Swahili
mkuru
MKU-ru
How to say it
SwahilimkuruMKU-rusoon
Englishchiefsoon
Frenchchefsoon
Meaning
a chief, head, or senior person; a leader.
Good to know
a dialectal variant of mkuu.
Examples
- Mkuru wa kijiji aliitisha mkutano.The village head called a meeting.
- Je, mkuru wa shule amefika?Has the head of the school arrived?
- Walimchagua kuwa mkuru wa kikundi.They chose him to be the group's leader.
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