lema

How to say it

Meaning

a fish trap made of woven basketwork (dialectal variant of dema).

Good to know

dial, fish trap (of basketwork). dema exorcise a spirit

Examples

• Wavuvi waliweka lema mtoni.The fishermen set the fish trap in the river.
• Lema lilijaa samaki wadogo.The fish trap was full of small fish.
• Alitengeneza lema kwa mianzi.He made the fish trap out of bamboo.