Swahili
mabaragumu
mah-bah-rah-GOO-moo
How to say it
Swahilimabaragumumah-bah-rah-GOO-moosoon
Englishhornssoon
Frenchcornessoon
Meaning
Horns used as instruments for signaling, historically war-horns.
Good to know
Plural of baragumu (ji-/ma class, class 5/6).
Examples
- Askari walipiga mabaragumu kuashiria shambulio.The soldiers blew horns to signal an attack.
- Je, mabaragumu haya yanatengenezwa na pembe za ng'ombe?Are these horns made from cattle horns?
- Mabaragumu hayo hayakusikika kwa mbali.Those horns could not be heard from afar.
- Kabila hilo litapiga mabaragumu wakati wa sherehe.That tribe will blow horns during the ceremony.
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