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  • 1 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

  • 2 hold

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    [English Word] be held
    [Swahili Word] -shikwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
    [English Example] Bahati was held by the urge to see Idi
    [Swahili Example] Bahati alishikwa na hamu ya kutaka kumwona Idi [Sul], Bi Tamima alishikwa na uchungu [Moh]
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    [English Word] get hold (of)
    [Swahili Word] -nasa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] mnaso, -nata, -nasia, -nasika, -nasana, -nasisha, -nasua, -naswa
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    [English Word] get hold of (with a hook)
    [Swahili Word] -pemba
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] pull down coconuts.
    [Swahili Example] pemba minazi
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    [English Word] get hold of something (fruit etc) with a hook
    [Swahili Word] -ngoeka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] ugoe
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    [English Word] hold
    [Swahili Word] mkamato
    [Swahili Plural] mikamato
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Word] kamata V
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    [English Word] hold
    [Swahili Word] -bamba
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] hold
    [Swahili Word] -kamata
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] -kamatia, -kamatika, -kamatana, -kamatisha, -kamatwa
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    [English Word] hold
    [Swahili Word] -shika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] hold (of a ship)
    [Swahili Word] falka
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] hold (of a vessel)
    [Swahili Word] ngama
    [Swahili Plural] ngama
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Terminology] nautical
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    [English Word] hold back
    [Swahili Word] -nyima
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] you must restrain yourselve somewhat.
    [Swahili Example] lazima ujinyime nafsi yako
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    [English Word] hold back
    [Swahili Word] -ziwia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] hold back
    [Swahili Word] -zuia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] hold back
    [Swahili Word] -zuwia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] hold by pressure
    [Swahili Word] -bana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] bano, banzi, kibaniko, kibanzi, mbano, -bania, -banika, -banana, -banisha, -banua, -banwa
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    [English Word] hold each other
    [Swahili Word] -shikana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] reciprocal
    [English Example] holding each other's hand under the table
    [Swahili Example] hushikana mikono chini ya meza [Ya]
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    [English Word] hold fast
    [Swahili Word] -bana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] bano, banzi, kibaniko, kibanzi, mbano, -bania, -banika, -banana, -banisha, -banua, -banwa
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    [English Word] hold fast
    [Swahili Word] -guya
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] hold fast
    [Swahili Word] -nasa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] mnaso, -nata, -nasia, -nasika, -nasana, -nasisha, -nasua, -naswa
    [English Example] his eyes held fast when he once again came away from that girl
    [Swahili Example] [macho yake] yalinasa alipotokea tena huyu msichana [Mt]
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    [English Word] hold fast
    [Swahili Word] -ng'ang'ama
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] hold in gunwale of boat for oarlock rope loop
    [Swahili Word] shalaka
    [Swahili Plural] shalaka
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Terminology] nautical
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    [English Word] hold in the mouth
    [Swahili Word] -vuata
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] hold on the knee or lap
    [Swahili Word] -pakata
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] (s)he held that gown on the knee
    [Swahili Example] kalipakata lile gauni [Muk]
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    [English Word] hold on to
    [Swahili Word] -nasa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] mnaso, -nata, -nasia, -nasika, -nasana, -nasisha, -nasua, -naswa
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    [English Word] hold on to
    [Swahili Word] -zingatia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] hold on to (obstinately or persistently)
    [Swahili Word] -shikilia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [English Example] "I have said I did note take even a single oath", Nuka held on to that
    [Swahili Example] "Nimesema sijala kiapo hata kimoja", alishikilia Nunga [Ng]
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    [English Word] hold oneself back
    [Swahili Word] -jinyima
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Definition] kujikataa kitu wewe mwenyewe
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    [English Word] hold onto
    [Swahili Word] -shika
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] hold out
    [Swahili Word] -himili
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] hamali
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    [English Word] hold the tongue
    [Swahili Word] -fyata (ulimi)
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] wote waliufyata [Moh]
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    [English Word] hold tight
    [Swahili Word] -ganda
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] hold tight
    [Swahili Word] -kaza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] kikaza, kikazo, mkazo
    [Swahili Example] kaza kamba; kaza sukurubu
    [Note] tighten the rope; exert pressure.
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    [English Word] hold tight
    [Swahili Word] -zingatia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] hold together
    [Swahili Word] -ambika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] amba
    [Related Words] ambata, ambo, ambua, ambukizo, chamba, chambo, chambua, gamba, ngambi, uambukizo, wamba, wambiso
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    [English Word] hold up
    [Swahili Word] -kawilisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] appl-caus
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -kawa
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    [English Word] ship's hold
    [Swahili Word] feuli
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Terminology] nautical
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    [English Word] take hold of
    [Swahili Word] -kamata
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] -kamatia, -kamatika, -kamatana, -kamatisha, -kamatwa
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    [English Word] take hold of
    [Swahili Word] -paramia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    English-Swahili dictionary > hold

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