kivumbasi

How to say it

Meaning

a fragrant wood that is ground with oil and used as a perfume or to repel mosquitoes.

Good to know

(a fragrant wood which, when ground up with oil, is used as a perfume or to keep off mosquitoes)

Examples

• Alisaga kivumbasi na mafuta kutengeneza manukato.She ground kivumbasi with oil to make perfume.
• Kivumbasi kinatumika kufukuza mbu usiku.Kivumbasi is used to drive away mosquitoes at night.
• Je, unajua harufu ya kivumbasi?Do you know the smell of kivumbasi?
• Bibi aliniambia kivumbasi ni dawa ya asili.Grandmother told me kivumbasi is a traditional remedy.