divai

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Meaning

An alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice, drunk at meals and used in church at Holy Communion.

Good to know

An n class noun with no plural change, from Portuguese; mvinyo is the more common word in Tanzanian speech. Mkate na divai, bread and wine, is the church phrase.

Examples

• Padri alibariki mkate na divai.The priest blessed the bread and wine.
• Walikunywa glasi moja ya divai wakati wa chakula.They drank one glass of wine with the meal.
• Divai hii imetengenezwa kutoka zabibu za Dodoma.This wine is made from Dodoma grapes.

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