githeri

English

Alternative forms

• muthere, mutheri

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Kikuyu gĩtheri”)

Noun

githeri (uncountable)

1. A traditional Kenyan meal of maize and beans mixed and boiled together.
   • 2017 July, “‘I find myself saving 10 per cent or less, sometimes none’”, in Daily Nation‎:

     I spend about Sh200 on food daily; Sh50 on breakfast (tea with two mandazis), a Sh100 lunch that comprises a plate of githeri with avocado and another Sh50 supper that is ugali and sukuma wiki.

Further reading

• githeri on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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