panzi

How to say it

Meaning

A jumping insect with long back legs that eats leaves and grass; in some areas it is fried and eaten.

Good to know

N class noun used like an animal, the same in singular and plural: panzi wawili. Senene are the edible bush crickets of Kagera, and nzige are locusts.

Examples

• Panzi aliruka kutoka kwenye majani.A grasshopper jumped out of the grass.
• Watoto walikamata panzi shambani.The children caught grasshoppers in the field.
• Kuku wanapenda kula panzi.Chickens like eating grasshoppers.

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