mabugu

How to say it

Meaning

Flexible twigs or wands used for weaving baskets.

Good to know

Plural of bugu (ji-/ma class, class 5/6); a specialized word from basket-weaving.

Examples

• Wafumaji walikata mabugu msituni kwa ajili ya vikapu.The weavers cut twigs in the forest for baskets.
• Je, mabugu haya yananyumbulika vya kutosha kusuka?Are these twigs flexible enough to weave?
• Mabugu hayo hayakukatika wakati wa kusuka.Those twigs did not break while being woven.

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