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EWONDO [3 records]

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Record 1 2007-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)
  • Food Industries
DEF

[A] fermented pulp that is ground into a fine paste and tied in banana or zingiberaceae leaves.

OBS

Bobolo is eaten among the Betis of the Ewondo and Bulu tribes in the Central province of Cameroon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plats cuisinés
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Quant au miondo et au bobolo, ils résultent, tout comme le kwanga, de plusieurs opérations unitaires successives à partir de la pâte fermentée des racines du manioc. [Le] bobolo est vendu cuit et prêt à être consommé au même titre que le kwanga. [...] Ils sont emballés dans les feuilles de Maranthaceae et sont tous deux destinés exclusivement aux Camerounais.

OBS

[Le bobolo est] utilisé pour accompagner toutes les formes de sauce et de poisson braisé.

OBS

Bobolo : terme utilisé au Cameroun.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
DEF

A locally brewed liquor from palm wine, maize cassava or banana.

OBS

arki : term used in Ewondo a language spoken on a daily basis in Cameroon).

OBS

afofo: term used in Kenyang (a language spoken in Manyu Division, Cameroon).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Alcool obtenu à partir du maïs, de la banane ou du manioc fermentés [...]

OBS

arki : terme utilisé au Cameroun.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A dialect of the Yaunde-Fang group spoken by the Yaunde, a Bantu-speaking people living in the area of south central Cameroon in and around the capital city of Yaoundé.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Dialecte parlé par les Yaoudien, peuple Bantou vivant plus particulièrement dans la région immédiate de Yaoundé, la capitale du Cameroun.

Spanish

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