- mourner
- ------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mourner[English Plural] mourners[Swahili Word] mfiwa[Swahili Plural] wafiwa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 1/2[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -fa, -fiwa[English Example] the mourner begins the wailing, later others join (proverb)[Swahili Example] kilio huanza mfiwa, ndipo wa mbali wakaingia (methali)------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mourner[English Plural] mourners[Swahili Word] mwombelezi[Swahili Plural] waombelezi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 1/2[Derived Word] omba------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mourner[English Plural] mourners[Swahili Word] mwombolezaji[Swahili Plural] waombolezaji[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 1/2[English Example] they attended the funeral together with tens of thousands of mourners crammed in to the square[Swahili Example] wanahudhuria misa ya mazishi wakiungana na makumi ya maelfu ya waombolezaji waliojazana katika eneo la piazza [http://www.bbc.co.uk/swahili/news/story/2004/06/000000_dirayadunia.shtml BBC 8 Aprili 2005]------------------------------------------------------------
English-Swahili dictionary. 2013.