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(roof)

  • 1 roof

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    [English Word] construct a roof
    [Swahili Word] -paua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] "the house is finished, but the roof has not yet been constructed".
    [Swahili Example] nyumba imekwisha lakini haijapauliwa
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    [English Word] covering a roof (act of)
    [Swahili Word] ezeko
    [Swahili Plural] maezeko
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] remove roofing (grass or straw)
    [Swahili Word] -ezua
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] roof
    [Swahili Word] dari
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] roof
    [English Plural] roofs
    [Swahili Word] paa
    [Swahili Plural] mapaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] paa V
    [English Example] (s)he picks leaves from the roof of the chimney
    [Swahili Example] yeye huchukuwa majani kutoka paa la jiko [Kez]
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    [English Word] roof (a house)
    [Swahili Word] -vimba
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] -vimbua
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    [English Word] roof (of a flat-roofed clay or stone building).
    [Swahili Word] sakafu
    [Swahili Plural] sakafu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] a clay/stone roofed building
    [Swahili Example] nyumba ya sakafu
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    [English Word] roof of metal
    [Swahili Word] bati
    [Swahili Plural] mabati
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Swahili Example] alinijengea kijumba kidogo cha bati [Kez]
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    [English Word] roof of mouth
    [English Plural] roofs of mouths
    [Swahili Word] kaakaa
    [Swahili Plural] makaakaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Terminology] anatomy
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    [English Word] sloping side of a thatch roof
    [Swahili Word] paa
    [Swahili Plural] mapaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    English-Swahili dictionary > roof

  • 2 roof-slate

    [English Word] roof-slate
    [English Plural] roof-slates
    [Swahili Word] kigae
    [Swahili Plural] vigae
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    English-Swahili dictionary > roof-slate

  • 3 roof-beam

    [English Word] roof-beam
    [Swahili Word] mkingiko
    [Swahili Plural] mikingiko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] kinga V
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    English-Swahili dictionary > roof-beam

  • 4 slope

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    [English Word] one of smaller slopes of thatched roof
    [Swahili Word] kisusi
    [Swahili Plural] visusi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] slope
    [English Plural] slopes
    [Swahili Word] genge
    [Swahili Plural] magenge
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] slope
    [English Plural] slopes
    [Swahili Word] hanamu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] hanamu ya chombo
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    [English Word] slope
    [English Plural] slopes
    [Swahili Word] mtelemko
    [Swahili Plural] mitelemko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] telemua V
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    [English Word] slope
    [English Plural] slopes
    [Swahili Word] mteremko
    [Swahili Plural] miteremko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Swahili Example] palikuwa na mteremko mrefu uliojaliwa minazi [Sul]
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    [English Word] slope
    [English Plural] slopes
    [Swahili Word] mwinamo
    [Swahili Plural] miinamo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] inama V
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    [English Word] slope
    [English Plural] slopes
    [Swahili Word] mwinuko
    [Swahili Plural] miinuko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] inua V
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    [English Word] slope
    [English Plural] slopes
    [Swahili Word] telemko
    [Swahili Plural] matelemko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] slope
    [English Plural] slopes
    [Swahili Word] telemuko
    [Swahili Plural] matelemuko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] slope
    [English Plural] slopes
    [Swahili Word] teremko
    [Swahili Plural] materemko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] slope
    [English Plural] slopes
    [Swahili Word] teremuko
    [Swahili Plural] materemuko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] slope
    [Swahili Word] -telemka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] slope
    [Swahili Word] -teremka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] slope
    [Swahili Word] -teremuka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] slope (of a roof)
    [English Plural] slopes
    [Swahili Word] kipaa
    [Swahili Plural] vipaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] paa
    [English Example] front slope of a roof
    [Swahili Example] kipaa cha mbele
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    [English Word] steep slope
    [English Plural] steep slopes
    [Swahili Word] poromoko
    [Swahili Plural] maporomoko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] poromoa
    [English Example] The rain caused a steep slope at the corner of the mountain
    [Swahili Example] Mvua ilisababisha poromoko pembeni ya mlima
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    English-Swahili dictionary > slope

  • 5 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

  • 6 cover

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    [English Word] be covered
    [Swahili Word] -finikwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] finika v
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    [English Word] be covered
    [Swahili Word] -funikwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] funika v
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    [English Word] be covered
    [Swahili Word] -gubikwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] gubi n
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    [English Word] be covered
    [Swahili Word] -vumbikwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
    [Derived Word] vumbika V
    [Swahili Example] kuvumbikwa ndani, useme embe mbichi [Moh]
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    [English Word] be covered (of a roof)
    [Swahili Word] -ezekwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
    [Swahili Example] nyumba zake zilikuwa zimeezekwa bati [Sul]
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    [English Word] be covered by water
    [Swahili Word] -finikwa na maji
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be covered up
    [Swahili Word] -sitirika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] we have not been covered slightly
    [Swahili Example] tumesitirika si haba
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    [English Word] be covered with
    [Swahili Word] -miminiwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] appl-pass
    [Derived Word] mimina V
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    [English Word] book cover
    [Swahili Word] jalada
    [Swahili Plural] jalada
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] canvas cover
    [Swahili Word] durufu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] gamba
    [Swahili Plural] magamba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] jalada
    [Swahili Plural] majalada
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] jalada
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] jalidi
    [Swahili Example] jalada ya karatasi
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    [English Word] cover
    [English Plural] covers
    [Swahili Word] kifuniko
    [Swahili Plural] vifuniko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -funika
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    [English Word] cover
    [English Plural] covers
    [Swahili Word] kingio
    [Swahili Plural] kingio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kinga
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    [English Word] cover
    [English Plural] covers
    [Swahili Word] kisetiri
    [Swahili Plural] visetiri
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] -stiri
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    [English Word] cover
    [English Plural] covers
    [Swahili Word] kitandiko
    [Swahili Plural] vitandiko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -tandika
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    [English Word] cover
    [English Plural] covers
    [Swahili Word] mfuniko
    [Swahili Plural] mifuniko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -funika
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] stara
    [Swahili Plural] stara
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] cover
    [English Plural] covers
    [Swahili Word] tabaka
    [Swahili Plural] tabaka
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] tumba
    [Swahili Plural] tumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] -ezeka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] cover a roof [with grass, straw]
    [Swahili Example] ezeka nyumba
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] -finika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] [upepo] uliingia ndani ya nyumba na Zakaria [...] alijifinika [Kez]
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] -funika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] [upepo] uliingia ndani ya nyumba na Zakaria [...] alijifunika [Kez]
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] -kafini
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] kafini (kwa) sanda
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] -kinga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] -kwea
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] kweleo N, kwezi Adj
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] -tabiki
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] -tabikisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] -tanda
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] to cover him/her
    [Swahili Example] kumetanda
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] -vaa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] baridi nyembamba ilimvaa [Moh]
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] -visha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] vaa V
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] -wamba
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] wamba ngoma
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    [English Word] cover
    [Swahili Word] -pamba
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cover (of a book etc.)
    [Swahili Word] uo
    [Swahili Plural] nyuo
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] cover (up)
    [Swahili Word] -setiri
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] stara N
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    [English Word] cover (up)
    [Swahili Word] -stiri
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] stara N
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    [English Word] cover oneself
    [Swahili Word] -jifinika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cover oneself
    [Swahili Word] -jifunika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cover oneself from head to foot
    [Swahili Word] -gubigubi
    [Swahili Plural] gubigubi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cover oneself with a garment
    [Swahili Word] -jitanda
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Definition] kujifunika na kitambaa au nguo
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    [English Word] cover over
    [Swahili Word] -gubika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] gubi n
    [Swahili Example] uso kaugubika kwenye mto ambao ulikuwa umeroa machozi [Moh]
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    [English Word] cover up
    [Swahili Word] -sitiri
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cover up to ripen
    [Swahili Word] -vumbika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cover with soil
    [Swahili Word] -fukia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] have something covered
    [Swahili Word] -finikisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] the water has flooded the land
    [Swahili Example] maji yameifinikisha nchi
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    [English Word] have something covered
    [Swahili Word] -finikiza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] maji yameifinikiza nchi
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    [English Word] have something covered
    [Swahili Word] -funikisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] the water has flooded the land
    [Swahili Example] maji yameifunikisha nchi
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    [English Word] have something covered
    [Swahili Word] -funikiza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] maji yameifunikiza nchi
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    [English Word] take cover
    [Swahili Word] -ficha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    English-Swahili dictionary > cover

  • 7 fasten

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    [English Word] be fastened
    [Swahili Word] -fungwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
    [Derived Word] funga v
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    [English Word] fasten
    [Swahili Word] -aliki
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fasten
    [Swahili Word] -funga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fasten
    [Swahili Word] -kaza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] kikaza, kikazo, mkazo
    [Swahili Example] kaza kamba; kaza sukurubu
    [Note] tighten the rope; exert pressure.
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    [English Word] fasten
    [Swahili Word] -komea
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Swahili Example] kishati chenyewe kinakomea tumboni [Moh]
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    [English Word] fasten
    [Swahili Word] -kwesha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fasten
    [Swahili Word] -pachika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] fasten a knife-blade in the handle.
    [Swahili Example] pachika kisu kipinini
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    [English Word] fasten
    [Swahili Word] -pinga
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] fasten the door
    [Swahili Example] pinga mlango
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    [English Word] fasten
    [Swahili Word] -sakamisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fasten
    [Swahili Word] -shikisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] Mzee Juma fastened the tree on the sloping side of the native thatched roof
    [Swahili Example] Mzee Juma aliushikiza mti kwenye paa
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    [English Word] fasten
    [Swahili Word] -shikiza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] Mzee Juma fastened the tree to the sloping side of the native thatched roof
    [Swahili Example] Mzee Juma aliushikiza mti kwenye paa
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    [English Word] fasten
    [Swahili Word] -pinza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [English Example] fasten a door (with a bar)
    [Swahili Example] pinza mlango [Rech]
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    [English Word] fasten (a fishook to a line)
    [Swahili Word] -shimbika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] shimbiko N
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    [English Word] fasten a vessel below a gash in a palm tree (in order to catch the sap)
    [Swahili Word] -umika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fasten loosely
    [Swahili Word] -shaliki
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fasten tightly
    [Swahili Word] -baba
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] (rare)
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    [English Word] fasten to
    [Swahili Word] -bandika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fasten together
    [Swahili Word] -shikimanisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fasten together
    [Swahili Word] -unga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    English-Swahili dictionary > fasten

  • 8 framework

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    [English Word] framework
    [English Plural] frameworks
    [Swahili Word] farasi
    [Swahili Plural] farasi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] framework (of a roof)
    [English Plural] frameworks
    [Swahili Word] pao
    [Swahili Plural] pao
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] framework (of a roof)
    [English Plural] frameworks
    [Swahili Word] pau
    [Swahili Plural] mapau
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] framework of a house
    [English Plural] frameworks
    [Swahili Word] miti
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] supporting framework
    [English Plural] supporting frameworks
    [Swahili Word] turusi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] Engl.
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    English-Swahili dictionary > framework

  • 9 house

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    [English Word] bachelor pad
    [English Plural] bachelor pads
    [Swahili Word] geto
    [Swahili Plural] mageto
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Dialect] colloquial
    [Derived Word] engl
    [Note] Geto does not have the pejorative meaning associated with ghetto. It is simply a small house/room (usually rented) by a young bachelor.
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    [English Word] clay house
    [English Plural] clay houses
    [Swahili Word] nyumba ya udongo
    [Swahili Plural] nyumba za udongo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] deserted house
    [English Plural] deserted houses
    [Swahili Word] kihame
    [Swahili Plural] vihame
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -hama
    [Related Words] hame, mahame
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    [English Word] framework (of a house)
    [English Plural] frameworks
    [Swahili Word] boma
    [Swahili Plural] maboma
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Language] Farsi
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] house
    [Swahili Word] beit
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Derived Word] بيت
    [English Example] public treasury
    [Swahili Example] beit al mal.
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] house
    [Swahili Word] bet
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] house
    [Swahili Word] beti
    [Swahili Plural] beti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] house
    [English Plural] houses
    [Swahili Word] chengo
    [Swahili Plural] vyengo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] house
    [English Plural] houses
    [Swahili Word] nyumba
    [Swahili Plural] nyumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Related Words] chumba, jumba, kinyumba, unyumba, nyumbani
    [English Example] the door of the big house led to a veranda
    [Swahili Example] mlango wa nyumba kubwa ulielekea kwenye kivaranda (http://home.globalfrontiers.com/Zanzibar/zanzibar_maridhawa.htm Zanzibar Maridhawa)
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    [English Word] house
    [English Plural] houses
    [Swahili Word] kitengo
    [Swahili Plural] vitengo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [English Example] the lower house of the previous parliament has decided to halt its activities
    [Swahili Example] kitengo cha chini cha bunge la zamani kimeamua kusimamisha shughuli zake [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/swahili/news/story/2004/06/000000_dirayadunia.shtml BBC]
    [Terminology] political
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    [English Word] house
    [Swahili Word] -laza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] lala V
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    [English Word] house (large)
    [English Plural] houses (large)
    [Swahili Word] jumba
    [Swahili Plural] majumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Swahili Example] vituwe vye maji machafu yaliyotoka majumbani [Sul]
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    [English Word] house (small)
    [English Plural] houses
    [Swahili Word] kijumba
    [Swahili Plural] vijumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] nyumba
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    [English Word] house (with flat earthen roof)
    [English Plural] houses
    [Swahili Word] tembe
    [Swahili Plural] tembe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] house of ill fame
    [Swahili Word] dangro
    [Swahili Plural] madangro
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] house of ill fame
    [Swahili Word] danguro
    [Swahili Plural] madanguro
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] house with ridge roof
    [Swahili Word] shangama
    [Swahili Plural] shangama
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] large house
    [English Plural] large houses
    [Swahili Word] jumba
    [Swahili Plural] majumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Swahili Example] jumba la kufanyia majiribio; jumba la ukumbusho
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    [English Word] person's house
    [Swahili Word] mastakimu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [Derived Word] stakimu V
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    [English Word] stone house
    [English Plural] stone houses
    [Swahili Word] nyumba ya mawe
    [Swahili Plural] nyumba za mawe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    English-Swahili dictionary > house

  • 10 owl

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    [English Word] African grass owl
    [English Plural] African grass owls
    [Taxonomy] Tyto capensis
    [Swahili Word] bundi-mbuga
    [Swahili Plural] bundi-mbuga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] African long-eared owl
    [English Plural] African long-eared owls
    [Taxonomy] Asio abyssinicus
    [Swahili Word] bundi masikio-marefu
    [Swahili Plural] bundi masikio-marefu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] ornithology
    [Note] New proposed name
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    [English Word] African marsh owl
    [English Plural] African marsh owls
    [Taxonomy] Asio capensis
    [Swahili Word] bundi-maji
    [Swahili Plural] bundi-maji
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] African scops owl
    [English Plural] African scops owls
    [Taxonomy] Otus senegalensis
    [Swahili Word] mtiti wa Afrika
    [Swahili Plural] mititi wa Afrika
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] African wood owl
    [English Plural] African wood owls
    [Taxonomy] Strix woodfordii
    [Swahili Word] bundi-msitu
    [Swahili Plural] bundi-msitu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] barn owl
    [English Plural] barn owls
    [Taxonomy] Tyto alba
    [Swahili Word] bundi babawatoto
    [Swahili Plural] bundi babawatoto
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] barred owlet
    [English Plural] barred owlets
    [Taxonomy] Glaucidium capense
    [Swahili Word] kitaumande miraba
    [Swahili Plural] vitaumande miraba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] Cape eagle owl
    [English Plural] Cape eagle owls
    [Taxonomy] Bubo capensis
    [Swahili Word] kungwi kusi
    [Swahili Plural] makungwi kusi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [Terminology] ornithology
    [Note] New proposed name
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    [English Word] eagle owl
    [English Plural] eagle owls
    [Taxonomy] Bubo spp.
    [Swahili Word] fufumbizi
    [Swahili Plural] fufumbizi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] Eurasian scops owl
    [English Plural] Eurasian scops owls
    [Taxonomy] Otus scops
    [Swahili Word] mtiti wa Ulaya
    [Swahili Plural] mititi wa Ulaya
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] owl (species of)
    [English Plural] owl
    [Swahili Word] babewana
    [Swahili Plural] babewana
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] ornithology
    [Note] Owl species traditionally believed to cause convulsions in a child when settling on the roof (most likely the African barn owl, Tyto alba affinis)
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    [English Word] owl (species of)
    [English Plural] owls
    [Swahili Word] babewatoto
    [Swahili Plural] babewatoto
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] ornithology
    [Note] Owl species traditionally believed to cause convulsions in a child when settling on the roof (most likely the African barn owl, Tyto alba affinis)
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    [English Word] owl (species of)
    [Swahili Word] vumatiti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] pearl-spotted owlet
    [English Plural] pearl-spotted owlets
    [Taxonomy] Glaucidium perlatum
    [Swahili Word] kitaumande madoa
    [Swahili Plural] vitaumande madoa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] Pel's fishing owl
    [English Plural] Pel's fishing owls
    [Taxonomy] Scotopelia peli
    [Swahili Word] bundi mlasamaki
    [Swahili Plural] bundi mlasamaki
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] Pemba scops owl
    [English Plural] Pemba scops owls
    [Taxonomy] Otus pembaensis
    [Swahili Word] mtiti wa Pemba
    [Swahili Plural] mititi wa Pemba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] red-chested owlet
    [English Plural] red-chested owlets
    [Taxonomy] Glaucidium tephronotum
    [Swahili Word] kitaumande kidari-chekundu
    [Swahili Plural] vitaumande kidari-chekundu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Terminology] ornithology
    [Note] New proposed name
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    [English Word] scops owl
    [English Plural] scops owls
    [Taxonomy] Otus sp.
    [Swahili Word] kilio
    [Swahili Plural] vilio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -lia
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] screech owl
    [English Plural] screech owls
    [Swahili Word] kipasuasanda
    [Swahili Plural] vipasuasanda
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -pasua; sanda
    [English Definition] bird of ill omen (which tears the shroud)
    [Swahili Definition] ndege wa kisirani (ambaye hupasua sanda)
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] short-eared owl
    [English Plural] shorted-eared owls
    [Taxonomy] Asio flammeus
    [Swahili Word] bundi masikio-mafupi
    [Swahili Plural] bundi masikio-mafupi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] ornithology
    [Note] New proposed name
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    [English Word] Sokoke scops owl
    [English Plural] Sokoke scops owls
    [Taxonomy] Otus ireneae
    [Swahili Word] mtiti wa Sokoke
    [Swahili Plural] mititi wa Sokoke
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] spotted eagle owl
    [English Plural] spotted eagle owls
    [Taxonomy] Bubo africanus
    [Swahili Word] kungwi
    [Swahili Plural] makungwi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] Usambara eagle owl
    [English Plural] Usambara eagle owls
    [Taxonomy] Bubo vosseleri
    [Swahili Word] kokoko wa Usambara
    [Swahili Plural] kokoko wa Usambara
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] ornithology
    [Note] New proposed name
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    [English Word] Verreaux's eagle owl
    [English Plural] Verreaux's eagle owls
    [Taxonomy] Bubo lacteus
    [Swahili Word] kokoko
    [Swahili Plural] kokoko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    [English Word] white-faced scops owl
    [English Plural] white-faced scops owls
    [Taxonomy] Otus leucotis
    [Swahili Word] mtiti uso-mweupe
    [Swahili Plural] mititi uso-mweupe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4an
    [Terminology] ornithology
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    English-Swahili dictionary > owl

  • 11 beam

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    [English Word] beam
    [Swahili Word] mulika
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] beam
    [English Plural] beams
    [Swahili Word] boriti
    [Swahili Plural] maboriti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] beam
    [English Plural] beams
    [Swahili Word] mhimili
    [Swahili Plural] mihimili
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] himili V
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    [English Word] beam
    [English Plural] beams
    [Swahili Word] mwale
    [Swahili Plural] miale
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] beam
    [English Plural] beams
    [Swahili Word] mwali
    [Swahili Plural] miali
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] beam
    [English Plural] beams
    [Swahili Word] mwamba
    [Swahili Plural] miamba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] beam
    [English Plural] beams
    [Swahili Word] nguzo
    [Swahili Plural] nguzo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] beam
    [Swahili Word] ubao
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] ubao ulichongwa vizuri
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    [English Word] beam
    [Swahili Word] ubau
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] beam (of scales)
    [English Plural] beams
    [Swahili Word] mtange
    [Swahili Plural] mitange
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] beam (roof)
    [English Plural] beams
    [Swahili Word] kombamoyo
    [Swahili Plural] makombamoyo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] komba V,moyo N
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    [English Word] longitudinal beam supporting the mast of a native vessel
    [English Plural] longitudinal beams
    [Swahili Word] mwashiri
    [Swahili Plural] miashiri
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Terminology] nautical
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    [English Word] strong beam to which boat's mast is secured
    [English Plural] strong beams
    [Swahili Word] mhashiri
    [Swahili Plural] mihashiri
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Terminology] nautical
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    English-Swahili dictionary > beam

  • 12 brass

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    [English Word] brass
    [Swahili Word] brasi
    [Swahili Plural] brasi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] brass
    [English Plural] brass
    [Swahili Word] shaba
    [Swahili Plural] shaba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [English Example] many people mistake brass for gold (proverb); the coconut leaves on the roof gleamed like brass threads
    [Swahili Example] wengine shaba huidhani dhahabu (methali); makuti juu ya paa yaking'aa mfano wa nyuzi za shaba [Ya]
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    [English Word] brass wire
    [Swahili Word] usoka
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11
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    English-Swahili dictionary > brass

  • 13 building

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    [English Word] building
    [Swahili Word] bumani
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] building
    [English Plural] buildings
    [Swahili Word] jengo
    [Swahili Plural] majengo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] jenga V
    [Swahili Example] katikati ya kisiwa hiki kuna jengo kubwa la Wajerumani [Kez]
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    [English Word] building
    [English Plural] buildings
    [Swahili Word] jumba
    [Swahili Plural] majumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] building
    [Swahili Word] majengo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] jenga
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    [English Word] building
    [Swahili Word] maunzi
    [Swahili Plural] maunzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] unda V
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    [English Word] building
    [Swahili Word] mjengo
    [Swahili Plural] mijengo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] jenga V
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    [English Word] building
    [Swahili Word] mwundo
    [Swahili Plural] miundo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] unda V
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    [English Word] building
    [English Plural] buildings
    [Swahili Word] nyumba
    [Swahili Plural] nyumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Related Words] chumba, jumba, kinyumba, unyumba, nyumbani
    [English Definition] a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
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    [English Word] building
    [Swahili Word] ujengaji
    [Swahili Plural] majengaji
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] building
    [Swahili Word] utengenezaji
    [Swahili Plural] utengenezaji
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 14
    [Derived Word] tengeneza V
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    [English Word] building
    [Swahili Word] uunzi
    [Swahili Plural] maunzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] building (act of)
    [Swahili Word] mjengo
    [Swahili Plural] mijengo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] jenga V
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    [English Word] building (act of)
    [Swahili Word] ujenzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 14
    [Derived Word] jenga V
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    [English Word] building installation
    [Swahili Word] majenzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] jenga
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    [English Word] building material
    [Swahili Word] majengo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] jenga
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    [English Word] building plot
    [Swahili Word] ramu
    [Swahili Plural] ramu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] demolished building
    [Swahili Word] bomoko
    [Swahili Plural] mabomoko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] bomoa
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    [English Word] method of building
    [Swahili Word] jenzi
    [Swahili Plural] majenzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] jenga
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    [English Word] style of building
    [Swahili Word] majenzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] jenga
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    [English Word] style of building
    [Swahili Word] mjengo
    [Swahili Plural] mijengo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] jenga V
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    [English Word] style of building
    [Swahili Word] mjengo
    [Swahili Plural] mijengo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] jenga V
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    [English Word] style of building
    [Swahili Word] ujengaji
    [Swahili Plural] majengaji
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] style of building
    [Swahili Word] ujenzi
    [Swahili Plural] majenzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/6
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    English-Swahili dictionary > building

  • 14 cement

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    [English Word] be cemented (i.e. a floor or pavement or roof)
    [Swahili Word] -sakifiwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cement
    [Swahili Word] saruji
    [Swahili Plural] saruji
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [English Example] the mason is mixing concrete for construction
    [Swahili Example] Fundi anakoroga saruji ya kujengea
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    [English Word] cement
    [Swahili Word] seruji
    [Swahili Plural] maseruji
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [English Example] put cement
    [Swahili Example] tia saruji.
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    [English Word] cement
    [Swahili Word] zege
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    English-Swahili dictionary > cement

  • 15 come down

    [English Word] cause to come down
    [Swahili Word] -poromosha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] The ice brought the roof of the house down
    [Swahili Example] Theluji iliporomosha paa la nyumba
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    English-Swahili dictionary > come down

  • 16 edge

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    [English Word] cutting edge (of a knife)
    [English Plural] cutting edges
    [Swahili Word] chinjoni
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] cutting edge (of a knife)
    [English Plural] cutting edges
    [Swahili Word] machinjoni
    [Swahili Plural] machinjoni
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6/6
    [Derived Word] chinja
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] genge
    [Swahili Plural] magenge
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] hanamu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] hanamu ya chombo
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] kando
    [Swahili Plural] kando
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] kikunjo
    [Swahili Plural] vikunjo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kunja
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] mialamu
    [Swahili Plural] mialamu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] mwalamu
    [Swahili Plural] miwalamu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] alama N
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] ombwe
    [Swahili Plural] ombwe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] pambizo
    [Swahili Plural] mapambizo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [English Example] The edge of the table
    [Swahili Example] pambizo la meza
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] pembizo
    [Swahili Plural] mapembizo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [English Example] The edge of the table
    [Swahili Example] pambizo la meza
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] pindo
    [Swahili Plural] mapindo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] pinda V
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] rinda
    [Swahili Plural] marinda
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] ukando
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] ukando wa mto
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] ukingo
    [Swahili Plural] kingo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kinga
    [English Example] now Rozi drew to the edge of the couch on which she was seated
    [Swahili Example] Rozi sasa alisogea penye ukingo wa kochi alilokalia [Sul]
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] upindo
    [Swahili Plural] pindo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
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    [English Word] edge
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] ushi
    [Swahili Plural] nyushi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
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    [English Word] edge
    [Swahili Word] -kunga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] edge (of a roof)
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] kipaa
    [Swahili Plural] vipaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] paa
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    [English Word] edge (of a skirt etc)
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] marinda
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
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    [English Word] edge (sharp part of knife or sword)
    [English Plural] edges
    [Swahili Word] makali
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [Derived Word] kali
    [Swahili Example] kisu kirefu chenye makali yanayong'aa [Muk]
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    English-Swahili dictionary > edge

  • 17 fall

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    [English Word] cause to fall
    [Swahili Word] -telemua
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cause to fall
    [Swahili Word] -teremua
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fall
    [Swahili Word] anguko
    [Swahili Plural] maanguko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] angika V
    [English Example] waterfall
    [Swahili Example] maanguko ya maji
    [Note] usually plural: maaknguko / Cf. '-angua
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    [English Word] fall
    [Swahili Word] mbwago
    [Swahili Plural] mibwago
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] bwaga V
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    [English Word] fall
    [Swahili Word] mwanguko
    [Swahili Plural] mianguko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] anguka V
    [Swahili Example] aliichezesha [bakora] kwa mujibu wa mwanguko wa maneno yake [Moh]
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    [English Word] fall
    [Swahili Word] poromoko
    [Swahili Plural] maporomoko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] poromoa
    [English Example] waterfall
    [Swahili Example] maporomoko ya maji
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    [English Word] fall
    [Swahili Word] -anguka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] angika V
    [English Example] If snow <b>falls</b>, we won't go to the beach.
    [Swahili Example] Theluji iki<b>anguka</b>, hatutakwenda baharini.
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    [English Word] fall
    [Swahili Word] -gwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] fall (in the northern hemisphere)
    [English Plural] falls
    [Swahili Word] demani
    [Swahili Plural] demani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Farsi
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    [English Word] fall (to the ground)
    [Swahili Word] -shuka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] shtua V
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    [English Word] fall apart
    [Swahili Word] -nyonyotoka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fall bit by bit
    [Swahili Word] -dondoka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] potential
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    [English Word] fall by slipping
    [Swahili Word] -teleza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
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    [English Word] fall down
    [Swahili Word] -anguka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] angika V
    [Swahili Example] barua ilianguka chini [Kez]
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    [English Word] fall down
    [Swahili Word] -gofua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] Ugonjwa umemgofua sana.
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    [English Word] fall down
    [Swahili Word] -lala
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fall into
    [Swahili Word] -angua
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fall into
    [Swahili Word] -tumbukia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] tumbua V
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    [English Word] fall off
    [Swahili Word] -boromoka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] the builder fell off the roof of the house.
    [Swahili Example] mjenzi ameporomoka kwenye paa la nyumba.
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    [English Word] fall on
    [Swahili Word] -angukia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fall out
    [Swahili Word] -gombana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] reciprocal
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] gomba
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    [English Word] fall upon
    [Swahili Word] -fusa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fall upon
    [Swahili Word] -imamia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fall upon (inanim subject and animate object)
    [Swahili Word] -pata
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] forced fall
    [Swahili Word] angusho
    [Swahili Plural] maangusho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] angika V
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    [English Word] let fall
    [Swahili Word] -ponyosha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] let fall
    [Swahili Word] -pukutisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] let fall bit by bit
    [Swahili Word] -dondosha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
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    [English Word] make fall
    [Swahili Word] -angusha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] angika V
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    [English Word] one who lets something fall
    [Swahili Word] mwangushi
    [Swahili Plural] waangushi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] angua V
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    [English Word] one who lets something fall
    [Swahili Word] mwanguzi
    [Swahili Plural] waanguzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] angua V
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    English-Swahili dictionary > fall

  • 18 finish

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    [English Word] be finished
    [Swahili Word] -isha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be finished
    [Swahili Word] -malizika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] maliza V
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    [English Word] finish
    [Swahili Word] hatima
    [Swahili Plural] hatima
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] finish
    [English Plural] finishes
    [Swahili Word] kikomo
    [Swahili Plural] vikomo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -koma
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    [English Word] finish
    [Swahili Word] -akidi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] finish
    [Swahili Word] -gota
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] finish
    [Swahili Word] -hitimu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] hatima
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    [English Word] finish
    [Swahili Word] -isha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] finish
    [Swahili Word] -kwisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] isha V
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    [English Word] finish
    [Swahili Word] -likiza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] finish
    [Swahili Word] -maliza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] Chonya had finished his primary school studies.
    [Swahili Example] Chonya alikuwa amemaliza masomo yake ya shule ya msingi [Balisidya, Masomo 344].
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    [English Word] finish
    [Swahili Word] -rakibisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] finish
    [Swahili Word] -rekibisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] finish
    [Swahili Word] -timiza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -timu
    [Related Words] -timia
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    [English Word] finish for
    [Swahili Word] -timizia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] timia V
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    [English Word] finish off
    [Swahili Word] -maliza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] amemaliza kuoga [Kez], akamaliza kidato cha sita [Moh]
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    [English Word] finish off
    [Swahili Word] -sakata
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] finish up
    [Swahili Word] -ishia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -ishi
    [Related Words] kisha, mwisho, maishilio
    [English Example] running on the roof finishes at the edge (proverb)
    [Swahili Example] mbio za sakafuni huishia ukingoni (methali)
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    [English Word] finish with
    [Swahili Word] -malizia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] maliza V
    [English Example] to complete sentences
    [Swahili Example] kumalizia sentensi [Masomo 193]
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    English-Swahili dictionary > finish

  • 19 grass

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    [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
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    [English Word] clump of long grass
    [Swahili Word] vue
    [Swahili Plural] mavue
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] flattened grass
    [Swahili Word] liwado
    [Swahili Plural] maliwado
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] kwata Adv, liwata V
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    [English Word] flattened grass
    [Swahili Word] liwato
    [Swahili Plural] maliwato
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] kwata Adv, liwata V
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    [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
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    [English Word] grass (blade of)
    [English Plural] grass (patch of)
    [Swahili Word] jani
    [Swahili Plural] majani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] grass (kind of)
    [Swahili Word] kinanasi
    [Swahili Plural] vinanasi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] grass (short lived variety)
    [Taxonomy] Eleusine indica
    [Swahili Word] kifungambuzi
    [Swahili Plural] vifungambuzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Terminology] botany
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    [English Word] grass (tall variety growing usually in stagnant water)
    [Swahili Word] kangaja
    [Swahili Plural] kangaja
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] grass (variety that grows in damp places)
    [Swahili Word] chacha
    [Swahili Plural] chacha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [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
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    [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
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    [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
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    [English Word] Guinea grass (Panicum maximum)
    [Swahili Word] inde
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Terminology] botany
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    [English Word] khuskhus grass (=mchai)
    [Swahili Word] mzumai
    [Swahili Plural] mizumai
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] kind of grass (Heteropogon contortus)
    [Swahili Word] kishona
    [Swahili Plural] vishona
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] kind of wild grass
    [Swahili Word] ndiga
    [Swahili Plural] ndiga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] ja
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    [English Word] like grass
    [Swahili Word] kijani
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Related Words] jani
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    [English Word] papyrus grass
    [Swahili Word] njaanjaa
    [Swahili Plural] njaanjaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] perennial grass variety often used for thatching roofs
    [Swahili Word] fefe
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] species of grass (Lobelia fervens)
    [Swahili Word] kisambare
    [Swahili Plural] visambare
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] strip of plaited grass for making mats
    [Swahili Word] usitu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] variety of grass (Dactylotenium aegyptiacum)
    [Swahili Word] kimbugibugi
    [Swahili Plural] vimbugibugi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] wild grass variety (Dioscorea dumetorum)
    [Swahili Word] ndiga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    English-Swahili dictionary > grass

  • 20 poles

    [English Word] poles used for thatching roof
    [Swahili Word] ndakaka
    [Swahili Plural] ndakaka
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    English-Swahili dictionary > poles

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