masonja, plural noun
- Origin:
- ShonaShow more Shona masondya (singular sondya), mashondya, mashondywa (singular shondya, shondywa).
Mopani worms. See also mopani worm (mopani sense 3).
1964 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka 182Crawling, fat, three-inch-long worms! Mopani worms — Masonja — as the Bantu call these brightly coloured insects, are regarded by them as a great delicacy...The ‘masonja’ feeds mainly on the turpentine flavoured leaves of the mopani trees.
Mopani worms.
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