mabonge

How to say it

Meaning

Lumps or clods, as of earth, or rolled balls, as of yarn.

Good to know

Plural of bonge (ji-/ma class, class 5/6); colloquially also used for 'a huge amount' (mabonge ya pesa, 'piles of money').

Examples

• Wakulima walivunja mabonge ya udongo shambani.The farmers broke up clods of earth in the field.
• Je, mabonge haya ya udongo yatatosha kuzibua shimo?Will these clods of earth be enough to fill the hole?
• Mabonge hayo hayakuwa magumu kuvunja.Those clods were not hard to break.
• Mfanyabiashara alipata mabonge ya faida mwaka huu.The businessman got piles of profit this year.