Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SVARABHAKTI
Etymology
Noun
svarabhakti (usually uncountable, plural svarabhaktis)
(linguistics, phonology) Epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis.
Usage notes
• Originally used in Sanskrit grammar terminology for vowels phonetically inserted between /r/ or /l/ and a following consonant, but nowadays also applied to other languages.
Source: Wiktionary
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