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Kisongo¹

ki-son-go

English: 1. The manner of tangling; entanglement. 2. A device used to tighten something loose

Example (Swahili):

Kamba ilikuwa kisongo kikubwa.

Example (English):

The rope was badly entangled.

Kisongo²

ki-son-go

English: A tourniquet; a device used to stop the flow of blood

Example (Swahili):

Walitumia kisongo kuzuia damu isiendelee kutoka.

Example (English):

They used a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.

Kisonoko

ki-so-no-ko

English: 1. An uncivilized or rude person. 2. A despised servant

Example (Swahili):

Walimuita kisonoko kwa tabia zake mbaya.

Example (English):

They called him uncivilized because of his bad manners.

Kisonono

ki-so-no-no

English: A sexually transmitted disease that causes discharge of pus or blood; gonorrhea

Example (Swahili):

Kisonono ni ugonjwa unaohitaji tiba ya haraka.

Example (English):

Gonorrhea is a disease that requires urgent treatment.

Kisonzo

ki-son-zo

English: Dung beetles in cow dung

Example (Swahili):

Kisonzo walionekana wakiviringisha samadi.

Example (English):

The dung beetles were seen rolling manure.

Kisoshalisti

ki-so-sha-lis-ti

English: Socialist; believing in the philosophy that production should benefit the wider society

Example (Swahili):

Chama hicho kilifuata sera za kisoshalisti.

Example (English):

That party followed socialist policies.

Kisra

kis-ra

English: See kisira

Example (Swahili):

Mama alitengeneza kisra cha kula jioni.

Example (English):

Mother prepared kisra to eat in the evening.

Kistari

kis-ta-ri

English: A hyphen to connect two words

Example (Swahili):

Tumia kistari kuunganisha maneno hayo mawili.

Example (English):

Use a hyphen to connect those two words.

Kisu

ki-su

English: A knife

Example (Swahili):

Alikata nyanya kwa kisu.

Example (English):

She cut the tomatoes with a knife.

Kisua

ki-sua

English: See kiswa

Example (Swahili):

Alivaa kisua chake cha sherehe.

Example (English):

He wore his ceremonial attire.

Kisuduru

ki-su-du-ru

English: The recycle bin in a computer where deleted items are stored

Example (Swahili):

Faili lako liko kwenye kisuduru cha tarakilishi.

Example (English):

Your file is in the computer's recycle bin.

Kisuga

ki-su-ga

English: See mnavu

Example (Swahili):

Walipanda kisuga shambani mwao.

Example (English):

They planted mnavu in their farm.

Kisugudi

ki-su-gu-di

English: The elbow

Example (Swahili):

Alipigwa kisugudi na kuumia.

Example (English):

He was hit on the elbow and got hurt.

Kisuguru

ki-su-gu-ru

English: A callus; hardness on the body due to friction

Example (Swahili):

Viatu vipya vilimletea kisuguru miguuni.

Example (English):

The new shoes gave him calluses on his feet.

Kisuguu

ki-su-guu

English: See kichuguu

Example (Swahili):

Alikaa juu ya kisuguu akipumzika.

Example (English):

He sat on the anthill while resting.

Kisui

ki-sui

English: A leopard cub

Example (Swahili):

Wawindaji walimwona kisui msituni.

Example (English):

The hunters saw a leopard cub in the forest.

Kisukari¹

ki-su-ka-ri

English: A type of small banana that is very sweet and not cooked

Example (Swahili):

Watoto walikula ndizi za kisukari.

Example (English):

The children ate small sweet bananas.

Kisukari²

ki-su-ka-ri

English: Diabetes; a disease caused by too much sugar in the body

Example (Swahili):

Babu anaumwa kisukari.

Example (English):

Grandfather suffers from diabetes.

Kisukari³

ki-su-ka-ri

English: A type of fish with a white belly and yellow-blue stripes

Example (Swahili):

Samaki wa kisukari walipatikana baharini.

Example (English):

The striped fish were found in the sea.

Kisukio

ki-su-kio

English: A tool used to churn milk to get curds; a churn

Example (Swahili):

Walitumia kisukio kutengeneza maziwa mgando.

Example (English):

They used a churn to make curdled milk.

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