umngqusho

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Xhosa umngqusho.

Noun

umngqusho (uncountable)

1. A Bantu dish of maize and vegetables.
   • 2004, Wanda Cobb Finnen, Talking Drums: Reading and Writing with African American Stories, Spirituals, and Multimedia Resources, page 146:

     Research umngqusho, a South African dish and reportedly the favorite food of Nelson Mandela. Discuss the process of preparing umngqusho.

   • 2009 August 13, Celean Jacobson, “Cultural heart of Jo'burg”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     There are traditional dishes such as Mopani worms, mogodu or unbleached tripe; and umngqusho, which is braised beef shin with maize porridge, billed as former President Nelson Mandela's favourite dish.

   • 2011, Xoliswa Ndoyiya, Ukutya Kwasekhaya: Tastes from Nelson Mandela's Kitchen, page 49:

     In many Xhosa households, Wednesday is umngqusho day. It's the way we all grew up. Like Fridays in the Eastern Cape are always dumplings with meat day.

Xhosa

Etymology

From um- +‎ -ngqusha +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [úḿ̩ŋǃṳ̌ːʃo]

Noun

úḿngqúsho class 3 (plural ímíngqúsho class 4)

1. samp

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