pumu

How to say it

Meaning

med. asthma, a condition causing difficulty in breathing; also used to mean the lung.

Good to know

anat. lung ( = pafu, buhnmu); med. difficulty in breathing, asthma

Examples

• Mtoto wangu ana pumu na hupumua kwa shida wakati wa baridi.My child has asthma and breathes with difficulty during cold weather.
• Je, dawa ya pumu inasaidia?Does the asthma medicine help?
• Hakuwa na pumu tangu utotoni.He did not have asthma since childhood.
• Daktari alimpa dawa ya kupunguza pumu.The doctor gave him medicine to relieve his asthma.