pandio

How to say it

Meaning

a notch cut into the trunk of a tree to give a climber a foothold or handhold.

Good to know

pandio (a notch cut in a tree-trunk to facilitate climbing)

Examples

• Mvunaji alichonga pandio kwenye mti wa nazi.The harvester cut a notch into the coconut tree.
• Je, umeona pandio kwenye mti ule?Have you seen the notch on that tree?
• Mti huu hauna pandio, hivyo ni vigumu kupanda.This tree has no notches, so it is hard to climb.
• Zamani wavunaji walichonga mapandio kabla ya kupanda mitende.In the old days, harvesters used to cut notches before climbing palm trees.