Kirundi
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ee-KAH-wah
How to say it
Kirundiikawaee-KAH-wahsoon
Englishcoffeesoon
Frenchcafésoon
Meaning
coffee, the beverage or the crop.
Good to know
Burundi's most important cash crop.
Examples
- Twanyoye ikawa mu gitondo.We drank coffee in the morning.
- Ese ikawa yacu iragurishwa mu mahanga?Is our coffee sold abroad?
- Nta kawa twagize uyu mwaka kubera indwara y'ibiti.We had no coffee this year because of a tree disease.
- Abahinzi bateye ikawa mu misozi yacu.Farmers planted coffee on our hills.