kilimia

[Swahili Word] kilimia

[English Word] Pleiades

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -lima

[Related Words] kilimo

[Swahili Definition] fungunyota katika kundi la nyota la Taurus

[English Definition] a star cluster in the constellation Taurus

[Swahili Example] Kilimia kikizama kwa jua huzuka kwa mvua, kikizama kwa mvua huzuka kwa jua (methali)

[English Example] when the Pleiades set in sun they rise in rain, when they set in rain they rise in sun (proverb)

[Terminology] agriculture / astronomy

[Note] kuonekana kwa kilima mwanzoni wa usiku kulichukuliwa kama dalili la kuandaa kilimo kwa sababu mvua itafuata

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