Swahili
mwawadhi
mwah-WAH-dhee
How to say it
Swahilimwawadhimwah-WAH-dheesoon
Englishthinkersoon
Frenchpenseursoon
Meaning
a thoughtful, imaginative, or creative person; a thinker.
Good to know
class 1/2 noun (wa-); a variant of mwawazi/mwazaji, from kuwaza (to think, imagine).
Examples
- Yeye ni mwawadhi mzuri.He is a good thinker.
- Je, mwawadhi huyu anafahamika?Is this thinker well known?
- Hakuwa mwawadhi wa kawaida.He was not an ordinary thinker.
- Atakuwa mwawadhi mkubwa siku moja.He will become a great thinker one day.
Not yet checked by a native speaker.