baragumu

How to say it

Meaning

a horn used as an instrument for signaling, historically a war-horn.

Good to know

also, the name of a newspaper once published in Tanganyika.

Examples

• Askari walipiga baragumu kuashiria vita.The soldiers blew the war-horn to signal battle.
• Sauti ya baragumu ilisikika kutoka mbali.The sound of the horn was heard from afar.
• Kiongozi alitumia baragumu kuwaita wanajeshi.The leader used the horn to call the soldiers.

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