Swahili
sena
SE-na
How to say it
SwahilisenaSE-nasoon
Englishcrop varietysoon
Frenchvariété de culturesoon
Meaning
a shared name for certain varieties of sugarcane, sweet potato, or rice.
Good to know
sena (kind of sugarcane); sena (kind of sweet potato); sena (kind of rice)
Examples
- Wakulima walipanda sena msimu huu.The farmers planted the sena variety this season.
- Sena ya viazi ni tamu zaidi.The sena variety of sweet potato is sweeter.
- Je, unajua tofauti kati ya sena na aina nyingine?Do you know the difference between sena and the other varieties?
- Hawakupata mbegu za sena mwaka huu.They did not get sena seeds this year.
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