Usage Note
Kasaba is the Filipino term for cassava, derived via Spanish from an indigenous Caribbean word. Cassava is a common root crop used to make kakanin, chips, and flour, and is a dietary staple in many rural areas of the Philippines.
Examples
" Masarap ang nilutong kasaba. "
Natural Translation
The cooked cassava is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the cooked cassava.
" Ginawa nila ang suman mula sa kasaba. "
Natural Translation
They made suman from cassava.
Literal Translation
Made they the suman from cassava.
" Tuwing pista, gumagawa ang lola ko ng kakanin mula sa kasaba na may niyog at asukal. "
Natural Translation
Every fiesta, my grandmother makes a rice cake from cassava with coconut and sugar.
Literal Translation
Every fiesta, making the grandmother my of rice-cake from cassava that-has coconut and sugar.
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