Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/li'mau/
English: Lemon; citrus fruit
Alinywa maji ya limau asubuhi.
He drank lemon water in the morning.
/'limba/
English: To stick; to stay firmly; to be rooted
Miti hii imelimba ardhini vizuri.
These trees are firmly rooted in the ground.
/'limba/
English: To hit; strike; whip
Aliwalimba viboko kwa utovu wa nidhamu.
He whipped them for indiscipline.
/'limba/
English: To refuse to go; to resist
Mtoto alilimba kwenda shule.
The child refused to go to school.
/'limba/
English: To grab or seize forcefully; to trap
Polisi walimlimba mwizi sokoni.
The police seized the thief at the market.
/'limbi/
English: Turn to draw water from a well
Ni limbi yangu kuchota maji leo.
It's my turn to fetch water today.
/lim'biːka/
English: To store little by little; to keep aside
Alilimbika pesa kwa miaka mitano.
He saved money little by little for five years.
/lim'biːka/
English: To set something aside to ripen; to let grow
Walilimbika ndizi hadi ziive.
They left the bananas to ripen.
/lim'biːka/
English: To increase slightly in a well (water level)
Maji yamelimbika kisimani baada ya mvua.
The water level has risen in the well after rain.
/limbi'kia/
English: To store or reserve something for someone; to entrust
Alilimbikia rafiki yake chakula.
He set aside food for his friend.
/limbiki'za/
English: To accumulate gradually; to store; to hoard wealth
Ameanza kulimbikiza mali tangu ujana.
He has been accumulating wealth since his youth.
/limbiki'zo/
English: Heap of things; accumulation; stored quantity
Limbikizo la kazi limezidi ofisini.
The accumulation of work has increased in the office.
/lim'biko/
English: See mlimbiko
Walizungumzia limbiko la bidhaa sokoni.
They discussed the accumulation of goods in the market.
/'limbu/
English: To harvest for the first time; to start something for the first time
Mkulima alilimbu shamba lake mwaka huu.
The farmer harvested his field for the first time this year.
/'limbu/
English: To rescue; to remove from a trap or difficult situation
Wavuvi walilimbu nyavu zao majini.
The fishermen freed their nets from the water.
/lim'buːka/
English: To experience something for the first time; to taste for the first time
Alilimbuka chakula kipya cha Kiasia.
He tasted Asian food for the first time.
/limbu'keni/
English: A person experiencing something for the first time; a naïve person
Yeye ni limbukeni wa maisha mjini.
He is a newcomer to city life.
/lim'buːko/
English: The state of tasting or enjoying something for the first time
Limbuko la mafanikio lilimfurahisha sana.
The first experience of success made him very happy.
/lim'buːko/
English: First-fruit offering; first blessing
Wakulima walitoa limbuko la mazao yao.
The farmers gave their first-fruit offering.
/lim'buo/
English: First yield; first event or outcome
Limbuo la shamba hili limekuwa zuri sana.
The first yield from this farm has been excellent.
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