Swahili
kipinda
kin-PIN-da
How to say it
Swahilikipindakin-PIN-dasoon
Englishcarcasssoon
Frenchcarcassesoon
Meaning
a cadaver or carcass, of an animal that died a natural death.
Good to know
used in the phrase kufa kipinda, to die a natural death.
Examples
- Mbwa mwitu alikula kipinda kilichokuwa msituni.The wild dog ate a carcass that was in the forest.
- Je, ng'ombe huyu alikufa kipinda?Did this cow die a natural death?
- Hawakuruhusu kipinda kizikwe karibu na kijiji.They didn't allow the carcass to be buried near the village.
- Tai walikuwa wakizunguka juu ya kipinda.Vultures were circling above the carcass.
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