Swahili
chika
CHI-ka
How to say it
SwahilichikaCHI-kasoon
Englishsorrelsoon
Frenchoseillesoon
Meaning
a plant, Abyssinian dock or sorrel.
Good to know
chika (kind of plant: Abyssinian dock, sorrel). chikicha, tikita rare cut (as with a dull knife), saw away at something
Examples
- Mama alichuma majani ya chika kwa mboga.Mom picked sorrel leaves for a vegetable dish.
- Chika hukua kwa wingi wakati wa masika.Sorrel grows abundantly during the rainy season.
- Mboga ya chika ina ladha chachu kidogo.The sorrel vegetable has a slightly sour taste.
- Tulipika chika na karanga.We cooked sorrel with groundnuts.
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