upinde
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Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From -pinda (“to bend”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]upinde (u class, plural pinde)
- bow (weapon used for shooting arrows)
- Synonym: uta
- 2022 January 15, “Uvumbuzi wa binadamu wa kale ulivyochangia kukua kwa teknolojia”, in BBC Swahili[1]:
- Neanderthals hawakutumia pinde, lakini muda wa muonekano kwa upinde unamaanisha kuwa Homo sapiens waliutumia dhidi yao.
- Neanderthals did not use bows, but the time of appearance of the bow means that Homo sapiens used it against them.