buru

How to say it

Meaning

(rare) a calabash gourd used for churning butter.

Good to know

rare calabash (used for churn- ing butter). buruda, burda, burudai Isl. prayer (in distress, illness, etc.)

Examples

• Bibi alitumia buru kusukasuka siagi.Grandmother used a calabash to churn the butter.
• Buru ya zamani ilitengenezwa kwa maboga makavu.The old butter-churning calabash was made from a dried gourd.
• Watu wachache leo wanajua matumizi ya buru.Few people today know the uses of the churning calabash.