Swahili
hodhi
HOH-dhee
How to say it
SwahilihodhiHOH-dheesoon
Englishwater tanksoon
Frenchréservoir d'eausoon
Meaning
a water tank or cistern, or waste land bordering a cultivated field.
Good to know
water-tank, boiler; waste land adjoining a cultivated
Examples
- Maji yalihifadhiwa kwenye hodhi kubwa.Water was stored in a large tank.
- Hodhi ile ilijaa maji baada ya mvua.That cistern filled with water after the rain.
- Kando ya shamba kulikuwa na hodhi ya ardhi isiyolimwa.Beside the field there was a stretch of uncultivated waste land.
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