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.
Not yet checked by a native speaker.