udogo
oo-DOH-goh
How to say it
Swahiliudogooo-DOH-goh
Englishsmallness; childhood, youth
Frenchpetitesse; enfance, jeunesse
Meaning
The state of being small in size, number or value; with a possessive, the time when a person was a child.
Good to know
No plural. From the stem dogo, small. Tangu udogo wake means since his childhood; bila kujali udogo wa, however small something is.
Examples
- Tangu udogo wake alipenda kusoma vitabu.Since childhood she loved reading books.
- Udogo wa chumba hiki unatusumbua.The smallness of this room bothers us.
- Usidharau biashara kwa sababu ya udogo wake.Do not look down on a business because it is small.
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