unga wa mahindi
OO-ngah WAH mah-HEE-ndee
How to say it
Swahiliunga wa mahindiOO-ngah WAH mah-HEE-ndee
Englishmaize flour, cornmeal
Frenchfarine de maïs
Meaning
Flour made by grinding dried maize, used above all to cook ugali and porridge.
Good to know
No plural. Unga alone often means maize flour in daily talk; sembe is fine white maize flour and dona is whole grain flour.
Examples
- Tulinunua kilo tano za unga wa mahindi.We bought five kilos of maize flour.
- Ugali hupikwa kwa unga wa mahindi na maji.Ugali is cooked with maize flour and water.
- Bei ya unga wa mahindi imeshuka mwezi huu.The price of maize flour has fallen this month.
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