matoke

Definition

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

Etymology

From Luganda matooke.

Example Sentences

• "The two men walk down the hill from Makerere University but get no further than Wandegeya, a cacophonous slum of scrap-iron artisans, blaring radios and ragged-trousered clients frequenting matoke and waragi bars."