kizimba
kee-ZEE-mbah
How to say it
Swahilikizimbakee-ZEE-mbah
Meaning
A small enclosed space: in Tanzanian markets a stall or booth rented by a trader, and more generally a cage or pen for animals. In court the accused stands kizimbani, in the dock.
Good to know
Ki/vi class noun, plural vizimba: vizimba vya soko, market stalls; vizimba vya taka, rubbish bays. Kizimbani, with the place ending, is in the dock.
Examples
- Mama yangu ana kizimba cha kuuza mboga sokoni.My mother has a stall for selling vegetables at the market.
- Halmashauri iligawa vizimba vipya kwa wafanyabiashara.The council allocated new stalls to the traders.
- Mshtakiwa alisimama kizimbani akisikiliza hukumu.The accused stood in the dock listening to the sentence.
Forms
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