umqombothi

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noun

A beer made from maize, maize malt, sorghum malt, yeast and water, commonly found in South Africa.

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Meanings

nounumqombothi (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA beer made from maize, maize malt, sorghum malt, yeast and water, commonly found in South Africa.

    He notes that South Africa has a traditional beer called umqombothi brewed from sorghum, a grain in the millet family.

    [2023 July 6, Maria C. Hunt, “Could an ancient, climate-friendly crop be the future of beer?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

Borrowed from Xhosa.

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APA

umqombothi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umqombothi

MLA

“umqombothi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umqombothi. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “umqombothi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umqombothi.

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