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  • 1 beginning

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    [English Word] beginning
    [Swahili Word] asili
    [Swahili Plural] asili
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] Cf. asilia
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    [English Word] beginning
    [Swahili Word] auwali
    [Swahili Plural] auwali
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [English Example] from beginnning to end; take the first or nothing (proverb)
    [Swahili Example] tangu beginning hata aheri; beginning ni beginning, hakuna beginning mbovu
    [Note] also: awali
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    [English Word] beginning
    [English Plural] beginnings
    [Swahili Word] awali
    [Swahili Plural] awali
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Swahili Definition] mwanzo
    [English Example] from beginnning to end; take the first or nothing (proverb)
    [Swahili Example] tangu beginning hata aheri; beginning ni beginning, hakuna beginning mbovu
    [Note] also: auwali
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    [English Word] beginning
    [English Plural] beginnings
    [Swahili Word] chanzo
    [Swahili Plural] vyanzo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] anza
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    [English Word] beginning
    [Swahili Word] chimbuko
    [Swahili Plural] machimbuko
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] beginning
    [English Plural] beginnings
    [Swahili Word] kianzio
    [Swahili Plural] vianzio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -anza
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    [English Word] beginning
    [Swahili Word] mwanzo
    [Swahili Plural] mianzo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] anza V
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    [English Word] beginning
    [Swahili Word] uanzishaji
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] uanzishaji wa masomo ya mila katika shule za msingi ni bora kwa kuhifadhi historia za watu
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    [English Word] beginning
    [Swahili Word] ufuo
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] from the beginning
    [Swahili Word] asili
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    [English Word] from the beginning of time
    [Swahili Word] tangu na tangu
    [Part of Speech] phrase
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    [English Word] in the beginning
    [Swahili Word] -auwali
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] in the beginning
    [Swahili Word] awali
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    [English Word] in the beginning
    [Swahili Word] kwanza
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] anza
    [English Example] I didn't like him at first, but later we became friends
    [Swahili Example] sikumpenda kwanza, lakini baadaye tulirafikiana
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    [English Word] without beginning
    [Swahili Word] azali
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    English-Swahili dictionary > beginning

  • 2 friends

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    [English Word] be good friends
    [Swahili Word] -shikana
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be good friends
    [Swahili Word] -suhubiana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] sahibu N
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    [English Word] be good friends
    [Swahili Word] -suhubu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] sahibu N
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    [English Word] become friends
    [Swahili Word] -rafikiana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] reciprocal
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] rafiki
    [English Example] I didn't like him at first, but later we became friends
    [Swahili Example] sikumpenda kwanza, lakini baadaye tulirafikiana
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    [English Word] friends
    [Swahili Word] jamani
    [Part of Speech] interjection
    [Derived Word] jamii, ujamaa
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    English-Swahili dictionary > friends

  • 3 great

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    [English Word] a great deal
    [Swahili Word] chungu nzima
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [English Example] there were a great deal of people at the meeting
    [Swahili Example] mkutanoni walikuwapo watu chungu nzima
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    [English Word] a great deal
    [Swahili Word] sana
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [English Example] I like him/her a great deal
    [Swahili Example] Ninampenda sana
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    [English Word] a great deal
    [Swahili Word] wingi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] wingi si hoja
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    [English Word] be great
    [Swahili Word] -tukuka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] great
    [Swahili Word] adhimu
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Derived Word] adhama N
    [Terminology] literary
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    [English Word] great
    [Swahili Word] kikabaila
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Derived Word] kabaila Adj
    [English Example] the great powers
    [Swahili Example] serikali za kikabaila
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    [English Word] great
    [Swahili Word] -kubwa
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Related Words] makubwa, mkubwa, ukubwa
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    [English Word] great
    [Swahili Word] tukufu
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] great
    [Swahili Word] kabambe
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] great
    [Swahili Word] -kuu
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    [English Word] great number
    [Swahili Word] ujumla
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] Great!
    [Swahili Word] Safi!
    [Part of Speech] interjection
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] msafishaji, usafi, usafishaji
    [English Example] how are you? great!
    [Swahili Example] habari zako? safi!
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    [English Word] in great numbers
    [Swahili Word] vingi
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    [English Word] in great quantity
    [Swahili Word] chapa chapa
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    English-Swahili dictionary > great

  • 4 devil

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    [English Word] devil
    [English Plural] devils
    [Swahili Word] afriti
    [Swahili Plural] afriti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
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    [English Word] devil
    [English Plural] devils
    [Swahili Word] bilisi
    [Swahili Plural] bilisi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [Swahili Example] amemjia bilisi gani sijui [Moh]
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    [English Word] devil
    [English Plural] devils
    [Swahili Word] msengenyaji
    [Swahili Plural] wasengenyaji
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1/2
    [Derived Word] sengenya
    [Terminology] religious
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    [English Word] devil
    [English Plural] devils
    [Swahili Word] shaitani
    [Swahili Plural] mashaitani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [English Example] (s)he has wild tough eyes like those of the devil.
    [Swahili Example] Yeye ana macho makali kama ya shetani
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    [English Word] devil
    [English Plural] devils
    [Swahili Word] sheitani
    [Swahili Plural] masheitani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
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    [English Word] devil
    [English Plural] devils
    [Swahili Word] shetani
    [Swahili Plural] mashetani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [English Example] childhood has no danger of feminine of masculine, devil or jins
    [Swahili Example] utoto hauna hatari ya uke wala uume, shetani wala jini [Moh]
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    [English Word] devil
    [English Plural] devils
    [Swahili Word] adui mbaya
    [Swahili Plural] maadui mabaya
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [Terminology] religious
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    [English Word] The Devil
    [Swahili Word] Ibilisi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [English Example] Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and waited on him (Matthew 4:11)
    [Swahili Example] Kisha Ibilisi akamwacha, na tazama, wakaja malaika wakamtumikia (Mathayo Mtakatifu 4:11)
    [Terminology] names
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  • 5 drive

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    [English Word] be driven forward
    [Swahili Word] -ongozeka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] potential
    [Derived Word] ongeza V
    [English Example] His/her ways began to be forward driven
    [Swahili Example] mwendo wake ulianza kuongozeka [Kez]
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    [English Word] drive
    [English Plural] drives
    [Swahili Word] mtambo
    [Swahili Plural] mitambo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] drive
    [English Plural] drives
    [Swahili Word] shuti
    [Swahili Plural] shuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Eng.
    [Terminology] sport
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    [English Word] drive
    [Swahili Word] -endesha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -enda
    [Swahili Definition] kufanya kitu kama gari, motaboti, motokaa n.k. kiende [Masomo 24]
    [English Example] although the doctor forgot to teach him to drive it, he decided to look for that motorboat so as to escape from that place
    [Swahili Example] Ingawa daktari alisahau kumfundisha kuiendesha aliamua kuitafuta motaboti hiyo ili atoroke mahali pale [Masomo 245]
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    [English Word] drive
    [Swahili Word] -gofyagofya
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] drive
    [Swahili Word] -himia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] hima
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    [English Word] drive (cattle)
    [Swahili Word] -swaga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] drive (nails)
    [Swahili Word] -gongomea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] drive away
    [Swahili Word] -fukuza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] drive away
    [Swahili Word] -furusha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] akawafurusha [kuku] mpaka kwenye masusu yao [Ya]
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    [English Word] drive away
    [Swahili Word] -gurisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
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    [English Word] drive away
    [Swahili Word] -kimbiza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kimbia
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    [English Word] drive away
    [Swahili Word] -winga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] drive away (by waving the arms)
    [Swahili Word] -punga
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] exorcise a spirit.
    [Swahili Example] punga pepo
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    [English Word] drive away ants (with burning grass)
    [Swahili Word] -sia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] drive away ants with firebrands
    [Swahili Word] -zira
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] drive away with fire
    [Swahili Word] -zia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] drive back
    [Swahili Word] -sukumiza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] intensive
    [Derived Word] sukuma V
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    [English Word] drive cattle
    [Swahili Word] -shunga ng'ombe
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] drive forward
    [Swahili Word] -ongoza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [English Example] (s)he could not understand why people like this were given the party to lead it.
    [Swahili Example] akashindwa kuelewa kwa nini watu kama hawa waliachiwa kukiongoza Chama [Mun]
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    [English Word] drive home
    [Swahili Word] -pigilia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] drive in
    [Swahili Word] -kokomea
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] kongomea V
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    [English Word] drive on
    [Swahili Word] -himiza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Word] hima
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    [English Word] drive on
    [Swahili Word] -sukumiza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] intensive
    [Derived Word] sukuma V
    [English Example] drive a car fast
    [Swahili Example] sukumiza gari
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    [English Word] drive oneself
    [Swahili Word] -jikalifu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] reflexive
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] takalifu, ukalifu, utakalifu
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    [English Word] drive out
    [Swahili Word] -fukuza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] drive someone to despair
    [Swahili Word] -tamaa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] (s)he was not able to drive him into despair completely
    [Swahili Example] hakuweza kumkatisha tamaa kabisa [Mun]
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    [English Word] drive with blows
    [Swahili Word] -gongomea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    English-Swahili dictionary > drive

  • 6 force

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    [English Word] apply force to something
    [Swahili Word] -shindika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] press or crush sugarcane
    [Swahili Example] shindika miwa
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    [English Word] apply force to something
    [Swahili Word] -sindika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] intransitive
    [English Example] apply force on the sugarcane
    [Swahili Example] shindika miwa
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    [English Word] arbitrary use of force
    [Swahili Word] Kabwela
    [Swahili Plural] makabwela
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] hakimu wa korti amenipa kabwela kubwa ya nguvu kushinda mastaka yangu
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    [English Word] be forced
    [Swahili Word] -paswa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
    [English Example] "Once a lady was married to him, she was forced to be to him just like other women".
    [Swahili Example] maadamu alikuwa amekwisha mwoa alipaswa kumtendea kama wanawake wengine [Kez]
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    [English Word] be forced
    [Swahili Word] -shurutishwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] caus-pass
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] sharti, shuruti, -shurutisha, -shurutishia, -shurutishika, -shurutishana
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    [English Word] be forced (to work)
    [Swahili Word] -sulibika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] intransitive
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    [English Word] be forced (to work)
    [Swahili Word] -sulubika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] intransitive
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    [English Word] by force
    [Swahili Word] kwa nguvu
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [English Example] by force
    [Swahili Example] kwa nguvu
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    [English Word] by force
    [Swahili Word] shuruti
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] sharti, -shurutisha, -shurutishika, -shurutishana, -shurutishiwa, shurutisho, mshurutisho
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] bavu
    [Swahili Plural] mabavu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [English Example] don't force me!
    [Swahili Example] usiniletee bavu!
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] mkazo
    [Swahili Plural] mikazo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] kaza V
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] nguvu
    [Swahili Plural] nguvu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] put under custody
    [Swahili Example] tia nguvuni
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    [English Word] force
    [English Plural] forces
    [Swahili Word] shurutisho
    [Swahili Plural] mashurutisho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] sharti, shuruti
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] tani
    [Swahili Plural] tani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Eng.
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] usulubu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] force
    [English Plural] force
    [Swahili Word] kibavu
    [Swahili Plural] vibavu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] -ghusubu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] -gogoroda
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] -himia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] hima
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] -juburu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] -juburu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] -lazimisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Word] Arabic: lazima N
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] -shurutisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] sharti, shuruti, -shurutishia, -shurutishika, -shurutishana, -shurutishwa
    [English Example] Hadija forced the child to put on clothes
    [Swahili Example] Hadija alishurutisha mtoto kuvaa nguo
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] -sulibi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] -sulubu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] force
    [Swahili Word] -wajibisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] force (always used impersonally)
    [Swahili Word] -bidi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Definition] kulazimika
    [English Example] Perhaps the war will intensify between them and force the OAU to look for firm ways to end this quarrel.
    [Swahili Example] Huenda vita vitaimarika kati yao na kubidi OAU kutafuta njia mathubuti za kumaliza mzozo huo [Masomo 326]
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    [English Word] force (holding something together)
    [English Plural] forces
    [Swahili Word] kifungo
    [Swahili Plural] vifungo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -funga
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    [English Word] force a way through something
    [Swahili Word] -tumbuza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] force down
    [Swahili Word] -didimisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -didimia v
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    [English Word] force in
    [Swahili Word] -penyesha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] penya
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    [English Word] force into
    [Swahili Word] -penyeza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [English Example] He forced the key into the lock and opened it.
    [Swahili Example] akapenyeza ufunguo kwenye kitasa cha kufuli akaufunga [Moh]
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    [English Word] force its way out
    [Swahili Word] -chimbuza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] force one's way through something
    [Swahili Word] -toboa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] force oneself
    [Swahili Word] -jikalifu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] reflexive
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] takalifu, ukalifu, utakalifu
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    [English Word] force oneself to do something
    [Swahili Word] -kaimia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] press
    [Swahili Word] -shindika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] press or crush sugarcane
    [Swahili Example] shindika miwa
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    [English Word] pulling force
    [Swahili Word] mvuto
    [Swahili Plural] mivuto
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] unfair use of force
    [Swahili Word] Kabwela
    [Swahili Plural] makabwela
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] hakimu wa korti amenipa kabwela kubwa ya nguvu kushinda mastaka yangu
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    [English Word] use force
    [Swahili Word] -kazana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] reciprocal
    [Swahili Example] Ndugu Lupituko amekazana kumpiga mama Dzilongwa mateke [Mun]
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    English-Swahili dictionary > force

  • 7 love

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    [English Word] love
    [Swahili Word] upendo
    [Swahili Plural] mapendo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/6
    [Derived Word] penda V
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    [English Word] love
    [Swahili Word] penzi
    [Swahili Plural] mapenzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] penda V
    [English Example] the love for a mother
    [Swahili Example] penzi la mama
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    [English Word] love
    [Swahili Word] kipendo
    [Swahili Plural] vipendo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] penda V
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] love
    [Swahili Word] upenzi
    [Swahili Plural] mapenzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] love
    [Swahili Word] mapenzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [Derived Word] penda V
    [English Example] If s/he loves someone and wants a friendship with him/her s/he will write him/her a love poem.
    [Swahili Example] Akimpenda mtu na kutaka urafiki naye atamwandikia shairi la mapenzi [Khan, Masomo 391]
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    [English Word] love
    [Swahili Word] upendezi
    [Swahili Plural] mapendezi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] love
    [Swahili Word] -penda
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] love one another
    [Swahili Word] -pendana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] reciprocal
    [English Example] The journey made them love one another.
    [Swahili Example] njia iliwafanya wapendane [Kez]
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    [English Word] cause to love
    [Swahili Word] -pendeza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be loved
    [Swahili Word] -pendwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
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    [English Word] I love you
    [Swahili Word] nakupenda
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] conjugated
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    [English Word] mutual love
    [Swahili Word] upendano
    [Swahili Plural] mapendano
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/6
    [Derived Word] penda V
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    [English Word] mutual love
    [Swahili Word] mapendano
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [Derived Word] penda V
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    [English Word] love
    [Swahili Word] ashki
    [Swahili Plural] ashiki
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] Cf. shauku / also: ashiki
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    [English Word] love
    [Swahili Word] ashiki
    [Swahili Plural] ashiki
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] Cf. shauku / also: ashki
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    [English Word] be in love
    [Swahili Word] -ashki
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Note] Cf. shauku / also: '-ashiki
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    [English Word] love
    [English Plural] loves
    [Swahili Word] haba
    [Swahili Plural] haba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] hebu, muhebi, stahabu
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    [English Word] love
    [English Plural] love
    [Swahili Word] mahaba
    [Swahili Plural] mahaba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6/6
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [English Example] All is the love of God, our colors are not stigmas; love is neither a bridge nor a rope; there is no cure for love
    [Swahili Example] Yote mahaba ya Mungu, rangi zetu si kashifa [Shaaban Robert, Masomo 427]; mahaba si daraja wala si kamba [Ya]; mahaba hayana dawa
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    [English Word] love
    [Swahili Word] huba
    [Swahili Plural] huba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] love
    [Swahili Word] habu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] god of love
    [Swahili Word] wahabu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] love
    [Swahili Word] -hebu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] haba, muhebi, stahabu
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    [English Word] of love
    [Swahili Word] -a kimahaba
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Swahili Example] ulaini wa kimahaba wa Matatu ulitoweka [Muk]
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    [English Word] love (passionate)
    [English Plural] love
    [Swahili Word] hawa
    [Swahili Plural] hawa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] love
    [Swahili Word] -isa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] love story
    [Swahili Word] riwaya ya mapenzi
    [Swahili Plural] riwaya za mapenzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] I also like reading stories of all sorts: from terror to espionage to war and horror, from those of love to devilish ones
    [Swahili Example] hupenda pia kusoma riwaya za kila aina: toka za ujambazi na upelelezi hadi za vita na maafa, toka za mapenzi hadi za majini na mashetani [Muk]
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    [English Word] deep love
    [Swahili Word] hawa ya moyo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
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    [English Word] fervent love
    [Swahili Word] hawa ya moyo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9
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    English-Swahili dictionary > love

  • 8 clueless

    [English Word] be clueless
    [Swahili Word] -zubaa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] That guy is <b>clueless</b>; that's why I don't even like to say hello to him.
    [Swahili Example] Yule kijana ame<b>zubaa</b>; ndiyo maana sipendi hata kumwamkia.
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    English-Swahili dictionary > clueless

  • 9 reason

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    [English Word] find a reason
    [Swahili Word] -pata sababu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] for no reason
    [Swahili Word] bilashi
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Swahili Definition] bure; bila sababu
    [English Example] You are upset for no reason.
    [Swahili Example] Bilashi mwahangaika [Amana, Masomo 406]
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    [English Word] for that reason
    [Swahili Word] ndio sababu
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
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    [English Word] for what reason?
    [Swahili Word] kwa sababu gani?
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
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    [English Word] for what reason?
    [Swahili Word] mbona
    [Part of Speech] pronoun
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    [English Word] give as the reason for
    [Swahili Word] -sababisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] sababu
    [English Example] the child caused the house to catch fire.
    [Swahili Example] Mtoto alisababisha nyumba kushika moto
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    [English Word] give as the reason for
    [Swahili Word] -sabibisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] sababu
    [English Example] The child gave the reason for the house to catch fire
    [Swahili Example] Mtoto alisabibisha nyumba kushika moto
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    [English Word] reason
    [English Plural] reasons
    [Swahili Word] ajili
    [Swahili Plural] ajili
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] as a result of, thanks to; therefore, because of, on the strength of
    [Swahili Example] kwa reason ya; kwa reason
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    [English Word] reason
    [Swahili Word] akili
    [Swahili Plural] akili
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] reason
    [English Plural] reasons
    [Swahili Word] chanzo
    [Swahili Plural] vyanzo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] anza
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    [English Word] reason
    [English Plural] reasons
    [Swahili Word] haja
    [Swahili Plural] haja
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] reason
    [English Plural] reasons
    [Swahili Word] hoja
    [Swahili Plural] hoja
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] haja
    [Swahili Example] hapana hoja; una hoja
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    [English Word] reason
    [English Plural] reasons
    [Swahili Word] kisa
    [Swahili Plural] visa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Word] mkasa N
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    [English Word] reason
    [English Plural] reasons
    [Swahili Word] maana
    [Swahili Plural] maana
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [English Example] those alarming things within that reason really were tough
    [Swahili Example] vile vituko vilivyomo katika maana ndivyo vilivyokuwa vigumu [Sul]
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    [English Word] reason
    [English Plural] reasons
    [Swahili Word] sababu
    [Swahili Plural] sababu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] for what reason did you beat him
    [Swahili Example] Sababu ya kuchelewa ni mvua
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    [English Word] reason
    [English Plural] reasons
    [Swahili Word] sabiki
    [Swahili Plural] sabiki
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] reason
    [Swahili Word] udhuru
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 14
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    [English Word] reason
    [English Plural] reasons
    [Swahili Word] hoja
    [Swahili Plural] mahoja
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] haja
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    [English Word] reason (for something)
    [English Plural] reasons
    [Swahili Word] asili
    [Swahili Plural] asili
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] without reason
    [Swahili Word] bure
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [English Example] one who walks with no reason is not like one who sits without reason, the one who walks might pick up something (proverb)
    [Swahili Example] mwenda bure si mkaa bure, huenda akaokota (methali)
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    English-Swahili dictionary > reason

  • 10 stupid

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    [English Word] be stupid
    [Swahili Word] -dumaa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be stupid
    [Swahili Word] -mbafu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be stupid
    [Swahili Word] -pumbaa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] person so stupid he doesn't even understand what is happening right in front of him
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] zumbukuku
    [Swahili Plural] mazumbukuku
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
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    [English Word] stupid
    [Swahili Word] baghami
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] stupid
    [Swahili Word] bozi
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] stupid
    [Swahili Word] bozibozi
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] stupid
    [Swahili Word] chege
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] stupid
    [Swahili Word] dufu
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [English Example] foolish/stupid person
    [Swahili Example] mtu dufu or dufu la mtu
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    [English Word] stupid
    [Swahili Word] -jinga
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] stupid
    [Swahili Word] jinga
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Derived Word] kijinga, mjinga, ujinga
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    [English Word] stupid
    [Swahili Word] -a kijinga
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] jinga
    [Related Words] mjinga
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    [English Word] stupid
    [Swahili Word] pumbavu
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Derived Word] pumbaa
    [English Example] (s)he spoke like a stupid person
    [Swahili Example] Aliongea kama mpumbavu
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    [English Word] stupid
    [Swahili Word] -zuzu
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] stupid behavior
    [Swahili Word] puo
    [Swahili Plural] mapuo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] puza
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    [English Word] stupid behavior
    [Swahili Word] puzo
    [Swahili Plural] mapuzo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] puza
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] baradhuli
    [Swahili Plural] mabaradhuli
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [Note] cf. ubaradhuli
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] bardhuli
    [Swahili Plural] mabardhuli
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [Note] cf. ubaradhuli
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] bwege
    [Swahili Plural] mabwege
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [English Example] people see me as stupid
    [Swahili Example] watu wananiona bwege [Ma]
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] juha
    [Swahili Plural] majuha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [Swahili Example] (=mjinga, mpumbavu, baradhuli)
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] jura
    [Swahili Plural] majura
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [Swahili Example] (=mjinga, mpumbavu, baradhuli)
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] mbumbumbu
    [Swahili Plural] wabumbumbu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1/2
    [Swahili Definition] mtu asiyeelewa chochote; mpumbavu
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] kibahaluli
    [Swahili Plural] vibahaluli
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] kimondo
    [Swahili Plural] vimondo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8an
    [Swahili Definition] mjinga
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] mahamuma
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6an
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] mjinga
    [Swahili Plural] wajinga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1/2
    [Derived Word] jinga V
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] mnyama
    [Swahili Plural] wanyama
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1/2
    [Note] figurative
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] mnyangalika
    [Swahili Plural] wanyangalika
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1/2
    [Derived Word] nyangalika V
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] mpumbafu
    [Swahili Plural] wapumbafu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1/2
    [Derived Word] pumbaa, pumbavu
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] mpumbavu
    [Swahili Plural] wapumbavu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 1/2
    [Derived Word] pumbaa, pumbavu
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] gombe
    [Swahili Plural] magombe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [Swahili Definition] mtu mpumbavu, mjinga, au asipo na akili
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] ng'ombe
    [Swahili Plural] ng'ombe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] tobwe
    [Swahili Plural] matobwe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
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    [English Word] stupid person
    [English Plural] stupid people
    [Swahili Word] zebe
    [Swahili Plural] mazebe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6an
    [Swahili Definition] mpumbavu; baradhuli
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    [English Word] stupid speech
    [Swahili Word] puo
    [Swahili Plural] mapuo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] puza
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    [English Word] stupid speech
    [Swahili Word] puzo
    [Swahili Plural] mapuzo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] puza
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    English-Swahili dictionary > stupid

  • 11 way

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    [English Word] be in the way
    [Swahili Word] -kingama
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] stative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kinga
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    [English Word] find a way or a method
    [Swahili Word] -pata njia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] in that way
    [Swahili Word] hivyo
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] in that way
    [Swahili Word] hivyohivyo
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] in this very way
    [Swahili Word] hivyo
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Swahili Example] vivyo hivyo
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    [English Word] in what way?
    [Swahili Word] jinsi gani?
    [Part of Speech] phrase
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] in what way?
    [Swahili Word] kwaje
    [Part of Speech] pronoun
    [Swahili Example] Inakuwaje?
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    [English Word] make a way
    [Swahili Word] -dopoa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] make way for
    [Swahili Word] -sabili
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] Make way!
    [Swahili Word] abadan
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] Make way!
    [Swahili Word] simile!
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] Make way!
    [Swahili Word] similla!
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] Make way!
    [Swahili Word] sumile!
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] put out of the way
    [Swahili Word] -towesha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] railway
    [Swahili Word] ndia ya reli
    [Swahili Plural] ndia
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] ja
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    [English Word] show the way
    [Swahili Word] -ongoza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] give a good turn to a conversation.
    [Swahili Example] ongoza maneno
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    [English Word] the way in which
    [Swahili Word] vilevile
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -le
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    [English Word] the way things are
    [Swahili Word] mfumo
    [Swahili Plural] mifumo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -fuma
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    [English Word] way
    [Swahili Word] jiha
    [Swahili Plural] jiha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] way
    [English Plural] ways
    [Swahili Word] jinsi
    [Swahili Plural] jinsi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Swahili Definition] namna
    [English Example] before explaining the history and other information about Tanzanians and the way in which our country was ruled...
    [Swahili Example] kabla ya kueleza historia na habari za Watanzania na jinsi nchi yetu ilivyotawaliwa... (Nsekela,"Masomo," 3).
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    [English Word] way
    [Swahili Word] kadiri
    [Swahili Plural] kadiri
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] way
    [Swahili Word] masafa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] way
    [English Plural] ways
    [Swahili Word] namna
    [Swahili Plural] namna
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] I don't like the way she sewed this shirt
    [Swahili Example] sipendi namna alivyoshona shati hili
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    [English Word] way
    [Swahili Word] ndia
    [Swahili Plural] ndia
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] ja
    [English Example] railway track
    [Swahili Example] njia ya railway
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    [English Word] way
    [Swahili Word] njia
    [Swahili Plural] njia
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] ja
    [English Example] Use all ways to get him out of jail.
    [Swahili Example] tumia njia zote uwezavyo umtoe jelani
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    [English Word] way
    [Swahili Word] usita
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] way
    [English Plural] ways
    [Swahili Word] taratibu
    [Swahili Plural] taratibu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] -ratibu, ratiba
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    [English Word] way of doing something
    [English Plural] ways of doing things
    [Swahili Word] mtindo
    [Swahili Plural] mitindo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [English Example] The answer to all of these issues is to use new ways to compose questions; The way to do things today, is for people to do them together as equals.
    [Swahili Example] Jawabu kwa mambo yote hayo ni kutumia mitindo mipya ya kutunga maswali [Masomo 189]; Mtindo wa siku hizi, watu ni bega kwa bega [Amana, Masomo 405]
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    [English Word] way of life
    [English Plural] ways of life
    [Swahili Word] kikao
    [Swahili Plural] vikao
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kaa
    [English Example] live in a good way
    [Swahili Example] kaa kwa kikao chema
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    [English Word] way out
    [English Plural] ways out
    [Swahili Word] budi
    [Swahili Plural] budi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Note] usually used in negative constructions
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    English-Swahili dictionary > way

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