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Swahili to English

Translating words and phrases into English from the Swahili language of East Africa.

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What does Blanche mean in Swahili?

Blanche is not a word in Swahili. If the name is from a root meaning "white," the equivalent word in Swahili would be mweupe, as applied to a person. However, it would not be used as a name.

What does ananas mean in Swahili?

No word in Swahili ends with the letter s; all words end with vowels.

-anana is an adjective meaning soft or gentle, e.g., mtu mwanana, a gentle or kindly person.

What does washihiri mean in Swahili?

It literally means people of Shihr, a port city of Hadramawt, southeast Yemen, but it came to be applied to people of Hadrami descent in general on the Swahili coast.

What does dice mean?

It means cut into small cubes, more or less the size of dice.

What does zazoo mean in Swahili?

It means nothing in Swahili. It appears to be noothing more than a silly sound, probably in English, and so could be reproduced as a silly sound in any language, including Swahili.

What does Kwanzaa mean?

Kwanzaa is a week-long holiday celebrated primarily in the United States, honoring African heritage,

The oficial Kwanzaa web site is below in related links.

The word is related to Swahili "kwanza" meaning "first".

What is the Kwanzaa 'kinara' in English?

The kinara is the special candelabra or candleholder for celebrating Kwanzaa. It holds places for seven candles. One candle is lit on December 26, the first day of Kwanzaa. Each day a new candle is lit, followed by the lighting of those already lit on the immediately preceding evenings. The last candle is lit on New Year's Day, when Kwanzaa ends.

What does the Shona word unopenga mean in English?

I can not imagine why you posted this question under "Latin to English".

The colloquial Shona term unopenga means: "you are crazy".

What does Mishka translate to?

It is a nickname for Mihail (michael) but it also means bear

How do you say best wishes in Swahili?

Heri zote

CORRECTION; This not a phrase that would occur in Swahili. You don't say "best" wishes in Swahili but rather wish someone good luck or a blessing. so the answer to the question is this:

Nakutakia (nakuombea) heri. I want (pray) the best (i.e., a blessing) for you.

Swahili contains many vocabulary words from what language?

Swahili is Bantu language, and most of its vocabulary is based on words from various Bantu languages. Like English, it readily borrows words from other languages. A high percentage, though much less than 50 per cent, of Swahili words have Arabic origins. But the language most rapidly mined for new words these days is English. Some French words have entered the eastern Congo dialect of Swahili, Kingwana.

What are facts about lingua francas in Tanzania?

Swahili has been a lingua franca in East and Central Africa for a thousand years and more. A lthough it's a second language to most Tanzanians and Kenyans, it has the status of national language, so it's not really a lingua franca anymore. It's also an official language of the Demcratic Republic of Congo, where it is the first language of almost everyone in the east, from Lubumbashi in the south to Lake Kivu in the north. It was brought to the Congo by Arab and Swahili slave-traders in the 19th Century. In the enormous disruption of peoples and cultures that was caused by the slave trade, Swahili replaced local tribal languages as a first language.

What does sowa sowa mean in Swahili?

it means alright or ok

CORRECTION: Sowa and sowasowa are not Swahili words. The words here are probably mispellings for sawasawa, which has been accurately defined above, though it should be "all right" and not "alright."