Swahili
mluziluzi
um-loo-zee-LOO-zi
How to say it
Swahilimluziluzium-loo-zee-LOO-zisoon
Englishwhistling treesoon
Frencharbre sifflantsoon
Meaning
a tree whose seed pods whistle when the wind passes through them, related to uluzi (a whistling sound).
Good to know
From uluzi (a whistle), reduplicated to describe the tree's whistling pods.
Examples
- Upepo ulipovuma, mluziluzi ulianza kuita.When the wind blew, the whistling tree began to call.
- Je, umewahi kusikia mluziluzi ukilia?Have you ever heard the whistling tree cry?
- Watoto hawakuogopa sauti ya mluziluzi.The children were not afraid of the whistling tree's sound.
- Kesho tutatembelea msitu wenye miluziluzi mingi.Tomorrow we will visit a forest with many whistling trees.
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