zaidi
adverb
more; to a greater degree.
With kuliko or ya, zaidi helps compare one thing with another.
Origins
Its earlier history is still under review.
Sources4
Charles Sacleux, Grammaire des dialectes swahilis (Paris: Procure des Pères du Saint-Esprit, 1909), PDF page 304.
Documents the more meaning.
A. C. Madan, Swahili-English Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903), PDF page 462.
Documents the more meaning.
Edward Steere, A Handbook of the Swahili Language as Spoken at Zanzibar (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884), PDF page 449.
Documents the more meaning.
University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center, University of Kansas Kiswahili Glossary (University of Kansas), zaidi glossary rows.
Documents the more meaning.
Examples
Mbona unanitoza zaidi?
Why are you charging me more?
Nataka maji zaidi.
I want more water.
Hii ni ghali zaidi kuliko ile.
This one is more expensive than that one.
Tulisubiri zaidi ya saa moja.
We waited more than an hour.
Unahitaji muda zaidi?
Do you need more time?
Ongea polepole zaidi, tafadhali.
Speak more slowly, please.
Sina pesa zaidi.
I don't have any more money.
Napenda pwani zaidi ya mjini.
I like the coast more than the city.
Ni watu zaidi ya kumi.
It's more than ten people.
