pamba
PAH-mbah
How to say it
SwahilipambaPAH-mbahsoon
Englishcotton
Frenchcoton
Meaning
The soft white fiber of the cotton plant, grown as a cash crop and used to make thread and cloth; also the plant itself.
Good to know
N class noun, the same in plural. Zao la pamba is the cotton crop and nguo za pamba cotton clothes. The verb kupamba, to decorate, is a different word.
Examples
- Wakulima wa Simiyu hulima pamba kwa wingi.Farmers in Simiyu grow a lot of cotton.
- Shati hili limetengenezwa kwa pamba tupu.This shirt is made of pure cotton.
- Bei ya pamba imeshuka msimu huu.The price of cotton has fallen this season.
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