indimi

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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