Swahili
mimba
MI-mba
How to say it
SwahilimimbaMI-mbasoon
Englishpregnancy, germsoon
Frenchgrossesse, germesoon
Meaning
pregnancy, the condition of carrying a developing child; of plants, the germ within a fruit.
Good to know
chukua/shika mimba means 'to become pregnant'; tia mimba means 'to impregnate'; haribu mimba means 'to procure an abortion'.
Examples
- Amepata mimba ya kwanza akiwa na miaka ishirini.She got her first pregnancy at twenty years old.
- Daktari alithibitisha mimba yake wiki hii.The doctor confirmed her pregnancy this week.
- Je, mimba hii ina miezi mingapi?How many months along is this pregnancy?
- Hakutaka kuzungumzia mimba yake hadharani.She didn't want to talk about her pregnancy in public.
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