muhindi

Swahili

Alternative forms

• mhindi

Etymology

From Arabic هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy, “Indian”).

Noun

muhindi (m-mi class, plural mihindi)

1. corn; maize

See also

• (Cereals) nafaka; shayiri (“barley”), mahindi (“maize”), ulezi (“millet”), oti (“oats”), mchele (“husked rice”) / mpunga (“unhusked rice”) / wali (“cooked rice”), ngano nyekundu (“rye”), mtama (“sorghum”), ngano (“wheat”) ^{(Category: sw:Grains) [edit]}