mifumbati

How to say it

Meaning

Side rails or side-pieces of a bedstead.

Good to know

plural of mfumbati (m-/mi- class).

Examples

• Mifumbati ya kitanda imevunjika.The bed's rails are broken.
• Je, mifumbati hii imetengenezwa na nini?What are these bed rails made of?
• Hiyo si mifumbati, ni miguu ya kitanda.Those are not bed rails, they are the bed's legs.
• Fundi ataitengeneza mifumbati kesho.The carpenter will make the bed rails tomorrow.