Swahili
mtemba
m-TEM-ba
How to say it
Swahilimtembam-TEM-basoon
Englishtobacco pipesoon
Frenchpipesoon
Meaning
a small implement with a bowl and stem used for smoking tobacco, a tobacco pipe.
Good to know
tobacco pipe
Examples
- Babu alivuta mtemba wake jioni.Grandfather smoked his pipe in the evening.
- Mtemba ulijaa moshi mzito.The pipe was filled with thick smoke.
- Je, mtemba huu ni wa mbao au udongo?Is this pipe made of wood or clay?
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