upendo
Swahili
Alternative forms
- pendo, upendi, upenzi
Etymology
From -penda (“love”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈpɛ.ⁿdɔ/
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
upendo (u class, plural mapendo)
- love (emotion, strong affection)
Synonyms
- (love: emotion, strong affection): upendezi
References
- Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015), “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum, volume 22, ISSN 1614-2373, page 78-79 of 72-103