Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/to'vuti/
English: A website.
Tovuti yetu inatoa huduma za bure mtandaoni.
Our website offers free online services.
/to'vyo/
English: A type of thick, white termite found in rotting logs or soil.
Tovyoo hupatikana kwa wingi msituni.
The white termites are commonly found in the forest.
/to'waʃi/
English: An impotent man; a eunuch.
Towashi alikuwa mlinzi wa kifalme zamani.
The eunuch used to be a royal guard in the past.
/towe'a/
English: To eat relish or sauce with staple food (ugali, rice, etc.).
Walitowea wali kwa mchuzi wa samaki.
They ate rice with fish sauce.
/'towe/
English: Clay used for pottery.
Fundi alitumia towe kutengeneza sufuria.
The craftsman used clay to make a pot.
/'towe/
English: A type of fruit similar to a bungo fruit, from a creeping plant.
Waliokota matunda ya towe porini.
They picked the towe fruits in the bush.
/towe'ka/
English: To disappear; to vanish; to perish.
Wanyama hawa wametoweka porini.
These animals have disappeared from the wild.
/towe'lea/
English: See towea.
Angalia neno towe.a kwa maana.
See the word towe.a for the meaning.
/towe'sha/
English: (Technology) To delete files from a disk or storage.
Alitowesha faili zote kwenye kompyuta.
He deleted all files from the computer.
/to'za/
English: To fine someone; to make someone pay a tax or penalty.
Serikali imemtoza faini ya elfu kumi.
The government fined him ten thousand shillings.
/'toza/
English: A pipe for smoking; a hookah.
Walikaa wakivuta toza pembezoni mwa bahari.
They sat by the beach smoking a hookah.
/'toza/
English: A thimble (for sewing).
Alivaa toza ili kulinda kidole alipokuwa akishona.
She wore a thimble to protect her finger while sewing.
/tra'fiki/
English: Traffic (vehicles).
Kulikuwa na trafiki nyingi barabarani leo.
There was heavy traffic on the road today.
/tra'fiki/
English: A traffic police officer.
Trafiki alisimamisha gari kwa ukaguzi.
The traffic officer stopped the car for inspection.
/tra'koma/
English: Trachoma (eye disease).
Trakoma inaweza kusababisha upofu ikiwa haitatibiwa.
Trachoma can cause blindness if untreated.
/transfo'rma/
English: A transformer (electrical).
Wameweka transforma mpya kwa ajili ya umeme.
They installed a new transformer for electricity.
/'trei/
English: A tray.
Aliweka vikombe kwenye trei.
He placed the cups on the tray.
/'trekta/
English: A tractor.
Wakulima walitumia trekta kulima shamba.
The farmers used a tractor to plow the field.
/'trela/
English: A trailer.
Trela kubwa ilikuwa imebeba mizigo mizito.
The large trailer was carrying heavy goods.
/'treni/
English: A train.
Treni iliondoka kituoni saa kumi asubuhi.
The train left the station at four in the morning.
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