kigogota
kee-goh-GOH-tah
How to say it
Swahilikigogotakee-goh-GOH-tahsoon
Englishwoodpecker
Frenchpic
Meaning
A bird that clings to tree trunks and pecks holes in the bark with its strong bill to find insects. Scientific writing uses kigogota for the small woodpeckers called piculets.
Good to know
Ki/vi class noun, plural vigogota, with wa agreement as for animals: vigogota wawili, two woodpeckers. king'oto and kigotagota in the dictionary are other names for it.
Examples
- Kigogota alikuwa akigonga shina la mti.The woodpecker was knocking on the tree trunk.
- Sauti ya kigogota ilisikika msituni asubuhi.The sound of a woodpecker was heard in the forest in the morning.
- Vigogota hula wadudu wanaoishi ndani ya miti.Woodpeckers eat insects that live inside trees.
Forms
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