"Kijiko cha chakula"

Translation: A tablespoon

[danieljbuyinza]

Hey guys, I think that I may have gotten it...
You know how there's a Tablespoon, and a Teaspoon. And we usually use the Tablespoon for eating food, and the Teaspoon for the sugar that goes in our tea.

Well, perhaps here they were implying..."The spoon for food".

[danieljbuyinza]

In other words...Tablespoon.

[Marcus.horn25]

Thank you for clarifying, very helpful!

[vtopphol]

What?? How could a spoon be filled with a meal? This doesn't make sense at all.

EDIT: Thankfully, this comment has now become obsolete.

[Leigh_Anne_]

I think chakula can mean either a meal or just food generally!

[vtopphol]

I know it can, but that translation was not accepted, and "The spoon is filled with meal" was the suggested translation.

[AGreatUserName]

Up above, it says "a spoon of food" ...

[margamanterola]

I've reported this

[Martin633120]

In an Tanzanian context, "kijiko" means a spoon you use to eat with or to stir your tea with. I'm sure the most sensible correct translation for "kijiko cha chakula" is "(a/the) spoonful of food".

[Babu-G]

I suppose it could mean "A spoonful of food"

[_Coconuts_]

But really everyone just says kijiko... Cha chakula is unnecessary

[vtopphol]

Just like in English. You usually just say spoon, except for when you need to be precise. In cooking, for example, when you need to know for measurements; or if you got a teaspoon, but what you really needed was a tablespoon.

[MfonUdoiny]

"Cha chakula" sounds pleasant.

[GeorgiaMul]

he kinda just glided over that k didn't he. we out here translating the easygoinest laidback swahili styles. i feel accomplished

[phb2013]

Does this refer to a spoon that you eat with, or a measuring spoon? Or could it be either?

[vtopphol]

It's not a big one. Kijiko is the diminutive form of the word mwiko, which is a large spoon used for cooking. Kijiko is for eating.

[Tristin988397]

Shouldn't it be meza instead of chakula?

[machieng]

translations are not always that literal

[1058abesolves]

should "spoon for food" be accepted?

[Ninjagizmo]

I'm here just to find out if "kijiko cha chakula" was referring to a literal tablespoon for cooking measurements, or for an implied serving spoon on a table. Serving spoon would = table spoon for meal - would it not?

[ef.13]

The simple answer is that in Kiswahili it is understood to be a spoon for eating. However, the English culture has defined it more specifically, in that a spoon - is just a spoon ! [ FOR ANYTHING - eating, stirring or digging, etc.] AND a teaspoon or a tablespoon is for measurement. Save one - which is the iced teaspoon, but again Tanzanian's [ Africans ] generally don't drink iced-tea, much less have ice!

[ScorpioGir5]

I could be incorrect but the audio sounds like he's saying vijiko.

[maat_heru]

Some things are literal and others figurative. Maybe a transliteration would more helpful vs a simple translation