Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/'tembe/
English: 1. A pill. 2. A grain of cereal such as rice or beans.
Daktari alimpa tembe za dawa.
The doctor gave him medicine pills.
/'tembe/
English: A hen that has reached the age of laying eggs.
Tembe wangu ameanza kutaga mayai.
My hen has started laying eggs.
/'tembe/
English: 1. A round, mud-walled house without a roof. 2. A small traditional mud house.
Walikaa katika tembe la udongo.
They stayed in a small mud house.
/'tembe/
English: A little, few, scarce.
Alibaki na tembe ya chakula.
He was left with a small amount of food.
/tem'bele/
English: Potato leaves.
Walipika tembele kwa nazi.
They cooked potato leaves with coconut milk.
/tembe'lea/
English: 1. To visit someone. 2. To go somewhere for leisure or sightseeing.
Tulitembelea babu na bibi wikendi.
We visited our grandparents over the weekend.
/tembe'za/
English: 1. To guide someone to an unfamiliar place. 2. To take something around to show or sell.
Aliwazungusha watalii na kuwatembeza mbugani.
He guided the tourists around the park.
/tembeze'a/
English: To deliver something to someone.
Mpishi alimtembezea chakula mgonjwa hospitalini.
The cook delivered food to the patient at the hospital.
/'tembo/
English: Elephant.
Tembo walionekana karibu na mto.
Elephants were seen near the river.
/'tembo/
English: A type of alcoholic drink from palm trees; palm wine.
Walikunywa tembo baada ya mavuno.
They drank palm wine after the harvest.
/'tembo/
English: A type of fish with a black stripe and yellow body.
Samaki tembo hupatikana baharini.
The tembo fish is found in the sea.
/te'mea/
English: To spit saliva at something or someone.
Alitemea maji chini baada ya kunywa.
He spat water on the ground after drinking.
/te'mino/
English: The terminal of a battery.
Unganisha waya kwenye temino sahihi.
Connect the wire to the correct terminal.
/'temsi/
English: Carvings or decorations on a knife or sword handle.
Upanga wake ulikuwa na temsi nzuri.
His sword had beautiful carvings on the handle.
/te'mua/
English: To make a hole in the side of a tree or log (e.g., for a beehive).
Alitemua mti ili kutengeneza mzinga wa asali.
He made a hole in the tree to make a beehive.
/te'mua/
English: To reduce the amount or quantity of something (e.g., food).
Mama alitemua chakula kilichobaki.
Mother reduced the leftover food.
/'tena/
English: A word used to connect two related ideas; also, moreover.
Ana akili, tena ni mchapakazi.
He is intelligent and moreover hardworking.
/'tena/
English: A word used to show repetition of an action; again and again.
Alijaribu tena baada ya kushindwa.
He tried again after failing.
/'tena/
English: A word used to express emotion, especially surprise.
Tena! Haukuniambia mapema.
What! You didn't tell me earlier.
/'tenda/
English: 1. To do something. 2. To do something unpleasant to someone.
Usimtendee mtu ubaya.
Do not do harm to others.
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