Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/tungana'na/
English: To unite; to become one; to agree; to reconcile.
Jamii ilitunganana baada ya mgogoro kuisha.
The community united after the conflict ended.
/tungananisha/
English: To unite; to cause agreement or cooperation.
Kiongozi huyo alitunganisha watu wake kwa busara.
That leader united his people with wisdom.
/tunga'no/
English: A mass or collection of things together (e.g., air mass).
Tungano la mawingu lilionekana kaskazini.
A mass of clouds appeared in the north.
/tunga'sa/
English: To sling an injured arm with a bandage around the neck.
Alitungasa mkono wake baada ya kuumia.
He slung his injured arm after the accident.
/tunga'ta/
English: To carry on the hip; to hang or dangle under a branch (like a beehive).
Mama alimchukua mtoto wake akimtungata kiunoni.
The mother carried her child on her hip.
/'tungi/
English: See chemni (a metal pot).
Angalia neno chemni kwa maana.
See the word chemni for the meaning.
/tungi'ka/
English: See tundika¹ (to hang up).
Angalia neno tundika¹ kwa maana.
See the word tundika¹ for the meaning.
/tungi'za/
English: To peep out quickly (e.g., from a window or door) and pull back.
Mtoto alitunguza dirishani kisha akajificha tena.
The child peeked through the window and hid again.
/'tungo/
English: A syllable (in linguistics).
Maneno mengi ya Kiswahili yana silabi mbili au tatu za tungo.
Most Swahili words have two or three syllables.
/tungu'a/
English: To take down something from where it was placed or hung.
Alitungua nguo zilizokauka.
He took down the dried clothes.
/tungu'a/
English: To sadden; to distress; to trouble; to cause suffering.
Habari hizo zilitungua moyo wake.
The news saddened his heart.
/tungu'a/
English: (Idiom) To cut short meaningless talk.
Alitungua mazungumzo yasiyo na maana.
He cut short the pointless conversation.
/'tungu/
English: A vessel made from a gourd for churning milk or storing liquids.
Walitumia tungu kutengeneza maziwa lala.
They used a gourd vessel to make sour milk.
/'tungu/
English: An outie bellybutton.
Mtoto ana kitovu cha kutungu.
The child has an outie bellybutton.
/'tungu/
English: A cockroach.
Tungu walikimbia jikoni walipoona mwanga.
Cockroaches ran away in the kitchen when they saw the light.
/'tungu/
English: A machine for making butter.
Walitumia tungu kupiga siagi.
They used a machine to make butter.
/'tungu/
English: A hollow space inside something.
Kuna tungu ndani ya mwamba huu.
There is a hollow space inside this rock.
/'tungu/
English: A type of white pumpkin with a bulbous shape.
Walipika tungu kwa wali wa nazi.
They cooked white pumpkin with coconut rice.
/tungu'ja/
English: The fruit of the mtunguja tree; a type of fruit like a star apple.
Walila matunda ya tunguja yaliyokomaa.
They ate ripe star-apple fruits.
/tungu'le/
English: Small tomatoes; cherry tomatoes.
Walipanda tungule bustanini.
They planted cherry tomatoes in the garden.
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