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tukul

tukul noun: a cone-shaped mud hut, usually with a thatched roof, found in eastern and northeastern Africa.

Noun

tukul (plural tukuls)

  1. (often italicized) A cone-shaped mud hut, usually with a thatched roof, found in eastern and northeastern Africa
    • The women were sitting in groups in front of their tukuls.1987, Tudor Parfitt, The Thirteenth Gate: Travels Among the Lost Tribes of Israel, page 136

Forms of tukul

pluraltukuls

Questions about tukul

What does tukul mean?
Tukul means a cone-shaped mud hut, usually with a thatched roof, found in eastern and northeastern Africa.
What part of speech is tukul?
Tukul is a noun.
What is the plural of tukul?
The plural of tukul is tukuls.

Words near tukul in the dictionary

  1. Tuktoyaktuk
  2. tuktuk
  3. tuktuks
  4. Tuku
  5. Tukudeka
  6. tukul
  7. tukulan
  8. tukulans
  9. Tukuler
  10. Tukulers
  11. Tukulor

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