umngqusho
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Research umngqusho, a South African dish and reportedly the favorite food of Nelson Mandela. Discuss the process of preparing umngqusho."
- "There are traditional dishes such as Mopani worms, mogodu or unbleached tripe; and umngqusho, which is braised beef shin with maize porridge, billed as former President Nelson Mandela's favourite dish."
- "In many Xhosa households, Wednesday is umngqusho day. It's the way we all grew up. Like Fridays in the Eastern Cape are always dumplings with meat day."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *gʊ́- Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀- Proto-Bantu *gʊ́-mʊ̀- Xhosa um- Xhosa -ngqúsha Xhosa -o Xhosa úḿngqúshobor. English umngqusho Borrowed from Xhosa úḿngqúsho.