upanga

How to say it

Meaning

A long blade with a handle used as a weapon, and in some areas a long knife for cutting bush. Upanga is also a neighborhood of Dar es Salaam.

Good to know

U class noun, plural panga: kufa kwa upanga, to die by the sword. A panga, the common bush knife, is often called panga in the ji/ma class: panga hili, mapanga.

Examples

• Askari wa kale walibeba upanga na ngao.Soldiers of old carried a sword and a shield.
• Mfalme alimpa shujaa upanga wa dhahabu.The king gave the hero a golden sword.
• Aliyetumia upanga atakufa kwa upanga.He who lives by the sword will die by the sword.

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