pata jiko

Swahili

Etymology

Literally, “to get a kitchen”.

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pata jiko (infinitive kupata jiko)

1. to marry a woman (used only of a man)

   Synonym: -oa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pata jiko: see -pata.

References

• Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015) “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum‎^[1], volume 22, →ISSN, page 97 of 72-103