Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/taa botʃo/
English: A flatterer, deceiver.
Usiwe taa bocho kwa wakubwa.
Don't be a flatterer to superiors.
/taa kilimawe/
English: A flatterer, deceiver.
Taa kilimawe humdanganya kila mtu.
A flatterer deceives everyone.
/taa kipuŋgu/
English: A type of fish.
Leo tumepika taa kipungu kwa chakula cha jioni.
Today we cooked taa kipungu for dinner.
/taa matʃandʒa/
English: A type of fish with a poisonous tail.
Taa machanja ni samaki hatari.
Taa machanja is a dangerous fish.
/taa za trafiki/
English: Traffic lights.
Taa za trafiki zilibadilika kuwa nyekundu.
The traffic lights turned red.
/taa/
English: Lamp, light.
Alipowasha taa chumbani.
He lit the lamp in the room.
/taa/
English: A type of fish with a pointed mouth (like a spike).
Wavuvi walivua taa baharini.
The fishermen caught a taa fish in the sea.
/taa/
English: Obedience, discipline, good morals.
Mtoto huyo ana taa kubwa kwa wazazi wake.
That child has great obedience toward his parents.
/taa/
English: Obedient, disciplined.
Ni kijana taa na mwenye heshima.
He is a disciplined and respectful young man.
/taabani/
English: Exhausted, weary (from illness, fatigue, etc.).
Nilihisi taabani baada ya kazi ndefu.
I felt exhausted after a long day of work.
/taabanika/
English: Suffer due to a condition or action.
Watu wengi taabanika kwa njaa.
Many people suffer due to hunger.
/taabathi/
English: Act foolishly, do inappropriate things.
Usitaabathi mbele ya wageni.
Don't act foolishly in front of guests.
/taabika/
English: Be in great distress; be in pain; be deep in thought.
Alitaabika baada ya kupoteza kazi yake.
He was in distress after losing his job.
/taabili/
English: A poetic composition about love or a specific event.
Mashairi yake ya taabili yaliguswa na hisia.
His poetic compositions about love were emotional.
/taabini/
English: Details concerning the deceased, often given 40 days after death.
Familia ilitoa taabini baada ya siku arobaini.
The family shared details about the deceased after forty days.
/taabiri/
English: Travel, cross.
Walitaabiri mto mkubwa.
They crossed the big river.
/taabiri/
English: Pass away, die.
Babu yangu alitaabiri mwaka jana.
My grandfather passed away last year.
/taabisha/
English: Trouble, annoy, cause difficulty.
Usimtaabishe kwa maswali mengi.
Don't trouble him with too many questions.
/taabu/
English: Trouble, difficulty, distress.
Maisha ya taabu humfundisha mtu uvumilivu.
A life of hardship teaches one patience.
/taada/
English: Use of force, invasion.
Taada ya nchi jirani ilisababisha vita.
The invasion by the neighboring country caused war.
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