Swahili
mitalawanda
mee-tah-lah-WAHN-dah
How to say it
Swahilimitalawandamee-tah-lah-WAHN-dahsoon
Englishtall treessoon
Frencharbressoon
Meaning
Tall trees that grow in forests, whose wood is sometimes used to make sticks or staffs.
Good to know
plural of mtalawanda (m-/mi- class).
Examples
- Mitalawanda inaonekana kutoka mbali msituni.Tall trees can be seen from far off in the forest.
- Je, mitalawanda hii ina umri wa miaka mingi?Are these tall trees many years old?
- Mitalawanda haikukatwa wakati wa ukataji miti msituni.The tall trees were not cut down during the forest logging.
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