Swahili
kangara
kan-GA-ra
How to say it
Swahilikangarakan-GA-rasoon
Englishcorn beersoon
Frenchbière de maïssoon
Meaning
a traditional beer brewed from corn husks and sweetened with honey.
Good to know
a traditional home-brewed drink, made and drunk especially at festive gatherings.
Examples
- Wazee walikunywa kangara kwenye sherehe ya mavuno.The elders drank kangara at the harvest celebration.
- Kangara hii ina utamu wa asali.This kangara has the sweetness of honey.
- Je, unajua jinsi ya kutengeneza kangara?Do you know how to make kangara?
- Kangara ilichacha kwa siku tatu kabla ya kunywewa.The kangara fermented for three days before being drunk.
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