uvutaji

How to say it

Meaning

The act or habit of drawing in smoke from a cigarette, pipe or other tobacco product.

Good to know

U class noun, usually followed by what is smoked: uvutaji sigara or uvutaji wa sigara, cigarette smoking. It comes from kuvuta, to pull or to smoke; the smoker is mvutaji.

Examples

• Uvutaji sigara ni hatari kwa mapafu.Smoking cigarettes is dangerous for the lungs.
• Uvutaji wa tumbaku umepigwa marufuku ndani ya ofisi.Tobacco smoking has been banned inside the office.
• Daktari alimshauri aache uvutaji.The doctor advised him to give up smoking.