Swahili
kichaka
ki-CHA-ka
How to say it
Swahilikichakaki-CHA-kasoon
Englishthicketsoon
Frenchbosquetsoon
Meaning
a thicket, clump of bushes, or small grove of trees.
Good to know
(dimin. of ^chaka); thicket, bushes, shrubbery; group of trees. grove
Examples
- Simba alijificha ndani ya kichaka.The lion hid inside the thicket.
- Watoto walikimbia kupitia kichaka kuelekea shuleni.The children ran through the bushes toward school.
- Je, kichaka hicho kina wanyama hatari?Does that thicket have dangerous animals?
- Wapanda mlima walipumzika chini ya kichaka kikubwa.The hikers rested under a large thicket of trees.
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