Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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ki-vum-ba-si
English: A plant with greenish-white flowers used for fumigation or medicine
Walichoma kivumbasi kutibu hewa chumbani.
They burned the plant to cleanse the air in the room.
ki-vum-bi
English: A state of competition and chaos; commotion
Kivumbi kilitokea uwanjani wakati wa mechi.
Chaos broke out in the stadium during the match.
ki-vum-bi
English: An action that raises a lot of dust; intense struggle
Gari lilipita kwa kasi na kusababisha kivumbi.
The car passed quickly and raised a cloud of dust.
ki-vu-mi-shi
English: An adjective (grammar)
"Mrefu" ni kivumishi katika Kiswahili.
"Tall" is an adjective in Swahili.
ki-vum-vu
English: Grief or sadness from bereavement; mourning
Familia ilikuwa katika hali ya kivumvu baada ya msiba.
The family was in mourning after the loss.
ki-vum-vu
English: A disease causing loss of consciousness in women after childbirth
Mganga alitibu mama aliyepata kivumvu baada ya kujifungua.
The healer treated a mother who fainted after giving birth.
ki-vu-na-ji
English: A tool for harvesting
Wakulima walitumia kivunaji kuvuna mahindi.
The farmers used a harvesting tool to reap the maize.
ki-vun-de
English: Fermented porridge made from cassava or maize flour
Walikunywa kivunde wakati wa kifungua kinywa.
They drank fermented porridge for breakfast.
ki-vun-de-vun-de
English: A musty smell from something not properly dried
Nguo zilitoa harufu ya kivundevunde baada ya mvua.
The clothes gave off a musty smell after the rain.
ki-vun-ga
English: Large, unkempt, tangled hair
Alikuwa na kivunga cha nywele kichwani.
He had a mass of tangled hair on his head.
ki-vun-ge
English: A small piece of paper used for storing things; an envelope
Aliweka hela kwenye kivunge kidogo.
He put the money in a small envelope.
ki-vun-gu-li-o
English: A greenhouse for growing plants
Mboga zilipandwa ndani ya kivungulio.
Vegetables were planted inside the greenhouse.
ki-vun-ja-jun-gu
English: A large green insect with a big head and legs (praying mantis)
Mtoto alipata kivunjajungu kwenye bustani.
The child found a praying mantis in the garden.
ki-vu-no
English: Harvest; yield; profit
Mkulima alipata kivuno kizuri cha mpunga.
The farmer had a good harvest of rice.
ki-vu-sho
English: A ferry; a fare for crossing
Walisafiri kwa kivusho kuvuka mto.
They traveled by ferry to cross the river.
ki-vu-ti-o
English: An attraction; something that draws interest
Mlima Kilimanjaro ni kivutio cha watalii.
Mount Kilimanjaro is a tourist attraction.
ki-vu-vu
English: A beetle found on fruits like mangoes
Kivuvu kiliharibu maembe shambani.
The beetle damaged the mangoes on the farm.
ki-vye-re
English: In-laws; parents who have given their children in marriage to each other
Walikutana na kivyere wao kwa mara ya kwanza.
They met their in-laws for the first time.
ki-wa
English: Lonely, solitary, sad
Alikaa akiwa kiwa baada ya kuachwa.
He sat lonely after being abandoned.
ki-wa
English: A small island; an islet
Samaki walipatikana karibu na kiwa kidogo.
Fish were found near the small islet.
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