mwenye

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

mwenye (m-wa class, plural wenye)

1. owner, possessor

Usage notes

The object immediately follows this noun, so "shop owner" would be "[mtu] mwenye duka".

Particle

mwenye

1. M-wa class inflected form of -enye.
2. Mu locative class inflected form of -enye.