Swahili
viazi
vee-AH-zee
How to say it
Swahiliviazivee-AH-zeesoon
Englishsweet potatoessoon
Frenchpatates doucessoon
Meaning
Sweet potatoes, starchy edible root vegetables.
Good to know
plural of kiazi (ki-/vi- class); sweet potatoes.
Examples
- Mama amepika viazi kwa kiamsha kinywa.Mother has cooked sweet potatoes for breakfast.
- Je, viazi hivi vimeoteshwa shambani kwenu?Were these sweet potatoes grown on your farm?
- Viazi vichache viliharibika kwa mvua.A few sweet potatoes were spoiled by the rain.
- Wakulima watavuna viazi wiki ijayo.The farmers will harvest sweet potatoes next week.
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