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  • 1 name

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    [English Word] name
    [English Plural] names
    [Swahili Word] jina
    [Swahili Plural] majina
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [English Example] what is your name?
    [Swahili Example] jina lako ni nani?
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    [English Word] proper name
    [English Plural] proper names
    [Swahili Word] jina
    [Swahili Plural] majina
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] name given to child just after birth
    [English Plural] names
    [Swahili Word] sare
    [Swahili Plural] sare
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] name
    [Swahili Word] -ita
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] itikio, itiko, kiitikio, mwitaji, mwito
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    [English Word] name
    [Swahili Word] -taja
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] call by name
    [Swahili Example] taja jina
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    [English Word] name
    [Swahili Word] -nena
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] family name
    [Swahili Word] ubini
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] tunajua kuwa anaitwa Ali lakini ubini wake hatuujui.
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    [English Word] go by a name
    [Swahili Word] -itwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] ita
    [Related Words] itikio, itiko, kiitikio, mwitaji, mwito
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    [English Word] what's-his-name
    [Swahili Word] fulani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1
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    [English Word] what's-its-name
    [Swahili Word] dude
    [Swahili Plural] madude
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] anything the name of which one does not know or cannot remember
    [Swahili Word] dude
    [Swahili Plural] madude
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] name
    [English Plural] names
    [Swahili Word] isimu
    [Swahili Plural] isimu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] good name
    [English Plural] good names
    [Swahili Word] nemsi
    [Swahili Plural] nemsi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] make a good name for someone
    [Swahili Word] -jamili
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [Swahili Example] kuwajamili wazee wake kwa kuleta heri aliyokwenda itafuta [Moh]
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    [English Word] assumed name (to disguise a name of bad repute)
    [English Plural] assumed names
    [Swahili Word] msimbo
    [Swahili Plural] misimbo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] give someone a bad name
    [Swahili Word] -tukanisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] in the name of
    [Swahili Word] kwa niaba ya
    [Part of Speech] preposition
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    [English Word] in the name of
    [Swahili Word] kwa niabu ya
    [Part of Speech] preposition
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    [English Word] proper name of lead character in many tales (often of Arabic origin)
    [Swahili Word] Abunuwasi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1
    [English Example] S/he told a tale about Abunuwasi.
    [Swahili Example] Alisimulia hadithi ya Abunuwasi.
    [Terminology] literary
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    [English Word] proper name of lead character in many tales (often of Arabic origin)
    [Swahili Word] Banawasi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1
    [English Example] S/he told a tale about Banawasi
    [Swahili Example] Alisimulia hadithi ya Banawasi
    [Note] literary
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    [English Word] proper name
    [Swahili Word] Mabruki
    [Swahili Plural] Mabruki
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] Ninga (female name)
    [Swahili Word] Ninga
    [Part of Speech] name
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    [English Word] proper name
    [Swahili Word] Shabaan
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1
    [English Example] Shabaan Robert, Mswahili poet
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  • 2 good

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    [English Word] good
    [Swahili Word] -ema
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [English Example] pleasant breeze
    [Swahili Example] upepo mwema
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    [English Word] good
    [Swahili Word] -zuri
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Related Words] uzuri
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    [English Word] good (of foods)
    [Swahili Word] -tamu
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] good
    [Swahili Word] njema
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [English Definition] admirable, often morally so
    [Note] class 9 and 10
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    [English Word] good
    [Swahili Word] nzuri
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [English Example] good news
    [Swahili Example] habari nzuri
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    [English Word] good
    [Swahili Word] sheshe
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] good
    [Swahili Word] salihi
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] good
    [Swahili Word] aali
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [English Definition] superior to the average
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    [English Word] good
    [Swahili Word] zema
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Dialect] dialectical
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    [English Word] good
    [Swahili Word] ngema
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Note] rare dialect
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    [English Word] good
    [Swahili Word] vizuri
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Derived Word] -zuri adv/adj
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    [English Word] good!
    [Swahili Word] njema!
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] Good!
    [Swahili Word] tayib!
    [Part of Speech] interjection
    [Related Words] taibu
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    [English Word] good!
    [Swahili Word] fauwa
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] good!
    [Swahili Word] tike
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] good!
    [Swahili Word] dike
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] good
    [Swahili Word] marahaba
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] good thing
    [English Plural] good things
    [Swahili Word] kinyemi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7
    [English Example] a new thing is a good thing even if it is a sore (proverb)
    [Swahili Example] kipya kinyemi ingawa kidonda (methali)
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    [English Word] be good
    [Swahili Word] -taibu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] be good for
    [Swahili Word] -wea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] good
    [Swahili Word] vyema
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -ema
    [Related Words] njema, mwema, chema
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    [English Word] good
    [Swahili Word] -a kinyemi
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] good
    [English Plural] goods
    [Swahili Word] kikorokoro
    [Swahili Plural] vikorokoro
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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  • 3 hair

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    [English Word] hair
    [English Plural] hairs
    [Swahili Word] nywele
    [Swahili Plural] nywele
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] hair (human)
    [English Plural] hairs
    [Swahili Word] unywele
    [Swahili Plural] nywele
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
    [English Example] The woman will cut his <b>hair</b> the day after tomorrow.
    [Swahili Example] Mwanamke atakata <b>nywele</b> zake kesho kutwa.
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    [English Word] hair (human)
    [Swahili Word] unyele
    [Swahili Plural] nyele
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] facial hair
    [English Plural] facial hairs
    [Swahili Word] udevu
    [Swahili Plural] ndevu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
    [Related Words] kidevu
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    [English Word] hair on the face
    [Swahili Word] devu
    [Swahili Plural] madevu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] downy hair
    [Swahili Word] laika
    [Swahili Plural] malaika
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Swahili Example] malaika yamemsimama [Moh]
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    [English Word] body hair (usually on the arms and legs)
    [Swahili Word] malaika
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] body hair (on the hands and arms)
    [Swahili Word] ulaika
    [Swahili Plural] malaika
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] body hair (armpits or pubic etc)
    [Swahili Word] vuzi
    [Swahili Plural] mavuzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] body hair (armpits and genitals)
    [Swahili Word] mavuzi
    [Swahili Plural] mavuzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] vuzi N, uvuzi N
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    [English Word] armpit hair
    [Swahili Word] uvuzi
    [Swahili Plural] mavuzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] hair (of animal)
    [Swahili Word] unyoya
    [Swahili Plural] manyoya
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/6
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    [English Word] hair (animal)
    [Swahili Word] unyoya
    [Swahili Plural] nyoya, manyoya
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] animal hair
    [Swahili Word] nyoya
    [Swahili Plural] manyoya
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] animal hair
    [Swahili Word] ugoya
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] gray hair
    [Swahili Word] mvi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [English Example] gray-haired person.
    [Swahili Example] nywele za mvi
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    [English Word] thick unkempt hair
    [Swahili Word] mavunga ya nywele
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] ruffled hair
    [Swahili Word] timutimu
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Derived Word] timka V
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    [English Word] tuft of hair (left on top of a shaven head)
    [English Plural] tufts of hair
    [Swahili Word] bwenzi
    [Swahili Plural] mabwenzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] style of cutting the hair (one tuft is left long)
    [Swahili Word] kinjorinjori
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7
    [English Example] he has a haircut with one tuft left long
    [Swahili Example] ana kinjorinjori
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    [English Word] cut the hair
    [Swahili Word] -nyoa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] dress the hair
    [Swahili Word] -nyoa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] sticky substance used for dressing women's hair.
    [Swahili Word] bedani
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] sticky substance used for dressing women's hair
    [Swahili Word] behedani
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] hair (single)
    [English Plural] long straight hair
    [Swahili Word] usinga
    [Swahili Plural] singa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 10
    [English Example] the worker was a dignified man, dark, with long straight hair
    [Swahili Example] mwenye kazi alikuwa bwana mmoja makamu, hadharani, mwenye nywele za singa [Sul]
    [Note] often refers to animal hair
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    [English Word] long thick hair
    [English Plural] long thick hair
    [Swahili Word] kivunga cha nywele
    [Swahili Plural] vivunga vya nywele
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Related Words] nywele
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    English-Swahili dictionary > hair

  • 4 meeting

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    [English Word] meeting
    [English Plural] meetings
    [Swahili Word] mkutano
    [Swahili Plural] mikutano
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] kuta
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    [English Word] meeting
    [Swahili Word] baraza
    [Swahili Plural] baraza
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] attend a meeting
    [Swahili Word] -barizi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] meeting-place
    [Swahili Word] jaamati
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] jamii
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    [English Word] meeting
    [Swahili Word] jamaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] jamii, ujamaa
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    [English Word] meeting
    [English Plural] meetings
    [Swahili Word] kikao
    [Swahili Plural] vikao
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kaa
    [English Example] they attended the youth meetings
    [Swahili Example] walihudhuria... vikao vya vijana [Ya]
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    [English Word] meeting
    [Swahili Word] kutano
    [Swahili Plural] makutano
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] kuta V
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    [English Word] meeting
    [Swahili Word] makutano
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] kuta
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    [English Word] meeting
    [Swahili Word] mapambano
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] meeting
    [Swahili Word] mkusanyiko
    [Swahili Plural] mikusanyiko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] kusanya V
    [English Example] Often matters and disputes or disagreements were resolved in celebrations and a meeting of the clan.
    [Swahili Example] Mara nyingi visa na ugomvi ama kutopatana kulisawazishwa kwenye sherehe na mukusanyiko wa ukoo [Masomo 309]
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    [English Word] meeting (act of)
    [Swahili Word] mkuto
    [Swahili Plural] mikuto
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] kuta V
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    [English Word] meeting (act of)
    [Swahili Word] mkuto
    [Swahili Plural] mikuto
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] kuta V
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    [English Word] meeting (sport, pol.)
    [Swahili Word] mpambano
    [Swahili Plural] mipambano
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] pambana
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    [English Word] secret meeting
    [Swahili Word] mzengwe
    [Swahili Plural] mizengwe
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] secret meeting
    [Swahili Word] njama
    [Swahili Plural] njama
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] meeting
    [Swahili Word] pambano
    [Swahili Plural] mapambano
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] mass meeting
    [English Plural] mass meetings
    [Swahili Word] mkutano wa umma
    [Swahili Plural] mikutano ya umma
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] open meeting
    [English Plural] open meetings
    [Swahili Word] mkutano hadharani
    [Swahili Plural] mikutano hadharani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    English-Swahili dictionary > meeting

  • 5 shame

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    [English Word] feel shame
    [Swahili Word] -hizika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] kwa kweli kulikuwa na masafa mafupi baina yao, lakini Maksuudi alihizika [Moh]
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    [English Word] feel shame
    [Swahili Word] -ona haya
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] -ona
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    [English Word] feel shame
    [Swahili Word] -tia haya
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] -tia
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    [English Word] feel shame
    [Swahili Word] -ingiwa na haya
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] -ingiwa
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    [English Word] lower the head (frome shame)
    [Swahili Word] -inika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] kiinizo; inama, inua
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    [English Word] put to shame
    [Swahili Word] -fedhehi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] put to shame
    [Swahili Word] -hizi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] hizaya
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    [English Word] put to shame
    [Swahili Word] -stihizai
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] put to shame
    [Swahili Word] -stihizaya
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] put to shame
    [Swahili Word] -tahayarisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] aibisho
    [Swahili Plural] maaibisho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Note] also: aibu
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] aibu
    [Swahili Plural] aibu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Swahili Definition] hali ya kutopenda kuonekana [Masomo 345]
    [English Example] Their neatness often made him feel ashamed to give them his hand.
    [Swahili Example] Unadhifu wao mara nyingi ulimfanya aone aibu kuwapa mkono wake [Balisidya, Masomo 345]
    [Note] Cf. '-aibika / also: aibisho
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] ari
    [Swahili Plural] ari
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] fedeha
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] fedheha
    [Swahili Plural] fedheha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] haya
    [Swahili Plural] haya
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] tahayari, tahayuri
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] idhara
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] ila
    [Swahili Plural] ila
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] izara
    [Swahili Plural] izara
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] izara
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] (=aibu, fedheha)
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] janaa
    [Swahili Plural] janaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] janaba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] (=aibu, haya, fedheha)
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] soni
    [Swahili Plural] soni
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] she is feeling ashamed of those men
    [Swahili Example] anawaonea soni wale wanaume [Ma]
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] tahayari
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [English Example] feel ashamed
    [Swahili Example] tia [ingiwa na] haya, ona haya
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] tahayuri
    [Swahili Plural] tahayuri
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] -aibisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Word] aibu N
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] -aziri
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] shame
    [Swahili Word] -fedhehesha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] fedheha n
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    [English Word] Shame!
    [Swahili Word] kefu!
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] Shame!
    [Swahili Word] sefule!
    [Part of Speech] interjection
    [English Example] Shame! (s)he is not ashamed to walk without clothes
    [Swahili Example] Safule! Hata hana haya kutembea bila nguo
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    [English Word] shame!
    [Swahili Word] chut!
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Note] interj. of surprise/disgust/indignation
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    English-Swahili dictionary > shame

  • 6 tricky

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    [English Word] tricky person
    [English Plural] tricky people
    [Swahili Word] mjanja
    [Swahili Plural] wajanja
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1/2
    [Derived Word] -janja N
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    [English Word] tricky person
    [English Plural] tricky people
    [Swahili Word] Mswahili
    [Swahili Plural] Waswahili
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1/2
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Derived Word] سواحل
    [Swahili Definition] mjanja
    [English Example] he fooled me - he is a total "Mswahili"!
    [Swahili Example] mmenidanganya - huyu ni Mswahili kabisa!
    [Terminology] slang
    [Note] common expression among Tanzanians who are not natives to the Swahili region, often used in a humorous or teasing fashion
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  • more often than not — adverb usually; as a rule (Freq. 2) by and large it doesn t rain much here • Syn: ↑by and large, ↑generally, ↑mostly * * * more often than not In more than half the instances, frequently • • • Main Entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • as often as not — In about half of the instances, quite frequently • • • Main Entry: ↑often * * * quite frequently or commonly I had two homes really, because as often as not I was down at her house * * * as ˌoften as ˈnot | more ˌoften than ˈnot idiom usually; in …   Useful english dictionary

  • as often as not — more often than not or as often as not on most occasions, or in most situations More often than not, the arguments could have been avoided …   English dictionary

  • more often than not — or as often as not on most occasions, or in most situations More often than not, the arguments could have been avoided …   English dictionary

  • more often than not — {adv. phr.} More than half the time; fifty one or more times out of a hundred; not quite usually, but fairly regularly. * /Nancy comes over on Saturday more often than not./ * /Ben is a fairly good runner. He wins more often than not./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • more often than not — {adv. phr.} More than half the time; fifty one or more times out of a hundred; not quite usually, but fairly regularly. * /Nancy comes over on Saturday more often than not./ * /Ben is a fairly good runner. He wins more often than not./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • more\ often\ than\ not — adv. phr. More than half the time; fifty one or more times out of a hundred; not quite usually, but fairly regularly. Nancy comes over on Saturday more often than not. Ben is a fairly good runner. He wins more often than not …   Словарь американских идиом

  • more often than not — adverb usually; more than half the time; more likely to happen than not to happen. More often than not, tomato seeds will sprout even if they are a couple of years old …   Wiktionary

  • more often than not — usually. In winter the days are very short, and more often than not you re driving with your headlights on …   New idioms dictionary

  • as often as not — usually, mostly, in most cases …   English contemporary dictionary

  • more often than not — usually, most of the time …   English contemporary dictionary

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