sacrifice

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[English Word] animal killed as a sacrifice

[Swahili Word] mhanga

[Swahili Plural] wahanga

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

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[English Word] animal sacrifice

[Swahili Word] kafara

[Swahili Plural] makafara

[Part of Speech] noun

[Swahili Example] toa (fanya) kafara; (rare): chinja kafara

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[English Word] make a sacrifice

[Swahili Word] -sadaki

[Part of Speech] verb

[Derived Word] sadaka

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[English Word] make a sacrifice to propitiate the spirits of the dead

[Swahili Word] -tambika

[Part of Speech] verb

[Terminology] anthropology

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[English Word] make sacrifices

[Swahili Word] -adua

[Part of Speech] verb

[Dialect] archaic

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[English Word] one who performs sacrifices

[English Plural] people who perform sacrifices

[Swahili Word] mtambika

[Swahili Plural] watambika

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tambika

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[English Word] one who performs sacrifices

[English Plural] people who perform sacrifices

[Swahili Word] mtambikaji

[Swahili Plural] watambikaji

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tambika

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[English Word] rel. sacrifice

[Swahili Word] madhabuha

[Swahili Plural] madhabuha

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] sacrifice

[Swahili Word] dabiku

[Swahili Plural] dabiku

[Part of Speech] noun

[Note] rare

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[English Word] sacrifice

[Swahili Word] edaha

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] sacrifice

[Swahili Word] kafara

[Swahili Plural] makafara

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] sacrifice

[Swahili Word] mhanga

[Swahili Plural] wahanga

[Part of Speech] noun

[English Example] The people with one purpose were willing to sacrifice themselves.

[Swahili Example] Wananchi kwa nia moja wakawa radhi kabisa kujitoa mhanga [Nyerere, Masomo 274].

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[English Word] sacrifice

[Swahili Word] paji

[Swahili Plural] mapaji

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Derived Word] pa

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[English Word] sacrifice

[Swahili Word] sadaka

[Swahili Plural] sadaka

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[English Example] let us go and offer sacrifice at the place where offerings are made to the ancestors

[Swahili Example] Twende tukatoe sadaka mzimuni

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[English Word] sacrifice

[Swahili Word] -dahi

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] sacrifice (things or animals)

[Swahili Word] -dhabihu

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] sacrifice oneself

[Swahili Word] -jitoa mhanga

[Part of Speech] verb

[Derived Word] -toa v, mhanga n

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[English Word] sacrifice oneself

[Swahili Word] -jitolea

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] appl-refl

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -toa, -tolea

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[English Word] thing sacrificed

[Swahili Word] madhabuha

[Swahili Plural] madhabuha

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Word] dhabihi V

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