chumvi

How to say it

Meaning

the mineral used to season food, or by extension the quality of sharpness or wit.

Good to know

figurative tia chumvi means to exaggerate; the saying kula chumvi nyingi (to have eaten a lot of salt) means to have lived a long life.

Examples

• Weka chumvi kidogo kwenye supu.Put a little salt in the soup.
• Usitie chumvi kwenye habari unayosimulia.Don't exaggerate the story you're telling.
• Chakula hiki hakina chumvi kabisa.This food has no salt at all.
• Babu ameshakula chumvi nyingi maishani.Grandfather has already lived a long life.

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