hunger

[US]/ˈhʌŋɡə(r)/
[UK]/ˈhʌŋɡər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. hisihisho la kimwili la uhitaji wa chakula
vt. & vi. kuwa na hamu kali au kiu kwa kitu
Word Forms
Past Participlehungered
Pluralhungers
Past Tensehungered
Present Participlehungering
Third Person Singularhungers

Phrases & Collocations

feeling of hunger

hisihizo

from hunger

kutokana na njaa

hunger for

njakama kwa

hunger strike

mgomo wa njaa

die of hunger

kufa kwa njaa

suffer hunger

kuteseka njaa

hunger after

baada ya njaa

Example Sentences

a hunger for affection.

chakula cha upendo.

a hunger for kindness

chakula cha fadhili.

an insatiable hunger for success.

chakula cha kutoshirikiwa kwa mafanikio.

They hunger him into submission.

Wanaomba ili atii.

Hunger is the accompaniment of poverty.

Njaa ni shirika la umaskini.

to stave off hunger/illness

kuzuia njaa / ugonjwa

Hunger gnawed at the prisoners.

Njaa iliwasumbua wafungwa.

her hunger for knowledge.

chakula chake cha maarifa.

all actors hunger for such a role.

wigawi wote wanataka jukumu kama hilo.

an attack of hunger; an attack of melancholy.

mashambulio ya njaa; mashambulio ya unahodha.

try to hunger sb. into submission

jaribu kumwomba ili atii

The child hungered for approval.

Mtoto alitaka idhini.

Hunger is often the mother of crime.

Njaa ni mara nyingi mama wa uhalifu.

The poor hunger, yet are not fed.

Masikini wanajikosesha, lakini hawakuli.

There is no food; they have to hunger the children.

Hakuna chakula; wanapaswa kuwafanya watoto njaa.

The unemployed hunger for jobs.

Wabaki bila ajira wanataka kazi.

She hungered for fresh vegetables.

Alitaka mboga mboga mpya.

It is better to die of repletion than to endure hunger.

Ni bora kufa kwa ukoma kuliko kuuvumilia njaa.

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