kununua
koo-noo-NOO-ah
How to say it
Swahilikununuakoo-noo-NOO-ah
Englishto buy
Frenchacheter
Meaning
To get something by paying money for it.
Good to know
Kununua kitu kwa shilingi elfu moja, to buy something for a thousand shillings. Mnunuzi is a buyer; the opposite is kuuza, to sell.
Examples
- Nilinunua mkate na maziwa dukani.I bought bread and milk at the shop.
- Tunataka kununua shamba kijijini.We want to buy a farm in the village.
- Unanunua wapi mboga zako?Where do you buy your vegetables?
The same word in
Forms
kununuliwa (passive of kununua, to buy)
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