mlezi

Kiswahili

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mlezi¹

Where it comes from

From m- + -lea (“to raise a child, to care for someone”) + -zi.

noun walezi

  1. class i nurse
  2. class i governess, babysitter
  3. class i guardian

mlezi²

noun milezi

  1. class iii scrofula

In English

  • scrofula form of tuberculosis
  • governess woman paid to educate children in their own home

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"mlezi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/mlezi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mlezi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/mlezi

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"mlezi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/mlezi.

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@misc{mlezi_2026,
  title = {mlezi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/mlezi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-mlezi.flac.