Swahili
fuawe
fu-A-we
How to say it
Swahilifuawefu-A-wesoon
Englishanvilsoon
Frenchenclumesoon
Meaning
a heavy iron block on which a blacksmith hammers and shapes hot metal, an anvil.
Good to know
anvil
Examples
- Mhunzi aligonga chuma juu ya fuawe.The blacksmith hammered the metal on the anvil.
- Je, fuawe hii ni nzito kiasi gani?How heavy is this anvil?
- Hawakuwa na fuawe kubwa ya kutosha.They did not have a large enough anvil.
- Sauti ya nyundo kwenye fuawe ilisikika mbali.The sound of the hammer on the anvil was heard from afar.
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