Swahili
vipingu
vee-PEEN-goo
How to say it
Swahilivipinguvee-PEEN-goosoon
Englishshacklessoon
Frenchentravessoon
Meaning
Small shackles or fetters.
Good to know
plural of kipingu (ki-/vi- class).
Examples
- Vipingu viliwekwa mikononi mwa mfungwa.Shackles were put on the prisoner's hands.
- Je, vipingu hivi vinaweza kufunguliwa bila ufunguo?Can these shackles be opened without a key?
- Vipingu havikumzuia kabisa kutembea.The shackles did not stop him from walking entirely.
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