Swahili
mabunguu
mah-boon-GOO-oo
How to say it
Swahilimabunguumah-boon-GOO-oosoon
Englishcooking potssoon
Frenchmarmitessoon
Meaning
Large earthenware cooking pots.
Good to know
Plural of bunguu (ji-/ma class, class 5/6); a rural/regional word for a big clay pot.
Examples
- Wanawake walipika ugali kwenye mabunguu makubwa.The women cooked ugali in big clay pots.
- Je, mabunguu haya yametengenezwa na udongo gani?What kind of clay are these pots made from?
- Mabunguu hayo hayakuvunjika safarini.Those pots did not break during the journey.
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