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dagaa

dah-GAH-ah

How to say it

Swahilidagaadah-GAH-ahsoon

Meaning

Tiny silvery fish caught in great numbers in Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and the sea, dried in the sun and eaten widely. Figuratively, dagaa are the small, unimportant people in a matter, as against the big fish.

Good to know

N class noun, the plural is also dagaa: dagaa wa kukaanga, fried dagaa. In politics, kushughulika na dagaa means going after the small fry instead of the big ones.

Examples

  • Mama alipika dagaa kwa nyanya na ugali.Mother cooked dagaa with tomatoes and ugali.
  • Wavuvi walianika dagaa juani ufukweni.The fishermen dried dagaa in the sun on the shore.
  • Dagaa ni chakula chenye madini mengi ya kalsiamu.Dagaa are a food rich in calcium.

Forms

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