Swahili
ndumakuwili
ndu-ma-ku-WI-li
How to say it
Swahilindumakuwilindu-ma-ku-WI-lisoon
Englishblindwormsoon
Frenchorvetsoon
Meaning
a legless burrowing reptile, popularly believed to have a mouth at each end, the blindworm.
Good to know
zool. blindworm (which is popularly believed to have a mouth at either end; cf. uma, kuwili/
Examples
- Watoto waliogopa ndumakuwili msituni.The children were afraid of the blindworm in the forest.
- Je, ni kweli ndumakuwili ana midomo miwili?Is it true that the blindworm has two mouths?
- Hawakumwona ndumakuwili tena baada ya siku hiyo.They did not see the blindworm again after that day.
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