Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/'mbiru/
English: Income tax.
Wafanyakazi walilipa mbiru kila mwaka.
Workers paid income tax every year.
/mbi'ʃani/
English: A quarrelsome person (see mgomvi).
Mbishani hakubali kushindwa kamwe.
The quarrelsome person never accepts defeat.
/m'biʃi/
English: A disputatious, argumentative person.
Mbishi alipinga maamuzi ya walimu.
The argumentative person opposed the teachers' decision.
/m'biʃo/
English: The tacking of a sailing vessel.
Mabaharia walibadilisha mwelekeo kwa mbisho.
The sailors changed direction by tacking.
/'mbiu/
English: A horn used for signalling.
Mzee alipuliza mbiu kuwaita wanakijiji.
The elder blew the horn to call the villagers.
/'mbija/
English: A graft, scion.
Mkulima alipanda mbiya kwenye mti wa matunda.
The farmer planted a graft on the fruit tree.
/'mbizi/
English: Diving, swimming underwater.
Watalii walifurahia mchezo wa mbizi baharini.
Tourists enjoyed diving in the sea.
/m'bobezi/
English: A person deeply skilled in something; expert.
Yeye ni mbobezi wa sheria.
He is an expert in law.
/m'bobo/
English: 1. Glut, abundance. 2. Fertility.
Shamba hili linaonyesha mbobo wa mazao.
This farm shows an abundance of crops.
/m'boboɗeko/
English: Stammering, stuttering.
Mtoto alikuwa na tatizo la mbobojeko.
The child had a problem with stammering.
/m'bobokaɗi/
English: A pilferer, petty thief.
Mbobokaji alikamatwa sokoni.
The petty thief was caught at the market.
/'mboʧi/
English: Nectar; fluid found in flowers.
Nyuki hukusanya mbochi kutoka maua.
Bees collect nectar from flowers.
/mbofu'wafu/
English: 1. A scavenger bird. 2. A type of dove.
Mbofuwafu walikusanyika kwenye mzoga.
Scavenger birds gathered around the carcass.
/'mboga/
English: 1. Vegetable. 2. Easy, simple.
Leo tutapika mboga za majani.
Today we will cook leafy vegetables.
/mboga'mboga/
English: Assorted vegetables/condiments.
Supu ilitengenezwa kwa mbogamboga.
The soup was made with assorted vegetables.
/'mbogo/
English: Buffalo.
Mbogo alikimbia porini.
The buffalo ran into the wild.
/'mboɗi/
English: 1. Compost. 2. Moisture.
Wakulima walitumia mboji kuboresha udongo.
Farmers used compost to improve the soil.
/mboka'bari/
English: Ancient Sumerian writing system (cuneiform).
Historia inaeleza kuhusu mbokabari ya Wasumeria.
History tells about the Sumerian cuneiform writing.
/'mboko/
English: 1. A long-necked gourd for drinking. 2. A beating.
Walitumia mboko kunywea pombe ya kienyeji.
They used a long-necked gourd to drink traditional beer.
/mbo'koni/
English: To whip, flog.
Watoto walitiwa mbokoni kwa ukaidi wao.
The children were flogged for their stubbornness.
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