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Swahili clock as provided by the Kamusi Project. The Kamusi Project is a cooperative online dictionary which aims to produce dictionaries and other language resources for every language, and to make those resources available free to everyone. Users can register and add content. "Kamusi" is the Swahili word for dictionary.
In April 1954, they had been joined by a captured Mau Mau commander, Waruhiu Itote; Kenyatta befriended him, and gave him English lessons. [229] By 1957, the inmates had formed into two rival cliques, with Kenyatta and Itote on one side and the other KAU members—now calling themselves the "National Democratic Party"—on the other. [ 230 ]
See as example Category:English words. Pages in category "Swahili words and phrases" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (National Kiswahili Association, abbreviated as CHAKITA) is a Kenyan institution founded in 1998 responsible for the promotion of the Swahili language in Kenya. [1] The Founding Chair is Prof. Kimani Njogu , a graduate of Yale University's department of Linguistics.
In the language, words that are taken from Swahili are often modified to fit Kutchi pronunciation patterns; for instance, the Swahili word sahani, meaning "plate", becomes saani in Kutchi-Swahili. [4] Maho (2009) assigns different codes to Kutchi-Swahili and Asian Swahili (Kibabu), [2] and Ethnologue also notes that these may not be the same. [1]
the Yoruba language of Western Africa; for example, if a woman has a son named Femi, will now be known as iya Femi (meaning 'mother of Femi') and her husband baba Femi (meaning 'father of Femi'). the Hausa language of Africa; for example, if a man has a son named Adam, the man will be known as Baban Adam, while his wife would be called Maman Adam.
During the birth of a child, men were rarely present. Women from the neighbourhood or family would join in on the process of birth and assist in many different ways. [108] The one position where men would help with the birth of a child would be in the sitting position, usually when performed on the side of a bed to support the mother. [77]: 130
The spoken word "Jambo" was once used as a greeting among traders of the Swahili coast of southeast Africa. [4] While less formal, it is in widespread use in East Africa and beyond. [5] While similar in use to the English word "hello," it really meant to come and settle one's affairs in the business sense.