Swahili
kikapu
ki-KA-pu
How to say it
Swahilikikapuki-KA-pusoon
Englishbasketsoon
Frenchpaniersoon
Meaning
a basket woven from reeds, palm leaves, or similar material.
Good to know
kikapu cha karatasi names a wastepaper basket.
Examples
- Alibeba mboga kwenye kikapu sokoni.She carried the vegetables in a basket to the market.
- Kikapu hiki kimefumwa kwa makuti?Is this basket woven from palm fronds?
- Hawakuwa na kikapu cha kutosha kubebea matunda yote.They did not have a big enough basket to carry all the fruit.
- Ofisi ilinunua vikapu vya karatasi kwa kila meza.The office bought wastepaper baskets for every desk.
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