Swahili
chogoe
cho-GO-e
How to say it
Swahilichogoecho-GO-esoon
Englishhooked sticksoon
Frenchbâton à crochetsoon
Meaning
a hooked stick used to pull down branches when picking fruit.
Good to know
also used for a golf club.
Examples
- Alitumia chogoe kuvuta tawi la embe.He used a hooked stick to pull down the mango branch.
- Chogoe kile kilitengenezwa kwa fimbo ndefu.That hooked stick was made from a long pole.
- Mchezaji wa gofu alichukua chogoe chake.The golfer took his golf club.
- Bila chogoe, tusingeweza kufikia matunda yaliyo juu.Without the hooked stick, we couldn't have reached the fruit that was high up.
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