mzimu - Swahili | fie.nipa Dictionary

Swahili: mzimu

Noun Class/Verb Class 3/4an

Part of Speech noun

Terminology mythology

English Headword ancestor

English Example Trans Every clan had a god and their ancestor whom the worshiped.

English Word ancestor

Regular Plural mizimu

Example:

Kila ukoo ulikuwa na mungu na mzimu wao waliyemwabudu [Masomo 311]

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mzimu. . In Swahili. Retrieved 01:01 AM June 23rd, 2008, from http://m.kamusiproject.org/node/95511