dengu

How to say it

Meaning

A pulse crop with small round seeds that are dried and cooked like beans. In Tanzania it is grown as a cash crop in dry regions and sold abroad; in the Bible story of Esau it is the lentil stew.

Good to know

N class noun, the same in singular and plural: zao la dengu, the chickpea crop. Homa ya dengu in health news is dengue fever, a different word borrowed from English.

Examples

• Wakulima wa Singida wamevuna dengu nyingi mwaka huu.Farmers in Singida have harvested a lot of chickpeas this year.
• Mama amepika dengu kwa nazi leo jioni.Mom has cooked chickpeas in coconut milk this evening.
• Bei ya dengu imepanda sokoni wiki hii.The price of chickpeas has gone up at the market this week.

Forms

dengo