Local Dishes

1. Ibiharage

   Beans

   Usage

   One of Burundi's staple foods, eaten in everyday meals

   Grammar Note

   ibiharage is the plural of igiharage (bean); the word is confirmed in the Matana dictionary and Tatoeba

2. Ubugari

   Ubugari (stiff porridge)

   Usage

   A stiff porridge made by stirring flour into hot water, eaten with beans or fish

   Grammar Note

   Matana lists ubugari as thick bread-like porridge; the general word for porridge is igikoma

3. Igikoma

   Porridge

   Usage

   A general name for porridge; the stiff kind is called ubugari

   Grammar Note

   igikoma is listed under porridge in the Matana dictionary

4. Imyumbati

   Cassava

   Usage

   Cassava roots, boiled or ground into flour

   Grammar Note

   imyumbati is the plural of umwumbati (cassava), a word confirmed in the Matana dictionary

5. Ibijumbu

   Sweet potatoes

   Usage

   Plain food eaten boiled or roasted; rn.wikipedia even has an article on sweet-potato fields

   Grammar Note

   ibijumbu is the plural of ikijumbu (sweet potato); the plural prefix is ibi-

6. Ibigori

   Maize

   Usage

   Ground into flour for ubugari, or eaten roasted

   Grammar Note

   ibigori is the plural of ikigori (maize); ikigori is confirmed in the Matana dictionary

7. Ibitoke

   Cooking bananas

   Usage

   The banana plant is used both as food and to make beer

   Grammar Note

   ibitoke is the plural of igitoke (banana plant)

8. Indagara

   Indagara (small fish)

   Usage

   Small fish from Lake Tanganyika, often fried

   Grammar Note

   Matana lists indagara as a small kind of fish

9. Ifi

   Fish

   Usage

   Fish dishes are common in the towns by the lake

   Grammar Note

   ifi is confirmed as fish in the Matana dictionary and Tatoeba

10. Inyama canke ifi?

    Meat or fish?

    Usage

    When choosing at a meal; a sentence found in Tatoeba

    Grammar Note

    inyama is meat, canke is or and ifi is fish

11. Ndashaka ibiharage n'ubugari

    I would like beans and ubugari

    Usage

    For ordering a common pairing in a restaurant

    Grammar Note

    ndashaka means I want and n' means and. Composed from dictionary-verified words

12. Ndashaka ubugari n'ifi

    I would like ubugari and fish

    Usage

    For ordering fish in a lakeside town

    Grammar Note

    ndashaka means I want and n' means and. Composed from dictionary-verified words

13. Ifiriti

    Chips (fries)

    Usage

    Fried potatoes, common on restaurant menus

    Grammar Note

    The Matana dictionary lists ifiriti (fried chips) under potato

14. Isambusa

    Samosa

    Usage

    A fried snack of Indian origin, sold at stalls and cafes

    Grammar Note

    Matana lists isambusa as samosa

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