The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary

Dictionary Variants: Sheng
Location of Greatest Variability: Tanzania
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mzimu
3/4an
noun
mythology
ancestor
Every clan had a god and their ancestor whom the worshiped.
ancestor
mizimu

Kila ukoo ulikuwa na mungu na mzimu wao waliyemwabudu [Masomo 311]

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mzimu
3/4an
noun
general
ancestral
meeting place of ancestral spirits
mizimu
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mzimu
3/4an
noun
general
dead people
dead
dead person
mizimu
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mzimu
3/4an
noun
general
ghosts
ghost
ghost
mizimu
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mzimu
noun
general
offerings
place where offerings are made to the spirits of ancestors.
mizimu
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mzimu
3/4
noun
mythology
souls
soul
soul
mizimu
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mzimu
3/4an
noun
general
ancestral spirits
spirit
ancestral spirit
mizimu
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mzimu
noun
general
spirits
dwelling place of spirits
mizimu
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mzimu
3/4
noun
general
worship
African place of worship
mizimu

jumba hili ni mzimu nini? [Moh]

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