woman

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[English Word] woman

[English Plural] women

[Swahili Word] mwanamke

[Swahili Plural] wanawake

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] mwana N, mke N

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[English Word] woman

[English Plural] women

[Swahili Word] mke

[Swahili Plural] wake

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Related Words] ke

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[English Word] woman

[English Plural] women

[Swahili Word] bibi

[Swahili Plural] mabibi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6an

[Derived Language] Farsi

[Related Words] kibibi

[English Example] as it was for their men and women of the past, the women of Zanzibar today continue to meet and dance from time to time

[Swahili Example] kama ilivyokuwa kwa mababu na mabibi zao wa kale, wanawake wa Zanzibar leo hii bado hukutana na kucheza kwa mara kwa mara (http://home.globalfrontiers.com/zanzibar/wanawake_wa_zanzibar.htm Wanawake wa Zanzibar)

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[English Word] woman (of an age that she could be an aunt)

[Swahili Word] shangazi

[Swahili Plural] mashangazi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[English Example] the father of John is like my aunt

[Swahili Example] Mama yake John ni kama shangazi yangu

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[English Word] woman bearing child for the first time

[English Plural] women bearing children for the first time

[Swahili Word] mwanagenzi

[Swahili Plural] wanagenzi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[English Example] Tamima began to cry loudly, although she was not a woman bearing her first child

[Swahili Example] Tamima alianza kupiga kelele, ingawa si mwanagenzi [Moh]

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[English Word] young woman

[English Plural] young women

[Swahili Word] mwali

[Swahili Plural] wali

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[English Example] The daughter had become a young woman.

[Swahili Example] Binti alikwisha kuwa mwali [Balisidya, Masomo 347]

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[English Word] young woman

[English Plural] young women

[Swahili Word] mwari

[Swahili Plural] waari

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

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[English Word] young woman

[English Plural] young women

[Swahili Word] jana

[Swahili Plural] majana

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6an

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] mwana

[Related Words] kijana

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[English Word] handsome young woman

[English Plural] handsome young women

[Swahili Word] mchipukizi

[Swahili Plural] wachipukizi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] chipua V

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[English Word] woman

[English Plural] women

[Swahili Word] gashi

[Swahili Plural] magashi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] old woman

[English Plural] old women

[Swahili Word] kizee

[Swahili Plural] vizee

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8an

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -zee

[Related Words] mzee

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[English Word] old woman

[English Plural] old women

[Swahili Word] mvyele

[Swahili Plural] wavyele

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Note] rare

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[English Word] old woman

[English Plural] old women

[Swahili Word] ajuza

[Swahili Plural] ajuza

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Note] rare

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