mnywaji
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Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From m- + -nywa (“to drink”) + -ji.
Noun[edit]
mnywaji (m-wa class, plural wanywaji)
- drinker
- 2022 September 21, “Fahamu muongozo mpya wa afya kuhusu uhusiano wa pombe na saratani”, in BBC News Swahili[1]:
- Mwongozo huo pia unabainisha kuwa wanywaji wa kiume wana uwezekano wa mara mbili wa kunywa zaidi ya kiwango kilichopendekezwa cha uniti 14 kwa wiki kuliko wanywaji wa kike.
- That guideline also specifies that male drinkers are twice as likely to drink more than the recommended limit of 14 units per week than female drinkers.