child

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[English Word] big child

[English Plural] big children

[Swahili Word] toto

[Swahili Plural] matoto

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6an

[Derived Word] -toto N

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[English Word] bring up a child

[Swahili Word] -tamia

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] child

[English Plural] children

[Swahili Word] mtoto

[Swahili Plural] watoto

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Related Words] toto, kitoto, utoto

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[English Word] child

[English Plural] children

[Swahili Word] mwana

[Swahili Plural] wana

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Related Words] jana, kijana, uana, ujana

[English Example] illegitimate child; a single hand can not nurse a child (proverb)

[Swahili Example] mwana haramu; mkono moja haulei mwana (methali)

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[English Word] child

[English Plural] children

[Swahili Word] mzawa

[Swahili Plural] wazawa

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Dialect] dialectical

[Derived Word] zaa

[Swahili Definition] mtoto

[English Example] the relationship between a parent and a child

[Swahili Example] uhusiano kati ya mzazi na mzawa (Mkangi, Ukiwa)

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[English Word] child (of a human being or an animal)

[Swahili Word] mzao

[Swahili Plural] wazao

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] zaa V

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[English Word] child of a concubine

[Swahili Word] suriama

[Swahili Plural] masuriama

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6an

[Derived Word] suria N

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[English Word] child with upper teeth grown first

[English Plural] children with upper teeth grown first

[Swahili Word] kigego

[Swahili Plural] vigego

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8an

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[English Word] dependent child

[English Plural] dependent children

[Swahili Word] mtoto mtegemea

[Swahili Plural] watoto wategemea

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Related Words] tegemea

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[English Word] fine child

[English Plural] fine children

[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] firstborn child

[English Plural] firstborn children

[Swahili Word] kifungua mimba

[Swahili Plural] vifungua mimba

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8an

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -fungua, mimba

[Swahili Definition] mtoto aliyezaliwa kabla ya ndugu zake

[English Example] the first born child is Jumanne, and the next one is Halima.

[Swahili Example] kifungua mimba ni Jumanne, na aliyemfuata ni Halima (Moshi Tuimarishe 56)

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[English Word] large child

[English Plural] large children

[Swahili Word] jana

[Swahili Plural] majana

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6an

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] mwana

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[English Word] last born child

[English Plural] last born children

[Swahili Word] kitinda mimba

[Swahili Plural] vitinda mimba

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8an

[Swahili Definition] mtoto aliyezaliwa baada ya ndugu zake

[English Example] The third one is Bakari. He is the last born child.

[Swahili Example] Wa tatu ni Bakari. Yeye ni kitinda mimba. (Moshi Tuimarishe 56).

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[English Word] last child (that a woman is capable of bearing

[Swahili Word] mziwanda

[Swahili Plural] waziwanda

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

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[English Word] last child (that a woman is capable of bearing

[Swahili Word] mzuwanda

[Swahili Plural] waziwanda

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

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[English Word] my child

[Swahili Word] mwanangu

[Swahili Plural] wanangu

[Part of Speech] pronoun

[Derived Word] mwana N, -angu pron

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[English Word] only child (as precious as the eye of a one-eyed person)

[Swahili Word] chongo

[Swahili Plural] chongo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Swahili Example] maskini Msimu, chongo yangu moja [Sul]

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[English Word] small child (fig.)

[Swahili Word] malaika

[Swahili Plural] malaika

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Derived Word] Arabic

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[English Word] young child

[English Plural] young children

[Swahili Word] malaika

[Swahili Plural] malaika

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

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