mvuvi
MVOO-vee
How to say it
SwahilimvuviMVOO-vee
Englishfisherman, fisher
Frenchpêcheur
Meaning
A person who catches fish for a living or for food, on a lake, a river or the sea.
Good to know
M/wa class noun: plural wavuvi. From kuvua, to fish; uvuvi is fishing. Wavuvi wadogo are small scale fishers.
Examples
- Mvuvi alirudi na mtumbwi uliojaa samaki.The fisherman came back with a canoe full of fish.
- Wavuvi huondoka alfajiri kwenda ziwani.The fishermen leave at dawn to go to the lake.
- Baba yake ni mvuvi katika kijiji cha pwani.His father is a fisherman in a coastal village.
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