rice

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[English Word] rice plant

[Swahili Word] mpunga

[Swahili Plural] mipunga

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

[Swahili Example] waliokuwa wanapata maelfu ya pesa kwa pamba, kahawa na mpunga sasa hawapati hata shilingi mia tatu [Kez]

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[English Word] grains of rice. cf. mchele, wali

[Swahili Word] mpunga

[Swahili Plural] mipunga

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

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[English Word] rice (husked) (us. collective singular)

[Swahili Word] mchele

[Swahili Plural] michele

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] pulverized grains of rice

[Swahili Word] pepeta

[Swahili Plural] pepeta

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Word] pepa

[English Example] pulverized grains of rice

[Swahili Example] pepeta za mpunga

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[English Word] rice (cooked)

[Swahili Word] wali

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11

[English Example] when he entered, he found a platter filled with rice and chicken already in the sitting room

[Swahili Example] alipoingia ndani, alikuta sinia iliyojaa wali na kuku tayari sebuleni (http://fas-digiclass.rutgers.edu/global/skeleton.jsp?page=/Swahili/WASIA_WA_MASKINI.html&dept=Swahili Wasia wa Maskini)

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[English Word] cooked rice (in gen.)

[Swahili Word] ubwabwa

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] rice cooked in such a way that the grains are separate

[Swahili Word] pukute ya wali

[Swahili Plural] pukute za wali

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[English Example] rice cooked in such a way that the grains are separate

[Swahili Example] wali wa pukute

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[English Word] rice cooked in such a way that the grains are separate

[Swahili Word] wali ya pukute

[Swahili Plural] wali za pukute

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[English Example] rice cooked in such a way that the grains are separate

[Swahili Example] wali wa pukute

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[English Word] rice (variety of)

[Swahili Word] korowai

[Swahili Plural] korowai

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] variety of rice

[Swahili Word] melikora

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] kind of rice

[Swahili Word] mwanga

[Swahili Plural] mianga

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] rice (kind of)

[Swahili Word] sena

[Swahili Plural] sena

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] rice (small-grained kind)

[Swahili Word] uchuki

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] unripe grains of rice (roasted)

[Swahili Word] mapepeta (ya mpunga)

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] rice cooked with spices and meat

[Swahili Word] pilao

[Swahili Plural] pilao

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] rice cooked with spices and meat

[Swahili Word] pilau

[Swahili Plural] pilau

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Word] pers

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[English Word] highly spiced dish of meat and rice

[Swahili Word] biriani

[Part of Speech] noun

[Terminology] personal

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[English Word] rice dish with meat and pepper etc

[Swahili Word] biriani

[Swahili Plural] biriani

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] highly spiced dish of meat and rice

[Swahili Word] birinzi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Terminology] personal

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[English Word] rice flour mixed with sugar and coconut milk, eaten uncooked

[Swahili Word] bwimbwi

[Swahili Plural] mabwimbwi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] rice cooked in a kind of gruel

[Swahili Word] mashendea

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 6

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[English Word] rice dish with dried seafood

[Swahili Word] kabuli

[Swahili Plural] kabuli

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Language] Hindi

[Terminology] culinary

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[English Word] left over rice (from the evening meal)

[Swahili Word] machaza

[Swahili Plural] machaza

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] rice boiled with meat

[Swahili Word] bilau

[Part of Speech] noun

[Terminology] personal

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[English Word] boiled rice with raisins and ghee

[Swahili Word] bilau

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] pers

[Swahili Definition] mchele wa kuchamshwa na samli na zabibu kavu

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[English Word] rice (type of)

[Swahili Word] sindano

[Swahili Plural] sindano

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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