fufu
A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy…A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean, and sometimes sold in dry powdered or granulated form.
» The mass of children are eating fufu.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean, and sometimes sold in dry powdered or granulated form.
Examples
6 sentencesThe mass of children are eating fufu.
"You eat fufu every day?" "I eat it almost every day."
de„Isst du jeden Tag Foufou?“ – „Ich esse es fast jeden Tag.“
My mother cooks fufu.
The child always eats fufu.
The children always eat fufu.
Origin
From West African languages, such as Lingala fufú (“white-white”).From West African languages, such as Lingala fufú (“white-white”).
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Synonyms
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