mchoto

How to say it

Meaning

a small amount or pinch of something.

Good to know

often used of salt, spice, or snuff, e.g. mchoto wa chumvi, a pinch of salt.

Examples

• Weka mchoto wa chumvi kwenye supu.Put a pinch of salt in the soup.
• Je, ulibaki na mchoto wa unga?Did you have a small amount of flour left?
• Hakuna mchoto wa sukari jikoni.There's not even a pinch of sugar in the kitchen.
• Atatumia mchoto mmoja tu wa tumbaku.He'll use just one pinch of tobacco.