Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/tha'kili/
English: Heavy; difficult; problematic.
Hili ni jambo thakili kulitatua.
This is a difficult matter to solve.
/tha'kili/
English: A difficult matter; a serious situation; trouble.
Walikabiliwa na thakili kazini.
They faced trouble at work.
/tha'kili/
English: To be weighed down; to trouble or humiliate.
Alithakilika na mawazo mengi.
He was burdened by many thoughts.
/tha'kili/
English: (Of a person) difficult; one who doesn't associate well with others.
Ni mtu thakili asiye rahisi kuzungumza naye.
He is a difficult person to talk to.
/thakili'sha/
English: To cause someone trouble; to harass; to trouble.
Usimthakilishe kwa maswali mengi.
Don't trouble him with too many questions.
/thali'tisha/
English: To make threefold; to triple.
Alithalithisha mapato yake mwaka huu.
He tripled his income this year.
/'thama/
English: Except for; if not for (rare usage).
Thama mvua, tungeenda sokoni.
If not for the rain, we would have gone to the market.
/tha'mani/
English: 1. The cost or price of something. 2. The quality or value of something.
Thamani ya nyumba imepanda mwaka huu.
The value of the house has increased this year.
/thama'nini/
English: A type of soft, white cloth.
Alivaa kanzu ya thamanini safi.
He wore a robe made of fine white cloth.
/thami'ni/
English: 1. To consider carefully; to pay attention to. 2. To value something.
Tunapaswa kuthamini muda wetu.
We should value our time.
/thami'ni/
English: To respect; to honor.
Alimthamini mwalimu wake kwa moyo wote.
He respected his teacher wholeheartedly.
/'thamin/
English: Expensive; valuable.
Hiki ni kitu chenye thamani kubwa.
This is an item of great value.
/'thamra/
English: A young clove.
Shamba limejaa thamra zenye harufu nzuri.
The farm is full of young fragrant cloves.
/'thaura/
English: Revolution.
Thaura ya mwaka ule ilibadilisha historia ya nchi.
The revolution of that year changed the nation's history.
/tha'wabu/
English: (Religious) The good reward a person will get from God for good deeds.
Kufanya wema huleta thawabu.
Doing good brings heavenly reward.
/thela'thini/
English: Thirty.
Ana miaka thelathini sasa.
He is thirty years old now.
/the'luji/
English: Frozen rain that falls as light flakes; snow.
Mlima Kilimanjaro umefunikwa na theluji.
Mount Kilimanjaro is covered with snow.
/the'luθi/
English: One part of something divided into three parts; a third.
Alipokea theluthi ya faida.
He received one-third of the profit.
/thema'nini/
English: Eighty.
Wanafunzi themanini walihitimu mwaka huu.
Eighty students graduated this year.
/themo'meta/
English: See kipimajoto (thermometer).
Daktari alitumia themometa kupima joto lake.
The doctor used a thermometer to measure his temperature.
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