Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/hasaˈda/
English: Porridge of millet/sorghum
Alipika hasada² kwa kifungua kinywa.
She cooked millet porridge for breakfast.
/haˈsai/
English: Castrated male animal; eunuch
Hasai huyo alitumiwa kuvuta jembe.
That castrated animal was used to pull the plough.
/hasaˈisi/
English: Bad conditions; mean ways; poor state
Walikataa kuishi katika hasaisi.
They refused to live in such poor conditions.
/hasaˈma/
English: Enmity; hostility; feud
Hasama¹ kati ya koo hizo ilidumu miaka mingi.
The feud between those clans lasted many years.
/hasaˈma/
English: A quarrelsome person
Epuka kuwa hasama² mahali pa kazi.
Avoid being quarrelsome at the workplace.
/hasanaˈti/
English: Good deeds; meritorious acts
Alijitolea kufanya hasanati kwa jamii.
He volunteered to do good deeds for the community.
/haˈsara/
English: Loss; damage; business deficit
Biashara ilipata hasara baada ya mvua.
The business made a loss after the rains.
/ˈhaʃa/
English: Exclamation of denial/refusal: never! by no means!
"Uliiba?" — "Hasha!"
"Did you steal?" — "Never!"
/haʃaˈbia/
English: Wood-related matters; carpentry domain
Ana ujuzi mkubwa wa hashabia.
He has great expertise in woodwork.
/haˈʃabu/
English: Timber tree; planks/boards
Walitumia hashabu kujenga daraja dogo.
They used timber to build a small bridge.
/haʃaˈku/
English: See asherati (prostitute; fornicator)
Maana ya hashaku tazama asherati.
For the meaning of hashaku see asherati.
/haʃaˈkumi/
English: See ashakumi (tenfold/"by no means ten" idiom)
Istilahi hashakumi, taz. ashakumi.
For the expression hashakumi, see ashakumi.
/haʃaˈʃi/
English: Cannabis; marijuana
Sheria zakataza matumizi ya hashashi¹.
The law forbids the use of marijuana.
/haʃaˈʃi/
English: A person who uses or deals in cannabis
Polisi walimkamata hashashi² sokoni.
Police arrested a cannabis dealer at the market.
/haˈʃia/
English: Marginal note; brief annotation
Mwalimu aliweka hashia ukingoni mwa ukurasa.
The teacher placed a marginal note on the page edge.
/haˈʃiri/
English: To rape; to have intercourse without consent
Sheria kali zipo dhidi ya anayehashiri¹.
Strict laws exist against anyone who commits rape.
/haˈʃiri/
English: To spoil; to damage; to ruin
Uzembe unaweza kuhashiri² mradi mzima.
Negligence can ruin the whole project.
/haˈʃiri/
English: To assemble; to gather people; to collect things
Kiongozi alihashiri³ wakazi wote kwenye uwanja.
The leader assembled all residents in the field.
/haˈʃiri/
English: Gathering of people; the final assembly before the Last Judgment
Wazee walitaja hashiri⁴ katika mafundisho ya dini.
The elders mentioned the final assembly in their religious teachings.
/haʃiˈrifu/
English: Rapist; a man who has intercourse without consent
Sheria humhukumu vikali hashirifu.
The law punishes a rapist severely.
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