titiwi

plural titiwis · alternative titiri · alternative tritri · alternative tri-tri

1. CaribbeancountableuncountableA juvenile goby.

   We used to go and get watercress and titiwi - walking through the bushes, going to the garden.

   2012, Celia Sorhaindo, Polly Pattullo, Home Again: Stories of Migration and Return, →ISBN

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   At certain times of the year a delicious and diminutive fry of clear gray color, known as "titiri," is taken in sheets at the river mouths.

   1938, Douglas Taylor, “Bulletin 119: The Caribs of Dominica”, in Anthropological Papers, number 3, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology

   In addition to these staples, the villagers are supplied animal proteins from wild animals and creatures such as manique (tree kangaroo), agoutis (Dasyprocta spp.) ciwiks (land crab), viyos (stream snail), cuibishes (cray fish), titiwis (sea fish), etc.

   1987, Masao Yamaguchi, Masao Naitō, Social and festive space in the Caribbean

   Recent additions to the calendar of celebrations include the community-based Titiwi Festival held in Layou village and Cochrane's Rabbit Festival. At these events, against a backdrop of music and other entertainment, residents and visitors get to sample titiwi (a tiny translucent fish) or rabbit cooked in a variety of different ways.

   2011, Ken Albala, Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia - Volume 2, →ISBN, page 116

   Ackra is a kind of seasoned and fried fritter, often made from codfish, breadfruit, tannia and, from September to November, in the days after the moon's last quarter, titiwi, which is a juvenile goby caught in fine nets at the mouths of rivers.

   2016, Paul Crask, Dominica, →ISBN, page 55