Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kijulanga/
English: See kijana (youth).
Kijulanga aliandamana na wenzake shuleni.
The youth walked with his friends to school.
/kijumba/
English: A small house.
Waliishi kijumba cha udongo.
They lived in a small mud house.
/kijumbamʃale/
English: See mbayuwayu (a bird).
Kijumbamshale kilijenga kiota chake juu ya mti.
The bird built its nest on a tree.
/kijumbe/
English: A marriage messenger or matchmaker.
Kijumbe alitumwa kutangaza posa.
The messenger was sent to announce the marriage proposal.
/kijumbe/
English: A town crier.
Kijumbe alitangaza habari sokoni.
The town crier announced news in the market.
/kijumbe/
English: A slave catcher.
Kijumbe alikamata mateka usiku.
The slave catcher seized captives at night.
/kijumbe/
English: Additional newspaper pages.
Gazeti la leo lina kijumbe cha michezo.
Today's newspaper has an additional sports section.
/kijumbuu/
English: The sole flesh of a foot.
Alijeruhi kijumbuu cha mguu wake.
He injured the sole of his foot.
/kijumliʃi/
English: The addition sign (+).
Walimu walifundisha alama ya kijumlishi.
Teachers taught the addition sign.
/kijumliʃo/
English: An addend (a number added to another).
Katika hesabu, tatu ni kijumlisho.
In the sum, three is an addend.
/kijungujiko/
English: A small side hustle for money.
Anafanya kijungujiko cha kuuza matunda.
He runs a side hustle selling fruits.
/kijusi/
English: A four-month-old fetus.
Daktari aliona kijusi tumboni kwa mama.
The doctor saw a fetus in the mother's womb.
/kijusi/
English: A bad smell; stench.
Kijusi kilitoka jalalani.
A stench came from the dumpsite.
/kijusi/
English: Defilement; rape.
Sheria inahukumu vikali kosa la kijusi.
The law punishes the crime of defilement severely.
/kijusi/
English: A newborn child under forty days.
Kijusi alilazwa kwenye kitanda cha mama yake.
The newborn was laid on his mother's bed.
/kijusi/
English: See ujusi¹.
Walimuita mtoto kijusi.
They called the baby a kijusi.
/kijuujuu/
English: Carelessly; haphazardly.
Aliandika kazi yake kijuujuu.
He wrote his work carelessly.
/kijuyi/
English: Insolently; disrespectfully.
Alijibu maswali ya mwalimu kwa kijuvi.
He answered the teacher's questions insolently.
/kika'ngijo/
English: See kikaango.
Walipika nyama kwa kikaangio.
They fried meat with a frying pan.
/kika'ngo/
English: Frying pan or earthenware pot.
Mama alitumia kikaango kupika chapati.
Mother used a frying pan to cook chapati.
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