Chibage

Chibage (maize or corn in English) chinorimwa kuno kuchamhembe kweAfrica kwachinova ndicho kudya kunodyiwa mazuva mazhinji neruzhinji rwemhuri dziri kuno. Chibage chizhinji chinogayiwa kuita hupfu chodyiwa seSadza; chimwewo ndicho chinogochewa; kukangiwa nokubika manhuchu nemangayi.

Mamwe mazita anoreva chibage ndeaya: mabarwe, chibere, mabagwe, bonore kana mabonore.

• Kawawa imhando yechibage inoshandiswa kukanga popcorn.
• Butu, mabutu, mbwizhu kana guva (bran of grain - stamped or milled). Zvichida ndipo panobva zita rokuti Ruguva?
• Chibage musikana akashata pachiso... Muenzaniso, Fadzai chibage.
• Gwere kana magwere (Maize, mealies) zvinoreva chibage. Izwi rokuti gwere rinokwanisa kureva muguri wese wechibage kana tsanga imwe.
• Tsuri kana nhungo (Maize seedling).
• Buro (heap of threshed grain) apa kureva murwi wechibage chakapurwa kana kutonongorwa.

• Mudede zvinoreva chibage chinyoro chave kuda kusvika pakusimba kwekuti chidyiwe.
• Dzadza kana madzadza (young green mealie nearly mature) zvichireva mudede.
• Muchekechera, ngara, kana ngarara - apa kureva mupunga wechibage.

• Bukwa, chirekera, mhakatwa kana sakatire (off-shoot of maize stock) zvinoreva sakatire riri kubuda padzinde rechibage.
• Chisvo, guri kana hara (young mealie cob when it first appears; Maize cob in initial stage) chibage paya pachinovamba kuumba muguri.
• Gurinwa, bungu, gungutsi kutaura muguri wabviswa chibage.
• Goromondo, magoromondo (1. Outsized cob of maize. 2. Out-sized groundnut or bambara groundnut). Ko izwi rokuti tsomondo rinorevei?
• Muguri, bimbiri, bere (whole cob of maize) apa kureva muguri uchine chibage chawo.
• Mbadzwa (One particle of crushed maize; 2. Collective name for crushed maize) kana mabandurwa - apa kureva chibage chakabandurwa kana kumbadzwa.

• Gwengwere (White, small-grained variety maize).
• Mutsaru kana masharu (corn left from last year).
• Kupakatira (to cob, start to form the cob) apa kureva kuvamba kuumba muguri wechibage.
• Gunje, magunje kana mazhonje (dry stalk of maize or sorghum or sweet cane). Pakuwanda onzi magunje.
• Mubvau, dzadza kana jandu (Young green mealie).

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