mzaa

How to say it

Meaning

a person who gives birth to or begets a child, a parent; colloquially, a mother.

Good to know

one who gives birth/begets, parent; coll. mother. - bibi. great- grandmother

Examples

• Mzaa wake alimlea peke yake.His mother raised him alone.
• Je, umemwona mzaa wa mtoto huyu?Have you seen this child's mother?
• Hakumjua mzaa wake wa kweli.He did not know his real parent.
• Mzaa bibi alikuja kumtembelea.The great-grandmother came to visit him.