Swahili
kiburuta
ki-bu-RU-ta
How to say it
Swahilikiburutaki-bu-RU-tasoon
Englishfansoon
Frenchéventailsoon
Meaning
a hand fan, typically made of tin, used to fan a cooking fire.
Good to know
(kind of) fan (usually made of tin and used to fan a fire)
Examples
- Mama alitumia kiburuta kuwasha moto jikoni.Mother used the fan to stoke the fire in the kitchen.
- Kiburuta hicho kilitengenezwa kwa bati la zamani.That fan was made from old tin.
- Je, unaweza kunikopesha kiburuta chako?Can you lend me your fan?
- Alipepea moto kwa kiburuta hadi ukawaka vizuri.He fanned the fire with the tin fan until it burned well.
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