farumi

How to say it

Meaning

Heavy material such as stones, gravel or water placed low in a ship to keep it steady. Nature writing also uses it for stones that some animals swallow to keep their balance.

Good to know

N class noun with no plural: meli ilibeba farumi, the ship carried ballast. farumu and furumi in the dictionary are other spellings of it.

Examples

• Nahodha aliagiza mawe yawekwe kama farumi.The captain ordered stones to be loaded as ballast.
• Bila farumi, mashua ingepinduka kwa urahisi.Without ballast, the boat would overturn easily.
• Meli tupu hujazwa maji ya bahari kama farumi.An empty ship is filled with seawater as ballast.

Forms

farumu, furumi