Swahili
kimwitu
kim-WI-tu
How to say it
Swahilikimwitukim-WI-tusoon
Englishwild, jungle-likesoon
Frenchsauvagesoon
Meaning
in a wild, uncultivated, or jungle-like manner.
Good to know
diminutive of mwitu (forest/jungle); also used as an adjective meaning wild or of the jungle.
Examples
- Mimea ilikua kimwitu bila kutunzwa.The plants grew wild, untended.
- Alilelewa kimwitu mbali na mji.He was raised in a wild, uncultivated way, far from town.
- Je, mahindi haya yamekua kimwitu?Has this maize grown wild?
- Bustani hiyo imeachwa ikue kimwitu.That garden has been left to grow wild.
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