"Bee"

Translation:Nyuki

March 8, 2017

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Note: Honey bee (Apis mellifera) is "nyuki-asali ("asali" means honey)

From Wikipedia (Swahili):

March 8, 2017

In other Bantu family languages;

nyuchi -- ciNdau, chiShona. inyosi -- isiNdebele, isiZulu. njuchi -- chiChewa

Bantu language speakers, what do you call a bee in your language?

May 11, 2017

Is this where the town of nanyuki gets its name?

March 17, 2017

Are there lots of bees there? :)

April 21, 2018