Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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ki-pa-pa
English: A heartbeat; palpitations; worry
Alihisi kipapa¹ baada ya kushtuka ghafla.
He felt palpitations after being startled.
ki-pa-pa
English: Trembling from cold or fear
Mtoto alitetemeka kwa kipapa² cha baridi.
The child trembled from the cold.
ki-pa-pa-e
English: A sorcerer; a person who practices witchcraft
Walisema kijiji chao kilikuwa na kipapae.
They said their village had a sorcerer.
ki-pa-pai
English: A type of love potion or witchcraft to separate people
Walisema amelogwa kwa kipapai¹.
They said he had been bewitched with a love potion.
ki-pa-pai
English: See kipapae
Yeye ni kipapai² anayejulikana kijijini.
He is a known sorcerer in the village.
ki-pa-pa-re
English: A small fish
Mvuvi alikamata kipapare baharini.
The fisherman caught a small fish in the sea.
ki-pa-pa-ri-ko
English: See kipapatio
Alitumia kipapariko cha kuku kupika supu.
He used a chicken wing for making soup.
ki-pa-pa-si
English: See kipapasio
Alishika kipapasi mkononi.
He held the insect antenna in his hand.
ki-pa-pa-sio
English: An insect's antenna
Mdudu hutumia kipapasio kutambua mazingira.
The insect uses its antenna to sense the environment.
ki-pa-pa-ti-ko
English: See kipapatio
Waliokaanga kipapatiko cha bata.
They fried the duck's wing.
ki-pa-pa-tio
English: A bird's wing, e.g., of a chicken or guinea fowl
Alitoa manyoya ya kipapatio cha kuku.
He plucked feathers from the chicken's wing.
ki-pa-pa-ti-ro
English: A part of a bird's wing
Mkulima alipika kipapatio cha kuku.
The farmer cooked the chicken's wing.
ki-pa-po
English: Anxiety, worry
Alipata kipapo kabla ya mtihani.
He felt anxious before the exam.
ki-pa-ra
English: A bald head; a scalp with no hair
Baba ana kipara¹ juu ya kichwa.
Father has a bald head.
ki-pa-ra
English: A clever and cunning person
Yule ni kipara² anayeweza kukushinda kwa ujanja.
That one is a cunning person who can outsmart you.
ki-pa-ra-go
English: See kipando; a support used when climbing
Mtoto alishika kiparago¹ cha mti ili apande juu.
The child held the tree foothold to climb up.
ki-pa-ra-go
English: A short, large stick; a club
Askari wa jadi walitumia kiparago² vitani.
The traditional guards used a club in battle.
ki-pa-ra-mo-to
English: A person (often a woman) with rude, restless, or mischievous behavior; sometimes a prostitute
Walisema msichana huyo ni kiparamoto¹.
They said that girl is restless and mischievous.
ki-pa-ra-mo-to
English: A type of mask used in games played in the dark
Vijana walitumia kiparamoto² walipocheza usiku.
The youths used a special mask when playing at night.
ki-pa-ra-re
English: A small grasshopper
Bustani ilikuwa na vingi viparare.
The garden was full of small grasshoppers.
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