mama put

n. a small food stand or restaurant. Subjects: English, Nigeria, Food & Drink

Editorial Note: The etymological information in the 2001 cite has not been verified.

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Citations: 1998 Maurice O Ene Usenet: soc.culture.nigeria (Nov. 25) “Nweke Ntioba ”: He complained to everyone in the village… how the “mama-put” ladies failed to understand his refusal to pay for a not-too-hot soup. *2001 [Babawilly] Babawilly’s Dictionary of Pidgin English Words and Phrases (Nigeria): Mama-put: Road side food seller so called because customers frequently beg for extra helpings by saying “Mama abeg put more now.” 2002 All Africa (Feb. 15) “150 Years On—Memories of Slavery Re-Echoed in Breadfruit, Lagos”: All around the adjoining streets…market officials, colonial clerks gather in twos and threes savouring local delicacies at mama put joints littering the streets. 2004 Sam Umukoro, Dafe Ivwurie Vanguard (Apapa, Nigeria) (May 23) “Ozekhome: A generalissimo in whom 72 kings are well pleased”: We asked the chief who hails from Iviukwe in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State if he visits these eateries popularly called “mama put” in Nigerian parlance. His words: “Yes, even now I like eating in the bukateria. I like this mama put system where you go to the pot and point out the orisirisi (assortment of meat), the edo (liver) the saki, the ponmo and the rest.

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