Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kifo/
English: Death.
Kifo ni sehemu ya maisha.
Death is part of life.
/kifoli/
English: Snap of the fingers.
Alitoa kifoli kuwaita watoto.
He snapped his fingers to call the children.
/kiforoŋgo/
English: Beetle found in mangoes that plays dead.
Tulipata kiforongo kwenye tunda.
We found a beetle in the fruit.
/kifu/
English: To satisfy; meet needs.
Shamba hili linakifu familia yote.
This farm satisfies the whole family's needs.
/kifu/
English: To save someone from harm.
Alimkifu mtoto asizame majini.
He saved the child from drowning.
/kifu/
English: Insufficiency; shortage.
Kuna kifu cha chakula kijijini.
There is a food shortage in the village.
/kifu/
English: A dead thing; a corpse.
Waliona kifu cha mnyama porini.
They found the carcass of an animal in the wild.
/kifua/
English: Chest (body part).
Alishika kifua kwa maumivu.
He held his chest in pain.
/kifua/
English: Chest disease, e.g., tuberculosis.
Mgonjwa ana ugonjwa wa kifua.
The patient has a chest disease.
/kifua/
English: Force; insistence; courage.
Aliongea kwa kifua mbele ya wote.
He spoke with courage before everyone.
/kifua kikuu/
English: Tuberculosis.
TB huitwa kifua kikuu kwa Kiswahili.
TB is called "kifua kikuu" in Swahili.
/kifuasi/
English: Follower; something attached.
Alikuwa kifuasi wa dini hiyo.
He was a follower of that faith.
/kifuasi/
English: An even number.
Mbili ni kifuasi wa nne.
Two is a divisor of four.
/kifudifudi/
English: Lying face down.
Alilala kifudifudi pwani.
He lay face down on the beach.
/kifufumkunye/
English: Something trivial or of unknown value.
Alinunua kifufumkunye sokoni.
He bought a worthless trinket at the market.
/kifufumkunye/
English: Unclear or unreliable information.
Habari zao ni kifufumkunye.
Their news is unreliable.
/kifujamehuzi/
English: A person who ruins others' plans.
Yule mtu ni kifujamehuzi wa kila jambo.
That person ruins everyone's plans.
/kifuka/
English: Plant with red and blue flowers; leaves used as vegetable.
Walipika mboga za kifuka.
They cooked vegetables from the kifuka plant.
/kifukizio/
English: Something used for blowing, e.g., fan.
Walitumia kifukizio kuwasha moto.
They used a blower to light the fire.
/kifukizo/
English: Incense; something used for perfuming.
Walitumia kifukizo wakati wa sala.
They used incense during prayer.
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