upamba

How to say it

Meaning

a knife or bill-hook used for tapping palm trees; also a sickle or small hoe used for weeding.

Good to know

upamba (a knife or bill- hook used for tapping palm trees); sickle; small hoe (used for weeding). ^upamba (pamba) tusk (of a boar). ^upamba [Pers.]; comparison; collision, conflict, disagreement

Examples

• Mkwezi alitumia upamba kukwea mnazi.The tapper used the bill-hook to climb the coconut tree.
• Alinoa upamba kabla ya kwenda shambani.He sharpened the hoe before going to the field.
• Je, upamba huu unafaa kukata mianzi?Is this bill-hook suitable for cutting bamboo?
• Upamba ulioachwa nje ulipata kutu.The tool left outside got rusty.