The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary

Dictionary Variants: Sheng
Location of Greatest Variability: Tanzania
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class 2

Example: watu walioondoka

class 3, 11, 14

Example: mpaka uliovukwa

See also	Synonyms
English	which¹
Hausa	Wane?²
Swahili	ambazo³, amba-⁴, vipi?⁷, yapi?⁸, yupi?⁹, zipi?¹⁰, ambao¹¹, ambayo¹², ambacho¹³, ambavyo¹⁴, -zo¹⁵, -yo¹⁶, -cho¹⁷, -vyo¹⁸, ambalo¹⁹, -lo²⁰, lipi?²¹
Yoruba	e-wo⁵
Wolof	lan⁶

class 3, 11, 14

Example: mti uliozaa matunda

See also	Synonyms
English	that¹, to be thick⁴, not⁶, a exclamation of contempt⁹, a kind of crow¹¹, to itch¹³, to stir¹⁵, that one²², a switch²⁹, violent³², the⁴¹
Yoruba	ki², ki³, ki⁵, ho⁷, ho⁸, ho-ho¹⁰, hon¹², e-yi-ni²⁴, e-yi-ni²⁵, ki²⁶, kpe²⁷, kpe²⁸, kpa-ti-re³⁰, kpa-ti-re³¹, kpa-ti³⁴, kpa-ti³⁵
Akan	keka¹⁴, dɛm¹⁹, saa²⁰, no⁴⁰
Swahili	ambayo¹⁶, ambao¹⁷, amba-¹⁸, dhalimu³³, harabu³⁶, jeuri³⁷, -kali³⁸, onevu³⁹, -le⁴², kile⁴³, lile⁴⁴, ile⁴⁵, ule⁴⁶, wale⁴⁷, ile⁴⁸, ile⁴⁹, kama⁵⁰, kile⁵¹, kule⁵², kuwa⁵³, kwamba⁵⁴, lile⁵⁵, ule⁵⁶, -vyo⁵⁷, yale⁵⁸, -yo⁵⁹, pale⁶⁰, ambalo⁶¹, ambacho⁶², ambavyo⁶³, ambazo⁶⁴, -lo⁶⁵, -cho⁶⁶, -zo⁶⁷
Hausa	wancan²¹, wancan²³

Example: amemwoza mtoto wake kwa mtu mzee

See also	Synonyms
English	take a wife¹
Swahili	-owa²

Example: nioze mtoto wako

See also	Synonyms
English	marry (of a man)¹
Swahili	-owa²

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