Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kibónzo/
English: Cartoon; caricature.
Gazeti lilichapisha kibonzo kipya.
The newspaper published a new cartoon.
/kibóra/
English: A fish that puffs up when touched; its meat may be poisonous.
Samaki kibora hujifura ukimgusa.
The puff fish swells when touched.
/kíbu/
English: A container for holding milk between thighs while milking.
Mchungaji alitumia kibu kukamua maziwa.
The herder used a container while milking.
/kibuá/
English: A flat-bodied fish.
Wavuvi walipata kibua baharini.
The fishermen caught a flat fish in the sea.
/kibuá/
English: Anything without weight or substance.
Maneno yake ni kama kibua.
His words are weightless.
/kibuangóri/
English: A type of flatfish with protruding fins.
Waliwinda kibuangori usiku.
They hunted the flatfish at night.
/kibubúsa/
English: Stealthily; secretly.
Aliingia kibubusa nyumbani.
He entered the house secretly.
/kibubúsa/
English: Person forced to do something unknowingly.
Aligeuka kibubusa katika mpango huo.
He became an unwilling participant in that plan.
/kibubúta/
English: A stump (of tree or limb).
Miti ilikatwa ikabaki mibubutu.
The trees were cut leaving stumps.
/kibubútu/
English: A stump (of tree or limb).
Miti ilikatwa ikabaki mibubutu.
The trees were cut leaving stumps.
/kibúdu/
English: Animal that died without being slaughtered / person without heir.
Waliokota kibudu porini.
They found a dead animal in the wild.
/kibúgi/
English: Computer virus.
Kompyuta yake ilishambuliwa na kibugi.
His computer was attacked by a virus.
/kibugútu/
English: Person with amputated limb.
Askari aliyepigana vitani sasa ni kibugutu.
The soldier who fought in the war is now an amputee.
/kibuhúti/
English: Fear mixed with shock and panic.
Habari ile ilimjaza kibuhuti.
The news filled him with fear and shock.
/kibúja/
English: A type of pimple on the face.
Uso wake ulikuwa na kibuja.
His face had a pimple.
/kibukíbu/
English: In any way possible; by any means.
Alikimbia kibukibu kuokoa maisha.
He ran by any means to save his life.
/kibulúu/
English: A type of cassava.
Wakulima walipanda mihogo ya kibuluu.
Farmers planted blue cassava.
/kibúmba/
English: A small box; small bundle.
Aliweka vito vyake kwenye kibumba.
She kept her jewels in a small box.
/kibúmbu/
English: Female genitalia.
Maneno ya matusi yalihusu kibumbu.
The insults referred to the female genitalia.
/kibúnju/
English: A term for a small child.
Kibunju alipiga kelele barabarani.
The little child cried on the road.
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