chanyata

How to say it

Meaning

to slice up fruit, or to wash delicate fabric gently.

Good to know

cut up, slice (fruits); wash carefully/gently (fine fabrics)

Examples

• Alichanyata embe kwa kisu chembamba.She sliced the mango with a thin knife.
• Chanyata nguo za hariri kwa upole.Wash the silk clothes gently.
• Mama alichanyata matunda kwa saladi.Mom sliced the fruit for the salad.
• Usichanyate kitambaa hiki kwa nguvu.Don't scrub this delicate cloth hard.