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Swahili

kilili

ki-LI-li

How to say it

Swahilikililiki-LI-lisoon
Englishsmall bedsoon
Frenchpetit litsoon

Meaning

a small bed or bedstead, diminutive of ulili.

Good to know

dimin. of ulili

Examples

  • Mtoto analala kwenye kilili chake kidogo.The baby sleeps in his little bed.
  • Walimtengenezea kilili cha mbao.They made him a small wooden bed.
  • Je, kilili hiki ni kikubwa kutosha?Is this little bed big enough?
  • Kilili kiliwekwa karibu na dirisha.The small bed was placed near the window.

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