Names
There are a variety of regional names for Palm wine:
| State / Territory / Region | Name used |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh | তাড়ি taṛi, তাড়ু taṛu, tuak |
| Cambodia | Tuk tnout choo |
| Cameroon | mimbo, matango, mbuh |
| People's Republic of China | 棕榈酒 (pronounced- zōng lǘ jiǔ) |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | malafu ya ngasi (Kikongo), masanga ya mbila (Lingala), vin de palme |
| Gabon | toutou |
| Gambia | singer |
| Ghana | doka, nsafufuo, palm wine, yabra, dεha (pronounced der 'ha) |
| Guam | tuba |
| India | Kallu(കള്ള് - Kerala ), kaLLu-ಕಳ್ಳು(Karnataka), Thati kallu తాటి కల్లు (Andhra Pradesh),(Tamil -கள்ளு-kallu) Tadi (Bihar, Assam), Tãḍi (ତାଡ଼ି) (Orissa), Taadi (Marathi), toddy,tuak, Tari, neera, তাড়ি/তাড়ু taṛi/taṛu (West Bengal) |
| Indonesia | arak, tuak in Indonesia. Especially in Batak region, North Sumatra, where the traditional bar serving tuak called lapo tuak. In South Sulawesi it is called balloʔ, and in North Sulawesi saguer. |
| Kenya | Mnazi |
| Kiribati | Karawe |
| Libya | lāgbi . Used for both the alcoholic and nonalcoholic form. |
| Mali | bandji, sibiji, chimichama |
| Malaysia | kallu (கள்ளு), nira (Malay for fresh juice obtained from the blossom of the coconut, palm or sugar-palm, which can be made into sugar or the said palm wine, which is called tuak in Sarawak), toddy (English), bahar (Kadazan/Dusun), goribon (Rungus) |
| Maldives | Dhoaraa, Rukuraa, Meeraa |
| Myanmar | htan yay |
| Mexico | tuba (garnished with peanuts) |
| Namibia | omulunga, palm-wine |
| Nigeria | palm-wine, palmy, ukọt nsuñ, mmin efik, emu, oguro, tombo liquor, mmanya ngwo, nkwu enu |
| Papua New Guinea | segero, tuak |
| Philippines | tubâ,soom, lambanog (distilled tubâ), bahal (Visaya) |
| South Africa | ubusulu |
| Seychelles | kalou |
| Sierra Leone | poyo |
| Sri Lanka | Raa(Sinhala), kallu(Tamil), panam culloo |
| Timor-Leste | tuaka and tua mutin, brandy is called tua sabu |
| Tuvalu | kaleve (unfermented), kao (fermented), or in English, toddy (unfermented), sour toddy (fermented) |
| Vietnam | rượu dừa; ruou dua ; coconut wine |
| Algeria / Tunisia | lāgmi . Used for both the alcoholic and nonalcoholic form |
a Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.
b Marathi.
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