kuhamahama
koo-hah-mah-HAH-mah
How to say it
Swahilikuhamahamakoo-hah-mah-HAH-mahsoon
Frenchse déplacer sans cesse, nomadisersoon
Meaning
To keep moving from one place to another without settling, as herders, hunters or some animals do.
Good to know
The doubled form of kuhama, to move house, showing repeated moving. Wafugaji wa kuhamahama are nomadic herders.
Examples
- Wafugaji hao huhamahama kutafuta malisho.Those herders move from place to place in search of pasture.
- Hatupendi kuhamahama kila mwaka.We do not like moving house every year.
- Familia yao iliishi maisha ya kuhamahama.Their family lived a nomadic life.
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