Etymograph

English

matoke

Matoke comes from Luganda matooke.

  1. Lugandamodernmatooke
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016matoke

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Lugandamodernmatooke
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016matoke

Earliest quotation: 2016, a Jaggi, Memories of Makerere: “The two men walk down the hill from Makerere…”

Today it means

noun Mashed boiled bananas or plantains, a staple food in Uganda.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Luganda matooke / matoke