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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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Forms

pika pombe

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