Swahili
juha
JOO-hah
How to say it
SwahilijuhaJOO-hahsoon
Englishfoolsoon
Frenchidiotsoon
Meaning
a stupid person, a fool.
Good to know
rare or dialectal; a synonym of mjinga and mpumbavu.
Examples
- Usiwe juha, mtu mzima kama wewe.Don't be a fool, a grown person like you.
- Walimwita juha kwa sababu ya maamuzi yake mabaya.They called him a fool because of his bad decisions.
- Je, kweli unamfikiria kuwa juha?Do you really think he is a fool?
- Hakuwa juha kama walivyodhani.He was not the fool they thought he was.
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