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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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