Swahili
vulio
voo-LEE-oh
How to say it
Swahilivuliovoo-LEE-ohsoon
Englishcast-offsoon
Frenchmuesoon
Meaning
something laid aside, taken off, or shed, such as old clothing or a snake's cast skin.
Good to know
something laid aside or cast off: cast-off clothing; the sloughed-off skin of a snake
Examples
- Nguo hizi ni vulio la mzee wangu.These clothes are my grandfather's cast-offs.
- Je, vulio la nyoka linamaanisha nini?What does a snake's shed skin mean?
- Sikutaka kuvaa vulio la mtu mwingine.I didn't want to wear someone else's cast-off clothing.
- Watoto walikuta vulio la nyoka nyuma ya nyumba.The children found a snake's shed skin behind the house.
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