Local Drinks

1. Mmanya nkwụ

   Palm wine from the oil palm

   Usage

   The everyday local drink in Igboland; often shortened to just "nkwụ"

   Grammar Note

   "mmanya (drink) + tree name" names the kind of wine; a different tree, a different wine

2. Mmanya ngwọ

   Raffia palm wine

   Usage

   Tapped from raffia palm and tastes different; also written as one word, mmanyangwọ

3. Mmanya

   Drink, wine, alcohol

   Usage

   Covers both "alcohol" and "a drink"; add the kind if you do not want alcohol

4. Akamụ

   Pap, fermented cereal gruel

   Usage

   Drunk from a cup at breakfast, usually alongside akara bean fritters

5. Akamụ ọka

   Maize pap

   Usage

   Say this when you want to specify the grain; plain akamụ may be guinea corn

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