offering

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[English Word] expiatory offering

[Swahili Word] kafara

[Swahili Plural] makafara

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Swahili Example] toa (fanya) kafara; (rare): chinja kafara

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[English Word] make an offering to propitiate the spirits of the dead

[Swahili Word] -tambika

[Part of Speech] verb

[Terminology] anthropology

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[English Word] make offerings

[Swahili Word] -adua

[Part of Speech] verb

[Dialect] archaic

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[English Word] making an offering to propitiate the spirits of the dead (act of)

[Swahili Word] mtambiko

[Swahili Plural] mitambiko

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

[Derived Word] tambika

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[English Word] offering

[English Plural] offerings

[Swahili Word] dabiku

[Swahili Plural] dabiku

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Note] rare

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[English Word] offering

[English Plural] offerings

[Swahili Word] kafara

[Swahili Plural] makafara

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] offering

[English Plural] offerings

[Swahili Word] paji

[Swahili Plural] mapaji

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Derived Word] pa

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[English Word] offering

[English Plural] offerings

[Swahili Word] toleo

[Swahili Plural] matoleo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Derived Word] toa V

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[English Word] offering

[Swahili Word] utoaji

[Swahili Plural] utoaji

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 14

[Derived Word] toa V

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[English Word] offering (animals or beer or cloth) made to propitiate the spirits of the dead

[English Plural] offerings

[Swahili Word] tambiko

[Swahili Plural] matambiko

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] offering for sale (act of)

[Swahili Word] utembezi

[Swahili Plural] matembezi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11/6

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[English Word] one who makes offerings

[English Plural] people who make offerings

[Swahili Word] mtambika

[Swahili Plural] watambika

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tambika

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[English Word] one who makes offerings

[English Plural] people who make offerings

[Swahili Word] mtambikaji

[Swahili Plural] watambikaji

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] tambika

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[English Word] place where offerings are made to spirits

[English Plural] offering places

[Swahili Word] muzimu

[Swahili Plural] muzimu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 6

[Derived Word] -zimu

[English Example] the village elders have gone to the place of offering to give an offering

[Swahili Example] Wazee wa kijiji wameenda muzimu kutoa tambiko

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[English Word] propitiatory offering

[Swahili Word] tambiko

[Swahili Plural] matambiko

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Derived Word] tambika V

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[English Word] religious offering

[English Plural] offerings

[Swahili Word] sadaka

[Swahili Plural] sadaka

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[English Example] religious offering was taken to the Mosque

[Swahili Example] sadaka ilipelekwa msikitini

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