Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/mi'lo/
English: A stick used to tighten a rope or bundle.
Walisokota kamba kwa kutumia milo.
They twisted the rope using tightening sticks.
/mi'lo/
English: Word that imitates a sound; onomatopoeia.
Walijifunza milio mbalimbali ya Kiswahili.
They learned different Swahili onomatopoeic sounds.
/ˈmimba/
English: Pregnancy; the condition of carrying a fetus.
Mwanamke huyo yuko katika mimba ya miezi mitano.
The woman is five months pregnant.
/ˈmimba/
English: A fetus or unborn child.
Mimba hukua hatua kwa hatua tumboni.
The fetus develops gradually in the womb.
/ˈmimba/
English: A seed pod of a plant.
Mimea hii ina mimba nyingi kwenye matawi.
This plant has many seed pods on its branches.
/ˈmimba/
English: (Idiomatic) Used in expressions related to pregnancy or expectation.
Ana mimba ya matumaini baada ya kupata kazi.
She is "pregnant with hope" after getting the job.
/mimˈbari/
English: A pulpit in a mosque or church.
Mhubiri alisimama kwenye mimbari kutoa hotuba.
The preacher stood on the pulpit to deliver the sermon.
/mmi'eo/
English: A glutton; one who eats greedily.
Mimeo huyo alimaliza chakula chote peke yake.
The glutton finished all the food by himself.
/ˈmimi/
English: I; me (first-person singular pronoun).
Mimi napenda kusoma vitabu.
I love reading books.
/miˈmina/
English: To pour a liquid.
Mimina maji kwenye kikombe.
Pour the water into the cup.
/miˈmina/
English: To top up or recharge phone credit.
Alimimina salio kwenye simu yake.
He topped up credit on his phone.
/mimiˈnika/
English: To drip or trickle slowly.
Maji yalikuwa yakimiminika kutoka kwenye paa.
Water was dripping from the roof.
/mimiˈniko/
English: 1. Overflow or excess liquid. 2. A molten or flowing substance.
Kulikuwa na miminiko wa lava kutoka mlimani.
There was an outflow of lava from the mountain.
/mimiˈniwa/
English: To be bestowed or poured upon in abundance.
Alimiminiwa baraka nyingi katika maisha yake.
He was showered with many blessings in his life.
/minaˈjili/
English: Because of; for the sake of.
Alijitolea minajili ya watoto yatima.
She volunteered for the sake of the orphans.
/ˈmindi/
English: A large antelope species.
Wawindaji waliona mindi wakinywa maji mtoni.
The hunters saw antelopes drinking at the river.
/miŋˈɡiɲa/
English: To squeeze or press something tightly.
Aliming'inya nguo ili kutoa maji yote.
She squeezed the clothes to remove all the water.
/miŋˈɡhairi/
English: Without; excluding.
Tulifanya kazi hiyo minghairi ya msaada wowote.
We completed the work without any help.
/ˈmini/
English: A short skirt (miniskirt).
Alivaa mini nyekundu kwenye sherehe.
She wore a red miniskirt to the party.
/miniˈbasi/
English: A small passenger bus.
Abiria walipanda minibasi kuelekea mjini.
Passengers boarded the minibus heading to town.
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