Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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seˈŋga
English: To cut with a sharp tool (knife, axe, sword).
Alisenga kuni kwa upanga.
He chopped the firewood with a sword.
seˈŋenya
English: To slander; to speak ill of someone behind their back.
Usisengenye wenzako kazini.
Don't slander your colleagues at work.
seˈnsa
English: Census; official counting of people or beings.
Serikali itafanya sensa mwaka ujao.
The government will conduct a census next year.
seˈnsa
English: Censorship; suppression of speech, writing, or film.
Filamu hiyo ilikumbwa na sensa kali.
That movie faced strict censorship.
seˈnsa
English: To censor; to examine text, books, or films.
Serikali ilisensa gazeti hilo.
The government censored that newspaper.
sentafoˈwadi
English: Striker (in sports like soccer).
Sentafowadi alipiga goli dakika ya mwisho.
The striker scored in the final minute.
sentahaˈfu
English: Defender (in sports; the last player before the goalkeeper).
Sentahafu alizuia mpira vizuri.
The defender blocked the ball well.
senˈtensi
English: Sentence (grammatical unit).
Andika sentensi kamili kwa Kiswahili.
Write a complete sentence in Swahili.
ˈsenti
English: Cent (currency).
Hii bidhaa inagharimu senti hamsini.
This item costs fifty cents.
ˈsenti
English: A small, thin, round metal tray.
Alitumia senti kuweka pipi.
She used a small metal tray to hold sweets.
ˈsenti
English: A thin, white, filterless cigarette.
Wazee wa zamani walivuta sigara za senti.
The elders used to smoke thin white cigarettes.
sentiˈgramu
English: Centigram (one hundredth of a gram).
Dawa hiyo inapimwa kwa sentigramu.
That medicine is measured in centigrams.
sentiˈmita
English: Centimeter (unit of length).
Kamba hii ina urefu wa sentimita kumi.
This rope is ten centimeters long.
seˈɲenge
English: See: seng'enge (barbed wire).
Walitumia senyenge kulinda bustani yao.
They used barbed wire to protect their garden.
seˈpai
English: Infantry soldier.
Sepai walipiga kambi karibu na mto.
The infantry soldiers camped near the river.
seˈpetu
English: Shovel; spade.
Fundi alichimba shimo kwa sepetu.
The worker dug a hole with a spade.
sepeˈtuka
English: To stagger; to walk unsteadily like a drunk person.
Mzee alisepetuka akirudi nyumbani.
The old man staggered on his way home.
sepetuˈsepetu
English: Wobbly; unsteady; not firm.
Kiti hiki ni sepetusepetu, kinatikisika sana.
This chair is wobbly; it shakes a lot.
sepˈtemba
English: September (ninth month).
Shule hurudi kufunguliwa mwezi wa Septemba.
Schools reopen in September.
ˈsera
English: Personal conduct; behavior; character.
Sera njema huonyesha tabia ya mtu.
Good behavior shows a person's character.
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