saidia
verb
to help; to assist.
Use it for helping someone with a task or difficulty.
Origins
Saidia comes from Arabic سَاعَدَ (sāʿada, “to help, to assist”).
Sources3
A. C. Madan, Swahili-English Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903), PDF page 43.
Cross-references saidia as a helping verb; no modern frequency claim is made.
University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center, University of Kansas Kiswahili Glossary (University of Kansas), saidia glossary rows.
Documents helping or assisting.
- saidia (Wiktionary)
States saidia is borrowed from Arabic سَاعَدَ (sāʿada).
Examples
Nisaidie, tafadhali.
Help me, please.
Unaweza kunisaidia kubeba begi hili?
Can you help me carry this bag?
Alinisaidia kupata matatu sahihi.
They helped me find the right matatu.
Tafadhali saidia abiria huyo.
Please help that passenger.
Asante kwa kunisaidia.
Thanks for helping me.
Nani anaweza kusaidia hapa?
Who can help here?
Sikuweza kumsaidia.
I couldn't help them.
Saidia mzee kuvuka barabara.
Help the elderly person cross the road.
Tafadhali tusaidie, tumepotea.
Please help us, we're lost.
