ugozi

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[Swahili Word] ugozi

[English Word] algae

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11

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[Swahili Word] ugozi

[English Word] green scum (on stagnant water)

[Part of Speech] noun

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[Swahili Word] ugozi

[English Word] racism

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 14

[Dialect] recent

[Derived Word] ngozi N

[Swahili Definition] mtindo wa kumbagua mtu kwa ajili ya asili au rangi ya ngozi yake

[Swahili Example] Utaona ... kuwa ugozi ... wa Kiingereza unakataa hata kuangalia hisabu za idadi ya watu walizozifanya wenyewe, katika kutueleza porojo lao kuhusu kabila la Waswahili" [Shariff, Tungo Zetu, uk. 12]

[English Example] You will see that English racism refuses even to look at their own population statistics, in explaining to us their propoganda about the Swahili ethnic group.

[Note] Shariff's own coinage.

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