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Swahili

kikuta

ki-KU-ta

How to say it

Swahilikikutaki-KU-tasoon
Englishstone bordersoon
Frenchbordure de pierresoon

Meaning

a small wall or a stone border.

Good to know

{dimin. of ukuta) stone border, ^kikuti (vi-) chance, opportunity; event

Examples

  • Walijenga kikuta kuzunguka bustani.They built a low wall around the garden.
  • Kikuta hiki kimejengwa kwa mawe.This border wall is built of stone.
  • Je, kikuta kile kitashikilia udongo?Will that border wall hold back the soil?
  • Watoto walikuwa wakicheza karibu na kikuta.The children were playing near the low wall.

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