mama² k.o. traditional pudding, made of taros (jebute) and [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	mama

• • k.o. traditional pudding, made of taros (jebute) and Canarium almonds (vongoro), and served in important social occasions

  Encyclopedic Info

  One cooks taros first, and then mash them, together with almonds, in a mortar (monone), until it becomes a tender dough.

  • • Example 1531:
      

      Li-wete jebute li-wete vongoro awoiu pon, li-ejau mama.

      We mash taros, we crush almonds, and make the pudding.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S133

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• See also:
  • ~wete mama prepare the mama pudding, by pounding cooked taros and Canarium almonds in a bowl (monone) with a pestle
  • awene traditional stone oven
  • vekai k.o. pudding made of taros (jebute) and almonds (vongoro), always presented in a long shape, and served on long Heliconia leaves (lukilo vekai) during public celebrations