Swahili
figa
FI-ga
How to say it
SwahilifigaFI-gasoon
Englishcooking stonesoon
Frenchpierre de foyersoon
Meaning
one of a set of three stones arranged to support a cooking pot over a fire.
Good to know
the proverb mafiga mawili hayaivishi chungu (two cooking-stones won't cook a pot) means enough cooperation is needed to get something done.
Examples
- Mama aliweka sufuria juu ya mafiga matatu.Mother placed the pot on three cooking-stones.
- Je, mafiga haya ni imara vya kutosha?Are these cooking-stones stable enough?
- Hawakuwa na figa la tatu jikoni.They did not have a third cooking-stone in the kitchen.
- Kama methali isemavyo, mafiga mawili hayaivishi chungu.As the proverb says, two cooking-stones won't cook a pot.
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