asham

asham (uncountable)

1. (Caribbean, Jamaica) A dessert made from shelled and parched corn pounded into powder.
   • 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 682:

     I’m looking at damn coconut drops and feel like asking if they have any dukunnu, asham or jackass corn.

• Hamas, Maahs, Masha, amahs, hamsa, hasma, masha, shama

From Kanuri ashâm (“fasting during Ramadan”), from Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm).

• IPA^(key): /ʔá.ʃám/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔá.ʃáŋ]

asham m

1. (Islam) tarawih (extra prayers at night during Ramadan)

asham (changed conjunct form eshamaad, reduplicated form ayasham)

1. feed

   Indaga naa asham a'awe.

   You'd better feed him.

2. serve food to

• ashandiwag
• ashandiwin
• ashandizo
• ashange

• ashandan

• Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “asham”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary‎^[1], University of Minnesota