mbegen.

Brit.

/(ə)mˈbɛɡeɪ/, U.S.

/(ə)mˈbɛɡeɪ/, East African English

/mˈbeɡe/

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili mbege.

Etymology: < Swahili mbege, perhaps < Chaga mbeke finger millet (although this poses formal problems) or a cognate in a related language.

Tanzanian English.

A traditional home-brewed beer of the Chagga people of Tanzania, made from fermented bananas and finger millet flour.Cf. banana beer n. at banana n. Additions.

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1972 Tanzania News Rev. July 8 An important commercial crop is finger-millet which is used together with bananas for brewing ‘mbege’, a popular brand of liquor throughout Kilimanjaro.

1985 A. Fleuret & P. Fleuret in D. J. Cattle & K. S. Schwerin Food Energy Trop. Ecosystems vii. 160 The brewing, distribution and sale of mbege are primarily the responsibility of women who use fruits which they have cultivated in their own farm plots.

2016 Citizen (Tanzania) (Nexis) 16 Dec. Adults sipped mbege in special gourds called katas.

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

单词	mbege
释义	mbegen. Brit. /(ə)mˈbɛɡeɪ/, U.S. /(ə)mˈbɛɡeɪ/, East African English /mˈbeɡe/ Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili mbege. Etymology: < Swahili mbege, perhaps < Chaga mbeke finger millet (although this poses formal problems) or a cognate in a related language. Tanzanian English. A traditional home-brewed beer of the Chagga people of Tanzania, made from fermented bananas and finger millet flour.Cf. banana beer n. at banana n. Additions. ΚΠ 1972 Tanzania News Rev. July 8 An important commercial crop is finger-millet which is used together with bananas for brewing ‘mbege’, a popular brand of liquor throughout Kilimanjaro. 1985 A. Fleuret & P. Fleuret in D. J. Cattle & K. S. Schwerin Food Energy Trop. Ecosystems vii. 160 The brewing, distribution and sale of mbege are primarily the responsibility of women who use fruits which they have cultivated in their own farm plots. 2016 Citizen (Tanzania) (Nexis) 16 Dec. Adults sipped mbege in special gourds called katas. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1972
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