Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/tarija'ma/
English: 1. Writings about a person, especially self-written; biography. 2. Writings in Arabic script but in the local language.
Tarijama yake iliandikwa kwa maandishi ya Kiarabu.
His biography was written in Arabic script.
/ta'rika/
English: 1. (Religious) Islamic teachings led by a sheikh. 2. A brotherhood of devout believers.
Anafuata tarika ya Qadiriya.
He follows the Qadiri order of Islamic teachings.
/ta'rika/
English: The followers of teachings led by a sheikh or Islamic leader.
Tarika hii ina wafuasi wengi Afrika Mashariki.
This order has many followers in East Africa.
/ta'rika/
English: See tarka.
Tarika na tarka hutumika kwa maana zinazokaribiana.
Tarika and tarka are used with closely related meanings.
/tari'kati/
English: The sum of affairs left by a person to those who remain, e.g., a leader or president; legacy.
Tarikati ya kiongozi huyo iliwatia moyo raia.
The legacy of that leader inspired the citizens.
/ta'riki/
English: A path.
Walipita kwenye tariki nyembamba kuelekea mtoni.
They walked along a narrow path leading to the river.
/ta'riku/
English: (Used in context, e.g., ~ swalati) a person who abandons prayer; a sinful person for neglecting an important rule.
Mtu anayekuwa tariku wa sala hupoteza baraka nyingi.
A person who abandons prayer loses many blessings.
/ta'riʃi/
English: A messenger; a person who delivers news or letters.
Tarishi alifika akiwa na barua kutoka kijijini.
The messenger arrived with a letter from the village.
/ta'rizi/
English: To thread a net or belt using a needle.
Mwanamke huyo alitarizi mtandao kwa ustadi.
The woman threaded the net skillfully.
/ta'rizi/
English: To embroider or decorate clothing with thread.
Gauni limepambwa kwa tarizi za dhahabu.
The dress is decorated with golden embroidery.
/ta'rizi/
English: See almaria.
Tarizi mara nyingine huitwa almaria.
Tarizi is sometimes referred to as almaria.
/tar'jori/
English: See tajuri.
Tarjori ni jina lingine la tajuri.
Tarjori is another word for tajuri.
/tar'jumi/
English: To translate from one language to another.
Alitarjumi hadithi kutoka Kiarabu hadi Kiswahili.
He translated the story from Arabic to Swahili.
/tar'jumi/
English: A work that has been translated; a translation.
Tarjumi ya kitabu hicho imechapishwa mwaka huu.
The translation of that book was published this year.
/'tarka/
English: The sum of property and advice left by a deceased person; inheritance, bequest.
Watoto waligawana tarka ya baba yao kwa amani.
The children peacefully divided their father's inheritance.
/ta'rubu/
English: 1. Dust. 2. Soil, earth.
Nyumba ilifunikwa na tarubu baada ya upepo mkali.
The house was covered in dust after the strong wind.
/ta'ruma/
English: 1. Sleepers (wood or metal beams laid before railway tracks). 2. Tribal marks or scars on the face. 3. Planks joined to the floorboards of a vessel to strengthen them.
Taruma za reli ziliwekwa kwa uangalifu mkubwa.
The railway sleepers were laid carefully.
/tarum'beta/
English: A brass musical instrument that is blown; trumpet.
Alipiga tarumbeta kwenye gwaride la shule.
He played the trumpet at the school parade.
/'tasa/
English: A sterile female animal incapable of conceiving or having offspring.
Ng'ombe huyo ni tasa, hawezi kuzaa tena.
That cow is barren; she cannot give birth again.
/'tasa/
English: A number that cannot be divided except by one or itself; a prime number.
Kumi na moja ni namba tasa.
Eleven is a prime number.
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