mchi

How to say it

Meaning

a pestle used with a mortar for pounding grain; the word also describes a piston in machinery.

Good to know

traditional cooking tool, also used technically for a mechanical piston.

Examples

• Bibi alitumia mchi kutwanga mahindi.Grandma used the pestle to pound maize.
• Mchi wa mashine ulivunjika.The machine's piston broke.
• Alishikilia mchi mkononi akipika ugali.She held the pestle in her hand while making ugali.