vumbi

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Meaning

fine loose particles, such as dust, powder, or chaff, that settle on a surface.

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{also fumbi, vumbi); dust, sweepings; sediment (in water), chumba vumbi tele. The room is very dusty; powder; chaff; phys. particle

Examples

• Meza hii ina vumbi tele.This table is covered in dust.
• Utafuta lini vumbi sebuleni?When will you dust the living room?
• Barabara haina lami, hivyo gari letu liliacha vumbi nyuma.The road isn't paved, so our car left dust behind it.
• Vumbi halitaisha kama hutafunga dirisha.The dust won't stop coming in if you don't close the window.

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