kugoma
koo-GOH-mah
How to say it
Swahilikugomakoo-GOH-mah
Englishto go on strike; to refuse
Frenchfaire grève; refuser
Meaning
To stop working together as a protest, to press employers or the government; more widely, to refuse to do something or to not work, as a machine that will not start.
Good to know
Mgomo, plural migomo, is a strike. Kugoma kula is to go on hunger strike; followed by an infinitive it means to refuse: aligoma kulipa.
Examples
- Madaktari wamegoma kudai mishahara bora.The doctors have gone on strike for better pay.
- Mtoto aligoma kula chakula cha jioni.The child refused to eat supper.
- Wafanyakazi wana haki ya kugoma.Workers have the right to strike.
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