pange

How to say it

Meaning

a large biting fly, the gadfly or horsefly, that torments cattle.

Good to know

gadfly, horsefly

Examples

• Pange amemuuma ng'ombe mgongoni.A horsefly has bitten the cow on the back.
• Wakati wa jua kali, pange huwasumbua sana mifugo.During the hot sun, gadflies trouble the livestock a great deal.
• Je, pange huyu ametoka wapi?Where did this horsefly come from?
• Ng'ombe hawakuweza kulala kwa sababu ya pange.The cattle could not sleep because of the gadflies.