http://wordie.org/words/gumbo Comments for the word 'Gumbo' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/gumbo#comments "Mma Ramotswe had more or less forgotten that Mma Makutsi spoke Ikalanga until one day she had used an Ikalanga word in the middle of a sentence, and it had stuck out.<br />'I have hurt my <a href="/words/gumbo">gumbo</a>,' Mma Makutsi had said.<br />Mma Ramotswe had looked at her in surprise. 'Your <a href="/words/gumbo">gumbo</a>?'<br />'Yes,' said Mma Makutsi. 'When I was walking to work today, I stepped into a pothole and hurt my <a href="/words/gumbo">gumbo</a>.' She paused, noticing the look of puzzlement on Mma Ramotswe's face. Then she realised. 'I'm sorry,' she said. 'Gumbo is foot in Ikalanga.'"<br />- 'The Full Cupboard of Life', Alexander McCall Smith. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:12:11 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/gumbo#comments http://wordie.org/words/gumbo#comments Other than <a href="/words/basenji">basenji</a>...not many. Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:24:32 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/gumbo#comments http://wordie.org/words/gumbo#comments Pure etymological ecstasy. How many English words come from Bantu? Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:00:45 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/gumbo#comments