jeneza
jeh-NEH-zah
How to say it
Swahilijenezajeh-NEH-zahsoon
Englishcoffin; biersoon
Frenchcercueil; civière funérairesoon
Meaning
A box in which a dead person is placed for burial, or the frame on which a body is carried to the grave.
Good to know
Ji/ma noun: plural majeneza. At Muslim burials the jeneza is the bier the body is carried on; at Christian burials usually the coffin.
Examples
- Waombolezaji walibeba jeneza hadi makaburini.The mourners carried the coffin to the cemetery.
- Jeneza lilifunikwa kwa bendera ya taifa.The coffin was draped with the national flag.
- Fundi seremala alitengeneza jeneza la mbao.The carpenter made a wooden coffin.
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