Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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ki-pan-da-mbe-gu
English: A machine used for planting seeds on a farm
Wakulima walitumia kipandambegu kupanda mahindi.
Farmers used a planter to sow maize.
ki-pan-da-u-so
English: A type of headache, especially on the forehead
Alilalamika kuwa na kipandauso kali.
She complained of a severe migraine.
ki-pan-de
English: A piece or small part of something
Alikula kipande¹ cha mkate.
He ate a piece of bread.
ki-pan-de
English: An identity card or work record card
Askari alimuomba kipande² chake cha utambulisho.
The policeman asked for his identity card.
ki-pan-de
English: A stretch or distance of a journey
Walitembea kipande³ kirefu cha msitu.
They walked a long stretch of forest.
ki-pan-de
English: Idiom — kipande cha mtu, a huge or stout person
Yule ni kipande⁴ cha mtu.
That one is a stout person.
ki-pan-de
English: A section of a verse in poetry
Mshairi aliongeza kipande⁵ kipya kwenye utenzi.
The poet added a new line to the poem.
ki-pan-de
English: A type of children's game
Watoto walicheza kipande⁶ jioni.
Children played the game in the evening.
ki-pan-de-sau-ti
English: Any sound produced by speech organs; phonetic concept
Walimu walifundisha kuhusu kipandesauti cha Kiswahili.
Teachers taught about Swahili phonetics.
ki-pan-di-ki-zi
English: A seedling or plant transplanted to another place
Mkulima alipanda kipandikizi¹ cha miembe.
The farmer planted a mango seedling.
ki-pan-di-ki-zi
English: A graft or scion cut from one plant to join another
Mti wa chungwa uliwekewa kipandikizi² cha limao.
The orange tree was grafted with a lemon scion.
ki-pan-di-ki-zi
English: A spy or infiltrator
Polisi waligundua kipandikizi³ ndani ya kikundi.
The police discovered an infiltrator in the group.
ki-pan-di-ki-zo
English: A grafted plant; a scion
Shamba lina kipandikizo cha mapera.
The farm has a grafted guava plant.
ki-pan-dio
English: A foothold, step, or rung for climbing
Aliweka mguu wake kwenye kipando cha mti.
He placed his foot on the tree foothold.
ki-pan-do
English: A vehicle for travel, e.g., bus or bicycle
Walisafiri kwa kipando¹ cha basi.
They traveled by bus.
ki-pan-do
English: A crop grown on a farm
Shamba limejaa vipando² vya mpunga.
The farm is full of rice crops.
ki-pan-ga
English: A hawk; a bird of prey that eats chickens or carrion
Kipanga alishuka na kumshika kifaranga.
The hawk swooped down and caught a chick.
ki-pa-nya
English: A computer pointing device; a mouse
Alihamisha faili kwa kutumia kipanya¹.
He moved the file using the mouse.
ki-pa-nya
English: A small passenger bus
Walisafiri mjini kwa kipanya².
They traveled to town by minibus.
ki-pan-zi
English: A planting machine; a planter
Wakulima walipanda mahindi kwa kutumia kipanzi.
Farmers planted maize using a planter.
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