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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.

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