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[Swahili Word] machinga

[Swahili Plural] wamachinga

[English Word] street trader

[English Plural] street traders

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Swahili Definition] mfanyabiashara ndogo ndogo

[English Definition] street trader/ entrepeneur especially in the informal economy

[Swahili Example] lakini kama tutakwenda hivi hivi, kichwa kichwa,... ndugu zangu tutaendelea kuvaa mitumba, tutakuwa Wamachinga, tutakuwa tunafukuzana na Polisi Dar es Salaam, tutashindwa kurudi kulima na nchi itakuwa maskini, maskini kabisa. (Thomas Ngawaiya, hotuba http://www.bunge.go.tz/bunge/ContrLst.asp?Menu=Contr&PTerm=2000-2005&vpkey=1248&page=13 Bungeni, 6 Februari 2004)

[English Example] but if we go on like this, thoughtlessly,... my comrades we will continue to wear used clothing, we will be street traders, we will be chasing each other with the Dar es Salaam Police, we will be unable to return to farming and our country will become poor, totally poor. (Thomas Ngawaiya, speech before Parliament, 6 February 2004)

[Note] especially used for young men in Dar-es-Salaam

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