kienge

How to say it

Meaning

a small torch or lamp, a diminutive or variant of mwenge.

Good to know

(vi-; see mwenge. kienyeji sing.: —a kienge. peculiar to or limited to a country, national, nguo za kienge. na- tional dress/costume, vita vya kienge. civil war

Examples

• Alibeba kienge kuelekea mtoni gizani.He carried a small torch toward the river in the dark.
• Kienge hicho kinawaka bado?Is that little torch still burning?
• Hawakuwa na kienge cha kuwaongoza gizani.They had no small torch to guide them in the dark.
• Watoto walibeba vienge vidogo sherehe za usiku.The children carried small torches at the night celebration.

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