tabibu
tah-BEE-boo
How to say it
Swahilitabibutah-BEE-boo
Englishdoctor, physician; healer
Frenchmédecin; guérisseur
Meaning
A person who treats sick people, either a trained doctor or clinical officer or a traditional healer.
Good to know
Plural matabibu. Ofisa tabibu is a clinical officer, and tabibu wa tiba asili a herbal healer; daktari is the more common word for a doctor.
Examples
- Tabibu alimpa dawa ya kikohozi.The doctor gave him cough medicine.
- Matabibu wa kijiji hutumia mitishamba.The village healers use herbal medicine.
- Nilikwenda kwa tabibu kwa sababu ya homa.I went to the doctor because of a fever.
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