mabele

English

Etymology

From a Bantu language.

Noun

mabele (uncountable)

  1. (South Africa) sorghum; Sorghum bicolor
    • 1901 April 26, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎[1], volume 4, number 4, page 102:
      Locusts do not touch mabele, and therefore there is no excuse for not putting in more.

Anagrams

Tswana

Etymology

From Common Bantu *ìbèdé.

Noun

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mabele class 6

  1. sorghum

Tumbuka

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màbéèdè. Cognate with Chichewa maŵére and Yao maŵele.

Noun

mabele class 6

  1. plural of bele
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