weka
verb
to put; to place.
Also used for keeping something by putting it away.
Also to keep; to put away.
Origins
Weka is inherited from Proto-Bantu -béeka.
Sources4
A. C. Madan, Swahili-English Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903), PDF page 456.
Documents putting or placing.
Edward Steere, A Handbook of the Swahili Language as Spoken at Zanzibar (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884), PDF page 215.
Documents putting or placing.
University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center, University of Kansas Kiswahili Glossary (University of Kansas), weka glossary rows.
Documents putting or placing.
- weka (Wiktionary)
States weka is inherited from Proto-Bantu *-béeka.
Examples
Weka mzigo wako hapa.
Put your luggage here.
Nimeweka pasipoti ndani ya begi.
I've put my passport inside the bag.
Usiweke simu kwenye mfuko wa nyuma.
Don't put your phone in your back pocket.
Tafadhali weka chenji kwenye meza.
Please put the change on the table.
Umeweka wapi funguo?
Where did you put the keys?
Nitaweka mkoba chini ya kiti.
I'll put my bag under the seat.
Weka sukari kidogo tu.
Just put in a little sugar.
Tuliweka hema karibu na mto.
We put up the tent near the river.
Weka begi chini, tafadhali.
Put the bag down, please.
