Swahili
mikilua
mee-kee-LOO-ah
How to say it
Swahilimikiluamee-kee-LOO-ahsoon
Englishperfume vinessoon
Frenchlianes à parfumsoon
Meaning
Climbing vines whose flowers are used to make perfume.
Good to know
plural of mkilua (m-/mi- class); rare botanical term.
Examples
- Mikilua inaota kwenye vichaka vya pwani.Perfume vines grow in coastal thickets.
- Je, maua ya mikilua yananukia vizuri?Do the flowers of the perfume vines smell nice?
- Mikilua haikutumika tena kutengeneza manukato.The perfume vines are no longer used to make perfume.
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