kutendea
koo-teh-NDEH-ah
How to say it
Swahilikutendeakoo-teh-NDEH-ah
Meaning
To do something to or for someone, well or badly, or to treat them in a certain way; vifaa vya kutendea kazi are the tools one works with.
Good to know
The applicative of kutenda, to do; the person treated is the object: kumtendea mema, to do good to someone; kutendea haki, to do justice to. The passive is kutendewa.
Examples
- Tuwatendee wengine kama tunavyotaka kutendewa.Let us treat others as we want to be treated.
- Mfanyakazi alikosa vifaa vya kutendea kazi.The worker lacked the tools to do the job.
- Refa hakuitendea haki timu yetu.The referee did not do justice to our team.
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