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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