Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kiˈdaŋɡa/
English: A young lime with no juice.
Tulikuta matunda ya kidanga yameiva vibaya.
We found young limes with no juice.
/kiˈdaŋɡa/
English: Baby elephant.
Tuliona kidanga karibu na mama yake porini.
We saw a baby elephant near its mother in the wild.
/kiˈdaŋɡu/
English: Clicking sound with the tongue.
Alitoa sauti ya kidangu baada ya kunywa maji.
He made a clicking sound with his tongue after drinking water.
/kiˈdani/
English: Necklace, usually of gold.
Alipewa kidani cha dhahabu harusi.
She was given a gold necklace at the wedding.
/kiˈdari/
English: Chest (human or animal).
Risasi ilimpiga kidari.
The bullet hit him in the chest.
/kiˈdato/
English: A grade or form in secondary school.
Yuko kidato cha tatu sasa.
He is now in form three.
/kiˈdato/
English: A rung of a ladder.
Alikanyaga kidato cha pili cha ngazi.
He stepped on the second rung of the ladder.
/kiˈdato/
English: A joint in bamboo / mousetrap device.
Aliweka chakula kwenye kidato cha mtego.
He placed food on the bamboo mousetrap.
/kiˈdato/
English: A women's dance with flutes.
Waliigiza ngoma ya kidato shereheni.
They performed the kidato dance at the ceremony.
/kiˈdatu/
English: Intonation; rising and falling of sound.
Mwalimu alieleza kidatu cha maneno.
The teacher explained the intonation of words.
/kiˈdau/
English: Inkpot.
Aliandika kwa kutumia wino kutoka kwenye kidau.
He wrote using ink from the inkpot.
/kiˈdau/
English: A saltwater fish with long lower jaw.
Wavuvi walipata samaki wa aina ya kidau.
The fishermen caught a kidau fish.
/kiˈdau/
English: Canoe.
Walivuka mto kwa kutumia kidau.
They crossed the river using a canoe.
/kidaˈwati/
English: Inkpot (see kidau¹).
Mwanafunzi aliweka kalamu yake karibu na kidawati cha wino.
The student placed his pen near the inkpot.
/kiˈdazi/
English: Bald patch on the head.
Baba yake ana kidazi kichwani.
His father has a bald patch on his head.
/kideˈdea/
English: Champion, winner, hero.
Yeye ndiye kidedea wa mashindano.
He is the champion of the competition.
/kiˈdeku/
English: Hopscotch game.
Watoto walicheza kideku uwanjani.
The children played hopscotch in the yard.
/kiˈdekwa/
English: Sagging rope bed.
Walilala juu ya kidekwa cha kamba.
They slept on a sagging rope bed.
/kiˈdemu/
English: A mute person.
Kidemu hakusema neno lolote.
The mute person did not say a word.
/kiˈderi/
English: Fowlpox; disease of chickens.
Kuku walikufa kutokana na kideri.
The chickens died from fowlpox.
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