njahi

English

Etymology

Cf. Kikuyu njahĩ (“hyacinth bean(s)”).

Noun

njahi

1. A type of black bean grown in Kenya, hyacinth bean or lablab (Lablab purpureus).
   • 1933, Kenya Dept. of Agriculture, Bulletin:

     This may have been due to the rather unsatisfactory manner in which the bjahi went under the ground — future experiments will corroborate this explanation or otherwise — or because the soil is still so fertile and still has so much organic matter that, especially in years of ample rainfall, the amount of soil nutrients derived from two crops of njahi makes no appreciable difference to- the total plant food substances available in the soil.

   • 2017 July, “MY WEEKEND: Just be sure you are in the right wedding ceremony before late”, in Daily Nation‎^[1]:

     When he got there, he found his colleagues tucking into roast chicken and other tastier things than njahi and could not help pitying himself.