kitale

How to say it

Meaning

a young coconut still at the stage when its flesh is soft, milky jelly.

Good to know

kitale (young coconut in the stage of milk-formation)

Examples

• Tulikunywa maji ya kitale chenye baridi.We drank the cool water of a young coconut.
• Nyama ya kitale ni laini na tamu.The flesh of a young coconut is soft and sweet.
• Mkulima alichuma kitale kutoka kwenye mnazi.The farmer picked a young coconut from the palm tree.