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ekeke

e-KE-ke

yam

Generalnoun

French: l'igname

Tolambi ekeke.

We cooked yam.

Nous avons cuisiné de l'igname.

Yam — a hearty root of the cooking pot. Ekeke is a yam. Boiled or pounded, the starchy ekeke fills the plate beside greens and fish — one of the steady roots that feed a family through the seasons.

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