kupika pombe
koo-PEE-kah POH-mbeh
How to say it
Swahilikupika pombekoo-PEE-kah POH-mbehsoon
Englishto brew beer
Frenchbrasser de la bièresoon
Meaning
To make traditional beer at home by cooking grain, bananas or other crops and letting them ferment.
Good to know
Pombe is local beer, often of maize, millet or bananas; the brewer is mpika pombe. Kupika alone is to cook.
Examples
- Bibi hupika pombe ya ndizi kwa ajili ya harusi.Grandmother brews banana beer for weddings.
- Wanawake walipika pombe ya mtama kwa sherehe.The women brewed sorghum beer for the celebration.
- Babu alitufundisha jinsi ya kupika pombe ya asali.Grandfather taught us how to brew honey beer.
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