Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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ma-chimbo
English: Places where minerals or other similar things are mined
Wafanyakazi walikusanyika kwenye machimbo ya dhahabu.
Workers gathered at the gold mines.
ma-chinga
English: A retail seller of goods on the streets, usually walking; street vendor
Machinga waliuza bidhaa sokoni.
Street vendors sold goods in the market.
machi-njio
English: Place where animals are slaughtered; slaughterhouse
Walipeleka ng'ombe kwenye machinjio.
They took the cow to the slaughterhouse.
machi-njio
English: Part of something that is very sharp
Kisu hicho kina machinjio makali.
That knife has a very sharp edge.
machin-jioni
English: See machinjio (slaughterhouse)
Walisafisha machinjioni baada ya kazi.
They cleaned the slaughterhouse after work.
machin-jioni
English: See machinjio (sharp part)
Machinjioni ya kisu yalihitaji kutunzwa.
The sharp edge of the knife needed care.
machi-njoni
English: See machinjio (slaughterhouse)
Wafanyakazi walikusanyika machinjoni.
Workers gathered at the slaughterhouse.
machi-puko
English: State of grass or plants sprouting or beginning to appear
Machipuko ya majani yalionekana baada ya mvua.
The sprouting of grass appeared after the rain.
machi-puo
English: Season or time when plants sprout and grow (often after the cold season)
Wakulima walipanda wakati wa machipuo.
Farmers planted during the sprouting season.
macho
English: Plural of jicho (eye). Expressions: macho makavu – without shame or worry; kuwa macho – be alert; kaza macho – stare carefully
Alikuwa macho usiku kucha akilinda nyumba.
He stayed awake all night guarding the house.
ma-chofu
English: Feeling of weakness or lack of strength, especially after doing something; fatigue
Baada ya kazi ngumu alihisi machofu.
After the hard work, he felt fatigued.
macho kum-chuzi
English: A person with eyes pointing to one side; cross-eyed person
Walimcheka kwa sababu alikuwa machokumchuzi.
They laughed at him because he was cross-eyed.
macho kum-chuzi
English: State of a person having cross-eyes
Machokumchuzi si hali nadra kwa watoto.
Being cross-eyed is not rare in children.
macho mbozi
English: Reward given to someone for finding a lost item and returning it to the owner; finder's reward
Alipokea machombozi kwa kurudisha simu iliyopotea.
He received a reward for returning the lost phone.
macho mbwiru
English: Cross-eyed
Alikuwa na macho machombwiru tangu utotoni.
He had cross-eyes since childhood.
macho upande
English: See machombwiru (cross-eyed)
Walisema mtoto ana machoupande.
They said the child was cross-eyed.
ma-chozi
English: Liquids from the eyes due to happiness, pain, or crying; tears
Alilia machozi ya furaha.
She cried tears of joy.
ma-chuba
English: Coffee or tea dregs; residue
Walitupa machuba ya chai.
They threw away the tea dregs.
machubuichubwi
English: Disease of swollen cheeks which commonly affects children; mumps
Madaktari walitibu watoto wenye machubwichubwi.
Doctors treated the children with mumps.
machuga-chuga
English: A type of disease causing the skin to crack; skin rash
Machugachuga yalimsumbua sana.
The skin rash troubled him a lot.
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