sobbing

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[English Word] convulsive sobbing

[Swahili Word] kwikwi (ya kilio)

[Swahili Plural] kwikwi (za kilio)

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Swahili Example] kwikwi ya mama wa marehemu [Sul], akabakiwa na kwikwi ya kilio, na kwikwi ilipokwisha akabaki anaona baridi [Sul]

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[English Word] sobbing

[English Plural] sobbings

[Swahili Word] kikwifukwifu

[Swahili Plural] vikwifukwifu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

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[English Word] sobbing

[English Plural] sobbing

[Swahili Word] kitefutefu

[Swahili Plural] vitefutefu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

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[English Word] sobbing

[Swahili Word] kwikwi

[Swahili Plural] kwikwi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] sobbing

[Swahili Word] malizano

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] sobbing convulsively

[Swahili Word] kwa kwikwi

[Part of Speech] adverb

[English Example] Matika returned to her mother in the kitchen (while) sobbing; She turns to the other side and begins to sob.

[Swahili Example] Matika alirejea jikoni kwa mama yake huku akilia kwa kwikwi [Balisidya, Masomo 348]; Anageuka upande mwingine na kuanza kulia kwa kwikwi [Chacha, Masomo 380].

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