Swahili
chanjo
CHAN-jo
How to say it
SwahilichanjoCHAN-josoon
Englishvaccinationsoon
Frenchvaccinationsoon
Meaning
a vaccination or inoculation; more broadly, any cut, incision, or tattoo mark.
Good to know
the everyday modern word for vaccine, as in chanjo ya surua, the measles vaccine.
Examples
- Mtoto alipata chanjo ya surua leo.The child received the measles vaccine today.
- Je, umeshachukua chanjo yako ya pili?Have you already had your second vaccine dose?
- Muuguzi alitoa chanjo kwa watoto wote shuleni.The nurse gave vaccinations to all the children at school.
- Baadhi ya makabila hufanya chanjo za kimila mwilini.Some communities make traditional tattoo-like incisions on the body.
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