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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