chanjo
Franco-Provençal
editEtymology
editInherited from Late Latin cambium. Derivable as a deverbal from changiér.
Noun
editchanjo m (plural chanjos) (ORB, broad)
References
editSwahili
editEtymology
editFrom -chanja (“make a cut”). Originally in the ji-ma class, and later transferred to the n class in Standard Swahili.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchanjo (n class, plural chanjo) or chanjo (ma class, plural machanjo)
- a gash, incision, cut
- (medicine) vaccination, inoculation
- (medicine) vaccine (substance meant to stimulate production of antibodies)
- Synonym: dawa ya chanjo
- July 2001, Mr. Sambu, Kenya National Assembly Official Record:
- Jukumu la taasisi hiyo ni kutayarisha chanjo za mifugo kama vile ng'ombe, mbuzi, kondoo na hata kuku.
That institution's responsibility is to prepare vaccines for livestock such as cattle, goats, sheep, and even chickens.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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