Meanings
plural kapanas · alternative okapana
- Namibiauncountablebarbecued meat, especially as street food.
- NamibiacountableA street food vendor.
In the Okakarara area in Namibia, relations between commercial food stores and the "kapanas," the traditional street vendors, seem to be good and they appear to act in a complementary fashion.
2010, Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, page 236
Origin
- Ndongaokapana
- Englishkapana
From Ndonga okapana.
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