Swahili
mkota
MKO-ta
How to say it
SwahilimkotaMKO-tasoon
Englishsweet sorghumsoon
Frenchsorgho sucrésoon
Meaning
a species of sweet sorghum.
Good to know
cultivated as a grain and sugar crop.
Examples
- Wakulima walivuna mkota mwishoni mwa msimu.Farmers harvested the sweet sorghum at the end of the season.
- Je, mkota hutumika kutengeneza sukari?Is sweet sorghum used to make sugar?
- Mashamba ya mkota yalistawi baada ya mvua nzuri.The sorghum fields flourished after good rains.
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