utoto
oo-TOH-toh
How to say it
Swahiliutotooo-TOH-tohsoon
Englishchildhood; childishnesssoon
Frenchenfance; puérilitésoon
Meaning
The time of life when one is a child; also behaving like a child when one should be serious.
Good to know
U class noun with no plural. Utotoni means in childhood: tangu utotoni, since childhood. Kufanya utoto is to act childishly.
Examples
- Tulikuwa marafiki tangu utotoni.We have been friends since childhood.
- Alikuwa na utoto wa furaha kijijini.She had a happy childhood in the village.
- Acha utoto, wewe si mtoto tena.Stop being childish, you are not a child anymore.
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