Swahili
wimbi
WEEM-bee
How to say it
SwahiliwimbiWEEM-beesoon
Englishmillet grains, finger milletsoon
Frenchgrains de milsoon
Meaning
Finger millet grown as a cereal crop, taken collectively as grains; a single grain is uwimbi.
Good to know
plural/mass form of uwimbi (u-/class 10 alternation); note this is an unrelated homonym of the common word wimbi meaning wave.
Examples
- Wimbi hulimwa sana mikoa ya kaskazini.Finger millet is widely grown in the northern regions.
- Je, wimbi hupikwa kama uji?Is millet cooked as porridge?
- Wakulima wataivuna wimbi mwezi ujao.Farmers will harvest the millet next month.
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