kunvnu

How to say it

Meaning

an empty or withered husk, or an ear of grain that has no kernels.

Good to know

used for grain, such as maize or millet, that failed to fill out, an empty ear.

Examples

• Mahindi mengi shambani ni kunvnu mwaka huu.Much of the maize in the field is empty husks this year.
• Je, kunvnu hizi zinaweza kutumika kama malisho?Can these empty husks be used as fodder?
• Hatutapata mavuno kutoka kwa kunvnu.We will get no harvest from empty husks.
• Ukame uliacha mashamba yakiwa na kunvnu tu.The drought left the fields with only empty husks.