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Swahili

vunde

VOO-ndeh

How to say it

SwahilivundeVOO-ndehsoon
Englishrottensoon
Frenchpourrisoon

Meaning

something rotten, decomposed, or gone bad, especially meat.

Good to know

(ma-) something decomposed/pu- trid/stinking; meat that has become high. 2.: vundevunde adj. cloudy, overcast

Examples

  • Nyama hii ina vunde, usiile.This meat has gone bad, don't eat it.
  • Harufu ya vunde ilijaa jikoni.The smell of rot filled the kitchen.
  • Je, samaki huyu ana vunde?Does this fish smell rotten?
  • Waliutupa mzoga uliokuwa na vunde.They threw away the carcass that had gone rotten.

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