Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/m'buba/
English: A skin disease; yaws.
Wagonjwa wa mbuba walipokea matibabu.
Patients with yaws received treatment.
/mbubu'ɗiko/
English: A spillage, pouring out.
Maji yalikuwa katika mbubujiko.
The water was spilling over.
/'mbuɗa/
English: A stick for beating.
Alitumia mbuda kufukuza mbwa.
He used a stick to chase the dog.
/m'buɗe/
English: A young, small fish; fingerling.
Wavuvi walishika mbude baharini.
The fishermen caught fingerlings in the sea.
/'mbuɡa/
English: Savanna, grassland; game reserve.
Mboga za pori hupatikana kwenye mbuga.
Wild vegetables are found in the savanna.
/mbu'ɡaɗi/
English: An inquisitive person, snoop.
Mbugaji alisikiliza mazungumzo ya watu.
The snoop listened to people's conversations.
/'mbuɡe/
English: A person who chews constantly.
Mbuge alikuwa akitafuna muda wote.
The person was chewing all the time.
/'mbuɡi/
English: A small bell, jingle bell.
Watoto walicheza na mbugi.
The children played with a jingle bell.
/'mbuɡu/
English: A type of plant (see mlumba).
Wakulima walipanda mbugu shambani.
Farmers planted the mbugu plant in the field.
/mbu'ɡuma/
English: A heifer, young cow that can bear.
Mbuguma aliuzwa sokoni.
The heifer was sold in the market.
/mbu'guni/
English: Ostrich feather.
Mbuguni ilitumika kutengeneza mapambo.
Ostrich feathers were used for decoration.
/m'bui/
English: Traditional healer.
Watu walikwenda kwa mbui kutafuta tiba.
People went to the traditional healer for treatment.
/m'mbuɗi/
English: 1. An expert. 2. Pleasant, clever.
Mbuji wa muziki aliimba kwa ustadi.
The music expert sang skillfully.
/m'buki/
English: See Mbukini (Malagasy person).
Mbuki walihamia Pwani ya Afrika Mashariki zamani.
Malagasy people migrated to the East African coast long ago.
/mbu'kini/
English: A Malagasy person.
Yule ni Mbukini anayefahamu Kiswahili.
That is a Malagasy person who speaks Swahili.
/m'buku/
English: 1. A miser. 2. A person who steals food.
Mbuku alikula chakula cha wengine bila ruhusa.
The miser ate other people's food without permission.
/mbuku'lia/
English: See mbukuzi (studious person).
Angalia neno mbukulia chini ya mbukuzi.
See the word mbukulia under mbukuzi.
/mbukurututu/
English: An utterly destitute person.
Mbukurututu huyo aliomba msaada barabarani.
That destitute person begged for help on the street.
/mbu'kuzi/
English: 1. A studious person. 2. An investigator, exposer of secrets.
Mbukuzi alisoma usiku kucha.
The studious person studied all night.
/'mbukwa/
English: 1. An evening greeting. 2. An apology.
Alimpa mbukwa alipokutana naye jioni.
He greeted him with "mbukwa" when they met in the evening.
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