Swahili
mua
MOO-ah
How to say it
SwahilimuaMOO-ahsoon
Englishsugar canesoon
Frenchcanne à sucresoon
Meaning
a tall grass cultivated for its sweet juice, from which sugar is made, sugar cane; a variant of muwa.
Good to know
A variant/alternative form of muwa.
Examples
- Watoto walikuwa wakitafuna mua barabarani.The children were chewing sugar cane by the roadside.
- Tulipanda mua shambani mwaka jana.We planted sugar cane on the farm last year.
- Je, mua huu ni mtamu?Is this sugar cane sweet?
- Hakuna mua uliobaki sokoni.There is no sugar cane left at the market.
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