kiungo

How to say it

Meaning

a part that joins two things together, such as a bodily joint, a mechanical coupling, or a grammatical conjunction.

Good to know

in cooking contexts kiungo more often means a spice or seasoning ingredient; the anatomical or mechanical sense is the older, more formal one.

Examples

• Goti ni kiungo muhimu cha mwili.The knee is an important joint of the body.
• Fundi alibadilisha kiungo kilichovunjika cha gari.The mechanic replaced the car's broken coupling.
• Je, neno hili ni kiungo cha sentensi mbili?Is this word a conjunction joining two sentences?
• Bila kiungo hicho, mashine haiwezi kufanya kazi.Without that joint, the machine cannot work.

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