Swahili
kifuka
ki-FU-ka
How to say it
Swahilikifukaki-FU-kasoon
Englishironweedsoon
Frenchvernoniesoon
Meaning
a small flowering shrub, Vernonia cinerea, used in traditional remedies.
Good to know
hot. kifuka (a shrub, Verononia cinerea). kifukizo, kivukizo (vi-) smoking, fumigation, burning of incense; fumigating material, incense
Examples
- Bibi alichuma kifuka kutengeneza dawa.Grandmother picked the kifuka shrub to make medicine.
- Kifuka hiki kinaota kando ya njia.This shrub grows beside the path.
- Hawakuchuma kifuka cha kutosha msimu huu.They did not gather enough of the shrub this season.
- Waganga wa kienyeji hutumia kifuka mara kwa mara.Traditional healers use the kifuka shrub often.
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