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PRONUNCIATION OF PALM WINE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PALM WINE

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Palm wine is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PALM WINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Palm wine

Palm wine, also called kallu, palm toddy, or simply toddy / tadi, is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree such as the palmyra, date palms and coconut palms. This drink is common in various parts of Asia and Africa, and goes by various names, such as emu and oguro in Nigeria; nsamba in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; nsafufuo in Ghana; kallu in South India; matango in Cameroon; tuak in North Sumatra, Indonesia; mnazi in the Mijikenda language of Kenya; goribon in Sabah, Borneo; and tuba in the Philippines, Borneo and Mexico. In the Philippines, tubâ refers both to the freshly harvested, sweetish cloudy-white sap and the one with the red lauan-tree tan bark colorant. In Leyte, the red tuba is aged with the tan bark for up to six months to two years, until it gets dark red and tapping its glass container gives a sound that does not suddenly stop. This type of tubâ is called bahal and bahalina. Toddy is also consumed in Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Definition of palm wine in the English dictionary

The definition of palm wine in the dictionary is the sap drawn from the palm tree, esp when allowed to ferment.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PALM WINE

palm berry
palm civet
palm court
palm grove
Palm Islands
palm off
palm oil
palm reader
Palm Springs
palm sugar
Palm Sunday
palm vaulting
palm-oil chop
Palma
Palma de Mallorca
palmaceous
palmar
palmarian
palmary

WORDS THAT END LIKE PALM WINE

Adam´s wine
barley wine
bottled wine
chateau wine
communion wine
dessert wine
fortified wine
ginger wine
house wine
mulled wine
red wine
Rhine wine
rice wine
sparkling wine
spirits of wine
straw wine
table wine
tonic wine
vintage wine
white wine
wine

Synonyms and antonyms of palm wine in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «palm wine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PALM WINE

Find out the translation of palm wine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of palm wine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «palm wine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

棕榈酒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vino de palma
570 millions of speakers

English

palm wine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हथेली शराब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نبيذ النخيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пальмовое вино
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vinho de palma
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাম ওয়াইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vin de palme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wain sawit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Palmwein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヤシ酒
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

손바닥 와인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anggur kelapa sawit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rượu cọ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பனை ஒயின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तळलेले वाइन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Palmiye şarabı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vino di palma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wina palmowego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пальмова вино
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vin de palmier
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παλάμη κρασί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

palm wyn
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

palm vin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

palmevin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of palm wine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PALM WINE»

The term «palm wine» is regularly used and occupies the 79.239 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PALM WINE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALM WINE»

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The Palm-wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-wine Tapster in the ...
A devilish story written in English by a West African.
Amos Tutuola, 1952
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The Palm-wine Drinkard ; And, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
When Amos Tutuola's first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, appeared in 1952, it aroused exceptional worldwide interest.
Amos Tutuola, 1994
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Palm Wine Junction: Unusual Short Stories
I would also suggest that the prospective reader should not be led into thinking that the children, beautifully detailed by artist Suchin Lin, on the cover of Palm Wine Junction represent the unusual stories in Palm Wine Junction.
Odie Hawkins, 2014
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Constructive Drinking
Palm wine, health and illness Palm wine enters in Lele medical notions and practices. Some qualities or varieties of palm wine are reputed to cause diseases , or at least to be closely linked to diseases. As mentioned earlier, nkepu can ...
Mary Douglas, 2013
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Of Palm Wine, Women and War: The Mongolian Naval Expedition ...
Together with the Tatar soldiers Wijaya defeats his enemy Jayakatwang, and the “glorious happy soldiers who won the battle, they are Tartar soldiers who drink palm wine until drunk, off their guard, not paying attention to the danger which will ...
David Bade, 2013
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The Palm Wine Tapper: (Folktales, Stories, Verses)
Th e Lion is king of the jungle.
Michael Asamonye, MBU, 2013
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Readings in African Politics
389-411 When I lived in the Nso chiefdom in western Cameroon from 1979 to 1981, I spent quite a bit of time with one of the sub-chiefs, the Fon Nseh.1 I became a regular visitor at his palace and spent many an afternoon drinking palm wine ...
Tom Young, 2003
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The Popular Cyclopadia of Biblical Literature: Condensed ...
Date or Palm Wine in its fresh aud unfer- niented state. Bishop Lowtli translates Isa. xxiv. 9 thus: — • With songs they shall no more drink wine [«'. e. of grapes] ; The palm wine shall be bitter to them that drink it." — Herodotus, in his account of  ...
John Kitto, James Taylor, 1854
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And the Birds Began to Sing: Religion and Literature in ...
The. Dark,. Fearful. Bush. Loss. and. Restoration. in. Amos. Tutuola'. s. The. Palm -Wine. Drinkard. Bruce. Ross. Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now was one of the first feature-length films to reckon with the Vietnam War. Loosely ...
Jamie S. Scott, 1996
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Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature
9 thus :— ' With songs they shall no more drink wine [L e. of grapes]; The palm wine shall be bitter to them that drink it.'— Herodotus, in his account of Assyria, remarks that 'the palm is very common in this country,' and that ' it produces them  ...
John Kitto, 1868

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALM WINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term palm wine is used in the context of the following news items.
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Poison in the calabash
Palm wine remains a much-loved local drink for many Ghanaians. It commands a very large constituency despite competition from local and ... «Vibe Ghana, Jul 15»
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Squirrel gets 'drunk', causes hundreds of dollars in damage
Read More: Wild chimpanzees drink alcoholic palm wine — and get tipsy — just like humans · Scientists show that drunk birds 'slur' their songs. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Fears, anger over presence of Boko Haram prisoners stir sleepy …
My brother, a palm wine tapper sees them well. But with all the security, don't the villagers feel more secured? “We are afraid of course. We fear ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
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Police Save Man From Angry Mob
... out of the police station at about 3 a.m.—after the women in the mob had returned home and the men had become drunk on palm wine. «The Cambodia Daily, Jul 15»
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No Polio in Nigeria for One Year
So let us not bring out the drums and the palm wine tumblers in premature celebrations. During the five year period between 2005 and 2009, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Jul 22, 2015Timor-Leste: The Economic Dimensions of Domestic …
Every day he would drink palm wine until he was drunk, then come and make problems with us and beat me. When he worked in the fields, ... «The Asia Foundation - In Asia, Jul 15»
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REVEALED: A Nigerian Town Where Death Awaits Albinos [PHOTOS]
The town which literally means 'turning land to wealth' is reputed to have good palm wine. However, Ibule-Soro is a no-go-area for 'Albinos' as ... «Information Nigeria, Jul 15»
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After Ebola, Nigeria Can Defeat Polio
So let us not bring out the drums and the palm wine tumblers in premature celebrations. Questions: This leads us to three questions. First, why ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Why I'm Married To 57 Women
One of the causes of sudden deaths these days is: somebody will eat one chicken, drink a bottle of big stout, or Gulder, Star and palm wine. «Information Nigeria, Jul 15»
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Reducing Deaths at Childbirth
He said the normal way of producing ogogoro (a local Nigerian gin) was through fermentation of palm wine but that the greedy brewers, who ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»

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