hasi

How to say it

Meaning

to castrate or geld an animal; figuratively, a person treated as an outcast.

Good to know

Figurative use: mtu huyu ni hasi, 'this man is an outcast'.

Examples

• Mkulima alimhasi ng'ombe wake dume.The farmer castrated his bull.
• Punda aliyehasiwa hakuweza kuzaliana.The gelded donkey could not breed.
• Jamii ilimtenga kama hasi.Society shunned him as an outcast.

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