igisheke
ee-gee-SHEH-keh
How to say it
Kinyarwandaigishekeee-gee-SHEH-kehsoon
Englishsugarcane (a stalk)soon
Frenchcanne à sucre
Meaning
A tall grass with a thick, sweet, juicy stem that people chew or press for sugar; one stalk of it.
Good to know
Plural ibisheke, the usual word for the crop: guhinga ibisheke, to grow sugarcane. Kurya igisheke is to chew sugarcane.
Examples
- Abana bahekenya igisheke nyuma y'ishuri.The children chew sugarcane after school.
- Ibisheke bihingwa cyane mu bishanga.Sugarcane is grown a lot in marshes.
- Yaguze igisheke ku isoko.He bought a stalk of sugarcane at the market.
Forms
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