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cistern for cistern
kisimi kwa kisimi

it takes a cistern that can be made with a shovel and perhaps setting liner stones as is often done in a modern septic field.
inahitaji mtungi au tanki ambalo linaweza kutengenezwa kwa beleshi nap engine kuweka matofali ya uzio kama inavyofanya kwenye sehemu za kisasa za maji-taka.

they built for him as many temples as he wished, and figures, basins like cisterns, and caldrons fixed [in the ground].
walikuwa wakimfanyia alipendalo, kama mihrabu, na masanamu, na madeste makubwa kama mahodhi, na masufuria makubwa yasiyo ondolewa mahala pake. enyi watu wa daudi!