Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/matumizi/
English: Benefits or advantages; usefulness.
Kitabu hiki kina matumizi mengi kwa wanafunzi.
This book has many benefits for students.
/matumura/
English: Underground storage; cellar.
Walihifadhi nafaka kwenye matumura.
They stored the grains in an underground cellar.
/matunganavi/
English: Bow-legged (knees bent outward).
Mtoto ana miguu ya matunganavi.
The child has bow-shaped legs.
/matungizi/
English: Upper part of a building without roof.
Fundi walikuwa wakimalizia matungizi ya nyumba.
The builders were finishing the upper part of the house.
/matungizi/
English: Arrangement of thoughts; creative ideas.
Riwaya yake ina matungizi mazuri ya mawazo.
His novel has a good arrangement of ideas.
/matunguu/
English: Type of wild onion.
Walipata matunguu msituni.
They found wild onions in the forest.
/matunguzi/
English: See matungizi¹.
Tafuta matunguzi chini ya matungizi.
See matunguzi under matungizi.
/matunzo/
English: Manner of self-care or raising someone.
Mtoto alipata matunzo bora kutoka kwa mama yake.
The child received good care from his mother.
/maturu/
English: Small fish.
Wavuvi walikamata maturu mengi mtoni.
The fishermen caught many small fish in the river.
/matusha/
English: Second coconut milk; person who has lost reputation.
Walitumia matusha kupika wali.
They used the second coconut milk to cook rice.
/matwa/
English: Sorghum waste.
Wakulima walitupa matwa shambani.
The farmers threw away sorghum waste in the field.
/matwana/
English: Type of vehicle for carrying goods; truck.
Matwana lilifika kubeba mazao sokoni.
The truck arrived to carry produce to the market.
/Mau Mau/
English: Mau Mau freedom movement in Kenya.
Mau Mau walipigania uhuru wa Kenya.
Mau Mau fought for Kenya's independence.
/mauaji/
English: Act of killing a person or people.
Mauaji ya kijiji kizima yaliwashtua watu.
The killing of an entire village shocked people.
/maudhi/
English: Annoying words; irritants.
Alijaribu kupuuza maudhi ya jirani.
He tried to ignore the neighbor's irritating words.
/maudhu/
English: Not legitimate; fabricated.
Walipuuza maelezo yale kwa sababu yalikuwa maudhu.
They ignored that explanation because it was fabricated.
/maudhui/
English: Theme in literary work; content.
Riwaya hii ina maudhui ya mapenzi na usaliti.
This novel has themes of love and betrayal.
/maududi/
English: Beloved; liked.
Mtoto huyu ni maududi wa wazazi wake.
This child is beloved by his parents.
/mauguzi/
English: Nursing care; manner of treating patients.
Shule ya wauguzi hufundisha sanaa ya mauguzi.
The nursing school teaches the art of patient care.
/mauhudi/
English: Promised one; person given a promise.
Yeye ndiye mauhudi wa ndoa hii.
He is the promised one in this marriage.
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