biltong

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans, from bil (“buttock, hindquarter”) (from Middle Dutch bille) + tong (“tongue”), from Middle Dutch tonghe.

Noun

biltong (countable and uncountable, plural biltongs)

  1. (South Africa) A South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying. Similar to American jerky.

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

biltong f (plural biltongen, diminutive biltongetje n)

  1. biltong
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