Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/tar'jumi/
English: A work that has been translated; a translation.
Tarjumi ya kitabu hicho imechapishwa mwaka huu.
The translation of that book was published this year.
/'tarka/
English: The sum of property and advice left by a deceased person; inheritance, bequest.
Watoto waligawana tarka ya baba yao kwa amani.
The children peacefully divided their father's inheritance.
/ta'rubu/
English: 1. Dust. 2. Soil, earth.
Nyumba ilifunikwa na tarubu baada ya upepo mkali.
The house was covered in dust after the strong wind.
/ta'ruma/
English: 1. Sleepers (wood or metal beams laid before railway tracks). 2. Tribal marks or scars on the face. 3. Planks joined to the floorboards of a vessel to strengthen them.
Taruma za reli ziliwekwa kwa uangalifu mkubwa.
The railway sleepers were laid carefully.
/tarum'beta/
English: A brass musical instrument that is blown; trumpet.
Alipiga tarumbeta kwenye gwaride la shule.
He played the trumpet at the school parade.
/'tasa/
English: A sterile female animal incapable of conceiving or having offspring.
Ng'ombe huyo ni tasa, hawezi kuzaa tena.
That cow is barren; she cannot give birth again.
/'tasa/
English: A number that cannot be divided except by one or itself; a prime number.
Kumi na moja ni namba tasa.
Eleven is a prime number.
/'tasa/
English: A type of castanet or rattle used in drums.
Wachezaji walitumia tasa kutoa sauti ya kuvutia.
The performers used rattles to produce pleasant sounds.
/'tasa/
English: 1. A bowl-like vessel used for washing or spitting. 2. A spittoon. 3. A container for water or milk.
Walitumia tasa kuosha mikono kabla ya kula.
They used a bowl to wash their hands before eating.
/'tasa/
English: 1. (Adjective) Sterile; incapable of bearing offspring. 2. Inferior; not good; worthless.
Mawazo tasa hayawezi kuleta maendeleo.
Unproductive ideas cannot bring progress.
/'tasa/
English: A basket made from coconut leaves.
Alitengeneza tasa kwa majani ya mnazi.
She made a basket from coconut leaves.
/'tasa/
English: To be difficult to understand; to puzzle, to confuse.
Maelezo yake yamenitasa kabisa.
His explanation completely confused me.
/'tasa/
English: To be incomplete; not ready.
Mradi bado ni tasa haujakamilika.
The project is still incomplete.
/'tasa/
English: To avoid, to evade; to keep away from.
Anatasa watu wabaya.
He avoids bad company.
/ta'saa/
English: The state of a female animal being unable to bear offspring.
Mbuzi huyo ana tasaa.
That goat is infertile.
/tasa'bahi/
English: To dawn; the act of the sun rising in the morning; to be morning.
Ilipo tasabahi, ndege wakaanza kuimba.
When morning broke, the birds began to sing.
/tasa'daki/
English: To give money or alms as charity; to donate.
Watu walitasadaki kusaidia watoto yatima.
People gave alms to help the orphans.
/tasa'difu/
English: To be suitable; to be appropriate; to fit.
Mavazi hayo hayasasadifu kwa hafla rasmi.
Those clothes are not appropriate for a formal event.
/tasa'jari/
English: To dare to do something; to have the courage to act.
Hakutasajari kumpinga mkuu wake.
He did not dare to oppose his superior.
/tasa'kani/
English: To live; to reside in a certain place; to make a place a dwelling.
Wametasa kani karibu na ziwa.
They have settled near the lake.
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