indimi

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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