servant

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[English Word] activity of a house-servant

[Swahili Word] uboi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] Eng.

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[English Word] fellow servant

[English Plural] fellow servants

[Swahili Word] mjoli

[Swahili Plural] wajoli

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

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[English Word] female servant (who lives as a concubine with her master)

[English Plural] female servants

[Swahili Word] suria

[Swahili Plural] masuria

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6an

[Terminology] historical

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[English Word] function of a house-servant

[Swahili Word] uboi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] Eng.

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[English Word] house-servant

[English Plural] house-servants

[Swahili Word] boi

[Swahili Plural] maboi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6an

[Derived Language] Gujerati

[Derived Word] bhoy

[Note] derived from Kachchi & Gujarati bhoy meaning 'serf', 'slave'

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[English Word] kitchen servant

[English Plural] kitchen servants

[Swahili Word] chokora

[Swahili Plural] machokora

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6an

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[English Word] paid domestic servant

[English Plural] paid domestic servants

[Swahili Word] mtumi

[Swahili Plural] watumi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tuma V

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[English Word] paid domestic servant

[English Plural] domestic servants

[Swahili Word] mtumishi

[Swahili Plural] watumishi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tuma V

[English Example] Come quickly! His wife has been killed and his servant has been very badly wounded

[Swahili Example] Njoo haraka. Mkewe ameuawa na mtumishi wake amejeruhiwa vibaya kabisa [Ganzel Masomo 166]

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[English Word] position of a servant

[Swahili Word] utumishi

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] servant

[English Plural] servants

[Swahili Word] abd

[Swahili Plural] abd

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Terminology] literary

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[English Word] servant

[English Plural] servants

[Swahili Word] hadimu

[Swahili Plural] mahadimu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6an

[Derived Word] hadima, huduma, hudumu, mhadimu

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[English Word] servant

[English Plural] servants

[Swahili Word] mhudumu

[Swahili Plural] wahudumu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] hudumu V

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[English Word] servant

[English Plural] servants

[Swahili Word] tume

[Swahili Plural] tume

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Related Words] tuma

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[English Word] servant (who sets the table)

[English Plural] servants

[Swahili Word] mwandazi

[Swahili Plural] waandazi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] andaa

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[English Word] servant who performs dirty work

[English Plural] servants who perform dirty work

[Swahili Word] chotara

[Swahili Plural] machotara

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6an

[Derived Language] Arabic

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[English Word] work of servant

[Swahili Word] uboi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 14

[Derived Word] boy - Eng.

[Swahili Example] una lazima ya uboi, kibarua kwa mtu [Abd]

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