mabele

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “Per Wikipedia, from Northern Sotho mabele. Compare Tswana lebele.”

Noun[edit]

mabele (uncountable)

  1. (South Africa) sorghum; Sorghum bicolor
    • 1901 April 26, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎[1], volume 4, number 4, page 102:
      Locusts do not touch mabele, and therefore there is no excuse for not putting in more.

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