Swahili
mikaja
mi-KA-ja
How to say it
Swahilimikajami-KA-jasoon
Englishpostpartum bandagessoon
Frenchbandages post-partumsoon
Meaning
Cloths or bandages traditionally worn by women around the waist after childbirth.
Good to know
plural of mkaja (m-/mi- class).
Examples
- Mikaja ilifungwa kiunoni na wanawake baada ya kujifungua.Postpartum bandages were tied around the waist by women after giving birth.
- Je, mikaja hii ilishonwa na nani?Who sewed these postpartum bandages?
- Bibi alimpa mkwe wake mikaja kama zawadi.Grandmother gave her daughter-in-law postpartum bandages as a gift.
- Wanawake wa mila hutumia mikaja hadi leo.Traditional women use postpartum bandages to this day.
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