Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/ki'kongo/
English: A large curved horn used in medicine.
Mganga alitumia kikongo kutengeneza dawa.
The healer used a horn to prepare medicine.
/ki'kongwe/
English: Old person; aged.
Kikongwe huyo alikaa kivulini.
The old person sat in the shade.
/ki'kono/
English: A person with a crippled arm.
Kikono alijitahidi kufanya kazi kwa mkono mmoja.
The man with a crippled arm struggled to work with one hand.
/ki'kono/
English: A rope tied from a mast to the side of a vessel.
Kikono kilifungwa vizuri kwenye mashua.
The rope was tied securely to the boat.
/ki'kono/
English: See mkono³.
Walitumia kikono kwa kazi ya kilimo.
They used the arm for farming work.
/ki'kono/
English: A stalk of fruit or flower.
Kikonyo cha ua kilikatwa kwa kisu.
The stalk of the flower was cut with a knife.
/ki'konzo/
English: After a long time; by delay.
Alifika kikonzo baada ya wote kuondoka.
He arrived late after everyone had left.
/ki'kope/
English: An eye swelling disease; conjunctivitis.
Alilazwa hospitali kwa kikope.
He was hospitalized for conjunctivitis.
/kiko'pesa/
English: Loft or attic space under a roof.
Walihifadhi nafaka kwenye kikopessa.
They stored grain in the attic.
/ki'kopo/
English: A small tin can.
Aliweka maziwa kwenye kikopo.
He put milk in a tin can.
/ki'kopo/
English: A rascal; a shameless person (expression).
Moto wa kikopo alimkera kila mtu.
The rascal annoyed everyone.
/ki'kopwe/
English: See kilopwe.
Walitumia kikopwe kama chombo cha maji.
They used the kikopwe as a water vessel.
/ki'kora/
English: A sugarcane stalk.
Mtoto alitafuna kikora cha miwa.
The child chewed a sugarcane stalk.
/ki'kore/
English: A small farm or plot.
Familia ilipanda mahindi kwenye kikore.
The family planted maize on the small farm.
/kikoro'gejo/
English: A stirring tool.
Mama alitumia kikorogeo kupika uji.
Mother used a stirrer to cook porridge.
/kikoro'koro/
English: Junk; worthless items.
Alitupa kikorokoro chote nyumbani.
He threw away all the junk at home.
/kiko'rombwe/
English: Sound made by blowing into a clenched fist.
Watoto walicheza kwa kufanya kikorombwe.
The children played by making the sound with their fists.
/kiko'rombwe/
English: A type of fish trap.
Wavuvi walitumia kikorombwe kuvua samaki.
The fishermen used a fish trap to catch fish.
/kikoro'mbwezo/
English: Entertainment or spice in an activity.
Muziki ulikuwa kikorombwezo wa sherehe.
Music was the entertainment of the celebration.
/kikoro'mbwezo/
English: Cultural or educational part in Marxist theory.
Kitabu kilizungumzia kikorombwezo cha jamii.
The book discussed the cultural aspect of society.
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