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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Xhosa
umqombothi (uncountable)
- A beer made from maize, maize malt, sorghum malt, yeast and water, commonly found in South Africa.
[2023 July 6, Maria C. Hunt, “Could an ancient, climate-friendly crop be the future of beer?”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:He notes that South Africa has a traditional beer called umqombothi brewed from sorghum, a grain in the millet family.]