Swahili
mundu
MOON-doo
How to say it
SwahilimunduMOON-doosoon
Englishsicklesoon
Frenchfaucillesoon
Meaning
a sickle, machete, or billhook.
Good to know
Appears in the phrase mundu na nyundo (hammer and sickle).
Examples
- Alikata nyasi kwa mundu.He cut the grass with a sickle.
- Je, mundu huu umenolewa?Has this sickle been sharpened?
- Sikuwa na mundu wa kutosha shambani.I did not have enough sickles for the farm.
- Mundu ulianguka chini akiwa akikata miti.The machete fell down as he was cutting branches.
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