asiye na maana
ah-SEE-yeh NAH mah-AH-nah
How to say it
Swahiliasiye na maanaah-SEE-yeh NAH mah-AH-nah
Englishgood-for-nothing, worthless person
Frenchbon à rien, vaurien
Meaning
A person, or sometimes a thing, regarded as useless or of no value; literally "one who has no meaning".
Good to know
A relative phrase of the person class: plural wasio na maana; for a thing, kitu kisicho na maana. Said of a person it is an insult.
Examples
- Usimwite mtoto wako asiye na maana.Do not call your child good-for-nothing.
- Alionekana kama mtu asiye na maana kijijini.He was seen as a worthless person in the village.
- Hakuna binadamu asiye na maana mbele ya Mungu.No human being is worthless before God.
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