mvunaji
mvoo-NAH-jee
How to say it
Swahilimvunajimvoo-NAH-jee
Englishharvester, reaper
Frenchmoissonneur, récolteur
Meaning
A person who harvests crops, timber or other produce, often as paid work in the harvest season.
Good to know
M/wa class: plural wavunaji. From kuvuna, to harvest; wavunaji wa miwa are sugar cane cutters.
Examples
- Wavunaji wa chai huanza kazi alfajiri.Tea pickers start work at dawn.
- Mvunaji mmoja anaweza kukata tani moja ya miwa kwa siku.One harvester can cut a ton of sugar cane in a day.
- Shamba hili linahitaji wavunaji zaidi msimu huu.This farm needs more harvesters this season.
The same word in
Forms
Not yet checked by a native speaker.