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gumbo

(n): any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water

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(n): the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

(n): tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus

(n): a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

(n): long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

(n): edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

(n): a soup or stew thickened with okra pods

(n): liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

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5 months ago bilby said:

"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.
'I have hurt my gumbo,' Mma Makutsi had said.
Mma Ramotswe had looked at her in surprise. 'Your gumbo?'
'Yes,' said Mma Makutsi. 'When I was walking to work today, I stepped into a pothole and hurt my gumbo.' 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.'"
- 'The Full Cupboard of Life', Alexander McCall Smith.

7 months ago mollusque said:

Other than basenji...not many.

7 months ago seanahan said:

Pure etymological ecstasy. How many English words come from Bantu?

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