Swahili
kijivi
ki-JI-vi
How to say it
Swahilikijiviki-JI-visoon
Englishthiefsoon
Frenchvoleursoon
Meaning
a thievish or dishonest person, diminutive of mwivi.
Good to know
used adverbially to mean in a thievish or underhanded way.
Examples
- Jirani alimshuku kuwa kijivi tangu awali.The neighbor suspected he was a thief from the start.
- Kwa nini unafanya mambo kijivi hivi?Why are you doing things so underhandedly?
- Hakuwa kijivi, alirudisha kila kitu alichokopa.He wasn't dishonest, he returned everything he had borrowed.
- Watu wa kijivi mara nyingi hufichua siri wenyewe.Dishonest people often give away their own secrets.
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