Swahili
gongonola
go-ngo-NO-la
How to say it
Swahiligongonolago-ngo-NO-lasoon
Englishwoodpeckersoon
Frenchpicsoon
Meaning
a bird that pecks at tree bark to find insects, a woodpecker.
Good to know
also gogota, kigogota.
Examples
- Gongonola alikuwa akigonga mti karibu na nyumba.The woodpecker was pecking at a tree near the house.
- Je, umewahi kusikia sauti ya gongonola?Have you ever heard the sound of a woodpecker?
- Hawakumwona gongonola tena baada ya mti kuanguka.They did not see the woodpecker again after the tree fell.
- Gongonola alitengeneza kiota kwenye shina la mti.The woodpecker made a nest in the tree trunk.
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