Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/'tuchi/
English: A swelling with cancer or a tumor.
Aligundulika na tuchi kwenye shingo.
A tumor was discovered on his neck.
/tufu/
English: (Religious) To circumambulate the Kaaba (in Mecca).
Waislamu hutufu Kaaba wakati wa Hija.
Muslims circumambulate the Kaaba during Hajj.
/tu'faha/
English: An apple.
Alikula tufaha moja baada ya chakula cha mchana.
He ate an apple after lunch.
/tu'fani/
English: A storm; a hurricane.
Tufani kali ilibomoa nyumba nyingi.
A violent storm destroyed many houses.
/'tufe/
English: A sphere; a globe; a metal ball used in sports.
Alitumia tufe katika mchezo wa risasi.
He used a metal ball in the shot put competition.
/tu'guu/
English: A round mat or base for a grinding stone; a circular mat for spreading food.
Walitandaza tuguu kabla ya kuweka chakula.
They spread the mat before serving food.
/tu'guu/
English: A type of small fruit with white flesh and many black seeds that turns red when ripe.
Watoto walikusanya matunda ya tuguu porini.
The children gathered tuguu fruits in the wild.
/tu'guu/
English: A type of round fish with a small mouth and head, found on reefs.
Wavuvi walivua samaki wa tuguu karibu na mwamba.
The fishermen caught round reef fish near the rocks.
/tuhumu/
English: To suspect; to doubt.
Polisi wanamtuhumu kwa kuhusika na kosa hilo.
The police suspect him of being involved in the crime.
/tu'huma/
English: A suspicion; an allegation.
Alikabiliwa na tuhuma za wizi.
He faced allegations of theft.
/tu'huri/
English: Pre-pubescence (state of a girl before menstruation).
Msichana huyo bado yuko katika kipindi cha tuhuri.
The girl is still in the stage before puberty.
/'tui/
English: Coconut milk or water.
Alitumia tui kupika wali wa nazi.
He used coconut milk to cook coconut rice.
/'tui/
English: Seeds from a tree that stick to clothes or skin when one passes by.
Tui lilimshikamana kwenye nguo alipopita kichakani.
The sticky seeds clung to his clothes as he walked through the bush.
/tui'bubu/
English: Thick coconut milk from the first squeezing.
Walitumia tuibubu kutengeneza curry.
They used thick coconut milk to make the curry.
/tu'jari/
English: A merchant; a trader; a businessman.
Tujari huyo anauza bidhaa kutoka nje ya nchi.
That trader sells imported goods.
/tu'juru/
English: To trade; to do business.
Wamekuwa wakitujuru katika soko la kimataifa.
They have been trading in the international market.
/'tuka/
English: A bundle of uprooted plants for transplanting.
Alibeba tuka la miche kwenda kupanda.
He carried a bundle of seedlings to transplant.
/'tuka/
English: A post supporting a veranda roof.
Tuka limevunjika na paa limelegea.
The post broke and the roof sagged.
/tuka'na/
English: To insult; to abuse verbally.
Usimtukane mwenzako hata kama umekasirika.
Don't insult your friend even if you're angry.
/tu'kano/
English: An insult.
Tukano si jambo zuri katika mazungumzo.
An insult is not appropriate in conversation.
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