Here's what African and non-African languages call "honey wine." Africans have fermented honey into wine for millennia. But Ethiopians - with their more than 80 languages and 120 dialects - did it first, so tej is Africa's premiere honey wine. I welcome additions to the list. |
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Non-Ethiopian |
Honey |
Country |
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Moru
|
duma
|
Sudan (Nilo-Saharan)
|
Banda-Banda
|
duma
|
Central African Republic (Niger-Congo)
|
Sango
|
duma
|
Central African Republic
(Creole, Ngbandi-based)
|
Dinka
|
dhum, dhumo
|
Sudan (Nilo-Saharan)
|
Gula
|
duma
|
Central African Republic (Nilo-Saharan)
|
Zande, Lingala
|
duma/dumu
|
Democratic Republic of Congo
(Niger-Congo)
|
Songo
|
quingundo
|
Democratic Republic of Congo
(Bantu)
|
Luchazi
|
bingundo
|
Angola (Bantu)
|
Mbunda
|
migundo
|
Angola, Zambia (Bantu)
|
Rwanda
|
funguro
|
Rwanda (Bantu)
|
Kikamba, Kikuya, Imenti
|
uki/uuki
|
Kenya (Bantu)
|
Xhosa
|
iQhilika
|
South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho (Bantu)
|
Kadaru (Kafir)
|
i-qilika
|
Sudan (Nilo-Saharan)
|
Zulu
|
uhlobo lotshwala, iwayini loju
|
South Africa (Bantu)
|
Maa (the Maasai)
|
enaisho olotorok
|
Tanzania, Kenya (Nilo-Saharan)
|
Barbaig (d. Datooga)
|
gesuda
|
Tanzania (Nilo-Saharan)
|
Swahili
|
mvinyo/pombe ya asali
|
Tanzania (Niger-Congo)
|
Nyamwezi
|
wanzuki
|
Tanzania (Niger-Congo)
|
Zigula
|
wischa
|
Tanzania (Niger-Congo)
|
Wolof
|
sibah/sibarrh, sibax
|
Senegal (Niger-Congo)
|
Pulaar Fulfulde
|
bese/besu, kokoni
|
Mali (Niger-Congo)
|
Bemba, Nkoya, Ndebele, Kaonde, Lamba
|
mbote/imbote
|
Zambia (Niger-Congo)
|
Lunda
|
kosolo/kasolu
|
Zambia (Niger-Congo)
|
Luvale
|
ndoka
|
Zambia (Niger-Congo)
|
Tswana
|
khadi
|
Botswana, others
(Niger-Congo)
|
Nandi
|
kipketinik
|
Democratic Republic of Congo
(Niger-Congo)
|
Nguni group
|
amambawu
|
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Swaziland
(Bantu)
|
Tsonga
|
vhinya/wayeni ya vulombe
|
South Africa, others
(Niger-Congo)
|
Kirundi
|
ubuki
|
Burundi (Niger-Congo)
|
Mande group
|
liji, diji
|
Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Mali
(Niger-Congo)
|
Ndogo
|
pili
|
Sudan
(Niger-Congo)
|
Igbo
|
mmanya anyu
|
Nigeria
(Niger-Congo)
|
Bamana (Mande group)
|
diji, dikolen
|
Mali (Niger-Congo)
|
Dogon
|
bédji
|
Mali (Niger-Congo)
|
Mamara Senoufo
|
se cunahara
|
Mali (Niger-Congo)
|
Bomu
|
so
|
Mali (Niger-Congo)
|
Nyanja
|
kachasu
|
Malawi (Niger-Congo)
|
Bobo
|
básè
|
Burkina Faso (Niger-Congo)
|
Baka
|
njambu
|
Cameroon (Niger-Congo)
|
Kxoe
|
dini-caca
|
Namibia (Khosian)
|
Boni
|
bo'or
|
Tanzania (Cushitic)
|
Bedawi
|
adarha
|
Sudan (Cushitic)
|
Dahalo
|
mola
|
Kenya (Cushitic)
|
Non-African |
Honey Wine |
Country |
---|---|---|
Japanese
|
hachimitsu sake
|
Japan (Japanese)
|
Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese)
|
mì jiû, mat zau
|
China, Taiwan (Sino-Tibetan)
|
Vietnamese
|
|
Vietnam (Austro-Asiatic)
|
Hieroglyphics
|
(to drink, or to drink oneself drunk - from a book by Legesse Allyn)
|
Ancient Egypt
|
Korean
|
kkul sul
|
Korea (Korean)
|
Hebrew
|
temad
|
Israel (Semitic)
|
Arabic
|
nabidh
|
Many countries (Semitic)
|
English
|
mead, hydromel
|
Many countries (Indo-European)
|
Spanish
|
aguamiel
|
Spain, others (Indo-European)
|
Portuguese
|
hidromel
|
Portugal, Brazil (Indo-European)
|
Hungarian
|
mézbor
|
Hungary (Uralic)
|
Polish
|
miòd
|
Poland (Indo-European)
|
Danish/Norwegian
|
mjød
|
Denmark/Norway (Indo-European)
|
Swedish
|
mjöd
|
Sweden (Indo-European)
|
Welsh
|
meddeglyn, myddyglyn
|
Wales (Indo-European)
|
Tagalog
|
idromel, agwamyel
|
Philippines (Austronesian)
|
Greek
|
ydromeli
|
Greece (Indo-European)
|
Sanskrit
|
madhu
|
India (Indo-European)
|
Russian
|
myedovukzha
|
Russia (Indo-European)
|
Swedish
|
mjöd
|
Sweden (Indo-European)
|
Icelandic
|
|
Iceland (Indo-European)
|
Lithuanian
|
midus
|
Lithuania (Indo-European)
|
Finnish
|
sima
|
Finland (Uralic)
|
Indonesian
|
padang rumput
|
Indonesia (Austronesian)
|
Mayan
|
balche
|
Mexico, Central America (Mayan)
|
Cheyenne
|
hahnomâhep- ano'êhaseo'o tseve'keeno'e
|
U.S.A. (Algic)
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