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Nyama choma

2 stages from Swahili to English.

Today it means a popular East African dish of grilled or roasted meat, especially goat or beef
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Stage 1 of 2
nyama choma
Swahili · medieval
"roasted meat"
literally roasted meat, from nyama (meat) and choma (to roast)
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Stage 2 of 2
nyama choma
English · 1900s
"East African grilled or roasted meat"
adopted directly for the East African grilled meat dish
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