Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
Amb-, Am*bi-. Etym: [L. prefix ambi-, amb-, akin to Gr. abhi, AS. embe, emb, OHG. umbi, umpi, G. um, and also L. ambo both. Cf. Amphi-, Both, By.]
Definition: A prefix meaning about, around; -- used in words derived from the Latin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.