pombe
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of pombe
Swahili
Example Sentences
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He gave abundance of food, pombe, and bananas; the country being extremely fertile.
From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Horace Waller
“Ask this tallest one why will he not take this cup of pombe from the hand of Ferodia, chief of the Watuta warriors.”
From My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
"Oh, your majesty, to wipe the mouth after drinking pombe."
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
They were literally lying in heaps on the ground, though the people were brewing pombe all day, and cooking them for dinner every evening.
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
He explained that Kamrasi was in a great rage because we only received seven goats instead of thirty, the number he had ordered Kwibeya to give us, besides pombe and plantains without limitation.
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
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