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njahi

njahi noun: a type of black bean grown in Kenya, hyacinth bean or lablab (Lablab purpureus).

Noun

njahi

  1. A type of black bean grown in Kenya, hyacinth bean or lablab (Lablab purpureus).
    • This may have been due to the rather unsatisfactory manner in which the bjahi went under the ground — future experiments will corroborate this explanation or otherwise — or because the soil is still so fertile and still has so much organic matter that, especially in years of ample rainfall, the...1933, Kenya Dept. of Agriculture, Bulletin
    • When he got there, he found his colleagues tucking into roast chicken and other tastier things than njahi and could not help pitying himself.2017 July, “MY WEEKEND: Just be sure you are in the right wedding ceremony before late”, in Daily Nation

Origin of njahi

Cf. Kikuyu njahĩ (“hyacinth bean(s)”).

Questions about njahi

What does njahi mean?
Njahi means a type of black bean grown in Kenya, hyacinth bean or lablab (Lablab purpureus).
What part of speech is njahi?
Njahi is a noun.

Words near njahi in the dictionary

  1. ni🅱🅱a
  2. ni🅱🅱as
  3. NJ
  4. NJAC
  5. NJACs
  6. njahi
  7. njave
  8. NJD
  9. Njegomir
  10. Njie
  11. Njies

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