"Tunapenda samaki"
Translation:We like fish
July 19, 2017
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Samaki comes from Arabic سَمَك (samak, "fish"), from the root س م ك (s-m-k), meaning “to be elevated or lofty”, “to be supported or held up”, “to sustain”; hence the meaning of “a source of sustenance”, “a mainstay or staple-food”. Cognate with Hebrew סָמַך (samak, “to lean, lay, rest, support”) attested in the Bible with the similar semantic sense “to sustain” or “to nourish”.
Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/samaki#Swahili https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%83#Arabic