Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/tuma'ini/
English: Hope; expectation.
Tumaini lake halijapotea licha ya changamoto.
His hope remains strong despite the challenges.
/'tumba/
English: A flower bud.
Maua yalikuwa bado kwenye hatua ya tumba.
The flowers were still in the bud stage.
/'tumba/
English: A bale of cloth; a large envelope for clothes.
Walipokea tumba ya nguo kutoka sokoni.
They received a bale of clothes from the market.
/'tumba/
English: A grain of cereal or a seed.
Wakulima walipanda tumba la mahindi.
The farmers planted a grain of maize.
/'tumba/
English: The halo around the moon; the full moon.
Usiku wa jana kulikuwa na tumba nzuri angani.
Last night there was a beautiful halo around the moon.
/'tumba/
English: A small hand-held drum.
Alipiga tumba kwenye sherehe ya kitamaduni.
He played a small drum at the cultural celebration.
/'tumba/
English: A nest of insects (bees, wasps).
Waliangusha tumba la nyuki kutoka mti.
They knocked down a beehive from the tree.
/'tumba/
English: A small shoot growing from an old stem.
Tumba mpya zinamea shambani.
New shoots are sprouting in the field.
/tum'baku/
English: Tobacco (plant or leaves).
Wakulima walivuna tumbaku nyingi mwaka huu.
Farmers harvested a lot of tobacco this year.
/tum'basi/
English: See tambazi¹ (a veranda).
Angalia neno tambazi¹ kwa maana.
See the word tambazi¹ for the meaning.
/tumbatu'mba/
English: To be agitated; to move about restlessly.
Watoto walikuwa wakitumbatumba uwanjani.
The children were moving restlessly in the yard.
/tum'bawe/
English: Coral; limestone.
Bahari hii ina matumbawe mazuri sana.
This sea has very beautiful corals.
/'tumbi/
English: A large quantity of things (e.g., a tumbi of fruits).
Walileta tumbi la maembe sokoni.
They brought a large pile of mangoes to the market.
/'tumbi/
English: See pakacha¹ (a bundle).
Angalia neno pakacha¹ kwa maana kamili.
See the word pakacha¹ for the full meaning.
/tum'bili/
English: See tumbiri (a colobus monkey).
Angalia neno tumbiri kwa maana.
See the word tumbiri for the meaning.
/tum'biri/
English: A colobus monkey (grey monkey).
Tumbiri waliruka kutoka mti mmoja hadi mwingine.
The colobus monkeys jumped from one tree to another.
/tum'biri/
English: The red flower on a banana plant before the fruit appears.
Tumbiri ilianza kuonekana kwenye mgomba.
The red banana blossom began to appear on the plant.
/'tumbo/
English: The stomach; the belly.
Ana maumivu ya tumbo tangu jana.
He has had stomach pain since yesterday.
/'tumbo/
English: A stomach illness (e.g., diarrhea, colic); (figurative) anxiety, fear.
Mtoto anaumwa tumbo baada ya kula chakula baridi.
The child has a stomach upset after eating cold food.
/'tumbo/
English: A swollen part of a tree (like on a baobab or mvumo tree).
Mti wa mibuyu una matumbo makubwa.
The baobab tree has large swellings on its trunk.
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