indimi

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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