Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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gun-gun-yo
English: See gungu² (hip bone)
Alijeruhiwa kwenye gungunyo baada ya ajali.
He was injured on the hip bone after the accident.
gun-gwi
English: Game of hopping on one leg
Watoto walicheza gungwi¹ uwanjani.
The children played the hopping game in the field.
gun-gwi
English: Type of large centipede
Walipata gungwi² jikoni.
They found a large centipede in the kitchen.
gu-ni
English: Poem without strict rules
Alitunga guni¹ ya mapenzi.
He composed a free-form love poem.
gu-ni
English: Measuring tool for angles
Mhandisi alitumia guni² kupima pembe.
The engineer used a protractor to measure angles.
gu-ni
English: Defect; flaw
Bidhaa hiyo ina guni³ ndogo.
That product has a small defect.
gu-ni
English: Basket for storing dates
Walijaza tende kwenye guni⁴.
They filled dates into the basket.
gu-ni
English: Corner; edge
Kitabu kilikuwa kimechafuka kwenye guni⁵.
The book was torn at the corner.
gu-ni-a
English: Sack made of sisal fibers
Walibeba viazi kwenye magunia.
They carried potatoes in sacks.
gun-ja-ma
English: Sleep curled up; not stretched
Aligunjama kitandani kwa baridi.
He slept curled up in bed from the cold.
gu-no
English: Sound of lamentation
Tulisikia guno kutoka kwa jirani aliyefiwa.
We heard a lamentation from the bereaved neighbor.
gun-ya
English: Bite with teeth
Mbwa alimgunya mkono.
The dog bit his arm.
gun-yu-a
English: Scald with hot water
Aligunyua nyama kwa maji moto.
He scalded the meat with hot water.
gun-yu-ka
English: Skin blister from heat; burn
Ngozi yake iligunyuka kwa maji moto.
His skin blistered from hot water.
gun-zi
English: Corn cob without kernels
Walitupa magunzi shambani.
They threw away the maize cobs in the farm.
gu-o-gu-o
English: Hawker moving around selling goods
Guoguo alipita akiuza ndizi.
The hawker passed by selling bananas.
gu-ra
English: Move; migrate
Wameamua kugura kijijini kwenda mjini.
They decided to migrate from the village to the city.
gu-ri-sha
English: See hamisha (to transfer)
Aliamua kugurisha biashara yake sehemu nyingine.
He decided to transfer his business elsewhere.
gu-ro
English: Abandoned place; migration site
Walihama na kuacha kijiji kikiwa guro.
They left and the village became abandoned.
gu-ru
English: Unrefined sugar
Walitumia guru¹ kutengeneza chai.
They used unrefined sugar to make tea.
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