Swahili
kigai
ki-GA-i
How to say it
Swahilikigaiki-GA-isoon
Englishfragmentsoon
Frenchfragmentsoon
Meaning
a small fragment, splinter, or potsherd, a variant of kigae.
Good to know
see kigae
Examples
- Alijikata mguu kwa kigai cha chungu kilichovunjika.He cut his foot on a shard of the broken pot.
- Kigai hicho kilitoka wapi?Where did that potsherd come from?
- Hawakuokota vigai vilivyotapakaa sakafuni.They did not pick up the fragments scattered on the floor.
- Watoto waliepuka kukanyaga vigai vya kioo.The children avoided stepping on the glass shards.
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