Swahili
kikale
ki-KA-le
How to say it
Swahilikikaleki-KA-lesoon
Englishancientsoon
Frenchanciensoon
Meaning
ancient or archaic, and by extension old-fashioned or obsolete.
Good to know
adj. & adv. ancient, archaic; old- fashioned, obsolete
Examples
- Waliona mabaki ya jengo la kikale mjini.They saw the remains of an ancient building in town.
- Desturi hii ni ya kikale bado inafuatwa?Is this ancient custom still followed?
- Hakupenda mtindo wa kikale wa nguo hizo.He did not like the old-fashioned style of those clothes.
- Vitu vya kikale vilihifadhiwa kwenye makumbusho.Ancient objects were preserved in the museum.
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