Where does “mchapa kazi” come from?

mchapa kazi (Swahili) comes from Swahili mchapa, from Swahili m-, from Arabic سَوَاحِل, from Arabic سَاحِل — coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert.

mchapa kazi (Swahili): hardworking person, busy bee

Definitions

  1. hardworking person, busy bee

Ancestry of “mchapa kazi”, step by step

mchapa kazi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swahili mchapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilimchapa—
2Swahilim-The prefix for noun class 1 denoting humans; The...
3Arabicسَوَاحِلcoastal dwellers
4Arabicسَاحِلcoast; boundary, coast; border of the desert

via Swahili kazi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilikaziwork, business; job, occupation
2Proto-Bantucad-—
Every word from Arabic سَاحِل →Every word from Swahili m- →Every word from Arabic سَوَاحِل →