asham
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asham (uncountable)
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) A dessert made from shelled and parched corn pounded into powder.
- 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 682:
- I’m looking at damn coconut drops and feel like asking if they have any dukunnu, asham or jackass corn.
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Etymology edit
From Kanuri ashâm (“fasting during Ramadan”), from Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm).
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asham m
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Verb edit
asham (changed conjunct form eshamaad, reduplicated form ayasham)
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- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/asham-vta