nyama choma

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Swahili nyama ya kuchoma.

Noun[edit]

nyama choma (uncountable)

  1. (Kenya) barbecued beef
    • [2007, Alfred Buregeya, “Aspects of the vocabulary of Kenyan English: an overview”, in Occasional Papers in Language and Linguistics‎[1], volume 3, pages 1–31:
      Below are other words which were borrowed from Kiswahili […] nyama choma [this is actually an incomplete version of nyama ya kuchoma (meat for roasting)]: roast meat]
    • 2015 May 24, Antonio Allegretti et al., “Economic valuation of pastoral meat production system in Arusha region, Tanzania”, in African Journal of Economic Review‎[2], volume 4, number 2:
      The meat sector is particularly developed in Arusha district and municipal council with increasing demand of meat by local people and a growing number of nyama choma businesses.
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