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  • 1 back

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    [English Word] back
    [Swahili Word] nyuma
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [English Example] go back
    [Swahili Example] rudi nyuma
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    [English Word] back
    [English Plural] backs
    [Swahili Word] beki
    [Swahili Plural] mabeki
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] eng
    [Terminology] sport
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    [English Word] back
    [English Plural] backs
    [Swahili Word] mgongano
    [Swahili Plural] migongano
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] gonga V
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    [English Word] back
    [English Plural] backs
    [Swahili Word] mgongo
    [Swahili Plural] migongo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Swahili Example] wageni wakija nyumbani yeye huwapanda migongoni [Kez]
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    [English Word] back
    [English Plural] backs
    [Swahili Word] ungo
    [Swahili Plural] maungo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Related Words] unga
    [Note] usually maungo; lungo is archaic
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    [English Word] back (large and high)
    [English Plural] backs
    [Swahili Word] jongo
    [Swahili Plural] majongo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] augmentative form (ji-ongo) of mgongo N
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    [English Word] back down
    [Swahili Word] -susuika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] back part
    [English Plural] back parts
    [Swahili Word] kinyume
    [Swahili Plural] vinyume
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Word] nyuma N
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    [English Word] back someone into a corner
    [Swahili Word] -teka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] mbona naona ananiteka [Abd]
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    [English Word] back up
    [Swahili Word] -unga mkono
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] unga V, mkono N
    [Swahili Example] shogaze Shangwe walimwunga mkono Matata [Muk], wakaja na kata na nyalio mikononi, kumuunga mwenzi wao katika msiba [Sul]
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    [English Word] forced turning back
    [Swahili Word] mzungusho
    [Swahili Plural] mizungusho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] zungua V
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    [English Word] go back
    [Swahili Word] -rejea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] go back
    [Swahili Word] -rejesha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] go back
    [Swahili Word] -rejeza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] go back
    [Swahili Word] -rudi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] I can't go back home alone
    [Swahili Example] Siwezi kurudi nyumbani peke yangu
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    [English Word] go back and forth
    [Swahili Word] -vinjari
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] tangatanga
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    [English Word] keep back
    [Swahili Word] -hini
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] hiana, uhiana
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    [English Word] keep back
    [Swahili Word] -kawilisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] appl-caus
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kawa
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    [English Word] lie on one's back
    [Swahili Word] -lala kingalingali
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] -lala
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    [English Word] lie on one's back
    [Swahili Word] -lala kichali
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] -lala
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    [English Word] on the back
    [Swahili Word] tanitani
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [English Example] on the back
    [Swahili Example] kwa tanitani
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    [English Word] on the back
    [Swahili Word] chali
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Dialect] archaic
    [Related Words] kichali
    [English Example] lie on one's back
    [Swahili Example] lala chali
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    [English Word] on the back
    [Swahili Word] kichali
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Related Words] chali, tani
    [English Example] he was lying on his back
    [Swahili Example] alikuwa amelala kichali
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    [English Word] on the back
    [Swahili Word] tani
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [English Example] on the back
    [Swahili Example] kwa tani
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    [English Word] on the back (face upwards)
    [Swahili Word] kingalingali
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    English-Swahili dictionary > back

  • 2 move

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    [English Word] be moved from a place
    [Swahili Word] -hamishwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -hama v
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    [English Word] Get a move on!
    [Swahili Word] haya!
    [Part of Speech] interjection
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] move
    [Swahili Word] hamio
    [Swahili Plural] mahamio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] hama
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    [English Word] move
    [Swahili Word] uhamisho
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] move
    [Swahili Word] -enda
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] a log can not move except by the help of rollers (proverb)
    [Swahili Example] gogo hauwendi ila kwa nyezo (methali)
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    [English Word] move
    [Swahili Word] -gura
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Dialect] dialectical
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    [English Word] move
    [Swahili Word] -hajiri
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] mhajiri
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    [English Word] move
    [Swahili Word] -hamisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -hama v
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    [English Word] move
    [Swahili Word] -jongea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move
    [Swahili Word] -saki
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] the car moved slowly in the mud
    [Swahili Example] Gari lilisaki polepole katika matope
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    [English Word] move
    [Swahili Word] -songa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] "move there, you Mau Mau" the soldier said sternly
    [Swahili Example] "Songa huko, Mau Mau we!" alisema askari kwa ukali [Ng]
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    [English Word] move
    [Swahili Word] -sukuma
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move
    [Swahili Word] -tama
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move
    [Swahili Word] -tingisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] tinga V
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    [English Word] move (closer or futher away)
    [Swahili Word] -songea
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Swahili Example] sogea mbali!
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    [English Word] move (either of approaching or going away)
    [Swahili Word] -jongea
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] alijongea tena kwenye dirisha la duka [Muk]
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    [English Word] move (nearer or further away)
    [Swahili Word] -sogea
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] the soldier moved forward
    [Swahili Example] askari alisogea mbele [Ng], anasogea na kuvisemesha kwa mbali kidogo [Muhando:4]
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    [English Word] move (slowly or uncertainly)
    [Swahili Word] -sita
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move (slowly or uncertainly)
    [Swahili Word] -sitasita
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move (something) another place
    [Swahili Word] -hamishia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -hama v
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    [English Word] move about
    [Swahili Word] -susurika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move along
    [Swahili Word] -jongea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move along
    [Swahili Word] -jongeza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -jongea V
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    [English Word] move along on the buttocks
    [Swahili Word] -sota
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] pale chini alibaki kusota kitango-malele [Moh]
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    [English Word] move along on the buttocks
    [Swahili Word] -sowera
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] pale chini alibaki kusota kitango-malele [Moh]
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    [English Word] move away
    [Swahili Word] -banduka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] potential
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    [English Word] move back and forth
    [Swahili Word] -ning'inia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move back and forth
    [Swahili Word] -tikisa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move back and forth
    [Swahili Word] -vinya
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move back and forth
    [Swahili Word] -vinyavinya
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move back and forth
    [Swahili Word] -yonga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move back and forth
    [Swahili Word] -yongayonga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move back and forth
    [Swahili Word] -yuga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move back and forth
    [Swahili Word] -yugayuga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move convulsively
    [Swahili Word] -paparika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move fast
    [Swahili Word] -chupia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move forward unsteadily
    [Swahili Word] -tambaa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move from a place
    [Swahili Word] -hama
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move from a vertical to a horizontal position
    [Swahili Word] -simua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] inversive
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    [English Word] move hesitantly
    [Swahili Word] -sunza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] grope one's way (in the dark)
    [Swahili Example] sunza mkono
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    [English Word] move in a line or column
    [Swahili Word] chanjari
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Derived Word] Persian
    [Swahili Definition] fuatana kwa mstari
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    [English Word] move in a line or column
    [Swahili Word] -sanjari
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] pers
    [English Example] the soldiers are moving in a column/line
    [Swahili Example] wanajeshi wanatembea sanjari
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    [English Word] move near
    [Swahili Word] -jongelea
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
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    [English Word] move out furniture
    [Swahili Word] -pambua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] inversive
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -pamba
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    [English Word] move quickly (esp. in water)
    [Swahili Word] -chupa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move quickly back and forth
    [Swahili Word] -suka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] masuko N
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    [English Word] move restlessly
    [Swahili Word] -taataa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move someone (closer or farther away)
    [Swahili Word] -sogeza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] move to a place
    [Swahili Word] -hamia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -hama v
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    [English Word] move toward a common goal
    [Swahili Word] -ongozana na
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] reciprocal
    [Derived Word] ongoza V
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    [English Word] move uncertainly
    [Swahili Word] -sunza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] one who makes things move
    [Swahili Word] mwendelezi
    [Swahili Plural] waendelezi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] enda V
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    English-Swahili dictionary > move

  • 3 run

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    [English Word] be run
    [Swahili Word] -kimbiwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kimbia
    [English Example] the marathon was run by thousands of people
    [Swahili Example] marathon ilikimbiwa na maelfu ya watu
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    [English Word] run
    [Swahili Word] masafa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] run
    [English Plural] runs
    [Swahili Word] mkondo
    [Swahili Plural] mikondo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] run
    [Swahili Word] -chiririka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run
    [Swahili Word] -churura
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run
    [Swahili Word] -kimbia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Definition] kusafiri kwa miguu kwa haraka
    [English Example] I <b>ran</b> to class because I was late
    [Swahili Example] nili<b>kimbia</b> kufika darasani kwa sababu nilichelewa
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    [English Word] run
    [Swahili Word] -piga mbio
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run
    [Swahili Word] -piga mbio
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run
    [Swahili Word] -timka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] potential
    [Swahili Example] Biti Kocho hakujua vipi, alitimka, akaenda kusimama mbele ya Tamima [Moh], alivundumka, akafutuka, akatimka [Moh]
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    [English Word] run
    [Swahili Word] -enda mbio
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] -enda
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    [English Word] run (a candidate for election)
    [Swahili Word] -simamisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
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    [English Word] run (of animals)
    [Swahili Word] -timuka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] simba alipolikaribia lile kundi ng'ombe wote walitimka.
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    [English Word] run (of animals)
    [Swahili Word] -titimka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run across (someone or something)
    [Swahili Word] -kuta
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] -kusanya, -kutana, kutano, kikuti, mkutano, mkuto
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    [English Word] run after someone
    [Swahili Word] -kimbilia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kimbia
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    [English Word] run away
    [Swahili Word] -bumburuka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run away
    [Swahili Word] -churupuka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run away
    [Swahili Word] -kimbia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] the tourists will <b>run away</b> when they see the lion
    [Swahili Example] watalii wata<b>kimbia</b> watakapomwona simba
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    [English Word] run away
    [Swahili Word] -toroka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run away (from fear)
    [Swahili Word] -tapia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run down
    [Swahili Word] -chururika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] damu ilikuwa ikimchururika [Moh]
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    [English Word] run down
    [Swahili Word] -kebehi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] run errands
    [Swahili Word] -hemea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run fast
    [Swahili Word] -chapua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] inversive
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] chapa
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    [English Word] run for office
    [Swahili Word] -gombea uchaguzi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] gomba
    [Related Words] uchaguzi
    [Terminology] political
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    [English Word] run for office of
    [Swahili Word] -wania
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] transitive
    [Swahili Definition] kujaribu kuingia madarakani
    [English Example] several scholars have readied themselves to run for parliament
    [Swahili Example] wasomi kadhaa wamejiandaa kuwania ubunge (Majira 8 Okt 2004)
    [Terminology] political
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    [English Word] run into
    [Swahili Word] -pambana
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run out
    [Swahili Word] -tindika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run over
    [Swahili Word] -konga
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Dialect] Kitanga
    [English Example] then again, if I'm riding my bicycle, and I run over a chicken, you see I can't hide myself, since everyone will know that it was I that ran over the chicken
    [Swahili Example] ao tu uko natembeya na kinga yako una konga kuku, una ona tu asema abasta kufisha batakufamu tu asema ni fulani ana konga kuku [ http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/lpca/aps/vol6/mufwankoloentretiensketch.html Mufwankolo]
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    [English Word] run over (of liquids)
    [Swahili Word] -foka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run quickly
    [Swahili Word] -kimbia mbio
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run quickly back and forth
    [Swahili Word] -chacharika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run quickly back and forth
    [Swahili Word] -chachatika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run toward
    [Swahili Word] -kimbilia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kimbia
    [English Example] during the war, many Rwandans ran to Tanzania
    [Swahili Example] wakati wa vita, Wanyrwanda wengi walikimbilia Tanzania
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    English-Swahili dictionary > run

  • 4 saw

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    [English Word] crosscut saw (two-handed)
    [Swahili Word] jambeni
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] cut (by sawing back and forth as with a dull knife)
    [Swahili Word] -keketa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] mkeketo
    [Swahili Example] keketa meno
    [Note] grit/grind one's teeth.
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    [English Word] saw
    [Swahili Word] msumeno
    [Swahili Plural] misumeno
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [English Example] to saw.
    [Swahili Example] piga [kata kwa] msumeno
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    [English Word] saw
    [Swahili Word] -keketa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] saw
    [Swahili Word] -kereza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] kerezo, mkereza
    [Swahili Example] (fig.) kereza meno
    [Note] grind the teeth
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    [English Word] saw
    [Swahili Word] -shenga
    [Swahili Plural] shenga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] saw (cross-cut type used by 2 people)
    [Swahili Word] jambeni
    [Swahili Plural] jambeni
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] saw (wood)
    [Swahili Word] -piga msumeno
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] saw away at something
    [Swahili Word] -chikicha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    English-Swahili dictionary > saw

  • 5 zeal

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    [English Word] zeal
    [Swahili Word] harara
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Derived Word] hari, uharara
    [Swahili Example] ana harara
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    [English Word] zeal
    [Swahili Word] jitihadi
    [Swahili Plural] majitihadi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] juhudi
    [English Example] all the zeal he had for this creature brought no good
    [Swahili Example] jitihada yote aliyofanya kwa kiumbe huyu, hakupata wema [Moh]
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    [English Word] zeal
    [Swahili Word] juhudi
    [Swahili Plural] juhudi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] jitihadi
    [Swahili Example] mwenye juhudi
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    [English Word] zeal
    [Swahili Word] moto
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] ota
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    [English Word] zeal
    [Swahili Word] pupa
    [Swahili Plural] pupa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] have a zeal for something.
    [Swahili Example] fanya pupa ya
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    [English Word] zeal
    [Swahili Word] ghera
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Swahili Definition] moyo wa kufanya jambo (hasa kwa kuogopa aibu kama halitafanywa)
    [English Example] Back home still other citizens came forth with <b>zeal</b> and a love for their country.
    [Swahili Example] Huko nyumbani walichomoza wananchi wengine nao waliokuwa na <b>ghera</b> na mapenzi ya
    nchi yao.
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    [English Word] zeal
    [Swahili Word] uharara
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    English-Swahili dictionary > zeal

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  • back-and-forth — back′ and forth′ adj. backward and forward; to and fro • Etymology: 1605–15 …   From formal English to slang

  • Back and Forth (song) — Single infobox | Name = Back and Forth Artist = Aaliyah from Album = Age Ain t Nothing but a Number Released = January 1, 1994 (U.S. cassette) April 11, 1994 (U.S. 12 ) May 2, 1994 (U.S. CD) June 20, 1994 (UK) Format = CD single, cassette single …   Wikipedia

  • back and forth — adverb moving from one place to another and back again (Freq. 8) he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all… …   Useful english dictionary

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