Swahili
kilinge
ki-LIN-ge
How to say it
Swahilikilingeki-LIN-gesoon
Englishsecret meeting-placesoon
Frenchlieu de réunion secretsoon
Meaning
a secret meeting place, especially where traditional healers or diviners gather.
Good to know
figuratively, maneno ya kilinge describes mysterious, secretive, or unintelligible words.
Examples
- Waganga walikutana kwenye kilinge chao.The traditional healers met at their secret meeting place.
- Hakuna aliyeruhusiwa kuingia kilingeni.No one was allowed to enter the secret meeting place.
- Je, kilinge hicho kiko msituni?Is that secret meeting place in the forest?
- Alisema maneno ya kilinge yasiyoeleweka.He spoke mysterious, unintelligible words.
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