Swahili
kifungo
ki-FU-ngo
How to say it
Swahilikifungoki-FU-ngosoon
Englishbutton, confinementsoon
Frenchbouton, détentionsoon
Meaning
a fastener such as a button, buckle, or clasp, or a period of confinement in prison.
Good to know
peleka kifungoni means to put someone in prison; in typography, kifungo also names a parenthesis or bracket.
Examples
- Kifungo cha shati lake kimekatika.The button of his shirt has come off.
- Alipewa kifungo cha miaka mitano gerezani?Was he given a five-year prison sentence?
- Hakuwa na kifungo kizuri cha kufungia begi lake.He did not have a good clasp to fasten his bag.
- Mwandishi aliweka maelezo ndani ya vifungo.The writer put the explanation inside parentheses.
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