vumilio

How to say it

Meaning

patience, the capacity to endure hardship or delay calmly.

Good to know

an older form of the everyday word uvumilivu.

Examples

• Alionyesha vumilio kubwa alipokuwa mgonjwa.He showed great patience while he was sick.
• Je, unayo vumilio la kumsubiri?Do you have the patience to wait for him?
• Bila vumilio, hutafaulu masomo magumu.Without patience, you won't succeed at difficult studies.
• Mama alimfundisha mtoto wake vumilio tangu utotoni.The mother taught her child patience since childhood.

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