Swahili
jinywa
jee-NYOO-ah
How to say it
Swahilijinywajee-NYOO-ahsoon
Englishbig mouthsoon
Frenchgrande bouchesoon
Meaning
a big mouth, an augmentative form of kinywa.
Good to know
(augment, of kinywa) big
Examples
- Alifungua jinywa lake pana kupiga miayo.He opened his big mouth wide to yawn.
- Samaki huyo ana jinywa kubwa la kushangaza.That fish has an astonishingly big mouth.
- Je, umeona jinywa la mnyama huyo?Have you seen that animal's big mouth?
- Watoto walicheka wakiona jinywa kubwa la sanamu ile.The children laughed seeing the statue's huge mouth.
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