Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/taathiri/
English: Effect, influence.
Muziki una taathiri watu wengi.
Music influences many people.
/taawadha/
English: Seek protection or refuge.
Walitaawadha kwa Mungu.
They sought refuge in God.
/taawali/
English: Be first, precede.
Aliitaawali wengine kufika.
He arrived before the others.
/taawili/
English: Explanation, interpretation.
Taawili ya ndoto hiyo ilikuwa ya ajabu.
The interpretation of that dream was strange.
/taaya/
English: Be perplexed, be confused.
Nilitaaya kusikia habari hizo.
I was confused upon hearing that news.
/tabaadi/
English: Spread over a wide area; be far from.
Harufu ya maua ilitabaadi kote bustanini.
The scent of flowers spread throughout the garden.
/tabadali/
English: Change, alter.
Amabadali mtazamo wake kuhusu maisha.
He changed his outlook on life.
/tabaduli/
English: Change, transformation.
Dunia ipo katika tabaduli kubwa ya hali ya hewa.
The world is in a great climate transformation.
/tabahaji/
English: Describe, praise.
Walimtabahaji kwa kazi yake njema.
They praised him for his good work.
/tabahari/
English: Be highly skilled in something.
Amekuwa akitabahari katika muziki.
He has become highly skilled in music.
/tabahari/
English: Imitate, follow.
Alijaribu kutabahari walimu wake.
He tried to imitate his teachers.
/tabaini/
English: A rhetorical figure using opposites for emphasis.
Alitumia tabaini kuonyesha maana kamili ya shairi.
He used contrast to emphasize the full meaning of the poem.
/ta'baini/
English: Litotes; ironic understatement.
Alitumia tabaini kueleza mafanikio yake.
He used understatement to describe his success.
/tabaka/
English: Layer, stratum.
Dunia ina tabaka nyingi za udongo.
The earth has many layers of soil.
/tabaka/
English: Social class; pile; stacked condition.
Watu wa tabaka la juu wana nafasi nyingi zaidi.
People of the upper class have more opportunities.
/tabakero/
English: Tobacco pouch or box.
Alitoa tumbaku kwenye tabakero yake.
He took tobacco from his pouch.
/tabakisha/
English: Plate, coat (e.g., with silver, gold).
Walitabakisha vyombo vya dhahabu.
They plated the utensils with gold.
/tabalaji/
English: Illuminate, clarify; be cheerful or lively.
Maneno yake yalitabala jukwaa zima.
His words lit up the entire stage.
/tabana/
English: Utter incantations; recite ritual words.
Mzee huyo alitabana maneno ya tambiko.
The elder recited ritual incantations.
/tabanga/
English: Mix, stir; cover with mud; spoil, ruin.
Usitabanga uji kupita kiasi.
Don't overmix the porridge.
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