nyama choma
English
editEtymology
editFrom Swahili nyama ya kuchoma.
Noun
editnyama choma (uncountable)
- (Kenya) barbecued beef
- [2007, Alfred Buregeya, “Aspects of the vocabulary of Kenyan English: an overview”, in Occasional Papers in Language and Linguistics[1], volume 3, pages 1–31:
- Below are other words which were borrowed from Kiswahili […] nyama choma [this is actually an incomplete version of nyama ya kuchoma (meat for roasting)]: roast meat]
- 2015 May 24, Antonio Allegretti et al., “Economic valuation of pastoral meat production system in Arusha region, Tanzania”, in African Journal of Economic Review[2], volume 4, number 2:
- The meat sector is particularly developed in Arusha district and municipal council with increasing demand of meat by local people and a growing number of nyama choma businesses.