fundi

plural fundis

1. South AfricaZimbabweA master of a particular skill; an expert.

   Alas I our small office staff boasted no bird fundi and the bird remained unindentified.

   1972, The Rhodesia Science News, volume 6, page 358

plural fundis

1. AfricaEastA person who repairs and maintains things; mechanic, repairer.

   The air compressor sends off quite a large blast of air, sending dust skyward, as the air drilling begins. The driller's compressor remains in the backyard in Morogoro town, as the fundi mechanic works to put it back together again.

   2018 May 18, Bob Nicol, My Name Is Deliverer, LifeRich Publishing, →ISBN

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   I am sure, dear reader that if you live in Africa the fundi is an integral part of your daily existence. For you who is a non-Swahili speaker, a fundi is anybody who does repair works and includes a mechanic, tailor, bicycle repair man,[…]

   2021 March 21, Didi Wamukoya, Wooden Glass: Tales From the City Volume 1, Didi Wamukoya, →ISBN, page 11

alternative fundungi

1. uncountableThe African cereal plant Digitaria exilis.

1. pluralplural of fundus