"chapa kazi" meaning in Swahili

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Verb

Audio: Sw-ke-chapa kazi.flac Forms: -chapa kazi [canonical], kuchapa kazi [infinitive]
Etymology: Literally, “to hit work”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to hit work}} “to hit work”, {{lit|to hit work}} Literally, “to hit work” Head templates: {{sw-verb}} -chapa kazi (infinitive kuchapa kazi) Inflection templates: {{sw-conj-see|chapa}}
  1. (idiomatic) to work hard Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: la jasho
    Sense id: en-chapa_kazi-sw-verb-ex~kddsZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header
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