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Dutch
Etymology
From Sranan Tongo bitawiwiri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biː.taːˈʋiː.riː/
- Hyphenation: bi‧ta‧wi‧ri
Noun
bitawiri m (uncountable)
- (chiefly Suriname) Cestrum latifolium, the young leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable
2011, Tinde van Andel, Sofie Ruysschaert, Medicinale en rituele planten van Suriname [Medicinal and ritual plants of Suriname], Amsterdam: KIT Publishers, NCB Naturalis, page 449:Hitawiri is een populaire groente in Suriname: de bladeren worden gewassen, fijngesneden en kort in olie gebakken met bijvoorbeeld ui en garnalen. (...) Er wordt wel eens gesuggereerd dat bitawiri een Afrikaanse groente is, die met de slavenschepen Suriname is binnengekomen, maar dat is niet het geval.- Cestrum latifolium is a popular vegetable in Suriname: the leaves are washed, finely chopped and briefly fried in oil with, for example, onion and shrimp. (...) It is sometimes suggested that Cestrum latifolium is an African vegetable that entered Suriname along with the slave ships, but this is not the case.