"Garlic"

Translation: Vitunguu saumu

[vtopphol]

What does saumu mean?

[AndreasII]

It actually means fasting, as in "willing abstinence or reduction from some or all food, drink, or both".

I don't know why garlic takes it's name from fasting, but maybe someone else does!

[AGreatUserName]

Well, have you ever seen garlic eat?? :-P

[Gazelle1596]

maybe it helps with fasting? (Can't say I've tried, but can imagine it to be possible)

[Mr.Supermann]

Singular for garlic: kitunguu saumu. Either way, garlicS is not an acceptable English answer because that English word is noncount, so one does not add a plural marker to the end.

[AramErica]

Isn't "kitunguu" onion?