Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kigòmbè/
English: See kigombegombe¹.
Walivua samaki aina ya kigombe.
They caught a fish called kigombe.
/kigòmbegòmbè/
English: A gray fish with hard scales and horns.
Walivua samaki aina ya kigombegombe.
They caught a fish called kigombegombe.
/kigòmbegòmbè/
English: On hands and knees; crawling.
Mtoto alitembea kigombegombe.
The child crawled on hands and knees.
/kigòmbò/
English: A rodent resembling a rat.
Kigombo alionekana jikoni.
A rodent was seen in the kitchen.
/kigòndo/
English: Difficulty; trouble.
Wanafunzi walipitia kigondo shuleni.
The students faced trouble at school.
/kigòng'ondo/
English: The sound of something being knocked.
Kulisikika kigong'ondo cha nazi ikianguka.
The sound of a falling coconut was heard.
/kigòng'ondo/
English: Spreading of news from person to person.
Habari zilienea kwa kigong'ondo.
News spread by word of mouth.
/kigòng'ondo/
English: A call to action; a summons.
Walitoa kigong'ondo cha mkutano.
They issued a call for a meeting.
/kigòngo/
English: A short, thick stick used as a club.
Aliinua kigongo kumpiga mwizi.
He raised a club to hit the thief.
/kigòngo/
English: A person with a hunched back.
Mzee kigongo alipita sokoni.
The hunchbacked old man passed in the market.
/kigòngo/
English: See kikomo¹.
Alitumia kigongo kupima.
He used a measure to gauge.
/kigòngolo/
English: Cutting or stem of a plant used for propagation.
Walipanda kigongolo cha mihogo.
They planted cassava cuttings.
/kigòno/
English: A camp; a temporary shelter.
Waliishi katika kigono msituni.
They stayed in a temporary camp in the forest.
/kigòri/
English: See kigoli.
Kigori alicheza na wenzake uwanjani.
The young girl played with her peers in the field.
/kigòsho/
English: A bent arm that cannot straighten; hanger for clothes.
Alitundika shati kwenye kigosho.
He hung the shirt on a hanger.
/kigòtàgota/
English: See gogota (woodpecker).
Kigotagota alionekana akibisha kwenye mti.
A woodpecker was seen pecking on the tree.
/kigòvya/
English: See kigoe.
Watoto walicheza na kigovya.
The children played with the stick.
/kigòzikucha/
English: The cuticle; skin around the nail.
Alikatwa kigozikucha na ikamuuma.
His cuticle was cut and it hurt.
/kigùbiko/
English: The eyelid.
Macho yake yalifungwa na vigubiko.
His eyes were covered by his eyelids.
/kigùbu/
English: A young hippopotamus.
Waliona kigubu karibu na mto.
They saw a young hippo near the river.
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