Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/tohari'ka/
English: To be pure; to be in a good and clean religious state.
Baada ya kuoga, alijihisi ameto harika.
After bathing, he felt pure and clean.
/'tohe/
English: A bushbuck (antelope).
Wawindaji walimwona tohe msituni.
The hunters saw a bushbuck in the forest.
/toho'a/
English: To dilute; to weaken the strength or weight of something.
Alitohoa maziwa kwa maji.
He diluted the milk with water.
/toho'a/
English: To adapt the pronunciation of a word (from one language to another).
Wameitohoa neno hilo kutoka Kiarabu.
They adapted that word from Arabic.
/to'iɲo/
English: A person with a mutilated nose; a person with a nasal deformity.
Watu walimcheka toinyo huyo kwa ukatili.
People cruelly mocked the man with the nasal deformity.
/to'ja/
English: (Of liquid) To drip; to trickle.
Maji yalianza toja kutoka kwenye dari.
Water began to drip from the ceiling.
/to'ja/
English: To brand; to mark the skin; to mark a product for identification.
Walitoja ng'ombe kwa alama maalum.
They branded the cattle with special marks.
/to'ja/
English: To be proud; to boast.
Alitoja kwa mafanikio yake mapya.
He boasted about his recent success.
/'toje/
English: The fruit of the custard apple tree.
Walikula toje lililoiva.
They ate the ripe custard apple.
/'tojo/
English: A mark or cut on the skin; a brand; a tattoo.
Alikuwa na tojo mkononi.
He had a tattoo on his arm.
/'tojo/
English: A drop; result of dripping.
Tojo za maji zilitiririka ukutani.
Drops of water trickled down the wall.
/'tojo/
English: See fumbufumbu (darkness; gloom).
Angalia neno fumbufumbu kwa maana kamili.
See the word fumbufumbu for the full meaning.
/toka ni'toke/
English: Of the same parents; born together (like twins).
Wao ni toka-nitoke katika familia yao.
They are twins from the same parents.
/'toka/
English: From; since (preposition).
Ameishi hapa toka mwaka jana.
He has lived here since last year.
/'toka/
English: A word showing the start of an event.
Toka asubuhi, mvua imenyesha.
Since morning, it has been raining.
/'toka/
English: To leave; to depart from a place.
Alitoka nyumbani saa kumi.
He left home at four o'clock.
/tokama'na/
English: To originate from; to have a specific source.
Mto huu unatokana na mlima.
This river originates from the mountain.
/tokana'na/
English: To result from; to be caused by; to separate; to part ways.
Ugomvi umetokana na wivu.
The conflict resulted from jealousy.
/toke'a/
English: To appear; to happen; to occur.
Ajali imetokea barabarani.
An accident occurred on the road.
/toke'a/
English: To come via; to approach through.
Walisafiri wakitokea upande wa kaskazini.
They traveled coming from the northern side.
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