love

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[English Word] love

[Swahili Word] upendo

[Swahili Plural] mapendo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11/6

[Derived Word] penda V

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[English Word] love

[Swahili Word] penzi

[Swahili Plural] mapenzi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Derived Word] penda V

[English Example] the love for a mother

[Swahili Example] penzi la mama

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[English Word] love

[Swahili Word] kipendo

[Swahili Plural] vipendo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] penda V

[Note] rare

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[English Word] love

[Swahili Word] upenzi

[Swahili Plural] mapenzi

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] love

[Swahili Word] mapenzi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 6

[Derived Word] penda V

[English Example] If s/he loves someone and wants a friendship with him/her s/he will write him/her a love poem.

[Swahili Example] Akimpenda mtu na kutaka urafiki naye atamwandikia shairi la mapenzi [Khan, Masomo 391]

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[English Word] love

[Swahili Word] upendezi

[Swahili Plural] mapendezi

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] love

[Swahili Word] -penda

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] love one another

[Swahili Word] -pendana

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] reciprocal

[English Example] The journey made them love one another.

[Swahili Example] njia iliwafanya wapendane [Kez]

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[English Word] cause to love

[Swahili Word] -pendeza

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] be loved

[Swahili Word] -pendwa

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] passive

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[English Word] I love you

[Swahili Word] nakupenda

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] conjugated

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[English Word] mutual love

[Swahili Word] upendano

[Swahili Plural] mapendano

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11/6

[Derived Word] penda V

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[English Word] mutual love

[Swahili Word] mapendano

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 6

[Derived Word] penda V

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[English Word] love

[Swahili Word] ashki

[Swahili Plural] ashiki

[Part of Speech] noun

[Note] Cf. shauku / also: ashiki

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[English Word] love

[Swahili Word] ashiki

[Swahili Plural] ashiki

[Part of Speech] noun

[Note] Cf. shauku / also: ashki

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[English Word] be in love

[Swahili Word] -ashki

[Part of Speech] verb

[Note] Cf. shauku / also: '-ashiki

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[English Word] love

[English Plural] loves

[Swahili Word] haba

[Swahili Plural] haba

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Language] Arabic

[Related Words] hebu, muhebi, stahabu

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[English Word] love

[English Plural] love

[Swahili Word] mahaba

[Swahili Plural] mahaba

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 6/6

[Derived Language] Arabic

[English Example] All is the love of God, our colors are not stigmas; love is neither a bridge nor a rope; there is no cure for love

[Swahili Example] Yote mahaba ya Mungu, rangi zetu si kashifa [Shaaban Robert, Masomo 427]; mahaba si daraja wala si kamba [Ya]; mahaba hayana dawa

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[English Word] love

[Swahili Word] huba

[Swahili Plural] huba

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] love

[Swahili Word] habu

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] god of love

[Swahili Word] wahabu

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] love

[Swahili Word] -hebu

[Part of Speech] verb

[Derived Word] haba, muhebi, stahabu

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[English Word] of love

[Swahili Word] -a kimahaba

[Part of Speech] adjective

[Swahili Example] ulaini wa kimahaba wa Matatu ulitoweka [Muk]

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[English Word] love (passionate)

[English Plural] love

[Swahili Word] hawa

[Swahili Plural] hawa

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Language] Arabic

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[English Word] love

[Swahili Word] -isa

[Part of Speech] verb

[Note] rare

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[English Word] love story

[Swahili Word] riwaya ya mapenzi

[Swahili Plural] riwaya za mapenzi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[English Example] I also like reading stories of all sorts: from terror to espionage to war and horror, from those of love to devilish ones

[Swahili Example] hupenda pia kusoma riwaya za kila aina: toka za ujambazi na upelelezi hadi za vita na maafa, toka za mapenzi hadi za majini na mashetani [Muk]

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[English Word] deep love

[Swahili Word] hawa ya moyo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9

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[English Word] fervent love

[Swahili Word] hawa ya moyo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9

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