Swahili
shoto
SHO-to
How to say it
SwahilishotoSHO-tosoon
Englishleft sidesoon
Frenchcôté gauchesoon
Meaning
the left hand or side; left-handedness.
Good to know
shotoshoto describes doing something clumsily or backwards, in a left-handed way.
Examples
- Mwenye shoto anaandika kwa mkono wa kushoto.A left-handed person writes with the left hand.
- Alishika kalamu kwa shoto.He held the pen in his left hand.
- Je, unafanya kazi shotoshoto siku hizi?Are you working clumsily these days?
- Hakufanya kazi shoto, alikuwa makini sana.He did not work clumsily, he was very careful.
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