mateso

Swahili

Etymology

From ma- +‎ -tesa (“to torture, persecute”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

mateso class VI (no plural)

  1. suffering, agony

Further reading

  • mateso in Swahili Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press
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