wonder
n 1 mshangao. no/little/ small ~ si shani/ajabu. ~ land n nchi ya neema; nchi ya kubuni/kufikirika lioduwaa/kinduwaa. ~ struck adj -liopigwa na bumbuwazi, -a kustaajabu, lioshangaa mno. 2 ajabu, kioja, mzungu, shani. signs and ~s miujiza. work ~s fanya miujiza, fanya vizuri sana. a nine days' ~ shani ya muda mfupi; kitu kinachovuma kwa muda mfupi. for a ~ ni ajabu. it is a ~ (that) ni ajabu kwamba. what a ~ ajabu ilioje! ~ vi,vt 1 ~ (at sth) staajabu, shangaa, ona ajabu. 2 ~ (about sth) fikiria, wazia. 3 jiuliza. wonderingly adv kwa ajabu, kwa mshangao. wonderful adj -a ajabu, -a shani, -a kustaajabisha, -zuri sana. wonderfully adv. wonderment n ajabu, mshangao. wondrous adj (arch, or liter) -a ajabu/shani, -a kustaajabisha, -a kushangaza adv (only with adj) he was wondrous kind alikuwa mwema ajabu.