Swahili
deua
de-U-a
How to say it
Swahilideuade-U-asoon
Englishto take downsoon
Frenchretirersoon
Meaning
to take a cooking pot down from the fire; figuratively, to turn one's head away in scorn.
Good to know
take down/off (a pot from the fire); fig. turn (the head, scorn- fully). deuli Llnd.?]; silk sash or waistband; cloth for covering a bier, pall
Examples
- Mama alideua chungu baada ya chakula kuiva.Mother took the pot off the fire after the food was cooked.
- Alinideua uso kwa dharau.He turned his face away from me scornfully.
- Je, umeshadeua sufuria ya wali?Have you already taken the rice pot off the fire?
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