Meaning of putu | Babel Free

Definitions

A form of porridge made from maize meal.

South-Africa, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Theo and I would join the servants for breakfast, squatting on our haunches round the three-legged iron pot, helping ourselves to tough putu porridge in our cupped hands.”

“Jonathan is volunteering to carve the leg of lamb that was decided on, although there's putu with beans as well as roast potatoes Reed style (or what Jabu knows as white style).”

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