Swahili
ndiga
n-DI-ga
How to say it
Swahilindigan-DI-gasoon
Englishwild yamsoon
Frenchigname sauvagesoon
Meaning
a wild climbing tuber plant.
Good to know
ndiga (kind of wild grass, Dioscorea dumetorum)
Examples
- Wanawake walichimba ndiga msituni.The women dug up wild tubers in the forest.
- Je, ndiga hii inaliwa mbichi?Is this tuber eaten raw?
- Hawakuweza kupika ndiga bila kuiloweka kwanza.They could not cook the tuber without soaking it first.
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