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1 straw
[strɔː] 1.2) (for thatching) paglia f.3) (for drinking) cannuccia f.2.modificatore [bag, hat] di paglia••to grasp o clutch at straws attaccarsi o aggrapparsi a qualsiasi cosa; the last o final straw la goccia che fa traboccare il vaso; a man of straw un uomo di paglia; a straw in the wind — un indizio, un segno premonitore
* * *[stro:]1) (( also adjective) (of) the cut stalks of corn etc, having many uses, eg as bedding for cattle etc, making mats and other goods etc: The cows need fresh straw; a straw hat.) paglia; di paglia2) (a single stalk of corn: There's a straw in your hair; Their offer isn't worth a straw!) pagliuzza; nulla3) (a paper or plastic tube through which to suck a drink into the mouth: He was sipping orange juice through a straw.) cannuccia•* * *[strɔː] 1.2) (for thatching) paglia f.3) (for drinking) cannuccia f.2.modificatore [bag, hat] di paglia••to grasp o clutch at straws attaccarsi o aggrapparsi a qualsiasi cosa; the last o final straw la goccia che fa traboccare il vaso; a man of straw un uomo di paglia; a straw in the wind — un indizio, un segno premonitore
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2 grass
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] annual grass (kind of)[English Plural] annual grasses[Taxonomy] Striga elegans[Swahili Word] kichaani[Swahili Plural] vichaani[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] clump of long grass[Swahili Word] vue[Swahili Plural] mavue[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] flattened grass[Swahili Word] liwado[Swahili Plural] maliwado[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] kwata Adv, liwata V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] flattened grass[Swahili Word] liwato[Swahili Plural] maliwato[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] kwata Adv, liwata V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] grass[English Plural] grass[Swahili Word] nyasi[Swahili Plural] manyasi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[English Example] grass roof[Swahili Example] paa ya nyasi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] grass (blade of)[English Plural] grass (patch of)[Swahili Word] jani[Swahili Plural] majani[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] grass (kind of)[Swahili Word] kinanasi[Swahili Plural] vinanasi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] grass (short lived variety)[Taxonomy] Eleusine indica[Swahili Word] kifungambuzi[Swahili Plural] vifungambuzi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] grass (tall variety growing usually in stagnant water)[Swahili Word] kangaja[Swahili Plural] kangaja[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] grass (variety that grows in damp places)[Swahili Word] chacha[Swahili Plural] chacha[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] grass bearing a kind of cotton[Swahili Word] usi[Swahili Plural] nyusi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 11/10[Derived Word] cf. unyusi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] grass variety (the roots of which are used for making perfume)[Swahili Word] mzomari[Swahili Plural] mizomari[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] grass variety (the roots of which are used for making perfume)[Swahili Word] mzumari[Swahili Plural] mizumari[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] Guinea grass (Panicum maximum)[Swahili Word] inde[Part of Speech] noun[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] khuskhus grass (=mchai)[Swahili Word] mzumai[Swahili Plural] mizumai[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] kind of grass (Heteropogon contortus)[Swahili Word] kishona[Swahili Plural] vishona[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] kind of wild grass[Swahili Word] ndiga[Swahili Plural] ndiga[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Word] ja------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] like grass[Swahili Word] kijani[Part of Speech] adverb[Related Words] jani------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] papyrus grass[Swahili Word] njaanjaa[Swahili Plural] njaanjaa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] perennial grass variety often used for thatching roofs[Swahili Word] fefe[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] species of grass (Lobelia fervens)[Swahili Word] kisambare[Swahili Plural] visambare[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] strip of plaited grass for making mats[Swahili Word] usitu[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] variety of grass (Dactylotenium aegyptiacum)[Swahili Word] kimbugibugi[Swahili Plural] vimbugibugi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] wild grass variety (Dioscorea dumetorum)[Swahili Word] ndiga[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------ -
3 reed
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] kind of reed, Phragmites communis (=utete)[Swahili Word] mtete[Swahili Plural] mitete[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reed[English Plural] reeds[Swahili Word] kangaja[Swahili Plural] kangaja[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reed[English Plural] reeds[Swahili Word] nyasi[Swahili Plural] manyasi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reed[Swahili Word] tete[Swahili Plural] matete[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reed (Cyperus rotundus)[Swahili Word] udago[Swahili Plural] ndago[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reed (kind of)[Swahili Word] ubango[Swahili Plural] mabango[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reed (kind used for making musical instruments and as a drinking tube)[English Plural] reeds[Swahili Word] mrija[Swahili Plural] mirija[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reed (species of)[Swahili Word] kangaga[Swahili Plural] makangaga[Part of Speech] noun[Terminology] botany------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reed (used as a pipestem or musical instrument)[Swahili Word] utete[Swahili Plural] tete, matete[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reed blade (used for thatching)[Swahili Word] unyasi[Swahili Plural] nyasi, manyasi[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reed or bamboo used for making pens[Swahili Word] mkalamu[Swahili Plural] mikalamu[Part of Speech] noun[Dialect] archaic[Derived Word] kalamu N------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reed variety (Phragmites communis)[Swahili Word] gugumua[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------ -
4 straw
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] straw (for drinking)[English Plural] straws[Swahili Word] mrija[Swahili Plural] mirija[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] straw blade (used for thatching)[Swahili Word] unyasi[Swahili Plural] nyasi, manyasi[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] straw mat[Swahili Word] jamvi[Swahili Plural] majamvi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] Arabic[Swahili Example] wameketi katika mikeka na majamvi [Muk]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] tuft of straw, etc., used for starting a fire[Swahili Word] mwenge[Swahili Plural] mienge [rare kienge, vienge][Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------ -
5 thatch
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] blade of coarse grass used for thatching[Swahili Word] unyasi[Swahili Plural] nyasi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 11/10[Derived Word] nyasi N------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] material for roof covering[Swahili Word] ezeko[Swahili Plural] maezeko[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] remove thatch[Swahili Word] -vimbua[Part of Speech] verb[Class] inversive[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -vimba------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] thatch[Swahili Word] -ezeka[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] thatch (a house)[Swahili Word] -vimba[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] -vimbua------------------------------------------------------------ -
6 straw
A n1 gen ( substance) paille f ; ( single stem) fétu m or brin m de paille ; bedding straw paille f à litière ;2 ( for thatching) chaume m ;to draw straws tirer à la courte paille ; to draw the short straw tirer le mauvais numéro ; to grasp ou clutch at straws se raccrocher à une chimère ; it's not worth a straw cela ne vaut pas un clou ○ ; I don't care a straw ○ je m'en moque éperdument ; the last ou final straw la goutte qui fait déborder le vase ; a man of straw un homme de paille ; a straw in the wind un indice ; to make bricks without straw faire avec ce que l'on a. -
7 haulm
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8 reed
N1. नरकटReed is used for thatching. -
9 तालपत्त
තාලපත්ත taalapatta tālapatta na whole palm-leaf (used for thatching, etc.) -
10 poles
[English Word] poles used for thatching roof[Swahili Word] ndakaka[Swahili Plural] ndakaka[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------ -
11 coconut
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] braided coconut leaf used for fencing[Swahili Word] kumba[Swahili Plural] kumba[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] break open a coconut[Swahili Word] -fua nazi[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] central rib or stem of coconut leaf or similar.[Swahili Word] upongoo[Swahili Plural] pongoo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 11/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] central stem of the coconut palm leaf[Swahili Word] ujukuti[Swahili Plural] njukuti[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] central vein of the coconut palm leaf[Swahili Word] unjukuti[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] central vein or stem of the coconut palm leaf[Swahili Word] uchukuti[Swahili Plural] chukuti[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] central vein or stem of the coconut-palm leaf[Swahili Word] chukuti[Swahili Plural] chukuti[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] coconut (almost ripe)[Swahili Word] koroma[Swahili Plural] makoroma[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] coconut (grated) ??[Swahili Word] chicha[Swahili Plural] machicha[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[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]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] coconut (when full of milk and in late stage)[Swahili Word] tonga[Swahili Plural] matonga[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] coconut cream[Swahili Word] kasimile[Swahili Plural] kasimile[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] coconut disease[Swahili Word] mkwachuro[Swahili Plural] mikwachuro[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] coconut husk[English Plural] coconut husks[Swahili Word] kifuu[Swahili Plural] vifuu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Related Words] fuu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] coconut juice[Swahili Word] tuwi[Swahili Plural] tuwi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[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]------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] coconut milk (from grating nutty part)[Swahili Word] tui[Swahili Plural] tui[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] coconut mixed in a mortar[Swahili Word] kipondwe[Swahili Plural] vipondwe[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Word] ponda V------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] coconut palm (Cocos mucifera)[Swahili Word] mkitamli[Swahili Plural] mikitamli[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] kitamli------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] cocunut-palm branch[Swahili Word] kole[Swahili Plural] makole[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] mkole N------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] cream squeezed from coconut[Swahili Word] tuwi[Swahili Plural] tuwi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] disease of coconuts[Swahili Word] mkwachuro[Swahili Plural] mikwachuro[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] early stage in the growth of the coconut when the meat is still quite soft.[Swahili Word] urambirambi[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] empty coconut[Swahili Word] bunde[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fiber from inner skin of coconut leaf stalk[Swahili Word] ununu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 11------------------------------------------------------------[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]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] fully ripe coconut[Swahili Word] mbata[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] hard inner shell of a coconut[Swahili Word] ufuu[Part of Speech] noun[Note] rare------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] joya (coconut with spongy shell)[Swahili Word] joya[Swahili Plural] majoya[Part of Speech] noun[Swahili Example] kama joya------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] juice squeezed from coconut[Swahili Word] tui[Swahili Plural] tui[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] leaf-stem of the coconut palm[Swahili Word] gubi[Swahili Plural] magubi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] leathery sheath of coconut flower-stem[Swahili Word] kalala[Swahili Plural] makalala[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] male flowers of the coconut palm[Swahili Word] upunga[Swahili Plural] punga[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[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]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] remove the husk from a coconut[Swahili Word] -fua nazi[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] spongy substance (inside coconut shell)[Swahili Word] joya[Swahili Plural] majoya[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[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]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] woody covering of the flower-stem of the coconut (used as firewood)[Swahili Word] kalala[Swahili Plural] makalala[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] young coconut in the stage of milk-formation[Swahili Word] tale[Swahili Plural] matale[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------[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------------------------------------------------------------ -
12 thatch
I [θætʃ]1) ing. paglia f. per tetti2) fig. (of hair) massa f. di capelliII [θætʃ]verbo transitivo coprire con la paglia [cottage, roof]* * *[Ɵæ ] 1. noun(straw, rushes etc used as a roofing material for houses.) paglia2. verb(to cover the roof of (a house) with thatch.) (ricoprire di paglia)- thatched* * *[θætʃ]1. n(on roof) copertura di paglia (or frasche)2. vtcoprire con paglia (or frasche)* * *thatch /ɵætʃ/n.3 (fam. scherz.) capigliatura folta; zazzera.(to) thatch /ɵætʃ/v. t.● a thatched house, una casa dal tetto di pagliathatchern.chi fa tetti di paglia (o di cannucce, ecc.)thatchingn. [u]* * *I [θætʃ]1) ing. paglia f. per tetti2) fig. (of hair) massa f. di capelliII [θætʃ]verbo transitivo coprire con la paglia [cottage, roof]
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