kiholela
kee-hoh-LEH-lah
How to say it
Swahilikiholelakee-hoh-LEH-lahsoon
Meaning
Doing something without order, rules or good reason, such as raising prices, cutting trees or arresting people as one pleases.
Good to know
An adverb placed after the verb: kuvuna misitu kiholela, to cut forests haphazardly. With -a it becomes an adjective: kukamatwa kiholela, arbitrary arrest; mauaji ya kiholela, extrajudicial killings.
Examples
- Wafanyabiashara wasipandishe bei kiholela.Traders should not raise prices arbitrarily.
- Taka zinatupwa kiholela katika mitaa yetu.Rubbish is thrown about carelessly in our streets.
- Wanaharakati walilaani mauaji ya kiholela.The activists condemned the extrajudicial killings.
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