awaze

English

Etymology

From Amharic አዋዜ (ʾäwaze).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈwɑ.zeɪ/, /ɑˈwɑ.zi/

Noun

awaze (uncountable)

1. A spicy sauce or paste, made with chili peppers and usually reddish in colour, used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
   • 2019, Maaza Mengiste

, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 21:

Today her short fingernails are tinged yellow from turmeric, on the back of her wrist a dot of awaze, the red pepper paste gleaming like fresh blood.

See also

• berbere