mama ntilien.

Brit.

/ˌmamə (ə)nˈtiːlɪeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌmɑmə (ə)nˈtiliˌeɪ/, East African English

/ˌmama nˈtilie/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1900s– mama ntilie, 1900s– mama n'tilie.

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili mama ntilie.

Etymology: < Swahili mama ntilie, specific use of a verb phrase with the sense ‘madam, put (it) for me (on it, i.e. the plate)’ < mama mother, also used as polite form of address for any adult woman (compare mama n.¹) + ntilie < ni-, first person singular object marker + -tilie, imperative (implying an indirect object) of -tia to put, place.Compare the apparently independently-formed mama put n. in West African English.

Tanzanian English and Kenyan English.

A street vendor, typically a woman, selling cooked food at low prices from a handcart or stall. Also: a street stall or roadside restaurant run by such a vendor. Cf. mama put n.

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1993 Ottawa Citizen 21 Feb. b4/2 You smell cassava roasting and hear the sound of potatoes frying at the little shacks where workers fill up, fast and cheap. In Dar es Salaam these places are known as Mama N'tilie, which translates roughly as ‘Mother, give it to me’, or ‘Mother, fill me up’.

2007 Africa News (Nexis) 11 Aug. Sunflower oil is commonly used in frying and cooking in homes, restaurants and ‘mama ntilie’.

2020 @manbwax_ 3 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 18 Dec. 2020) My mama ntilie gives me attitude, yells at me but her food is so fire.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	mama ntilie
释义	mama ntilien. Brit. /ˌmamə (ə)nˈtiːlɪeɪ/, U.S. /ˌmɑmə (ə)nˈtiliˌeɪ/, East African English /ˌmama nˈtilie/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1900s– mama ntilie, 1900s– mama n'tilie. Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili mama ntilie. Etymology: < Swahili mama ntilie, specific use of a verb phrase with the sense ‘madam, put (it) for me (on it, i.e. the plate)’ < mama mother, also used as polite form of address for any adult woman (compare mama n.¹) + ntilie < ni-, first person singular object marker + -tilie, imperative (implying an indirect object) of -tia to put, place.Compare the apparently independently-formed mama put n. in West African English. Tanzanian English and Kenyan English. A street vendor, typically a woman, selling cooked food at low prices from a handcart or stall. Also: a street stall or roadside restaurant run by such a vendor. Cf. mama put n. ΚΠ 1993 Ottawa Citizen 21 Feb. b4/2 You smell cassava roasting and hear the sound of potatoes frying at the little shacks where workers fill up, fast and cheap. In Dar es Salaam these places are known as Mama N'tilie, which translates roughly as ‘Mother, give it to me’, or ‘Mother, fill me up’. 2007 Africa News (Nexis) 11 Aug. Sunflower oil is commonly used in frying and cooking in homes, restaurants and ‘mama ntilie’. 2020 @manbwax_ 3 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 18 Dec. 2020) My mama ntilie gives me attitude, yells at me but her food is so fire. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1993
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