Etymology

matoke

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Today it means: Mashed boiled bananas or plantains, a staple food in Uganda. Full definition →

First used 20th c.Luganda matooke
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  1. Luganda · borrowed frommatooke
  2. Luganda · borrowed frommatooke
  3. English todaymatoke

Borrowed from Luganda matooke.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. Mashed boiled bananas or plantains, a staple food in Uganda.

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