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noun
A kebab of curried meat on a skewer (usually not pork), cooked over an open flame or on the braai.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa, countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology tree Tamil சதை (catai)bor. Javanese ꦱꦠꦺ (saté)bor. Balinese saté Balinese sesatébor.? Betawi sesatébor. Malay sosatiebor. Afrikaans sosatieubor. English sosatie Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans sosatie, from Malay (Cape Malay) sosatie, from Betawi sesaté (“spiced meat on a skewer”), ultimately from Tamil சதை (catai). Doublet of satay and shacha.
