Swahili
mkakamavu
mka-ka-MA-vu
How to say it
Swahilimkakamavumka-ka-MA-vusoon
Englishshifty personsoon
Frenchpersonne sournoisesoon
Meaning
a sly, shifty, evasive person.
Good to know
pejorative, suggests untrustworthiness.
Examples
- Usimwamini, ni mkakamavu sana.Don't trust him, he's very shifty.
- Je, kwa nini unamwona kama mkakamavu?Why do you see him as sly?
- Mkakamavu huyo alitoroka kabla ya kuulizwa maswali.That shifty person fled before being questioned.
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