indimi

Swahili

piki

PEE-kee

How to say it

SwahilipikiPEE-keesoon
Englishpicking sticksoon
Frenchgaulesoon

Meaning

a stick used to knock fruit down from a tree.

Good to know

see ^pikipiki. lpikipiki, piki, pigipigi (ma-), kipiki, kipikipiki (vi-) stick used for knocking down fruit

Examples

  • Mtoto alitumia piki kuangusha maembe.The child used a stick to knock down the mangoes.
  • Je, piki hii ni ndefu vya kutosha?Is this stick long enough?
  • Hakupata piki nzuri ya kuangusha matunda.He did not find a good stick to knock down fruit.
  • Watoto walishindana kwa piki zao kuangusha embe.The children competed with their sticks to knock down mangoes.

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