indimi

Swahili

visa

VEE-sah

How to say it

SwahilivisaVEE-sahsoon
Englishkernelssoon
Frenchamandessoon

Meaning

The kernels or seeds inside fruit-stones.

Good to know

plural of kisa (ki-/vi- class); unrelated to the loanword 'visa' (travel visa), which is an invariant N-class noun.

Examples

  • Visa vya embe ni vigumu kuvunja.Mango kernels are hard to crack.
  • Je, visa hivi vinaweza kuliwa?Can these kernels be eaten?
  • Visa hivi si vitamu.These kernels are not tasty.
  • Watoto walikusanya visa chini ya mti.The children collected kernels under the tree.

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