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  • 1 quite

    [English Word] quite
    [Swahili Word] kabisa
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    English-Swahili dictionary > quite

  • 2 coconut

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    [English Word] braided coconut leaf used for fencing
    [Swahili Word] kumba
    [Swahili Plural] kumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] break open a coconut
    [Swahili Word] -fua nazi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] central rib or stem of coconut leaf or similar.
    [Swahili Word] upongoo
    [Swahili Plural] pongoo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
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    [English Word] central stem of the coconut palm leaf
    [Swahili Word] ujukuti
    [Swahili Plural] njukuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] central vein of the coconut palm leaf
    [Swahili Word] unjukuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] central vein or stem of the coconut palm leaf
    [Swahili Word] uchukuti
    [Swahili Plural] chukuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] central vein or stem of the coconut-palm leaf
    [Swahili Word] chukuti
    [Swahili Plural] chukuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] coconut
    [English Plural] coconuts
    [Swahili Word] nazi
    [Swahili Plural] nazi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] A bad coconut destroys the good one.
    [Swahili Example] nazi mbovu harabu ya nzima
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    [English Word] coconut (almost ripe)
    [English Plural] coconuts
    [Swahili Word] kikoromeo
    [Swahili Plural] vikoromeo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] koroma
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    [English Word] coconut (almost ripe)
    [Swahili Word] koroma
    [Swahili Plural] makoroma
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] coconut (grated) ??
    [Swahili Word] chicha
    [Swahili Plural] machicha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] coconut (in the first stages of growth)
    [English Plural] coconuts
    [Swahili Word] kidaka
    [Swahili Plural] vidaka
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] coconut (unripe with much milk)
    [English Plural] coconuts
    [Swahili Word] dafu
    [Swahili Plural] madafu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [English Example] coconut milk
    [Swahili Example] maji ya dafu [Rec]
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    [English Word] coconut (when full of milk and in late stage)
    [Swahili Word] tonga
    [Swahili Plural] matonga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] coconut cream
    [Swahili Word] kasimile
    [Swahili Plural] kasimile
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] coconut disease
    [Swahili Word] mkwachuro
    [Swahili Plural] mikwachuro
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] coconut husk
    [English Plural] coconut husks
    [Swahili Word] kifuu
    [Swahili Plural] vifuu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Related Words] fuu
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    [English Word] coconut juice
    [Swahili Word] tuwi
    [Swahili Plural] tuwi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] coconut leaf (used for roof thatching and fences)
    [English Plural] coconut leaves
    [Swahili Word] kuti
    [Swahili Plural] makuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Related Words] ukuti
    [English Example] the coconut leaves on the roof gleam
    [Swahili Example] makuti juu ya paa yaking'aa [Ya]
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    [English Word] coconut meat residue
    [Swahili Word] takizi
    [Swahili Plural] takizi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] taki N, zake pron
    [Terminology] poetic
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    [English Word] coconut milk (from grating nutty part)
    [Swahili Word] tui
    [Swahili Plural] tui
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] coconut mixed in a mortar
    [Swahili Word] kipondwe
    [Swahili Plural] vipondwe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Word] ponda V
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    [English Word] coconut palm
    [English Plural] coconut palms
    [Taxonomy] Cocos nucifera
    [Swahili Word] mnazi
    [Swahili Plural] minazi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Related Words] nazi
    [Terminology] botany
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    [English Word] coconut palm (Cocos mucifera)
    [Swahili Word] mkitamli
    [Swahili Plural] mikitamli
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] kitamli
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    [English Word] coconut solids (after boiling to produce oil)
    [Swahili Word] shata
    [Swahili Plural] mashata
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [English Example] (s)he squeezed (milked) the coconut solids to produce oil
    [Swahili Example] Alikamua shata la nazi kupata mafuta
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    [English Word] coconut that has dried up inside
    [English Plural] dried up coconuts
    [Swahili Word] kiziwi
    [Swahili Plural] viziwi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Word] ziwi, ukiziwi N
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    [English Word] cocunut-palm branch
    [Swahili Word] kole
    [Swahili Plural] makole
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] mkole N
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    [English Word] cream squeezed from coconut
    [Swahili Word] tuwi
    [Swahili Plural] tuwi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] disease of coconuts
    [Swahili Word] mkwachuro
    [Swahili Plural] mikwachuro
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] early stage in the growth of the coconut when the meat is still quite soft or the meat itself at this stage.
    [Swahili Word] ulambilambi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] early stage in the growth of the coconut when the meat is still quite soft.
    [Swahili Word] urambirambi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] empty coconut
    [Swahili Word] bunde
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] fiber (of young coconut leaves)
    [English Plural] fibers
    [Swahili Word] difu
    [Swahili Plural] madifu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] fiber from inner skin of coconut leaf stalk
    [Swahili Word] ununu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11
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    [English Word] flesh of a grated ripe coconut after the oil has been pressed out
    [Swahili Word] chicha
    [Swahili Plural] chicha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Definition] kitu cheupe kinachobaki katika nazi iliyokunwa na kukamuliwa [Masomo 407]
    [English Example] to sell what remains after grating and squeezing the liquid out of the flesh of a coconut
    [Swahili Example] kuuza chicha za nazi [Amana, Masomo 407]
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    [English Word] fully ripe coconut
    [Swahili Word] mbata
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] hard inner shell of a coconut
    [Swahili Word] ufuu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] joya (coconut with spongy shell)
    [Swahili Word] joya
    [Swahili Plural] majoya
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] kama joya
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    [English Word] juice squeezed from coconut
    [Swahili Word] tui
    [Swahili Plural] tui
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] leaf-stem of the coconut palm
    [Swahili Word] gubi
    [Swahili Plural] magubi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] leathery sheath of coconut flower-stem
    [Swahili Word] kalala
    [Swahili Plural] makalala
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] male flowers of the coconut palm
    [Swahili Word] upunga
    [Swahili Plural] punga
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] one who makes a business of climbing coconut trees to pick nuts
    [Swahili Word] mkwezi
    [Swahili Plural] wakwezi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] kwea V
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    [English Word] pointed stake fixed in ground for dehusking coconuts
    [English Plural] pointed stakes
    [Swahili Word] kifuo
    [Swahili Plural] vifuo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -fua
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    [English Word] processed fibres of the coconut husk
    [Swahili Word] usumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11
    [Swahili Example] kuangusha kichwa chake juu ya mto wa usumba [Sul]
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    [English Word] remove the husk from a coconut
    [Swahili Word] -fua nazi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] residue of coconut left after the white part has been scraped out of the shell
    [Swahili Word] panza
    [Swahili Plural] panza
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] round basket for squeezing coconut for tui
    [English Plural] round baskets
    [Swahili Word] kifumbu
    [Swahili Plural] vifumbu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Related Words] tui, fumba, kifumba
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    [English Word] single frond of a coconut-palm leaf
    [English Plural] fronds
    [Swahili Word] ukuti
    [Swahili Plural] kuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
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    [English Word] small coconut palm leaf
    [English Plural] small coconut palm leaves
    [Swahili Word] kikuti
    [Swahili Plural] vikuti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] kuti
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    [English Word] spongy substance (inside coconut shell)
    [Swahili Word] joya
    [Swahili Plural] majoya
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] strip of coconut-palm leaf (used for weaving mats)
    [English Plural] strips of coconut-palm leaves
    [Swahili Word] ukili
    [Swahili Plural] kili
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
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    [English Word] very young coconut bud
    [Swahili Word] kokochi
    [Swahili Plural] kokochi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Swahili Example] alipofumbua kokochi za kifua [Moh]
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    [English Word] woody covering of the flower-stem of the coconut (used as firewood)
    [Swahili Word] kalala
    [Swahili Plural] makalala
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] young coconut in the stage of milk-formation
    [Swahili Word] tale
    [Swahili Plural] matale
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] young coconut palm
    [English Plural] palms
    [Swahili Word] mnazi mkinda
    [Swahili Plural] minazi mikinda
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Related Words] nazi
    [Terminology] botany
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    [English Word] young coconut palm
    [English Plural] young coconut palms
    [Swahili Word] mnazi mkinda
    [Swahili Plural] minazi mikinda
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    English-Swahili dictionary > coconut

  • 3 sorghum

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    [English Word] sorghum plant
    [English Plural] sorghum plants
    [Taxonomy] Sorghum bicolor
    [Swahili Word] mtama
    [Swahili Plural] mitama
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [English Example] where there are many chickens one should not spill sorghum
    [Swahili Example] penye kuku wengi usimwage mtama
    [Terminology] agriculture
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    [English Word] half-grown sorghum
    [English Plural] half-grown sorghum plants
    [Swahili Word] mtama mtindi
    [Swahili Plural] mitama mitindi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] sorghum that has not quite ripened
    [English Plural] sorghum plants that have not quite ripened
    [Swahili Word] mtama mtete
    [Swahili Plural] mitama mitete
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] sweet sorghum
    [English Plural] sweet sorghum
    [Taxonomy] Sorghum bicolor var. saccharatum
    [Swahili Word] mkota
    [Swahili Plural] mikota
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [English Definition] sorghum variety with sweet stems, like sugar cane but softer
    [Terminology] agriculture
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    English-Swahili dictionary > sorghum

  • 4 full

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    [English Word] be full
    [Swahili Word] -jaa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] uso wake umejaa fahari [Moh]
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    [English Word] be full
    [Swahili Word] -jaa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] jazi, kijaa, ujalivu, ujazi
    [Swahili Example] mtungi umejaa maji; maji ya kujaa
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    [English Word] be full
    [Swahili Word] -kinai
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] he is full
    [Swahili Example] amekinai
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    [English Word] be full
    [Swahili Word] -shiba
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Definition] kula chakula cha kutosheka
    [English Example] I'm full, I can't take any more food.
    [Swahili Example] nimeshiba, siwezi kuongeza chakula.
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    [English Word] be full
    [Swahili Word] -shiba
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Definition] kula chakula cha kutosheka
    [English Example] I'm full, I can't take any more food.
    [Swahili Example] nimeshiba, siwezi kuongeza chakula.
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    [English Word] be full (also of an unusual sentiment)
    [Swahili Word] -jaliwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
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    [English Word] be full (also of an unusual sentiment)
    [Swahili Word] -jawa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
    [Swahili Example] mteremko mrefu uliojaliwa minazi [Sul], msichana kajawa shauku [Muk]
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    [English Word] become full
    [Swahili Word] -jaa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] jazi, kijaa, ujalivu, ujazi
    [Swahili Example] mtungi umejaa maji; maji ya kujaa
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    [English Word] become full (after hunger)
    [Swahili Word] -kuta
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] full
    [Swahili Word] -nene
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] full
    [Swahili Word] -pukupuku
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] full
    [Swahili Word] barabara
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Derived Language] Farsi
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    [English Word] full
    [Swahili Word] kifurifuri
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Derived Word] fura V
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    [English Word] full development
    [Swahili Word] uzima
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] full vessel
    [English Plural] vessels
    [Swahili Word] kijaa
    [Swahili Plural] vijaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -jaa
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    [English Word] not quite full
    [Swahili Word] duba
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Note] rare
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    English-Swahili dictionary > full

  • 5 right

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    [English Word] all right
    [Swahili Word] barabara
    [Part of Speech] interjection
    [Derived Language] Farsi
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    [English Word] all right!
    [Swahili Word] ee!
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] be made right
    [Swahili Word] -sawanyishwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be made right
    [Swahili Word] -sawazishwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be put right
    [Swahili Word] -rakibishwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be put right
    [Swahili Word] -rekebishwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be put right
    [Swahili Word] -rekibishwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be right
    [Swahili Word] -sadifu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] human right
    [English Plural] human rights
    [Swahili Word] haki ya binadamu
    [Swahili Plural] haki ya binadamu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Terminology] legal
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    [English Word] make right
    [Swahili Word] -ongoa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] property right
    [Swahili Word] mamlaka
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] put right
    [Swahili Word] -rakibisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] put right
    [Swahili Word] -rekibisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] quite right
    [Swahili Word] barabara
    [Part of Speech] interjection
    [Derived Language] Farsi
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    [English Word] right
    [Swahili Word] barabara
    [Part of Speech] adj/adv
    [Derived Language] Farsi
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    [English Word] right
    [Swahili Word] adili
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Note] also: '-adilifu
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    [English Word] right
    [Swahili Word] adilifu
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Note] also: '-adili
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    [English Word] right
    [Swahili Word] kimada
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] right
    [Swahili Word] sadifu
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [English Example] The teacher corrected the student in the classroom
    [Swahili Example] Mwalimu alimsadifu mwanafunzi darasani
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    [English Word] right
    [Swahili Word] sahihi
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] right
    [Swahili Word] sahihifu
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] right
    [Swahili Word] sawa
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [English Example] I don't know whether it is right
    [Swahili Example] Sijui kama ni sawa
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    [English Word] right
    [Swahili Word] sawasawa
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    [English Word] right
    [Swahili Word] taibu
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] right
    [English Plural] rights
    [Swahili Word] haki
    [Swahili Plural] haki
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Related Words] stahika, stahiki, ustahiki
    [Swahili Example] nipe haki yangu; takia haki
    [Terminology] legal
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    [English Word] right
    [Swahili Word] -enye kufaa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] right (of an angle)
    [Swahili Word] maraba
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [English Example] right angle.
    [Swahili Example] pembe mraba
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    [English Word] right (of an angle)
    [Swahili Word] mraba
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [English Example] right angle.
    [Swahili Example] pembe mraba
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    [English Word] right (position in sports)
    [Swahili Word] raiti
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Derived Word] eng
    [English Example] inside right (football).
    [Swahili Example] insaidi wa raiti
    [Terminology] sport
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    [English Word] right side
    [Swahili Word] kulia
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [English Example] right hand
    [Swahili Example] mkono wa kulia
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    [English Word] right side
    [Swahili Word] kuume
    [Swahili Plural] kuume
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 15
    [Derived Word] -ume adj
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    [English Word] right wing
    [Swahili Word] kulia
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Terminology] political
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    [English Word] right!
    [Swahili Word] dike
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] right!
    [Swahili Word] tike
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] the right
    [Swahili Word] kulia
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Terminology] political
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    [English Word] turn out to be right
    [Swahili Word] -sadifu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    English-Swahili dictionary > right

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  • quite — [ kwaıt ] function word *** Quite can be used in the following ways: as an adverb (before an adjective or adverb): I was quite angry with her. (before a verb): I quite agree with you. I can t quite decide which dress to wear today. as a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • quite — W1S1 [kwaıt] predeterminer, adv [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: quit, quite free of (13 19 centuries), from Old French quite; QUIT] 1.) fairly or very, but not extremely →↑pretty ▪ The food in the canteen is usually quite good. ▪ He seems quite upset… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • quite — 1. Quite is a highly mobile word with a wide range of uses qualifying adjectives and adverbs (quite heavy / quite often), singular nouns (quite a lot), and verbs (We quite understand / I d quite like to). It causes difficulty because it has two… …   Modern English usage

  • quite a bit — quite a lot/a bit/a few/ phrase a large number or amount With a penny you could buy quite a lot of sweets in those days. My family have moved around quite a bit since then. His encouragement and interest inspired quite a few people to take up… …   Useful english dictionary

  • quite a few — or[quite a number] also {formal}[not a few] {n.} or {adj. phr.} Rather a large number; more than a few. * /Quite a few went to the game./ * /The basket had quite a few rotten apples in it./ The phrase quite a number is used like an adjective only …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • quite a few — or[quite a number] also {formal}[not a few] {n.} or {adj. phr.} Rather a large number; more than a few. * /Quite a few went to the game./ * /The basket had quite a few rotten apples in it./ The phrase quite a number is used like an adjective only …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Quite — (kw[imac]t), adv. [F. quitte discharged, free, clear; cf. OF. quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See {Quit}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quite — ► ADVERB 1) to the utmost or most absolute extent or degree; completely. 2) to a certain extent; moderately. 3) US very; really. ► EXCLAMATION (also quite so) ▪ expressing agreement. ● quite a Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • quite — [kwīt] adv. [ME quite: see QUIT, adj.] 1. completely; entirely [not quite done] 2. really; truly; positively [quite a hero] 3. to some, or a considerable, degree or extent; very or fairly [quite warm outside] ☆ …   English World dictionary

  • quite some — quite a/quite some/ phrase used before a noun for emphasizing that something is unusual or interesting The news came as quite a surprise. It was quite a competition. He’s been renting the house for quite some time. They have to walk home and it’s …   Useful english dictionary

  • quite a bit — See: QUITE A LITTLE …   Dictionary of American idioms

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