What is the Swahili word for long awaited?
There's no single Swahili equivalent to the English expression. You can express the same ides with a clause: Mwisho alifanya kazi hiyo iliyosubiriwa muda mrefu (in the end he did the job that had been long awaited).
What is the meaning of wailing?
In terms of the English language, the word wailing means to give cry mournfully or inarticulately. This word is often used to express suffering or dissatisfaction.
What does mbali mean in Swahili?
Mbali means far, a long way. Anaishi mbali, He lives a long way from here.
What does nzuri mean in Swahili?
-zuri is an adjective meaning good, pretty, attractive, appropriate. In the form nzuri, it has a agrees with the "n" class of nouns: picha nzuri a good (or pretty) picture, repoti nzuri a good report, nyumba nzuri a nice house. Also, kitabu kizuri a good book, gari zuri a good car, msichana mzuri a pretty girl.
What does the Swahili word jawara mean in English?
Jawara is not a Swahili word. The closest Swahili word to this is two syllables: kujawa na (to be filled with ),
example: Amejawa na hofu, he or she is filled with fear.
What is the meaning of the Swahili word halima?
Halima is not a Swahili word. It is an Arabic word. Halima ( حليمة ) is a female given name that means gentle, mild-mannered and generous.
The closest Swahili word would be Halimi, he or she doesn't farm or is not a farmer.
How do you say I am proud of you in Swahili?
Naona fahari juu yako.
I'm proud of y'all: Naona fahari juu yenu.
Mpasua Msonobari is the name or pseudonym of an online translator for translatorscafe.com.
Background on the name:
Kupasua (inf.) means to split, to chop, to cut: kupasua kuni to chop firewood, mpasua mkuni one who splits firewood.
Two online dictionaries (goswahili.org and africanlanguages.com) say msonobari is a pine tree; other online dictionaries do not have entries for the word. The Standard Swahili=English Dictionary spells the word with a U, msunobari, defined as imported pine timber.
So mpasua msonobari means a person who splits pine lumber or chops down pine trees.
What does jade mean in Swahili?
There's no word for jade in Swahili, unless one has been coined or borrowed recently. You have to describe it if you need to talk about it.
What does the Swahili word memsahib mean?
I believe it is the term used to describe a white female.
Correction and explanation: Memsahib is not a Swahili word but one from India. It means "mistress" (the feminine of sahib). The white colonists in East Africa took the Swahili word bwana, Mr. or Sir, to mean "master" and to refer only to themselves. Not finding such a word they could use for white women, they imported memsahib from the Raj. Also heard in southern Africa. It was still commonly used for white women in the early years of independence but is almost never heard today.Beloved friend (or best friend; the verb kupenda can be translated into English as either love or like).
How do you spell great in Swahili?
If you mean what "great" in swahili is, then they have a couple of words for it, like Nzuri, Poa, Freshi..(last one there is slang)
Would you translate Swahili phrase 50 milliya mafans?
It's not Swahili but a rather bad attempt at Swahili-izing an English phrase: it doesn't quite rise to the level of pidgin Swahili.
I guess it means "50 million fans." Fans would probably mean followers of a football or other sports team, but it could mean 50 million of the electrical appliance.
50 million in Swahili: milioni hamsini.
What does Timon mean in Swahili?
Timon is a Greek name meaning "respect. The Swahili for respect is heshima, pron. HEH-shee-mah. It is one of very few Swahili words with the accent not on the penultimate syllable.
What does ashe mean in Swahili?
Ashe is not a word in Swahili.
The word for ashes is majivu (sing., jivu, not used)