indimi

Swahili

mikalamu

mi-ka-LA-mu

How to say it

Swahilimikalamumi-ka-LA-musoon
Englishreed penssoon
Frenchplumes de roseausoon

Meaning

Reeds or pieces of bamboo traditionally cut and used as pens for writing.

Good to know

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

Examples

  • Mikalamu ilitumika kabla ya kalamu za wino kuvumbuliwa.Reed pens were used before ink pens were invented.
  • Je, mikalamu hii bado inatengenezwa?Are these reed pens still made?
  • Hii si mikalamu, ni kalamu za kisasa.These are not reed pens, they are modern pens.
  • Waalimu wa zamani walifundisha kutumia mikalamu.Teachers of old taught how to use reed pens.

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