Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/ɲaa/
English: To wither (plants)
Mimea ilinyaa kwa sababu ya jua kali.
The plants withered due to strong sunlight.
/ɲaˈa/
English: (noun) The head of an arrow
Alinyoosha nyaa kabla ya kupiga upinde.
He straightened the arrowhead before shooting the bow.
/ɲaˈɡau/
English: (noun) A cruel or vicious person
Mfalme huyo alikuwa nyaag'au asiye na huruma.
That king was a cruel man with no mercy.
/ɲaˈɡaja/
English: (verb) To snatch or seize by force or trickery
Mnyang'anyi alinyaag'aya mkoba wa mwanamke.
The thief snatched the woman's handbag.
/ɲaɡaˈjaɡa/
English: (expression) Something utterly destroyed; beyond repair
Nyumba iliharibika nyaag'ayaag'a baada ya moto.
The house was completely destroyed by fire.
/ɲaɡaraˈkata/
English: (adjective) Useless; indescribable; not fitting for purpose
Vifaa vile vya zamani ni vya nyaagarakata.
Those old tools are useless.
/ɲaɡaˈrika/
English: (verb/adjective) Deformed; misshapen; hard to describe
Kisu kilichopinda hivyo ni nyaagarika.
That bent knife looks deformed.
/ɲaˈaza/
English: (verb) To stop talking; to be silent
Wote walinyaaza waliposikia habari hizo.
Everyone fell silent when they heard the news.
/ɲaˈaza/
English: (interjection) Expression telling people to be quiet
"Nyaaza!" aliamuru mwalimu.
"Quiet!" ordered the teacher.
/ɲaˈazia/
English: (verb) To refuse to speak to someone
Alinyaazia rafiki yake kwa hasira.
He refused to speak to his friend out of anger.
/ɲaˈaziana/
English: (verb) To be in a silent feud; to avoid speaking to each other
Wawili hao walinyaaziana kwa wiki nzima.
The two avoided speaking to each other for a week.
/ɲaˈaziʃa/
English: (verb) To make someone stop crying or talking
Mama alimnyaazisha mtoto kwa upole.
The mother gently made her child stop crying.
/ɲaˈaziʃa/
English: (verb) To oppress; to suppress; to silence forcefully
Serikali ilijaribu kunyazisha wapinzani.
The government tried to silence the opposition.
/ɲaˈba/
English: (noun, Kenya) See jaba — a stimulant leaf chewed for energy
Alitafuna nyaba mchana kutwa.
He chewed jaba all day.
/ɲaˈba/
English: (verb) To say words that deceive or seduce
Alimnyabia maneno matamu ya kumdanganya.
He told her sweet words to deceive her.
/ɲaˈbizi/
English: (noun) A small submarine or underwater vessel
Wanajeshi walitumia nyabizi kwa mafunzo ya majini.
The soldiers used a submarine for naval training.
/ɲaˈbua/
English: (verb) To stretch something long; to tease apart threads (like cotton)
Alinyabua pamba ili iwe laini.
She teased apart the cotton to make it soft.
/ɲaˈbua/
English: (verb) To insult; to speak harshly to someone
Usimnyabue mwenzako mbele ya watu.
Do not insult your companion in front of others.
/ɲaˈbua/
English: (verb) To derive words from a root using affixes
Walimu walimfundisha jinsi ya kunyabua maneno mapya kutokana na mizizi.
The teacher taught him how to derive new words from roots.
/ɲaˈbua/
English: (noun) A type of shell
Nyabua zinapatikana kwenye fukwe za bahari.
The shells are found on ocean shores.
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