miwa

How to say it

Meaning

Tall grasses cultivated for their sweet juice, from which sugar is made, sugar canes.

Good to know

Plural of mua (m-/mi- class); a variant of muwa; very common agricultural word.

Examples

• Wakulima walivuna miwa shambani.The farmers harvested sugar canes in the field.
• Je, miwa hii ni mitamu?Are these sugar canes sweet?
• Miwa hiyo itasagwa kiwandani wiki hii.Those sugar canes will be crushed at the factory this week.
• Watoto hupenda kutafuna miwa wakati wa likizo.Children love chewing sugar canes during the holidays.

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