Swahili
kilingo
ki-LIN-go
How to say it
Swahilikilingoki-LIN-gosoon
Englishlookout platformsoon
Frenchplateforme de guetsoon
Meaning
a raised platform built in a field for watching over crops.
Good to know
diminutive of ulingo; also used for a notch or mark cut into a tree to show the way, and figuratively for an example or model.
Examples
- Baba alijenga kilingo shambani kulinda mazao.Father built a watch platform in the field to guard the crops.
- Alikaa juu ya kilingo usiku kucha.He sat on the platform all night.
- Je, kilingo kinaweza kuzuia ndege kula mahindi?Can the platform stop birds from eating the maize?
- Walichonga kilingo kwenye mti kuonyesha njia.They cut a notch in the tree to mark the way.
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