Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ABLAUTS
Noun
ablauts
plural of ablaut
Verb
ablauts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablaut
Source: Wiktionary
ABLAUT
Ab"laut, n. Etym: [Ger., off-sound; ab off + laut sound.] (Philol.)
Definition: The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. Earle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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