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sosatie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sosatie
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kebab of curried meat on a skewer (usually not pork), cooked over an open flame or on the braai.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Tamil சதை (catai)bor. Javanese ꦱꦠꦺ (saté)bor. Balinese saté Balinese sesatébor.? Betawi sesatébor. Malay sosatiebor. Afrikaans sosatieubor. English sosatie Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans sosatie, from Malay (Cape Malay) sosatie, from Betawi sesaté (“spiced meat on a skewer”), ultimately from Tamil சதை (catai). Doublet of satay and shacha.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sosatie, sesaté, சதை

Usage

Inflected Forms

sosaties (plural)

Questions

What does sosatie mean?
A kebab of curried meat on a skewer (usually not pork), cooked over an open flame or on the braai.
Where does sosatie come from?
Etymology tree Tamil சதை (catai)bor. Javanese ꦱꦠꦺ (saté)bor. Balinese saté Balinese sesatébor.? Betawi sesatébor. Malay sosatiebor. Afrikaans sosatieubor. English sosatie Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans sosatie, from Malay (Cape Malay) sosatie, from Betawi sesaté (“spiced meat on a skewer”), ultimately from Tamil சதை (catai). Doublet of satay and shacha.

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