kufua
koo-FOO-ah
How to say it
Swahilikufuakoo-FOO-ah
Meaning
To wash clothes and other cloth by hand or in a machine; in kufua umeme, to generate electricity, and in kufua chuma, to forge metal.
Good to know
Used for clothes only: kufua nguo; the body or dishes take kuosha. Kituo cha kufua umeme is a power station. The passive is kufuliwa.
Examples
- Jumamosi asubuhi huwa nafua nguo zangu.On Saturday mornings I wash my clothes.
- Bwawa hili litafua megawati mia tatu za umeme.This dam will generate three hundred megawatts of electricity.
- Alinisaidia kufua mashuka yote ya wageni.She helped me wash all the guests' sheets.
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