akina
ah-KEE-nah
How to say it
Swahiliakinaah-KEE-nah
French(devant un nom) les, ceux du groupe de
Meaning
Put before a noun or a name to speak of a group of people of that kind, or of a person together with others like them.
Good to know
It never changes: akina mama, women; akina baba, men; akina Juma, Juma and those with him; akina nani?, who (of them)? Also written wakina.
Examples
- Akina mama walijitokeza kwa wingi kupiga kura.Women turned out in large numbers to vote.
- Nilikutana na akina Juma sokoni jana.I met Juma and his friends at the market yesterday.
- Wasanii akina Diamond wamealikwa kwenye tamasha.Artists like Diamond have been invited to the festival.
Forms
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