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swahili [noun]

Shoka

Maana (Definition)

A heavy cutting tool with a metal blade fixed to a handle used for felling trees and chopping wood.

Tafsiri ya Kiingereza (English):

axe / wood-chopping cleaver

Sheng / Standard Equivalent:

shoka

Asili na Utamaduni (Origin & Etymology): Bantu Swahili
Mfano wa Sentensi (Example Sentence):

"Mpasuaji mbao alitumia shoka kukata kuni msitoni."

Translation: The woodcutter used an axe to chop firewood in the forest.

Maneno Yanayohusiana (Related Terms):
OzanaPangakisu
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