pombe

How to say it

Meaning

traditional alcoholic beer brewed from millet, bananas, or sugarcane.

Good to know

pombe (an intoxicating drink pre- pared from millet, bananas, and sugarcane)

Examples

• Wazee walikunywa pombe wakati wa sherehe.The elders drank traditional beer during the celebration.
• Je, pombe hii imetengenezwa na nini?What is this beer made from?
• Hakunywa pombe kwenye harusi.He did not drink beer at the wedding.
• Bibi alitengeneza pombe ya ndizi kwa ajili ya mkutano.Grandmother brewed banana beer for the gathering.

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