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  • noun A thick paste made from yam skin, eaten chiefly in Yoruba cuisine

Etymologies

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From Yoruba amala

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Examples

  • February 5, 2009 1: 40 PM pray tell what do you feed your cats? cat food. .abi na amala or your leftovers? just curious cuz this one Molly dey talk of goodies ..

    Cat on Tuesday: I am a Proud FEMINIST Cat 2009

  • Madam B will just use steaming hot omorogun from her pot of amala to blas-scatter tht ur yansh for u. and since she's a nurse, she'll treat u for burns later.

    What are the Children Listening to? 2009

  • Nwver knew amala panna can be made in the same way as mango.

    AwLyache Panhe - Gooseberry Punch Meera 2009

  • My aunt wd quarter these, apply rock salt, n sun dry them for around a week in peak summer..they would shrink to one-tenth, transforming into the dark chatak dar amala-supari!

    AwLyache Panhe - Gooseberry Punch Meera 2009

  • Or maybe na so so akpu and amala you dey chop from small pikin and dat one come give you stunted growth, now what makes you think that any grow taller herbs can reverse the effect of all those years of akpu and amala with no protein? lol!

    RIDICULOUS ADVERTS & WHY CHOC IS BETTER THAN SEX princesa 2008

  • Or maybe na so so akpu and amala you dey chop from small pikin and dat one come give you stunted growth, now what makes you think that any grow taller herbs can reverse the effect of all those years of akpu and amala with no protein? lol!

    Archive 2008-07-01 princesa 2008

  • In the courtyard of the house there were several artists at work in different media and we watched them at work as we ate a delicious meal of amala (my favourite fufu) okra soup and pepper soup.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Go Princess, it's ur birthday we gon' party like it's ur birthday we gonna drink ogogoro like it's ur birthday girl u know I don't really care 'cos it's ur birthday u can find me in buka, eating amala omo I got what u need if u need to drink a star

    Its my Birthday and I feel loved princesa 2007

  • In the courtyard of the house there were several artists at work in different media and we watched them at work as we ate a delicious meal of amala (my favourite fufu) okra soup and pepper soup.

    Kindness in Oshogbo Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Funny thing is, I actually prefer pounded yam and amala myself, but there was just something about that picture with the glistening yellow curves of eba that you know had been made by the mama put wielding her plastic scoop deep into the heart of the steaming pot........by the way, what WERE those scoops originally meant for?

    A warm day...reflecting on the democracy of the internet and hungry for home uknaija 2005

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