wimbi
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Swahili wimbi.
=== Noun ===
wimbi (uncountable)
finger millet, Eleusine coracana.
== Swahili ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìbɪ̀mbɪ̀.
==== Noun ====
wimbi class V (plural mawimbi class VI)
wave (a formation of water)
=== Etymology 2 ===
Likely cognate with Kikuyu mũgĩmbĩ (“finger millet”), and possibly further afield with Dhivehi ބިންބި (bin̊bi, “finger millet”).
==== Noun ====
wimbi class XI (no plural)
finger millet, Eleusine coracana.
==== Synonyms ====
ulezi