kukamulia

How to say it

Meaning

The applied form of kukamua, to milk or squeeze: to milk into a vessel or with a tool, mostly after ya or cha to describe milking equipment.

Good to know

Usually after a noun: chombo cha kukamulia, a milking vessel; mashine ya kukamulia, a milking machine. The same form is used for squeezing juice: mashine ya kukamulia miwa.

Examples

• Mfugaji alinunua mashine ya kukamulia ng’ombe.The herder bought a cow milking machine.
• Chombo cha kukamulia lazima kiwe safi.The milking vessel must be clean.
• Mama anatumia kibuyu hiki kukamulia maziwa.Mother uses this gourd to milk into.

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