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  • 1 short

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    [English Word] be short
    [Swahili Word] -fupika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be short (in stature)
    [Swahili Word] -gunda
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be short of
    [Swahili Word] -pungukiwa na
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] (s)he ran short of money during the journey
    [Swahili Example] Alipungukiwa na pesa wakati wa safari
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    [English Word] be short of
    [Swahili Word] -tindikiwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] tindika V
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    [English Word] become too short (of clothes)
    [Swahili Word] -chupa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] fall short
    [Swahili Word] -tindika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] for a short time
    [Swahili Word] kiasi
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [English Example] go walking for a short time
    [Swahili Example] tembea kiasi
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    [English Word] person who falls short in some respect
    [Swahili Word] mtovu
    [Swahili Plural] watovu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] toa, tovu V
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    [English Word] run short
    [Swahili Word] -tindika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] run short of something
    [Swahili Word] -tindikia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] short
    [Swahili Word] -fupi
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    English-Swahili dictionary > short

  • 2 rainy

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    [English Word] hot rainy season
    [English Plural] hot rainy seasons
    [Swahili Word] kifuku
    [Swahili Plural] vifuku
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -fuka
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    [English Word] long rainy season
    [English Plural] long rainy seasons
    [Swahili Word] majira ya masika
    [Swahili Plural] majira ya masika
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6/6
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] rainy season
    [Swahili Word] masika
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [English Example] signs of the rainy season are beginning to appear
    [Swahili Example] dalili ya masika sasa inaanza kuonekana
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    [English Word] short rainy season
    [English Plural] rainy seasons
    [Swahili Word] mvuli
    [Swahili Plural] mvuli
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] the short rainy season (November and December in Zanzibar)
    [Swahili Word] vuli
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    English-Swahili dictionary > rainy

  • 3 thunder

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    [English Word] thunder
    [English Plural] thunder claps
    [Swahili Word] radi
    [Swahili Plural] radi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [English Example] the short one was hit by trembling thunder
    [Swahili Example] mfupi kapigwa radi la mbabaiko [Ma]
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    [English Word] thunder
    [Swahili Word] -piga radi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] roll (thunder)
    [Swahili Word] -vuma
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] vumi, vumilivu, kivumi, mvumi, mvumo, uvumi, uvumilivu
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    [English Word] thunder
    [Swahili Word] -nguruma
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    English-Swahili dictionary > thunder

  • 4 thunderclap

    [English Word] thunderclap
    [English Plural] thunder claps
    [Swahili Word] radi
    [Swahili Plural] radi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [English Example] the short one was hiby trembling thunderclap
    [Swahili Example] mfupi kapigwa radi la mbabaiko [Ma]
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    English-Swahili dictionary > thunderclap

  • 5 stick

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    [English Word] defensive knobbed stick
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] rungu
    [Swahili Plural] marungu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] flexible stick used to capture burrowing nearshore worms for bait
    [English Plural] flexible sticks
    [Swahili Word] telewa
    [Swahili Plural] telewa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Dialect] Kimvita
    [Terminology] marine
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    [English Word] forked stick
    [English Plural] forked sticks
    [Swahili Word] kongwa
    [Swahili Plural] makongwa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] get stuck
    [Swahili Word] -ama
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] hockey stick
    [English Plural] hockey sticks
    [Swahili Word] gongo
    [Swahili Plural] magongo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] hooked stick (used to pull down branches in fruit-picking)
    [English Plural] hooked sticks
    [Swahili Word] chogoe
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] hooked stick for pulling down fruit
    [English Plural] hooked sticks
    [Swahili Word] upembo
    [Swahili Plural] pembo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
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    [English Word] large hooked stick
    [English Plural] large hooked sticks
    [Swahili Word] ngoe
    [Swahili Plural] ngoe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] make (legs) stick in
    [Swahili Word] -topeza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] topea V
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    [English Word] piece of stick used for twisting the rope tightening firewood
    [Swahili Word] mlio
    [Swahili Plural] milio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] pointed stick
    [English Plural] pointed sticks
    [Swahili Word] mchokoo
    [Swahili Plural] michokoo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] -chokoa V
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    [English Word] pointed stick
    [English Plural] pointed sticks
    [Swahili Word] mkonjo
    [Swahili Plural] mikonjo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] konzo
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    [English Word] pointed stick
    [English Plural] pointed sticks
    [Swahili Word] mkonzo
    [Swahili Plural] mikonzo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] konzo
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    [English Word] pointed stick used for opening coconuts
    [English Plural] pointed sticks
    [Swahili Word] chuo
    [Swahili Plural] vyuo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] short thick stick
    [English Plural] short thick sticks
    [Swahili Word] kibarango
    [Swahili Plural] vibarango
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Related Words] mbarango
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    [English Word] short, thick stick (made from the wood of the mpweke tree)
    [English Plural] short, thick sticks
    [Swahili Word] mpweke
    [Swahili Plural] mipweke
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] mpweke N (type of tree)
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    [English Word] stick
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] bakora
    [Swahili Plural] bakora
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Swahili Example] bakora ya kiskofu
    [Note] rel. crozier.
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    [English Word] stick
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] fimbo
    [Swahili Plural] fimbo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] a stick that you don't have in hand won't kill a snake (proverb)
    [Swahili Example] fimbo ya mbali hayiuwi nyoka (methali)
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    [English Word] stick
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] kijiti
    [Swahili Plural] vijiti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] mti
    [English Example] he stops his arms, as though he had been stuck with a stick in his eye
    [Swahili Example] anasimamisha mikono, kama aliyechomwa kijiti machoni [Ma]
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    [English Word] stick
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] konjo
    [Swahili Plural] makonjo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] stick
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] konzo
    [Swahili Plural] makonzo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] stick
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] mbarango
    [Swahili Plural] mibarango
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] stick
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] mkongojo
    [Swahili Plural] mikongojo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] konga V
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    [English Word] stick
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] ukongojo
    [Swahili Plural] kongojo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
    [Derived Word] konga
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    [English Word] stick
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] njiti
    [Swahili Plural] njiti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] stick
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] ufito
    [Swahili Plural] fito
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
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    [English Word] stick
    [Swahili Word] -ama
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick
    [Swahili Word] -choma
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick
    [Swahili Word] -kokorocha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick
    [Swahili Word] -korocha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick
    [Swahili Word] -korochakorocha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick
    [Swahili Word] -nata
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick
    [Swahili Word] -sagama
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick
    [Swahili Word] -tofoa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick
    [Swahili Word] -tofua
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick (for digging holes)
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] mshamo
    [Swahili Plural] mishamo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] stick (stout)
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] kiwi
    [Swahili Plural] viwi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] stick (to a frying pan)
    [Swahili Word] -ungua
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick (to the ground)
    [Swahili Word] -jikaza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] reflexive
    [Swahili Example] ki-Asumini kilijikaza chini ya mihogo [Moh]
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    [English Word] stick (together)
    [Swahili Word] -ambata
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] amba
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    [English Word] stick (used by weavers to tighten thread)
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] mladi
    [Swahili Plural] miladi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] stick (with a hardened tip used as a hunting weapon or in pit traps)
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] ukonjo
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] stick (with a hardened tip used as a hunting weapon or in pit traps)
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] ukonzo
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] stick (with hardened tip used for hunting)
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] konzo
    [Swahili Plural] makonzo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] stick between two things
    [Swahili Word] -pachika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick fast
    [Swahili Word] -ganda
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick fast
    [Swahili Word] -kwama
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick fast
    [Swahili Word] -zinda
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick for sitting on when picking cloves
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] parago
    [Swahili Plural] maparago
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] paraga V
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    [English Word] stick in
    [Swahili Word] -pachika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] fasten a knife-blade in the handle.
    [Swahili Example] pachika kisu kipinini
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    [English Word] stick in (belt etc.)
    [Swahili Word] -futika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -futa
    [Related Words] -futua
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    [English Word] stick in the throat
    [Swahili Word] -sama
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick of wood
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] banzi
    [Swahili Plural] mabanzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] stick on
    [Swahili Word] -bandika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick on which one props oneself when picking cloves
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] parago
    [Swahili Plural] maparago
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] stick out
    [Swahili Word] -benua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] -benulia, -benusha, mbenuko, mbinu
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    [English Word] stick set against a door to hold it shut
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] kiwi
    [Swahili Plural] viwi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] stick to
    [Swahili Word] -gandamia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stick together
    [Swahili Word] -amba
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] ambata, ambo, ambua, ambukizo, chamba, chambo, cahambua, gamba, ngambi, uambukizo, wamba, wambiso
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] stick together
    [Swahili Word] -ambatana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] reciprocal
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] ambata
    [English Example] the cloth has stuck to the wound
    [Swahili Example] nguo imeambatana na kidonda
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    [English Word] stick together
    [Swahili Word] -shikamana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] the rice stuck together after being cooked
    [Swahili Example] Wali ulishikamana baada ya kupikwa
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    [English Word] stick used for knocking down fruit
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] pikipiki
    [Swahili Plural] mapikipiki
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -piga
    [Swahili Definition] fimbo ndogo ya kutupia mtini ili kuangusha matunda
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    [English Word] stick used in rope-making
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] kileti
    [Swahili Plural] vileti
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] stick used to remove fish from larger basket type fish traps
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] palio
    [Swahili Plural] palio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Dialect] Kimvita
    [Terminology] marine
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    [English Word] stick with iron tip (for digging stones)
    [English Plural] sticks
    [Swahili Word] muo
    [Swahili Plural] miuo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] stick with something
    [Swahili Word] -gandama na
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] sticking together
    [Swahili Word] mnato
    [Swahili Plural] minato
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] nata V
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    [English Word] sticks (bunch of), laid inside a cooking-pot to keep the food from burning
    [English Plural] sticks (bunches of)
    [Swahili Word] nyalio
    [Swahili Plural] nyalio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] sticks or laths used to fill up the spaces in the framework of a house prior to plastering
    [Swahili Word] wasa
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] sticks used for fortune-telling
    [Swahili Word] wano
    [Swahili Plural] mawano
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] thick stick
    [English Plural] thick sticks
    [Swahili Word] gongo
    [Swahili Plural] magongo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [English Example] he plays hockey with a thick stick
    [Swahili Example] anacheza hoki kwa gongo [Sul]
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    [English Word] walking stick with the handle shaped like the bill of a hornbill
    [English Plural] walking sticks
    [Swahili Word] domo la kwembe
    [Swahili Plural] madomo ya kwembe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    English-Swahili dictionary > stick

  • 6 knife

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    [English Word] back of a knife blade (as opp. to the cutting edge)
    [Swahili Word] mafutuni
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] butcher's knife
    [Swahili Word] buchari
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] ind
    [Swahili Definition] kisu cha muuza nyama
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    [English Word] curved knife (used for slashing the bark of a palm tree in order to collect the sap for making palm wine)
    [Swahili Word] kotama
    [Swahili Plural] kotama
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] knife
    [English Plural] knives
    [Swahili Word] kisu
    [Swahili Plural] visu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Related Words] jisu, kijisu
    [English Example] cut with a knife; do whatever you want with me (literally: you are the knife and I am the meat)
    [Swahili Example] kata kwa kisu; wewe kisu mimi nyama
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    [English Word] knife
    [Swahili Word] -choma kisu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Definition] kufanya kisu kuingia ndani ya mtu
    [English Example] The King of Mombasa killed the Portuguese commander by knifing him.
    [Swahili Example] Mfalme wa Mombasa alimwua kwa kumchoma kisu jemadari wa Kireno [Masomo 143]
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    [English Word] knife (large)
    [Swahili Word] buchari
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] Ind.
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    [English Word] knife (large)
    [English Plural] knives (large)
    [Swahili Word] jisu
    [Swahili Plural] majisu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] kisu n
    [Swahili Example] jisu lile kubwa limezama kabisa kifuani mwa Magoma [Muk]
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    [English Word] knife (large)
    [Swahili Word] puchari
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] indian? Or Butcher?
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    [English Word] knife (large)
    [Swahili Word] sime
    [Swahili Plural] masime
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] knife (small)
    [English Plural] knives
    [Swahili Word] kijisu
    [Swahili Plural] vijisu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] kisu
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    [English Word] knife (very sharp)
    [English Plural] knives
    [Swahili Word] wembe
    [Swahili Plural] nyembe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
    [Related Words] jembe
    [English Example] when a child cries for a knife give it to him (proverb - i.e., let him learn by experience)
    [Swahili Example] mtoto akililia wembe mpe (methali)
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    [English Word] knife edge
    [English Plural] knife edges
    [Swahili Word] ukali wa kisu
    [Swahili Plural] ukali wa visu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 14
    [Related Words] ukali
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    [English Word] knife used for tapping palm trees
    [English Plural] knives
    [Swahili Word] upamba
    [Swahili Plural] pamba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
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    [English Word] knife with a curved blade
    [Swahili Word] shembea
    [Swahili Plural] shembea
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] large knife
    [Swahili Word] geli
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] large knife
    [English Plural] large knives
    [Swahili Word] jisu
    [Swahili Plural] majisu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] large knife for clearing forest
    [Swahili Word] parange
    [Swahili Plural] maparange
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] large knife with a blunt edge
    [Swahili Word] sansuri
    [Swahili Plural] sansuri
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] long knife
    [Swahili Word] panga
    [Swahili Plural] mapanga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] pocket knife
    [English Plural] pocket knives
    [Swahili Word] kijembe
    [Swahili Plural] vijembe
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] jembe
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    [English Word] pruning knife
    [English Plural] pruning knives
    [Swahili Word] kisu cha kupogolea
    [Swahili Plural] visu vya kupogolea
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Swahili Definition] kitu kinachotumika kusongea au kubania
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    [English Word] shoemaker's knife
    [Swahili Word] ramba
    [Swahili Plural] ramba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Hindi
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    [English Word] short curved knife (used for slashing the bark of a palm tree in order to collect the sap for making palm wine)
    [Swahili Word] kotama
    [Swahili Plural] kotama
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] short knife used for making incisions in the bark of palm trees in order to drain off the sap for making wine
    [Swahili Word] ugemo
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    English-Swahili dictionary > knife

  • 7 cut

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    [English Word] act of cutting
    [Swahili Word] ukataji
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 14
    [Derived Word] kata V
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    [English Word] be cut
    [Swahili Word] -katika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] intransitive
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kata
    [English Example] this wood can not be cut
    [Swahili Example] ukuni huu haukatiki
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    [English Word] be cut
    [Swahili Word] -katwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -kata V
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    [English Word] be cut off from each other
    [Swahili Word] -tindikana
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut
    [English Plural] cuts
    [Swahili Word] chale
    [Swahili Plural] chale
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Related Words] uchale
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] chanjo
    [Swahili Plural] machanjo
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] chomeo
    [Swahili Plural] machomeo
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] chongo
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] cut
    [English Plural] cuts
    [Swahili Word] kilingo
    [Swahili Plural] vilingo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -linga
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] chongo
    [Swahili Plural] michongo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] chonga V
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] mchanjo
    [Swahili Plural] michanjo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] -chanja V
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] mchapo
    [Swahili Plural] michapo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] -chapa V
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] mchongo
    [Swahili Plural] michongo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] -chonga V
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] pengo
    [Swahili Plural] mapengo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] tojo
    [Swahili Plural] matojo
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] cut
    [English Plural] cuts
    [Swahili Word] uchale
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] -chongea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] -fasili
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] -kata
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] kataa, kato, mkata, mkataji, mkate, mkato, mkatizo, ukata
    [English Example] constant rubbing of a rope will cut a stone (proverb)
    [Swahili Example] papo kwa papo kamba hukata jiwe (methali)
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] -keketa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] ikikeketwa kwa msumeno wa mapuuza [Moh]
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] -shenga
    [Swahili Plural] shenga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut
    [Swahili Word] -tema
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] kumsaidia mamaake kutema, kufyeka... [Moh]
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    [English Word] cut (a little of the top of something)
    [Swahili Word] -buabua
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut (as with a dull knife)
    [Swahili Word] -chikicha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut (in pay)
    [Swahili Word] nakisi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] cut (only of grain)
    [Swahili Word] -fioa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut (only of grain)
    [Swahili Word] -fyoa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut (open)
    [Swahili Word] -wanga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut (the bark of trees to obtain resin)
    [Swahili Word] -gema
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut (with an instrument)
    [Swahili Word] -chonga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut a point
    [Swahili Word] -chongoa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut down
    [Swahili Word] -jengua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] jengo, jenzi, mjengo, mjenzi, ujenzi
    [Swahili Example] sisi kazi yetu kujenga; sio kujengua
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    [English Word] cut in pieces
    [Swahili Word] -chanja
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] chop up firewood
    [Swahili Example] chanja kuni
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    [English Word] cut in small pieces
    [Swahili Word] -checha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut in stone
    [Swahili Word] -chora
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut into (e.g. of a tight cord)
    [Swahili Word] -vama
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut into (e.g. of a tight cord)
    [Swahili Word] -vamia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut into small pieces
    [Swahili Word] -katakata
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kata
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    [English Word] cut notches
    [Swahili Word] -tiringa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut off
    [Swahili Word] -katisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Word] -kata
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    [English Word] cut off (branches)
    [Swahili Word] -pagua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] pogo
    [English Example] slashing knife.
    [Swahili Example] kisu cha kupogolea
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    [English Word] cut off (branches)
    [Swahili Word] -pogoa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] pogo
    [English Example] slashing knife.
    [Swahili Example] kisu cha kupogolea
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    [English Word] cut off (branches)
    [Swahili Word] -pokoa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] pogo
    [English Example] slashing knife.
    [Swahili Example] kisu cha kupogolea
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    [English Word] cut off someone's speech
    [Swahili Word] -kata kauli
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] kata V, kauli N
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    [English Word] cut oneself
    [Swahili Word] -kunyua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] kuna V
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    [English Word] cut short
    [Swahili Word] -katiza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kata
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    [English Word] cut someone short
    [Swahili Word] -katia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kata
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    [English Word] cut the hair
    [Swahili Word] -dira
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut the throat
    [Swahili Word] -chinja
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut thing
    [English Plural] cut things
    [Swahili Word] mkate
    [Swahili Plural] mikate
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] kata V
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    [English Word] cut up
    [Swahili Word] -kata
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] cut up
    [Swahili Word] -pingua
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut up (e.g. manioc)
    [Swahili Word] -enga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut up (fruits)
    [Swahili Word] -chanyata
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cut up (into pieces)
    [Swahili Word] -lenga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] feel cut to the quick
    [Swahili Word] -panda ari
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] Maksudi felt cut to the quick
    [Swahili Example] Maksuudi alipanda ari [Moh]
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    [English Word] make a cut
    [Swahili Word] -vuaza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    English-Swahili dictionary > cut

  • 8 period

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    [English Word] for a period of time
    [Swahili Word] kwa
    [Part of Speech] preposition
    [English Example] travel for three years
    [Swahili Example] safiri kwa miaka mitatu [Rec]
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    [English Word] period
    [English Plural] periods
    [Swahili Word] kipindi
    [Swahili Plural] vipindi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Word] pinda V
    [Swahili Example] kipindi cha asubuhi
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    [English Word] period
    [Swahili Word] umri
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 14
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    [English Word] period
    [Swahili Word] wakati
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] period (esp with reference to agriculture)
    [Swahili Word] msimu
    [Swahili Plural] misimu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [English Example] now is the mango-harvesting period.
    [Swahili Example] sasa ni msimu wa embe
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    [English Word] period (esp with reference to agriculture)
    [Swahili Word] musimu
    [Swahili Plural] misimu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [English Example] now is the mango-harvesting period.
    [Swahili Example] sasa ni msimu wa embe
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    [English Word] period (of time)
    [English Plural] periods
    [Swahili Word] majira
    [Swahili Plural] majira
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6/6
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [English Example] it was the afternoon period; for a period of about an hour and a half, that corridor was filled with people
    [Swahili Example] yalikuwa ni majira ya alasiri [Mun]; majira ya saa moja unusu hivi, korido lile limejaa watu [Muk]
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    [English Word] period (of time)
    [English Plural] periods
    [Swahili Word] muda
    [Swahili Plural] miuda
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] mudu
    [English Example] a period of four hours
    [Swahili Example] muda wa saa nne
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    [English Word] period (of time)
    [English Plural] periods of time
    [Swahili Word] muhula
    [Swahili Plural] mihula
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] period (of time)
    [English Plural] periods
    [Swahili Word] pindi
    [Swahili Plural] pindi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -pinda
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    [English Word] period between the southwest and the northeast monsoons (approx. late March to early April and late Nov. to early Dec.)
    [Swahili Word] maleleji
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] period of life between ages 10 and 25
    [Swahili Word] hirimu
    [Swahili Plural] hirimu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] period of residence
    [English Plural] periods of residence
    [Swahili Word] kikao
    [Swahili Plural] vikao
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kaa
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    [English Word] period of time
    [English Plural] periods of time
    [Swahili Word] kipindi
    [Swahili Plural] vipindi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Word] pinda V
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    [English Word] period of time
    [Swahili Word] zama
    [Swahili Plural] zama
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] period of time
    [Swahili Word] zamani
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] period of time (brief)
    [English Plural] brief periods
    [Swahili Word] dakika
    [Swahili Plural] dakika
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [English Example] in a few minutes
    [Swahili Example] ndani ya dakika chache [Rec]
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    [English Word] rest period
    [English Plural] rest periods
    [Swahili Word] muhula
    [Swahili Plural] mihula
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] short period
    [English Plural] short periods
    [Swahili Word] kitambo
    [Swahili Plural] vitambo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    English-Swahili dictionary > period

  • 9 thumb

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    [English Word] thumb
    [English Plural] thumbs
    [Swahili Word] kidole gumba
    [Swahili Plural] vidole gumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [English Example] it tried to hide the black thumb mark
    [Swahili Example] ilijaribu kuficha alama nyeusi ya dole gumba [Ya]
    [Terminology] anatomy
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    [English Word] thumb
    [English Plural] thumbs
    [Swahili Word] kidole cha gumba
    [Swahili Plural] vidole vya gumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Related Words] gumba
    [English Definition] the thick short innermost digit of the hand
    [Terminology] anatomy
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    [English Word] strip off with the thumb
    [Swahili Word] -pura
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] dawa ya meno katika mkakasi wa kupura [Abd]
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    [English Word] strip off with the thumb
    [Swahili Word] -purura
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] dawa ya meno katika mkakasi wa kupura [Abd]
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    [English Word] thumb
    [English Plural] thumbs
    [Swahili Word] gumba
    [Swahili Plural] gumba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] the thumb of his left hand that carried the bottle plugged the bottle's lip
    [Swahili Example] gumba la mkono wa kushoto uliobeba chupa likiwa limeuziba mdomo wa chupa [Muk]
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    English-Swahili dictionary > thumb

  • 10 stop

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    [English Word] be stopped up
    [Swahili Word] -zibika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] intransitive
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -ziba
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    [English Word] bring to a stop
    [Swahili Word] -komesha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] koma V
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    [English Word] cause to stop
    [Swahili Word] -simamisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
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    [English Word] musical command to stop the drumming
    [Swahili Word] -zima
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] bas
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
    [Note] alone
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] basi
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
    [Note] alone
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] bassi
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
    [Note] alone
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    [English Word] stop
    [English Plural] stops
    [Swahili Word] stesheni
    [Swahili Plural] stesheni
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Engl.
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -acha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] they have stopped smoking
    [Swahili Example] wameacha kuvuta sigara
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    [English Word] stop
    [English Plural] Are there other forms w/o the wastop?
    [Swahili Word] -akifu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Note] also: '-wakifu
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -ata
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Dialect] Kiamu
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] basi!
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -hitimu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] hatima
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -isha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] kisha, mwisho, maishilio
    [Swahili Example] ugomvi umekwisha; kazi imekwisha fanywa
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -kinga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -koma
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] lisilo na mkoma, hujikoma lenyewe.
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -ngoja
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -simama
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] The car stopped at the door and let out it's wealthy owner.
    [Swahili Example] Gari ilisimama mlangoni, alishuka tajiri yake. (http://www.islamtz.org/nasaha/125/riwaya125.htm Nasaha)
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -simamisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -sita
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [English Example] the shouting stopped
    [Swahili Example] hoihoi zilisita
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -tua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] lakini Maksuudi alimtua [Moh]
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -wakifisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -zuia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -zuilia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] zuia V
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    [English Word] stop
    [Swahili Word] -fa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] the clock has stopped
    [Swahili Example] saa imekufa (Rec)
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    [English Word] stop (prices etc.)
    [Swahili Word] -wakifu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stop trying
    [Swahili Word] -samehe
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stop up
    [Swahili Word] -sama
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] stop up
    [Swahili Word] -ziba
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] kizibo, kizibuo, mzibo
    [English Example] his hand went to stop up Shangwe's mouth
    [Swahili Example] kiganja chake kilikwenda kuuziba mdomo wa Shangwe [Muk]
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    [English Word] stopping place
    [English Plural] stopping places
    [Swahili Word] kituo
    [Swahili Plural] vituo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] tua
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    [English Word] stopping point
    [English Plural] stopping points
    [Swahili Word] ishilio
    [Swahili Plural] maishilio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] -isha V
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    [English Word] stopping short
    [Swahili Word] mavilio
    [Swahili Plural] mavilio
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6/6
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -via
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    [English Word] stopping up (act of)
    [Swahili Word] kizibo
    [Swahili Plural] vizibo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -ziba
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    English-Swahili dictionary > stop

  • 11 article

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    [English Word] article
    [English Plural] articles
    [Swahili Word] kijitabu
    [Swahili Plural] vijitabu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] kitabu
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    [English Word] article
    [English Plural] articles
    [Swahili Word] makala
    [Swahili Plural] makala
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6/6
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Derived Word] kala (word)
    [English Example] look at this short article about love
    [Swahili Example] uione makala hii fupi ya mapenzi [Kez]
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    [English Word] article
    [English Plural] articles
    [Swahili Word] kibainishi
    [Swahili Plural] vibainishi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] bainisha
    [English Definition] a word placed before a noun to show whether the noun refers to a specific person, animal, place, thing, event or idea, or to a nonspecific person, animal, place, thing, event or idea.
    [Swahili Definition] neno lile au herufi inayolitangulia jina kukitaja kitu fulani halisi
    [English Example] an "article" in linguistics, is the word or letter which precedes a noun to indicate something specific.
    [Swahili Example] ""kibainishi" katika sayansi ya lugha, ni neno lile au herufi inayolitangulia jina kukitaja kitu fulani halisi." [ http://www.swahilitruth.com/pubs/Who_is_Allah/ALLAH.pdf ALLAH NI NANI?]
    [Terminology] grammar
    [Note] the Swahili language does not have any articles.
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    [English Word] article (in a periodical)
    [English Plural] articles
    [Swahili Word] nakala
    [Swahili Plural] nakala
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Related Words] nakili
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    [English Word] article (in a periodical)
    [English Plural] articles
    [Swahili Word] nakili
    [Swahili Plural] nakili
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] article (in a periodical)
    [English Plural] articles
    [Swahili Word] nuku
    [Swahili Plural] nuku
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Related Words] nakili
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    [English Word] article (of law or constitution)
    [English Plural] articles
    [Swahili Word] kifungu
    [Swahili Plural] vifungu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] fungu
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    [English Word] one of the five articles of Moslem faith
    [English Plural] the five articles of Moslem faith
    [Swahili Word] nguzo ya uislamu
    [Swahili Plural] nguzo za uislamu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] five articles of Muslim faith
    [Swahili Example] nguzo za Uislamu
    [Terminology] Islamic
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    English-Swahili dictionary > article

  • 12 owl

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

  • 13 tire

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    [English Word] tire
    [English Plural] tires
    [Swahili Word] gurudumu
    [Swahili Plural] magurudumu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Language] Farsi
    [English Example] beneath the tire of the car that is coming; front tire
    [Swahili Example] chini ya magurudumu ya motokaa inayokuja [Ya]; gurudumu la mbele
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    [English Word] tire (automobile)
    [English Plural] tires
    [Swahili Word] tairi
    [Swahili Plural] matairi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] Engl.
    [English Example] to sell automobile tyres that are in short supply
    [Swahili Example] kuuza matairi ya magari ambayo ni haba [Ma]
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    [English Word] tire
    [Swahili Word] -choka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] She has become <b>tire</b>d because she carried the baby for a long time.
    [Swahili Example] Ame<b>choka</b> kwa sababu alimbeba mtoto mchanga kwa muda mrefu.
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    [English Word] tire out
    [Swahili Word] -chokesha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] tire out
    [Swahili Word] -chokeza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] tire out
    [Swahili Word] -chosha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] make (someone) tired
    [Swahili Word] -chosha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Word] -choka v
    [Swahili Example] mambo yako sasa yananichosha [Ma]
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    [English Word] tire each other
    [Swahili Word] -choshana
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] tiring
    [Swahili Word] -chovu
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] tire
    [Swahili Word] -udhi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] tire
    [English Plural] tires
    [Swahili Word] mpira wa gurudumu
    [Swahili Plural] mipira ya gurudumu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Related Words] gurudumu
    [Terminology] automotive
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    English-Swahili dictionary > tire

  • 14 leave

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    [English Word] be left
    [Swahili Word] -achwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
    [Derived Word] acha V
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    [English Word] be left
    [Swahili Word] -bakiwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
    [Swahili Example] hata machozi yalipokwisha akabakiwa na kwikwi ya kilio [Sul]
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    [English Word] cause to leave
    [Swahili Word] -achisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -acha
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    [English Word] cause to leave
    [Swahili Word] -ondosha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] compassionate leave
    [Swahili Word] likizo ya uraufu
    [Swahili Plural] likizo za uraufu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] give leave
    [Swahili Word] -likiza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] likizo N
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    [English Word] leave
    [Swahili Word] likizo
    [Swahili Plural] likizo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] leave
    [Swahili Word] ruhsa
    [Swahili Plural] ruhsa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] leave
    [Swahili Word] ruhusa
    [Swahili Plural] ruhusa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] leave
    [Swahili Word] rukhsa
    [Swahili Plural] rukhsa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] leave
    [Swahili Word] -aga
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] leave
    [Swahili Word] -halifu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] halafu
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    [English Word] leave
    [Swahili Word] -ondoka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] ondoa V
    [English Example] The bus will <b>leave</b> the city at 9:30.
    [Swahili Example] Basi lita<b>ondoka</b> mji saa tatu na nusu.
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    [English Word] leave
    [Swahili Word] -toka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] leave (behind)
    [Swahili Word] -acha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] they asked themselves why she didn't want to leave her man behind
    [Swahili Example] walijiuliza kwa nini hakutaka kumwacha bwana wake [Kez]
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    [English Word] leave alone
    [Swahili Word] -achilia mbali
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -acha
    [Related Words] mbali
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    [English Word] leave behind
    [Swahili Word] -ata
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] dialect of '-acha
    [English Example] He left his wife and children going on foot.
    [Swahili Example] Amwata mkewe na watoto wakwenda kwa miguu [Nabhany, Masomo 294]
    [Note] Kiamu, cf. Kuacha
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    [English Word] leave behind
    [Swahili Word] -bakisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [Swahili Example] hapana alilobakisha isipokuwa hilo lililompa ujali [Sul]
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    [English Word] leave behind
    [Swahili Word] -gea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] leave behind
    [Swahili Word] -telekeza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] leave behind
    [Swahili Word] -saza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] saa
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    [English Word] leave each other
    [Swahili Word] -achana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] associative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -acha
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    [English Word] leave it alone!
    [Swahili Word] tutu
    [Part of Speech] interjection
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    [English Word] leave of absence
    [Swahili Word] livu
    [Swahili Plural] livu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Eng
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    [English Word] leave one's house early in the morning
    [Swahili Word] -rauka
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] leave out
    [Swahili Word] -bakisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] leave out
    [Swahili Word] -saza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] saa
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    [English Word] leave over
    [Swahili Word] -bakisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] leave over
    [Swahili Word] -saza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] saa
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    [English Word] leave something
    [Swahili Word] -rithisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] leave something to someone
    [Swahili Word] -achia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -acha
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    [English Word] leave-taking
    [English Plural] leave-takings
    [Swahili Word] buriani
    [Swahili Plural] buriani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] leave-taking (act of)
    [Swahili Word] mwago
    [Swahili Plural] miago
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] aga V
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    [English Word] part from each other
    [Swahili Word] -tokana
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] short-term leave from one's regular fishing area to fish elsewhere
    [English Plural] leaves
    [Swahili Word] ago
    [Swahili Plural] ago
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Dialect] Kimvita
    [Terminology] marine
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    [English Word] take one's leave
    [Swahili Word] -aga
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] to die (euphemism)
    [Swahili Example] aga dunia
    [Note] Cf. agano, kiago, mwango
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    English-Swahili dictionary > leave

  • 15 root

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    [English Word] hooked piece of mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata) prop root used for crab capture
    [Swahili Word] uta wa kaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11
    [Dialect] Kimvita
    [Terminology] marine
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    [English Word] medicinal root (of calumba)
    [English Plural] medicinal roots
    [Swahili Word] kaumwa
    [Swahili Plural] kaumwa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] pull up a root
    [Swahili Word] -ng'oa mzizi
    [Part of Speech] phrase
    [English Example] pull out the tooth
    [Swahili Example] ng'oa jino
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    [English Word] root
    [English Plural] roots
    [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] root
    [English Plural] roots
    [Swahili Word] mzizi
    [Swahili Plural] mizizi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [English Example] when we ate the roots of trees
    [Swahili Example] wakati tulipokula mizizi ya miti [Kez]
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    [English Word] root
    [English Plural] roots
    [Swahili Word] shina
    [Swahili Plural] mashina
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [English Example] the root of this tree is short
    [Swahili Example] shina la mti huu ni fupi
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    [English Word] root (eaten during famine)
    [English Plural] roots
    [Swahili Word] ndiga
    [Swahili Plural] ndiga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] root (grammatical)
    [English Plural] roots
    [Swahili Word] asili
    [Swahili Plural] asili
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] root of a tooth
    [English Plural] roots of teeth
    [Swahili Word] kishiku cha jino
    [Swahili Plural] vishiku vya meno
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] root of mfigili plant
    [English Plural] roots
    [Swahili Word] figili
    [Swahili Plural] figili
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] root-fiber
    [English Plural] root-fibers
    [Swahili Word] mzizi
    [Swahili Plural] mizizi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    English-Swahili dictionary > root

  • 16 grass

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    [English Word] annual grass (kind of)
    [English Plural] annual grasses
    [Taxonomy] Striga elegans
    [Swahili Word] kichaani
    [Swahili Plural] vichaani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Terminology] botany
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    [English Word] clump of long grass
    [Swahili Word] vue
    [Swahili Plural] mavue
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] flattened grass
    [Swahili Word] liwado
    [Swahili Plural] maliwado
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] kwata Adv, liwata V
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    [English Word] flattened grass
    [Swahili Word] liwato
    [Swahili Plural] maliwato
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] kwata Adv, liwata V
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    [English Word] grass
    [English Plural] grass
    [Swahili Word] nyasi
    [Swahili Plural] manyasi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [English Example] grass roof
    [Swahili Example] paa ya nyasi
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    [English Word] grass (blade of)
    [English Plural] grass (patch of)
    [Swahili Word] jani
    [Swahili Plural] majani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [English Word] grass (kind of)
    [Swahili Word] kinanasi
    [Swahili Plural] vinanasi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] grass (short lived variety)
    [Taxonomy] Eleusine indica
    [Swahili Word] kifungambuzi
    [Swahili Plural] vifungambuzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Terminology] botany
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    [English Word] grass (tall variety growing usually in stagnant water)
    [Swahili Word] kangaja
    [Swahili Plural] kangaja
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] grass (variety that grows in damp places)
    [Swahili Word] chacha
    [Swahili Plural] chacha
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] grass bearing a kind of cotton
    [Swahili Word] usi
    [Swahili Plural] nyusi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
    [Derived Word] cf. unyusi
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    [English Word] grass variety (the roots of which are used for making perfume)
    [Swahili Word] mzomari
    [Swahili Plural] mizomari
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] grass variety (the roots of which are used for making perfume)
    [Swahili Word] mzumari
    [Swahili Plural] mizumari
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] Guinea grass (Panicum maximum)
    [Swahili Word] inde
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Terminology] botany
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    [English Word] khuskhus grass (=mchai)
    [Swahili Word] mzumai
    [Swahili Plural] mizumai
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
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    [English Word] kind of grass (Heteropogon contortus)
    [Swahili Word] kishona
    [Swahili Plural] vishona
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] kind of wild grass
    [Swahili Word] ndiga
    [Swahili Plural] ndiga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] ja
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    [English Word] like grass
    [Swahili Word] kijani
    [Part of Speech] adverb
    [Related Words] jani
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    [English Word] papyrus grass
    [Swahili Word] njaanjaa
    [Swahili Plural] njaanjaa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] perennial grass variety often used for thatching roofs
    [Swahili Word] fefe
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] species of grass (Lobelia fervens)
    [Swahili Word] kisambare
    [Swahili Plural] visambare
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] strip of plaited grass for making mats
    [Swahili Word] usitu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] variety of grass (Dactylotenium aegyptiacum)
    [Swahili Word] kimbugibugi
    [Swahili Plural] vimbugibugi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] wild grass variety (Dioscorea dumetorum)
    [Swahili Word] ndiga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    English-Swahili dictionary > grass

  • 17 measure

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    [English Word] be measurable
    [Swahili Word] -pimika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] be measured
    [Swahili Word] -pimwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] cubic measure
    [English Plural] cubic measures
    [Swahili Word] kipimo cha ujazo
    [Swahili Plural] vipimo vya ujazo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -pima
    [Related Words] ujazo
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    [English Word] dry measure (equals 2 kibaba or about 1 quart)
    [Swahili Word] kisaga
    [Swahili Plural] visaga
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Word] saga v
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    [English Word] dry measure for solids (grain etc)
    [Swahili Word] pishi
    [Swahili Plural] pishi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] level measure
    [Swahili Word] fara
    [Swahili Plural] fara
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] linear measure
    [English Plural] linear measures
    [Swahili Word] kipimo cha urefu
    [Swahili Plural] vipimo vya urefu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -pima
    [Related Words] urefu
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    [English Word] measure
    [Swahili Word] andao
    [Swahili Plural] maandao
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] measure
    [English Plural] measures
    [Swahili Word] cheo
    [Swahili Plural] vyeo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] measure
    [Swahili Word] hatua
    [Swahili Plural] hatua
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] measure
    [Swahili Word] ilkanun
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] measure
    [Swahili Word] kadiri
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] kadirifu, makadirio, ukadirifu
    [Swahili Example] kadiri gani; pima kadiri; kadiri ya miaka kumi
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    [English Word] measure
    [English Plural] measures
    [Swahili Word] kiasi
    [Swahili Plural] viasi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] measure
    [English Plural] measures
    [Swahili Word] kifungu
    [Swahili Plural] vifungu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] fungu
    [Terminology] music
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    [English Word] measure
    [English Plural] measures
    [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] measure
    [English Plural] measures
    [Swahili Word] kimo
    [Swahili Plural] vimo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] kima
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    [English Word] measure
    [Swahili Word] -eneza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -enea
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    [English Word] measure
    [Swahili Word] -enza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] measure
    [Swahili Word] -kadiria
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Word] kadiri V
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    [English Word] measure
    [Swahili Word] -pima
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] When Maksudi examined the stomach of that woman, he knew
    [Swahili Example] Maksuudi alipolipima tambo la bibi huyu, alijua [Moh]
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    [English Word] measure
    [Swahili Word] -pimia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
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    [English Word] measure (in poetry)
    [Swahili Word] mizani
    [Swahili Plural] mizani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] measure (measuring-rod or yardstick or tape-measure etc.)
    [English Plural] measures
    [Swahili Word] chenezo
    [Swahili Plural] vienezo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
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    [English Word] measure (of weight)
    [Swahili Word] jizia
    [Swahili Plural] jizia
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] measure of capacity or weight (half a gallon or 6 lb)
    [Swahili Word] pishi
    [Swahili Plural] pishi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] measure of weight (35 lbs or 16 kg)
    [Swahili Word] farasila
    [Swahili Plural] farasila
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Swahili Example] frasila moja ina mani 12 au ratili 36.
    [Terminology] historical
    [Note] one of the Kiswahili-Arab historic measures
    (See Veltens dictionary 1910)
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    [English Word] measure of weight or capacity (about 1 pint or 700 grams)
    [English Plural] measures
    [Swahili Word] kibaba
    [Swahili Plural] vibaba
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] measuring rod
    [English Plural] measuring rods
    [Swahili Word] kigezo
    [Swahili Plural] vigezo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Hindi
    [Related Words] -geza
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    [English Word] sailmaker's measure
    [Swahili Word] dofara
    [Swahili Plural] madofara
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Terminology] nautical
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    [English Word] sailmaker's measure
    [Swahili Word] dofra
    [Swahili Plural] madofra
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Terminology] nautical
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    [English Word] short measure
    [Swahili Word] kipunjo
    [Swahili Plural] vipunjo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Word] punja V
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    [English Word] unit of measure
    [Swahili Word] futi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] Engl.
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    [English Word] unit of measure
    [Swahili Word] futuri
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] unit of measure about a yard
    [Swahili Word] wari
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] pers
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    [English Word] without measure
    [Swahili Word] bila kiasi
    [Part of Speech] adj/adv
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    English-Swahili dictionary > measure

  • 18 see

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    [English Word] cause to see
    [Swahili Word] -onya
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] ona V
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    [English Word] go to see
    [Swahili Word] -wajihi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] make see
    [Swahili Word] -onyesha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] permit to see
    [Swahili Word] -onya
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] ona V
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    [English Word] see
    [Swahili Word] -ona
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] "as I see it, in my opinion".
    [Swahili Example] nionavyo
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    [English Word] see
    [Swahili Word] -shufu
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] see
    [Swahili Word] -tazama
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] see clearly
    [Swahili Word] -baini
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Note] Cf. baina, '-bainifu, bayana, mbayana, ubainifu / also: '-bayini
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    [English Word] see clearly
    [Swahili Word] -bayini
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] see each other
    [Swahili Word] -onana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] ona V
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    [English Word] see for oneself
    [Swahili Word] -jionea
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] appl-refl
    [Derived Word] ona
    [English Example] big televisions have been spread around in different districts of the city of Rome to enable mourners to see the funeral proceedings for themselves
    [Swahili Example] Televisheni kubwa zimesambazwa katika maeneo mbali mbali ya jiji la Roma kuwawezesha waombolezaji kujionea shughuli za mazishi [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/swahili/news/story/2004/06/000000_dirayadunia.shtml BBC 8 Aprili 2005]
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    [English Word] see off (by walking a short distance together)
    [Swahili Word] -sindikiza
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] see oneself
    [Swahili Word] -jiona
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -ona v
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    [English Word] see unexpectedly in front of oneself
    [Swahili Word] -tokewa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] appl-pass
    [Derived Word] toka V
    [Swahili Example] alitokewa na Mansuri [Sul]
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    [English Word] see!
    [Swahili Word] taz
    [Part of Speech] abbreviation
    [Derived Word] tazama
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    English-Swahili dictionary > see

  • 19 missile

    [English Word] missile
    [English Plural] missiles
    [Swahili Word] kombora
    [Swahili Plural] makombora
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [English Example] North Korea is reported to have test-fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan
    [Swahili Example] Korea ya Kaskazini ilisemekana kufanya majaribio ya kombora la masafa mafupi kuelekea bahari ya Japan [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/swahili/news/story/2004/06/000000_amkanabbc.shtml BBC 2 Mei 2005]
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    English-Swahili dictionary > missile

  • 20 range

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    [English Word] electric range
    [English Plural] electric ranges
    [Swahili Word] jiko la umeme
    [Swahili Plural] majiko ya umeme
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Swahili Example] namna ya kuwasha majiko ya umeme [Sul], aliteleka sufuria ya maji juu ya jiko la umeme [Sul]
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    [English Word] mountain range
    [English Plural] mountain ranges
    [Swahili Word] safu ya milima
    [Swahili Plural] safu za milima
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] mountain range
    [English Plural] mountain ranges
    [Swahili Word] mfululizo wa milima
    [Swahili Plural] mifululizo ya masomo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -fululiza
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    [English Word] range
    [English Plural] ranges
    [Swahili Word] eneo
    [Swahili Plural] maeneo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] enea
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    [English Word] range
    [English Plural] ranges
    [Swahili Word] mfiko
    [Swahili Plural] mifiko
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -fika
    [English Example] range of a bullet
    [Swahili Example] mfiko wa risasi
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    [English Word] range
    [Swahili Word] ukakaya
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] range
    [Swahili Word] masafa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 6
    [English Example] North Korea is reported to have test-fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan
    [Swahili Example] Korea ya Kaskazini ilisemekana kufanya majaribio ya kombora la masafa mafupi kuelekea bahari ya Japan [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/swahili/news/story/2004/06/000000_amkanabbc.shtml BBC 2 Mei 2005]
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    English-Swahili dictionary > range

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