"A gazelle is small"

Translation: Paa ni mdogo

[AGreatUserName]

paa = duiker (small antelope, not a true gazelle)
swala = gazelle

https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paa_(Bovidae)

https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swala

[machieng]

interesting, I've never heard 'swala' before! Always used 'swara'

[AGreatUserName]

Yeah, I guess it's just a dialect thing, like chandarua vs chandalua. Whereabouts are you from?

[machieng]

Definitely, Tanzanians interchange l and r often. I'm from Kenya