Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/mpopwe/
English: A fool or simpleton.
Mpopwe aliamini kila alichoambiwa.
The fool believed everything he was told.
/mporaji/
English: A robber; one who takes property by force.
Mporaji alikamatwa baada ya jaribio la uporaji.
The robber was caught after an attempted robbery.
/mporojo/
English: A dry-region tree with white or yellow flowers and bean-like seeds.
Mporojo huota katika maeneo kame.
The mporojo tree grows in dry areas.
/mporomoko/
English: 1. A fall or drop from a high place. 2. A steep slope. 3. Economic decline.
Mporomoko wa uchumi uliathiri watu wengi.
The economic decline affected many people.
/mporopojo/
English: A type of plant with white flowers and seeds similar to coffee beans.
Mporopojo una maua meupe na mbegu zinazofanana na kahawa.
The mporopojo plant has white flowers and coffee-like seeds.
/mpororo/
English: Tribal scars made on the nose by some communities.
Alikuwa na mpororo puani kama alama ya ukoo wao.
He had a nose mark as a tribal sign.
/mpororo/
English: A line or queue of people; a procession.
Kulikuwa na mpororo mrefu wa watu benki.
There was a long queue of people at the bank.
/mposa/
English: See: mposaji.
Taz. mposaji.
See: proposer.
/mposaji/
English: A man who sends a marriage proposal through elders.
Mposaji alituma posa kwa wazazi wa msichana.
The suitor sent a proposal to the girl's parents.
/mpotevu/
English: A person who lives immorally or against social values.
Mpotevu huyo alirudi kwenye njia nzuri.
The wayward man returned to the right path.
/mpoto/
English: The twisted part of rope strands that gives strength.
Mpoto wa kamba hii umeifanya kuwa imara.
The twist of this rope has made it strong.
/mpotofu/
English: A person of bad morals; an evildoer.
Jamii humkemea mpotofu kwa matendo mabaya.
Society condemns an immoral person for wrongdoing.
/mpotovu/
English: See: mpotevu.
Taz. mpotevu.
See: corrupt person.
/mpovu/
English: A barren or infertile field.
Shamba hili ni mpovu halizai mazao.
This field is infertile and yields no crops.
/mpozi/
English: A person who heals or tends to the sick.
Mpozi alimhudumia mgonjwa usiku kucha.
The caregiver tended to the patient all night.
/mpozo/
English: The act or state of cooling or reducing heat.
Pepo la bahari lilileta mpozo wa jioni.
The sea breeze brought evening coolness.
/mprotestanti/
English: A Christian belonging to non-Catholic denominations.
Mprotestanti huyo huhudhuria ibada kila Jumapili.
That Protestant attends service every Sunday.
/mpujufu/
English: A person of loose morals or corrupted mind.
Mpujufu huishi maisha yasiyo na maadili.
The immoral person lives without values.
/mpukutiko/
English: The state of leaves falling.
Msimu wa mpukutiko huanza baada ya mvua.
The leaf-fall season begins after the rains.
/mpukutisho/
English: The season of leaf fall before the cold period.
Mpukutisho hutokea kabla ya baridi kali.
Leaf-fall occurs before the cold season.
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