kidanga

How to say it

Meaning

an unripe fruit, especially one still green and not ready to eat.

Good to know

also used adjectivally after a fruit name, as in mchungwa kidanga, an unripe orange.

Examples

• Usile kidanga, tumbo litakuuma.Don't eat the unripe fruit, your stomach will hurt.
• Embe hili ni kidanga bado?Is this mango still unripe?
• Hatukuchuma matunda kidanga kwa makusudi.We did not pick the fruits unripe on purpose.
• Miembe mingi shambani bado ni vidanga.Many of the mangoes in the field are still unripe.