garri

See also: Garri, garrí, and garrì

English

Garri flour

Alternative forms

• gali, gari, garry

Etymology

From Yoruba gàrí, from Hausa gā̀rī.

Noun

garri (uncountable)

1. A West African food made from fried mashed cassava tubers.
   • 2013, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah, Anchor Books (2014), page 84:

     They cooked together, his mother stirring the soup, Obinze making the garri.

Derived terms

• garrification

See also

• eba

Galician

Verb

garri

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of garrir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Latin

Verb

garrī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of garriō

Portuguese

Verb

garri

1. inflection of garrir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative