Re: [CH] Piri Piri Chile?
Kristofer Blennow (kristofer@blennow.se)
Wed, 5 May 1999 03:46:02 +0200
On 4 May 99, Peter Moss wrote:
> In the first place piri means chile in swahili so a translation
> of piri piri chile is chile chile chile ;-) Which is the next
> point. In general in Africa when a word is repeated it is a form
> of emphasis. We see piri piri, pila pila, berebere and for the
> soccer fans Bafana Bafana and so on. I guess the repeated word
> means that it is thought to be exceptional in some way.
Thanks, Peter Peter!
<applause>
Kristofer