Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/paɲaˈbuku/
English: A large field rat with a very long tail that lives in the wild
Panyabuku waliharibu mimea shambani.
Giant field rats destroyed the crops in the field.
/paˈɲuka/
English: See kwabuka (to burst out or emerge suddenly)
Maji yalipanyuka kutoka kwenye bomba lililopasuka.
Water gushed out from the broken pipe.
/ˈpanza/
English: 1. A thin layer left on a scraped coconut. 2. A piece of coconut that has detached
Alila kipande kidogo cha panza.
He ate a small piece of scraped coconut.
/ˈpanza/
English: A small leftover piece of soap
Alitumia panza kuosha mikono.
He used the small piece of soap to wash his hands.
/ˈpanza/
English: A type of gray bird with a long tail and crest on the head
Panza aliruka kutoka tawi hadi tawi.
The gray bird flew from branch to branch.
/ˈpanzi/
English: A grasshopper-like insect that jumps with its legs
Panzi walijaa kwenye mashamba ya mahindi.
Grasshoppers filled the maize fields.
/ˈpanzi/
English: A small fish that uses its fins like wings to jump out of water
Wavuvi waliona panzi wakiruka juu ya maji.
The fishermen saw small fish flying above the water.
/ˈpanzi/
English: A sewing machine part that helps the needle move up and down
Fundi alibadilisha panzi ya cherehani.
The tailor replaced the sewing machine's needle lifter.
/ˈpanzi/
English: A car device that pumps oil; an oil pump
Fundi alibadilisha panzi la gari lililoharibika.
The mechanic replaced the damaged oil pump.
/panzibaˈhari/
English: A small flying fish that can leap above water
Panzinahari waliruka karibu na mashua.
Flying fish leaped near the boat.
/ˈpao/
English: Possessive adjective for third person plural (locative class)
Mashamba yao yako pao pale.
Their farms are located there.
/ˈpao/
English: Possessive pronoun for third person plural (locative class)
Hapo ndipo pao pa kazi.
That's their place of work.
/ˈpao/
English: Any long object such as a board or metal rod with two pointed ends
Alibeba pao refu la chuma.
He carried a long iron rod.
/ˈpapa/
English: A large, fierce, and dangerous fish; shark
Papa aliogelea karibu na mashua.
The shark swam near the boat.
/ˈpapa/
English: An emphatic form of "hapa" (right here)
Simama papa usiondoke!
Stand right here, don't move!
/ˈpapa/
English: The head of the Catholic Church; the Pope
Papa hutembelea nchi mbalimbali kwa amani.
The Pope visits different countries for peace.
/ˈpapa/
English: The beating of the heart due to fear or excitement
Moyo wake ulipiga papa kwa hofu.
His heart beat fast with fear.
/ˈpapa/
English: The act of a watertight object letting no water through
Ndoo hii ni papa, haina tundu lolote.
This bucket is watertight and has no leaks.
/ˈpapa/
English: The female genital organ
Daktari alizungumzia afya ya papa ya wanawake.
The doctor discussed women's reproductive health.
/paˈpatʃi/
English: A state of overlapping teeth
Mtoto ana papachi ya meno.
The child has overlapping teeth.
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