mootjie, noun

/ˈmɔiki//ˈmɔici/
Forms:
mooche, mootcheeShow more Also mooche, mootchee, mootje, motjie.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch moot piece, fillet of fish + diminutive suffix -ie.
A small slice or piece of fish.
1890 A.G. Hewitt Cape Cookery 11Cut the fish into Mootjes...Put the pieces to drain.
1904 Argus Christmas Annual (Cape Colony Sect.) 19A great trade is done in ‘mooches’ — if that be the correct spelling. A mackerel makes two mootches, and a mootchee, that is a dried slab of salted mackerel, serves as a ration for a farm labourer.
1934 Cape Argus 12 Apr. (Swart)Salted in ‘Mootjies’ or small sections it had a great sale inland and among the Indian population in Mauritius.
1972 L.G. Green When Journey’s Over 145He used to..buy dozens of snoek at a penny each. They cut them into motjies, salted and spiced them and stored them in barrels for the winter.
A small slice or piece of fish.
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moony, nounn.mopani, mopane, nounn.
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