mapenzi

Swahili

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mapenzi

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Etymology

From ma- +‎ -penda (“love”) +‎ -zi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mapenzi class VI (plural only)

1. love, affection

   Synonym: mahaba

Derived terms

• -fanya mapenzi (“to make love”)
• kimapenzi (“romantic”)
• mapenzi ya dhati (“true love”)

Noun

mapenzi

1. plural of penzi
2. plural of upenzi

References

• Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015), “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum‎, volume 22, →ISSN, page 75-78 of 72-103