nyama choma

English

Etymology

From Swahili nyama ya kuchoma.

Noun

nyama choma (uncountable)

1. (Kenya) barbecued beef
   • [2007, Alfred Buregeya, “Aspects of the vocabulary of Kenyan English: an overview”, in Occasional Papers in Language and Linguistics‎^[1], volume 3, pages 1–31:

     Below are other words which were borrowed from Kiswahili […] nyama choma [this is actually an incomplete version of nyama ya kuchoma (meat for roasting)]: roast meat]

   • 2015 May 24, Antonio Allegretti et al., “Economic valuation of pastoral meat production system in Arusha region, Tanzania”, in African Journal of Economic Review‎^[2], volume 4, number 2:

     The meat sector is particularly developed in Arusha district and municipal council with increasing demand of meat by local people and a growing number of nyama choma businesses.