upendo

== Swahili == === Alternative forms === pendo, upendi, upenzi === Etymology === From u- +‎ -penda (“to love”) +‎ -o. === Pronunciation === (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /uˈpɛ.ⁿdɔ/ === Noun === upendo class XI (plural mapendo class VI) love (emotion, strong affection) ==== Synonyms ==== (love: emotion, strong affection): upendezi === References === Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015), “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum‎[1], volume 22, →ISSN, page 78-79 of 72-103