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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.

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