kondoo dume
koh-NDOH-oh DOO-meh
How to say it
Swahilikondoo dumekoh-NDOH-oh DOO-meh
Englishram (male sheep)
Frenchbélier
Meaning
A male sheep, usually kept for breeding, with curved horns in many breeds. Its horn is used as the shofar in Jewish worship.
Good to know
Dume after an animal name marks the male, and the phrase is the same in the plural. The female is kondoo jike; a lamb is mwana kondoo.
Examples
- Kondoo dume alichinjwa kwa ajili ya sherehe.A ram was slaughtered for the celebration.
- Mfugaji ana kondoo dume mmoja na majike ishirini.The herder has one ram and twenty ewes.
- Pembe za kondoo dume huyu zimejikunja.This ram's horns are curled.
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