Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/to'leo/
English: An edition (of a book, magazine).
Toleo jipya la gazeti limetoka leo.
The new edition of the newspaper is out today.
/to'leo/
English: A handout; something given out (often free).
Walipokea toleo la bure la jarida hilo.
They received a free copy of the magazine.
/to'leo/
English: A brick that has protruded from a wall.
Toleo lile linahitaji kusahihishwa ukutani.
That protruding brick needs to be fixed in the wall.
/tole'sha/
English: To publish; to cause writings to be printed.
Mwandishi ametoletsha kitabu chake kipya.
The author has published his new book.
/'toma/
English: To barge in; to enter a place suddenly or without permission.
Alitoma chumbani bila kugonga mlango.
He barged into the room without knocking.
/toma'sa/
English: To poke; to touch something soft; to feel with fingers.
Alitomasa kipande cha matunda kuangalia kimeiva.
He touched the piece of fruit to see if it was ripe.
/'tomba/
English: (Vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with a woman.
Neno hili linachukuliwa kuwa la matusi.
This word is considered vulgar.
/'tombo/
English: A nipple; a teat.
Ng'ombe ana maziwa mengi kwenye tombo.
The cow has a lot of milk in its teats.
/'tombo/
English: A type of small, brown bird of the quail family.
Tombo ni ndege anayepatikana mashambani.
The quail is a bird commonly found in fields.
/tom'bola/
English: A lottery; a raffle.
Alishinda zawadi kwenye tombola.
He won a prize in the raffle.
/tom'boo/
English: See tombo².
Angalia neno tombo² kwa maana.
See the word tombo² for the meaning.
/tom'boro/
English: See tombo².
Neno hili lina maana sawa na tombo².
This word has the same meaning as tombo².
/tom'boʋu/
English: Bad breath; halitosis.
Anasumbuliwa na tatizo la tombovu.
He suffers from bad breath.
/tom'boʋu/
English: Insulting or idle talk; indecent words.
Usitumie maneno ya tombovu mbele ya watoto.
Don't use indecent words in front of children.
/to'mea/
English: To plaster a wall with mortar or daub it with mud or cow dung.
Waliomea ukuta kwa udongo.
They plastered the wall with mud.
/tome'sha/
English: To command an animal (dog, cat) to catch another creature.
Alitomesha mbwa kumkimbiza paka.
He commanded the dog to chase the cat.
/tomo'a/
English: To break through or penetrate a place; to deflower a woman.
Mshale ulitomoa ukuta.
The arrow pierced through the wall.
/'tomo/
English: A hole; an aperture.
Kuna tomo kubwa ardhini karibu na nyumba.
There's a big hole in the ground near the house.
/'tomo/
English: See kurugo (a large basket).
Angalia neno kurugo kwa maana.
See the word kurugo for the meaning.
/tomo'grafu/
English: A tomography machine (for X-rays).
Wamepata tomografu mpya hospitalini.
The hospital has acquired a new tomography machine.
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