nyayo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili nyayo (“footsteps, footprints”).[1]

Noun

nyayo (uncountable)

  1. (Kenya, Tanzania) A person's precedent or example.
    follow someone's nyayo ― follow in someone's footsteps
    • 2015, Njoroge Matathia, “Wiyathi Against the Art of Mole-Catching”, in Billy Kahora, editor, Kwani? Uchaguzi '13‎[1], Nairobi: Kwani Trust, →ISBN, page 347:
      Chapos or no chapos, this was a good time to follow my father's nyayo and leave these innovative ladies of Kabete to their poetic cookery.

References

  1. ^ “nyayo, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

nyayo

  1. plural of wayo or unyayo
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