malaria
mah-lah-REE-ah
How to say it
Swahilimalariamah-lah-REE-ahsoon
Englishmalaria (fever spread by mosquitoes)soon
Frenchpaludisme
Meaning
A disease with fever and chills caused by a parasite that mosquitoes pass on when they bite; common in hot, wet areas.
Good to know
N class noun with no plural. Kuugua malaria is to be sick with malaria; chandarua, a mosquito net, and dawa za malaria are the usual words around it.
Examples
- Lala ndani ya chandarua ili kujikinga na malaria.Sleep under a mosquito net to protect yourself from malaria.
- Mtoto wake anaumwa malaria tangu jana.Her child has been sick with malaria since yesterday.
- Malaria bado inaua watu wengi barani Afrika.Malaria still kills many people in Africa.
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