tabu

How to say it

Meaning

tobacco, the plant whose leaves are dried and smoked; a variant of taba.

Good to know

not to be confused with taabu, trouble or hardship, which is a different, everyday word.

Examples

• Wakulima walilima tabu shambani.The farmers grew tobacco on the farm.
• Alivuta tabu baada ya chakula.He smoked tobacco after the meal.
• Tabu inauzwa kwa bei nzuri sokoni.Tobacco sells for a good price at the market.

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