- alternative
- ------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] alternative[Swahili Word] -badala[Part of Speech] adjective[Derived Word] badala n.[English Example] they can be helped to find alternative employment[Swahili Example] "wataweza ... kutafutiwa ajira mbadala" [Nipashe 2004-07-09, "Watoto 30,000 kupatiwa elimu chini ya MEMKWA" na Joseph Mwendapole]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] alternative[English Plural] alternatives[Swahili Word] budi[Swahili Plural] budi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Language] Arabic[English Example] she saw she had no alternative to pronouncing the word that would call her companion[Swahili Example] aliona hana budi kutamka neno lile alilomwitia mwenzake [Sul][Note] usually used in negative constructions------------------------------------------------------------
English-Swahili dictionary. 2013.