English
garri
Garri comes from Yoruba gàrí ‘cassava flour’, and goes back to Hausa gā̀rī.
- Hausamoderngā̀rī‘flour’
- Yorubamoderngàrí‘cassava flour’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013garri
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hausamoderngā̀rī‘flour’
- Yorubamoderngàrí‘cassava flour’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013garri
Earliest quotation: 2013, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah: “They cooked together, his mother stirring the soup, Obinze…”
Every English word from Hausa gā̀rī
Today it means
noun A West African food made from fried mashed cassava tubers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hausa gā̀rī / garri