Swahili
kilimo
ki-LI-mo
How to say it
Swahilikilimoki-LI-mosoon
Englishagriculturesoon
Frenchagriculturesoon
Meaning
agriculture, farming, or cultivation, and by extension its produce.
Good to know
a very common word, used for example in Wizara ya Kilimo, the Ministry of Agriculture.
Examples
- Familia yetu inategemea kilimo.Our family depends on farming.
- Je, kilimo cha mahindi kinalipa mwaka huu?Is maize farming profitable this year?
- Serikali imewekeza kwenye kilimo cha umwagiliaji.The government has invested in irrigation farming.
- Hawakuvuna kilimo chao kwa wakati.They didn't harvest their crop on time.
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