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Palm wine

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Palm wine
drink
Subclass ofalcoholic beverage, fermented food Edit
Country of originIndonesia Edit
Made from materialdate juice, plant sap Edit
CatchphraseÉlému lo le mó iwe Edit

Palm wine, dem know am by chaw local names, be an alcoholic beverage dem create from de sap of various species of palm trees such as de palmyra, date palms, den coconut palms. Ebe known by chaw names insyd different regions wey ebe common insyd various parts of Africa, de Caribbean, South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, den Micronesia. De word "toddy" dey derive from de Marāṭhi name of de drink, tāḍī (ताडी), from de Sanskrit tāḍa (ताड, ताल) "de palmyra palm".

Palm wine production by smallholders den individual farmers fi promote conservation as palm trees cam turn a source of regular household income wey fi be economically worth more dan de value of timber dem sell.

Names

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Der be a variety of regional names give palm wine:

State / Territory / RegionName used
Algeriaلاقمي lāgmi
Bangladeshতাড়ি taṛi, তাড়ু taṛu, tuak[1]
Beninsodavi (distilled), sodabe, atan
Cambodiatek tnaot chu[2] (ទឹកត្នោតជូរ)
Cameroonmimbo,[3] matango, mbuh, palm wine, tumbu liquor, vin de palme, miluh
Central Americavino de coyol
People's Republic of China棕榈酒 zōng lǘ jiǔ[4]
Democratic Republic of the Congomalafu ya ngasi (Kikongo), masanga ya mbila (Lingala), vin de palme (French)
East Timortuaka, tua mutin, dem dey bell brandy tua sabu
Equatorial Guinea topé (most widespread name), dem sanso dey bell am bahú insyd de north den mahú insyd de south[5]
Gabontoutou
Gambiasinger
Ghanadoka, nsafufuo, palm wine, yabra, dεha, tér daññ, Akpeteshi (wen dem further distill am)
Guamtuba (originate from de Philippines)
India

Toddy insyd English
கள்ளு kaḷḷu insyd Tamil
കള്ള് kaḷḷŭ insyd Malayalam
ಕಳ್ಳು kaḷḷu anaa sendi insyd Kannada
kali insyd Tulu
తాటి కల్లు tāṭi kallu insyd Telugu
Tadi insyd Assam, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar den Maharashtra
তাড়ি taṛi insyd Bengali
sur insyd Konkani
Tadi insyd Bhojpuri

Indonesiaarak[1] or tuak. Insyd Batak region, North Sumatra: lapo tuak. Insyd South Sulawesi (especially insyd Tana Toraja): ballo. Insyd North Sulawesi: saguer
Ivory Coastbandji, koutoukou (wen dem further distill am)
Kenyamnazi (wich dey mean coconut palm insyd Mijikenda)
Kiribatikarewe
Libyaلاقبي lāgbi ˈlaːɡbi
Madagascarsoura
Malaysianira (Malay for fresh juice obtain from de blossom of de coconut, palm anaa sugar-palm, wich dem fi make into sugar anaa de said palm wine, wich sanso be known as tuak[1]), toddy (English), bahar (Kadazan/Dusun), goribon (Rungus), tuba (Borneo)
Maldivesދޯރާ،ރުކުރާ،މީރާ (dōrā, rukurā, mīrā)
Malibandji, sibiji, chimichama
Marianastuba (originate from de Philippines)
Mexicotuba (garnish plus peanuts, originate from de Philippines)
Myanmarထန်းရည် htan yay
Namibiaomulunga, palm-wine
Naurudemangi[6]
Nepaltāri तारि
Nigeriapalm-wine, palmy, ukọt nsuñ, mmin efik, emu, oguro, tombo liquor, mmanya ngwo, nkwu enu, nkwu ocha
Papua New Guineasegero, tuak
Philippinestubâ (general term for fermented den unfermented palm sap), lambanóg (distilled coconut sap, sanso be vino de coco, dalisay de coco), laksoy (distilled nipa palm sap, sanso be dalisay de nipa, barik), bahalina anaa bahal (aged tubâ plus mangrove bark extracts), tuhak anaa tubâ sa hidikup (sugar palm wine), tunggang (fishtail palm wine), dalisay (general term give distilled palm liquor)
Seychelleskalou
Sierra Leonepoyo, mampama
South Africaubusulu, injemane
Sri Lankaරා (Sinhala), கள்ளு kaḷḷu (Tamil), panam culloo[1]
Tanzaniapómbe (wich dey mean alcohol) anaa tembo[7]
Thailandkache (กะแช่), namtanmao (น้ำตาลเมา)
Tunisiaلاقمي lāgmi
Tuvalukaleve (unfermented), kao (fermented), anaa insyd English, toddy (unfermented), sour toddy (fermented)
Vietnamrượu dừa;[1]
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References

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  1. Jyoti Prakash Tamang, ed. (2016). "Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Cambodia". Ethnic Fermented Foods and Alcoholic Beverages of Asia. Springer Publishing. p. 257. ISBN 978-81-322-2798-4.
  2. Anchimbe – Creating New Names for Common Things in Cameroon English (I-TESL-J)
  3. "English-Chinese Translation of "palm wine"". Websaru Dictionary. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  4. Novoa Ruiz, J. M. (1984). Guinea Ecuatorial: historia, costumbres y tradiciones (in Spanish). Expedición. p. 61. ISBN 9788439826019.
  5. "Petit-Skinner's Nauruan English".
  6. Rough Guides (2015). The Rough Guide to Tanzania (in English). Rough Guides UK. ISBN 978-0-241-23749-6.
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