ngano

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Meaning

A cereal crop whose grain is ground into flour for bread and chapati; in a separate sense, a traditional story or fable told to children.

Good to know

N class noun, the same in singular and plural. Unga wa ngano is wheat flour. As a story, hadithi za ngano are folktales, usually with animals as characters.

Examples

• Mkate huu umetengenezwa kwa unga wa ngano.This bread is made with wheat flour.
• Wakulima wa Arusha hulima ngano na shayiri.The farmers of Arusha grow wheat and barley.
• Bibi alitusimulia ngano ya sungura na fisi.Grandmother told us the tale of the hare and the hyena.

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