kamounia كمونية
Tunisian Derja · noun
“kamounia” (كمونية) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning Tunisian cumin stew.
Meanings
- Tunisian cumin stew
Usage
Kamounia is a traditional Tunisian dish: a stew of meat, often beef, liver or offal, simmered in a spicy sauce dominated by cumin (kamoun). It is served with bread for dipping. It is a well-known everyday family dish, prepared mostly at home. People naturally say 3malna kamounia, "we made a kamounia", or specify the meat, as in kamounia bel kebda ("with liver"). The word is pronounced with the m often doubled.
Example
أمي طيبت كمونية بالكبدة
ommi tayabet kamounia bel kebda
“My mother made a kamounia with liver.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kamounia” but also “kamounya”, “kammounia”, “kamonia” and “kamounié”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.