kugandamana
koo-gah-ndah-MAH-nah
How to say it
Swahilikugandamanakoo-gah-ndah-MAH-nahsoon
Frenchcoller ensemble, adhérer, se collersoon
Meaning
For two things or many small parts to stick to each other so that they are hard to pull apart, like wet sweets, dough or pages.
Good to know
Takes no object; na names what it sticks to: kugandamana na ngozi, to cling to the skin. Kuganda is to set or freeze, and kugandisha to make stick.
Examples
- Karatasi hizi zimegandamana kwa sababu ya maji.These papers have stuck together because of the water.
- Peremende zilizoachwa juani zimegandamana.The sweets left in the sun have stuck together.
- Tope lilikuwa limegandamana na viatu vyake.Mud had stuck to his shoes.
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