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21 job
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] casual job[English Plural] casual jobs[Swahili Word] kibarua[Swahili Plural] vibarua[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Language] Arabic[English Example] you need a house-boy, a job for someone[Swahili Example] una lazima ya uboi, kibarua kwa mtu [Abd]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] job[English Plural] jobs[Swahili Word] kazi[Swahili Plural] kazi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] job[Swahili Word] maishilio[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] ishi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] job[Swahili Word] wadhifa[Part of Speech] noun[Note] rare------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] temporary job[Swahili Word] shuguli za muda[Part of Speech] phrase[English Example] the teachers who came there for a temporary job and then returned to where they had come from[Swahili Example] waalimu waliokuja pale kwa shughuli za muda na kurudi walikotoka [Muk]------------------------------------------------------------ -
22 know
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be known[Swahili Word] -julikana[Part of Speech] verb[Class] assoc-intr[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -jua[English Example] it's not known where she lives[Swahili Example] haijulikani anakokaa [Sul]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be known[Swahili Word] -juliwa[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] do not know what to do with[Swahili Word] -tokuwa na kazi na[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] get to know[Swahili Word] -ng'amua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] get to know well[Swahili Word] -faidi[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] Arabic[Swahili Example] nyote hamjamfaidi kijana yule [Sul]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] know[Swahili Word] -atikali[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] know[Swahili Word] -fahamu[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] Arabic[Swahili Example] alifahamu huyo mtu alikuwa nani [Kez], Sperantia alikuwa bado hajafahamu kuzungumza [Kez]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] know[Swahili Word] -jua[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] juvi, kijuvi, mjuvi, mjuzi, ujuvi, ujuzi[English Example] it is estimated that more than 80% of people in the country of Tanzania know how to read and to write[Swahili Example] inakadiriwa kuwa zaidi ya asilimia 80 ya watu walijua kusoma na kuandika nchini Tanzania ( http://ipp.co.tz/ipp/nipashe/2004/05/25/11521.html IPPMedia), 2 Juni 2004------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] know[Swahili Word] -komanya[Part of Speech] verb[Note] rare------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] know[Swahili Word] -kujuwa[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] jua V[Terminology] poetic------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] know[Swahili Word] -maizi[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] know for[Swahili Word] -julia[Part of Speech] verb[Class] applicative[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -jua------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] know one another[Swahili Word] -fahamiana[Part of Speech] verb[Class] reciprocal[Swahili Example] lakini wenyewe wakifahamiana vyema [Sul]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] know one another[Swahili Word] -juana[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] -jua V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] know with certainty[Swahili Word] -baini[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] know with certainty[Swahili Word] -bayini[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] let know[Swahili Word] -julisha[Part of Speech] verb[Class] causative[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -jua------------------------------------------------------------ -
23 lack
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[Swahili Word] ghaibu[Swahili Plural] ghaibu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[Swahili Word] kasoro[Swahili Plural] kasoro[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] kasa adv------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[English Plural] lacks[Swahili Word] kipunguo[Swahili Plural] vipunguo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -punga------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[English Plural] lacks[Swahili Word] kosa[Swahili Plural] makosa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[Swahili Word] shida[Swahili Plural] shida[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Swahili Example] ni shida kumwona.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[Swahili Word] uchache[Part of Speech] noun[Swahili Example] uchache wa akili------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[Swahili Word] uchechefu[Part of Speech] noun[Swahili Example] uchechefu wa nguvu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[Swahili Word] ukosa[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[Swahili Word] ukosefu[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[Swahili Word] ukosekanaji[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[Swahili Word] ukosekano[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[Swahili Word] utovu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 14[Derived Word] toa V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[English Plural] lacks[Swahili Word] toa[Swahili Plural] toa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[Swahili Word] -kosa[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] she cried at the poverty of lacking family[Swahili Example] alilia umasikini wa kukosa jamaa [Kez]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack[Swahili Word] -towesha[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack of knowledge of tradition (on the part of young people who have not yet been initiated)[Swahili Word] usungo[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lack of something[Swahili Word] waya[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] person who lacks something[Swahili Word] mtovu[Swahili Plural] watovu[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] toa, tovu V[English Example] This is a person who shows too little respect (where it is due).[Swahili Example] huyu ni mtovu wa heshima------------------------------------------------------------ -
24 lay
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be laid down[Swahili Word] -lazwa[Part of Speech] verb[Class] caus-pass[Swahili Example] nywele zake [...] zikalazwa na kurefushwa zaidi kwa uzi nyeusi [Muk]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay[Swahili Word] -gusisha[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay[Swahili Word] -tia[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay (an egg)[Swahili Word] -taga[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] lay eggs[Swahili Example] taga yai------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay (oneself) down[Swahili Word] -jilaza[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] -lala v------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay across[Swahili Word] -ikiza[Part of Speech] verb[Swahili Example] ikiza nyumba boriti------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay across[Swahili Word] -ikiza[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay aside[Swahili Word] -weka[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay claim to[Swahili Word] -gombea[Part of Speech] verb[Class] applicative[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] gomba------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay down[Swahili Word] -simua[Part of Speech] verb[Class] inversive------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay eggs[Swahili Word] -arda[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay eggs[Swahili Word] -kuta mayai[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay hand on something[Swahili Word] -takabadhi[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay hands on[Swahili Word] -kabidhi[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] mkabidhi, stakabadhi, takabadhi, ukabidhu[Swahili Example] kabidhi mali------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay on[Swahili Word] -lalia[Part of Speech] verb[Class] applicative[Swahili Example] lakini mikono yake ilikuwa [...] nyuma ya mgongo wake: nae msichana akawa ameilalia [Muk]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay on[Swahili Word] -paka[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] kipaku, mpaka, mpakato, mpako, upakizi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay out[Swahili Word] -tundika[Part of Speech] verb[Swahili Example] miguu yake kaitundika juu ya kimeza kilichokuwa mbele yake [Sul]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lay out (goods or wares)[Swahili Word] -omeka[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] place where hens lay eggs[Swahili Word] tagio[Swahili Plural] matagio[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------ -
25 money
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] lot of money[Swahili Word] mifedha[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 4[Swahili Example] ana mifedha mingi asiyokuwa na kazi nayo [Sul]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] make money[Swahili Word] -chuma[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] chumi, chumo, uchumaji, uchumi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] money[Swahili Word] donge[Swahili Plural] madonge[Part of Speech] noun[Swahili Definition] pesa, mshahara [Masomo 39][English Example] If the money he receives disappears where will you be?[Swahili Example] Donge analopoata likitoweka wewe utakuwa wapi? [Masomo 39]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] money[Swahili Word] fedha[Swahili Plural] fedha[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Word] Arabic[Swahili Example] kunisaidia kula fedha hiyo [Mun]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] money[English Plural] money[Swahili Word] fulusi[Swahili Plural] fulusi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Language] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] money[Swahili Word] hela[Swahili Plural] hela[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Word] German[Swahili Example] hela yako kwanza ya njaa [Ma]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] money[Swahili Word] jeki[Part of Speech] noun[Swahili Example] nipige (tie) jeki------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] money[Swahili Word] mapesa[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Language] Portuguese[Derived Word] pesa[English Example] cash, ready money[Swahili Example] pesa taslimu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] money[Swahili Word] mbango[Swahili Plural] mbango[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Terminology] slang------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] money[Swahili Word] mpukuti[Swahili Plural] wapukuti[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] pukuta------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] money[Swahili Word] njenje[Swahili Plural] njenje[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] money[Swahili Word] pesa[Swahili Plural] mapesa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[English Example] he has no money.[Swahili Example] hana mapesa------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] money[Swahili Word] vyuma[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] money owed for a service[Swahili Word] makombozi[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] komboa[English Example] My suit is finished; now I have to pay for it.[Swahili Example] suti yangu imekwisha kushonwa, sasa bado makombozi tu.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] ready money[Swahili Word] kitita[Swahili Plural] vitita[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] run out of money[Swahili Word] -chalala[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] run out of money[Swahili Word] -charara[Part of Speech] verb[Swahili Example] siku hizi umeanza kucharara [Ma]------------------------------------------------------------ -
26 mosque
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mihrab (apse in a mosque, showing the direction toward Mecca)[Swahili Word] mhirabu[Swahili Plural] mihirabu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mosque[Swahili Word] jaamati[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] jamii------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mosque[English Plural] mosques[Swahili Word] kanisa[Swahili Plural] makanisa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Note] rare------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mosque[English Plural] mosques[Swahili Word] msikiti[Swahili Plural] misikiti[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Language] Arabic[English Example] we went to the <b>mosque</b> to pray[Swahili Example] tulikwenda <b>msikiti</b>ni kusali[Terminology] general / Islamic------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] part of a mosque where the imam stands[Swahili Word] kibla[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9[Derived Language] Arabic[Related Words] -kabili------------------------------------------------------------ -
27 mourning
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] ceremonial song of mourning[Swahili Word] ombolezo[Swahili Plural] maombolezo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mourning[Swahili Word] huzuni[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] huzunia[Swahili Example] kwa huzuni kubwa; wa na huzuni; ona (shikwa na, pata) huzuni------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mourning[English Plural] mourning[Swahili Word] kilio[Swahili Plural] vilio[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -lia------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mourning[Swahili Word] majonzi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mourning[Swahili Word] msiba[Swahili Plural] misiba[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] sibu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mourning[English Plural] mourning[Swahili Word] ombelezo[Swahili Plural] maombolezo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] omboleza V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mourning (ceremony)[English Plural] mourning (ceremonies)[Swahili Word] matanga[Swahili Plural] matanga[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 6/6[Related Words] tanga[English Example] where they are mourning, someone has died (proverb)[Swahili Example] kunako matanga, kumekufa mtu (methali)------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mourning (sound of)[Swahili Word] maombolezo[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] mourning period (3-10 days during which friends of the deceased sleep in the house of mourning)[English Plural] mourning periods[Swahili Word] tanga[Swahili Plural] matanga[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] observe communal mourning[Swahili Word] -lala matanga[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] -lala------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] observe communal mourning[Swahili Word] -weka matanga[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] -weka------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] observe communal mourning[Swahili Word] -kaa matanga[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] -kaa------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] state of mourning (of a widow after her husband's death)[Swahili Word] uzuka[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] wife's period of mourning after death or divorce[Swahili Word] eda[Swahili Plural] eda[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------ -
28 music
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] a music genre which includes two drums and a lute[Swahili Word] kinanda[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7[Terminology] music------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] instrumental music[Swahili Word] ngoma namna namna[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9[Related Words] namna[Terminology] music------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] instrumental music[Swahili Word] ngoma mbalimbali[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9[Related Words] mbalimbali[Terminology] music------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] instrumental music with singing[Swahili Word] tarabu[Swahili Plural] tarabu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Word] Arabic[English Example] Rehema went to the cultural dance, instrumental music singing and dancing[Swahili Example] Rehema alikwenda ngomani, tarabuni, na densini [Sul]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] music[English Plural] music[Swahili Word] muziki[Swahili Plural] miuziki[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Note] 1. In singular form, muziki is treated as a class 3 noun, but in rare instances where it is pluralized the form is debated. 2. Derivation of "muziki" is unclear. The word could have entered Swahili from Arabic, P------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] music[English Plural] music[Swahili Word] ngoma[Swahili Plural] ngoma[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Terminology] music------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] play music[Swahili Word] -piga muziki[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] piga------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] taarab music[Swahili Word] taarab[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9[Swahili Definition] muziki ya Unguja[Note] http://www.zanzibarmusic.org/Taarab_s.htm DCMA------------------------------------------------------------ -
29 offering
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] expiatory offering[Swahili Word] kafara[Swahili Plural] makafara[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Swahili Example] toa (fanya) kafara; (rare): chinja kafara------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] make an offering to propitiate the spirits of the dead[Swahili Word] -tambika[Part of Speech] verb[Terminology] anthropology------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] make offerings[Swahili Word] -adua[Part of Speech] verb[Dialect] archaic------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] making an offering to propitiate the spirits of the dead (act of)[Swahili Word] mtambiko[Swahili Plural] mitambiko[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] tambika------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] offering[English Plural] offerings[Swahili Word] dabiku[Swahili Plural] dabiku[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Note] rare------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] offering[English Plural] offerings[Swahili Word] kafara[Swahili Plural] makafara[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] offering[English Plural] offerings[Swahili Word] paji[Swahili Plural] mapaji[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] pa------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] offering[English Plural] offerings[Swahili Word] toleo[Swahili Plural] matoleo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] toa V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] offering[Swahili Word] utoaji[Swahili Plural] utoaji[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 14[Derived Word] toa V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] offering (animals or beer or cloth) made to propitiate the spirits of the dead[English Plural] offerings[Swahili Word] tambiko[Swahili Plural] matambiko[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] offering for sale (act of)[Swahili Word] utembezi[Swahili Plural] matembezi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 11/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] one who makes offerings[English Plural] people who make offerings[Swahili Word] mtambika[Swahili Plural] watambika[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 1/2[Derived Word] tambika------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] one who makes offerings[English Plural] people who make offerings[Swahili Word] mtambikaji[Swahili Plural] watambikaji[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 1/2[Derived Word] tambika------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] place where offerings are made to spirits[English Plural] offering places[Swahili Word] muzimu[Swahili Plural] muzimu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 6[Derived Word] -zimu[English Example] the village elders have gone to the place of offering to give an offering[Swahili Example] Wazee wa kijiji wameenda muzimu kutoa tambiko------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] propitiatory offering[Swahili Word] tambiko[Swahili Plural] matambiko[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] tambika V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] religious offering[English Plural] offerings[Swahili Word] sadaka[Swahili Plural] sadaka[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[English Example] religious offering was taken to the Mosque[Swahili Example] sadaka ilipelekwa msikitini------------------------------------------------------------ -
30 offerings
[English Word] place where offerings are made to the spirits of ancestors.[Swahili Word] mzimu[Swahili Plural] mizimu[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------ -
31 rack
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] rack[English Plural] racks[Swahili Word] susu[Swahili Plural] susu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[English Example] she drove the chickens away toward their racks [where they roost][Swahili Example] akawafurusha kuku mpaka kwenye masusu yao------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] rack one's brains (over something)[Swahili Word] -koroweza[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] makorowezo N------------------------------------------------------------ -
32 Reservations
[English Word] reservations, areas where Africans were forced to live[Swahili Word] lokesheni[Swahili Plural] lokesheni[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------ -
33 reserve
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be reserved[Swahili Word] -vuvuwaa[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] keep in reserve[Swahili Word] -dunduliza[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] keep in reserve[Swahili Word] -hifadhi[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reserve[English Plural] reserves[Swahili Word] akiba[Swahili Plural] akiba[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Language] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reserve[English Plural] reserves[Swahili Word] limbiko[Swahili Plural] malimbiko[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Related Words] limbika; mlimbiko------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reserve[English Plural] reserves[Swahili Word] mlimbiko[Swahili Plural] milimbiko[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] limbika V[Related Words] limbika; limbiko------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reserve[English Plural] reserves[Swahili Word] risavu[Swahili Plural] risavu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Word] eng------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reserve[English Plural] reserves[Swahili Word] rizavu[Swahili Plural] rizavu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Word] eng[English Example] where (s)he lives is near the reserve[Swahili Example] Anaishi karibu ni rizavu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reserve[English Plural] reserves[Swahili Word] stara[Swahili Plural] stara[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reserve[Swahili Word] ubaridi[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reserve[Swahili Word] uyabisi[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reserve[English Plural] reserve[Swahili Word] hifadhi[Swahili Plural] hifadhi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[English Example] animal reserve[Swahili Example] hifadhi ya wanyama------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reserve[Swahili Word] -tengea[Part of Speech] verb[Class] applicative[Derived Word] tenga V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reserve[Swahili Word] -weka[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] reserved[Swahili Word] kikavu[Part of Speech] adjective[Derived Word] kavu, kauka V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] wildlife reserve[English Plural] wildlife reserves[Swahili Word] mbuga[Swahili Plural] mbuga[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Swahili Example] kumwagaa ovyo katika mbuga za kutisha [Moh]------------------------------------------------------------ -
34 roost
[English Word] roost[English Plural] roosts[Swahili Word] kiota[Swahili Plural] viota[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -ota[English Example] I bring her from the roost where I met Aziza[Swahili Example] nimtokee kwa wapi mimi Aziza nimkute kiotoni [Abd]------------------------------------------------------------ -
35 sacrifice
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] animal killed as a sacrifice[Swahili Word] mhanga[Swahili Plural] wahanga[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 1/2------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] animal sacrifice[Swahili Word] kafara[Swahili Plural] makafara[Part of Speech] noun[Swahili Example] toa (fanya) kafara; (rare): chinja kafara------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] make a sacrifice[Swahili Word] -sadaki[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] sadaka------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] make a sacrifice to propitiate the spirits of the dead[Swahili Word] -tambika[Part of Speech] verb[Terminology] anthropology------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] make sacrifices[Swahili Word] -adua[Part of Speech] verb[Dialect] archaic------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] one who performs sacrifices[English Plural] people who perform sacrifices[Swahili Word] mtambika[Swahili Plural] watambika[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 1/2[Derived Word] tambika------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] one who performs sacrifices[English Plural] people who perform sacrifices[Swahili Word] mtambikaji[Swahili Plural] watambikaji[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 1/2[Derived Word] tambika------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] rel. sacrifice[Swahili Word] madhabuha[Swahili Plural] madhabuha[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sacrifice[Swahili Word] dabiku[Swahili Plural] dabiku[Part of Speech] noun[Note] rare------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sacrifice[Swahili Word] edaha[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sacrifice[Swahili Word] kafara[Swahili Plural] makafara[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sacrifice[Swahili Word] mhanga[Swahili Plural] wahanga[Part of Speech] noun[English Example] The people with one purpose were willing to sacrifice themselves.[Swahili Example] Wananchi kwa nia moja wakawa radhi kabisa kujitoa mhanga [Nyerere, Masomo 274].------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sacrifice[Swahili Word] paji[Swahili Plural] mapaji[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] pa------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sacrifice[Swahili Word] sadaka[Swahili Plural] sadaka[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[English Example] let us go and offer sacrifice at the place where offerings are made to the ancestors[Swahili Example] Twende tukatoe sadaka mzimuni------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sacrifice[Swahili Word] -dahi[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sacrifice (things or animals)[Swahili Word] -dhabihu[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sacrifice oneself[Swahili Word] -jitoa mhanga[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] -toa v, mhanga n------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] sacrifice oneself[Swahili Word] -jitolea[Part of Speech] verb[Class] appl-refl[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -toa, -tolea------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] thing sacrificed[Swahili Word] madhabuha[Swahili Plural] madhabuha[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Word] dhabihi V------------------------------------------------------------ -
36 sacrifices
[English Word] place where sacrifices are performed[Swahili Word] madhabahu[Swahili Plural] madhabahu[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------ -
37 safe
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be safe[Swahili Word] -salimika[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] he wanted Africa to be his second homeland, where he would be safe during his childhood and would grow up to be more and more African[Swahili Example] alitaka Afrika iwe bara lake la pili, ambapo asalimike utotoni na azidi kuwa Mwafrika [ http://www.alfagems.com/PFDA/katiba.htm Utawa wa Ndugu Wadogo wa Afrika]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be safe[Swahili Word] -sitirika[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] be safe[Swahili Word] -stirika[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] stiri V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] keep safe[Swahili Word] -sitirisha[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] keep safe[Swahili Word] -stirisha[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] stiri V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] make safe[Swahili Word] -jihadhari[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] hadhari v------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] make safe[Swahili Word] -salimisha[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] Amina made the house safe because of the thieves[Swahili Example] Amina alisalimisha nyumba dhidi ya wezi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] safe[Swahili Word] salama[Part of Speech] adjective[Derived Language] Arabic[Related Words] salamu, salimu, usalama------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] safe[Swahili Word] usalimini[Part of Speech] adverb[Derived Word] salama adv (Arabic)------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] safe[English Plural] safes[Swahili Word] sefu[Swahili Plural] sefu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Word] engl------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] safe[English Plural] safes[Swahili Word] kasha la fedha[Swahili Plural] makasha ya fedha[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Related Words] fedha------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] safe and sound[Swahili Word] salamu[Part of Speech] adjective[Derived Language] Arabic[Related Words] salama, -salimu, taslimu, usalama------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] safe and sound[Swahili Word] salama salimini[Part of Speech] phrase[Derived Language] Arabic[English Example] she gave birth safe and sound[Swahili Example] kishajifungua salama usalimini [Moh]------------------------------------------------------------ -
38 scratch
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[English Plural] scratches[Swahili Word] athari[Swahili Plural] athari[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[English Plural] scratches[Swahili Word] chale[Swahili Plural] chale[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Related Words] uchale------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[English Plural] scratches[Swahili Word] chanjo[Swahili Plural] machanjo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[English Plural] scratches[Swahili Word] choro[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[English Plural] scratches[Swahili Word] mchakuro[Swahili Plural] michakuro[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] -chakura V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[English Plural] scratches[Swahili Word] mchoro[Swahili Plural] michoro[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] -chora V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[English Plural] scratches[Swahili Word] mkwaruzo[Swahili Plural] mikwaruzo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] kwaruza V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[English Plural] scratches[Swahili Word] mpapuro[Swahili Plural] mipapuro[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] papura------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[English Plural] scratches[Swahili Word] mparuzo[Swahili Plural] miparuzo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] parura V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[English Plural] scratches[Swahili Word] mtai[Swahili Plural] mitai[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -buburusha[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -chora[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -dodosa[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -kereketa[Part of Speech] verb[Swahili Example] habari hii inanikereketa sana[Note] this report made me very angry.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -kuna[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] kuno, mkuno, -kunyua[English Example] the man who she brought here groped her or scratched her[Swahili Example] bwana aliyemleta hapa amempapasa au kumkunakuna [Mt],------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -kwaruza[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] kwaruzo N, mkwaruzo N------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -papura kwa makucha[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -papua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -papura[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -parua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -parura[Part of Speech] verb[Class] converse[English Example] (s)he kicked, and got scratched[Swahili Example] alipiga mateke, akaparura [Ng]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -puchua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -pujua[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] The child scratched its mother on noticing that it was not going to be given milk[Swahili Example] Mtoto alimpujua mama yake kuona hatapewa maziwa------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -takua[Part of Speech] verb[Dialect] dialectical[English Example] When chickens hunt for food they ordinarily scratch the in the sand[Swahili Example] kuku wanapotafuta chakula hutakua mchanga------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch[Swahili Word] -piga ukucha[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] -piga------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch (of animals)[Swahili Word] -papaua[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] scratch with claws/talons[Swahili Example] papura kwa makucha[Note] rare------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch (of hens)[Swahili Word] -pekua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch (off)[Swahili Word] -paa[Part of Speech] verb[Swahili Example] paa, magamba------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch (off)[Swahili Word] -para[Part of Speech] verb[Swahili Example] paa, magamba------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch oneself[Swahili Word] -kunyua[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] kuna V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch oneself[Swahili Word] -jipuchua[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] strip off the grains of an ear of maize.[Swahili Example] pujua mahindi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch oneself[Swahili Word] -jipujua[Part of Speech] verb[English Example] strip off the grains of an ear of maize.[Swahili Example] pujua mahindi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch oneself[Swahili Word] -jipujua[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch oneself[Swahili Word] -nyea[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch oneself[Swahili Word] -jikuna[Part of Speech] verb[Class] reflexive[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -kuna[English Example] there is no work for him to be involved with, maybe just to scratch himself where he itches[Swahili Example] hana kazi ya kumshughulisha, labda kujikuna tu anapowashwa [Abd]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch out[Swahili Word] -komba[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] komboa, kombe, kikomba N[Swahili Example] komba dafu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch the ground (of fowl)[Swahili Word] -chakura[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] scratch the ground (with the claws)[Swahili Word] -kwakura[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] that which has been scratched off[Swahili Word] kuno[Swahili Plural] makuno[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] -kuna------------------------------------------------------------ -
39 seedbed
[English Word] seedbed[English Plural] seedbeds[Swahili Word] kuo[Swahili Plural] makuo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[English Definition] garden area or raised platform where seedlings are grown before transplanting------------------------------------------------------------ -
40 settlement
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] final settlement[Swahili Word] mkataa[Swahili Plural] mikataa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] kata V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] make a settlement[Swahili Word] -katibiana[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] kitabu, ukatibu------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[English Plural] settlements[Swahili Word] afikiano[Swahili Plural] maafikiano[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] afiki v[Note] usually plural 'maafikiano'------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[Swahili Word] agano[Swahili Plural] maagano[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[English Plural] settlements[Swahili Word] -hesabu[Swahili Plural] hesabu[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[English Plural] settlements[Swahili Word] kiambo[Swahili Plural] viambo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[Swahili Word] maafikano[Swahili Plural] maafikano[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[Swahili Word] maafikiano[Swahili Plural] maafikiano[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[Swahili Word] makani[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[Swahili Word] makao[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 6[Derived Word] kaa V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[Swahili Word] makataa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 6[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] kataa------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[English Plural] settlements[Swahili Word] makazi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 6[Derived Word] kaa V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[Swahili Word] mapatano[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] pata------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[Swahili Word] masikani[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[Swahili Word] maskani[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[English Plural] settlements[Swahili Word] mji[Swahili Plural] miji[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Related Words] kijiji[English Definition] an area where a group of families live together------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[Swahili Word] mkataba[Swahili Plural] mikataba[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] katiba V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[Swahili Word] patano[Swahili Plural] mapatano[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] pata[English Example] arrange a settlement.[Swahili Example] fanya mapatano------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[Swahili Word] upatano[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement[English Plural] settlements[Swahili Word] kituo[Swahili Plural] vituo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Language] Swahili[Derived Word] tua------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement (of accounts)[Swahili Word] ukadiri[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement (of accounts)[Swahili Word] ukadirifu[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] settlement area for Africans (during colonialism)[Swahili Word] lokeshen[Swahili Plural] malokeshen[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] Eng------------------------------------------------------------
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where — [ wer, hwer ] function word *** Where can be used in the following ways: as a question adverb (introducing a direct or indirect question): Where are you going? I wonder where she lives. as a relative adverb (referring back to a noun and… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
where — W1S1 [weə US wer] adv, conj, pron [: Old English; Origin: hwAr] 1.) in or to which place ▪ Where are you going? ▪ Where do they live? ▪ Do you know where my glasses are? ▪ Where would you like to sit? where (...) to/from ▪ Where have you come… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Where — Where, adv. [OE. wher, whar, AS. hw?r; akin to D. waar, OS. hw?r, OHG. hw[=a]r, w[=a]r, w[=a], G. wo, Icel. and Sw. hvar, Dan. hvor, Goth. hwar, and E. who; cf. Skr. karhi when. [root]182. See {Who}, and cf. {There}.] [1913 Webster] 1. At or in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
where — [hwer, wer] adv. [ME wher < OE hwær, akin to Ger wo & to war in warum: for IE base see WHAT] 1. in or at what place? [where is the car?] 2. to or toward what place or point? [where did he go?] 3. in what situation or position [where will we be … English World dictionary
where is at — where (someone) is at see ↑where, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑at where (someone) is at informal : someone s true position, state, or nature I haven t quite figured out where she s at [=where she stands; what her opinions are] on that issue … Useful english dictionary
where it's at — {adv. phr.}, {informal} That which is important; that which is at the forefront of on going social, personal, or scientific undertakings. * /Young, talented and black, that s where it s at./ * /We send sophisticated machines to Mars instead of… … Dictionary of American idioms
where it's at — {adv. phr.}, {informal} That which is important; that which is at the forefront of on going social, personal, or scientific undertakings. * /Young, talented and black, that s where it s at./ * /We send sophisticated machines to Mars instead of… … Dictionary of American idioms
where's — [hwerz, werz] contraction 1. where is 2. where has 3. Informal where does … English World dictionary
Where — Where, conj. Whereas. [1913 Webster] And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying pays death servile breath. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Where — Where, n. Place; situation. [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Finding the nymph asleep in secret where. Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
where it's at — where important things are happening, where the action is China that s where it s at today. Their society is changing; their economy is growing … English idioms