mwenye

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

mwenye class I (plural wenye class II)

  1. owner, possessor

Usage notes

The object immediately follows this noun, so "shop owner" would be "[mtu] mwenye duka".

Particle

mwenye

  1. m class(I)/mu class(XVIII) inflected form of -enye