tini
TEE-nee
How to say it
SwahilitiniTEE-nee
Englishfig (fruit)
Frenchfigue
Meaning
The soft sweet fruit of the fig tree, full of small seeds, eaten fresh or dried.
Good to know
An n class noun, the same in the plural: tini tatu, three figs. The tree is mtini. Do not confuse with matini, texts (a different word).
Examples
- Tini zilizokaushwa huuzwa sokoni kwa bei nzuri.Dried figs are sold at the market at a good price.
- Mti huu huzaa tini tamu kila mwaka.This tree bears sweet figs every year.
- Alinunua tini mbili na ndizi kwa ajili ya watoto.She bought two figs and bananas for the children.
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