"Uzito"

Translation: Weight

[Gzeebzee]

But density is not weight. Is it?

[YoungGreg1]

Correct! This translation is wrong! Tungamo means mass/density.

[AGreatUserName]

Or msongamano

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Etymology (uzito)

From u- + -zito.

Noun

uzito (u class, no plural)

1) weight

From Wiktionary

Example sentence:

Pima uzito wa mtoto

TRANSLATION

Weigh the baby

https://www.duolingo.com/dictionary/Swahili/uzito/91f08e3abcfa091c9d443acb31c28252

[ElFarahBel]

am a native Swahili speaker and we use it too to mean heaviness. please correct.

[Masaaba-mmoja]

What would Kizito be then? Have read that quite often

[AGreatUserName]

Kizito is "heavy" when applied to a class 7 noun (with ki), eg.

Kitabu ni kizito. = The book is heavy.
kiatu kizito = a heavy shoe