mahindi
mah-HEE-ndee
How to say it
Swahilimahindimah-HEE-ndee
Englishmaize, corn
Frenchmaïs
Meaning
The tall cereal plant grown across East Africa and its large yellow or white grains, used to make ugali.
Good to know
A ma class noun used for the crop and the grain: mahindi mengi. Unga wa mahindi is maize flour; mahindi ya kuchoma is roasted corn on the cob.
Examples
- Wakulima wamevuna mahindi mengi mwaka huu.The farmers have harvested a lot of maize this year.
- Ugali hupikwa kwa unga wa mahindi.Ugali is cooked with maize flour.
- Tulinunua mahindi ya kuchoma barabarani.We bought roasted corn by the roadside.
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