dumu
DOO-moo
How to say it
SwahilidumuDOO-moo
Englishjerrycan, plastic container
Frenchbidon, jerrican
Meaning
A plastic container with a handle, usually holding twenty liters, used to carry and store water, cooking oil or fuel.
Good to know
Ji/ma class noun: dumu la maji, a jerrycan of water; plural madumu (madumu mawili). Dumu is also the stem of the verb kudumu, to last.
Examples
- Kila siku anachota madumu mawili ya maji.Every day she draws two jerrycans of water.
- Dumu hili la lita ishirini limejaa mafuta.This twenty liter jerrycan is full of oil.
- Walinunua madumu mapya kwa ajili ya maji ya mvua.They bought new jerrycans for rainwater.
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