telo.
strips of parboiled and then fried cassava
Meaning & usage
strips of parboiled and then fried cassava
a meal containing telo as a side dish, usually with a serving of a green vegetable such as yardlong bean, and a serving of fish, such as sprats or salt cod
a snack consisting of telo and a small serving of salt cod
Where this word comes from
From Caribbean Javanese telo, from Javanese ꦠꦺꦭ (téla), a variant of ꦏꦠꦺꦭ (katéla), a word for non-native tuberous plants that was borrowed from Portuguese Castela and thus ultimately derives from Latin castellum, making this a doublet of ketella, kasteel, chateau, Castilië, Kessel, and castellum. Cognate to Indonesian ketela.
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