Swahili
mitemba
mee-TEHM-bah
How to say it
Swahilimitembamee-TEHM-bahsoon
Englishtobacco pipessoon
Frenchpipessoon
Meaning
Small implements with a bowl and stem used for smoking tobacco.
Good to know
Plural of mtemba (m-/mi- class).
Examples
- Wazee walivuta tumbaku kwa mitemba yao.The old men smoked tobacco with their pipes.
- Je, mitemba hii imetengenezwa kwa udongo?Are these pipes made of clay?
- Mitemba hiyo haitumiki tena siku hizi.Those pipes are not used anymore these days.
- Atatengeneza mitemba mipya kuuza sokoni.He will make new pipes to sell at the market.
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