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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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