Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kidoˈlekisi/
English: Little finger.
Alivunja kidolekisi chake alipocheza.
He broke his little finger while playing.
/kidoleˈɲuma/
English: Thumb.
Alijeruhi kidolenyuma chake.
He injured his thumb.
/kidoleʃaˈhidi/
English: Ring finger.
Aliweka pete ya ndoa kwenye kidoleshahidi.
He placed the wedding ring on the ring finger.
/kidoːle tumbo/
English: Appendix (in the body).
Aliondolewa kidoletumbo kwa upasuaji.
His appendix was removed by surgery.
/kiˈdomo/
English: Lips.
Alipaka rangi kwenye kidomo.
She applied lipstick on her lips.
/kidoːmo/
English: A picky eater.
Mtoto huyu ni kidomo, hataki kula mboga.
This child is a picky eater, he doesn't want to eat vegetables.
/kidoːmo domo/
English: A gossip.
Watu walimjua kama kidomodomo kijijini.
People knew him as a gossip in the village.
/kidoːmo domo/
English: A troublemaker.
Usisikilize maneno ya kidomodomo.
Don't listen to the words of a troublemaker.
/kidoːmo domo/
English: Slanderous or divisive speech.
Kijiji kilichafuka kwa kidomodomo chake.
The village was divided by his slanderous talk.
/kidoːmo domo/
English: Talkative; interfering.
Mwanamke huyu ni kidomodomo sana.
This woman is very talkative.
/kidoːmozi/
English: Small insect that bores into plant leaves.
Majani ya mahindi yaliharibiwa na kidomozi.
The maize leaves were destroyed by the insect.
/kidoːna/
English: Bird's beak.
Ndege alishika mbegu kwa kidona chake.
The bird picked a seed with its beak.
/kiˈdonda/
English: Wound, sore.
Alipona kidonda chake baada ya wiki mbili.
His wound healed after two weeks.
/kidoːnda/
English: Sore, wound, ulcer.
Kidonda chake kilihitaji dawa kila siku.
His wound needed medicine every day.
/kidoːnda nduɡu/
English: Chronic sore.
Aliteseka na kidonda ndugu kwa miaka mingi.
He suffered from a chronic sore for many years.
/kidoːndo/
English: Thin piece of wood used as kindling.
Waliwasha moto kwa kutumia kidondo.
They lit the fire using a thin piece of wood.
/kidoːndoː/
English: See kidondo.
Waliwasha moto kwa kutumia kidondoo.
They lit the fire using a thin piece of wood.
/kiˈdoŋɡe/
English: Tablet, pill.
Alimeza kidonge cha maumivu.
He swallowed a pain tablet.
/kidoːŋɡe/
English: A pill, tablet.
Daktari alimpa mgonjwa kidonge cha usingizi.
The doctor gave the patient a sleeping pill.
/kidoːŋɡe/
English: Small round object; bead.
Alivaa shanga zenye vidonge vidogo.
She wore beads with small round pieces.
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