fufu

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfuːˌfuː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfuˌfu/ Rhymes: -uːfuː Hyphenation: fu‧fu === Etymology 1 === From West African languages, such as Lingala fufú (“white-white”). ==== Alternative forms ==== foofoo, foo-foo, foufou ==== Noun ==== fufu (uncountable) A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean, and sometimes sold in dry powdered or granulated form. Synonym: (Caribbean) choke-me ==== References ==== Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Robert Brock Le Page (editors), Dictionary of Jamaican English, Second Edition, University of the West Indies Press (2002), page 185. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Japanese ふふ (fufu, onomatopoeia for laughter). ==== Interjection ==== fufu (fandom slang, chiefly in translations of Japanese works) Alternative form of fufufu (onomatopoeia for laughter; especially a snicker). == Bura == === Noun === fufu lungs === References === Schuh, Russel G.; Shalanguwa, Elisha. Bura-English-Hausa Dictionary == Ewe == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fù.fù/, [f͈ù.f͈ù] === Noun === fùfù fufu (a dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables) ==== References ==== Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “fufu”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 85 == Gullah == === Alternative forms === 'fufu === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fu.fu/ === Etymology 1 === From Ewe, Mende, Wolof, Fon, and Hausa fufu. ==== Noun ==== fufu mush cooked wheat flour (especially from a thin batter) === Etymology 2 === From Ewe fufu and Mende fufule. ==== Noun ==== fufu dust powder (especially when used for Hoodoo workings) === References === Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969) == Japanese == === Romanization === fufu Rōmaji transcription of ふふ == Kituba == === Noun === fufu flour of cassava == Kongo == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *pʊ̀pʊ̀. === Noun === fufu flour == Krio == === Etymology === From any of various African languages that share this word. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fù.fú/ === Noun === fùfú fufu (a dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables) === References === Fyle, Clifford N.; Jones, Eldred D. (1980), A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 116 == Manado Malay == === Etymology === From North Moluccan Malay fufu, from Ternate fufu (“to roast; to smoke”). === Verb === fufu to smoke === Adjective === fufu smoked cakalang fufu ― smoked skipjack tuna ==== Derived terms ==== bafufu === References === Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara