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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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