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▪ I. maas S. Afr.|maːs|
Also amaaz, amas, amasi.
[f. Zulu (prefix) ama- + si milk.]
Thickened sour milk.
1833S. Kay Trav. Caffraria i. v. 121 Their general diet extremely simple. This ordinarily consists of milk, which..they invariably use in a sour curdled state. It is called amaaz, and rendered thus thick and acidulous by being kept in leathern sacks or bottles. 1857Cape Monthly Mag. I. 289 The men are not allowed to drink any amasi or thick sour milk from a kraal of which they may think of courting a girl. 1882W. R. Ludlow Zululand & Cetewayo vii. 73 Maas, which is the chief food of the Zulus, where there are large herds of cattle, is most delicious and nourishing food. 1946J. Hertslet Bantu Folk Tales v. 61 A wether had been killed and a large piece of its meat was put with the maas and beer. 1952S. Cloete Curve & Tusk (1953) iii. 33 He ate..maas, the sour thickened milk of the indigenous people. 1953R. Campbell Mamba's Precipice ii. 24 They solidified the milk in calabashes and called it Maas. 1967O. Walker Hippo Poacher 18 He provided them with amasi or sour milk.
▪ II. maas, maat
obs. forms of mace, mate. |