zao

How to say it

Meaning

Something grown on a farm, such as maize or coffee; also anything produced, the fruit of work or a situation.

Good to know

Plural mazao (ji and ma class): zao la biashara, a cash crop; zao la chakula, a food crop. Zao is also their, with n class plural nouns (kodi zao, their taxes).

Examples

• Kahawa ni zao kubwa la biashara hapa.Coffee is a major cash crop here.
• Wakulima wamevuna mazao mengi mwaka huu.The farmers have harvested plenty of crops this year.
• Mafanikio haya ni zao la kazi ngumu.This success is the fruit of hard work.

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Forms

mazao (plural of zao, crop or product)