ulezi

How to say it

Meaning

finger millet, a cereal grain used to make porridge and traditional beer.

Good to know

(ma-) (kind of) millet. pombeya-. millet beer

Examples

• Wakulima walivuna ulezi mwezi huu.The farmers harvested finger millet this month.
• Bibi alitengeneza uji wa ulezi.Grandmother made finger-millet porridge.
• Je, pombe ya ulezi bado inatengenezwa hapa?Is finger-millet beer still made here?
• Ulezi ulisagwa kuwa unga.The finger millet was ground into flour.