Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/ki'kuku/
English: Weakness; helplessness.
Alionekana na kikuku cha mwili baada ya ugonjwa.
He showed weakness in the body after the illness.
/ki'kuku/
English: Food made from cassava flour cooked into balls.
Walikula kikuku kwa nazi.
They ate cassava balls with coconut.
/ki'kuku/
English: See kifaranga (chick).
Kuku alibeba kikuku wake chini ya mabawa.
The hen carried her chick under her wings.
/kiku'kusi/
English: A strong storm wind.
Kikukusi kilibomoa miti usiku.
The storm wind knocked down trees at night.
/kikuli/
English: Fear; terror.
Kikuli kilimfanya akimbie haraka.
Fear made him run quickly.
/ki'kumbi/
English: The malleus bone in the ear.
Madaktari walieleza kazi ya kikumbi kwenye sikio.
Doctors explained the function of the malleus in the ear.
/ki'kumbo/
English: To jostle or shove.
Walipita sokoni kwa kikumbo.
They passed through the market by jostling others.
/ki'kumo/
English: A blow; strike.
Alipokea kikumo usoni wakati wa ugomvi.
He received a blow to the face during the fight.
/kiku'muʃi/
English: A modifier in grammar.
Neno hilo ni kikumushi katika sentensi.
That word is a modifier in the sentence.
/kiku'nazi/
English: A thick stick used for killing fish or fighting.
Wavuvi walibeba kikunazi pwani.
The fishermen carried a stick to the shore.
/ki'kundi/
English: A group; gathering.
Kikundi cha vijana kilicheza muziki.
The group of youths played music.
/ki'kundu/
English: Hemorrhoids.
Mgonjwa alilalamika kwa maumivu ya kikundu.
The patient complained of hemorrhoid pain.
/ki'kungu/
English: Knot on a sail yardarm.
Mabaharia walifunga kikungu kwenye tanga.
The sailors tied a knot on the sail.
/ki'kungu/
English: Gift of food exchanged between houses.
Walituma kikungu cha wali kwa majirani.
They sent a gift of rice to the neighbors.
/kikunjaja'mwi/
English: A fee in a traditional court; a gift.
Alipewa adhabu ya kulipa kikunjajamwi.
He was fined to pay a court fee.
/ki'kuta/
English: A roundabout.
Gari liligonga kikuta katikati ya barabara.
The car hit the roundabout in the middle of the road.
/kikuta'ʃoto/
English: A left-turning roundabout (in left-driving countries).
Madereva walifuata kikutashoto.
Drivers followed the left-hand roundabout.
/ki'kuto/
English: A hyena; spotted hyena.
Kikuto kilisikiwa karibu na kijiji usiku.
A hyena was heard near the village at night.
/ki'kuto/
English: A broken pot.
Walitupa kikuto baada ya kupasuka.
They threw away the broken pot.
/kikuzasauti/
English: An amplifier.
Mwalimu alitumia kikuzasauti darasani.
The teacher used an amplifier in class.
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