Kinyarwanda
ishaka
i-SHA-ka
How to say it
Kinyarwandaishakai-SHA-kasoon
Englishsorghumsoon
Frenchsorghosoon
Meaning
a cereal grain grown for food and for brewing traditional beer; sorghum.
Good to know
sorghum
Examples
- Umuhinzi yasaruye ishaka ryinshi uyu mwaka.The farmer harvested a lot of sorghum this year.
- Bakoresha ishaka mu gukora inzoga y'amasaka.They use sorghum to make sorghum beer.
- Ese ishaka ryera neza ahantu hose?Does sorghum grow well everywhere?
- Nta shaka ryasagutse uyu mwaka kubera amapfa.No sorghum grew well this year because of the drought.
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