Swahili
mkamba
MKA-mba
How to say it
SwahilimkambaMKA-mbasoon
Englishchest coldsoon
Frenchcatarrhe bronchiquesoon
Meaning
a chest cold or bronchial catarrh; inflammation of the airways with coughing and phlegm.
Good to know
a medical, everyday term for a bad chest cough.
Examples
- Mtoto ana mkamba, anakohoa sana.The child has a chest cold; he's coughing a lot.
- Je, dawa hii inatibu mkamba?Does this medicine treat bronchitis?
- Alipata mkamba baada ya kulowa mvua.He caught a chest cold after getting soaked in the rain.
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