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ka! ki gosh! gracious!
kaa1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 charcoal: Ma~ ya mawe coal. 2 ember: Ma~ ya moto live embers.
kaa2 nm [a-/wa-] crab; (unajimu) Cancer.
ka.a3 kt [sie/ele] 1 sit : ~ chini sit down. 2 stay, reside at, inhabit: Ana~ kijijini he stays in the village. 3 endure, last: Desturi hizi zime~ sana these traditions have endured for a long time. 4 fit, suit: Gauni limem ~ vizuri the dress fits her well. (ms) ~ kimya! keep quiet! (tde) kalia, (tdek) kalika, (tden) kaliana, (tdes) kalisha, (tdew) kaliwa. makazi nm. mkazi (nm). ukazi nm.
kaaba* nm [i-] Kaabah. (Kar)
kaakaa nm ma- [li-/ya-] palate: ~ laini soft palate; ~ gumu hard palate.
kaang.a kt [ele] fry. (tde) kaangia, (tden) kaangiana, (tdew) kaangiwa; (tdk) kaangika; (tds) kaangisha; (tdw) kaangwa. kikaango nm. ukaango nm.
kab.a1 kt [ele] 1 choke, strangle, throttle, garrotte: ~ roho strangle someone, seize by the throat. 2 pin sb. down: alim~ mpaka akalipa madeni yote he pinned him down until he paid all his debts. (nh) Hana ~ ya ulimi he/she can't keep a secret. (tde) kabia; (tdk) kabika; (tdn) kabana; (tds) kabisha; (tdw) kabwa.
kaba2* nm [i-] lining sown on the neck or shoulders of a robe. (Kar)
kababu* nm [i-/zi-] meat ball, shish kebab, croquette. (Khi)
kabaila* nm ma- [a-/wa-] 1 nobleman/noblewoman. 2 feudalist, landowner .3 (zamani) overlord. ukabaila nm. (Kar)
kabambe kv mammoth, great: Mradi ~ mammoth project.
kabari* nm [i-/zi-] wedge. (nh) Piga/tia ~ seize by the throat. (Kar)
kabati* nm ma- [li-/ya-] cupboard. (Kng)
kabibu* kv narrow and straight. (Kar)
kabichi* nm [i-/zi-] cabbage. (Kng)
kabidhi1* kt [ele] entrust to, hand over:
~ mali entrust wealth to. ~ wasii nm. (tde) kabidhia, (tden)kabidhiana, (tdew)kabidhiwa; (tdk) kabidhika; (tds) kabidhisha. (Kar)
kabidhi2* kv 1. frugal; economical. 2 miserly. (Kar)
kabidhi wasii nm [a-/wa-] executor, trustee of inheritance.
kabila* nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 tribe, ethnic group. 2 people/things of the same origin.
kabil.i1* kt [ele] 1 face sb/sth, be directed towards. 2 confront, accost, oppose, defy: ~ maadui confront enemies. (tde) kabilia, (tden) kabiliana, (tdew) kabiliwa; (tds) kabilisha. mkabala nm. (Kar)
kabili2 nm [a-/wa-] clarinettist. (Kar)
kabili3* nm [a-/wa-] brave/straight forward person. kv brave, straight forward. (Kar)
kabilish.a* kt [ele] present before sb, send to, dispatch: ~ barua dispatch a letter; ~ moyo resolve, set the heart on sb/sth. (tde) kabilishia; (tdk) kabilishika; (tdw) kabilishwa. (Kar)
kabiri kv great, exalted.
kabisa* kl 1 by all means, with no doubt. 2 utterly, quite, wholly, exactly. 3 not a bit, never, at all! Sitaki ~ I don’t like this at all. kv extreme: kushoto ~ to the extreme left.
kabla ya ku 1 before: ~ ya kuondoka before leaving. 2 previously, antecedently: ~ya hapo previously, antecedently .
kabobo nm [i-] spring tide. (ms) Na ~ huundaa even the rich get poor.
kabohidrati* nm [i-/zi-] carbohydrate. (Kng)
kaboni dioksidi* nm [i-/zi-] carbon dioxide. (Kng)
kaboni* nm [i-/zi-] carbon. (Kng)
kabrasha* nm ma- [li-/ya-] meeting documents; pamphlet. (Kng)
kabuli2* nm [i-] pilaf of dry shark, dry king fish or dry dugong. (Khi)
kabumbu nm [i-] football, soccer.
kabureta* nm [i-/zi-] carburettor. (Kng)
kaburi* nm ma- [li-/ya-] grave; tomb; sepulchre: ~ kubwa mausoleum. (nh)
kaburu
chungulia ~ be very near death.
makaburini nm. (Kar)
kaburu nm ma- [a-/wa-] Boer.
kabwela nm ma- [a-/wa-] 1 common man. 2 proletariat.
kabwiri nm [a-/wa-] type of herring.
kach.a1 kt [sie] 1 be adamant. 2 abscond, evade: Mtoto ame ~ kwenda shule the child absconded from school. 3 condense, coagulates, thicken: Samli hii ikipikiwa chakula hu~ when this fat is used in cooking food it coagulates. 3 be numb: Mkono wangu ume~ my arm is numb. (tde) kachia.; (tdk)kachika; (tdn) kachana; (tds) kachisha; (tdw) kachwa.
kacha!2 ki word expressing the sound of sth light falling down.
kachara nm [i-/zi-] rubbish, thrown away items. kv 1 old, valueless, broken: Kanunua gari ~ he bought an old car. 2 lean: Nyama ~ lean meat.
kachero nm ma- [a-/wa-] 1 spy, detective. 2 plain clothes / undercover police.
kachira nm [i-/zi-] bamboo basket.
kachiri1 nm [i-] children's game of skipping to and fro.
kachiri2 nm [i-] mashed rice mixed with lentils.
kachu nm [i-/zi-] cachou.
kachumbari* nm [i-/zi-] chutney: ~ ya kabichi cole, slaw. (Khi)
kada1* nm ma- [a-/wa-] cadre. (Kng)
kada2 nm [i-/zi-] category: Viongozi wa ~ mbalimbali leaders of different categories.
kadiri1 nm [i-] modicum.
Kadiri nm [i-] God the Almighty.
kadeti* nm [a-/wa-] cadet. (Kng)
kadha1 nm [i-/zi-] particular/certain number.
kadha2 nm [i-/zi-] additional prayer made in a fast day after basic prayers; routine timetable.
kadhaa1 nm [i-/zi-] need, requirement.
kadhaa2 kv several: Walihudhuria watu ~ several people attended.
kadhalika* ku similarly, likewise, in like manner: na ~ (n.k.) et cetera (etc).
kadhi* nm ma- [a-/wa-] Islamic judge,
kafara
cadi, emir. (Kar).
kadhia* nm [i-/zi-] affairs, incident, event, happening; misfortune. (Kar)
kadhibish.a* kt [ele] refute, deny,
prove false. (tde) kadhibishia; (tdk) kadhibishika; (tdn) kadhibishana; (tdw) kadhibishwa. (Kar)
kadhib.u* kt [ele] lie, deceive, cheat. (tde) kadhibia, (tden) kadhibiana, (tdew) kadhibiwa; (tdk) kadhibika. (Kar)
kadhongo nm [i-/zi-] bride.
kadi1* nm [i-/zi-] card: ~ ya posta post card; ~ ya uanachama membership card. (Kng)
kadi2 nm [i-/zi-] caddy.
kadibodi* nm [i-/zi-] cardboard. (Kng)
kadimish.a* kt [ele] send in advance, forward, precede. (tde) kadimishia; (tdk) kadimishika; (tdn) kadimishana; (tdw) kadimishwa. (Kar)
kadimu kv of long ago, of long time.
kadinali *nm ma- [a-/wa-] cardinal.(Kng)
kadir.i1 kt [ele/sie] form an idea/thought, consider, weigh. (tde) kadiria, (tden) kadiriana, (tdew) kadiriwa; (tdk) kadirika; (tds) kadirisha.
kadiri2* nm [i-] 1 estimated amount. 2 average, moderate, reasonable amount. kl moderately. ku as much as, about; moderately, on the average. kv average. kadirifu kv. ukadirifu nm . (Kar)
kadiri.a* kt [ele] estimate; assess, measure: ~ gharama estimate the expenses. (tdk) kadirika; (tdn) kadiriana; (tds) kadirisha; (tdw) kadiriwa. kadirio nm .(Kar)
kadirifu* kv 1 careful. 2 thoughtful, considerate. 3 moderate, temperate; average. (Kar)
kaditama nm [i-] final, limit, end.
kafala nm [i-/zi-] surety, guarantee; bail.
kafani nm [i-/zi-] shroud, burial cloth.
kafara* nm [i-/zi-] sacrifice; offering: (Ugiriki ya zamani) hecatomb: Toa ~ make an offering, sacrifice: Chinja ~ slaughter (animal) as an offering.
kafeni
(Kar)
kafeni* nm [i-/zi-] caffeine. (Kng)
kafeteria* nm [i-/zi-] cafeteria. (Kng)
kafi1 nm [i-/zi-] scull-cap top.
kafi2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] paddle, small steering oar: Piga ~ paddle.
kafila* nm [i-/zi-] caravan. (Kar)
kafin.i* kt [ele] shroud a corpse. (tde) kafinia, (tdew) kafiniwa; (tdk) kafinika; (tds) kafinisha. (Kar)
kafiri* nm ma- [a-/wa-] infidel, unbeliever, atheist, pagan. (Kar)
kaftani* nm [i-/zi-] caftan. (Kar)
kafu.a kt [ele] thrash grain, beat off husks. (tde) kafulia, (tdew) kafuliwa; (tdk) kafulika; (tds) kafulisha.
kafuki.a kt [sie] yell out for help, cry out. (tde) kafukilia; (tdk) kafukika; (tds) kafukisha.
kafuri* nm [i-] camphor. (Kar)
kaga1 nm [i-] wound, ulcer; pustule; inflammation.
kag.a2 kt [ele] protect by charm: ~ shamba protect a farm by charm. (tde) kagia; (tdk) kagika; (tdn) kagana; (tds) kagisha; (tdw) kagwa. kago nm.
kago1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] charm, amulet, talisman.
kago2* nm [i-/zi-] cargo, freight. (Kng)
kagu.a kt [ele] inspect, survey, examine: ~ shule inspect a school; ~ jengo survey a building; ~ mahesabu audit accounts. (tde) kagulia, (tdek) kagulika, (tdew) kaguliwa; (tdn) kuguana. mkaguzi nm. ukaguzi nm.
kahaba* nm ma [a-/wa-] prostitute. ukahaba nm. (Kar)
kaharabu* nm [i-/zi-] amber. (Kaj)
Kahari1 nm [a-/wa-] God the subduer. (Kar)
kahari2 nm [i-] act of using force.
kahati nm [i-/zi-] calamity, disaster, catastrophe.
kahawa* nm [i-/zi-] coffee. (Kar)
kahawia kv brown; yellowish-brown.
kahini* nm ma- [a-/wa-] 1 soothsayer, diviner (who uses a divining board). 2 witch. 3 swindler; deceiver. (Kar)
kahir.i kt [ele] force, compel, oblige: Alim~ kufunga duka he forced her to close the shop. (tde) kahiria,(tden) kahiriana, (tdew) kahiriwa. (tdk)
kakami.a
kahirika; (tds) kahirisha.
ka.i* kt [sie] surrender, give in. (tde) kalia; (tdk) kaika; (tds) kaisha. (Kar)
kaida* nm [i-/zi-] custom, regulative principle, norm.
kaid.i1* kt [sie] be obstinate, contradict, disobey, be head-strong. (tde) kaidia, (tden)kaidiana, (tdew) kaidiwa; (tdk) kaidika; (tds) kaidisha. ukaidi nm. (Kar)
kaidi2* kv obstinate, disobedient, rebellious, refractory. (Kar)
kaifa1 nm [i-/zi-] news, information,report: Nipe ~ ya safari yako give me a report of your journey.
kaifa2 kl let alone, not to mention. .
kaimani* nm [a-/wa-] (bio) caiman. (Kng)
kaimati nm [i-/zi-] fritten.
kaimu1* nm ma- [a-/wa-] Acting: ~ Mkurugenzi acting Director. ukaimu nm. (Kar)
kaimu*2 nm ma- [a-/wa-] exorcist. ukaimu nm. (Kar)
kaini* nm [i-/zi--] (dini) cain. (Kng)
kaini kv 1 brutal, cruel. 2 arrogant, haughty, contentious.
Kaizari nm [a-] Caesar; Kaiser.
kajayeye nm [u-] kind of sweet cassava.
kajekaje nm [zi-] cords fastening the sail to the main yard.
kaji nm ma- [a-/wa-]giant lobster.
kaka1* nm [a-/wa-] 1 elder brother. 2 title of respect to address a man. (Kaj)
kaka2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] shell (of an egg). (Kaj)
kaka3* nm [i-] whitlow, agnail. (Kaj)
kakakaka kl rapidly, speedly, in a stampede; hurriedly: Mapigano yalikwenda ~ fighting took place hurriedly.
kakakuona nm [a-/wa-] pangolin.
kakama.a kt [ele/sie] strain muscles. 2 be hard and dry. (tde) kakamalia; (tdk) kakamaka; (tdn) kakamana; (tds) kakamaza; (tdw) kakamawa. kakamavu kv. mkakamavu nm.
kakamavu kv 1 sly, cunning, intelligent. 2 hard and dry. 3 lusty, strong.
kakami.a kt [sie] make violent effort to get sth, be stubborn.(tdk) kakamika;
kakamiz.a
(tds) kakamisha.
kakamiz.a kt [ele/sie] force sth to happen, enforce. (ted) kakamizia; (tdk) kakamizika; (tdw) kakamizwa.
kakamizi kv stubborn; brave; relentless; hard.
kakamk.a kt [sie] strain muscles (in picking up sth heavy). (tde) kakamkia; (tdk) kakamkika; (tds) kakamkisha.
kakao* nm [i-/zi-] cocoa. (Kng)
kakarakakara nm [i-/zi-] 1 doing sth haphazardly. 2 confusion, commotion, turmoil.
kakasi kv tart, aciduous.
kakat.a kt [ele] eat greedily. (tde) kakatia; (tdk) kakatika; (tdw) kakatwa.
kakatu.a kt [ele] break sth hard by teeth. (tde) kakatulia, (tdek) kakatulika, (tdew) kakatuliwa; (tdk) kakatuka; (tds) kakatusha;.
kakawan.a kt [sie/ele] 1 be persistent, insist on sth. 2 be very strong.(tde)kakawania, (tden)kakawaniana;(tdk)kakawanika;(tds)kakawanisha;(tdw)kakawanwa.
kaki1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] bread-sticle pores.
kaki2* nm [i-/zi--] khaki.(Kaj)
kala nm ma-[a-/wa-] kind of wild cat.
kalafat.i 1kt [ele] caulk. (tde) kalafatia; (tdk) kalafatika; (tds) kalafatisha; (tdw) kalafatiwa.
kalafati2 nm [i-/zi--] oakum: Tia ~ fill with oakum.
kalakonje nm ma- [a-/wa-] kind of wild cat.
kalamari* nm [a-/wa-] (bio) calamary. (Kng)
kalamini* nm [i-/zi--] calamine. (Kng)
kalamu* nm [i-/zi--] pen: ~ ya risasi pencil; ~ ya wino (ink) pen. (nh) Pigwa ~ be fired, be sacked. (Kar).
kalasha* nm [i-/zi-] small animal horn. (Kar)
kalasi1 nm [i-/zi-] sea vessel.
kalasi2* nm ma- [li-/ya-] copper vase.
kale nm [i-/zi--] ancient times, long ago, former ages: Hapo ~ once upon a time. 2 past history: Nipe ~ yako
give me your past history; ~ na ~ for
kaltiveta
ever and ever.
kalenda* nm [i-/zi--] calendar. (Kng)
kali1 1 sharp, with a pointed edge: Kisu ki ~ sharp knife. 2 sour, bitter: Chungwa ~ bitter orange. 3 sharp in temper, 4 severe: Baridi ~ severe cold. 5 cruel, fierce, cross, stern:
Mbwa m ~ fierce dog. 6 keen, intense, vehement: Chuki ~ ya muziki vehement dislike of music. ukali nm. makali nm.
kali2 kv acidic, sour.
kali.a* kt [ele] 1 sit on. 2 delay purposely: Ame ~ faili langu he purposely delayed my file.(tde)kalilia; (tdk) kalika; (tdn) kaliana; (tds) kalisha; (tdw) kaliwa.
kalibu1* nm [i-/zi--] 1 mould. 2 furnace, heating pot. (Kar)
kalib.u2* kt [ele] mould. (tde) kalibia, (tdew) kalibiwa; (tdk) kalibika; (tds) kalibisha.(Kar)
kalid.i1 kt [ele] 1 (uzi) spin: Kinu cha ku~ spinning machine. 2 (nguo) wrap (around): Ali~ bandeji mguuni he wrapped a bandage on his leg. (tde) kalidia, (tedn) kalidiana, (tdew) kalidiwa; (tdk) kalidika; (tds) kalidisha.
kalid.i2 kt [ele] (dini) follow : ~ madhehebu fulani ya dini follow a certain religious sect.
kalifu*kt [ele] agonize (about/over) sth, make sb suffer: usiji ~ don’t trouble yourself. (tde) kalifia, (tden) kalifiana, (tdew) kalifiwa ;(tdk) kalifika; (tds) kalifisha. ukalifu nm. (Kar)
kaligrafia* nm [i-/zi--] calligraphy. (Kng)
kaliko*nm calico (Kng)
kalili kv small, few, rare.
kalima nm [i-/zi--] statement, declaration; proclamation.
kalipa* nm [i/zi-]callipers. (Kng)
kalipso* nm [i-] calypso. (Kng)
kalisi1 nm [i-/zi--] calcium.
kalisi2* nm [i-/zi--] (dini) chalice (Kng)
kalivari nm [i-] calvary. (Kng)
kalomeli* nm [i-/zi--] calomel. (Kng)
kalori* nm [li-/zi--]calorie/calory. (Kng)
kaltiveta* nm [i-/zi--] cultivator. (Kng)
kalvati
kalvati* nm ma- [li-/ya-] culvert.
kama1 ku1 like: Mrefu ~ wewe tall like you. 2 if, whether: Watakuja ~ uliwaalika They will come if you invited them; Sijui ~ watawahi I do not know whether they will come on
time. 3 as: Tutatekeleza ~ tulivyopanga we shall implement as we planned. 4 about: Itawagharimu ~ shilingi elfu kumi it will cost them about ten thousand shillings. (ms) ~ kwamba as if, as though; ~ vile just as.
kam.a2 kt [ele] 1 squeeze out, (ng'ombe) milk: ~ ng'ombe milk a cow. 2 wring (out): ~ nguo wring the clothes (out); ~ mikono wring somebody's hands. (tde) kamia; (tdk) kamika; (tdn) kamana; (tds) kamisha; (tdw) kamwa.
kamafleji* nm [i/zi-] camouflage. (Kng)
kamambe kv strong, undaunted, big, enormous: mtu ~ strong /undaunted person, nyumba ~ big house.
kamanda* nm ma-[a-/wa-] commander: ~ wa Polisi wa Mkoa Regional Police Commander. (Kng).
kamandoo* nm ma- [a-/wa-] commando.
kamani1* nm [i-/zi--] mainspring of watch/clock.(Kaj)
kamani2 kl like what, very, extremely: Tamu ~ very sweet.
kamari* nm [i-/zi--] gambling, game of chance (esp of cards). (Kar).
kamasi nm ma-[li-/ya-] nose mucus, catarrh: Penga ~ blow the nose; vuta ~ sniffle.
kamat.a1 kt [ele] 1 hold, grasp. 2 catch, seize, arrest, capture; (si rasmi) nab. (ms) ~ roho seize by the throat. (tde) kamatia; (tdk) kamatika; (tdn) kamatana; (tds) kamatisha; (tdw) kamatwa.
kamata2 nm [i-] deadly disease e.g. meningitis, cerebral malaria etc.
kamati* nm [i-/zi--] committee. (Kng).
kamba1* nm [i-/zi-] 1 rope, cord, string. 2 (viatu) lace, line. (ms) kata ~ die; escape. (Kar)
kamba2 nm [a-/wa-] 1 shrimp, prawn. 2 crayfish.
kamukunji
kambakoche nm [a-/wa-] lobster.
kambamti nm [a-/wa-] lobster.
kambarau nm [i-/zi-] 1 crane, winch, derrick. 2 rope in a dhow used when wind is very strong. 3 lift, (Marekani) elevator.
kambare nm [a-/wa-] catfish, mudfish
kambaremamba nm [a-/wa-] lungfish
kambi1* nm [i-/zi-] camp. (ms) piga ~ set up/pitch a camp; vunja ~ strike camp. (Kng).
kambi2* nm [i-/zi-] (bio) cambium. (Kng)
kambirani ! ki who cares! So what!
kambo nm [a-/wa-] mama/baba wa ~ step mother/father.
kambriki nm [i-/zi-] cambric. (Kng)
kame kv dry, arid, barren.
kamera* nm [i-/zi-] camera. (Kng)
kami.a kt [ele] 1 be anxious to do sth. 2 be insistent in demanding sth.3 menace. (tde) kamilia; (tdk) kamika; (tdn) kamiana; (tds) kamisha (tdw) kamiwa.
kamili kv complete, exact, perfect; absolute.
kamilifu kv perfect, exact.
kamilio nm ma- [li-/ya-] forceful insistence.
kamilish.a kt [ele] finalize, complete. (tde) kamilishia; (tdk) kamilishika; (tdn) kamilishana; (tdw) kamilishwa.
kamisaa* nm ma- [a-/wa-] commissar. (Kng).
kamishna* nm ma- [a-/wa-] commissioner: ~ wa polisi commissioner of police. (Kng).
kamisi* nm [i-/zi-] chemise, petticoat. (Kng).
kamo nm [i-/zi-] palm leaves strainer.
kamongo nm [a-/wa-] lungfish.
kampeni* nm [i-/zi-] campaign. (Kng)
kampuni* nm ma- [li-/ya-] company. (Kng).
kamsa nm [i-/zi-] alarm, siren.
kamu.a kt [ele] 1 squeeze out, press out, wring out. 2 make sb bankrupt, squeeze sb sth. (tde) kamulia, (tdek) kamulika, (tdes) kamulisha, (tdew) kamuliwa; (tdn) kamuana.
kamukunji nm [i-] student assembly (usu of University students).
kamusi
kamusi* nm [i-/zi-] dictionary, lexicon.(Kar)
kamwe kl never, not at all.
kan.a1 kt [ele] deny, disown, renounce, decline, contradict, disclaim, negate. (tde) kania, (tden) kaniana; (tdk) kanika; (tds) kanisha; (tdw) kanwa.
kana2* nm [i-/zi-] tiller. (Kre).
kana3 ku if ~ kwamba as if, as though.
kanadili* nm ma- [li-/ya-] convenience closet in a native vessel. (Kar).
kanali nm ma-[a-/wa-] colonel. (Kng)
kanama kl ~ hapana kitu there is nothing.
kanchiri* nm [i-/zi-] brassiere. (Kar)
kanasta* nm [i-] canasta. (Kng)
kand.a1 kt [ele] 1 knead: ~ unga knead flour. 2 massage: ~ mguu massage the leg. (tde) kandia; (tdk) kandika; (tdn) kandana; (tds) kandisha; (tdw) kandwa.
kanda2* nm ma- [li-/ya-] bag woven from straws/palm leaves for storing food and other items. (Kaj).
kanda3 nm [i-/zi-] fee paid to a medicine-man.
kanda4 nm ma-[a-/wa-] 1 cheat. 2 wilful/ perverse person. 3 impotent man.
kanda5 nm [i-/zi-] zone.
kanda6 nm [i-/zi-] hand oars used when swimming.
kanda7 nm [i-/zi-] tape (for a radio/ video cassette).
kandambili nm [i-/zi-] flip-flop.
kandamiz.a kt [ele] 1 press heavy on sth. 2 suppress, oppress. (tde) kandamizia; (tdk) kandamizika; (tdn) kandamizana; (tds) kandamizisha; (tdw) kandamizwa.
kandanda nm [i-] soccer, football.
kandarasi nm [i-/zi-] contract.
kande nm [i-] 1 dish of mixed maize and beans.
kandik.a kt [ele] 1 plaster (a house). 2 slap: ~kibao slap a blow. (tde) kandikia; (tdk) kandikika; (tdn) kandikana; (tds) kandikisha; (tdw) kandikwa.
kandili* nm [i-/zi-] lantern. (Kar)
kandirinya1 nm ma-[li-/ya-] 1 teapot. 2 bronze/silver kettle.
kanisa
kandirinya2 nm [i-/zi-] bitter cassava.
kando kl aside: Simama ~ stand aside kh beside, next to: ~ ya bohari beside the godown.
kanga1 nm [a-/wa-] guineafowl.
kanga2 nm [i-/zi-] lady's print cotton wrap.
kangaga nm [i-/zi-] fern, (bot) flag.
kangaichi kv unripe, raw.
kangaja1 nm [i-/zi-] mandarin orange, tangerine.
kangaja2 nm [a-/wa-] stinking fish.
kangaja3 nm ma- [li-/ya-] type of long grass, reeds
kangambili nm [a-/wa-] flying insect with black and red wings.
kangany.a kt [ele] confuse, addlle, baffle, bewilder. (tde) kanganyia; (tdk) kanganyika; (tdn) kanganyana; (tds) kanganyisha; (tdw) kanganywa.
kangaruu nm [a-/wa-] kangaroo.
kangara nm [i-/zi-] local brew made of maize or millet chaff, yeast and sprouted millet plus sugar or honey.
kangat.a kt [sie] cling to, insist on, persist. (tde) kangatia; (tdk) kangatika; (tdn) kangatana; (tds) kangatisha; (tdw) kangatwa.
kang'at.a kt [ele] feel great pain in the bones. (tde) kang'atia; (tdk) kang'atika; (tdn) kang'atana; (tds) kang'atisha; (tdw) kang'atwa.
kani1* nm [i-/zi-] insistence, obstinancy: Shika ~ be insistent; Jambo lenye ~ disputatious issue. (Kar).
kani2 nm[i-/zi-] wedding celebrations; celebrations for any happy event: Walipita kwa ming'aro kugea ~ they passed joyously in celebrations.
kani3 nm [i-/zi-] baggage room in a boat.
kani4 nm [i-/zi-] force: ~ ya mvutano force of gravity.
kania nm [i-/zi-] medicinal herb whose roots are used to treat cramps.
kanieneo nm [i-/zi-] pressure. ~ ya hewa air pressure
kaniki nm [i-/zi-] black wrap worn by women.
kanisa* nm ma-[li-/ya-] 1 church, (Scot) kirk: ~ kuu la dayosisi cathedral. 2 christian community: ~ kubwa
kanivali
minster . (Kar)
kanivali* nm[i-/zi-] carnival. (Kng)
kanja nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 plaited coconut palm leaf. 2 mat made of strips of palm leaves.
kanju1 nm [i-/zi-] 1 starch. 2 porridge.
kanju2 nm [i-/zi-] cashew apple. (Khi).
kano1 nm [i-] nihilism.
kano2 nm [i-/zi-] ligament.
kanopi* nm [i-/zi-] canopy. (Kng)
kansa* nm [i-] cancer. (Kng)
kanta nm [i-] black colouring for hair.
kantara* nm [i-/zi-] wooden bridge. (Kar)
kantini* nm [i-/zi-] canteen. (Kng)
kanu nm [a-/wa-] genet.
kanuni* nm [i-/zi-] rule, regulation doctrine, norm. (Kar)
kanush.a kt [ele] refute, deny, disprove, retract; negate. (tde) kanushia; (tdk) kanushika; (tdn) kanushana; (tdw) kanushwa.
kany.a kt [ele] forbid, rebuke. (tde) kanyia; (tdk) kanyika; (tdn) kanyana; (tds) kanyisha; (tdw) kanywa.
kanyag.a kt [ele] 1 trample on, tread on. 2 beat soundly. 3 oppress, treat unjustly. 4 (ms) defeat, overpower. (tde) kanyagia; (tdk) kanyagika; (tdn) kanyagana; (tds) kanyagisha; (tdw) kanyagwa.
kanyagio nm ma- [li-/ya-]1 foot of a slaughtered animal usu used for making soup. 2 bicycle pedal.
kanz.a kt [ele] warm, heat up: ~ mikono warm the hands. (tde) kanzia; (tdk) kanzika; (tdn) kanzana; (tds) kanzisha; (tdw) kanzwa.
kanzi1* nm [i-/zi-] 1 (hidden) treasure. 2 data bank. (Kar).
kanzi2 nm [i-] pilaf.
kanzu* nm [i-/zi-] 1 cassock, long sleeved plain calico robe. 2 gown: ~ ya mfuto plain robe; ~ ya ziki robe/gown with white cotton stitching at the neck; ~ ya kazi embroidered robe. (Kar)
kapa1 kl (mchezo wa karata) without winning even one lot of cards: Enda ~ be defeated.
kapa2 nm [i-/zi-] waistcoat.
karamk.a
kapa3 nm [i-/zi-] mangrove swamp.
kapeli* nm [i-/zi-] carpel. (Kng)
kapera nm ma-[a-/wa-] bachelor, unmarried man.
kapi1 nm ma-[li-/ya-] husk, bran, chaff.
kapi2 nm ma-[li-/ya-] pulley.
kapilari* nm [i-/zi-] capillary. (Kng)
kapile nm [i-/zi-] 1 food sold at a market place. 2 potatoes eaten together with fried peanuts.
kapolojia* nm [i-] carpology. (Kng)
kapteni* nm ma- [a-/wa-] 1 captain. 2 pilot. (Kng)
kaptura nm [i-/zi-] shorts, a pair of shorts, culottes.
kapu nm ma- large basket: ~ la taka waste basket.
kaputa nm [i-] exorcizing dance.
kaputi1 nm [i-] day dream.
kaputi2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] heavy long coat.
kaputi3 nm [i-] dead person.
kaputula nm [i-] dirrhoea.
kara* nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 splinter, spark. 2 pause made when reading the Koran to enable another reader to take up the reading. (Kar)
karaa nm ma- [li-/ya-] long text of Koran consisting of numerous verses.
karabai* nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 pressure lamp. 2 acetylene lamp.
karabat.i kt [ele] rehabilitate, repair. (tde) karabatia, (tden) karabatiana, (tdew) karabatiwa; (tdk) karabatika; (tds) karabatisha.
karabini* nm [i-/zi-] carbine. (Kng)
karadha* nm [i-/zi-] loan, credit. (Kar).
karafuu* nm [i-/zi-] clove(s): ~ maiti camphor; mafuta ya ~ clove oil. (Kar).
karagosi nm ma- [a-/wa-] 1 puppet, caricature, marionette. 2 stooge.
karaha* nm [i-] disgust, loathing, abhorrence. (Kar).
karai nm ma-[li-/ya-] large metal basin.
karakana* nm [i-/zi-] workshop. (Kaj)
karama* nm [i-] 1 gracious gifts, blessings. 2 talents, endowments. (Kar)
karameli* nm [i-/zi-]caramel. (Kng)
karamk.a kt [sie] 1 be cheerful, be alert. 2 be intelligent, get smart. (tde)
karamshi
karamkia; (tdk) karamkika; (tds) karamsha.
karamshi kv cheerful, full of life.
karamu* nm [i-/zi-] banquet, feast, party. (Kar)
karandinga nm ma- [li-/ya-] police van, Black Maria (for ferrying prisoners).
karanga nm [i-/zi-] 1 peanut/groundnut plant. 2 peanut, groundnut.
karani* nm ma- [a-/wa-] clerk: ~ mkuu chief clerk. (Kaj)
karantini* nm [i-/zi-] quarantine. (Kng)
karara1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 tough sheath of coconut flower-stem. 2 honeycomb.
karara2 nm [i-/zi-] sugar coated bun.
karasa nm [a-/wa-] small mongoose like animal.
karata* nm [i-/zi-] playing card, card. (Kre
karatasi* nm [i-/zi-] piece of paper, paper. (Kar).
karati* nm [i-/zi-] carat. (Kng)
karela* nm [i-/zi-] perennial climbing herb with pale yellow flowers and small spiny cucumber -like fruits. (Khi).
kareti* nm [i-/zi-] karate. (Kng)
karia* nm [i-/zi-] village.
kariatidi* nm [i-/zi-] caryatid. (Kng)
karibi.a* kt [ele] approach, impend, come/go near sb/sth, move close to: Anai~ barabara he is approaching the road. (tdk) karibika; (tdn) karibiana; (tds) karibisha; (tdw) karibiwa . (Kar)
karibian.a* kt [sie] be close to one another. (Kar).
karibish.a* kt [ele] 1 welcome, invite. 2 bring close. (tde) karibishia; (tdn) karibishana; (tdw) karibishwa. (Kar)
karibisho* nm ma- [li-/ya-] invitation, welcome. (Kar)
karibu1* kl 1 near, nearby, about to; (ushairi) nigh. 2 almost: ~ aanguke he almost fell down; ~na/ya near sth/sb. (Kar)
karibu2* ki 1 welcome. 2 (kwa kuagana na mtu) come again! (Kar)
karibuni* kl soon, recently: Nitarudi ~ I’ll come back soon; Alitutembelea hivi ~ he visited us just recently.
(Kar).
karidh.i kt [ele] loan money (without interest). (tde) karidhia, (tden) karidhiana, (tdew) karidhiwa; (tdk) karidhika; (tds) karidhisha. (Kar)
kariha* nm [i-/zi-] 1 forced action, forcible action. 2 good luck.
karii* nm ma- [a-/wa-] 1 Koran reader (esp of tajuwidi). 2 book reviewer, critic. (Kar)
karikopwa nm [i-/zi-] white stiff cloth.
Karima* nm [a-] (Islam) God the generous. (Kar)
karimu kv generous, open handed, magnanimous, benevolent, bounteous, hospitable, liberal, munificent. (Kar)
karina nm [i-] euphemism.
karipi.a kt [ele] scold, objugate, reprimand, use harsh language. (tdk) karipika; (tdn) karipiana; (tds) karipisha; (tdw) karipiwa.
karipio nm ma- [li-/ya-] reprimand, scolding.
kariri. kt [ele] 1 repeat, reiterate. 2 recite, rehearse. (tde) kariria, (tden) kaririana,(tdew) kaririwa; (tdk) karirika; (tds) karirisha.
karisaji nm [i-/zi-] arrears.
karisi* nm [i-/zi-] caries. (Kng)
karne* nm [i-/zi-] century. (Kar)
karo1* nm [i-/zi-] tuition fees, gifts given to the teacher by his/her students. 2 school fees. (Kar)
karo2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 wash-basin, sink. 2 septic tank.
karoti* nm [i-/zi-] carrot. (Kng)
karotini* nm [i-/zi-] carotene, carotid. (Kng)
karua nm ma- [a-/wa-] 1 Indian sailor. 2 Indian caste of potters.
karuba* nm [i-/zi-] carob. (Kng)
karwe nm [a-/wa-]devil- fish.
kasa* nm [a-/wa-] sea-turtle. (Kaj)
kasabu1* nm [i-/zi-] 1 gold braid. 2 brocade cloth, gold cloth. (Kar)
kasabu2* nm [i-/zi-] (michezo) post marking finishing line.
kasama1* nm [i-/zi-] oath. (Kar)
kasama2* nm [i-/zi-] joining of the bow of a vessel. (Kar)
kasama3 nm [i-/zi-]error/fault in plaiting.
kaseni* nm [i-/zi-] casein. (Kng)
kaseti* nm [i-/zi-] cassette. (Kng)
kasha* nm ma- [li-/ya-] box, chest, case: ~ la fedha 1 money box. 2 silver box. (Kre)
kashab.i kt [ele] extract/squeeze juice from sugar cane. (tde) kashabia, (tden) kashabiana, (tdew) kashabiwa; (tdk) kashabika; (tds) kashabisha..
kashabu1* nm [i-/zi-] wooden rod which draws the threads of the web apart in weaving. (Kar)
kashabu2* nm [i-/zi-] hollow gold or
silver coloured bead. (Kar)
kashata* nm [i-/zi-] nougat.
kashfa* nm [i-/zi-] slander, affront, scandal, libel. (Kar)
kashida* nm [i-/zi-] shawl. (Kar)
kashif.u* kt [ele] slander, defame, scandalize, libel. (tde) kashifia, (tden) kashifiana, (tdew) kashifiwa; (tdk) kashifika; (tds) kashifisha. (Kar).
kashimiri* nm [i-/zi-] cashmere. (Kng)
kasi1* kl very fast, quickly, speedily: Kwenda ~ go very fast; Gari lilipita ~ the vehicle passed speedily. (Kar)
kasi2* nm [i-/zi-] speed. (Kar)
kasi3* nm [i-/zi-] 1 force: Tia ~ apply force. 2 twist in making a string/thread or a fishing-line: Tia ~ mshipi twist a fishing-line. (Kar)
kasia nm ma-[li-/ya-] oar, paddle.
kasiba nm [i-/zi-] barrel (of a gun): Mdomo kama ~ small round mouth.
kasida* nm [i-/zi-] 1 praise song(s) for prophet Muhammad. 2 composition to praise a person. (Kar)
kasidi* kv deliberate, intentional. (Kar)
kasiki1* nm [i-/zi-] cloak, long loose coat. (Kar)
kasiki2* [i-/zi-] cask, barrel. (Kre)
kasimile* nm [i-] coconut cream. (Kar)
kasim.u* kt [ele] 1 divide. 2 delegate (responsibility). (tde) kasimia, (tden)kasimiana, (tdew) kasimiwa; (tdk) kasimika; (tds) kasimisha. (Kar)
kasino* nm [i-/zi-] casino. (Kng).
kasir.i* kt [ele] 1 anger, annoy 2 reduce. (tde) kasiria, (tden)
kat.a
kasiriana; (tdew) kasiriwa; (tdk) kasirika; (tds) kasirisha. (Kar)
kasirik.a* kt [sie] be angry, be vexed, irritate, displease, enrage, exasperate, incense. (tde) kasirikia, (tden) kasirikiana, (tdew) kasirikiwa; (tdk) kasirikika; (tds) kasirikisha. (Kar)
kasirish.a* kt [ele] provoke, vex, irritate, enrage, exasperate, anger, cause to be angry.(tde) kasirishia;(tdk)kasirishika;(tdn) kasirishana;(tdw) kasirishwa.(Kar)
kasisi nm ma- [a-/wa-] priest, chaplain, minister, deacon, padre.
kaskazi* nm [i-] 1 northerly wind, north
wind. 2 north east monsoon. 3 northerly direction, the north. (Kar).
kaskazini* nm[i-] north, adv northwards. (Kar)
kasma nm [i-/zi-] vote, financial allocation.
kasoko nm [i-/zi-] crater.
kasoro1* nm [i-/zi-] defect, blemish, imperfection. kv. defective, imperfect ku minus. (Kar)
kasoro2* kl except: Wote walipata zawadi ~ mimi. All got gifts except me. (Kar)
kasorobo* adj quarter to saa saba ~ quarter to one. (Kar)
kasra* nm [i-] vowel /i/ in Arabic script. (Kar)
kasri* nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 palace. 2 mansion, chateau. (Kar)
kastabini* nm [i-/zi-] thimble. (Kar)
kastadi nm [i-/zi-] custard. (Kng)
kasuku nm [a-/wa-] parrot.
kasula nm [i-/zi-] cassock, priest's cloak (worn during mass).
kasumba* nm [i-/zi-] 1 opium. 2 brainwashing. 3 outdated ideology; hangover: ~ ya kikoloni colonial hangover. (Kar)
kaswende nm [i-] syphillis.
kat.a1 kt [ele] 1 cut, hew; mince, cut into pieces. 2 amputate, dissociate (from), chop, lop, mutilate, cut off. 3 deduct, reduce: ~ shilingi mia moja deduct one hundred shillings. 4 bring to an end, decide: ~ hukumu, give judgement, reach a verdict. 5 (katika hesabu za sehemu) cancel. (nh) (1) ~
kata
choo interrupt sb. (2) ~ hamu satisfy appetite. (3) ~ shauri conclude or decide. (4) ~ kauli (a) interrupt sb; (b) lose power of speech due to severe illness. (5) ~ kiu quench thirst. (6) ~ maji (a) go up a stream in a vessel. (b) drink a lot of alcohol. (7) ~ nakshi carve in wood or stone; (8) ~ nguo buy a piece of cloth. (9) ~ njia take a shortcut. (10) ~ tamaa despair. (11) ~ rufaa appeal a court sentence. (12) ~ urafiki saver friendly relations. (13) ~ tikiti buy a ticket. (14) ~ roho die. (tde) katia; (tdk) katika; (tdn) katana; (tds) katisha; (tdw) katwa.
(Kar)
kata2 nm [i-/zi-] ward.
kata3 nm [i-/zi-] 1 round head pad used for carrying a load. 2 long rolled rope.
kata4 nm [i-/zi-] laddle, dipper, scoop.
kata5 nm [i-/zi-] surgical dressing, surgical lint, bandage.
kata.a kt [ele] 1 refuse, decline, disagree, disavow, reject. 2 deny, renounce: ~ katakata refuse completely. (tde) katalia, (tden) kataliana, (tdew) kataliwa; (tdk) katalika; (tdn) kataana; (tds) kataza.
katakat. a kt [ele] hack. (tde) katiakatia; (tdk) katikakatika; (tds) katishakatisha; (tdw) katwakatwa.
katalogi* nm [i-/zi-] catalogue. (Kng)
katani nm [i/zi-] hemp, sisal fibre.
katapila* nm ma- [li-/ya-] caterpillar. (Kng)
katara nm [i-/zi-] dilapidated vehicle.
katavu kv obstinate, recalcitrant, argumentative.
katayo nm [i-/zi-] denial, refusal.
kataz.a kt [ele] inhibit, forbid, prohibit, defer. (sheria) stop. (tde) katazia; (tdk) katazika; (tdn) katazana; (tds) katazisha; (tdw) katazwa.
katazo nm ma- [li-/ya-]objection, prohibition, inhibition, injunction.
kategoria* nm [i-/zi-] category. (Kng)
katekisimu* nm [i-/zi-] catechism. (Kng)
katekista* nm ma- [a-/wa-] catechist. (Kng)
katheta* nm [i-/zi-] catheter. (Kng)
kathodi nm [i/zi-] cathode. (Kng)
kaumu
kati nm [i-] centre, middle. (hesabu) median
katiba* nm [i-/zi-] constitution. (Kar)
katibu* nm ma- [a-/wa-] secretary, amanuensis: ~ Mkuu General Secretary: (Wizara) Principal/Permanent secretary; ~ Mwenezi Publicity secretary; ~ Mtendaji Executive Secretary. (Kar)
katika ku 1 in. 2 on.
katikati nm [i-/zi-] middle. kl between.
katikiro nm ma- [a-/wa-] messenger.
katili* kv cruel, brutal, brute, fierce. (Kar)
katiti kv little, small. kl a little.
katiz.a kt [ele] 1 interject, interrupt. 2
postpone. 3 take a shortcut. (tde) katizia; (tdk) katizika; (tdn) katizana; (tdw) katizwa.
katizo nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 sectioning.2 postponement; discontinuation.
kato nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 cut. 2 section.
Katoliki* kv Catholic. (Kng)
katoni* nm ma- [li-/ya-] carton. (Kng)
katu1* nm dark-red gum used when chewing betel. (Khi)
katu2 ki never, not at all.
katu.a kt [ele] cultivate. (tde) katulia; (tdek) katulika, (tden) katualiana, (tdew) katuliwa;
(tdk) katuka;
katuni* nm ma- [a-/wa-] cartoon. (Kng)
katushi* nm [i/zi-] cartouche. (Kng)
kauk.a kt [ele/sie] 1 dry. 2 wither. 3 harden. (tde) kaukia, (tden) kaukiana, (tdew) kaukiwa; (tds) kausha; (tdw) kaukwa
kaukau nm [i-/zi-] crisp.
kaukian.a kt [sie] 1 dry or harden completely, be dead stiff. 2 become too thin, slim. (tde) kaukiania.
kauleni nm [a-/wa-] 1 untrustworthy person. 2 two-faced/double-tongued person
kauli* nm [i-/zi-] 1 statement; promise. 2 comment; feeling .(Kar)
kauliflawa* nm [i-/zi-] cauliflower. (Kng)
kauli mgongano nm [i-/zi-] incoherence, unintelligibility.
kaumu* nm [i-/zi-] crowd; multitude, followers. (Kar)
kaumwa
kaumwa nm [i-/zi-] calumba root.
kaunda nm [i-/zi-] safari suit.
kaunta* nm [i-/zi-] counter. (Kng)
kauri* nm [i-/zi-] 1 cowrie shell. 2 earthenware. (Khi)
kaush.a1 kt [ele] 1 dry. 2 wipe somebody out (of money): ~ vyombo dry the dishes. (tde) kaushia; (tdk) kaushika; (tdn) kaushana; (tdw) kaushwa.
kausha2 nm [a-/wa-] unlucky/ ill-omened person. (ms) kalia mguu wa ~ hinder one's progress.
kauta nm [i-/zi-] dust, grit.
kauzu nm [a-/wa-] 1 dry sardines. 2 shameless person.
kavu kv 1 dry; parched. 2 barren.
kawa nm ma- [li-ya-] conical shaped dish cover made of plaited grass.
kawaida* nm [i-/zi-] sth usual, regular; customary, norm, normal, common: kama ~ as usual, usually; si ~ unusual. (Kar)
kawi nm [i-/zi-] (Kenya) energy.
kawi.a kt [sie] be late; delay, lag, linger. (tde) kawilia; (tds) kawiza.
kaya nm [i-/zi-] 1 village. 2 household.
kayakaya1 nm [a-/wa-] crab.
kayakaya2 nm [i-/zi-] reef point .2 points with which a sail is bent to the yard.
kayaki* nm [i-/zi-] kayak. (Kng)
kayamba nm ma- [li-/ya-] rattle.
kayaya1 nm [i-/zi-] plaudits, thunderous applause.
kayaya2 kv immense, colossal. kl too much.
kayekaye nm [i-/zi-] ropes used to fasten head of sail to the yard.
kaz.a kt [ele] 1 fasten, tighten. 2 emphasize. 3 fix. (ms) ~ mwendo speed up; ~ roho persevere. (tde) kazia; (tdk) kazika; (tdn) kazana; (tdw) kazwa.
kazan.a kt [sie] 1 be firm. 2 make an effort, exert oneself. (tde) kazania; (tds) kazanisha.
kazi1 nm [i-/zi-] 1 work, duty labour, employment, occupation, job. 2 function.
kazi2* nm [i-/zi-] 1 decoration. 2 embroidery. (Kar)
kemb.a
kazi.a kt [ele] emphasize. (tds) kazisha; (tdw) kaziwa.
keba! ki hurrah!
kebeh.i1* kt [ele] revile, gibe/jibe, insult, disgrace. (tde) kebehia, (tden)kebehiana, (tdew) kebehiwa; (tdk) kebehika; (tds) kebehisha. (Kar)
kebehi2 nm (i-/zi-] humiliation. (Kar)
kebo nm [i-/zi-] cable. (Kng)
kechapu* [I-/zi-] ketchup. (Kng)
keche! ki sound of something breaking.
kechek.a kt [sie] break. (tde) kechekea; (tdk) kechekeka.
kechekeche! ki expression of something completely broken.
kedi nm [i-/zi-] 1 craft. 2 arrogance,
haughtiness.
keekee nm [i-/zi-] drill.
kefle!* ki expression of disgusted surprise, indignation, aversion .(Kar)
kefu* kl not to mention; let alone. (Kar)
kefy.a kt [ele] 1 wink 2 despise. 3 disturb.(tde)kefyea;(tdk)kefyeka;(tdn)kefyana; (tds)kefyesha;(tdw)kefywa.
kejekeje kv loose.
kejel.i1* kt [ele] ridicule, mock, make fun of. (tde) kejelia; (tdk) kejelika; (tden) kejeliana; (tedw) kejeliwa (tds) kejelisha. (Kar)
kejeli2* nm [i-/zi-] ridicule, mockery, derision, sarcasm, irony. (Kar)
kekee1 pia keekee nm [i-/zi-] brace and bit.
kekee2 nm [i-/zi-] bracelet; auger.
keketa kt [ele] 1 gnaw; bite. 2 cut with sth blunt or in saw-like motion. (tde) keketea; (tdk) keketeka; (tdn) keketana; (tds) keketesha; (tdw) keketwa.
keketwa kt have a severe stomach ache.
kekevu nm [i-/zi-] heartburn, hiccup.
keki* nm [i-/zi-] cake: ~ ya malai gateau. (Kng)
kelbu* nm [a-/wa-] dog. (Kar)
kele nm [i-/zi-] hustle and bustle.
kelele nm [i-/zi-] noise, din. 2 uproar. ki shut up!
kem.a kt [sie] cry; sob. 2 shout. (tde) kemea; (tdk) kemeka; (tds) kemesha/kemeza; (tdw) kemwa.
kemb.a kt [ele] peel. (tde) kembea;
keme.a
(tdk) kembeka; (tds) kembesha; (tdw) kembwa.
keme.a kt [ele] scold, rebuke, carp (at), objurgate. (tdk) kemeka; (tdn) kemeana; (tds) kemeza; (tdw) kemewa.
kemia* nm [i-] chemistry. (Kng)
kemkemu kl plenty.
kemikali* nm [i-/zi-] chemical. (Kng)
kenda nm nine.
kende nm ma- [li-/ya-] scrotum, testicle.
kenek.a kt [ele] distil. (tde) kenekea; (tdn) kenekana;(tds) kenekesha; (tdw) kenekwa.
keng.a kt [ele] deceive, cheat. (tde) kengea; (tdk) kengeka; (tdn) kengana; (tds) kengesha; (tdw)
kengwa.
kenge nm (a-/wa--) monitor lizard.
kenge.a kt [ele] protect; defend. (tdk) kengeka; (tdn) kengeana;(tds) kengesha; (tdw) kengewa.
kengee nm ma- [li-/ya-] blinding bright light.
kengele nm [i-/zi-] bell.
kengemek.a kt [ele] reproach; accuse. (tde) kengemekea; (tdk) kengemekeka; (tdw) kengemekwa.
kengeu.a kt [ele] misdirect; misguide. (tde) kengeulia; (tdk) kengeuka; (tds) kengeusha.
kengeuk.a kt [sie] 1 be misdirected. 2 become aware.(tde) kengeukia;(tdk)kengeukika; (tds) kengeukisha.
kengewa nm [a-/wa-] kind of hawk or kite.
kengeza nm ma- [li-/ya-] squinting; squint.
kengo nm [i-/zi-] deceit; trick.
kenu.a kt [ele] grin, show teeth. (tde) kenulia, (tden) kenuliana, (tdew) kenuliwa; (tdk) kenuka; (tdn) kenuana; (tds) kenusha; (tdw) kenuliwa.
kenyekenye kl absolutely, entirely.
ker.a kt [ele] annoy, aggravate, discomfort, molest, (si rasmi) nark, vex; trouble, irritate. (tde) kerea; (tdk) kereka; (tdn) kerana; (tds) keresha; (tdw) kerwa.
kerek.a kt [sie] be annoyed. (tde)
ki.a
kerekea; (tds) kerekesha; (tdw) kerekwa.
kereket.a kt [sie] 1 irritate; choke. 2 annoy, grate on somebody. (tde) kereketea; (tdk) kereketeka; (tdw) kereketwa.
keremkeremu nm [a-/wa-] type of bee – eating bird.
kereng'ende nm [a-/wa-] 1 red-legged partridge, francolin. 2 type of dragon-fly.
kerez.a kt [ele] 1 saw. 2 lathe. 3 (meno) gnash.(tde) kerezea; (tdk) kerezeka; (tdn) kerezana; (tds) kerezesha; (tdw) kerezwa.
kerezo1 nm [i-/zi-] lathe machine.
kerezo2 nm [i-/zi-] wheeze.
keria* nm [i-/zi-] carrier. (Kng)
kero nm [i-/zi-] annoyance.
kerosini* nm [i-] kerosene. (Kng)
kes.a kt [sie] stop raining. (tde) kesea; (tdk) keseka; (tds) kesesha.
kesha1 nm [i-/zi-] vigil.
kesh.a2 kt [sie] keep vigil. (tde) keshea; (tdk) kesheka; (tdn) keshana.
keshi* nm [i-/zi-] cash. (Kng)
keshia*nm [a-wa-] cashier. (Kng)
kesho nm kl 1 tomorrow; future. 2 doomsday, Last Judgement, Judgement day.
keshokutwa nm & kl day after tomorrow.
kesi nm [i-/z-] case, lawsuit: ~ ya jinai criminal case; ~ ya madai civil case; ~ ya kashfa libel suit.
ket.a kt [ele] knock sb down. (tde) ketea; (tdk) keteka; (tdn) ketana; (tds) ketesha; (tdw) ketwa.
kete1 nm [i-/zi-] dice.
kete2 kl quietly, noiselessly.
ket.i kt [sie] sit. (tde) ketia; (tdk) ketika; (tds) ketisha.
keto kv deep.
keu nm ma- [li-/ya-] stroke of an axe.
keu.a kt [ele] straighten a building pole by cutting a notch. (tde) keulia; (tdek) keulika; (tdew) keuliwa.
khaa! ki expression of anger.
khalifa* nm ma- [a-/wa-] caliph, calif. (Kar)
kia1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 door bar; latch. 2 joint of leg or arm.
ki.a
ki.a2 kt [ele] step over. (tde) kilia, (tdek)
kilika, (tden) kiliana, (tdes) kilisha, (tdew) kiliwa.
kiada* kl 1 schematically, orderly: kitabu cha ~ textbook. 2 distinctly. (Kar).
kiaga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] promise, agreement.
kiaki.a kt [sie] be active, move about.(tde)kiakilia;(tdk)kiakika;(tds)kiakisha.
kiali nm vi- [ki-/vi-] flame.
kiama* nm doomsday, Last judgement, Judgement day. (Kar)
kiambajengo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] constituent.
kiambata nm vi- [ki-/vi-] accompaniment.
kiambatisho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] appendix.
kiambato nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1(sheria) appurtenance. 2 ingredient.
kiambaza nm vi- [ki-/vi-] wall.
kiambishi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] affix: ~ awali prefix; ~ kati infix; ~ tamati suffix.
kiambizi nm vi- [a-/wa-] oriele.
kiambo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] settlement; village.
kiamo nm vi [ki-/vi-] colostrum.
kiamshahamu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] aperitif.
kiamshakinywa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] breakfast.
Kiamu1 nm Kiswahili dialect spoken on Lamu Island.
kiamu2* nm (ki-/vi-)rising during Maulid prayer. (Kar)
kiana nm vi- [ki-/vi-] clay pot lid.
kianga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] burst of light or sunshine, ray of light after raining.
kiangazamacho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] present given for finding a lost article.
kiangazi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] the hot/dry season.
kiango nm vi- [ki-/vi-] wall hook/peg; lamp holder; bracket.
kiangulio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] incubator.
kianio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] rung, step, riser.
kianzo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] board used at the start of weaving a mat.
kiapo nm vi [ki-/vi-] 1 oath; fealty: Fanya/apa/ kula ~ take an oath; lisha/apisha ~ administer an oath;
kibanzi
kula ~ submit to an ordeal. 2. charm used as a protection against theft.
kiarifa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] predicate.
kiasi1* nm [ki-/vi-] 1 moderate amount; modicum; part/of: kula ~ eat. 2 moderation. 3 approximate amount: ~ cha shilingi elfu kumi about ten thousand shillings. 4 price: shati hili ~ gani? what is the price of this shirt? (Kar)
kiasi2 kv kl 1 enough, average : amevuna chakula ~ he has an average harvest. 2 short while: Tembea ~ walk for a short while. (Kar)
kiasi3* nm vi-[ki-/vi-] bullet.(Kar)
kiatu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] shoe : ~ cha ngozi leather shoe.
kiazi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] potato, (si rasmi) murphy: ~ kikuu yams; ~ kitamu sweet potato
kiazisukari nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sugar-beet.
kibaazi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 plant used as scabies medicine. 2 fish-poison plant.
kibaba nm vi- [ki-/vi-] quart measure of grain, about 700 grams: ~ tele full, heaped-up measure: ~ cha mfuto full to the brim.
kibadala nm vi- [ki-/vi-] alternative; variant.
kibafute nm vi- [ki-/vi-] children's guessing game.
kibago nm vi [ki-/vi-] seat, stool.
kibahaluli* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small oil lamp. 2 small torch of twisted grass or paper spill, used for lighting a pipe. (Kar)
kibaka nm vi- [a-/wa-] pickpocket.
kibali nm vi [ki-/vi-] acceptance, approval; permit, permission.
kibama nm vi-[ki-/vi-] banana bread.
kibanda nm vi-[ki-/vi-] hut, shed; cabin, (ushairi) cote, booth, kiosk : ~ cha kuku poultry shed; ~ cha simu telephone booth.
kibango nm vi- [ki-/vi-] beam, deckbeam; building yard, stocks.
kibandiko nm vi- [ki-/vi-] skewer.
kibanio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] clip, pin, small forceps : ~ cha nywele hairpin/hairclip.
Kibantu nm [ki-] Bantu language.
kibanzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] splinter, chip: ~
kibao
cha ukuni firewood splinter. (ms) Amemsakama kama ~ cha ukuni he is constantly pestering him.
kibao1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 slate. 2 small board (about 15 cm in length) used for sitting. 3 card for winding thread or wool on. 4 coconut grater. 5 quadrilateral board used for making concrete bricks. 6 blow, slap. 7 old hat/cap.
kibao2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hit song.
kibapara nm vi- [a-/wa-] pauper, destitute.
kibaraka nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 villain. 2 political stooge/puppet; henchman.
kibaramwezi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] (watoto) windmill toy made from the fronds of the coconut palm fixed to the end of a piece of the midriff.
kibarango nm vi- [ki-/vi-] short and thick stick.
kibarua* nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 day/casual labourer, navvy. 2 casual labour. 3 (nh) paid labour. (Kar)
kibatari nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small oil lamp. (Kar)
kibavu nm [ki-/vi-] force, strength, physical power: Alininyang'anya embe langu kwa kutumia ~ he snatched my mango by force.
kibawanta nm vi- [a-/wa-] short tailed small bird.
kibe nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 hide and seek game. 2 noise, shout.
kibeberu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sweat odour.
kibedi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] trickery, deception, cheating; cunning.
kibendo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] piece, portion: ~ cha mkate a piece of bread.
kiberenge1 nm vi [ki-/vi-] trolley, railway handcar.
kiberenge2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] prostitute.
kibete pia kibeti nm vi- [a-/wa-] dwarf, lilliputian, manikin, midget.
kibeti nm vi- [ki-/vi-] purse, wallet.
kibia nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 earthware bowl (for serving food). 2 earthenware cooking pot.
kibibi1* nm vi- [a-/wa-] young mistress/lady. (Kaj)
kibibi2* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] rice doughnut. (Kaj)
kibonzo
kibibi3* nm [ki-] numbness, cramp: shikwa na ~ go numb. (Kaj)
kibindo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] fold/knot of the loin cloth, used as a pocket.
kibiongo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hunchback.
kibiongo2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] hunchbacked person.
kibiri nm vi- [ki-/vi-] butt, stub.
kibirikizi 1nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bugle: Piga ~ make a proclamation, proclaim.
kibirikizi2 1 proclaimer. 2 dwarf. 3 pimp/procurer. 4 liar. 5 mischievous person, sneak.
kibiringo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] spool, bobbin.
kibirinzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] palm fronds. windmill toy.
kibiriti1* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] matchbox; lighter, (zamani) flint, brimstone. (Kar)
kibiriti2* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] scabies. (Kar)
kibiritingoma1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] prostitute, whore.
kibiritingoma 2nm vi-[ki-/vi-] short dress.
kibisi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] grebe.
kibla nm [ki-/vi-] 1 the direction of Mecca to which Muslims turn in prayer. 2 imam's alcove in the mosque. 3 north. 4 the Qaaba at Mecca.
kibofu nm vi-[ki-/vi-] bladder.
kibogoshi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] leather bag.
kibogoyo nm vi- [a-/wa-] toothless person; person with few teeth.
kiboko1* nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 hippopotamus. 2 fat person. (Kar)
kiboko2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] whip; strip of hippo hide.
kiboko3* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ornamental stitch. (Kar)
kiboko4* nm [ki-/vi-] sth beautiful/attractive/outstanding.
kibole nm vi- [ki-/vi-] appendix.
kiboleini nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small hydrocele, small swelling of the scrotum.
kibonge1 nm [ki-/vi-] family name, surname.
kibonge2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] (nh) fat and strong person.
kibonyezo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dent.
kibonzo nm [ki-/vi-] cartoon.
kibua
kibua1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anything light in weight.
kibua2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] tuna-like fish.
kibubusa kl incognito, secretly.
kibubutu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stump.
kibudu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] unslaughtered animal carcass. (nh) Kufa ~ (a) die a natural death; (mnyama) be slaughtered without observing the Muslim ritual;(b) die childless.
kibuhuti* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] grief, sorrow, agony. (Kar)
kibuja nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small pimple on one's face.
kibulaa* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] kind of cassava. (Kng)
kibumba nm vi- [ki-/vi-] packet.
kibumbu nm vi [ki-/vi-] woman's groin.
kibunju nm vi- [ki-/vi-] word used to mention a child.
kibunzi1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] new year eve; the end of the year.
kibunzi2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sanded board
for divination.
kibunzi3 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] float.
kibunzi4 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] childrens' game of sitting with legs stretched, while one of them is singing and touching their legs.
kiburi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] arrogance, conceit.
kiburudisho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] refreshment.
kiburunzi nm taz. kibunzi1
kibushuti nm vi- [a-/wa-] dwarf.
kibuyu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] calabash, gourd.
kibwagizo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] refrain, chorus.
kibwando nm vi- [ki-/vi-] okra-like vegetable.
kibwebwe nm vi- [ki-/vi-] girdle, bellyband. (nh) Kujifunga ~ to work hard, to get down to work.
kibwengo1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] elf, evil sea spirit.
kibwengo2 nm vi- [ ki-/vi- ] dance used in exorcism of spirits.
kibweshu pia kibweshuna nm vi- [a-/wa-] despised person.
kibwiko1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] club-foot, deformed foot.
kibwiko2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] sb with
kichinichini
deformed toes/fingers.
kibwiko3 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small hole made in a lump of food in order to scoop out more gravy.
kibyongo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hump, hunch.
kicha nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 bunch/bundle of palm leaf strips, vegetables etc. 2 bunch of keys.
kichaa1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] craziness, lunacy, madness: Kuwa na ~ be crazy.
kichaa2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] mad person, lunatic, loopy.
kichaa3 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bunch of fruits.
kichaani nm vi- [ki-/vi-] red flowered thorny tipped shrub.
kichaazi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] kind of banana.
kichaga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] framework/rack for drying things.
kichaka1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 splinter for straightening a crooked post. 2 support to pole.
kichaka2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bush, shrub; (fasihi) clump, covert.
kichane1 nm vi [ki-/vi-] splinter/wood chip.
kichane2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] splinter (of a bunch of bananas.)
kichanio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] splitting knife.
kichapuzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] accelerator.
kichea nm vi- [ki-/vi-] brightness after cloudiness.
kicheche pia cheche nm vi- [a-/wa-] polecat/zorilla.
kichefuchefu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nausea.
kichekesho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] joke, farce, humour, jest.
kicheko nm vi- [ki-/vi-] laugh, giggle, guffaw, mirth, laughter : Angua ~ burst out laughing.
kichele kv 1 transparent. 2 bare, naked. 3 (fedha) small change.
kichelema nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 watery cooked cassava or potato. 2 piece of soap (remaining after washing); coconut left in the shell after it has been grated.
kichikichi kl by a blunt knife : Kata ~ cut with a blunt knife.
kichimbakazi nm vi- [a-/wa-] messenger spirit, fairy.
kichinichini kl underhandedly,
kichinjaudhia
underground, stealthily.
kichinjaudhia nm vi- [ki-/vi-] rose-like flowered herb used to cure headaches.
kicho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] fear, awe, reverence.
kichocheo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 anything used to stir up a fire. 2 impetus, incentive, incitement, stimulant: ~ cha mjadala discussion paper.
kichocho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bilharzia.
kichochoro nm vi- [ki-/vi-] alleyway, passageway, footpath, narrow passage between houses.
kichogo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nape of the neck.
kichokoo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] spur.
kichomanguo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] black jack plant, bur.
kichomi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sharp pain, cramp.
kichopa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] packet.
kichuguu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anthill.
kichungi nm vi- [ ki-.vi-] cigarette filter.
kichusi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] rooflet.
kichwa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 head; (si
rasmi) nob, noddle. 2 leader of a family or society. 3 train engine. 4 heading: ~ cha habari headline (of a paper, speech etc). (nh) Vimba ~ be arrogant; ~ kikubwa big headed, disregard; ~ kigumu bully, obstinate person; Jipa ~ be proud.
kichwamaji nm vi- [a-/wa-] silly, stubborn person.
kidahizo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] headword (in a dictionary entry), lemma; catchword.
kidaka1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] coconut in the first stage of growth on the flower stem, before it becomes full grown.
kidaka2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bay.
kidakatonge nm vi- [ki-/vi-] uvula, epiglottis.
kidani nm vi- [ki-/vi-] necklace.
kidari nm vi- [ki-/vi-] thorax, brisket, breast meat, ribs.
kidato nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 step, rung of a ladder. 2 form /class in secondary school.
kidau1* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ink pot. (Kar)
kidau2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] big scaled round floating fish.
kidazi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bald head.
kidondo
kideri vi- [ki-/vi-] fowl typhoid.
kidete kl firmly, strongly: Simama ~ stand firmly.
kidevu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] chin.
kidhabu nm vi- [a-/wa-] cheat, liar.
kidh.i kt [ele] 1 satisfy. 2 fullfill: ~ haja satisfy needs; ~ swala observe prayers. (tde) kidhia, (tden) kidhiana, (tdew) kidhiwa; (tdk) kidhika; (tds) kidhisha.
kidigi kv very small (amount), little.
kidimu nm vi- [a-/wa-] ruffle, featherless fowl.
kidimumsitu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] wild citrus fruit tree.
kidindia kl continuously, uninterruptedly, endlessly. Mvua inanyesha ~ it is raining continuously.
kidingapopo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] relapsing fever, dengue fever.
kidingapopo2 nm (ki-/vi-) telltale: Ni wajibu kumkosoa huyu ~ it is our responsibility to criticise this telltale.
kidinindi kl tightly, without giving a chance: Nilimshika ~ I got hold of
him tightly.
kidinya kv (idadi) very small, little.
kidiri nm vi- [a-/wa-] squirrel.
kidoa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] fleck.
kidogo kv few, small: Kitu ~ a small thing. kl a little, a bit. nm modium.
kidogori nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bongo-drum.
kidokezi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anecdote; aide-memoire.
kidokezo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hint, inkling, clue, intimation; note, footnote.
kidoko nm vi- [ki-/vi-] click, cluck, smack: Piga ~ give a click with the tongue, smack the lips.
kidole nm vi- [ki-/vi-] finger, toe: ~ gumba thumb; ~ cha shahada forefinger; ~ cha kati middle finger; ~ cha pete ringfinger; ~ cha mwisho the little finger. (mt) ~ kimoja hakivunji chawa unity is strength.
kidole-tumbo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] appendix.
kidomo nm vi- [a-/wa-] dainty eater.
kidomodomo nm vi- [a-/wa-] tell-tale.
kidonda nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sore, ulcer, wound, chancre.
kidondo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] wood chip (for
kidonge
starting fire).
kidonge nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 pill, tablet, capsule. 2 inflammation, swelling. 3 small round thing. 4 cotton reel, spool of thread.
kidosho nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 beautiful girl. 2 small bird.
kidotia nm vi- [ki-/vi-] child's cap.
kidoto1nm vi- [ki-/vi-] blinkers, blinders.
kidoto2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small drinking vessel.
kidu1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hole in a canoe in which the mast is placed. (Kar)
kidu2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small hole for playing pellet. 2 a hole for playing traditional board game.
kidubini nm vi- [ki-/vi-] micro-organism.
kidubwana nm vi- [ki-/vi-] thingummy, thingumajig.
kidususi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] pimple.
kiduhushi nm vi- [a-/wa-] somebody who spies on others.
kidunavi1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] short person, dwarf;
kidunavi2 nm vi- [ki-/vi- ]short thing.
kidundu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] forehead.
kidunundu nm vi- [a-/wa-] kind of fish with a box-like shape with two horns and long mouth.
kidurango nm vi- [a-/wa-] dwarf, lilliputian .
kidurusi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anthill.
kidusi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 unusual smell/odour of anything. 2 smell/ odour of a wild animal or fish.
kiduta nm vi [ki-/vi-] hill, hillock, knoll, mound, barrow, hummock.
kidutu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] blackhead, wart.
kiduva nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hump, hunch.
kiegama nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hypotenuse.
kielekezi nm vi- [ki-/.vi-] symbol, indication.
kielelezo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] illustration, diagram, model.
kielezi1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 indication. 2 beginning, start. 3 drawing, diagram.
kielezi2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] adverb.
kielezo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] index.
kienge nm vi- [ki-/vi-] flaming torch.
kienyeji kl haphazardly, carelessly,
kif.u
extravagantly: Fedha zimetumika~ the funds were used extravagantly.
kifaa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] implement, instrument, device, tool; gadget.
kifabakazi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nandi flame tree.
kifaduro nm vi- [ki-/vi-] whooping cough, pertussis, croup.
kifafa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] epilepsy.
kifai kl tightly, firmly; acutely.
kifandugu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] coccyx, the last bone in the spinal cord.
kifani pia kifano nm vi- [ki-/vi-] example, a match, a parallel, an equal: Bila ~ incomparable, matchless, unique.
kifano1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 replica. 2 appearance, features, looks.
kifano2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] example; paragon.
kifaranga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] chick.
kifaru nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 rhinocerous.
kifaru nm vi- [ki-/vi-] military tank.
kifaurongo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sensitive plant which closes its leaves when touched; scandent perennial herb with thorny stems and small heads of pinkish purple flowers.
kifaurongo2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] insect which shams death when touched.
kificho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] act of hiding, nook, place of concealment: Kwa ~ secretly.
kifimbo1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] fish with round girth, a long head with grey colour on the stomach, blue on the back and its tail is divided into two parts.
kifimbo2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 baton. 2 rolling pin.
kifo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] death, doom .
kifoli nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sound blown between the thumb and the middle finger.
kifu1* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] something dead. (Kar)
kif.u2 kt [sie] cloy, satiete: Vitu vya ku~ plenty of things. (tde) kifia, (tdew) kifiwa; (tdk) kifika; (tds) kifisha.
kif.u3 kt [ele] save from a bad event, abstain from doing something bad:
kifu
Mungu atakukifia shari God will serve you. (tde) kifia, (tdew) kifiwa; (tdk) kifika; (tds) kifisha. (Kar)
kifu4* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sufficient quantity, abundance: Amekula ~ yake he has eaten his fill. (Kar)
kifua nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 chest, bosom, breast. 2 chest disease: ~ kikuu tuberculosis. 3 strong heart; brave: Ana ~ he is brave.
kifuasi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 accompaniment. 2 even number.
kifudifudi kl face downwards: Lala ~ lie on the stomach.
kifufumkunye nm vi- [ki-/vi-] something whose value/ importance is unknown.
kifuka nm vi- [ki-/vi-] erect herb of up to 1.5 metres tall with numerous heads of small redish blue daisy-like flowers.
kifukizio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sprayer, incense burner.
kifukizo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] fumigant.
kifuko nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small clay water pot.
kifukofuko nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cocoon.
kifuku nm vi- [ki-/vi-] long rains.
kifukulile nm vi- [a-/wa-] corn borer.
kifulizwa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] continuant.
kifumanzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ankle bells.
kifumbu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] straw strainer.
kifundiro nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 product: Nguo ni ~ cha pamba cloth is a product of cotton. 2 manufactured goods.
kifundo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 small knot, nodule, node on a plant stem. 2 body joint: ~ cha mguu ankle.
kifungambuzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] annual or perennial tussock grass.
kifungio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] lock.
kifungo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] button, bond, fastener bond.
kifungo2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] detention, prison term.
kifungu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 music bar. 2 section.
kifunguakinywa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] breakfast.
kifunguakopo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] tin opener.
kigezo
kifunguamimba nm vi- [a-/wa-] first born child.
kifunguamkoba nm vi- [ki-/vi-] initial consultation fee.
kifuniko nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cover, lid, hood.
kifuo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stake fixed in the ground with pointed end for ripping off the husk of coconut.
kifurushi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] parcel, bundle, packet.
kifusi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 rubble. 2 debris.
kifuta nm vi- [ki-/vi-] feeling of having oily stuff stuck in the gullet.
kifuto nm vi- [ki-/vi-] eraser, rubber.
kifuu1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] empty coconut shell.
kifuu2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cuttle-fish bone.
kifyefye1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stalk.
kifyefye2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] skinny person.
kifyonzavumbi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hoover, vaccum cleaner.
kiga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] thigh.
kigae nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 small potsherd, small broken piece of earthenware. 2 roof tile.
kigaga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 dry hard scale, scurf, scab. 2 crust on the water, tartar on the teeth.
kigambo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] war.
kigango nm vi [ki-/vi-] outstation.
kigano nm vi- [ki-/vi-] fable, story, tale.
kiganja nm vi- [ki-/vi-] palm (of the hand).
kigaro nm vi- [ki-/vi-] crowd of conspirators.
kigasha nm vi- [ki-/vi-] forearm.
kigawanyi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] (hesabu) divider.
kigawanyo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] (hesabu) dividend.
kigawo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] divisor, factor.
kigegezi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nausea.
kigego nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 ill omened child, unlucky child, e.g. born with front teeth or other peculiarities. 2 obstinate person.
kigelegele nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ululation.
kigereng'enza nm vi- [ki-/vi-] potsherd.
kigeugeu nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 fickle person, unstable person. 2 chameleon.
kigezo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] criterion. 2
kigingi
yardstick, measure. 3 clothes pattern.
kigingi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] peg, stake, bollard, flange.
kigoda nm vi- [ki-/vi-] three legged stool
kigodo nm [u-] rice flour dough mixed with sugar and grated coconut.
kigoe nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 forked stick for plucking fruits or pulling down branches, fruit hook. 2 golf club.
kigogo1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] bigwig, important person, mogul.
kigogo2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] chump; log.
kigoli nm vi- [a-/wa-] pre- pubersent girl (before she reaches puberty).
kigombegombe nm [a-/wa-] grey fish with white spots and horn like bones on the head.
kigongo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hump, hunch.
kigongo2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] thick heavy stick, cudgel.
kigong'ondo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] knocking sound.
kigono nm vi- [ki-/vi-] night stop, overnight sleeping quarters.
kigosho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 hanger. 2 inward bent limb: ~ cha mkono a deformed arm.
kigovya nm vi- [ki-/vi-] fruit hook.
kigozikucha nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hangnail.
kigugumizi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stammer.
kigumba nm vi- [ki-/vi-] arrowhead.
kigumugumu nm vi- [a-/wa-] kind of small dark skinned fish.
kiguru nm vi- [a-/wa-] lame legged person.
kigutu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stump (of a limb): ~ cha mkono stump of an arm.
kigwaru1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] clitoris wart.
kigwaru2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] women's initiation dance.
kigwe nm vi- [ki-/vi-] braided necklace.
kigwena nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 conspiracy: Jamaa wamenikalia ~ they are hatching a plot against me. 2 meeting (for a good cause). (ms) Nendeni ~ go and meet privately.
kihalua nm vi- [a-/wa-] fish with small eyes, black colour on the back, grey on the stomach and yellow and blue stripes on the sides.
kihami nm vi- [a-/wa-] insulator, lag.
kijaa
kiharara1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] tax, levy .
kiharara2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] badger.
kiharara3 nm [u-/i-] tree resembling forest oak.
kiharusi* nm [ki-] apoplexy, stroke. (Kar)
kihembe nm [ki-] thick sauce of ground skinned beans or peas.
kihenge nm vi- [ki-/vi-] barn.
kiherehere nm [ki-] 1 anxiety, bustle, trepidation. 2 palpitation.
kihero nm vi- [ki-/vi-] wooden tray.
kihil.i kt [ele] skin an animal and remove innards. (tde) kihilia; (tden) kihiliana, (tdew) kihiliwa; (tdk) kihilika; (tds) kihilisha.
kihoda nm vi- [ki-/vi-] abortion medicine.
kihodhi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] gland.
kihongwe nm vi- [a-/wa-] donkey.
kihori nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dinghy, dingey.
kihoro nm vi- [ki-/vi-] grief, anguish, sadness: Pata ~ be anguished.
kihunzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] mysterious language.
kihusishi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] preposition.
kiila nm [ki-] denial, negation.
kiima nm vi- [ki-/vi-] subject (of a sentence).
kiimbo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] pitch, intonation.
kiinamizi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] meat given to a slaughterer.
Kiingereza nm [ki-] English (language)
kiingilio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] entry fee.
kiingizi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] interjection.
kiini nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 nucleus. 2 (tunda) kermel, stone. 3 (yai) yolk. 4 (mti) heart, hard core. 5 foetus. 6 essence, (si rasmi) nitty-gritty, gist: ~ cha tatizo hili the esence of this problem.
kiinikizo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 load, cargo, freight. 2 bribe.
kiinilishe nm vi- [ki-/vi-] food nutrient.
kiinimacho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] magic trick, conjurer's trick, hypnosis, (zamani) mesmerism, legerdemain.
kiinitete nm vi- [ki-/vi-] embryo.
kiinitoni nm vi [ki-/vi-] accent.
kiinuamgongo 1 pension, gratuity. 2 tip.
kiitikio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] chorus, refrain.
kijaa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] grain grinder.
kijakazi
kijakazi1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] slave girl.
kijakazi2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] small red bony fish.
kijalizo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] complement, adjunct, oppositive .
kijaluba* vi- [ki-/vi-] small ornamental metal box.
kijambia* nm vi- [ki/vi-] gusset, (nguo) gore. (Kaj)
kijana nm vi- [a-/wa-] youth, young man, juvenile, lad.
kijani nm vi- [ki-/vi-] green.
kijarida nm vi- [ki-/vi-] newsletter.
kijasumu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bacteria.
kijembe1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small cutting instrument, lancet, scalpel.
kijembe2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] innuendo, sarcasm.
kijibwa nm vi- [a-/wa-] political puppet.
kijicho nm [ki-] envy, malice, ill-will.
kijiji nm vi- [ki-/vi-] village, hamlet.
kijiko nm vi- [ki-/vi-] spoon.
kijimbimsitu nm vi- [a-/wa-] mangrove king fisher.
kijimea nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bacteria.
kijimo nm vi- [a-/wa-] dwarf, pygmy.
kijinga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] firebrand.
kijisitu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] grove.
kijiti nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stick, twig.
kijito nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stream, brook, affluent.
kijitu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] manikin.
kijijumba nm vi- [ki-/vi-] micro-organism.
kijivu1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] wooden socket in which the handle of a drill turns.
kijivu2 nm [ki-] grey.
kijiwe1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] acne, pimple, spot.
kijiwe2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] calculus.
kijogoo1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] black greyish round fish with black horizontal stripes on head and upright tail fins.
kijogoo2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] brave, hero. 2 womanizer.
kijulanga nm vi- [a-/wa-] youth.
kijumbamshale nm vi- [a-/wa-] swallow.
kijumbe nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 messenger. 2 marriage broker. 3 bugler.
kijungujiko nm vi- [ki-/vi-] (uchumi) subsistence.
kikoko
kijusi1* nm [ki-] 1 defilement. 2 stink.
kijusi2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] foetus.
kijuujuu kl superficially, foolishly, in a shallow way: Amejibu swali ~ he answered the question superficially.
kikaango nm vi- [ki-/vi-] frying pan.
Kikae nm [ki-] 1 Swahili dialect spoken in Makunduchi (Zanzibar south). 2 old Swahili: ~ cha Shungwaya Old Swahili of Shungwaya.
kikaka nm [ki-] grief, dejection, sadness, deep sorrow.
kikakakaka kl hurriedly, quickly, hastily.
kikalio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] seat, small stool.
kikamulio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] squeezer.
kikanda nm vi- [ki-/vi-] parcel, packet.
kikanza nm vi- [ki-/vi-] warmer.
kikao nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 sitting place. 2 meeting, sitting, session.
kikapu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] basket.
kikaramba nm vi- [a-/wa-] dotard.
kikausho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] blotter, blotting paper.
kikaza nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sth that tightens.
kikazio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] screwdriver.
kikazo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stress, accent.
kikero nm vi- [ki-//vi-] nose ring.
kiki* nm [i-/zi-] kick. (Kng)
kikiki kl firmly, fast, securely: Funga kitu ~ tie sth firmly.
kikingio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] shield, shelter, cover.
kikiri nm [i-/zi-] struggling, pushing and
shoving.
kikirik.a kt [ele] shove, jostle one another. (tde) kikirikia; (tdk) kikirikika; (tdn) kikirikana; (tds) kikirikisha; (tdw) kikirikwa.
kiko1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] tobacco pipe, briar.
kiko2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] elbow.
kikoa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 co-operation, partnership. 2 meal eaten in common (in which each member provides food by turns). 3 field.
kikohozi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cough.
kikoi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] loin cloth.
kikojozi nm vi- [a-/wa-] bedwetter.
kikoko nm vi- [ki-/vi-] crust of food in pot.
kikokoro
kikokoro nm vi- [ki-/vi-] big tobacco pipe.
kikombe1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cup.
kikombe 2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] trophy.
kikombo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 crooked thing, defect, fault. 2 small bed.
kikombo2 kl in a crooked way, in an irregular way.
kikome nm vi- [ki-/vi-] shoot.
kikomo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] end, limit, acme, terminus: ~ cha uso forehead.
kikomunisti kv communist.
kikongo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] horn.
kikono nm vi- [ki-/vi-] rope between the mast and strake of a vessel: ~ cha mlingoti mast head; ~ cha omo extreme point of prow; ~ cha demani shorter rope of a sail.
kikono2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] person with defective arm.
kikonyo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bud, fruit stem.
kikonzo (nh) ngoja ~ wait for a long time.
kikope nm vi- [ki-/vi-] eyelid swelling.
kikopesa nm [ki-/vi-] roofed verandah.
kikopo nm vi- [ki/-vi-] small cane. (nh) Mtoto wa ~ vagabond, young ruffian.
kikora nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stem of dwarf palm.
kikorokoro nm vi- [ki-/vi-] knick-knack
kikorombwe nm vi- [ki-/vi--] signal cry or call made by blowing into the hand or through the fingers.
kikoromeo nm vi- [ki-/vi--] larynx,
bronchus.
kikosi1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] back of the neck, nape: Vunja ~ break the neck.
kikosi2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] brigade, squad, work group, unit: ~ cha kuzuia fujo Field Force Unit (FFU).
kikota nm vi- [ki-/vi-] tipless knife.
kikoto nm vi- [ki-/vi-] whip of plaited grass/leaf-strips or bark-fibre.
kikotwe nm vi- [a-/wa-]kind of cuttle -fish.
kikowe nm vi- [a-/wa-] kind of snapper.
kikuba* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ornamental aromatic flowers /herbs, worn on neck.(Kar)
kikuku1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 armlet, bracelet, anklet. 2 stirrup. 3 handle of manhole cover.
kilemba
kikuku2 nm [ki-/vi-] misery, solitude, loneliness.
kikukusi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] strong wind.
kikuli nm vi- [ki-/vi-] horror, fright.
kikumbo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] thrust, shove, push, jostling: Piga ~ push.
kikunazi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] short thick stick for fighting, killing fish, etc.
kikundi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small group.
kikundu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] haemorrhoids.
kikungu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cross beam in vessel to which the sheet is fastened.
kikunjajamvi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] fee paid to court elders in money or in kind.
kikuto1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anything rolled up; roll: ~ cha mkeka a roll of a mat.
kikuto2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] hyena.
kikwakwa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] loud laugh, haw-haw.
kikwapa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] armpit odour.
kikwara nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cock, rooster.
kikwaru nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cock's spur.
kikwata nm vi- [ki-/vi-] white flowered thorny shrub.
kikwazo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] obstacle, handicap, sanction, hindrance.
kikweke nm vi- [a-/wa-] dwarf.
kikweukweu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sobbing.
kikwezeo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dais.
kikwezo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] land stage.
kikwi nm & kv 1 one thousand. 2 many, plenty: Kumekuja watu ~ many people came.
kila kl each, every. kv all: ~ siku everyday, daily; ~ mtu everyone.
kilabu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] club.
kilalanungu nm vi- [u-/i-] creeping plant with cordate leaves.
kilalio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 dinner. 2 bedding.
Kilatini* nm [ki-] Latin. (Kng)
kile nm vi- [ki-/vi-] round flat cake made from wheat flour or rice flour.
kilegesambwa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] knee-cap.
kilele* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] peak, top, point, acme, climax. (Kaj)
kilema1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] physical disability, handicap.
kilema2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] disabled person.
kilemba nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 turban: Piga ~ put on a turban. 2 bird's crest e.g. cocks' comb. 3 fee paid to the uncles
kilembwe
(mothers side) during wedding. 4 bribe. 5 gratuity at the end of a job, apprenticeship. (ms) Usinivishe ~cha ukoka don't flatter me.
kilembwe1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nipple.
kilembwe2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] great-great grandchild.
kilembwekeza nm vi- [a-/wa-] great-great great grandchild.
kilemeanembo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] shrub or scandent plant with dark green opposite leaves and clusters of white flowers in the exils of the leaves.
kilendo nm vi- [a-/wa-] kind of fish.
kilenge1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] four months old foetus.
kilenge2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] children's game played by throwing four pieces of stick.
kileo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] intoxicant, liquor, alcohol.
kilete nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 stick used for furnishing rope. 2 strut in the outrigger of a vessel .
kileti nm vi- [ki-/vi-] thole pin.
kilifi* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] deep waters. (Kar)
kilihafu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] first stomach in quadrupeds, the maw, belly, paunch.
kilili nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 bedstead with turned legs used to carry someone on: Harusi ya ~ a wedding where the
bridegroom is carried on bedstead during honeymoon. 2 pulpit.
kilima nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hill, barrow, hummock, knoll, mound.
kilimbikizi umeme nm vi- [ki-/vi-] accumulator.
kilimbili nm vi- [ki-/vi-] elbow.
kilimbo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hill.
kilimi1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] uvula.
kilimia nm [ki-/vi-] pleiades (constellation) .
kilimilimi1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] rumour mongering, gossiping.
kilimilimi2 nm vi-[ a-/wa-] rumour monger, gossip.
kilimo nm [ki-/vi-] 1 agriculture: ~ cha jembe la mkono cultivating with a hoe; ~ cha plau cultivating with a plough. 2 cultivation season.
kilindachozi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cluster of flowers at the tip of a banana bunch.
kimangare
kilindi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] deep waters.
kilindo nm [ki-/vi-] container made of bark or skin.
kilinge1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] traditional healer’s place for healing, traditional healer’s clinic.
kilinge2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] undesirable decision.
kilingo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] pattern, model: ~ cha shati shirt pattern.
kilinzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] strap of beads worn round the wrist.
kilio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 wailing. 2 cry, shout. 3 mourning. 4 problem. ~ cha maji water problem.
kilo* nm [i-/zi-] kilo. (Kng)
kiloaka* nm [ki-/vi-] cloaca.(Kng)
kilomita* nm [i-/zi-] kilometre. (Kng)
kiloo nm [a-/wa-] hard core, stubborn person, uncompromising person.
kilopwe nm vi- [ki-/vi-] annual herb with twining or trailling stems and heads of blue flowers.
kilowati* nm [i-/zi-] kilowatt. (Kng)
kilosaiko* nm [i-/zi-] kilocycle. (Kng)
kilua nm [ki-/vi-] 1 small aromatic white flower. 2 women traditional dance.
kiludhu nm [ki-/vi-] velvet.
kilumwe nm vi- [ki-/vi-] kind of breast disease.
kiluwiluwi1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] larva;
tadpole.
kiluwiluwi2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] plover.
kima1 nm [a-/wa-] black monkey.
kima2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] amount, price, rate, value: ~ cha chini cha mshahara minimum wage.
kima3 nm [ki-/vi-] mincemeat: Mchuzi wa ~ gravy of minced meat sauce. (Khi)
kimachomacho kl alert, wide-awake, openly.
kimada nm vi- [a-/wa-] concubine: weka/wekwa ~ cohabit.
kimagamaga kl astride.
kindiko nm [a-/wa-] chimera.
kimako nm vi- [ki-/vi-] astonishment, surprise.
kimanda1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] omelette, spanish omelette.
kimanda2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] spot on cloth .
kimangare nm vi- [ki-/vi-] Maasai club.
kimangari
kimangari nm vi- [ki-/vi-] red flowered shrub.
kimanzi nm vi- [a-/wa-] beautiful woman, lovely looking girl.
kimasomaso nm [ki-/vi-] pretence: Kufanya ~ to try to get out of a difficult argument, tight corner by trickery e.g. by pretending not to understand or to have forgotten.
kimatu nm vi- [a-/wa-] young locust.
kimau nm vi- [ki-/vi-] short sleeved collarless tunic.
kimba1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] dead body, corpse.
kimba2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] dung; faeces.
kimbaumbau nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 slim person. 2 fickle/flighty person.
kimbelembele nm [a-/wa-] showy person.
kimbi.a kt [ele] 1 run. 2 run away, escape: John anani~ John is avoiding me/is running away from me. (tde) kimbilia; (tdk) kimbika; (tdn) kimbiana; (tds) kimbiza; (tdw) kimbiwa.
kimbilia kt [ele] 1 run after sb, run to. 2 seek refuge. (tdk) kimbilika; (tdn) kimbiliana; (tdw) kimbiliwa.
kimbilio nm ma- [li-/ya-] refuge, haven, protection, sanctuary, asylum.
kimbimbi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] goose pimples.
kimbiza kt [ele] 1 chase, pursue, drive away: Polisi walili~ gari jeupe the police chased the white car. 2 make sth run faster: Dereva ana~ gari the driver is driving very fast. (tde) kimbizia; (tdk) kimbizika; (tdn) kimbizana; (tdw) kimbizwa.
kimboya nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dish made of cassava and peas.
kimbunga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] typhoon, hurricane, whirlwind.
kimbugimbugi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] kind of a weed of about one foot tall with small seeds.
kimburu nm vi- [a-/wa-] wild cat.
kimchango nm vi- [ki-/vi-] mite.
kimea nm vi- [ki-/vi-] malt grain sprout.
kimelea nm vi- [ki-/vi-] plant or insect parasite, leaf rust, plant fungus.
kimeng'enya nm vi- [ki-/vi-] enzyme.
kimeta nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anthrax.
kimetameta vi- [ki-/vi-] sparkle, glitter.
kimeto nm vi- [ki-/vi-] glittering object.
kimia nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 casting net, goal net, netting. 2 lace work.
kimiani kl in the goal net: Moshi aliingiza mpira ~ baada ya kuwapiga chenga walinzi Moshi kicked the ball into the goal net after dodging the defenders.
kimio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 epiglottis. 2 uvula.
kimo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 measure; height. 2 front/back piece of a robe.
kimombo nm (sio rasmi) English language.
kimondo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] meteor, shooting star.
kimondo2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] fool, clown.
kimondo3 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] uproar, disturbance, commotion, quarrel.
kimori nm vi- [ki-/vi-] apron.
kimota nm vi- [ki-/vi-] spark of fire.
kimoyomoyo kl by heart, silently: Sali ~ pray silently.
Kimrima nm [ki-] Kiswahili dialect spoken around Dar es Salaam and coast regions.
Kimtang'ata nm [ki-] Kiswahili dialect spoken around Tanga.
kim.u1 kt [ele] prepare people for prayer: ~ swala get ready people for prayer. (tde) kimia; (tdk) kimika;
(tds) kimisha; (tdw) kimiwa.
kim.u2 kt [ele] serve/provide basic needs i.e. accomodation, food, clothing; foster: Sayansi ~ domestic science. (tde) kimia, (tdew) kimiwa; (tdk) kimika; (tds) kimisha; (tdn) kimiana.
kim.u3 kt [ele] erect.
kimulimuli nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 firefly, gleam, worm. 2 siren of a police vehicle or ambulance.
kimuyemuye nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anxiety, nervousness, worry: Ona ~ get worried.
Kimvita nm [ki-] Kiswahili dialect spoken around Mombasa (Mvita).
kimw.a1 kt [ele] satiate, surfeit.
kimwana nm vi- [a-/wa-] darling, beloved.
kimya1 nm [ki-] silence, quietness: ~ ni dalili ya kukubali silence implies consent.
kimya2 kv silent, mute, quiet: Mtoto m~ quiet child; ~ ~ kl silently, quietly; kaa ~! be quiet!
kina1 kl group of similar people ~ mama women folk; ~ yahe common people.
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kina2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] rhyme.
kina3 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] depth: Kwa ~ in depth.
kinaa nm [ki-] surfeit, satiety, satisfaction.
kinaganaga kl thoroughly; in depth, clearly: Eleza ~ explain clearly.
kinagiri nm vi- [ki-.vi-] golden bead like ornament on a chain.
kina.i kt [sie] be surfeited, be satiated, be satisfied. (tde) kinaia, (tden) kinaiana, (tdew) kinaiwa; (tdk) kinaika; (tds)kinaisha.
kinaifu kv easily satiated/surfeited.
kinaish.a kt [sie] cloy: Chakula hiki kimeni~ this food has cloyed me.
kinamasi1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] slime, mire, ooze, marsh, bog: Mbuga yenye ~ fen.
kinamasi 2 nm vi [ki-/vi-] shame, disgrace.
kinamo kv flexible, pliable, elastic.
kinanda nm vi- [ki-/vi-] harmonium,
organ; hurdy-gurdy: ~ cha mkono harmonica.
kinana nm vi- [ki-/vi-] yam.
kinara1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] embroidery around the neck of a robe/garment.
kinara 2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 stand, stage, scaffold. 2 candlestick.
kinara3 nm vi- [a-/wa-] leader, chairperson.
kinasasauti nm vi- [ki-/vi-] microphone.
kinaya1 nm [ki-] provocation, incitement.
kinaya2 nm [ki-] match, equal model: bila ~ without equal/incomparable/ matchless.
kinda nm ma- [a-/wa-] 1 chick . 2 young shoot: Mnazi m~ coconut shoot. 3 youth.
kindakindaki1 kv 1 genuine, proper, original, pure. 2 aristocratic, of noble
birth: Mimi mwana ~ nimeoa kisonoko I am an aristocratic married to an ill-bred person.
kindakindaki2 kl shoulder-high, aloft: alibebwa ~ he was carried shoulder-high.
kindanindani kl secretly, secretively.
kindengereka nm vi- [ki-/vi-] valueless thing, trash.
kindi nm [a-/wa-] squirrel.
kindumbwendumbwe1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 anxiety, worries, excitement. 2 children’s game of humiliating one who wets the bed.
kindumbwendumbwe2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] scramble (for sth).
kinega nm vi- [a-/wa-] kind of swallow with a short tail.
kinembe nm vi- [ki-/vi-] clitoris.
kinena nm vi- [ki-/vi-] groin.
kinengwe nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 kind of large shark. 2 dried small sharks.
king.a1 kt [ele] 1 guard, protect, defend, ward off. (tde) kingia; (tdk) kingika; (tdn) kingana; (tdw) kingwa.
kinga2 nm [i-] protection, defence, prophylatic; obstruction: Ukosefu wa ~ mwilini (UKIMWI) acquired immune defficiency syndrome (AIDS).
kingaja nm vi- [ki-/vi-] armlet, armband; necklace.
kingalingali kl on one's back: Lala ~
lie on one's back.
kingam.a kt [sie] cross over (from one side to the other); barricade, obstruct. (tde) kingamia; (tdk) kingamika; (tdn) kingamana; (tds) kingamisha; (tdw) kingamwa.
kingamwili nm [i-] body immunity: Ukosefu wa~ deficiency in body immunity.
kingio nm [i-/zi-] lamp shade.
kingis.a kt [ele] carry with difficulty (due to heavy weight). (tde) kingisia; (tdk) kingisika; (tdn) kingisana; (tds) kingisisha; (tdw) kingiswa.
kingo1 nm [i-/zi-] 1 threshold. 2 edge, end: ~ za dunia end of the earth.
kingo2 nm [i-/zi-] cataract.
king'on'go nm vi-[ki-/vi-] nasal sound.
kingonyo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] filth, dirt.
kingonyo
kingonyo2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] germ; larva.
king'ora nm vi- [ki-/vi-] siren.
kingoto nm (nh) Kufa ~ suffer in silence .
Kingozi nm Kiswahili dialect spoken in Malindi and Pate.
kingugwa nm vi- [a-/wa-] large spotted hyena.
kingulima nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anthill.
kingwagu1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] addict.
kingwagu2 nm vi-[ki-/wa-] addiction.
Kingwana nm Kiswahili dialect spoken in Eastern Congo.
kingwangwa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sth that is overweight.
kinofu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] piece of steak.
kinokera nm vi- [a-/wa-] gazelle.
kinongo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] white and yellow wooly flowered perennial herb.
kinoo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] whetstone.
kinu nm vi [ki-/vi-] 1 mortar. 2 milling/ processing machine: ~ cha moshi steam mill; ~ cha mkono hand mill. 3 wheel-cup.
kinubi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 Nubian harp, lyre. 2 banjo (of more than one string).
kinukamito1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] plant with poisonous roots.
kinukamito2 nm [a-/wa-] 1 restless person, one who divorces and remarries often. 2 flirtratious person.
kinundu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nodule.
kinungu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] piece: ~ cha nyama piece of meat.
kinyaa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] disgust: Ona ~ be disgusted.
kinyago nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 mask. 2 laughing stock. 3 carving.
kinyakazi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] wart (on the clitoris).
kinyambuo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] derivative.
kinyamkela nm vi- [ki-/vi-] evil spirit believed to dwell in baobab trees.
kinyangarika nm vi- [ki-/vi-] gimcrack, good-for-nothing, despised/useless thing, trash.
kinyang'anyiro nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stiff competition.
kinyanyavu nm vi- [a-/wa-] ruffle-feathered fowl; fowl with featherless neck.
kiongozi
kinyemela kl quietly; secretly: Amemwendea ~ he has gone behind her back.
kinyemi nm [ki-] pleasant/ interesting thing.
kinyenyezi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 sensation. 2 fuzzy eyesight.
kinyerenyere kl 1 severely. 2 attentively. 3 slowly.
kinyesi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] excrement, faeces, ordure.
kinyevunyevu nm [ki-] sensational feeling.
kinyezi nm [ki-] nausea, disgust.
kinying'inya nm vi- [a-/wa-] great-great grandchild.
kinyonga nm vi- [a-/wa-] chameleon.
kinyongo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hatred, resentment, bitterness.
kinyota nm vi- [ki-/vi-] asterisk.
kinyozi nm vi- [a-/wa-] barber.
kinyumba kl weka ~ cohabit.
kinyume nm vi- [ki-/vi-] reverse, opposite. kl contrary, against: Enda ~ go against.
kinyunya nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dough.
kinywa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] mouth.
kinywaji nm vi- [ki-/vi-] drink, beverage: ~ baridi soft drink; ~ kikali intoxicant.
kinyweleo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] pore, follicle.
kinz.a kt [ele] 1 obstruct, demur, impede. 2 oppose, counteract, contradict, object. (tde) kinzia; (tdk)
kinzika; (tdn) kinzana; (tds) kinzisha; (tdw) kinzwa.
kinzani kv obstinate, opinionated, ambivalent.
kiogajivu nm vi- [a-/wa-] blue roller.
kioja nm vi- [ki-/vi-] oddity, freak.
kiokamikate nm vi- [ki-/vi-] pan.
kiokosi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] award given to sb who finds a lost item.
kiokote nm vi- [a-/wa-] orphan.
kioleza nm vi- [ki-/vi-] raft; buoy.
kiomo nm [ki-] tip, apex, peak: ~ cha nchi cape, promontory, headland; ~ cha chombo extremity of prow.
kiongezo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] adjunct.
kiongozi1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] leader, guide.
kiongozi2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] manual, handbook.
kionjamchuzi
kionjamchuzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] goatee.
kionjo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] temptation.
kionyeshi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] demonstrative.
kioo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] glass, pane of glass; mirror.
kioo2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] fish hook.
kiookuzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] magnifier.
kiopoo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hook, pole with hooked end.
kioski* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] kiosk . (Kng)
kiota nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nest; roost.
kiowevu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] liquid.
kipa* nm ma- [a-/wa-] goal keeper. (Kng)
kipachikwa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] inset.
kipafumaji nm vi- [ki-/vi-] aqualung.
kipago nm vi- [ki-/vi-] rung (of a ladder); step.
kipaimara nm [ki-/vi-] confirmation: Sakramenti ya ~ The Sacrament of Confirmation.
kipaji1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ability, talent, endowment, gift, aptitude, flair, genius.
kipaji2 nm vi- [i-/zi-] round mark on the forehead.
kipakasa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] present given by the groom to the bride on the wedding day.
kipaku nm vi- [ki-/vi-] fleck.
kipalio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 fish scraper. 2 equipment for holding hot charcoal.
kipambio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] grill (for roasting meat).
kipamkono nm vi- [ki-/vi-] present
given by the groom to the bride on the wedding day.
kipandauso nm vi- [ki-/vi-] migraine.
kipande nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 piece, part. 2 distance: Hapa mpaka kwake ni ~ there is distance from here to his place. 3 hunk; a big person: ~ cha mtu hunk. 4 job done on monthly basis: Kazi ya ~ monthly employment.
kipandikizi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] graft.
kipando nm vi- [ki-/vi-] (Unguja) vehicle.
kipanga nm vi- [a-/wa-] falcon, kite.
kipapai nm vi- [ki-/vi-] magic which makes somebody wander away.
kipapasio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] antenna.
kipia
kipapatio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bird’s wing.
kipara nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 baldness. 2 clean shaved head.
kipashamoto nm vi- [ki-/vi-] chafing-dish.
kipashio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] (neno) constituent.
kipatasi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bradawl.
Kipate nm [ki-] Kiswahili dialect spoken at Pate.
kipato nm vi- [ki-/vi-] income, return: ~ cha chini low income.
kipaumbele nm vi- [ki-/vi-] priority.
kipawa nm vi [ki-/vi-] talent, gift, ability, flair.
kipazasauti nm vi- [ki-/vi-] loud speaker.
kipekecho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] whisk, blender.
kipele nm vi- [ki-/vi-] pimple, scab.
kipeleleza-nyambizi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] asdic.
Kipemba nm vi- [ki-] Kiswahili dialect spoken at Pemba.
kipembe nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nook.
kipenga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] whistle.
kipengele nm vi- [ki-/vi-] point, item, aspect: Amelizungumzia somo katika kila ~ chake he discussed every aspect of the subject.
kipenyo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] diameter, orifice.
kipenzi nm vi- [a-/wa-] lover, darling.
kipeo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] gourd.
kipeo2nm vi- [ki-/vi-] power, exponent: Mbili ~ cha nne two to the power of four; ~ cha pili squared; ~ cha
tatu cubed.
kipeo3 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] climax.
kipepeo1 nm vi [a-/wa-] butterfly.
kipepeo2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] oval shaped fish with broad hind fins.
kipepeo3 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hand fan.
kiperea nm vi [ki-/vi-] small canoe (enough for two passengers).
kipete nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ferrule, circlet, hasp.
kipeto nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 parcel, packet, bundle,case. 2 half filled sack.
kipeuo nm vi- [ki-] root of number.
kipi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bird's spur.
kipia1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] apex, pinnacle.
kipia
kipia2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] leaves used for colouring fishing line.
kipigi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small stick for beating or plucking fruits.
kipigo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] blow, stroke, beating.
kipilipili nm [ki-] kink: Nywele za ~ kinky hair.
kipimahewa nm vi - [ki-/vi-] barometer.
kipimajoto nm vi- [ki-/vi-] thermometer.
kipima pembe nm vi [ki-/vi-] protractor.
kipimarangi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] colorimeter.
kipima upepo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] weather vane.
kipima utego nm vi- [ki-/vi-] telescopic sight.
kipimio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] scale.
kipimo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 measurement: ~ cha urefu measurement of length. 2
measure, size, module: ~ cha upana breadth measure.
kipindi1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] carcass: Kufa ~ normal death of an animal.
kipindi2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 period: ~ cha kwanza huanza saa 2.30 the first period begins at 8.30. 2 time: ~ cha swala time of prayers. 3 radio programme.
kipindupindu nm [ki-] cholera.
kipingamizi nm vi- [i-] obstruction, injunction; obstacle, drawback.
kipingo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] wooden peg or bolt for fastening shroud or anchor.
kipingwa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] door bar, bolt, latch.
kipini nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nose pin.
kipipa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] keg.
kipira nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 carpenter's moulding plane. 2 projecting moulding.
kipitisho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] conductor (of heat or electricity).
kiplefti nm vi- [ki-/vi-] traffic circle, round about.
kipofu nm vi- [a-/wa-] blind person.
kipokeo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 refrain. 2 chorus.
kipooza1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 paralysis, withered and dried up thing. 2
kirasa
tasteless fruit which ripens prematurely.
kipooza2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] paralyzed person.
kipopo1 nm [ki-] part of the brain where thinking takes place.
kipopo2 nm kl jointly, en masse.
kiporo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] leftovers; arrears.
kipozamataza nm vi- [a-/wa-] lark.
kipukusa1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] falling, dropping (of leaves).
kipukusa2 nm [ki-] plague, pestilence.
kipukusa3 nm vi- [a-/wa-] woodboring beetle.
kipukusa4 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] yellow sweet banana.
kipuli nm vi- [ki-/vi-] earing.
kipungu nm vi- [a-/wa-] osprey, eagle.
kipunguo [ki-/vi-] ropes sewn horizontally across the matting sail for reinforcement.
kipunguzo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] discount.
kipupwe nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cold season, cold weather.
kipura nm vi- [a-/wa-] small bronze winged dove.
kipuri nm vi- [ki-/vi-] spare part.
kipusa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] rhino horn. 2 (sio rasmi) beautiful young lady.
kiputo nm vi [ki-/vi-] bubble.
kipwa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] rock dry patch (left by receding tide); shallow waters.
kipwe1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] shrike.
kipwe2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] catcall (for calling sb).
kipwepwe nm [ki-] skin disease that causes red spots.
kipwi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] convenience
chamber. 2 gunwale.
kiraa nm [ki-] style of reading Koran.
kiradi nm [a-/wa-] generic name for monkeys, apes, baboons etc.
kirago1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] expediton on foot.
kirago2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 sleeping mat. 2 old grass mat.
kiraka nm vi- [ki-/vi-] patch.
kirambamchuzi [ki-/vi-] goatee.
kiranga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sexual mania.
kiranja nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 first boy to be circumcized. 2 school prefect.
kirasa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] boil.
kirehani
kirehani nm vi- [ki-/vi-] kind of sweet potato.
kirejeshi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] relative pronoun.
kir.i kt [ele] admit, accept, concede, acknowledge, confess: ~ deni admit a debt; Nina~ I acknowledge, I agree; Nina~ kuwa nimefanya kosa I confess that I committed an offence. (tde) kiria, (tden) kiriana, (tdew) kiriwa; (tdk) kirika; (tds) kirisha.
kiribahewa nm vi- [ki/vi-] air-pocket.
kiriba* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] wineskin, waterskin: ~ cha tumbo stomach bulging beneath the navel. (Kar)
kirih.i kt [ele] displease, disgust, execrate. (tde) kirihia, (tden) kirihiana, (tdew) kirihiwa; (tdk) kirihika; (tds) kirihisha. (Kar)
kirimba1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cage (for birds or animals), hutah.
kirimba2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] lintel, threshold, sill.
kirimbi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] iron saw.
kirim.u kt [ele] entertain, treat hospitably. (tde) kirimia, (tedn) kirimiana, (tdew) kirimiwa; (tdk) kirimika; (tds) kirimisha.
kirinda nm vi- [ki-/vi-] underskirt.
kiritimb.a kt [ele] monopolize. (tde) kiritimbia; (tdk) kiritimbika; (tdn) kiritimbana; (tds) kiritimbisha; (tdw) kiritimbwa.
kiroboto1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] flea.
kiroboto2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 Mazrui's mercenary. 2 mercenary in Swahili fables.
kirudufu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] mimeograph.
kirugu1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 top of a wall,
wall plate. 2 height of wall of a house.
kirugu2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] skin swelling e.g. a boil or pimple.
kirukanjia1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 restless person (who doesn't settle in one place). 2 prostitute.
kirukanjia2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] nightjar.
kirumbizi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stick fight dance.
kirungu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] knobstick, small club, baton, cudge.
kirusu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] mixture of millet gruel and malt for brewing.
kiserema
kirutubishi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nutrient.
kiruu* nm [ki-] rage, fury. (Kar)
kisa* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] event, episode. 2 story, account, narrative. 3 reason 4. complaint. (Kar)
kisaa1 nm [ki-/vi-] piece of cloth.
kisaa2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] remainder, left overs.
kisaga1 nm [ki-/vi-] dry measure of about a quart or 1.4 kg.
kisaga2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] weevil (which destroys beans).
kisagalima nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ground down hoe (through much use), worn out hoe.
kisagaunga nm vi- [a-/wa-] white crab.
kisahani nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 saucer. 2 discus, disc/disk.
kisaka nm vi- [a-/wa-] short person.
kisaki kl tightly, firmly: Funga ~ close tightly.
kisalisali1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] gonorrhea.
kisalisali2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bilharzia.
kisamaki nm vi- [ki-/vi-] one of the planks of a tansom stern.
kisamkasa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] a priori.
kisamvu nm [ki] cassava leaves used as vegetable.
kisanamu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] miniature.
kisanduku nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small money box.
kisanga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] trouble, confusion: ~ kilianza baada ya hotuba ya waziri trouble started after the minister's speech.
kisangati nm vi- [a-/wa-] mean person, miser.
kisango nm vi- [ki-/vi-] divining board.
kisarambe nm vi- [ki-/vi-] rymic but unrythmic song.
kisarawanda nm vi- [ki-/vi-] white piece of cloth spread on bed on a wedding night to accertain virginity.
kisasi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] revenge, vengeance.
kisasili nm vi- [ki-/vi-] myth.
kisebusebu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] pretending not to like sth while really wanting it.
kisengenye nm vi- [a-/wa-] bluefinch.
kisengesenge kl backwards: Nenda ~ go backwards.
kiserema nm vi- [ki-/vi-] old worn down
kiseyeye
hoe.
kiseyeye nm vi- [ki-/vi-] tooth ache, scurvy, pyorrhoea.
kisha kl then, afterwards: Alikuja ~ akaondoka He came, then he left.
kishada* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 paper kite. 2 cluster, string, bunch: ~ cha maua a cluster of flowers; ~ cha shanga a string of beads. (Kar)
kishamia nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cloth for covering people performing burial rituals in a grave or any other function.
kishanzu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] down payment.
kisharifu nm vi- [a-/wa-] Natal Pigmy Kingfisher.
kishaufu* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nose ring, trinket, gewagaw. (Kar)
kishawishi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] temptation, incentive.
kishazi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] clause.
kisheta nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dwarf, pygmy. kv deformed, disfigured, paralyzed.
kisheti nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small iced bun dipped in syrup.
kishida nm vi- [ki-/vi-] under-skirt.
kishikizo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] fastener, button, buckle.
kishimo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] (wanyama) burrow.
kishina1 nm [i-] Swahili women's funeral dance.
kishina2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] counterfoil.
kishindo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 provocation; revenge. 2 disturbance, noise. 3 bang, crash, uproar, shock wave.
kishingo nm [ki-] crick.
kishirazi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ant hill.
kishoka nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hatchet.
kishoroba nm vi- [ki-/vi-] corridor, narrow strip.
kishubaka nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bay, ledge, niche.
kishungi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] forelock.
kishupi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] straw sleeping/ burial bag.
kishushamgando nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anti-freeze.
kishwara nm vi- [ki-/vi-] oar grommet, loop.
kis.i1 kt [sie] imagine, envisage, perceive. (tde) kisia; (tden) kisiana,
kisu
(tdew) kisiwa; (tdk) kisika; (tds) kisisha. kisio nm.
kis.i2 kt [sie] 1 change sail. 2 determine the ship’s position. (tde) kisia; (tdew) kisiwa; (tdk) kisika.
kisi3 nm [i-] mouth kiss: Piga ~ kiss sb on the mouth.
kisi.a kt [ele] estimate, guess. (tde) kisilia; (tdk) kisika; (tdn) kisiana; (tdw) kisiwa.
kisibiti nm vi- [i-/zi-] cumin, caraway seed.
kisifa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] (kz) adverb.
kisigino nm vi- [ki-/vi-] heel.
kisiki nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stump.
kisima nm vi- [ki-/vi-] well; water hole.
kisimamleo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] kind of aloe plant.
kisimamo* nm (ki-) rising during Maulid prayer. (Kar)
kisimi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] clitoris.
kisingizio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] pretext, excuse, feint.
kisira nm vi- [ki-/vi-] thin flat round bread.
kisirani1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 misfortune, bad omen. 2 disgrace, nuisance, annoyance.
kisirani2 nm [a-/wa-] Jonah bad omen person.
kisirisiri kl secretly, secretively.
kisiwa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] island, isle: ~ cha matumbawae atoll.
kisimati nm vi- [ki/vi-] good luck, fortune.
kisogo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nape: usinipe ~ nitazame look at me don’t show me the nape.
kisokoto nm vi- [ki-/vi-] exorcizing dance, spirit.
kisongo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 twist. 2 tourniquet.
kisonoko nm [a-/wa-] cinderella; detrop.
kisonono nm vi- [ki-/vi-] gonorrhoea.
kisoshalisti kv socialistic.
kisra nm ancient title for Persian Kings.
kistari nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dash (-).
kistariungio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hyphen, dash.
kisu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] knife. (ms) ~ cha uamu present given to the cousin of a
kisufugutu
bride.
kisufugutu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] palette knife.
kisugudi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] elbow.
kisukari1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small sweet yellow bananas.
kisukari2 nm diabetes.
kisukio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] milkershaker.
kisukuku nm vi- [ki-/vi-] fossil.
kisukumi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] wart (on the clitoris).
kisulisuli1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] cotton eating insect with yellow and red colours.
kisulisuli2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] giddiness, dizziness.
kisulisuli3 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] tailless kite, whirligig.
kisura nm vi- [a-/wa-] lovely looking girl.
kisuse nm vi- [a-/wa-] small scorpion.
kisutu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] women's cotton wrapper without a centre patch.
kisutuo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] food offered after communal work.
kisuunzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dizziness, giddiness.
kiswa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] robe (esp, religious).
Kiswahili nm [ki-/vi-] Swahili language.
kit.a1 kt [ele/sie] 1 stand firm. 2 fix. (tde) kitia, (tden) kitiana, (tdw) kitiwa; (tdk) kitika; (tds) kitisha.
kita2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] war, fight (of groups of people/nations/animals).
kitabakero nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ampoule.
kitabu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] book: ~ cha kiada textbook; ~ cha ziada supplementary reader.
kitadali nm vi- [ki-/vi-] redish-green shrub with clusters of yellowish green flower.
kitafunio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] snack, bite, canapé, dainty.
kitaji nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cloronet.
kitakataka nm vi- [ki-/vi-] speck, bit,
gimcrack.
kitakizo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] headboard, footboard.
kitako nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 buttock, rump. 2 seat of a bicycle. 3 base, butt. kl kaa ~ sit down.
kitala nm vi- [ki-/vi-] court, palace.
kitale nm vi- [ki-/vi-] young coconut.
kitano
kitali nm vi- [ki-/vi-] war, fight.
kitalifa1 nm [ki-/vi-] distance: Pana ~ kirefu there is a long distance.
kitalifa2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] straw basket (for keeping sweet-meat).
kitalu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 garden; seedbed, plant nursery. 2 plot (of land).
kitambaa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] kerchief, piece of cloth, material: ~ cha mkono handkerchief, napkin; ~ cha kichwa headscarf; ~ cha meza table-cloth.
kitambi1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] turban-cloth, male-wrapper.
kitambi2 nm [ki-/vi-/vi-] pot-belly.
kitambo nm & kl while, spell, short period: Ameondoka ~ kidogo she left a while a go.
kitambulisho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] identity card.
kitamli nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 short coconut plant. 2 coconut from such a tree.
kitana nm vi- [ki-/vi-] comb.
kitanda nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 bed; berth; bunk. 2 coffin, casket, bier. (ms) ~cha mfumi loom, weaver’s board. (mt) ~ usichokilalia hujui kunguni wake it is the wearer who knows where the shoe pinches.
kitanga1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 round mat (for drying food stuff etc). 2 palm: ~ cha mkono palm of the hand. 3 pan of scales.
kitanga2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] radiant light.
kitangatangae nm vi- [a-/wa-] kind of butterfly fish.
kitango nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cloth/skin fastener, lace.
kitangu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] plant nursery, seed-bed: ~ cha minazi coconut plant nursery; ~ cha mpunga rice bed/garden.
kitanguakimbanga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anticyclone
kitangulizi1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 preceeding
thing. 2 odd number.
kitangulizi2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] predecessor, somebody who preceeds others.
kitanguo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] revocation, cancellation.
kitani nm vi- [ki-/vi-] linen, flax, duck.
kitano nm vi- [ki-/vi-] (kz) five cent
kitanzi
coin.
kitanzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] noose, loop: Tia ~ hang sb.
kitapa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small leather bag.
kitapitapi nm vi- [a-/wa-] big eyed colourful fish.
kitapo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] trembling, shivering, chill.
kitara1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sabre.
kitara 2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] patch for drying cereal.
kitasa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] lock.
kitasi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] woven fruit basket.
kitata1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stammering; speech impediment, lisping: Ana ~ he stammers.
kitata2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] splint.
kitata3 ~cha asali honey comb.
kitatange nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 sea porcupine. 2 quarrelsome person.
kitaya nm vi- [ki-/vi-] yoke.
kite nm vi- [ki-/vi-] passion, grief, torment: piga ~ (1) moan, lament; (2) groan.
kitefute nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cheekbone.
kitegauchumi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] investment.
kitema nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ragged clothes.
kitembo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] limit; level; rate.
kitembwe1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] fibre.
kitembwe2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] black striped yellow snaper.
kitendawili nm vi- [ki-/vi-] riddle, conundrum: kitendawili! Tega riddle! Try me.
kitende1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] elephantiasis.
kitende2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dwelling place, residence, abode.
kitendo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] action, act, deed.
kitenge nm vi- [ki-/vi-] kitenge.
kitengele1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] coloured stripe.
kitengele2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] palm (of the
hand).
kitengele3 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] piece of cloth or leather for making mattresses.
kitengo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 unit; section. 2 committee.
kitenzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] verb: ~ saidizi
kitobo
auxiliary verb.
kitete nm vi- [ki-/vi-] fear, fright, cowardice.
kitetefya nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anything soft/tender.
kitewatewa nm vi- [a-/wa-] kind of porcupine.
kithembe nm vi- [ki-/vi-] lisping sound.
kithir.i kt [sie] increase tremendously, surpass. (tde) kithiria; (tdk) kithirika; (tds) kithirisha.
kiti1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 chair, seat: ~cha enzi throne. 2 deck planking. 3 parliamentary/ councillor’s seat.
kiti2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] person possessed by spirits.
kiti.a kt [sie] transplant (a plant), plant out. (tde) kitilia; (tdk) kitika; (tds) kitisha.
kitiba nm vi- [ki-/vi-] habit, character.
kitibegi* nm [i-/zi-] kit-bag. (Kng).
kitimbakwira nm vi- [a-/wa-] person who misuses his powers/authority/ability.
kitimiri nm vi- [a-/wa-] parsley.
kitindamimba nm vi- [a-/wa-] last-born child.
kitindamlo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dessert, pudding.
kitindio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] pair of tweezers.
kitini nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hand-out.
kitisho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] threat, scare, terror, horror.
kitita nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bundle, pile: ~ cha pesa pile of money; ~ cha kuni bundle of firewood.
kititi1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] swamp, marsh.
kititi2 kl upright, straight: Simama ~ stand up straight.
kititi3 kl together, at the same time, simultaneously.
kititia nm vi- [ki-/vi-] palm fronds, wind mill toy.
kitivo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 fertile land. 2 a place in a village or city where everything is available. 3 faculty.
kito1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] gemstone, jewel;
beryl, bijou.
kito2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hide and seek game.
kitoazi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] castanet.
kitobo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small hole.
kitobonya
kitobonya nm vi- [ki-/vi-] iced burn.
kitokono nm vi- [ki-/vi-] coccyx.
kitoma nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 gourd, calabash. 2 testicles.
kitonge nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ball of food.
kitongo1 kl [a-/wa-] sideways, obliquely.
kitongo2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] small bird resembling Zanzibar golden-rumped barbet.
kitongoji nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small village, hamlet.
kitopa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small straw packet.
kitope nm [ki-] allurium.
kitoria nm vi- [ki-/vi-] edible fruit of East African rubber tree.
kitororo nm [a-/wa-] Zanzibar golden-rumped barbet.
kitotoa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] incubator.
kitovu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 umbilical cord; navel, belly button. 2 centre; focus. 3 origin: ~ cha lugha ya Kiswahili ni pwani ya Afrika Mashariki the origin of Kiswahili is in the East African Coast.
kitoweo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] side dish of fish or meat.
kitu1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 thing, object. 2 money.
kitua nm vi- [ki-/vi-] thin leaved gray stemed cassava plant.
kitubio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 penitence, penance. 2 penance chamber.
kituguta nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nausea.
kituka nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small bush, shrub.
kituko nm vi- [ki-/vi-] freak, unusual event or happening.
kituku nm vi- [ki-/vi-] nausea.
kitukutuku nm vi- [a-/wa-] small dust digging insect.
kitukuu nm vi- [a-/wa-] grandchild.
kitulizo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] consolation; relaxant, sedative.
kitumbaku nm vi- [a-/wa-] tobacco tasting small black fish.
Kitumbatu nm [ki-] Kiswahili dialect
spoken at Tumbatu.
kitumbi nm vi- [a-/wa-] jigger, fleas.
kitumbua nm vi- [a-/wa-] rice burn.
kitunda nm vi- [ki-/vi-] pawn.
kiungo
kitundu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] aperture, orifice.
kitunga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 tarboosh, fez. 2 covered straw basket.
kitunguu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] onion: ~ saumu garlic.
kituo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 stop: ~ cha basi. bus stop, intermission, stopover. 2 end of a journey. 3 station: ~ cha mabasi bus station; ~ cha treni/gari la moshi railway station; ~ cha Polisi Police Station; ~ cha ndege (za jeshi la anga) air-base.
kituo2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] full stop.
kituo3 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] silence, peace, calmness, quiteness.
kitutu kl (ms) Piga/pigwa ~ be beaten by many people at once.
kitutumi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anything that causes a rumbling sound.
kitututu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] (watoto) motorcycle.
kitwea nm vi- [ki-/vi-] loneliness, solitary.
kitwitwi nm vi- [a-/wa-] sandpiper.
kiu nm [ki-] 1 thirst: Ona/sikia ~ feel thirsty; Kata ~ quench the thirst. 2 need for something.
kiua nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ornamental eyelet.
kiuamwitu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] aromatic flowered medicinal herb.
kiuasumu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] antidote, antipoison.
kiuk.a kt [ele] 1 step over, get over without touching. 2 evade, infringe law/rules. (ms) ~ mpaka transgress; ~ sheria break the law. (tde) kiukia; (tdk) kiukika; (tdn) kiukana; (tds) kiukisha; (tdw) kiukwa.
kiulimazi nm vi- [a-/wa-] common sandpiper.
kiumambuzi nm vi- [a-/wa-] goat biter, black lizard dwelling in burrows.
kiumbe nm vi- [a-/wa-] creature, being.
kiunda nm vi- [ki-/vi-] round trap.
kiunga1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 suburb, outskirt. 2 plantation.
kiunga2 nm [a-/wa-] kind of borpid fish.
kiunganishi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] conjunction;
kiungo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] joint of body,
junction; limb; nexus.
kiungo
kiungo2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] spice; condiment.
Kiunguja nm [ki-] Kiswahili dialect spoken at Zanzibar.
kiungulia nm vi- [ki-/vi-] heartburn.
kiuno nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 waist, loin. 2 concrete foundation.
kiunza nm vi- [ki-/vi-] burial board, board used to cover corpse in the grave.
kiunzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 framework, frame, structure esp. in ship building, skeleton. 2 (mchezo) hurdle. 3 door frame.
kiupenyo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] aperture.
kiva1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] unity, acting in unison.
kiva2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] mouth of wicker fish trap.
kivangaito nm vi- [ki-/vi-] confusion, disorder, chaos.
kivazi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dress, clothes: ~ chake kizuri he/she dresses well.
kivi1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] elbow.
kivi2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] wooden door latch or bar.
kivimbe nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 swelling, protuberance; nodule, girth. 2 circumference: ~ cha mti girth of a tree.
kivo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] abundance, surplus, excess.
kivo2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] coconut shell.
kivoloya kl without order, haphazardly, in disorder, any how, chaotically.
kivuko1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bridge, crossing.
kivuko2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] ferry.
kivuko-milia nm vi- [ki-/vi-] zebra crossing.
kivuli nm vi- [ki-/vi-] shade, shadow. (nh) kula mtu ~ do something to endanger someone's life while in his/her presence you pretend to be good. (ms) Kukaa katika ~ cha mume/mke living without remarrying after the death of wife or husband.
kivumanyuki nm vi- [ki-/vi-] red purple aromatic flowered shrub.
kivumanzi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] cowbell.
kivumbasi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] greenish-
white spike flowered aromatic medicinal herb.
kiwavi
kivumbi nm [ki-] commotion, uproar.
kivumishi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] adjective.
kivumishi kimilikishi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] possessive adjective.
kivumvu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] loneliness.
kivunde nm vi- [ki-/vi-] soaked and dried cassava.
kivunga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] long usually unkempt hair. ~ cha nywele long hair, a long thick crop of hair.
kivunjajungu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] mantis.
kivuno nm vi- [ki-/vi-] harvest, profit.
kivuta-vumbi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hoover.
kivutio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] incentive.
kivyere nm vi- [a-/wa-] son's or daughter’s parent- in-law.
kiwa1 kv solitary, alone, desolate.
kiwa2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] small island.
kiwaa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 blurred vision: ana ~ his vision is blurred, he is not able to see distinctly. 2 unclear situation, uncertainity.
kiwakilishi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] pronoun.
kiwambo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 drumhead. 2 diaphragm. 3 screen: ~ cha makuti a screen of coconut leaves; ~ cha kitanda lacing of a bed-frame with cord; ~ cha moyo diaphragm; ~ cha sikio eardrum. 4 support for a child learning how to walk.
kiwambotao nm vi- [ki-/vi-] midriff.
kiwamwitu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] branched bush shrub.
kiwanda1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] factory, industry, workshop.
kiwanda2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] (agh. viwanda) weaving slivers.
kiwanda3 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] omelette.
kiwango nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 rate, measure. 2 surplus which is normaly provided as a religious offering. 3 grade, rank, position.
kiwangwa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] decorative cowrie shell.
kiwanja nm vi- [ki-/vi-] open field, playing field, building plot: ~ cha ndege airport.
kiwara* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 plain 2 unfertile land. (Kar).
kiwavi nm vi- [a-/wa-] caterpillar.
kiwavi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] slender twining
stemed plant with itchy hairs.
kiwe
kiwe1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] millstone.
kiwe2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 night blindness. 2 small pimple: ~ cha uso a small pimple on the face.
kiweko nm vi- [ki-/vi-] holder; base, pedestal.
kiwele nm vi- [ki-/vi-] udder, dug.
kiweo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] thigh, ham, hip.
kiwete nm vi- [a-/wa-] cripple, lame.
kiweto nm vi- [a-/wa-] hen that does not lay eggs.
kiwewe nm [ki-] stupor, bafflement, hysteria.
kiwi1 nm [ki-/vi-] wooden door latch/bar, dowel.
kiwi2 nm [ki-] glare, dazzle: ~ cha macho blindness from glare: Tia mtu ~ cheat someone.
kiwi3 nm [ki-] greediness, gluttony.
kiwi4 nm [a-/wa-] kiwi.
kiwida nm [ki-/vi-] mast bank.
kiwiko nm vi- [ki-/vi-] elbow.
kiwili nm [ki-] communal work.
kiwiliwili nm [ki-/vi-] trunk, body.
kiwindu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anchor and rope to keep stern facing the beach.
kiyama* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] doomsday, judgement/resurection day. (Kar)
kiyeye nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dental numbness.
kiyeyusho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] solvent.
kiyoga nm vi- [ki-/vi-] toad stool.
kiyombo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] bark-cloth.
kiyoyozi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] air conditioner.
Kiyunani nm vi- [ki-] ancient Greek.
kiyuyu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] plant with fish poisoning leaves.
kiza nm [ki-] darkness.
kizaazaa nm vi- [ki-/vi-] chaos, disorder, uproar.
kizabizabina nm vi- [a-/wa-] scandal monger.
kizalia1 nm vi- [a-/wa-] offspring.
kizalia2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 inherited disability/defect. 2 birthmark.
kizamiadagaa nm vi- [a-/wa-] kingfisher, ouzel.
kizari nm vi- [ki-/vi-] barb.
kizazi nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 offspring. 2 descendant. 3 uterus. 4 generation.
kizelele nm vi- [a-/wa-] blue swift.
kizibao nm vi- [ki-/vi-] sleeveless waistcoat.
kizuu
kizibiti* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] exhibit. (Kng)
kizibo nm vi- [ki-/vi-] stopper, cork; baffle, clog.
kizidisho nm vi- [ki-/vi-] multiplier.
kazimba nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 coop, cage, hutch. 2 dock; witness stand.
kizimbwi nm vi-[ki-/vi-] 1 anchorage; harbour. 2 edge of submerged shelf.
kizimwili nm vi-[ki-/vi-] millet fungus.
kizinda nm vi- [ki-/vi-] hymen: Kula/vunja ~ break hymen.
kizingatine nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dressing of circumcision wound.
kizingiti nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 top or bottom piece of the frame of a door or window, threshold, door sill, window sill. 2 opening in a bar or reef, floodgate. 3 barrier, bollard: Wekea ~ obstruct.
kizingo1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] winding e.g. of a river or road; curve.
kizingo2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] clean sand from the sea-shore (used for building).
kizio1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] half of anything round: ~ cha nazi half of a coconut.
kizio2 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] (hesabu) unit, base.
kizito nm vi- [a-/wa-] (si rasmi) wealthy/rich person, nob.
kiziwi nm vi- [a-/wa-] deaf person.
kizuianoki nm vi- [ki-/vi-] anti-knock.
kizuio nm vi- [ki-/vi-] (zamani) let.
kizuizi nm vi- ki-/vi-] obstacle, barrier, obstruction, barricade, bollard, clog, drag; gate.
kizuizini nm vi- [ki-/vi-] detention: Yuko ~ he/she is in detention.
kizuizui nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 blindfold. 2 children's game like blind man's buff.
kizuka nm vi- [a-/wa-] 1 apparition. 2 secluded widow.
kizunguzungu nm vi- [ki-/vi-] dizziness, vertigo, giddiness, whirl.
kizushi nm vi- [a-/wa-] interloper; liar.
kizuu1 nm vi- [ki-/vi-] porridge of soft
kizuu
raw maize.
kizuu2 nm vi- [a-/wa-] evil spirit said to be employed by witches and wizards to enter houses in the form of a rat and kill people by devouring their livers.
klabu* nm vi- [ki-/vi-] 1 club: ~ ya mpira football club. 2 bar, pub. (Kng)
klachi* nm [i-/zi-] clutch. (Kng)
klaustrofobia* nm [i-] claustrophobia. (Kng)
klempu* nm [i-/zi-] clamp. (Kng)
kliniki* nm [i-/zi-] clinic. (Kng)
kloridi* nm [i-/zi-] chloride. (Kng)
klorini* nm [i-/zi-] chlorine. (Kng)
klorofili* nm [i-/zi-] chlorophyll. (Kng)
klorofomu* nm [i-/zi-] chloroform. (Kng)
koa1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 metal armlet; metal neckring. 2 aluminium strip.
koa2 nm ma- [a-/wa-] snail, lug.
koa3 snail/oyster shell.
ko.a4 kt [sie] 1 be sharp: Kisu kina ~ the knife is sharp. 2 (chakula, mazungumzo) be pleasant, be pleasing. (tde) kolea; (tdk) koeka; (tds) koza.
koakoa nm ma- [a-/wa-] common house lizard.
koambili kv bivalve.
koanata nm [i-/zi-] limpot.
kobe nm ma- [a-/wa-] 1 tortoise. 2 (utani) person who breaks fast in the month of Ramadhan: Mtoto huyu ni ~ leo this child has broken her fast today.
kobeamiti nm ma- [a-/wa-] whitish-brown tailed grey hawk.
kobo.a kt [ele] husk grain/corn. (tde) kobolea, (tdek) koboleka, (tdes) kobolesha, (tdew) kobolewa; (tdk) koboka; (tds) kobosha.
kobwe1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] pea bean.
kobwe2 nm ma- [a-/wa-] kind of snail. (nh) Piga ~ clap with hollowed hands, or with the hands on the biceps.
kobwe3 nm [i-/zi-] umbilical hernia.
kocha* nm ma-[a-/wa-] coach: ~ wa mpira football coach. (Kng).
koga
koche1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] dwarf palm fruit.
koche2 nm ma- [a-/wa-] lobster.
kochi* nm ma- [li-/ya-] couch, sofa. (Kng)
kochinili* nm [i-/zi-] cochineal. (Kng)
kocho nm [i-/zi-] 1 harpoon. 2 briefs, underpants.
kochokokocho kl plenty.
kodeini* nm [i-] codeine. (Kng)
kodeksi* nm [i-/zi-] codex. (Kng)
kod.i*1 kt [ele] rent, hire. (tde) kodia, (tdew) kodiwa; (tdk) kodika; (tds) kodisha. (Khi)
kodi*2 nm [i-/zi-] rent, cess, import, tax, levy. (Khi).
kodiani nm [i-/zi-] acordian. (Kng)
kodish.a kt [ele] rent out, hire out. (tde) kodishia, (tden) kodishiana, (tdew) kodishiwa ; (tdk) kodishika; (tdw) kodishwa.
kodo nm ma- [li-/ya-] testicle.
kodo.a kt [ele] stare, gaze, gawk: (nh) ~ macho stare at, gaze on, eye sb/sth. (tde) kodolea, (tdek) kodoleka, (tden) kodoleana, (tdew) kodolewa.
kodrai* nm [i-/zi-] corduroy. (Kng)
kodwa nm [i-/zi-] small stone, used as a marble in playing games.
koek.a kt [ele] catch by hooked stick: (nh) ~ mwari make definate arrangements so that an initiate will be under your charge. (tde) koekea; (tdk) koekeka; (tds) koekesha; (tdw) koekwa.
kofi1 nm ma-[li-/ya-] 1 slap: piga mtu ~ slap someone. 2 applause, clap: piga makofi clap hands.
kofi2 nm [i-/zi-] exorcising dance.
kofia nm [i-/zi-] hat, cap : ~ ya bulibuli white embroidered skull cap; ~ ya kitunga (a kind of) tarboosh; ~ ya kiaskofu mitre. (Kar)
kog.a1 kt [sie] make a show, flaunt, display, show off. (tde) kogea; (tdk) kogeka; (tdn) kogana; (tds) kogesha; (tdw) kogwa.
koga2 nm [i-/zi-] mould, blight, mustiness.
kogo
kogo1 nm [i-/zi-] back of the head, occiput.
kogo2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] waist beads.
kohli* nm [i-/zi-] kohl. (Kar)
koho* nm [a-/wa-] vulturine fish-eagle. (Khi)
koho.a kt [sie] cough, (rasmi) expectorate, hawk. (tde) koholea; (tdk) kohoka; (tds) kohoza.
kohozi nm ma- [li-/ya-] sputum, phlegm.
koikoi nm [a-/wa-] heron, stork.
koja1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] garland of flowers.
koja2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] kind of metal pot.
kojo.a kt [sie] urinate, pass/make water. (tde) kojolea, (tdek) kojoleka, (tden) kojoleana, (tdew) kojolewa; (tds) kojoza.
kojojo nm [a-/wa-] sea snail/slug; biche-de-mer.
kojokojo nm ma- [a-/wa-] soft and long sea slug.
kojozi nm [i-/zi-] kind of soft banana.
kok.a kt [sie] ~ moto make fire. (tde) kokea, (tden) kokeana, (tdew) kokewa; (tdk) kokeka; (tds) kokesha; (tdw) kokwa.
kokeni* nm [i-] cocaine. (Kng)
kok.i kt [sie] (bunduki) cock. (Kng)
koko1 nm [i-/zi-] nut of a fruit, stone of a fruit, kernel.
koko2 nm [i-/zi-] roots sprouting in water.
koko3 kv wild; uncoventional: mbwa ~ bush dog, i.e. semi-wild dog.
koko.a kt [ele] 1 sweep up rubbish. 2 husk grain. (tde) kokolea, (tdew) kokolewa; (tdk) kokoka; (tds) kokoza.
kokome.a kt [ele] fix sth in its place, fix with a wedge. (tde) kokomea; (tdk) kokomeka; (tdn) kokomeana; (tds) kokomesha; (tdw) kokomewa.
kokomo.a kt [ele] retch violently, belch, disgorge. (tde) kokomolea, (tdew) kokomolewa; (tdk) kokomoka; (tdn) kokomoana; (tds) kokomosha. kokomoko nm.
kokon.a kt [sie] clean oneself with grass, leaves, etc. after evacuation.
kolez.a
(tde) kokonea; (tdk) kokoneka; (tds) kokonesha; (tdw) kokonwa.
kokonek.a kt [sie] 1 cackle like a hen. 2 be terrified. (tde)
kokonekea; (tdk) kokonekeka; (tds) kokonekesha.
kokono.a kt [ele] scrape out/off, scour. (tde) kokonolea, (tdek) kokonoleka, (tdes) kokonolesha, (tdew) kokonolewa.
kokonya.a kt [sie] remain still in one position; be stiff. (tde) kokonyalia; (tdk) kokonyalika; (tds) kokonyalisha.
kokot.a kt [ele] drag, drawl, haul, lug, draw, pull along: ~ mkokoteni draw a cart; ~ maneno drawl words; ~ kazi work slowly. (tde) kokotea; (tdk) kokoteka; (tdn) kokotana; (tds) kokoteza; (tdw) kokotwa.
kokoto nm [i-/zi-] grit, pebbles, gravel.
kokoto.a kt [ele] calculate: ~ vibaya miscalculate. (tde) kokotolea, (tdew) kokotolewa; (tdk) kokotoka; (tdn) kokotoana; (tds) kokotoza.
kokteli* [i-/zi-] cocktail. (Kng)
kokwa nm [i-/zi-] stone of a fruit, kernel of a fruit.
kola* nm [i-/zi-] collar. (Kng)
kole1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] branch of a coconut palm.
kole2 nm ma- [a-/wa-] person seized in place of a brother or relative who has committed an offence and has absconded.
kole.a kt [ele] 1 be well seasoned/flavoured: Chai ime~ sukari the tea has enough sugar. 2 (rangi) sink in. (tdk) koleka;(tds) koleza; (tdw) kolewa.
kolekole nm [a-/wa-] scaleless silver fish with a long thin tail.
koleo1 nm ma-[li-/ya-] pincers, pliers, tongs.
koleo2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] shovel.
kolez.a1 kt [ele] pay debt on behalf of the debtor. (tde) kolezea; (tdk) kolezeka; (tdn) kolezana; (tds) kolezesha; (tdw) kolezwa.
kolez.a2 kt [ele] 1 season food,
koli
flavour food. 2 make fire burn up. (tde) kolezea; (tdk) kolezeka; (tdw) kolezwa.
koli* nm [i-/zi-] 1 manifest. 2
container used to store the ship's papers.
koliflawa* nm [i-/zi-] cauliflower. (Kng)
kololo nm [i-/zi-] anxiety, concern.
koloni* nm ma- [li-/ya-] colony. (Kng)
kolw.a1 kt [sie] profit from/by, be better off. (tde) kolwea; (tdk) kolweka; (tds) kolwesha.
kolw.a2 kt [sie] be tired of doing sth repeatedly. (tde) kolwea; (tdk) kolweka; (tds) kolwesha.
koma1 nm [a-/wa-] spirit of the dead.
koma2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] fruit of the hyphaene or dwarf palm.
koma3* nm [i-/zi-] (maandishi) comma. (Kng)
kom.a4 kt [sie] cease, desist, stop. (tde) komea; (tdk) komeka; (tds) komesha.
koma.a kt [sie] mature, ripen.(tds) komaza.
komafi nm ma- [li-/ya-] fruit of carepa moluccensis.
komakanga nm [a-/wa-] little black and white finch.
komamanga nm ma- [li-/ya-] pomegranate.
komang.a kt [ele] shake off by beating with stick. (tde) komangia; (tdk) komangika; (tdn) komangana; (tds) komangisha; (tdw) komangwa.
komango nm ma- [li-/ya-] grinding stone.
komaz.a kt [ele] force to mature. (tde) komazia; (tdk) komazika; (tdn) komazana; (tds) komazisha; (tdw) komazwa.
komb.a1 kt [ele] scrape out, wipe clean: ~ chungu clean out a pot. 2 impoverish sb. (tde) kombea; (tdk) kombeka; (tdn) kombana; (tds) kombesha; (tdw) kombwa.
komba2 nm [a-/wa-] bushbaby.
kombaini* nm [i-/zi-] combined
team. (Kng)
komeo
kombamoyo nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 long
thin straight pole, used as a rafter in constructing the roof of native huts, carrying the cross-
pieces and thatch. 2 wall-plate.
kombamwiko nm ma- [a-/wa-] cockroach.
kombania nm [i-/zi-] (jeshi) company; squad, troop. (Kng)
kombe1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 shallow shell. 2 collar-bone, clavicle. 3 large dish, pan or platter of earthenware: ~ la harusi bridegroom's special meal.
kombe2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] koranic medicinal drink.
kombe3 nm [a-/wa-] shell-fish; oyster.
kombe4 nm ma- [li-/ya-] creeping plant whose poisonous sap is applied to arrow tips.
kombe5 nm ma- [li-/ya-] (michezo) cup: ~ la dunia world cup.
kombe6 nm [i-] conch: elimu ~ conchology.
kombeo nm ma- [li-/ya-] sling.
kombo kv crooked, out of line: Enda ~ go astray/aside.
kombo.a kt [ele] 1 redeem, emancipate, liberate, ransom. 2 make compesation for, pay for. (tde) kombolea, (tdek) komboleka, (tdew) kombolewa; (tdn) komboana.
komboli nm [i-/zi-] cochlea.
kombora nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 missile, grenade, bomb, mortar. 2 (mpira) strong shoot.
kome1 nm [i-/zi-] 1 stick used in special functions e.g. dances. 2 imam's stick carried on friday/idd prayers. 3 stick of power.
kome2 nm [a-/wa-] shell fish, univalve.
kome3 nm [i-/zi-] poisonous creeping plant used to poison arrowheads.
kome.a kt [ele] belt, fasten: ~ mlango belt a door. (tde) komelea, (tdek) komeleka, (tden) komeleana, (tdes) komelesha,
(tdew) komelewa.
komeo1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] bolt, bar,
latch.
komeo
komeo2 nm [i-/zi-] creek, inlet.
komesh.a kt [ele] abolish, stop, abate, discontinue. (tde) komeshea; (tdk) komesheka; (tdn)
komeshana; (tdw) komeshwa.
komo nm ma- [li-/ya-] protruding forehead.
komo.a1 kt [ele] unbar. (tde) komolea, (tdew) komolewa; (tdk) komoka; (tdn) komoana; (tds) komoza.
komo.a2 kt [ele] deprive of rights, rend asunder. (tde) komolea, (tdew) komolewa; (tdk) komoka; (tdn) komoana; (tds) komoza.
komo.a3 kt [ele] make sb concious, exorcize. (tde) komolea, (tdew) komolewa; (tdk) komoka; (tdn) komoana; (tds) komoza.
komoni nm [i-] local brew made of bran and malt (popular in southern regions of Tanzania).
komoo nm [i-/zi-] exorcism.
kompyuta* nm [i-/zi-] computer. (Kng)
komunyo* nm [i-/zi-] holy communion. (Kng)
komwe nm [i-/zi-] seeds of climbing plant used as counters.
kona* nm [i-/zi-] corner; corner kick, bend (of a road or path). (Kng)
kond.a kt [sie] loose weight, become thinner, get thin. (tde) kondea; (tdk) kondeka; (tds) kondesha.
kondakta* nm ma- [a-/wa-] conductor. (Kng)
konde1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] fist. (nh) piga moyo ~ have courage; piga ~ la nyuma bribe.
konde2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 plantation, cultivated land. 2 call to a person working in a field before greating him.
kondesh.a kt [ele] make thin and weak. (tde) kondeshea; (tdk) kondesheka; (tdn) kondeshana; (tdw) kondeshwa.
kondo1 nm [i-] recovery period after child birth: ~ ya nyuma after birth, placenta.
kondo2 nm [i-/zi-] war.
kondo3 nm [i-] good health.
kongoo
kondomu* nm [i-/zi-] condom. (Kng)
kondoo nm [a-/wa-] sheep; Aries. (ms) Ameinama kama ~ he is quiet (does not talk much).
kondrati* nm [i-/zi-] contract: ~ ya
kujenga building contract. (Kng)
konea* nm [i-/zi-] cornea. (Kng)
kong.a1 kt [sie] grow old, age. (tde)
kongea, (tdk) kongeka; (tds)
kongesha; (tdw) kongwa.
kong.a2 kt [ele] quench thirst: Nipe maji kidogo nikonge roho Give me a little water to quench my thirst. (tde) kongea; (tdk) kongeka; (tds) kongesha; (tdw) kongwa.
kong.a3 kt [ele] assemble things or people. (tde) kongea; (tdk) kongeka; (tdn) kongana; (tds) kongesha; (tdw) kongwa.
kongamana kt [sie] hold a symposium. (tde) kongamania, (tden) kongamaniana; (tdk) kongamanika; (tds) kongamanisha.
kongamano nm ma- [li-/ya-] symposium, colloquium.
kongany.a kt [ele] bring together, mix: (tde) konganyia; (tdk) konganyika; (tdn) konganyana; (tds) konganyiza; (tdw) konganywa.
kongo nm [i-/zi-] forearm.
kongo.a1 kt [ele] extract nail, disjoin, disengage, dismantle. (tde) kongolea, (tdew) kongolewa; (tdk) kongoka; (tdn) kongoana; (tds) kongosha.
kongoj.a kt [sie] walk feebly. (tde) kongojea; (tdk) kongojeka; (tds) kongojesha.
kongole nm [i-/zi-] thanks, gratitude.
kongome.a kt [ele] hammer in, nail up: (tde) kongomelea; (tdk) kongomeka; (tdn) kongomeana; (tds) kongomeza.
kongomeo1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] fastener, fastening.
kongomeo2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] larynx, gullet.
kongoni1 nm [a-/wa-] hartebeest.
kongoni2 ki welcome!
kongoo nm [i-/zi-] collection of
kongoro
writings.
kongoro nm ma- [li-/ya-] ox foot (for soup); knuckle.
kongosho nm [i-/zi-] pancreas.
kong’ot.a kt [ele] 1 tap lightly, beat lightly. 2 punish (by beating); (si
rasmi) lambaste; (tde) kong’otea; (tdk) kong’oteka; (tdn) kong’otana; (tds) kong’otesha;
(tdw) kong’otwa.
kongot.a kt [ele] hit a hollow object in order to hear its sound or remove what is inside. (tde) kongotea; (tdk) kongoteka; (tds) kongotana; (tds) kongoteza; (tdw) kongotwa.
kongoti1 nm ma- [a-/wa-] kernel, nut of a fruit.
kongoti2 nm [i-/zi-] stilt dance.
kongoti3 nm [a-/wa-] (ndege) marabou.
kongowe.a kt [ele] 1 great humbly. 2 welcome sb kindly. (tde) kongowelea; (tdk) kongoweka; (tdn) kongoweana; (tds) kongowesha; (tdw) kongowewa.
kongwa1 nm [i-/zi-] kernel, nut of a fruit.
kongwa2 nm ma- [li-/zi] slave yoke.
kongwe1 nm [a-/wa-] choir leader, conductor.
kongwe2 nm [i-/zi-] yellow or blue flowered shrub.
kongwe3 adj very old.
koni1 nm [a-/wa-] small bush-baby like animal.
koni*2 nm [i-/zi-] cone. (Kng)
konje nm [a-/wa-] small fox like animal.
konokono1 nm ma- [a-/wa-] snail.
konokono2 nm [i-/zi-] custard apple like fruit.
konsonanti* nm [i-/zi-] consonant. (Kng).
kontena* nm ma- [li-/ya-] container. (Kng)
kontinenti* nm ma- [li-/ya-] continent. (Kng)
kontrakta* nm ma- [a-/wa-] contractor. (Kng)
kontua* nm [i-/zi-] contour. (Kng)
konyagi* nm [i-] Tanzanian gin, cognac. (Kng)
kopo.a
konyez.a kt [ele] wink, give a covert sign. (tde) konyezea; (tdk) konyezeka; (tdn) konyezana; (tds) konyezesha; (tdw) konyezwa.
konyezo nm ma- [li-/ya-] wink, secret sign (esp with eyes or hands).
konyo.a kt [ele] pluck off, break off,
tear off. (tde) konyolea, (tdek) konyoleka, (tdes) konyolesha,
(tdew) konyolewa; (tdn) konyoana.
konzi nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 fist. 2 fistful of sth, handful of sth, knuckle.
koo1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 throat, gullet. 2 throat ailment.
koo2 nm ma- [a-/wa-] hen, breeding animal: ~ la mbuzi a breeding goat.
koongo nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 planting hole. 2 base of a ravine.
kopa1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 dried cassava/plantain.
kopa2 nm [i-/zi-] hearts in playing cards.
kop.a3 kt [ele] 1 borrow, get a loan. 2 cheat, swindle, defraud: Ameni~ mali yangu yote he has cheated me of all my property. (tde) kopea; (tdk) kopeka; (tdn) kopana; (tds) kopesha; (tdw) kopwa.
kope nm [i-/zi-] burnt end of a wick.
kopes.a kt [ele] wink. (tde) kopesea, (tdk) kopeseka; (tdn) kopesana; (tds) kopesesha; (tdw) kopeswa.
kopesh.a kt [ele] lend. (tde) kopeshea; (tdk) kopesheka; (tdn) kopeshana; (tdw) kopeshwa.
kopi1* nm [i-/zi-] copy. (Kng)
kopi2* kt [ele] copy. (tde) kopia, (tden) kopiana, (tdew) kopiwa; (tdk) kopika; (tds) kopisha. (Kng)
koplo* nm ma- [a-/wa-] corporal. (Kng)
kopo* nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 tin, can, Nyama ya ~ tinned meat. 2 gutter (Kre)
kopo.a kt [ele] 1 peel (esp skin of a snake). 2 give birth, produce: Sina tumbo la kum~ mtoto kama huyo I can't bear such a child. (tde) kopolea, (tdew) kopolewa; (tdk) kopoka, (tdn) kopoana; (tds) koposha.
koramu
koramu* nm quorum. (Kng)
kordi* nm [i-/zi-] (muz) chord.
kore nm [a-/wa-] tufted grey bird.
korijanda* nm [i-/zi-] choregraphy. (Kng)
korido* nm [i-/zi-] corridor. (Kng)
korija* nm [i-/zi-] score, lot of twenty. (Khi)
koroboi nm [i-/zi-] small oil lump.
korodani* nm [i-/zi-] scrotum,
testicles. (Kaj)
korofindo nm [i-/zi-] muzzle loading musket.
korofish.a kt [ele] 1 exasperate. 2 make a mess. (tde) korofishia; (tdk) korofishika; (tdn) korofishana; (tds) korofishiza; (tdw) korofishwa.
korog.a kt [ele] 1 stir. 2 stir up, mess up. (tde) korogea; (tdk) korogeka; (tdn) korogana; (tds) korogesha; (tdw) korogwa.
korokoro1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] worthless thing, trash.
korokoro2 nm [i-/zi-] dice gambling game.
korokoro3 nm [i-/zi-] (si rasmi) choky.
korokoroni1* nm [i-/zi-] lock up, jail, prison. (Kar)
korokoroni2 nm [a-/wa-] godown guard.
korola* nm [i-/zi-] (bot) corolla. (Kng)
korom.a1 kt [sie] snore, croak. (tde) koromea, (tden) koromeana; (tdk) koromeka; (tds) koromesha; (tdw) koromwa.
koroma2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] almost ripe coconut.
koromeo nm ma- [li-/ya-] larynx, gullet, air-passage.
korona1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] sisal pulping mill.
korona2 nm [i-/zi-] krona (sarafu za Sweden)
korongo1 nm [a-/wa-] 1 stork, crane. 2 long legged person.
korongo2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] gulley, ravine.
kororo1 nm ma- [a-/wa-] crested guinea fowl.
kosesh.a
kororo2 nm ma- 1 throat swelling. 2 dewlap.
korosho1* nm [i-/zi-] cashewnut. (Kre)
korosho2 nm [i-/zi-] projecting radder ornament of a vessel.
korot.a kt [ele] snore, snort. (tde) korotea; (tdk) koroteka; (tdn) korotana; (tds) korotesha; (tdw)
korotwa.
korowez.a1 kt [ele] complicate. (tde) korowezea; (tdk) korowezeka; (tdn) korowezana; (tdw) korowezwa.
korowez.a2 kt [ele] catch, seize, capture. (tde) korowezea; (tdk) korowezeka; (tdn) korowezana; (tds) korowezesha; (tdw) korowezwa.
korti* nm ma- [li-/ya-] court. (Kng)
kos.a1 kt [ele] 1 err, mistake. 2 offend, sin. 3 miss target. 4 miss, fail, lack. (tde) kosea; (tdk) koseka; (tdn) kosana; (tds) kosesha; (tdw) koswa.
kosa2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] error, fault, misnomer, delinquency, demerit, gaffe, infraction, offence, mistake: Fanya ~ make a mistake: sahihisha ~ correct the fault; ~ dogo misdemeanour.
kosan.a kt [sie] quarrel, disagree: Wale vijana wame~ siku hizi The youths have quarrelled nowadays. (tde) kosania; (tdk) kosanika; (tds) kosanisha.
kose.a kt [sie] 1 make a mistake, err, miss, fail: Ame~ kujumlisha he failed to add correctly; Ame~ njia he took the wrong path. 2 do wrong to, offend: ~ adabu mtu offend sb. (tde) koselea; (tdk) koseka; (tdn) koseana; (tds) kosesha; (tdw) kosewa.
kosefu kv incorect.
kosekana kt [sie] be missing, be lacking: Mtu mmoja ana ~ one person is missing.
kosesh.a kt [ele] lead astray, cause to miss. (tde) koseshea; (tdk) kosesheka; (tdn) koseshana; (tdw) koseshwa.
kosh.a
kosh.a kt [ele] 1 wash. 2 cleanse; absolve: Ji~ restore one’s image. (tde) koshea; (tdk) kosheka; (tdn) koshana; (tds) kosheza; (tdw) koshwa.
koshi nm ma- [li-/ya-] slipper.
kosi nm ma- [li-/ya-] cable/rope for pulling an oar.
kosmolojia* nm [i-] cosmology. (Kng)
koso.a kt [ele] criticize. (tde)
kosolea, (tdek) kosoleka, (tdes) kosolesha, (tdew) kosolewa; (tdn) kosoana.
kostebo* nm ma- [a-/wa-] constable. (Kng)
kota1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] crook, bend: ~ la miguu crooked legs.
kota2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] sweet stalk (of millet chewed like suggar cane).
kot.a3 kt [ele] hold, catch: ~ mwizi catch a thief. (tde) kotea; (tdk) koteka; (tdn) kotana; (tds) kotesha; (tdw) kotwa.
kot.a4 kt [ele] warm oneself: ~ moto warm oneself; ~ jua bask in the sun.
kotama nm [i-/zi-] short curved knife.
koti* ma- [li-/ya-] coat. (Kng)
kotia nm ma- [li-/ya-] dhow with two masts.
kotiledoni* nm [i-/zi-] cotyledon. (Kng)
kotmiri nm [i-/zi-] parsley.
koto1 nm [i-/zi-] entrance fee in a koranic school.
koto2 nm [i-/zi-] shark hook.
koto3 nm [i-/zi-] 1 misconduct. 2 entanglement, twist, crooked.
koto4 nm [i-] compulsory work.
koto5 nm [i-] medicinal root for stomachache.
kotokoto nm [i-/zi-] overtime payment.
kotwe nm [a-/wa-] wild duck.
kovu nm ma- [li-/ya-] scar.
kowana nm [a-/wa-] small rainbow coloured bait fish.
koya kt [sie] relax: (tde) koyea, (tdew) koyewa; (tdk) koyeka; (tds) koyesha.
kubal.i
koyo1 nm [i-] oedema (of the legs) due to pregnancy.
koyo2 nm [a-/wa-] yellow weaver.
koyokoyo nm [a-/wa-] red ant.
kozi1 nm [i-/zi-] course of studies. (Kng)
kozi2 nm [a-/wa-] East African goshawk.
kozi3 nm ma- [li-/ya-] outer husk of coconut.
kranilojia* nm [i-/zi-] craniology.
(kng)
krastesha* nm [a-/wa-] crastacea.(Kng)
Kremlini* nm [i-/-zi-] Kremlin. (Kng)
kreni* nm [i-/zi-] crane, winch. (Kng)
kreti* nm [i-/zi-] crate. (Kng)
kriketi* nm [i-] (mchezo) cricket. (Kng)
krimplini nm [i-/zi-] crimplene. (Kng)
krisma* nm [i-] (dini) chrisma. (Kng)
krismasi* nm [i-] Christmas, Noel. (Kng)
Kristo* nm [a-] Christ. (Kng)
krokei* nm [i-/zi-] croquet. (Kng)
kromiamu* nm [i-/zi-] chromium.
kromu* nm [i-/zi-] chrome. (Kng)
kronometa* nm [i-/zi-] chronometer. (Kng)
kronolojia nm [i-/zi-] chronology. (Kng)
kroshia nm [i-/zi-] crotchet.
krosi* nm [i-/zi-] (mpira) cross. (Kng)
ku.a kt [sie] 1 grow, grow up. 2 mature, be clever. (tde) kulia; (tds) kuza.
kuba nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 arched roof, dome. 2 tomb built in a form of a house. (Kar)
kubadhi nm ma- [li-/ya-] sandal. (Kar)
kubal.i kt [ele] 1 agree, accept, acknowlege, approbate, assent, concede, accept, adopt. 2 permit, consent, approve. (tde) kubalia, (tden) kubaliana, (tdew) kubaliwa; (tdk) kubalika; (tds) kubalisha. (Kar)
kubalian.a
kubalian.a kt [sie] be in agreement with. makubaliano nm. (Kar)
kubalika kt [sie] be acceptable. (tde) kubalikia; (tdk) kubalikika; (tds) kubalisha. (Kar)
kubaz.a kt [sie] swell out, belly out (as of a sail filled with wind). (tde) kubazia; (tdk) kubazika; (tds) ubazisha; (tdw) kubazwa. (Kaj)
kubo nm [a-/wa-] Zanzibar bou-bou/puffback.
kubuh.u kt [sie] be well versed, be well knowledged, excel. (tde) kubuhia; (tdk) kubuhika; (tds)
kubuhisha.
kubuli nm [i-] acceptance of what is besought in prayer.
kubwa kv big; important, large; superior, elder.
kucha kl whole night, all night long: Palikuwa na dansi usiku ~ there was dancing the whole night.
kuchakulo nm [a-/wa-] squirrel.
kuchi nm ma- [a-/wa-] red rooster (renowned for fighting).
kud.a1kt [ele] fold/pull up clothes to above the knees. (tde) kudia; (tdk) kudika; (tdn) kudana; (tds) kudisha; (tdw) kudwa.
kuda2 nm [i-/zi-] fine, penalty.
kudhumani nm ma- [li-/ya-] pomegranate.
kudra nm [i-/zi-] nemesis.
kudu1* nm [i-] fine paid by an initiate to his/her instructor for lack of respect. (Kar)
kudu2 nm [a-/wa-] kind of red snaper.
kuduku nm [a-/wa-] obstinate person/child, stubborn person.
kudura* nm [i-/zi-] predestination, destiny, fate: Kwa ~ za Mwenyezi Mungu by God's will.
Kudusi nm [a-] (Waislam) Holiness, Sacredness, sanctity.
kufu nm [i-/zi-] fitting, suiting, congeniality: Yeye si ~ yako she/he doesn't suit you.
kufuli* nm ma- [li-/ya-] padlock. lock. (Kar)
kufur.u1 kt [sie] blaspheme, commit sacrilege. (tde) kufuria, (tdew) kufuriwa; (tdk) kufurika; (tds)
kulateni
kufurisha.
kufuru2 nm [i-] blasphemy, sacrilege, impiety.
kugesi nm [i-/zi-] anklet.
kuhani nm ma- [a-/wa-] 1 rabbi. 2 soothsayer.
kuhusu ku about: Aliandika hadithi ~ simba she wrote a story about a lion.
kuju nm ma- [li-/ya-] coconut husk sieve.
kuke nm [i-/zi-] dead seaweeds and other rubbish on sea coast.
kukeni nm maternal side: Ndugu wa ~ relatives on the maternal side.
kuko1 nm [i-/zi-] dike, ditch of water.
kuko2 kl there, that way: ~ ni kuzuri it is nice there; kupika ~
kwapendeza that way of cooking is interesting.
kuku1 nm [a-/wa-] hen, chicken.
kuku2 kl here, this here: ~ huku just here, in this very place.
kukumi.a kt [ele] guzzle, gulp down. (tde) kukumilia; (tdk) kukumika; (tds) kukumiza; (tdw) kukumiwa.
kukurik.a kt [sie] wrestle, struggle; fuss with/over, bustle about. (tde) kukurikia; (tdk) kukurikika; (tds) kukurisha.
kukurukakara* nm hustle and bustle. (Kar)
kukus.a kt [ele] hurl, push forcefully. (tde) kukusia; (tdn) kukusana; (tdk) kukusika; (tds) kukusisha; (tdw) kukuswa.
kukut.a1 kt [sie] gasp (for air), breath heavily. (tde) kukutia; (tdk) kukutika; (tds) kukutisha; (tdw) kukutwa.
kukut.a2 kt [sie] shrivel, wither. (tde) kukutia; (tdk) kukutika; (tds) kukutisha; (tdw) kukutwa.
kukuta.a kt [sie] dry up, be withered.(tde) kukutalia; (tdk) kukutaka; (tds) kukutaza.
kukuziwa nm [a-/wa-] water bird.
kulabu nm [i-/zi-] 1 hooked needle, hook, peg. 2 grapnel, anchor. (Kar)
kulastara nm [a-/wa-] black heron.
kulateni nm [i-/zi-] amount of water exceeding 240 litres.
kula.u
kula.u kt [sie/ele] 1 hold steadfast, insist on sth. 2 refuse to budge.
kuleksi* nm [a-/wa-] culex. (Kng).
kul.i1 kt [ele] (ksh) say: Aka~ hivi… he said this...
kuli2* nm ma- [a-/wa-] coolie, stevedor; docker. (Kng)
kulia nm right hand side: Mkono wa ~ right hand side; Pita ~ turn right.
kulihali* kl by all means; by hooks and crooks. (Kar)
kuliko1 kl where there is sth: ~ na maji ni wapi? where do you find water?
kuliko2 kl than: Yeye ni mrefu ~ mimi she is taller than me.
kulikoni ki what is wrong?, what's up? what is happening?
kulul.a1 kt [ele] remove, clean, gather up. (tde) kululia; (tdk) kululika; (tdn) kululana; (tds) kululisha; (tdw) kululwa.
kulul.a2 kt [ele] surpass, excel, conquer, overcome. (tdk) kululika; (tdn) kululana; (tds) kululisha; (tdw) kululwa.
kulul.a3 kt [ele] gulp, swig, choke down. (tde) kululia; (tdk) kululika; (tds) kululisha.
kululu nm ma- [li-/ya-] big worthless cowry shell. (ms) Fulani amepata ~ she/he is lost.
kulungu nm [a-/wa-] bushbuck; elk.
kuma nm [i-/zi-] vagina, cunt: ~ mayo, ~ nina, ~ nyoko your mother’s cunt.
kumba1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] braided coconut leaf for fencing/roofing.
kumb.a2 kt [ele] 1 push, shove, jostle. 2 gather, collect and lump together. 3 waste property. 4 cheat sb. 5 bail out water. (tde) kumbia; (tdk) kumbika; (tds) kumbisha; (tdw) kumbwa. mkumbo nm. kikumbo nm.
kumba3 nm [a-/wa-] kind of tilapia.
kumba.a kt [sie] be stunted, be thwarted from developing. (tds) kumbaza.
kumbakumba nm [i-/zi-]1 making a clean sweep of sth; taking away
kumbwewe
everything. 2 sth. that affects the majority of people.
kumban.a kt [sie] 1 jostle one another, tussle with. 2 ~ na bump into, encounter, come up against sth/sb: ~ na matatizo encounter difficulties. (tde) kumbania; (tdk) kumbanika; (tds) kumbanisha.
kumbati.a kl [ele] embrace, hug, cuddle, enclesp.
kumbe ki eh, expression of surprise indicating that sth is the reverse of what was expected: Walisema hanywi ~ ni mlevi chakari they said he doesn't drink but to our surprise he is a drunkard.
kumbi1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] outer fibrous husk of coconut.
kumbi2 nm [i-/zi-] 1 initiation camp for boys. 2 hut for initiated boys.
kumbikumbi nm [a-/wa-] flying ants seen during rainy season.
kumbo nm ma- [li-/ya-] 1 shove, thrust. 2 sth done or carried at a go.
kumbu nm [a-/wa-] small sardines.
kumbuk.a kt [ele] remember, recall, keep in mind. (tde) kumbukia; (tdk) kumbukika; (tdn) kumbukana; (tds) kumbukisha; (tdw) kumbukwa. kumbukizi nm. kumbukumbu nm. makumbusho nm.
kumbukizi nm [i-/zi-] commemoration, memorial.
kumbukumbu nm [i-/zi-] 1 remembrance, memory, mind, anniversary; souvenir. 2 records, minutes (of a meeting/ conference): ~ za kihistoria annals
kumbush.a kt [ele] remind, prompt, put a bug one’s ear. (tde) kumbushia; (tdk) kumbushika; (tdn) kumbushana; (tdw) kumbushwa.
kumbwaya1 nm [i-/zi-] 1 big three legged drum. 2 special dance performed in a circle.
kumbwaya2 nm [i-/zi-] sleeveless robe.
kumbwe nm ma- [li-/ya-] snack.
kumbwewe nm [i-/zi-] sling, catapult (for throwing stones).
kumi
kumi nm ma- [li-/ya-] ten.
kumoja kl from the same origin /place/direction: Kwetu ~ We come from the same origin/place.
kumradhi ki pardon me, excuse me.
kumulasi* nm [i-/zi-] cumulus. (Kng)
kumvi nm ma- [li-/ya-] husk, chuff, hull.
kun.a kt [ele] scratch; scrape grate: ~ nazi grate coconut. (ms) ~ kichwa think hard. (tde) kunia; (tdk) kunika; (tdn) kunana (tds) kunisha; (tdw) kunwa.
kunazi nm [i-/zi-] chinese date.
kunda1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] kind of spinach.
kunda2 nm ma- [a-/wa-] pigeon.
kunda.a kt [sie] be stunted, be dwarfed. (tde) kundalia; (tdk) kundaika; (tds) kundaisha.
kundavi nm [i-/zi-] waist beads belt.
kunde nm [i-/zi-] cow pea.
kundi nm ma- [li-/ya-] group, flock; pack, crowd, multitude.
kunga nm [i-/zi-] secret/confidential teaching as in initiation settings; inside information.
kungu1 nm [i-/zi-] nutmeg.
kungu2 nm [a-/wa-] red snapper.
kungugu nm [i-] heavy mist/fog.
kunguma nm [i-/zi-] oval yellow berry (when ripe).
kungumanga nm [i-/zi-] nutmeg.
kunguni nm [a-/wa-] bedbug.
kunguru1 nm [a-/wa-] crow.
kunguru2 nm [i-/zi-] checked material.
kung'fu* nm [i-/zi-] kung fu. (Kch)
kung'uta1 kt [ele] shake out/off. (ms) beat severely. (tde) kung'utia; (tdk) kung'utika; (tdn) kung’utana;(tds) kung'utisha; (tdw) kung'utwa.
kung'uta2 nm [i-/zi-] worm induced anaemia.
kung'uto nm ma- [li-/ya-] straw, strainer, colander.
kungwi nm ma- [a-/wa-] initiation marriage instructor.
kunj.a kt [ele] fold, bend: ~ nguo fold clothes. (nh) 1 ~ uso be annoyed/angry; frown; 2 ~ jamvi
kupa
call an end to a meeting. (tde)
kunjia; (tdk) kunjika; (tdn) kunjana (tds) kunjisha; (tdw) kunjwa. mkunjo nm. kunjo nm. (Kaj)
kunjaman.a kt [sie] be wrinkled, have folds. (tde) kunjamania; (tdk) kunjamanika; (tds) kujamanisha.
kunjika kt [sie] be folded. (tde) kunjikia; (tdk) kunjikika; (tds) kunjikisha.
kunjo nm ma- [li-/ya-] fold, crease.
kunju.a kt [ele] unfold, unwrap, spread open, smooth out: ~ uso smooth the brows, smile, look pleased. (tde) kunjulia, (tdew) kunjuliwa; (tdk) kunjuka; (tdn)
kunjuana; (tds) kunjusha.
kunjufu kv cheerful, amiable, severe, merry, pleasant.
kuntu kl perfectly; absolutely; exactly.
kununu nm ma- [li-/ya-] empty husk (of grain).
kunusi nm [i-/zi-] bad luck, bad omen, calamity.
kunuz.i kt [sie] pray, offer a prayer. (tde) kunuzia, (tdew) kunuziwa; (tdk) kunuzika; (tdn) kunuzana; (tds) kunuzisha.
kunya.a kt [sie] wrinkle, wither, shrivel up. (tde) kunyalia, (tdek) kunyalika; (tds) kunyaza.
kunyanzi nm ma- [li-/ya-] wrinkle, crease; fold.
kunyasi nm [i-/zi-] astringent.
kunyat.a kt [sie] agh. jikunyata cower. (tde) kunyatia; (tdk) kunyatika; (tds) kunyatisha.
kunyu.a kt [ele] 1 rub forcefully (esp. skin of the body). 2 cut/break with teeth. 3 call/inform secretly. (tde) kunyulia, (tdes) kunyulisha, (tdew) kunyuliwa; (tdk) kunyuka; (tdn) kunyuana.
kuo1 nm ma- [li-/ya-] drainage, furrow, trench.
kuo2 ma- [li-/ya-] 1 row of seedlings. 2 plot or patch of ground for cultivation.
kupa1* nm ma- [li-/ya-] side piece of pulley enclosing a sheave. (Kar)
kupa
kupa2 nm ma- [li-/ya-] dried reeds used for thatching: Nyumba ya ~
thatched house.
kupaa nm [ku] ascension: ~ Bwana The Anscension.
kupatwa kt [sie] be caught/seized: ~ kwa jua solar eclipse; ~ kwa mwezi lunar eclipse.
kupau nm [i-/zi-] part of a mast where a flag is hanged.
kupe nm [a-/wa-] 1 tick, blood sucker. 2 exploiter: Usiwe ~ jitegemee don't exploit others, be self reliant. (ms) Kama ~ na mkia wa ng'ombe always together.
kupi.a kt [ele] blink, wink. (tde) kupilia, (tdek) kupilika, (tdew) kupiliwa, (tdk) kupika; (tdn)
kupiana; (tds) kupisha.
kupindukia kl excessively: Amelewa ~ He is excessively drunk.
kupita ku 1 than :Yeye ni mrefu ~ mimi He is taller than me. 2 over and above Anafanya kazi ~ kiasi He is working over and above normal.
kuponi* nm [i-/zi-] coupon. (Kng)
kupu.a kt [ele] 1 shake off, throw off. 2 scatter. 3 beat (as with a stick). 4 snatch, take by force. (tde) kupulia, (tdek) kupulika, (tdew) kupuliwa; (tdn) kupuana; (tds) kupusha.
kupuk.a kt [sie] dart. (tde) kupukia; (tdk) kupukika; (tds) kupukisha
kura nm [i-/zi-] vote, ballot: Piga ~ cast a vote; ~ yakutokuwa na imani vote of no confidence; ~ ya siri secret voting/ballot; ~ ya maoni referendum.
Kurani* nm [i-] Koran. (Kar)
kurea nm [a-/wa-] kingfisher.
kuro1 nm [a-/wa-] waterbuck, caribou, cariboo.
kuro2 nm [i-/zi-] big three legged drum made of water buck's skin: ~ haisemi uongo when the drum is sounded there is a reason for it.
kuru1 nm [i-/zi-] cylindrical object.
kuru2 nm [i-/zi-] side of an old Zanzibar coin with weighing scales.
kuruba nm [i-/zi-] bend, corner
kusudi
(of a road.)
kurugenzi nm [i-/zi-] directorate.
kurugo nm [i-/zi-] white stone for smoothing earthen objects.
kurumbiza nm [a-/wa-] golden oriole, canary, chaffinch (ms) Anasema kama ~ He is very talkative.
kurunge nm [i-/zi-] hard nucleus of a tree.
kurunzi nm [i-/zi-] 1 searchlight. 2 torch.
kurupuk.a kt [sie] dash, bolt. (tde) kurupukia; (tdk) kurupukika; (tds) kurupukisha.
kururu nm [a-/wa-] small white crab.
kurut.a1 kt [ele] strip off sisal leaf to get fibre. (tde) kurutia; (tdk)
kurutika; (tds) kurutisha; (tdw) kurutwa.
kuruta2 nm [a-/wa-] recruit. (Kng)
kuruwiji nm [a-/wa-] Zanzibar sombre bulbul.
kuruz.a1 kt [ele] do sth haphazardly. (tde) kuruzia; (tdk) kuruzika; (tdn) kuruzana; (tds) kuruzisha; (tdw) kuruzwa.
kus.a kt [ele] meet, encounter (sth unpleasant): Kifo kilim ~ palepale alipoketi death met him where he was seated. (tde) kusia; (tdk) kusika; (tdn) kusana; (tds) kusisha; (tdw) kuswa.
kusany.a kt [ele] collect, accumulate, assemble, gather. (tde) kusanyia; (tdk) kusanyika; (tdn) kusanyana; (tds) kusanyisha; (tdw) kusanywa.
kusanyik.a kt [sie] be gathered, collect. (tde) kusanyikia; (tdk) kusanyikika; (tds) kusanyikisha.
kushinda kv than: Ali ana akili ~ kaka yake Ali is more intelligent than his brother.
kushoto kv left: Mkono wa~ Left hand; Upande wa~ left. side. kl left: Pita ~ turn left.
kusi nm [i-/zi-] south monsoon: Upepo wa~ south monsoon wind.
kusini n [ku-] south, southern. adj south: Afrika ya ~ South Africa.
kusudi* nm ma- [li-/ya-] purpose,
kusudi.a
intention. kl 1 intentionally, purposely, deliberately: Amenipiga
~ He beat deliberately. 2 so that, in order to: Anasoma ~ apate elimu He is studying in order to acquire knowledge. (Kar)
kusudi.a* kt [ele] intend, propose, aim at, plan, destine. (tde) kusudilia; (tdk) kusudika; (tdn) kusudiana; (tds) kusudisha; (tdw) kusudiwa. (Kar)
kusudio nm ma- [li-/ya-] intention, objective: ~ kuu The main objective.
kusur.u1* kt [sie] compel: ji~ self denial. (tde) kusuria; (tdk) kusurika; (tds) kusurisha. (Kar)
kusur.u2 kt [sie] (Waislam) shorten prayer. (tde) kusuria; (tdk)
kusurika; (tds) kusurisha.
kut.a1 kt [ele] come upon, meet, find. (tde) kutia; (tdk) kutika; (tdn)
kutana; (tds) kutisha; (tdw) kutwa.
kutan.a kt [sie] meet (one another), converge, forgather/ foregather. (tde) kutania; (tdk) kutanika; (tds) kutanisha.
kuti1 nm ma- [li-ya-] 1 palm leaf frond. 2 coconut palm leaf (for roofing).
kuti2 nm [i-/zi-] food, sustenance.
kuti3 nm [i-/zi-] tin (for packing explosives).
kutu nm [i-] rust, tarnish: Pata ~ rust.
kutu.a kt [ele] pull hard and suddenly: ~ mkono pull hard the hand. (tde) kutulia, (tdew) kutuliwa; (tdk) kutuka; (tdn) kutulana; (tds) kutusha.
kutukutu kl in a circular way, interwiningly.
kututu kl slowly and jumpily, interminglingly.
kutuzi nm [i-] underarm odour, body odour. 2 animal odour.
kuu1 kv great, important, eminent; main, major, chief.
kuu2 nm [i-/zi-] hole on a chess board filled with stones at the beginning of a game.
kuukeni kl on the maternal side.
kwa
kuukuu kv worn out, old.
kuumeni kl on the paternal side.
kuuni nm [a-/wa-] (bot) cooly.
kuvu nm [i-/zi-] blight, mildew, fungus, lichen, mould.
kuvuli kv right: Mkono wa~ right hand.
kuwadi nm ma- [a-/wa-] procurer, pimp.
kuwadi.a kt [ele] pimp, procure. (tde) kuwadilia; (tdk) kuwadika; (tdn) kuwadiana; (tds) kuwadisha; (tdw) kuwadiwa.
kuwi nm [a-/wa-] type of black and white spotted fish.
kuyu1 nm [a-/wa-] type of yellow fish.
kuyu2 nm [a-/wa-] bird resembling ring-necked dove.
kuyu3 nm ma- [li-/ya-] fig mulberry
fruit.
kuz.a kt [ele] 1 magnify, agaravate, enlarge. 2 glorify, exaggerate. 3
develop. (tde) kuzia; (tdk) kuzika; (tdn) kuzana; (tds) kuzisha; (tdw) kuzwa.
kuzi nm ma- [li-/ya-] waterjug.
kuzimu nm [ku-] 1 afterworld. 2 Hades, home of the dead or spirits.
kuzumburu nm [a-/wa-] small crested bird with a long tail.
kwa kh to: Nitaenda ~ Juma I'll go to Juma's place; with: Andika ~ kalamu write with a pen; by : Safiri ~ basi travel by bus, walifungana magoli mawili ~ mawili they drew by two goals, ~ ajali in an accident; ~ ajili ya for the sake of; ~ bahati luckly; ~ hali ilivyo as things are; ~ hali na mali in every way, in moral and material support; ~ heri goodbye; ~ hivyo therefore; ~ kauli moja unanimously; ~ kuwa because; ~ mfano for example; ~ miguu on foot; ~ moyo mmoja whole heartedly, from the heart; ~ mujibu wa according to; ~ namna gani in what way, how; ~ pamoja in unison, unanimously; ~ sababu because; ~ udi na uvumba by all possible means; ~ vile since; ~
kwa.a
vipi? how ?; ~ vyovyote by all means; ~ wakati on time, in due
course.
kwa.a kt [ele] stumble, trip over. (tde) kwalia, (tdek) kwalika, (tdew) kwaliwa; (tdn) kwaana; (tds) kwaza.
kwacha nm [i-/zi-] kwacha: ~ ya Malawi Malawian Kwacha.
kwajuk.a kt [sie] lose colour/ beauty; fade, be faded. (tde) kwajukia; (tdk) kwajukika; (tds) kwajukisha.
kwakwa nm ma- [li-/ya-] fruit of a dull-leaved strychnos.
kwale nm [a-/wa-] francolin, partridge.
kwam.a kt [sie] 1 be stuck: Gari lime~ kwenye tope the car is stuck in the mud. 2 come to a deadlock, come to an impasse, come to a stand still. 3 get into difficulties, be
stranded. (tde) kwamia; (tdk) kwamika; (tds) kwamisha.
kwamba ku that.
kwamish.a kt [ele] 1 impede, bring to a halt, cause to jam. 2 put in difficulty. (tde) kwamishia;(tdk) kwamishika; (tdn) kwamishana; (tdw) kwamishwa.
kwamu.a kt [ele] disengage. (tde) kwamulia, (tdek) kwamulika, (tdes) kwamulisha, (tdew) kwamuliwa; (tdn) kwamuana.
kwanga nm [a-/wa-] rock-rabbit.
kwangu.a kt [ele] scrape (out/off). (tde) kwangulia, (tdek) kwangulika, (tdes) kwangulisha, (tdew) kwanguliwa; (tdn) kwanguana.
kwani ku because, since,why.
kwanja nm ma- [li-/ya-] hand grass cutter.
kwanyu.a kt [ele] tear down, rip off. (tde) kwanyulia; (tdek) kwanyulika, (tdew) kwanyuliwa;
(tdn) kwanyuana; (tds) kwanyusha.
kwanza kv first. kl firstly.
kwao nm [a-/wa-] brown headed parrot.
kwapa nm ma- [li-/ya-] arm pit; axil: tia ~ni tuck it under the armpit.
kwapu.a kt snatch, take by force.
kwid.a
(tde) kwapulia, (tdew) kwapuliwa; (tdk) kwapuka; (tdn) kwapuana; (tds) kwapusha.
kwarara nm [a-/wa-] hadedah, ibis.
kware nm [i-/zi-] quarry.
kwaresima nm [i-/zi-] lent.
kwaruz.a kt [ele] scratch, abrade, (ngozi) scrape. 2 grate. 3 be strident, be shrill. (tde) kwaruzia; (tdk) kwaruzika; (tdn) kwaruzana; (tds) kwaruzisha; (tdw) kwaruzwa.
kwaruzan.a kt [sie] quarrel, bicker. (tde) kwaruzania; (tdk) kwaruzanika; (tds) kwaruzanisha.
kwashiokoo* nm [i-/zi-] kwashiorkor. (Kng)
kwasi kv wealthy, rich, opulent.kwata nm [i-/zi-] drill, parade.kwato nm [i-/zi-] hoof.kwatu.a kt [ele] clean, burnish: ~ shamba dig plantation; ji~ clean oneself, make oneself smart and tidy.kwaya nm [i-/zi-] choir. (Kng)kwazi nm [a-/wa-] fish eagle.kwe.a kt [ele] climb, mount, go up (a tree, mountain etc).(tde) kwelea; (tdk) kweka; (tds) kweza;(tdw) kwewa.kweche nm [a-/wa-] black and red coloured bird.kwekwe nm ma- short stiff grass.kwela nm [i-] (muziki) kwela.kweli nm [i-/zi-] true, downright, forthright. kl indeed.kwembe nm [a-/wa-] crowned hornbill.kweme nm [i-/zi-] oyster nut.kwenchi nm [a-/wa-] small bird of the golden weaver finch family.kwenzi1 nm [a-/wa-] starling.kwenzi2 nm [i-zi-] loud cry.kwep.a kt [ele] avoid, duck, eschew, evade. (tde) kwepea; (tdk) kwepeka; (tdn) kwepana; (tds) kwepesha; (tdw) kwepwa.kwesh.a kt [sie] gasp, pant. (tde) kweshea; (tdk) kwesheka; (tds) kwesheza.kweu kv clear, pollucid.kwid.a1 kt [ele] seize, grab. (tde) kwidia; (tdk) kwidika; (tdn) kwida kwidana; (tds) kwidisha; (tdw) kwidwa.kwida2 nm [a-/wa-] small black ant.kwikwi nm [i-/zi-] hiccup, hiecough: ~ ya kulia sobbing. kwima nm [i-/zi-] greed, hist, craving, avarice.kwinini* nm [i-/zi-] quinine. (Kng)
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