pampu

How to say it

Meaning

A machine that moves water, fuel, air or another liquid or gas by pressing or sucking it through a pipe.

Good to know

Plural stays pampu (n class): pampu ya maji, a water pump; pampu ya mafuta, a fuel pump at a filling station. Kupiga pampu is to pump air into a tire.

Examples

• Pampu ya maji imeharibika, kwa hiyo hakuna maji leo.The water pump has broken down, so there is no water today.
• Kijana alipiga pampu gurudumu la baiskeli.The young man pumped up the bicycle tire.
• Kijiji kimepata pampu mpya ya kumwagilia mashamba.The village has got a new pump for irrigating the fields.