mapenzi

Swahili

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Noun

mapenzi (ma class, plural only)

1. love, affection

   Synonym: mahaba

Derived terms

• -fanya mapenzi (“to make love”)
• mapenzi ya dhati (“true love”)

Noun

mapenzi

1. plural of penzi
2. plural of upenzi

References

• Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015) “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum‎^[1], volume 22, →ISSN, page 75-78 of 72-103