Swahili
mtolilio
m-to-li-LI-o
How to say it
Swahilimtoliliom-to-li-LI-osoon
Englishsweet potato leafsoon
Frenchfeuille de patate doucesoon
Meaning
the leaf of the sweet-potato plant, used as a cooked vegetable.
Good to know
sweet-potato leaf (used as a vegetable). mtombo, mtomboro (mi-) ornith. cuckoo
Examples
- Mama alipika mtolilio kwa nazi.Mother cooked sweet-potato leaves with coconut.
- Walichuma mtolilio shambani.They picked sweet-potato leaves in the field.
- Je, mtolilio huu umeoshwa vizuri?Have these sweet-potato leaves been washed well?
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