Swahili
mfumbati
m-fu-mba-TI
How to say it
Swahilimfumbatim-fu-mba-TIsoon
Englishbed railsoon
Frenchmontant de litsoon
Meaning
a side rail or side-piece of a bedstead.
Good to know
mfumbati (side-piece of a bed- stead)
Examples
- Fundi alitengeneza mfumbati wa kitanda.The carpenter made the bed's side-piece.
- Je, mfumbati huu umevunjika?Is this bed rail broken?
- Kitanda hakikuwa na mfumbati imara.The bed didn't have a sturdy side rail.
- Watabadilisha mfumbati uliochakaa.They will replace the worn bed rail.
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