waragi
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Luganda waragi, itself from English war + gin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwaragi (countable and uncountable, plural waragis)
- A distilled alcoholic beverage made from bananas or millet, common in Uganda.
- 2016, Maya Jaggi, “Memories of Makerere”, in Literary Review, section 449:
- The two men walk down the hill from Makerere University but get no further than Wandegeya, a cacophonous slum of scrap-iron artisans, blaring radios and ragged-trousered clients frequenting matoke and waragi bars.