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Swahili

vishupi

vee-SHOO-pee

How to say it

Swahilivishupivee-SHOO-peesoon
Englishwoven basketssoon
Frenchpaniers tresséssoon

Meaning

Small woven mat bags or baskets.

Good to know

plural of kishupi (ki-/vi- class).

Examples

  • Wanawake walibeba vishupi vya matunda.The women carried woven baskets of fruit.
  • Je, vishupi hivi vimesukwa kwa majani?Are these baskets woven from palm leaves?
  • Vishupi hivi si vikubwa.These baskets are not large.
  • Tutanunua vishupi zaidi sokoni.We will buy more woven baskets at the market.

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