Swahili
mindu
MEE-ndoo
How to say it
SwahiliminduMEE-ndoosoon
Englishsicklessoon
Frenchfaucillessoon
Meaning
Sickles, machetes, or billhooks.
Good to know
plural of mundu (m-/mi- class).
Examples
- Wakulima walichukua mindu kuvuna mpunga.The farmers took sickles to harvest rice.
- Je, mindu hii imenolewa vizuri?Have these sickles been sharpened well?
- Mindu iliyochakaa haikati tena vizuri.The worn-out sickles no longer cut well.
- Fundi chuma atatengeneza mindu mipya sokoni.The blacksmith will make new sickles for the market.
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