Indulgences

1. Mikate

   Mikate (fried dough cakes made with sugar and yeast)

   Usage

   Use it to name a snack or treat.

   Grammar Note

   The ln.wikipedia article Mókáté describes flour mixed with sugar and yeast and fried in oil. Mikate is the plural; in the Bible it also means cakes or wafers.

2. Nalingi mikate

   I would like some mikate

   Usage

   Use it to ask for mikate at a stall.

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary- and corpus-verified words by regular grammar. The same pattern as Nalingi mayi, I want water: the noun follows.

3. Sokola

   Chocolate

   Usage

   Use it to name a snack or treat.

   Grammar Note

   From the ln.wikipedia article Sokolá (also shokolá), a loan from French chocolat.

4. Kafe

   Coffee (the crop and the drink)

   Usage

   Use it to name a snack or treat.

   Grammar Note

   ln.wikipedia has kolona kafe, to grow coffee, and bilanga ya kafe, coffee fields. A cup of coffee is also called kawa.

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