Swahili
sebule
se-BU-le
How to say it
Swahilisebulese-BU-lesoon
Englishreception roomsoon
Frenchsalon de réceptionsoon
Meaning
a reception room or parlor in a house, used for receiving and entertaining guests.
Good to know
reception room, antechamber, hall, porch. sebusebu refuse, reject (unwillingly, regret- fully); relinquish, forgo. sedeka. seteka belong/protracted (of an illness). sefu [EnglJ 1. safe. 2. refrigerator. sefule! inter], see \du
Examples
- Wageni waliketi sebuleni wakisubiri chai.The guests sat in the parlor waiting for tea.
- Tumepamba sebule kwa maua mapya.We have decorated the reception room with new flowers.
- Je, tunaweza kukutana sebuleni baadaye?Can we meet in the parlor later?
- Hawakupokea wageni sebuleni kwa sababu ilikuwa chafu.They did not receive the guests in the parlor because it was dirty.
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