• English word finger millet in the Shona Dictionary
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rukweza

• noun , class(11)
• synonyms: njera, rukaza, rupoko
• dialects/origins: Karanga, Manyika, Zezuru

An annual herbaceous plant, Eleusine coracana, grown as a cereal crop in the arid and semiarid areas in Africa.

English translation

finger millet

duche

• noun , class(5)
• dialects/origins: Standard Shona

The name of Eleusine coracana cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains.

English translation

finger millet