafi

What does tuo zaafi mean?
Tuo zaafi means a staple food, made with maize or millet flower, commonly eaten in northern Ghana.
What part of speech is tuo zaafi?
Tuo zaafi is a noun.
How do you pronounce tuo zaafi?
Tuo zaafi is pronounced /tuoˈzaːfi/.

Words near tuo zaafi in the dictionary

  1. Tunuchuks
  2. Tunworth
  3. Tunxi
  4. Tunxis
  5. tuny
  6. tuo zaafi
  7. Tuoba
  8. Tuohey
  9. Tuoheys
  10. Tuohy
  11. Tuohys

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