kitoweo
kee-toh-WEH-oh
How to say it
Swahilikitoweokee-toh-WEH-oh
Meaning
The meat, fish, beans or vegetables eaten together with a staple food such as ugali or rice to give it taste.
Good to know
Plural vitoweo. Kitoweo cha samaki is fish to go with the meal; in wildlife news nyama ya kitoweo is bushmeat hunted for food.
Examples
- Leo tunakula ugali na kitoweo cha samaki.Today we are eating ugali with fish on the side.
- Hatuna kitoweo, tutakula wali mtupu.We have nothing to go with it, we will eat plain rice.
- Wanakijiji huwinda ndege kwa ajili ya kitoweo.The villagers hunt birds for meat to eat.
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