Swahili
kifunga
ki-FU-nga
How to say it
Swahilikifungaki-FU-ngasoon
Englishfastenersoon
Frenchattachesoon
Meaning
something used for tying or fastening.
Good to know
in the compound kifunga stimu it means an electrical fuse; kifunga mbuzi names a short-lived grass, Eleusine indica.
Examples
- Alitumia kifunga kufunga mzigo kwenye baiskeli.He used a fastener to tie the load onto the bicycle.
- Kifunga stimu kimeungua tena.The electric fuse has blown again.
- Hawakuwa na kifunga kizuri cha kufungia mlango.They did not have a good fastener to secure the door.
- Fundi alibadilisha vifunga vya umeme nyumbani.The electrician replaced the fuses in the house.
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