"Nyanya"

Translation: Tomato

[ElDoctr]

Believe it or not, it's also a common term for grandmother!

[AGreatUserName]

Yes, more frequently in Kenya

[LeeGutman1]

Is the plural form different?

[AloeVery]

No. It is the same in singular and plural.

[Dealanach]

I wrote grandmother and it said wrong

[Trouvere2]

Does anyone know what the etymology of 'nyanya' is? The Somali 'yaanyo' is clearly a cognate, but other African languages seem to use a word closely resembling 'tomato', like 'tomati' or 'tumatir' and so on.