ununu

How to say it

Meaning

fibre from the stalk of a coconut-palm leaf.

Good to know

ununu (fiber from the stalk of the coconut-palm leaf). ununuzi sing; buying, purchasing; price, offer, bid, quotation. ununu wa ng'ombe umekatazwa. The quotation on cattle has gone down

Examples

• Ununu ulitumika kusuka kamba nyembamba.The fibre was used to weave a thin rope.
• Wavuvi walikusanya ununu pwani.The fishermen gathered the palm fibre at the coast.
• Je, ununu huu unafaa kutengeneza mkeka?Is this fibre suitable for making a mat?
• Ununu uliokusanywa ulikaushwa juani.The gathered fibre was dried in the sun.