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Meaning of "mahewu" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAHEWU

From Xhosa amarewu.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MAHEWU

mahewu  [maˈhewʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAHEWU

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mahewu is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAHEWU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mageu

Mageu, maHewu, amaRhewu or amaHewu is a traditional Southern African non-alcoholic drink among many of the Sotho people and Nguni people made from fermented mealie pap. Home production is still widely practised, but the drink is also available at many supermarkets, being produced at factories. Its taste is derived predominantly from the lactic acid that is produced during fermentation, but commercial mageu is often flavoured, much in the way commercially available yogurt is. Similar beverages are also made in other parts of Africa.

Definition of mahewu in the English dictionary

The definition of mahewu in the dictionary is fermented liquid mealie-meal porridge, used as a stimulant, esp by Black Africans.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAHEWU

maharani
Maharashtra
maharishi
mahatma
mahatmaism
Mahavira
Mahayana
Mahayanist
Mahdi
Mahdism
Mahdist
Mahfouz
mahi-mahi
Mahican
Mahler
mahlstick
mahmal
mahoe
mahoganies
mahogany

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAHEWU

Hong-wu
Hung-wu

Synonyms and antonyms of mahewu in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mahewu» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAHEWU

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The translations of mahewu from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mahewu» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mahewu
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mahewu
570 millions of speakers

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mahewu
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mahewu
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

mahewu
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mahewu
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mahewu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mahewu
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mahewu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mahewu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mahewu
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mahewu
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mahewu
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mahewu
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

mahewu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mahewu
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

महेहू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mahewu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mahewu
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mahewu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mahewu
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mahewu
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

mahewu
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

mahewu
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

mahewu
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

mahewu
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mahewu

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAHEWU»

The term «mahewu» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.754 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAHEWU» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mahewu» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mahewu» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mahewu

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAHEWU»

Discover the use of mahewu in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mahewu and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook of Indigenous Fermented Foods, Second Edition, ...
Hesseltine (1979) described recent industrial production of mahewu in South Africa. Coarsely ground white maize is used as substrate and the inoculum consists of a mixture of pure cultures which are isolated from traditional mahewu and ...
Keith Steinkraus, 1995
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Fermented Cereals: A Global Perspective
Mahewu This is a fermented maize meal commonly consumed as a staple among black South Africans. It is traditionally prepared by adding one part of maize meal to 9 parts of boiling water. The suspension is cooked for ten minutes, allowed ...
‎1999
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Sorghum: Origin, History, Technology, and Production
The merits of Mahewu are its convenience for bulk feeding and ease of preparation, although the nutritional advantages of fermentation are lacking. Nanalcohalic Beverages and Weaning Foods in Nigerio The use of sorghum grain extract and ...
C. Wayne Smith, Richard A. Frederiksen, 2000
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Handbook on Sourdough Biotechnology
Mahewu is a traditional non-alcoholic spontaneously fermented beverage consumed by the Bantu people of Southern Africa, for example in Zimbabwe. Gruel prepared from maize or sorghum is cooled down and inoculated with sorghum malt ...
Marco Gobbetti, Michael Gänzle, 2012
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Improving young child feeding in Eastern and Southern ...
FERMENTATION OF MAIZE-BASED "MAHEWU" A.D. Ayebo1 and M.P. Mutasa? 1University of Zimbabwe, Department of Animal Science, P.0. Box MP 167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe; and ?Dairy Marketing Board, P.0. Box 587 TA ...
David Alnwick, Stephen Moses, O. G. Schmidt, 1988
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The Zimbabwe Science News
Mahewu is a non-alcoholic beverage popular among the indigenous people of Southern Africa. Its consumption is highest among communal farmers, commercial farm workers, school children and junior members of staff of mining companies ...
‎1992
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Handbook of Cereal Science and Technology, Second Edition, ...
... pumpernickel, rSgbrod, rusk, sourdough bread, yeast doughnut), broa, chicha, kishk (kushik, kushuk), kisra (aseeda), kugelhopf (kouglof), mahewu (mageu, magou), pito, vellie Vellie Panettone Trahana (tarhanas) Mahewu (mageu, magou), ...
Karel Kulp, 2000
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Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics: Domestication, ...
... with the seed) Kachasu Non-alcoholic beverage Parinari curatellifolia Whole fruit except pip Mahewu Sclerocarya birrea Juice and pulp Mahewu Ziziphus mauritiana Whole fruit (crushed) Mahewu Fermented solid form Ziziphus mauritiana ...
R. R. B. Leakey, O. C. Ajayi, 2007
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/I. solution. to. lunch. hour. blues. "For. Malaria. and. TB. patients,. Mahewu. is. the . answer. to. their. problem. of. lack. of. appetite."' Cheryl. Abney. (usa>,. born without arms, does OFFICE work so efficiently, including TYPING, she has earned ...
‎1999
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Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations ...
Mahewu This is a fermented maize meal commonly consumed as a staple among black South Africans. It is traditionally prepared by adding one part of maize meal to 9 parts of boiling water. The suspension is cooked for ten minutes, allowed ...
Yong-Woo Lee, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAHEWU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mahewu is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lobamba are Mandla Mahewu netball kings
NETBALL - Lobamba National High are the champions of the Imphilo Mahewu Netball finals after beating Ngwane Park high by 53-38 during ... «The Swazi Observer, Jul 15»
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Mgonodi wins it for Mvutshini Invaders
The Mandla Mahewu Mbabane promotion champions will have to pay the amount before their next game. They play Burning Spear in their next ... «The Swazi Observer, Jun 15»
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Taste of Durban
Walk into a superstore and buy pineapple/banana flavoured 'mahewu' (fermented corn) which is only available in Durban Zulu beer ... «Deccan Herald, Jun 15»
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WIZARDS TO GET PROMOTION TO SUPER LEAGUE – COACH …
MBABANE – After guiding Mbabane Dribbling Wizards to the Mandla Mahewu E55 000 Mbabane League A-Division title, former Mbabane ... «Times of Swaziland, May 15»
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Chibuku Products feed Mangochi flood victims
Chibuku Products Limited (CPL), one of the country's leading brewer of opaque beer and Mahewu super shake on Wednesday donated over ... «Nyasa Times, Apr 15»
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Ingwebu sets up non-alcoholic beverages plant
On Thursday he told The Source that the non-alcoholic sorghum mahewu was already in the market and that the company was happy about the market ... «The Zimbabwe Daily, Mar 15»
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Travel to Southern Africa The universal language of food spoken in …
A nutritious beverage known as mahewu is even made from maize meal and is one of Malawi's best-loved and most popular drinks. Mahewu is ... «eTurboNews, Nov 14»
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MAHEWU'S E55 000 SPONSORSHIP TO MBABANE REGIONAL …
MBABANE – Mbabane Regional League teams will go to their 11th games this weekend smiling after the launch of the Mandla Mahewu E55 ... «Times of Swaziland, Nov 14»
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Greystone Partners Limited valued at E120 million
Such include Swaziland Royal Insurance Corporation (SRIC) 6.5%, Swazi Mahewu, Orchard Insurance 10%, Swazi Spa Holdings less than 1% ... «The Swazi Observer, Sep 14»
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Twenty weird pregnancy cravings
Asanda Omuhle Masinyane - Oh my word..I drank Amahewu like there was no tomorrow ..I used to have biltong for breakfast then Mahewu the ... «Times LIVE, Aug 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Mahewu [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mahewu>. Apr 2024 ».
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