Kinyarwanda
ikijumba
Word parts: iki-jumba
ee-kee-JOOM-bah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaikijumbaee-kee-JOOM-bahsoon
Englishsweet potatosoon
Frenchpatate doucesoon
Meaning
a starchy root vegetable with sweet orange or white flesh; a sweet potato.
Good to know
sweet potato
Examples
- Twateguye ikijumba kigikaranze.We prepared fried sweet potato.
- Ntabwo ikijumba cyeze neza mu murima wacu.The sweet potato didn't ripen well in our field.
- Ese ukunda ibijumba byoteguwe bite?How do you like your sweet potatoes prepared?
- Ibijumba byinshi byasaruwe uku kwezi.Many sweet potatoes were harvested this month.
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