Sukuma

[ soo-koo-muh ]

noun

, plural Su·ku·mas, (especially collectively) Su·ku·ma

1. a member of an agricultural people of northwestern Tanzania, near Lake Victoria, who constitute the country's largest population group.
2. the Bantu language of the Sukuma.

Example Sentences

In particular, she said, sukuma wiki, which in Swahili means “to stretch the week,” was a specialty she ate while she lived in East Africa for a while.

From Washington Times

She keeps telling him to switch from fast food and meat to the old fashioned Kenya diet of beans, carrots and a vegetable called sukuma wiki that is similar to kale.

From New York Times

Pastoralist tribes in Tanzania – particularly the Sukuma – began to move into the valley in ever larger numbers, bringing large herds of their distinctive long-horned cattle.

From The Guardian

Pastoralist tribes in Tanzania – particularly the Sukuma – began to move into the valley in ever larger numbers, bringing large herds of their distinctive long-horned cattle.

From The Guardian

That might include nyama choma, which is grilled meat, and sukuma wiki, which is the Kenyan version of greens.

From New York Times