Swahili
miegea
mee-eh-GEH-ah
How to say it
Swahilimiegeamee-eh-GEH-ahsoon
Englishsausage treessoon
Frencharbres à saucissessoon
Meaning
Trees whose long, sausage-shaped fruit hangs from their branches, sausage trees.
Good to know
plural of mwegea (m-/mw- class); a synonym of mibungati.
Examples
- Miegea hukua karibu na mito.Sausage trees grow near rivers.
- Je, matunda ya miegea yanaliwa na wanyama?Are sausage-tree fruits eaten by animals?
- Miegea haikupandwa kijijini hapo awali.Sausage trees had not been planted in the village before.
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