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Fufu meaning

A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean, and sometimes sold in dry powdered or granulated form.

Using Fufu

  • The main meaning on this page is: A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean, and sometimes sold in dry powdered or granulated form.
  • In the example corpus, fufu often appears in combinations such as: fufu de, fufu made, the fufu.

Context around Fufu

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

tests 1× traditional 1× platano 1× loves 1× garri 1× rice 1× making 1× cuban 1×

Often after:

joyfully 1× partly 1× amala 1× cassava 1× chips 1×

Sentence patterns with Fufu

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

addai tests fufu made from 1× ate the fufu joyfully unlike 1× de platano fufu de platano 1× fufu de platano 1× fufu is a 1× fufu is made 1× fufu was even 1× he loves fufu because his 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

addai tests fufu 1× and in ghana 1× fufu de platano 1× fufu is a 1× fufu is made 1× fufu was even 1×

Common sentence endings:

and tomato soup 1× fufu could move 1× fufu de yuca 1× had filthy hands 1× hand formed balls 1× in the country 1×

Words around Fufu

Just before it in the word index:

fufore 2 fufilling 3 fufi 2 fufeyin 2 fufa 8 fuerzas 2

Just after it in the word index:

fug 9 fuga 6 fugacity 9 fugal 17 fugallo 3 fugar 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 22 abolishment 22 abr 22 abyad 22 accompanist 22 achmea 22

Corpus analysis for Fufu

  • In this selection, "fufu" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tests, traditional, platano, joyfully, partly and amala stand out and add context to how "fufu" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include addai tests fufu made from and ate the fufu joyfully unlike. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "fufu" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with fufu

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This is called fufu. (4 words)

What about fufu and a range of different stews? (9 words)

Fufu is made from raw cassava and green plantain cooked together after peeling the back. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Addai tests fufu made from powder, cassava flour, which is the most common preparation for those making the food in Canada, as well as some homemade samples of traditional fufu made by machine. (33 words)

Along with that there was a portion of egusi soup, pounded yam (or fufu for the acquainted), chicken, grilled corn, fries, plantain, puff puff (a sweet deep fried dough) and tomato soup. (32 words)

Mrs. Akinnawo, who advised Nigerians to diversify their food choices rather than being restricted to garri, fufu, amala, and rice, acknowledged that rice production has been on the rise in the country. (32 words)

Question examples

What about fufu and a range of different stews? (9 words)

Example sentences (18)

Addai tests fufu made from powder, cassava flour, which is the most common preparation for those making the food in Canada, as well as some homemade samples of traditional fufu made by machine.

Fufu de platano Fufu de platano is a traditional and very popular lunch dish in Cuba, and essentially akin to the Puerto Rican mofongo.

She became happy and ate the fufu joyfully unlike some children that would love to eat only baby food.

What about fufu and a range of different stews?

Along with that there was a portion of egusi soup, pounded yam (or fufu for the acquainted), chicken, grilled corn, fries, plantain, puff puff (a sweet deep fried dough) and tomato soup.

The Germany international, admitted that he loves Fufu because his dad usually makes this dish while growing up.

Fufu is made from raw cassava and green plantain cooked together after peeling the back.

But they also serve rarely seen Afro-Caribbean items like mofongo and fufu de yuca.

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Fufu was even simpler to make — we added a pink-tinted flour to a boiling pot of water and stirred vigorously to make the fluffy dough.

Fufu is a finger food (eaten with the fingers) and is usually served with light or draw soups like groundnut soup, okro soup etc.

Her hands were filthy, but that shouldn’t be the basis for criticizing the health benefits of the fufu partly because I had an encounter with someone who had filthy hands.

Mrs. Akinnawo, who advised Nigerians to diversify their food choices rather than being restricted to garri, fufu, amala, and rice, acknowledged that rice production has been on the rise in the country.

That comment about Yansanneh, was troubling, and it remains like an immovable barracuda bone, wedged inside my throat, which no amount of water or fufu could move.

The starches (rice, fufu, cassava) were interestingly served in the shape of hand-formed balls.

And in Ghana as well, it is used for fufu, chips, and many other food preparations.

In Ghana, it substitutes for plantain in making fufu when plantains are out of season.

It is made in a similar fashion as the Cuban fufu, but is pounded, and has a thick paste, putty-like texture which is then formed into a ball.

This is called fufu.

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Common combinations with fufu

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "fufu" in a sentence?
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What does "fufu" mean?
Fufu means: A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean, and sometimes sold in dry powdered or granulated form.
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