ikigori

How to say it

Meaning

a tall cereal plant bearing grains on a cob; corn or maize.

Good to know

A staple food crop; eaten roasted, boiled, or ground into flour.

Examples

• Twahinze ikigori ku murima munini.We planted corn on a big field.
• Ese ukunda ikigori gikaranze?Do you like roasted corn?
• Nta kigori na kimwe twasaruye uyu mwaka kubera amapfa.We harvested no corn this year because of the drought.
• Tuzosarura ikigori mu kwezi gutaha.We will harvest corn next month.

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