umuzamu

How to say it

Meaning

a person hired to guard a building or property, a guard.

Good to know

a Swahili loanword, used the same way in everyday speech for a security guard.

Examples

• Umuzamu yaraye ku muryango w'iduka.The guard stayed awake at the shop door.
• Twashinze umuzamu mushasha ku biro.We hired a new guard for the office.
• Umuzamu yabujije abantu kwinjira ku mugoroba.The guard stopped people from entering at night.
• Ntawinjira hano hataboneka umuzamu.No one enters here without the guard's knowledge.

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