endapo

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Swahili

Etymology

From -enda, with the literal meaning "when goes".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛˈⁿdɑ.pɔ/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Conjunction

endapo

  1. if it should happen, supposing it happens
    • 2003, Jan Bendler Shetler, editor, Telling Our Own Stories: Local Histories from South Mara, Tanzania:
      Endapo msichana alipata mimba kabla ya kuingia tohara au jando, aliitwa Ribengo, yaani mtu aliyeasi mila za kabila lake.
      If it should happen that a girl gets pregnant before her ritual purification or initiation, called Ribengo, she is one who disobeyed the traditions of her tribe.