mchuuzi

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Meaning

A small trader who sells goods in the street or market, or who buys produce from farmers to sell on, such as fish or fruit.

Good to know

M/wa class noun, plural wachuuzi, from kuchuuza, to hawk. Wachuuzi wadogo are small traders, often contrasted with wakulima, the farmers they buy from.

Examples

• Mchuuzi aliuza maembe kando ya barabara.The hawker sold mangoes by the side of the road.
• Wachuuzi hununua samaki ufukweni na kuwauza mjini.Middlemen buy fish on the beach and sell them in town.
• Baba yangu alikuwa mchuuzi wa mboga sokoni.My father was a vegetable trader at the market.

Forms

mchuruzi