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  • 1 almost

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    [English Word] almost
    [Swahili Word] -auwali
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] almost
    [Swahili Word] awali
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    [English Word] almost
    [Swahili Word] karibu
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] -karibia
    [English Example] he cried almost all night long
    [Swahili Example] alilia karibu usiku kucha [Kez]
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    [English Word] almost
    [Swahili Word] kosakosa
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    [English Word] almost
    [Swahili Word] nusra
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [English Example] He was so sick he almost died.
    [Swahili Example] aliugua nusura afe [kufa]
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    [English Word] almost
    [Swahili Word] nusura
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [English Example] He was so sick he almost died.
    [Swahili Example] aliugua nusura afe [kufa]
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    [English Word] almost
    [Swahili Word] takriban
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] almost
    [Swahili Word] takribani
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
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    English-Swahili dictionary > almost

  • 2 coconut

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    [English Word] braided coconut leaf used for fencing
    [Swahili Word] kumba
    [Swahili Plural] kumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] break open a coconut
    [Swahili Word] -fua nazi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] central rib or stem of coconut leaf or similar.
    [Swahili Word] upongoo
    [Swahili Plural] pongoo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
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    [English Word] central stem of the coconut palm leaf
    [Swahili Word] ujukuti
    [Swahili Plural] njukuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] central vein of the coconut palm leaf
    [Swahili Word] unjukuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] central vein or stem of the coconut palm leaf
    [Swahili Word] uchukuti
    [Swahili Plural] chukuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] central vein or stem of the coconut-palm leaf
    [Swahili Word] chukuti
    [Swahili Plural] chukuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] coconut
    [English Plural] coconuts
    [Swahili Word] nazi
    [Swahili Plural] nazi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] A bad coconut destroys the good one.
    [Swahili Example] nazi mbovu harabu ya nzima
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    [English Word] coconut (almost ripe)
    [English Plural] coconuts
    [Swahili Word] kikoromeo
    [Swahili Plural] vikoromeo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] koroma
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    [English Word] coconut (almost ripe)
    [Swahili Word] koroma
    [Swahili Plural] makoroma
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] coconut (grated) ??
    [Swahili Word] chicha
    [Swahili Plural] machicha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] coconut (in the first stages of growth)
    [English Plural] coconuts
    [Swahili Word] kidaka
    [Swahili Plural] vidaka
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] coconut (unripe with much milk)
    [English Plural] coconuts
    [Swahili Word] dafu
    [Swahili Plural] madafu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [English Example] coconut milk
    [Swahili Example] maji ya dafu [Rec]
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    [English Word] coconut (when full of milk and in late stage)
    [Swahili Word] tonga
    [Swahili Plural] matonga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] coconut cream
    [Swahili Word] kasimile
    [Swahili Plural] kasimile
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] coconut disease
    [Swahili Word] mkwachuro
    [Swahili Plural] mikwachuro
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] coconut husk
    [English Plural] coconut husks
    [Swahili Word] kifuu
    [Swahili Plural] vifuu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Related Words] fuu
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    [English Word] coconut juice
    [Swahili Word] tuwi
    [Swahili Plural] tuwi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] coconut leaf (used for roof thatching and fences)
    [English Plural] coconut leaves
    [Swahili Word] kuti
    [Swahili Plural] makuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Related Words] ukuti
    [English Example] the coconut leaves on the roof gleam
    [Swahili Example] makuti juu ya paa yaking'aa [Ya]
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    [English Word] coconut meat residue
    [Swahili Word] takizi
    [Swahili Plural] takizi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] taki N, zake pron
    [Terminology] poetic
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    [English Word] coconut milk (from grating nutty part)
    [Swahili Word] tui
    [Swahili Plural] tui
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] coconut mixed in a mortar
    [Swahili Word] kipondwe
    [Swahili Plural] vipondwe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Word] ponda V
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    [English Word] coconut palm
    [English Plural] coconut palms
    [Taxonomy] Cocos nucifera
    [Swahili Word] mnazi
    [Swahili Plural] minazi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Related Words] nazi
    [Terminology] botany
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    [English Word] coconut palm (Cocos mucifera)
    [Swahili Word] mkitamli
    [Swahili Plural] mikitamli
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] kitamli
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    [English Word] coconut solids (after boiling to produce oil)
    [Swahili Word] shata
    [Swahili Plural] mashata
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [English Example] (s)he squeezed (milked) the coconut solids to produce oil
    [Swahili Example] Alikamua shata la nazi kupata mafuta
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    [English Word] coconut that has dried up inside
    [English Plural] dried up coconuts
    [Swahili Word] kiziwi
    [Swahili Plural] viziwi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Word] ziwi, ukiziwi N
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    [English Word] cocunut-palm branch
    [Swahili Word] kole
    [Swahili Plural] makole
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] mkole N
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    [English Word] cream squeezed from coconut
    [Swahili Word] tuwi
    [Swahili Plural] tuwi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] disease of coconuts
    [Swahili Word] mkwachuro
    [Swahili Plural] mikwachuro
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] early stage in the growth of the coconut when the meat is still quite soft or the meat itself at this stage.
    [Swahili Word] ulambilambi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] early stage in the growth of the coconut when the meat is still quite soft.
    [Swahili Word] urambirambi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] empty coconut
    [Swahili Word] bunde
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] fiber (of young coconut leaves)
    [English Plural] fibers
    [Swahili Word] difu
    [Swahili Plural] madifu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] fiber from inner skin of coconut leaf stalk
    [Swahili Word] ununu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11
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    [English Word] flesh of a grated ripe coconut after the oil has been pressed out
    [Swahili Word] chicha
    [Swahili Plural] chicha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Definition] kitu cheupe kinachobaki katika nazi iliyokunwa na kukamuliwa [Masomo 407]
    [English Example] to sell what remains after grating and squeezing the liquid out of the flesh of a coconut
    [Swahili Example] kuuza chicha za nazi [Amana, Masomo 407]
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    [English Word] fully ripe coconut
    [Swahili Word] mbata
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] hard inner shell of a coconut
    [Swahili Word] ufuu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] joya (coconut with spongy shell)
    [Swahili Word] joya
    [Swahili Plural] majoya
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] kama joya
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    [English Word] juice squeezed from coconut
    [Swahili Word] tui
    [Swahili Plural] tui
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] leaf-stem of the coconut palm
    [Swahili Word] gubi
    [Swahili Plural] magubi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] leathery sheath of coconut flower-stem
    [Swahili Word] kalala
    [Swahili Plural] makalala
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] male flowers of the coconut palm
    [Swahili Word] upunga
    [Swahili Plural] punga
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] one who makes a business of climbing coconut trees to pick nuts
    [Swahili Word] mkwezi
    [Swahili Plural] wakwezi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] kwea V
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    [English Word] pointed stake fixed in ground for dehusking coconuts
    [English Plural] pointed stakes
    [Swahili Word] kifuo
    [Swahili Plural] vifuo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -fua
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    [English Word] processed fibres of the coconut husk
    [Swahili Word] usumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11
    [Swahili Example] kuangusha kichwa chake juu ya mto wa usumba [Sul]
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    [English Word] remove the husk from a coconut
    [Swahili Word] -fua nazi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] residue of coconut left after the white part has been scraped out of the shell
    [Swahili Word] panza
    [Swahili Plural] panza
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] round basket for squeezing coconut for tui
    [English Plural] round baskets
    [Swahili Word] kifumbu
    [Swahili Plural] vifumbu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Related Words] tui, fumba, kifumba
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    [English Word] single frond of a coconut-palm leaf
    [English Plural] fronds
    [Swahili Word] ukuti
    [Swahili Plural] kuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
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    [English Word] small coconut palm leaf
    [English Plural] small coconut palm leaves
    [Swahili Word] kikuti
    [Swahili Plural] vikuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] kuti
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    [English Word] spongy substance (inside coconut shell)
    [Swahili Word] joya
    [Swahili Plural] majoya
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] strip of coconut-palm leaf (used for weaving mats)
    [English Plural] strips of coconut-palm leaves
    [Swahili Word] ukili
    [Swahili Plural] kili
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
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    [English Word] very young coconut bud
    [Swahili Word] kokochi
    [Swahili Plural] kokochi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Swahili Example] alipofumbua kokochi za kifua [Moh]
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    [English Word] woody covering of the flower-stem of the coconut (used as firewood)
    [Swahili Word] kalala
    [Swahili Plural] makalala
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] young coconut in the stage of milk-formation
    [Swahili Word] tale
    [Swahili Plural] matale
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] young coconut palm
    [English Plural] palms
    [Swahili Word] mnazi mkinda
    [Swahili Plural] minazi mikinda
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Related Words] nazi
    [Terminology] botany
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    [English Word] young coconut palm
    [English Plural] young coconut palms
    [Swahili Word] mnazi mkinda
    [Swahili Plural] minazi mikinda
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    English-Swahili dictionary > coconut

  • 3 installer

    [English Word] installer
    [English Plural] installers
    [Swahili Word] kisakinishi
    [Swahili Plural] visakinishi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Dialect] recent
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -sakini
    [English Definition] tool used to install a computer program
    [Swahili Definition] zana inayotumiwa kusakinisha programu ya kompyuta
    [English Example] the Linux installer is almost finished although testing has shown that it has failed to install in some computers so the team is still trying to fix those problems
    [Swahili Example] kisakinishi cha
    Linux karibia kinakamilika ingawa majaribio yameonesha kuwa kimeshindwa kusakinisha katika baadhi ya kompyuta hivyo timu bado inaendelea kurekebisha tatizo hili (http://www.kilinux.udsm.ac.tz/kiblog/kiblog_sw/archives/cat_2.html Idara ya Sayansi ya Kompyuta, DSM)
    [Terminology] IT-klnX
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    English-Swahili dictionary > installer

  • 4 look

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    [English Word] be looked at
    [Swahili Word] -angaliwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] angalia V
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    [English Word] be worth looking at
    [Swahili Word] -tazamika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fix the eyes on something
    [Swahili Word] -kazia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] kikaza, kikazo, mkazo
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    [English Word] look
    [Swahili Word] nadhari
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] look
    [English Plural] looks
    [Swahili Word] tazamo
    [Swahili Plural] tazamo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] tazama V
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    [English Word] look
    [Swahili Word] -angalia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] angaa
    [Related Words] anga, angalifu, angavu, kianga, kiangaza, maangalio, maangalizi, mwanga, mwangalifu, mwangalizi, mwangaza, uangaliaji, uangalifu, uangavu
    [English Example] look!
    [Swahili Example] angalia!
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    [English Word] look (of the face)
    [Swahili Word] sura
    [Swahili Plural] sura
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] (s)he has a good look (of face)
    [Swahili Example] ana sura nzuri [Rec]
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    [English Word] look after
    [Swahili Word] -chunga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look after someone
    [Swahili Word] -duhushi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [Swahili Example] kumtunza na kumduhushi binti yao [Moh]
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    [English Word] look around
    [Swahili Word] -zungusha macho
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] zizima V, macho N
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    [English Word] look at
    [Swahili Word] -angalia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] angaa
    [Swahili Example] hujiangaliangalia kwa muda mrefu kabla ya kuoga [Kez]
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    [English Word] look at
    [Swahili Word] -chungulia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Swahili Definition] kutazama ndani ya kitu (kama nyumba0 kwa kutumia nafasi ndogo au mwanya [Masomo 163]
    [English Example] The opening enabled the detective to look inside the wide entry room.
    [Swahili Example] Mwanya ulimwezesha mpelelezi kuchungulia ndani ya sebule pana [Masomo 163]
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    [English Word] look at
    [Swahili Word] -ola
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look at
    [Swahili Word] -shufu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look at
    [Swahili Word] -tazama
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] The child <b>looked at</b> her sister in order to learn how to cook.
    [Swahili Example] Mtoto alim<b>tazama</b> dadake ili kujifunza namna ya kupika.
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    [English Word] look at
    [Swahili Word] -tizama
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] tazama V
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    [English Word] look at carefully
    [Swahili Word] -chungua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] chunga v
    [Swahili Example] Ni vizuri tuichungue nchi yetu ilivyo [Masomo 3]
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    [English Word] look at fixedly
    [Swahili Word] -tumbuza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look at one another
    [Swahili Word] -tazamana
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look at someone
    [Swahili Word] -onea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look at!
    [Swahili Word] taz
    [Part of Speech] abbreviation
    [Derived Word] tazama
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    [English Word] look carefully
    [Swahili Word] -saka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look down on someone
    [Swahili Word] -onea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look fixedly
    [Swahili Word] -angaza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look fixedly
    [Swahili Word] -kodoa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look fixedly at
    [Swahili Word] -angaza macho
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] angaza
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    [English Word] look for
    [Swahili Word] -tadhibiri
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look for
    [Swahili Word] -tadubiri
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look for
    [Swahili Word] -tafuta
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look for someone
    [Swahili Word] -tafutia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
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    [English Word] look for something
    [Swahili Word] -londea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look for something
    [Swahili Word] -rondea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look into
    [Swahili Word] -tazamia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] look like
    [Swahili Word] -shabihi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [English Example] it is a good child who looks like his/her mother in almost everything
    [Swahili Example] ni kitoto kizuri kilichomshabihi mama yake kwa kila hali [Muk]
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    [English Word] look on behalf of
    [Swahili Word] -tazamia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] Look out!
    [Swahili Word] abedari!
    [Part of Speech] interjection
    [Note] also: habedari!, bedari!
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    [English Word] Look out!
    [Swahili Word] bedari
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] Look out!
    [Swahili Word] habedari
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] Look out!
    [Swahili Word] Jihadhari!
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] hadhari v
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    [English Word] Look sharp!
    [Swahili Word] Kalamka!
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] Look!
    [Swahili Word] tahamaki
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    English-Swahili dictionary > look

  • 5 poll

    [English Word] opinion poll
    [English Plural] opinion polls
    [Swahili Word] kura ya maoni
    [Swahili Plural] kura za maoni
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] opinion polls show Bush and Kerry almost neck and neck
    [Swahili Example] kura za maoni zaonyesha kwamba Bush na Kerry karibu wanalingana nguvu [ http://tanzania.usembassy.gov/wwwhwashkswl107.html US Embassy Tanzania]
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    English-Swahili dictionary > poll

  • 6 television

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    [English Word] television
    [English Plural] televisions
    [Swahili Word] televisheni
    [Swahili Plural] televisheni
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Dialect] recent
    [Derived Language] English
    [Derived Word] television
    [Terminology] technology
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    [English Word] television
    [English Plural] televisions
    [Swahili Word] runinga
    [Swahili Plural] runinga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Dialect] recent
    [English Example] this artist is known almost nation-wide because of appearances on <b>television</b> acting in a key role
    [Swahili Example] msanii huyo anafahamika karibu nchi nzima kutokana na kuonekana kwenye <b>runinga</b> akiigiza sehemu muhimu
    [Terminology] technology
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    English-Swahili dictionary > television

  • 7 twelve

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    [English Word] twelve
    [Swahili Word] kumi na mbili
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] twelve
    [Swahili Word] kumi na mbili
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] twelve
    [Swahili Word] thenashara
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Dialect] Kimvita
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Swahili Definition] kumi na mbili
    [English Example] it's almost six o'clock now, eh?
    [Swahili Example] karibu saa thenashara sasa eh?
    [Terminology] mathematics
    [Note] rare
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  • almost — [adv] nearly, very nearly about, about to, all but, approximately, around, as good as, bordering on, close to, close upon, essentially, for all practical purposes, for the greatest part, in effect, in the neighborhood of, in the vicinity of, just …   New thesaurus

  • almost — ► ADVERB ▪ very nearly. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • almost — [ôl′mōst΄, ôl mōst′] adv. [OE eallmæst: see ALL & MOST] very nearly but not completely; all but …   English World dictionary

  • almost — adverb very nearly but not completely: We ve almost finished. | We stayed there for almost a week. | almost every: They sold almost everything. | almost all: Almost all the children here speak two languages. | an almost impossible task | wines… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • almost — al|most [ ɔlmoust ] adverb *** nearly but not completely: Are you ready? Almost! I m just putting my shoes on. It s almost a year since she died. The baby s almost walking now. almost all: Almost all of the students here are from South America.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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