noun

Singular: akaani

Plural - utwaani:

MEANING

A blade of grass

 

 

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS/IDOMS/PHRASES/COLLO QUIAL USE/ EXPRESSION

1Ukuliinga akaani mwikufi,MEANINGTo measure and compare one’s height with another

A common practice among children, but considered offensive by full grown people.

Hence the expression

2 Mwaninga kaani mwi kufi MEANING You offended me, you slighted me

3 Pa kaani ke lenge MEANING In misery (in a critical position)

4 Mwanasha nashala pa kaani ke lenge MEANING The domestic slave remains in misery

5 Ba muteeka pa kaani ke lenge MEANING They put him in a critical position.

6 Mwina kaaniMEANING He is one of the Kani totems

7 Baba ubwina kaaniMEANING They are of the Kani totem .