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Compound of mama (noun) + put (verb), from the diner's instruction to have food put on the plate.
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Today it means: A stall selling Nigerian street food. Full definition →
Compound of mama (noun) + put (verb), from the diner's instruction to have food put on the plate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.