Swahili
ghangi
GHA-ngi
How to say it
SwahilighangiGHA-ngisoon
Englishsailing shipsoon
Frenchvoiliersoon
Meaning
a type of traditional sailing ship.
Good to know
ghangi (kind of ship)
Examples
- Ghangi ilisafiri kutoka Zanzibar kuelekea Mombasa.The ghangi ship sailed from Zanzibar to Mombasa.
- Je, ghangi bado zinatumika leo?Are ghangi ships still used today?
- Hawakuwa na ghangi kubwa ya kubeba mizigo.They did not have a large ghangi to carry cargo.
- Wavuvi walijenga ghangi kwa mikono yao.The fishermen built the ghangi ship by hand.
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