kaburi

How to say it

Meaning

a grave, the place where a dead body is buried.

Good to know

also used figuratively, and in the plural makaburini for a cemetery.

Examples

• Walitembelea kaburi la babu yao.They visited their grandfather's grave.
• Kaburi lile lilipambwa kwa maua.That grave was decorated with flowers.
• Je, makaburi ya wazee wetu yako wapi?Where are our ancestors' graves?
• Hawakuwahi kutembelea kaburi tangu mazishi.They had not visited the grave since the funeral.

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