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ugali

ugali noun: african cornmeal porridge.

ugali: african cornmeal porridge
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Noun

ugali (uncountable)

  1. 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

Origin of ugali

Borrowed from Swahili ugali, from an Eastern Sudanic language.

Questions about ugali

What does ugali mean?
Ugali means african cornmeal porridge.
What part of speech is ugali?
Ugali is a noun.

Words near ugali in the dictionary

  1. UGA
  2. Ugadi
  3. ugal
  4. Ugalde
  5. Ugaldes
  6. ugali
  7. ugals
  8. Uganda
  9. Uganda grass
  10. Ugandan
  11. Ugandan affairs

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