Swahili
kionja
ki-ON-ja
How to say it
Swahilikionjaki-ON-jasoon
Englishsoul patchsoon
Frenchimpérialesoon
Meaning
a small tuft of beard growing just below the lower lip.
Good to know
jokingly nicknamed mchuzi, 'gravy', because it sits where sauce might drip, hence 'gravy-taster'.
Examples
- Alikuwa na kionja kidogo kilichonyolewa vizuri.He had a small, neatly trimmed soul patch.
- Je, unafikiri kionja kinamfaa?Do you think the soul patch suits him?
- Alinyoa ndevu zote isipokuwa kionja.He shaved off his whole beard except for the soul patch.
- Vijana wengi wanapenda mtindo wa kionja siku hizi.Many young men like the soul-patch style these days.
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