endapo
Swahili
FWOTD – 29 March 2017
Etymology
From -enda, with the literal meaning "when [it] goes".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛˈⁿdɑ.pɔ/
Conjunction
endapo
- if it should happen, supposing it happens
- 2003, Jan Bendler Shetler (ed.), Telling Our Own Stories: Local Histories from South Mara, Tanzania:
- Endapo msichana alipata mimba kabla ya kuingia tohara au jando, aliitwa Ribengo, yaani mtu aliyeasi mila za kabila lake.
- If it should happen that a girl gets pregnant before her ritual purification or initiation, called Ribengo, she is one who disobeyed the traditions of her tribe.
- 2003, Jan Bendler Shetler (ed.), Telling Our Own Stories: Local Histories from South Mara, Tanzania: