Panya

Panya

mouse

Swahili → English

Example

Panya wamekula nafaka zote jikoni.
The mice have eaten all the grain in the kitchen.
Pronunciation: PAHN-yah wah-meh-KOO-lah nah-FAH-kah ZOH-teh jee-KOH-nee
Grammar: Panya is class 9/10; here it is plural from context and takes the class 2 subject prefix wa- in wamekula to mean ‘they (mice) have eaten’.