kichozi

How to say it

Meaning

a person who drinks alcohol heavily, a drunkard, from a bird figuratively said to sip palm wine.

Good to know

colloquial and somewhat derogatory, used for a heavy drinker, as in huyu kichozi sana.

Examples

• Jirani yangu ni kichozi, hunywa kila siku.My neighbor is a heavy drinker, he drinks every day.
• Huyu kichozi anafanya kazi gani?What work does this drunkard do?
• Hatutamwalika tena, ni kichozi mno.We will not invite him again, he is too much of a drunkard.
• Alikuwa kichozi mkubwa kabla ya kuacha pombe.He was a heavy drunkard before he quit alcohol.

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