Kirundi
ihonda
ee-HOHN-dah
How to say it
Kirundiihondaee-HOHN-dahsoon
Englishsorghumsoon
Frenchsorghosoon
Meaning
a cereal grain crop with tall stalks, widely grown for food and traditional beer; sorghum.
Good to know
A staple crop, often used to brew traditional beer.
Examples
- Twahinze ihonda ku murima munini.We planted sorghum on a big field.
- Ese muzosarura ihonda ryinshi uyu mwaka?Will you harvest a lot of sorghum this year?
- Nta honda tugurishije uyu mwaka.We sold no sorghum this year.
- Tuzokora inzoga y'ihonda ku bukwe.We will make sorghum beer for the wedding.
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