Swahili
ingwe
EEN-gweh
How to say it
SwahiliingweEEN-gwehsoon
Englishgarden bed, plotsoon
Frenchplanche de culturesoon
Meaning
a bed or plot of cultivated land, especially the portion assigned to one person to work.
Good to know
distinct from the homophone ingwe meaning 'leopard'.
Examples
- Kila mtu alipewa ingwe lake la kulima.Everyone was given their own plot to cultivate.
- Je, ingwe lako limepandwa nyanya?Has your plot been planted with tomatoes?
- Hatujamalizia ingwe lote la mboga.We have not finished the whole vegetable plot.
- Wakulima watapanua ingwe lao mwaka ujao.The farmers will expand their plot next year.
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