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chiefly

  • 1 chiefly

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    [English Word] chiefly
    [Swahili Word] aghalabu
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] chiefly
    [Swahili Word] aghlabu
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    English-Swahili dictionary > chiefly

  • 2 beryllium

    [English Word] beryllium
    [Swahili Word] berili
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Dialect] recent
    [English Definition] a steel-gray light strong brittle toxic bivalent metallic element used chiefly as a hardening agent in alloys (identified circa 1847)
    [Terminology] chemistry
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    English-Swahili dictionary > beryllium

  • 3 bismuth

    [English Word] bismuth
    [Swahili Word] bismuthi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Dialect] recent
    [English Definition] a heavy brittle grayish white chiefly trivalent metallic element that is chemically like arsenic and antimony and that is used in alloys and pharmaceuticals (identified 1668)
    [Terminology] chemistry
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    English-Swahili dictionary > bismuth

  • 4 carbon

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    [English Word] carbon
    [Swahili Word] kaboni
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Dialect] recent
    [English Definition] a nonmetallic chiefly tetravalent element found native (as in the diamond and graphite) or as a constituent of coal, petroleum, and asphalt, of limestone and other carbonates, and of organic compounds or obtained artificially in varying degrees of purity especially as carbon black, lampblack, activated carbon, charcoal, and coke (identified 1789)
    [Terminology] chemistry
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    [English Word] carbon paper
    [Swahili Word] kinakilo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] nakili V
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    [English Word] carbon paper
    [English Plural] carbon papers
    [Swahili Word] karatasi ya shashi
    [Swahili Plural] karatasi za shashi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    English-Swahili dictionary > carbon

  • 5 gold

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    [English Word] gold
    [English Plural] golds
    [Swahili Word] dahabu
    [Swahili Plural] dahabu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] gold
    [English Plural] golds
    [Swahili Word] dhahabu
    [Swahili Plural] dhahabu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Swahili Definition] 1. dini kama jiwe lilicho ghali sana linachotumiwa kutengeneza vitu mbalimbali kama mikufu, saa n.k. 2. rangi ya dini, baina ya manjano na kahawia
    [English Example] gold necklace
    [Swahili Example] mikufu ya dhahabu [Masomo 167]
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    [English Word] gold
    [Swahili Word] auri
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Dialect] recent
    [English Definition] a malleable ductile yellow metallic element that occurs chiefly free or in a few minerals and is used especially in coins, jewelry, and dentures (identified in antiquity)
    [Terminology] chemistry
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    [English Word] gold braid
    [Swahili Word] teli
    [Swahili Plural] teli
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] gold miner
    [Swahili Word] mchimbaji dhahabu
    [Swahili Plural] wachimbaji dhahabu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1/2
    [Derived Word] chimba V
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    [English Word] gold rim
    [Swahili Word] zari
    [Swahili Plural] zari
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] it's nice for tea the gold-rimmed cup: with milk added and lots of sugar: when you're done someone else is ready to use it [song]
    [Swahili Example] kizuri kwa chai kikombe cha zari: kutiwa maziwa na nyingi sukari: ukitoka wewe mwingine tayari [wimbo]
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    English-Swahili dictionary > gold

  • 6 helium

    [English Word] helium
    [Swahili Word] heli
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Dialect] recent
    [English Definition] a light colorless nonflammable gaseous element found especially in natural gases and used chiefly for inflating airships and balloons, for filling incandescent lamps, and for cryogenic research (identified 1872)
    [Terminology] chemistry
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    English-Swahili dictionary > helium

  • 7 indium

    [English Word] indium
    [Swahili Word] indi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Dialect] recent
    [English Definition] a malleable fusible silvery metallic element that is chiefly trivalent, occurs especially in sphalerite ores, and is used as a plating for bearings, in alloys having a low melting point, and in the making of transistors (identified 1864)
    [Terminology] chemistry
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    English-Swahili dictionary > indium

  • 8 mat

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    [English Word] burial mat
    [English Plural] burial mats
    [Swahili Word] fumba
    [Swahili Plural] mafumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Related Words] kifumba, kifumbu
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    [English Word] floor mat
    [English Plural] floor mats
    [Swahili Word] jamvi
    [Swahili Plural] majamvi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] floor mat
    [English Plural] floor mats
    [Swahili Word] mkeka
    [Swahili Plural] mikeka
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] kind of mat
    [English Plural] mats
    [Swahili Word] gayagaya
    [Swahili Plural] magayagaya
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] mat
    [English Plural] mats
    [Swahili Word] jamvi
    [Swahili Plural] majamvi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] mat
    [English Plural] mats
    [Swahili Word] mkeka
    [Swahili Plural] mikeka
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] mat
    [English Plural] mats
    [Swahili Word] tandiko
    [Swahili Plural] matandiko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] mat (floor)
    [English Plural] mats
    [Swahili Word] kibacha
    [Swahili Plural] vibacha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] mat (worn and old)
    [English Plural] mats
    [Swahili Word] mbacha
    [Swahili Plural] mibacha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Swahili Example] [proverb] usitupe mbachao kwa msala upitao [Ma]
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    [English Word] mat fastened round laden dhow for protection
    [English Plural] mats
    [Swahili Word] talibisi
    [Swahili Plural] talibisi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] mat on which women grind grain
    [English Plural] mats
    [Swahili Word] tuguu
    [Swahili Plural] matuguu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] mat on which women grind grain
    [English Plural] mats
    [Swahili Word] utanga
    [Swahili Plural] tanga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
    [Related Words] kitanga
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    [English Word] mat placed under the head of a corpse.
    [English Plural] mats
    [Swahili Word] mchegamo
    [Swahili Plural] michegamo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] egama V
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    [English Word] mat variety (used chiefly in mosques)
    [English Plural] mats
    [Swahili Word] busati
    [Swahili Plural] mabusati
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] oval mat
    [English Plural] oval mats
    [Swahili Word] msala
    [Swahili Plural] misala
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] sala V
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    [English Word] plaited floor mat
    [English Plural] plaited floor mats
    [Swahili Word] jamvi
    [Swahili Plural] majamvi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] prayer mat
    [English Plural] prayer mats
    [Swahili Word] msala
    [Swahili Plural] misala
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] sala V
    [Terminology] Islamic
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    [English Word] round mat
    [English Plural] round mats
    [Swahili Word] dugu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] round mat
    [English Plural] round mats
    [Swahili Word] msala
    [Swahili Plural] misala
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] sala V
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    [English Word] sleeping mat
    [English Plural] sleeping mats
    [Swahili Word] kirago
    [Swahili Plural] virago
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Related Words] rago
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    [English Word] sleeping mat
    [English Plural] sleeping mats
    [Swahili Word] mkeka
    [Swahili Plural] mikeka
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] sleeping mat (kind of)
    [English Plural] sleeping mats
    [Swahili Word] sataranji
    [Swahili Plural] sataranji
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] woven mat
    [English Plural] woven mats
    [Swahili Word] jamvi
    [Swahili Plural] majamvi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] woven prayer mat (circular and small)
    [English Plural] prayer mats
    [Swahili Word] kitanga
    [Swahili Plural] vitanga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Related Words] utanga
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    English-Swahili dictionary > mat

  • 9 nickel

    [English Word] nickel
    [Swahili Word] nikeli
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Dialect] recent
    [English Definition] a silver-white hard malleable ductile metallic element capable of a high polish and resistant to corrosion that is used chiefly in alloys and as a catalyst (identified 1755)
    [Terminology] chemistry
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    English-Swahili dictionary > nickel

  • 10 praseodymium

    [English Word] praseodymium
    [Swahili Word] praseodimi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Dialect] recent
    [English Definition] a yellowish white trivalent metallic element of the rare-earth group used chiefly in the form of its salts in coloring glass greenish yellow (identified 1885)
    [Terminology] chemistry
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  • 11 radium

    [English Word] radium
    [Swahili Word] radi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Dialect] recent
    [English Definition] an intensely radioactive brilliant white metallic element that resembles barium chemically, occurs in combination in minute quantities in minerals (as pitchblende or carnotite), emits alpha particles and gamma rays to form radon, and is used chiefly in luminous materials and in the treatment of cancer (identified 1899)
    [Terminology] chemistry
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    English-Swahili dictionary > radium

  • 12 selenium

    [English Word] selenium
    [Swahili Word] seleni
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Dialect] recent
    [English Definition] a nonmetallic element that resembles sulfur and tellurium chemically, is obtained chiefly as a by-product in copper refining, and is a photoconductive semiconductor in its crystalline form (identified 1818)
    [Terminology] chemistry
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    English-Swahili dictionary > selenium

  • 13 silver

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    [English Word] silver
    [Swahili Word] fedha
    [Swahili Plural] fedha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [Swahili Example] buli na vikombe vya kahawa vya fedha [Moh]
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    [English Word] silver
    [Swahili Word] agenti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Dialect] recent
    [English Definition] a white metallic element that is sonorous, ductile, very malleable, capable of a high degree of polish, and chiefly univalent in compounds, and that has the highest thermal and electric conductivity of any substance (identified in antiquity)
    [Terminology] chemistry
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    English-Swahili dictionary > silver

  • 14 spirit

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    [English Word] ancestral spirit
    [English Plural] ancestral spirits
    [Swahili Word] mzimu
    [Swahili Plural] mizimu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4an
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    [English Word] be in good spirits
    [Swahili Word] -changamka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] wenzi waliochangamka na kucheza naye [Moh]
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    [English Word] blood-seeking sea spirit that drowns people
    [English Plural] sea spirits
    [Swahili Word] kitu nusi
    [Swahili Plural] kitu nusi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Dialect] Kimvita
    [Terminology] marine
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    [English Word] disembodied spirit
    [English Plural] spirits
    [Swahili Word] pepo
    [Swahili Plural] pepo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Related Words] -pepa
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    [English Word] evil sea spirit
    [English Plural] evil sea spirits
    [Swahili Word] kibwengo
    [Swahili Plural] vibwengo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
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    [English Word] evil spirit
    [English Plural] evil spirits
    [Swahili Word] afriti
    [Swahili Plural] afriti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
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    [English Word] evil spirit
    [English Plural] evil spirits
    [Swahili Word] kizimwi
    [Swahili Plural] vizimwi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Related Words] zimwi, mzimu, kuzimu, wazimu
    [Terminology] literary
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    [English Word] evil spirit
    [English Plural] evil spirits
    [Swahili Word] kizuu
    [Swahili Plural] vizuu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Related Words] zua, -zuka
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    [English Word] evil spirit
    [English Plural] evil spirits
    [Swahili Word] koikoi
    [Swahili Plural] makoikoi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
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    [English Word] evil spirit
    [Swahili Word] mahoka
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] evil spirit
    [Swahili Word] masoka
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] evil spirit
    [Swahili Word] subiani
    [Swahili Plural] masubiani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] sibu V
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    [English Word] evil spirit
    [English Plural] evil spirits
    [Swahili Word] pepopunda
    [Swahili Plural] pepopunda
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] pepo
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    [English Word] evil spirit propitiated at crossroads
    [Swahili Word] kinyamkela
    [Swahili Plural] vinyamkela
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] evil tree spirit
    [English Plural] evil tree spirits
    [Swahili Word] kibwengo
    [Swahili Plural] vibwengo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
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    [English Word] hand over the spirit
    [Swahili Word] -salimu roho
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] Holy Spirit
    [Swahili Word] Roho Mtakatifu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9an
    [English Example] the Church has been seen as "a people made one with the unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit" [2nd Vatican Council]
    [Swahili Example] Kanisa zima ulimwenguni linajionyesha kuwa "taifa lililokusanywa na umoja wa Baba, wa Mwana na wa Roho Mtakatifu" [ http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_sw.html Mtaguso Mkuu wa Vatikani wa II]
    [Terminology] religious
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    [English Word] kind of evil spirit
    [Swahili Word] milihoi
    [Swahili Plural] milihoi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
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    [English Word] name of evil spirit
    [Swahili Word] kitimiri
    [Swahili Plural] vitimiri
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
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    [English Word] place of spirits
    [English Plural] places of spirits
    [Swahili Word] kuzimu
    [Swahili Plural] kuzimu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] -zimu
    [English Example] do not go to the place of spirits those who go never return
    [Swahili Example] usiende kuzimu, waendao ahwarudi!
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    [English Word] revolutionary spirit
    [Swahili Word] imani ya kithaura
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Related Words] kithaura
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    [English Word] sea spirit that inhabits mangrove stands
    [English Plural] sea spirits
    [Swahili Word] ngoloko
    [Swahili Plural] ngoloko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Dialect] Kimvita
    [Terminology] marine
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    [English Word] spirit
    [Swahili Word] jini
    [Swahili Plural] majini
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] spirit
    [English Plural] spirits
    [Swahili Word] kijini
    [Swahili Plural] vijini
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] jini
    [Terminology] literary
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    [English Word] spirit
    [English Plural] spiritis
    [Swahili Word] kizuka
    [Swahili Plural] vizuka
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Derived Word] zua V
    [Terminology] literary
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    [English Word] spirit
    [Swahili Word] mizuka
    [Swahili Plural] wazuka, mizuka
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] zuka
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    [English Word] spirit
    [English Plural] spirits
    [Swahili Word] pepo
    [Swahili Plural] pepo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Related Words] -pepa
    [English Example] a good spirit
    [Swahili Example] pepo mwema
    [Terminology] religious
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    [English Word] spirit
    [English Plural] spirits
    [Swahili Word] roho
    [Swahili Plural] roho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] kiroho, mroho
    [English Example] the players had the spirit to win
    [Swahili Example] wachezaji walikuwa na roho ya kushinda
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    [English Word] spirit
    [English Plural] spirits
    [Swahili Word] zimwi
    [Swahili Plural] mazimwi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [English Example] she wasn't sure whether it was truly God or [just] a spirit
    [Swahili Example] hakuwa na uhakika kama huyo alikuwa Mungu kweli au zimwi [Kez]
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    [English Word] spirit (alcoholic)
    [English Plural] spirits
    [Swahili Word] mvinyo
    [Swahili Plural] mivinyo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Language] Portuguese
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    [English Word] spirit (chiefly in children's stories; beneficient, but sometimes frightening)
    [English Plural] spirits
    [Swahili Word] jini
    [Swahili Plural] majini
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [Derived Word] ujini
    [Swahili Example] (=zimwi, not shetani)
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    [English Word] spirit (supernatural)
    [English Plural] spirits
    [Swahili Word] mkodi
    [Swahili Plural] mikodi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4an
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    [English Word] spirit of a deceased person
    [English Plural] spirits
    [Swahili Word] koma
    [Swahili Plural] makoma
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
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    [English Word] spirit of an ancestor
    [English Plural] spirits
    [Swahili Word] masoka
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6an
    [English Example] ancestor worship
    [Swahili Example] ibaada ya mahoka (or mizimu)
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    [English Word] wind spirit
    [English Plural] wind spirits
    [Swahili Word] kinyamkela
    [Swahili Plural] vinyamkela
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
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    [English Word] world of spirits
    [English Plural] worlds of spirits
    [Swahili Word] pepo
    [Swahili Plural] pepo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Related Words] -pepa
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    English-Swahili dictionary > spirit

  • 15 thallium

    [English Word] thallium
    [Swahili Word] tali
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Dialect] recent
    [English Definition] a sparsely but widely distributed poisonous metallic element that resembles lead in physical properties and is used chiefly in the form of compounds in photoelectric cells or as a pesticide (identified 1861)
    [Terminology] chemistry
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    English-Swahili dictionary > thallium

  • 16 uterine

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    [English Word] uterine pain
    [Swahili Word] mwanamimba
    [Swahili Plural] wanamimba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1/2
    [Derived Word] mwana N, mimba N
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    [English Word] uterine pains (chiefly in cases of premature births)
    [Swahili Word] mwanamimba
    [Swahili Plural] wanamimba, waanamimba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Terminology] medical
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    English-Swahili dictionary > uterine

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