mwokaji
mwoh-KAH-jee
How to say it
Swahilimwokajimwoh-KAH-jee
Englishbaker
Frenchboulanger
Meaning
A person who bakes bread, cakes or buns in an oven, often as a trade.
Good to know
Plural waokaji. Usually with what is baked: mwokaji mikate, a bread baker. Built on kuoka, to bake; mwoka is an older word with the same meaning.
Examples
- Mwokaji huamka saa tisa usiku kuandaa mikate.The baker gets up at three in the morning to prepare the bread.
- Kaka yangu anafanya kazi kama mwokaji mikate hotelini.My brother works as a bread baker at a hotel.
- Waokaji wa mtaa huu wanauza maandazi matamu.The bakers of this street sell tasty buns.
Forms
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