tumbili

How to say it

Meaning

A small gray monkey with a black face and a long tail, common in East African towns, farms and parks, where it often steals food.

Good to know

N class noun with wa agreement, plural also tumbili: tumbili wawili, two monkeys. Kima is a related monkey and nyani is a baboon; tumbiri in the dictionary points here.

Examples

• Tumbili waliiba ndizi kutoka jikoni.Monkeys stole bananas from the kitchen.
• Tuliona tumbili wengi njiani kwenda mbugani.We saw many monkeys on the way to the park.
• Tumbili huyo alipanda juu ya mti haraka.The monkey climbed up the tree quickly.

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Forms

tumbiri