Swahili
vikuta
vee-KOO-tah
How to say it
Swahilivikutavee-KOO-tahsoon
Englishstone borderssoon
Frenchbordures de pierresoon
Meaning
Small walls or stone borders.
Good to know
plural of kikuta (ki-/vi- class); rural/agricultural register.
Examples
- Wakulima walijenga vikuta kuzunguka shamba.The farmers built stone borders around the field.
- Vikuta hivyo vilizuia mifugo kuingia bustanini.Those stone borders kept livestock out of the garden.
- Baadhi ya vikuta vimebomoka baada ya mvua kubwa.Some of the stone borders have crumbled after the heavy rain.
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