Swahili
kigumi
ki-GU-mi
How to say it
Swahilikigumiki-GU-misoon
Englishsmall mat bagsoon
Frenchpetit sac de nattesoon
Meaning
a small bag made of woven mat, used for packing dates; a diminutive of guni, a variant of kiguni.
Good to know
a noun (class 7); a traditional container used in date-growing coastal regions.
Examples
- Alijaza tende kwenye kigumi.He filled the small mat bag with dates.
- Je, kigumi hiki kimeshonwa kwa mkono?Was this small mat bag sewn by hand?
- Hawana kigumi cha kuhifadhia tende.They don't have a mat bag to store dates in.
- Wafanyabiashara watauza tende kwa vigumi vidogo.The traders will sell dates in small mat bags.
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