Kirundi
amasaka
ah-mah-SAH-kah
How to say it
Kirundiamasakaah-mah-SAH-kahsoon
Englishsorghumsoon
Frenchsorghosoon
Meaning
Sorghum, a cereal grain crop resembling corn, used to make flour and traditional beer.
Good to know
staple crop vocabulary.
Examples
- Turima amasaka mu murima wacu.We grow sorghum in our field.
- Amasaka akoreshwa mu kubumba inzoga.Sorghum is used to brew beer.
- Amasaka yiza yasaruwe uyu mwaka.Good sorghum was harvested this year.
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