Kuku

Kuku

chicken

Swahili → English

Example

Kuku wetu wanataga mayai mengi kila wiki.
Our chickens lay many eggs every week.
Pronunciation: KOO-koo WEH-too wah-nah-TAH-gah mah-YAH-ee MEN-gee KEE-lah WEE-kee
Grammar: Kuku is class 9/10; in the plural sense it takes the class 2 verb prefix wa- in wanataga, and the possessive wetu ‘our’ agrees with that noun class usage.