Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/ukonye'zaji/
English: The act of signaling someone by winking.
Ukonyezaji wake ulionyesha ishara ya siri.
His wink was a secret signal.
/ukon'yoaji/
English: The way of cutting something from its stalk.
Ukonyoaji wa maua unahitaji umakini.
Cutting flowers requires precision.
/u'konywe/
English: The tail of an octopus.
Pweza alipewa jeraha kwenye ukonywe.
The octopus was injured on its tail.
/u'konzo/
English: A type of rod used for fishing.
Alitumia ukonzo kuvua samaki baharini.
He used a fishing rod to catch fish at sea.
/u'koo/
English: A group of people from the same ancestry; clan.
Kila ukoo una mila zake.
Every clan has its own traditions.
/u'koo/
English: Dirtiness; the state of being unclean.
Ukoo wa nyumba uliwakera wageni.
The house's dirtiness annoyed the guests.
/u'koo/
English: A group of related languages; linguistic family.
Kiswahili ni sehemu ya ukoo wa Kibantu.
Swahili belongs to the Bantu language family.
/uko'paji sisisi/
English: Direct translation borrowing; word-for-word borrowing.
Ukopaji sisisi unaweza kuharibu maana ya awali.
Literal borrowing can distort the original meaning.
/uko'paji/
English: The act of borrowing money or goods with a promise to repay.
Ukopaji wa pesa benki una masharti maalum.
Borrowing money from the bank comes with specific conditions.
/uko'paji/
English: The act of borrowing words from another language.
Kiswahili kina maneno mengi ya ukopaji kutoka Kiarabu.
Swahili has many borrowed words from Arabic.
/u'kope/
English: Eyelid or eyelash.
Mvua ilimnyeshea hadi macho na ukope.
The rain fell on his face and eyelashes.
/ukope'shaji/
English: The act of lending money with an agreement to be repaid.
Ukopeshaji wa fedha unahitaji uaminifu.
Lending money requires trust.
/u'kopi/
English: The act of borrowing (same as ukopaji¹).
Ukopi wa bidhaa ni wa muda mfupi.
Borrowing goods is only temporary.
/u'kora/
English: Mischief; behavior of wrongdoing.
Ukora wa kijana ulisababisha kufukuzwa shule.
The boy's mischief led to his expulsion from school.
/uko'rofi/
English: Rudeness or quarrelsome behavior.
Ukorofi wake unawakera watu wengi.
His rudeness annoys many people.
/uko'saji/
English: The act of making a mistake or doing wrong.
Ukosaji wa tahajia unapaswa kurekebishwa.
Spelling errors should be corrected.
/uko'sefu/
English: Lack or shortage of something.
Ukosefu wa chakula uliathiri familia nyingi.
The lack of food affected many families.
/uko'sefu/
English: Complete ignorance or lack of knowledge.
Ukosefu wa maarifa husababisha umaskini.
Lack of knowledge leads to poverty.
/ukoseka'naji/
English: The state of being absent or unavailable.
Ukosekanaji wa maji ni tatizo kubwa.
The absence of water is a serious problem.
/uko'shaji/
English: The act of washing or rinsing something.
Ukoshaji wa vyombo ni kazi ya kila siku.
Washing dishes is a daily chore.
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