Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/'tume/
English: A duty; a mission; an assignment.
Ana tume ya kupeleka barua hiyo ofisini.
He has the duty to deliver that letter to the office.
/tume'tume/
English: See tume¹ (anxiety, fear).
Alijawa na tumetume moyoni mwake.
His heart was filled with anxiety.
/tumi'a/
English: To use; to spend money on something.
Usitumie fedha zote kwa vitu visivyo muhimu.
Don't spend all your money on unnecessary things.
/tumi'a/
English: (Of a woman) to be menstruating.
Mwanamke huyo hataki kuogelea kwa kuwa anatumiwa.
The woman doesn't want to swim because she is menstruating.
/tumi'ka/
English: To be usable; to serve; to work for someone.
Kompyuta hii bado inatumika vizuri.
This computer is still working well.
/tumi'ka/
English: (In idioms) menstruation period.
Ana siku zake za kutumika.
She is in her menstrual period.
/tumiki'a/
English: To work for someone; to serve someone.
Alitumikia kampuni hiyo kwa miaka kumi.
He served that company for ten years.
/tumikisha/
English: To force someone to work; to enslave.
Watumwa walitumishwa kwa nguvu.
The slaves were forced to work.
/tumikisha/
English: To employ.
Kampuni imetumikisha wafanyakazi wapya.
The company has employed new workers.
/tumili'a/
English: To exploit people; to use people for one's benefit; to eat or drink.
Mtu huyo anatumiwa kwa tamaa ya kutumilia wengine.
That person takes advantage of others for his own gain.
/tumizi'wa/
English: To be summoned; to be ordered to come.
Alitumiziwa barua ya kuitwa kazini.
He was summoned to work by letter.
/tumvi'tumvi/
English: See lengelenge (a type of vegetable, amaranth).
Angalia neno lengelenge kwa maana.
See the word lengelenge for the meaning.
/tu'na/
English: To swell; to inflate; to be full.
Tumbo lake limetuna baada ya kula chakula kingi.
His stomach has swollen after eating a lot of food.
/tu'na/
English: To be angry; to fume.
Alituna kwa hasira baada ya kudanganywa.
He fumed with anger after being deceived.
/tu'na/
English: (Of dough) to rise.
Unga umetuna vizuri kwa sababu ya chachu.
The dough has risen well because of the yeast.
/tun'da/
English: To pick fruit from a tree.
Alitunda maembe yaliyokomaa.
He picked ripe mangoes.
/'tunda/
English: A fruit; (figuratively) a result.
Mti huu hutoa tunda tamu.
This tree bears sweet fruit.
/tunda'tamu/
English: A plum; a damson.
Wakulima wanapanda mitunda ya tundatamu.
Farmers are planting plum trees.
/tundi'ka/
English: To hang something up high (e.g., on a tree).
Alitundika nguo juani zikauke.
She hung the clothes in the sun to dry.
/tundi'ka/
English: To hang someone; to execute by hanging.
Mhalifu alitundikwa baada ya hukumu kutolewa.
The criminal was hanged after the verdict was given.
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