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  • 41 extent

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    [English Word] extent
    [English Plural] extent
    [Swahili Word] eneo
    [Swahili Plural] maeneo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] enea
    [English Example] the extent of this country
    [Swahili Example] eneo la nchi hii
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    [English Word] extent
    [Swahili Word] kadiri
    [Swahili Plural] kadiri
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] kadiri V
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    [English Word] extent
    [English Plural] extents
    [Swahili Word] kima
    [Swahili Plural] vima
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] kimo
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    [English Word] extent
    [English Plural] extents
    [Swahili Word] mfiko
    [Swahili Plural] mifiko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -fika
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    [English Word] extent
    [Swahili Word] ukakaya
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] to a great extent
    [Swahili Word] sana
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    [English Word] to the extent that
    [Swahili Word] kadiri
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
    [Derived Word] kadirifu, makadirio, ukadirifu
    [Swahili Example] kadiri upendavyo; lipa (toa) kadiri ya shilingi ishirini
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  • 42 fire

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    [English Word] apply fire to something
    [Swahili Word] -ungulia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] catch fire
    [Swahili Word] -waka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] mti unawaka upesi
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    [English Word] catch fire (accidentally)
    [Swahili Word] -wakia
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] convey fire
    [Swahili Word] -paa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fan a fire
    [Swahili Word] -pepea moto
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fire
    [Swahili Word] moto
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] ota
    [English Example] light/kindle a fire
    [Swahili Example] washa moto
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    [English Word] fire
    [Swahili Word] -uzulu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fire (i.e. bullets)
    [Swahili Word] -fyetua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] fyeta v
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    [English Word] fire (pottery)
    [Swahili Word] -oka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fire (pottery)
    [Swahili Word] -ungulia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fire a bullet (bullets)
    [Swahili Word] -fyatua risasi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] fyata v, risasi n
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    [English Word] fire bullets
    [Swahili Word] -piga risasi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] the police fired bullets at his body
    [Swahili Example] polisi alimpiga risasi mwilini
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    [English Word] great fire
    [Swahili Word] mteketezo
    [Swahili Plural] miteketezo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] teketea V
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    [English Word] kindle a fire
    [Swahili Word] -koka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] making fire by twirling stick in holed stick
    [Swahili Word] upekecho
    [Swahili Plural] pekecho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
    [Derived Word] pekecha v
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    [English Word] put on the fire
    [Swahili Word] -teleka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] aliteleka sufuria ya maji juu ya jiko [Sul]
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    [English Word] set fire to
    [Swahili Word] -washa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] sit the fire (and take out burning coals)
    [Swahili Word] -paa moto
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] take away from the fire
    [Swahili Word] -okoa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] take live embers from the fire
    [Swahili Word] -palia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
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    [English Word] take off the fire
    [Swahili Word] -tekua
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] two sticks used together to make fire
    [Swahili Word] mpekecho
    [Swahili Plural] mipekecho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] pekecha
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    [English Word] two sticks used together to make fire
    [Swahili Word] mpeko
    [Swahili Plural] mipeko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] pekecha
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  • 43 fortune

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    [English Word] fortune
    [English Plural] fortunes
    [Swahili Word] bahati
    [Swahili Plural] bahati
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] -bahatika, -bahatisha, bahatisho
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    [English Word] fortune
    [English Plural] fortunes
    [Swahili Word] baraka
    [Swahili Plural] baraka
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] -bariki, kibaraka, tabaruki
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    [English Word] fortune
    [Swahili Word] jumu
    [Swahili Plural] jumu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] fortune
    [English Plural] fortunes
    [Swahili Word] nasibu
    [Swahili Plural] nasibu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] fortune
    [Swahili Word] uenyemali
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] fortune
    [English Plural] fortunes
    [Swahili Word] nyota
    [Swahili Plural] nyota
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] good fortune
    [Swahili Word] ghanima
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] good fortune
    [Swahili Word] jaha
    [Swahili Plural] jaha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] good fortune
    [Swahili Word] neema
    [Swahili Plural] neema
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] Our world had great good fortune.
    [Swahili Example] Dunia yetu ilikuwa ya neema kubwa [Masomo 304]
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    [English Word] good fortune
    [Swahili Word] uheri
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] tell fortunes
    [Swahili Word] -piga ramli
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] tell fortunes.
    [Swahili Example] piga ramli
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    English-Swahili dictionary > fortune

  • 44 grow

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    [English Word] cause to grow
    [Swahili Word] -otesha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -ota V
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    [English Word] cause to grow
    [Swahili Word] -sitawisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
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    [English Word] cause to grow
    [Swahili Word] -kithiri
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] -kithiria
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    [English Word] grow
    [Swahili Word] -chipua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] jipu lililochipua kifuani pake [Moh]
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    [English Word] grow
    [Swahili Word] -endelea
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -enda
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    [English Word] grow
    [Swahili Word] -kithiri
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] -kithiria
    [English Example] the familiarity between the teacher and the student grew
    [Swahili Example] mazoea kati ya mwalimu na mwanafunzi yalikithiri [Muk]
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    [English Word] grow
    [Swahili Word] -kuwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] grow
    [Swahili Word] -mea
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] palikuwa na magofu [...] yaliyomea magugu [Sul]
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    [English Word] grow
    [Swahili Word] -meka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] grow
    [Swahili Word] -ondokea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] grow
    [Swahili Word] -ongea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] grow
    [Swahili Word] -ongeza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] grow
    [Swahili Word] -panda
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] pandikizo, mpanda, mpando, upandaji
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    [English Word] grow
    [Swahili Word] -sitawi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] grow
    [Swahili Word] -zidi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] grow (of plants or hair etc)
    [Swahili Word] -ota
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] grow (something)
    [Swahili Word] -sitawisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
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    [English Word] grow fast
    [Swahili Word] -vuvumka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] grow for
    [Swahili Word] -otea
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -ota V
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    [English Word] grow toward
    [Swahili Word] -kithiria
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kithiri
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    [English Word] grow up
    [Swahili Word] -kua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] hicho kitoto kikakua, kama mgomba, mnazi unakawia [Moh]
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    [English Word] grow up
    [Swahili Word] -kuwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] Her instructor teaches her a great deal as she grows up
    [Swahili Example] somo yake anamfunza mengi wakati wa kukuwa msichana anayefikia hali ya kuwa mtu mzima [Masomo 126]
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    [English Word] grow well (of plants), thrive
    [Swahili Word] -wanda
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] make grow
    [Swahili Word] -kuza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] kua V
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    English-Swahili dictionary > grow

  • 45 improve

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    [English Word] improve
    [Swahili Word] -endeleza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] appl-caus
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] enda
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    [English Word] improve
    [Swahili Word] -boresha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Word] bora
    [English Example] he also promised he will improve the education sector, which now has collapsed.
    [Swahili Example] pia anaahidi kuwa ataboresha sekta ya elimu, ambayo kwa sasa imeporomoka (http://www.ipp.co.tz/ipp/nipashe/2005/06/16/42185.html Nipashe 16/6/2005).
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    [English Word] improve
    [Swahili Word] -imarisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Word] imara
    [English Example] to improve our service
    [Swahili Example] kuimarisha huduma yetu
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    [English Word] improve
    [Swahili Word] -suluhi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] improve
    [Swahili Word] -suluhu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] improve
    [Swahili Word] -selehi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] improve
    [Swahili Word] -ongoa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] improve
    [Swahili Word] -dubu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] improve (health)
    [Swahili Word] -pata nafuu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] improve (health)
    [Swahili Word] -pona
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] improve
    [Swahili Word] -inukia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] appl-intr
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    [English Word] improve (fertility)
    [Swahili Word] -rutubisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Word] rutuba
    [English Example] if you are a farmer it is essential to know the rules of crop rotation in order to improve the soil, that is crops like beans, peanuts, and bullrush millet are among the crops with a great capability to improve the soil
    [Swahili Example] ukiwa mkulima ni lazima kuzijua kanuni za kubadili mazao ili kurutubisha ardhi kwani mazao kama maharage, karanga na uwele ni moja kati ya mazao yenye uwezo mkubwa wa kurutubisha ardhi (http://www.sengerema.or.tz/jamii3.htm Sengerema MCT Project)
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  • 46 intention

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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] azima
    [Swahili Plural] maazima
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] also: azimio
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] azimio
    [Swahili Plural] maazimio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] azima N
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] azma
    [Swahili Plural] azima
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] intention
    [English Plural] intentions
    [Swahili Word] busara
    [Swahili Plural] busara
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] intention
    [English Plural] intentions
    [Swahili Word] dhamira
    [Swahili Plural] dhamira
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Swahili Definition] nia au wazo [Masomo 246]
    [English Example] his intention was that you should live here with me
    [Swahili Example] dhamiri yake ilikuwa uishi hapa na mimi [Masomo 246]
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] dhati
    [Swahili Plural] dhati
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] dhumuni
    [Swahili Plural] madhumuni
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] gharadi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] kasidi
    [Swahili Plural] kasidi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] kusudi
    [Swahili Plural] makusudi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] kusudi V
    [English Example] They are the ones who have the full intention of putting their lives in great danger.
    [Swahili Example] Wao ndio wenye makusudi kabisa kuyaweka maisha yao katika hatari kubwa [Nyerere, Masomo 277]
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    [English Word] intention
    [English Plural] intentions
    [Swahili Word] maana
    [Swahili Plural] maana
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] maazimio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [Derived Word] azima V
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] maazimio
    [Swahili Plural] maazimio
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] madhumuni
    [Swahili Plural] madhumuni
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [English Example] The aim of her/his letter was to ask for money.
    [Swahili Example] Madhumuni ya barua yake ilikuwa kuomba pesa.
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] makusudi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [Derived Word] kusudi V
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] makusudio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [Derived Word] kusudi N
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] matilaba
    [Swahili Plural] matilaba
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] intention
    [English Plural] intentions
    [Swahili Word] mradi
    [Swahili Plural] miradi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] intention
    [English Plural] intentions
    [Swahili Word] muradi
    [Swahili Plural] miradi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] intention
    [English Plural] intentions
    [Swahili Word] nia
    [Swahili Plural] nia
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] ania, nuia, nuio, manuwio
    [English Example] to have the intention to pray
    [Swahili Example] kuwa na nia ya kusali [Kez]
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    [English Word] intention
    [Swahili Word] nuio
    [Swahili Plural] nuio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] nia
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    [English Word] intention
    [English Plural] intentions
    [Swahili Word] shabaha
    [Swahili Plural] shabaha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] (s)he has no good intention
    [Swahili Example] Hana shabaha nzuri
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    [English Word] intention
    [English Plural] intentions
    [Swahili Word] shauri
    [Swahili Plural] mashauri
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [English Example] do you have intentions?
    [Swahili Example] una shauri?
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    [English Word] intention
    [English Plural] intentions
    [Swahili Word] tabasuri
    [Swahili Plural] tabasuri
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] busara
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    [English Word] intention (especially in respect of a visit to a witchdoctor or the use of charm)
    [Swahili Word] manuwio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] intention (especially in respect of a visit to a witchdoctor or the use of charm)
    [Swahili Word] manuwiyo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] without intention
    [Swahili Word] pasipo nia
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Related Words] pasipo
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  • 47 invasion

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    [English Word] invasion
    [English Plural] invasions
    [Swahili Word] hujuma
    [Swahili Plural] hujuma
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] invasion
    [English Plural] invasions
    [Swahili Word] shambulio
    [Swahili Plural] mashambulio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [English Example] the rebels made a great invasion
    [Swahili Example] Waasi walifanya shambulio kubwa
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    [English Word] invasion
    [Swahili Word] uvamizi
    [Swahili Plural] uvamizi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 14
    [Derived Word] vamia V
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    English-Swahili dictionary > invasion

  • 48 island

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    [English Word] Great Comoro Island
    [Swahili Word] Ngazija
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
    [Terminology] geography
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    [English Word] island
    [English Plural] islands
    [Swahili Word] kisiwa
    [Swahili Plural] visiwa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [English Example] the man who is on the <b>island</b> is a fisherman
    [Swahili Example] mwanamume ambaye yuko <b>kisiwa</b>ni ni mvuvi
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    [English Word] island (large)
    [English Plural] islands (large)
    [Swahili Word] masiwa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] rare
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  • 49 life

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    [English Word] life
    [Swahili Word] maisha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [Derived Word] isha V
    [English Example] They are the ones with the full intention of putting their lives in great danger; I will live here forever (my whole life)
    [Swahili Example] Wao ndio wenye makusudi kabisha kuyaweka maisha yao katika hatari kubwa [Nyerere, Masomo 277]; nitakaa hapa maisha
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    [English Word] come to life
    [Swahili Word] -fufuka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] fufua v
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    [English Word] life
    [English Plural] lives
    [Swahili Word] roho
    [Swahili Plural] roho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] kiroho, mroho
    [English Example] if God takes his life today, he will be satisfied
    [Swahili Example] Mungu akiichukua roho yake leo, atakuwa radhi [Moh]
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    [English Word] life
    [Swahili Word] aushi
    [Swahili Plural] aushi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [Swahili Example] mjini hajapata kupatia mguu ila labda mara moja au mbili tu, aushi yake [Abd]
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    [English Word] state of life
    [Swahili Word] manzili
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
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    [English Word] life
    [Swahili Word] uhai
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 14
    [Derived Word] hai adj
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    [English Word] way of life
    [Swahili Word] ukaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] way of life
    [Swahili Word] ukao
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] life
    [Swahili Word] uzima
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 14
    [Derived Word] -zima adj
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    [English Word] Long Life....!
    [Swahili Word] yadumu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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  • 50 maturity

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    [English Word] maturity
    [Swahili Word] upevu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 14
    [Derived Word] -pevu adj
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    [English Word] maturity
    [Swahili Word] uzima
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] maturity
    [Swahili Word] ukomavu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 14
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -komaa
    [English Example] Tanzanians have praised President Benjamin Mkapa and his government for showing great maturity in the detection of various problems
    [Swahili Example] "Watanzania... wamempongeza Rais Benjamin Mkapa na serikali yake kwa kuonyesha ukomavu mkubwa katika utanzuaji wa matatizo mbalimbali...." http://www.tanzania-gov.it/article77.html "Ziara ya Rais Mkapa"
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    [English Word] maturity (of character or conduct)
    [Swahili Word] ubivu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] sexual maturity
    [Swahili Word] ubaleghi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] Fatuma ameshafika umri wa ubaleghi
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    [English Word] sexual maturity
    [Swahili Word] ubalehe
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] sexual maturity
    [Swahili Word] ubalehi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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  • 51 mercenary

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    [English Word] mercenary
    [English Plural] mercenaries
    [Swahili Word] askari wa kukodiwa
    [Swahili Plural] askari wa kukodiwa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
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    [English Word] mercenary
    [English Plural] mercenaries
    [Swahili Word] mamluki
    [Swahili Plural] mamluki
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [English Definition] a person hired to fight for another country than their own
    [Swahili Definition] askari wa kukodiwa
    [English Example] this indicates that there are a great many mercenaries inside the opposition camp
    [Swahili Example] hii inaashiria kuwemo mamluki tele ndani ya kambi ya upinzani (Freeman Mbowe, http://www.chadema.net/makala/mbowe/mbowe_7.html chadema.net)
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    English-Swahili dictionary > mercenary

  • 52 mother

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    [English Word] mother
    [English Plural] mothers
    [Swahili Word] mama
    [Swahili Plural] mama
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10ca
    [Related Words] umama
    [English Example] my mother
    [Swahili Example] mamangu (mama yangu)
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    [English Word] mother
    [English Plural] mothers
    [Swahili Word] mzaa
    [Swahili Plural] wazaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1/2
    [Derived Word] zaa V
    [English Example] great grandmother.
    [Swahili Example] mzaa bibi
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    [English Word] senior co-mother (wife the father married before marrying the mother)
    [English Plural] senior co-mothers (wives the father married before marrying the mother)
    [Swahili Word] mama mkubwa
    [Swahili Plural] mama wakubwa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Related Words] kubwa
    [Terminology] polygamy
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    [English Word] junior co-mother (wife the father married after marrying the mother)
    [English Plural] junior co-mothers (wives the father married after marrying the mother)
    [Swahili Word] mama mdogo
    [Swahili Plural] mama wadogo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Related Words] dogo
    [Terminology] polygamy
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    [English Word] mother
    [English Plural] mothers
    [Swahili Word] nina
    [Swahili Plural] nina
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] literary
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    [English Word] my mother
    [English Plural] my mothers
    [Swahili Word] mamangu
    [Swahili Plural] mama zangu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Related Words] mama
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    [English Word] your mother
    [English Plural] your mothers
    [Swahili Word] mamako
    [Swahili Plural] mama zako
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Related Words] mama
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    [English Word] her mother
    [English Plural] her mothers
    [Swahili Word] mamake
    [Swahili Plural] mama zake
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Related Words] mama
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    [English Word] his mother
    [English Plural] his mothers
    [Swahili Word] mamake
    [Swahili Plural] mama zake
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Related Words] mama
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    [English Word] their mother
    [English Plural] their mothers
    [Swahili Word] mamao
    [Swahili Plural] mama zao
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Related Words] mama
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    Item(s) below have not yet been grouped within the headword mother
    [English Word] birth mother
    [English Plural] birth mothers
    [Swahili Word] mama mzazi
    [Swahili Plural] mama wazazi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1/2
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    English-Swahili dictionary > mother

  • 53 pains

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    [English Word] pains at the beginning of menstruation (cramps)
    [Swahili Word] zingizi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] take great pains
    [Swahili Word] -kakamuka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] intr-inver
    [Derived Word] kakamavu, kakamizi, mkakamavu, ukakamavu
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    [English Word] take pains
    [Swahili Word] -tahidi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] take pains
    [Swahili Word] -takalifu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    English-Swahili dictionary > pains

  • 54 plunge

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    [English Word] be plunged
    [Swahili Word] -ingizwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
    [English Example] South Africa has been plunged into great turmoil
    [Swahili Example] Afrika Kusini imeingizwa katika msukosuko mkubwa [Kairos]
    [Note] "Andiko la Kairos" (Nairobi, 1988)
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    [English Word] cause something to plunge into something else
    [Swahili Word] -topeza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] plunge
    [English Plural] plunges
    [Swahili Word] kachombe
    [Swahili Plural] kachombe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] plunge
    [Swahili Word] -zama
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] plunge
    [Swahili Word] -zamisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] caus-trans
    [Swahili Example] tayari kuyazamisha meno katika shingo lake [Muk]
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    [English Word] plunge into
    [Swahili Word] -chovya
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] chovyo, mchovya, mchovyo
    [English Example] he rolled his ball of ugali before plunging it into the coconut sauce
    [Swahili Example] akiviringa tonge kabla hajaichovya ndani ya mchuzi wa nazi [Ya]
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    [English Word] plunge into water
    [Swahili Word] -tosa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] cf. -tota
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    [English Word] take a plunge
    [Swahili Word] -piga kachombe
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] kupiga kachombe ndani ya vichaka kuokota windo lao [Moh]
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    English-Swahili dictionary > plunge

  • 55 powers

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    [English Word] magical powers
    [Swahili Word] utende
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] the Great Powers
    [Swahili Word] Mataifa Makuu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [Related Words] taifa, kuu
    [Terminology] historical / political
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    English-Swahili dictionary > powers

  • 56 profit

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    [English Word] cause to profit
    [Swahili Word] -nufaishana
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] make a good profit
    [Swahili Word] -neemeka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] neema
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    [English Word] make a profit
    [Swahili Word] -chuma
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] chumi, chumo, uchumaji, uchumi
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    [English Word] make a profit
    [Swahili Word] -chumwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
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    [English Word] make a profit
    [Swahili Word] -pata fedha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Definition] kuwa na pesa ambayo ni juu ya zile umetumia
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    [English Word] make a profit (from business)
    [Swahili Word] -halisi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] halasa
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    [English Word] making a profit
    [Swahili Word] uvuno
    [Swahili Plural] mavuno
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/6
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] chumo
    [Swahili Plural] machumo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] faida
    [Swahili Plural] faida
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Swahili Example] haya malezi yangu ya muruwa ni faida yako mwenyewe [Moh], hasira isiyo na faida yo yote ilimpanda [Sul]
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] fayida
    [Swahili Plural] fayida
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] kivuno
    [Swahili Plural] vivuno
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -vuna
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] mafaa
    [Swahili Plural] mafaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6/6
    [Related Words] faa
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] mafao
    [Swahili Plural] mafao
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6/6
    [Related Words] faa
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] manufaa
    [Swahili Plural] manufaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6/6
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    [English Word] profit
    [Swahili Word] mapato
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] pata
    [English Example] Doing business in coconut is not profitable
    [Swahili Example] baishara ya nazi haina mapato
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] mavuno
    [Swahili Plural] mavuno
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6/6
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] vuna
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] mazao
    [Swahili Plural] mazao
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6/6
    [Related Words] zaa; zao
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] mfao
    [Swahili Plural] mifao
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -faa
    [English Example] if he sees it has a profit, great
    [Swahili Example] akiona ina mfao, vyema [Sul]
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] mpato
    [Swahili Plural] mipato
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] pata
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] nafuu
    [Swahili Plural] nafuu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] pato
    [Swahili Plural] mapato
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] ritani
    [Swahili Plural] ritani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] English
    [Derived Word] return
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] tija
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] tijara
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] upato
    [Swahili Plural] pato
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
    [Swahili Example] biashara ya nazi haina mapato
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] ziada
    [Swahili Plural] maziada
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] zidi
    [Swahili Plural] mazidi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] profit
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] ziyada
    [Swahili Plural] maziyada
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] profit
    [Swahili Word] -ambua
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] profit
    [Swahili Word] -ambuka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] amba
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    [English Word] profit
    [Swahili Word] -faidi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] faida
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    [English Word] profit
    [Swahili Word] -faidia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] faida
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    [English Word] profit
    [Swahili Word] -funa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] profit
    [Swahili Word] -nufaika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] nafuu
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    [English Word] profit
    [Swahili Word] -wa na faida
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] profit
    [Swahili Word] -vuna
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] profit
    [Swahili Word] -pata nafuu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] profit (from business)
    [English Plural] profits
    [Swahili Word] halasa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Related Words] halisi
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    [English Word] profit from
    [Swahili Word] -faidika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] faida
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    English-Swahili dictionary > profit

  • 57 quantities

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    [English Word] in great quantities
    [Swahili Word] fori
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    [English Word] in large quantities
    [Swahili Word] kwa wingi
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    English-Swahili dictionary > quantities

  • 58 rain

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    [English Word] beat (rain)
    [Swahili Word] -pepea mvua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] pepea
    [English Example] the rain beats
    [Swahili Example] mvua inapepea
    [Terminology] meteorology
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    [English Word] downpour of rain
    [Swahili Word] mkaragazo
    [Swahili Plural] mikaragazo
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] fine rain
    [Swahili Word] manyonyota
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] heavy rain
    [English Plural] heavy rains
    [Swahili Word] mvua kubwa
    [Swahili Plural] mvua kubwa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Related Words] kubwa
    [Terminology] meteorology
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    [English Word] heavy rain
    [English Plural] heavy rains
    [Swahili Word] mvua kali
    [Swahili Plural] mvua kali
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] mvua
    [Related Words] kali
    [Terminology] meteorology
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    [English Word] light rain
    [Swahili Word] nyunyu
    [Swahili Plural] manyunyu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] light rain
    [Swahili Word] urasharasha
    [Swahili Plural] marasharasha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11
    [Derived Word] rasha v
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    [English Word] light rain (usually in August)
    [English Plural] light rains
    [Swahili Word] mvua ya mwaka
    [Swahili Plural] mvua za mwaka
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Related Words] mwaka
    [Terminology] meteorology
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    [English Word] rain
    [English Plural] rains
    [Swahili Word] mvua
    [Swahili Plural] mvua
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] it is raining
    [Swahili Example] mvua inanyesha
    [Terminology] meteorology
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    [English Word] rain
    [Swahili Word] -nya
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] rain
    [Swahili Word] -nya mvua
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] rain
    [Swahili Word] -nyesha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -nya V
    [English Example] When it is <b>raining</b>, I always stay at home.
    [Swahili Example] Wakati mvua <b>ikinyesha</b>, mimi hukaa nyumbani.
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    [English Word] rain
    [Swahili Word] -nyesha mvua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] nyesha
    [Terminology] meteorology
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    [English Word] rain (light)
    [English Plural] rains
    [Swahili Word] mrasharasha
    [Swahili Plural] mirasharasha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] rasharasha V
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    [English Word] rain gently
    [Swahili Word] -nyunya
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] rain that falls at bedtime
    [Swahili Word] kialio
    [Swahili Plural] vialio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Swahili Example] kialio cha mvua
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    [English Word] rainy season
    [English Plural] rainy seasons
    [Swahili Word] wakati wa mvua
    [Swahili Plural] nyakati za mvua
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
    [Related Words] wakati
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    [English Word] the great rainy season (approx. April-May)
    [Swahili Word] masika
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    English-Swahili dictionary > rain

  • 59 remarkable

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    [English Word] be remarkable
    [Swahili Word] -tambulika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] remarkable
    [Swahili Word] zungu
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] remarkable thing
    [English Plural] remarkable things
    [Swahili Word] ishara
    [Swahili Plural] ishara
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] -ashiria
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    [English Word] remarkable thing
    [English Plural] remarkable things
    [Swahili Word] mzungu
    [Swahili Plural] mizungu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Related Words] zungu, kizungu, uzungu
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    [English Word] something remarkable
    [Swahili Word] mwujiza
    [Swahili Plural] miujiza
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [English Example] It was while Marko was sleeping that significant remarkable things took place.
    [Swahili Example] Ni wakati huo wa kulala kwake Marko ndipo miujiza mikubwa ilikuwa ikifanyika [Chambati Masomo 240].
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    [English Word] something remarkable
    [Swahili Word] muujiza
    [Swahili Plural] miujiza
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [English Example] Two remarkable geographical features on the continent of Africa are Mount Kilimanjaro and the Great Rift Valley.
    [Swahili Example] Miujiza miwili mikubwa ya jiografia katika bara la Afrika ni Mlima Kilimanjaro na Bonde la Ufa [Masomo 4]
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    [English Word] something remarkable
    [Swahili Word] mwujizi
    [Swahili Plural] miujizi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] something remarkable
    [Swahili Word] simo
    [Swahili Plural] simo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Pers.
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    English-Swahili dictionary > remarkable

  • 60 repeat

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    [English Word] repeat
    [Swahili Word] -kariri
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] kikariri
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    [English Word] repeat
    [Swahili Word] -ongeza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] repeat
    [Swahili Word] -rejea
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [English Example] To repeat difficult pharmaceutical words
    [Swahili Example] kuyarejea majina magumu ya dawa [Sul]
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    [English Word] repeat
    [Swahili Word] -rudia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [English Example] "will you repeat?" "I will not repeat, my master"
    [Swahili Example] "Utarudia?" "Sirudii, bwana'ngu" [Kez]
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    [English Word] repeat (something said)
    [Swahili Word] -kariri
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [Swahili Example] alianza kukariri kimoyomoyo nyimbo za kubembelezea mtoto [Sul]
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    [English Word] repeat the formula ''Allah akbar'', Allah is great
    [Swahili Word] -takbira
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] Islamic
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    [English Word] repeat the words of the formula before swearing an oath
    [Swahili Word] -ombokeza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] omba
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    English-Swahili dictionary > repeat

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