umqombothi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Xhosa.

Noun

umqombothi (uncountable)

1. A beer made from maize, maize malt, sorghum malt, yeast and water, commonly found in South Africa.
   • [2023 July 6, Maria C. Hunt, “Could an ancient, climate-friendly crop be the future of beer?”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     He notes that South Africa has a traditional beer called umqombothi brewed from sorghum, a grain in the millet family.]