wimbi

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Swahili wimbi

Noun[edit]

wimbi (uncountable)

  1. bulrush millet, Eleusine coracana.
    • 1902 January 1, Harry Hamilton Johnston, The Uganda protectorate, Dalcassian Publishing Company, page 792:
      A little wimbi flour and a bit of medicine are put into the water.

Swahili[edit]

wimbi

Etymology[edit]

Likely cognate with Kikuyu mũgĩmbĩ (“finger millet”), and possibly further afield with Dhivehi ބިންބި (bin̊bi⁩, “finger millet”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

wimbi (u class, no plural)

  1. bulrush millet, Eleusine coracana.

Noun[edit]

wimbi (ma class, plural mawimbi)

  1. wave (a formation of water)
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