"Mto wa mtoto"

Translation: The baby's pillow

[Destrio]

the river of the child

[William_Bezodis]

How come pillow and river is the same word? I don't get it.

[likes2hike]

Most (all?) languages have homonyms. Why can "park" be both a place with trees and what you do with your car? Why can a "bank" be the side of a river and where you put your money? :)

[JSDHFOGOEVAIDBDO]

You mean you don't keep your money at a pillowbank?

[dieprinzessin]

https://www.coastalstylegifts.com/products/the-river-is-my-happy-place-hook-pillow

[Antonio860806]

broken link

[SamiraLaBarba]

The hint isn't correct. Mto is pillow and mtoo is river. According to my husband, mother tongue swahili.

[machieng]

'mto' is both river and pillow. 'Mtoo' does not exist, as far as I know

[JSDHFOGOEVAIDBDO]

Could be a regional dialect

[Antonio860806]

According to google translate...

Mtoo = style.

pillow as well as river = Mto