Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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bo-ko-bo-ko
English: Large, soft bananas eaten raw or cooked
Wakulima walivuna ndizi za bokoboko.
Farmers harvested large bananas.
bo-ko-ka
English: To be greedy; gluttonous
Alibokoka chakula mezani.
He greedily devoured the food on the table.
bo-ko-ka
English: To become weak or thin
Alibokoka baada ya kuugua.
He became thin after being sick.
bo-ko-ka
English: To arrange or organize
Alibokoka mizigo ya safari.
He arranged the travel luggage.
bo-ko-ka
English: To separate or fall apart
Kamba ilibokoka kutoka pakiti.
The rope came apart from the bundle.
bo-ko-ra
English: To snatch or seize forcefully
Wezi walimbokora simu mkononi.
The thieves snatched the phone from his hand.
bo-mo-ka
English: To collapse; to fall down when a building or structure weakens; to become ruins
Jengo lilibomoka baada ya tetemeko la ardhi.
The building collapsed after the earthquake.
bo-mo-ko
English: A broken part of a house; ruins of a structure
Walikaa karibu na bomoko la nyumba ya zamani.
They sat near the ruins of the old house.
bo-mo-le-wa
English: To be destroyed or demolished
Nyumba ilibomolewa kwa ajili ya ujenzi mpya.
The house was demolished for new construction.
bo-mu
English: A bomb; explosive weapon
Jeshi lililipua bomu vitani.
The army detonated a bomb in battle.
bo-mu
English: To bomb; to attack with explosives
Mji ulivamiwa na kubomuliwa kwa mabomu.
The city was attacked and bombed with explosives.
bo-mu
English: An old type of drum with a deep sound
Walipiga bomu kwenye sherehe ya jadi.
They played the large drum at the traditional ceremony.
bo-mu
English: A riddle that is hard to solve; a difficult situation
Shida yao ilikuwa bomu lisiloteguliwa.
Their problem was an unsolved riddle.
bo-na-si
English: Bonus; additional payment or benefit
Wafanyakazi walipokea bonasi mwisho wa mwaka.
The workers received a bonus at the end of the year.
bon-da
English: To crush; to press down
Alibonda karanga ili kupata siagi.
He crushed the groundnuts to make butter.
bon-de
English: Valley; lowland between mountains; rice-growing area
Bonde la Ufa ni kubwa na maarufu barani Afrika.
The Rift Valley is large and famous in Africa.
bon-di-a
English: Boxer; a person who fights in boxing
Bondia alishinda pambano kwa pointi nyingi.
The boxer won the match by many points.
bon-do
English: Half-cooked rice; undercooked rice
Bondo halikuweza kuliwa vizuri.
The undercooked rice could not be eaten well.
bon-do-ki
English: A type of groundnut seed
Alipanda bondoki shambani mwaka huu.
He planted bondoki groundnuts on the farm this year.
bo-ne-ti
English: Bonnet; the front cover of a car that protects the engine
Fundi alifungua boneti kukagua injini.
The mechanic opened the bonnet to check the engine.
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