Swahili
gayagaya
ga-ya-GA-ya
How to say it
Swahiligayagayaga-ya-GA-yasoon
Englishwoven matsoon
Frenchnattesoon
Meaning
a type of woven floor mat.
Good to know
gayagaya (kind of mat). gazeti LEngl.l (ma-) newspaper, magazine, periodical. gayagaya la jimbo. provincial/local newspaper, coll.: usinipige magazeti. Don't talk such nonsense. gea throw; leave behind, abandon, give up
Examples
- Mama alitandika gayagaya sebuleni.Mother spread the woven mat in the living room.
- Je, gayagaya hii imeshonwa kwa mkono?Was this mat woven by hand?
- Hawakuwa na gayagaya ya kukalia wageni.They did not have a mat for the guests to sit on.
- Watoto walicheza juu ya gayagaya.The children played on the mat.
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