Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kidoːʃo/
English: Beautiful woman or girl.
Kidosho alishinda taji la urembo.
The beauty queen won the beauty crown.
/kidoːʃo/
English: A type of small bird.
Niliona kidosho akiruka shambani.
I saw a small bird called kidosho flying in the field.
/kiˈdote/
English: A small lump, bump.
Alikuwa na kidote usoni.
He had a small bump on his face.
/kidoːtia/
English: Small hat for a child.
Mama alinunua kidotia kwa mtoto wake.
The mother bought a small hat for her child.
/kidoːto/
English: Small spot, dot.
Kitabu kimeandikwa kwa nukta na vidoto.
The book was written with dots and marks.
/kidoːto/
English: Cloth used to cover a camel's eyes in the desert.
Walifunika ngamia kwa kidoto² ili asitishwe na mchanga.
They covered the camel's eyes with a cloth so it wouldn't be scared by the sand.
/kidoːto/
English: See nukta (dot, point).
Aliongeza kidoto kwenye sentensi.
He added a dot in the sentence.
/kidoːto/
English: Water container made from bamboo.
Walibeba maji kwa kidoto cha mianzi.
They carried water in a bamboo container.
/kidoja/
English: A test or trial to gauge feelings or safety.
Safari hiyo ilikuwa kidoya cha ujasiri wake.
That journey was a test of his courage.
/kidoja/
English: A person who tests the waters for others.
Yeye ni kidoya, hujaribu kwanza kabla ya wengine.
He is a tester, he tries first before others.
/kidu/
English: Hole in a board game; marble hole.
Mpira uliingia kwenye kidu.
The marble went into the hole.
/kidu/
English: Small hole in a boat for a mast.
Walipachika nguzo ya mtumbwi kwenye kidu.
They fixed the canoe mast in the small hole.
/kidu/
English: Dimple in the cheek.
Alitabasamu na kuonyesha kidu shavuni.
She smiled and showed a dimple on her cheek.
/kidubini/
English: Small creature seen under a microscope.
Wanafunzi waliona kidubini kwenye maabara.
The students saw a microbe under the microscope.
/kidubwana/
English: An unnamed or unknown object.
Niliona kidubwana kisichojulikana.
I saw an unknown small object.
/kidubwasha/
English: See kidubwana.
Niliona kidubwasha kisichojulikana.
I saw an unknown small object.
/kidubweshu/
English: See kidubwana.
Niliona kidubweshu kisichojulikana.
I saw an unknown small object.
/kidutʃu/
English: Small, tiny.
Alipata kipande kiduchu cha mkate.
He got a tiny piece of bread.
/kidutʃu/
English: Not many; few.
Wageni walikuja kiduchu.
Few guests came.
/kidude/
English: See kidubwana (unnamed object).
Kuna kidude kisichojulikana mezani.
There is a small unknown gadget on the table.
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