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/toke'a/
English: From; since (preposition).
Amefanya kazi hapa tokea mwaka 2010.
He has worked here since 2010.
/to'keo/
English: A result; an outcome; produce.
Tokeo la mitihani lilikuwa zuri.
The exam result was good.
/toke'za/
English: To appear (something hidden); to protrude; to stick out.
Jiwe limetokeza nje ya ukuta.
A stone is sticking out of the wall.
/toke'za/
English: To fabricate; to say something untrue or unexpected.
Alitokeza hadithi ya uongo.
He made up a false story.
/tokeze'a/
English: To be revealed; to become clear; to turn out as said or predicted.
Ukweli umetokezea baada ya uchunguzi.
The truth was revealed after investigation.
/toko'a/
English: To annoy; to irritate; to harm; to damage.
Usinitokoe kwa maneno yako makali.
Don't irritate me with your harsh words.
/'tokoi/
English: See inda (hatred, malice).
Angalia neno inda kwa maana kamili.
See the word inda for the full meaning.
/tokome'a/
English: To disappear; to vanish.
Mbwa alitokomea msituni.
The dog disappeared into the forest.
/tokome'za/
English: To annihilate; to destroy; to make someone or something disappear.
Serikali imetokomeza magonjwa ya kipindupindu.
The government eradicated cholera.
/tokomi're/
English: A type of drum of the Zaramo people (Tanzania).
Waliimba wakipiga ngoma ya tokomire.
They sang while beating the tokomire drum.
/to'koni/
English: The hip bone.
Alivunjika mfupa wa tokoni baada ya kuanguka.
He broke his hip bone after falling.
/to'kono/
English: See tokoni.
Angalia neno tokoni kwa maana kamili.
See the word tokoni for the meaning.
/tokonya'si/
English: A caterpillar of a moth or butterfly.
Tokonyasi hula majani ya mimea.
The caterpillar feeds on plant leaves.
/toko'sa/
English: To boil food until it softens.
Alitokosa maharagwe hadi yakawa laini.
He boiled the beans until they were soft.
/to'kota/
English: To boil (of food with little water); (figuratively) to be tense; to seethe (of a situation).
Supu inatokota jikoni.
The soup is simmering on the stove.
/'tokwa/
English: To discharge; to secrete (from the body: water, blood, pus).
Jeraha lake linatokwa damu.
His wound is bleeding.
/'tola/
English: A unit of weight for precious metals or oils.
Alinunua dhahabu ya tola moja.
He bought one tola of gold.
/tola'tola/
English: Of various kinds; diverse.
Soko lina bidhaa za tolatola.
The market has goods of many kinds.
/tola'tola/
English: Delicious, nutritious food; food of choice.
Leo tumeandaliwa chakula cha tolatola.
Today we've been served delicious food.
/tole'a/
English: To give or donate on behalf of someone else.
Alitolea sadaka kwa niaba ya familia.
He gave an offering on behalf of the family.
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