vumbu

How to say it

Meaning

a small hard lump in something that should be smooth, like flour or cooked rice.

Good to know

lump (in flour, rice). 614 vunjifi vumbua, zumbua uncover, bring to light; study, examine; find, invent, discover; explore, vumbu nchi. explore a country. vumbu vita, begin war

Examples

• Unga huu una vumbu vumbu.This flour has lumps in it.
• Wali una vumbu, hujachemshwa vizuri.The rice has lumps, it wasn't cooked well.
• Chekecha unga ili vumbu lisibaki.Sift the flour so no lumps remain.
• Je, kuna vumbu kwenye uji?Is there a lump in the porridge?

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