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English
Etymology
From Amharic አዋዜ (ʾäwaze).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑˈwɑ.zeɪ/, /ɑˈwɑ.zi/
Noun
awaze (uncountable)
- A spicy sauce or paste, made with chili peppers and usually reddish in colour, used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 21:
Today her short fingernails are tinged yellow from turmeric, on the back of her wrist a dot of awaze, the red pepper paste gleaming like fresh blood.
See also
References
- ^ Naomi Wise, The Ambassador of Abyssinia, in the San Diego Reader (2009 March 18)