Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/ti'pa/
English: To get drunk.
Alitipa sana jana usiku.
He got very drunk last night.
/'tipa/
English: A type of lorry/truck for carrying sand, gravel, etc., with a tipper.
Tipa kubwa iliwasili na mchanga.
A large tipper truck arrived with sand.
/tipi'jika/
English: To sway the hips or buttocks while walking (often by a woman to show off).
Alitembea akitipijika kwa maringo.
She walked swaying her hips proudly.
/tipi'tipi/
English: A type of small, slender bird with a long black tail.
Tipitipi waliruka kwa makundi shambani.
The small birds flew in flocks over the field.
/'tipwa/
English: Healthy; strong.
Wanyama wa shambani ni tipwa na wenye nguvu.
The farm animals are strong and healthy.
/tipwati'pwa/
English: Plump; having a large, healthy body.
Mtoto ni tipwatipwa na anapendeza.
The child is plump and looks lovely.
/'tira/
English: To talk to oneself.
Alikuwa akitira peke yake chumbani.
He was talking to himself in the room.
/ti'razi/
English: The very end part of a garment.
Alishona tirazi la kanzu kwa uangalifu.
He carefully sewed the hem of the robe.
/'tiri/
English: To run; to flee.
Wahalifu walitiri baada ya kuona polisi.
The criminals fled after seeing the police.
/'tiri/
English: (Of a bird) To fly.
Ndege walitiri juu ya miti.
The birds flew over the trees.
/'tiri/
English: A type of red fish with scaly skin that stings.
Tiri hupatikana baharini na ni samaki mkali.
The tiri is a sea fish with sharp scales.
/tiribu'ka/
English: To be excited or happy; to be restless.
Watoto walitiribuka kwa furaha.
The children were excited with joy.
/tiribu'ka/
English: To be stirred or mixed up (e.g., by animals passing through).
Udongo umetiribuka baada ya ng'ombe kupita.
The soil was stirred up after the cattle passed.
/tiri'ga/
English: To run very fast.
Alitirira mbio kuelekea nyumbani.
He ran very fast toward home.
/tirim'ba/
English: To trouble; to annoy; to worry.
Usinitirimbe na maswali yasiyo na maana.
Don't bother me with meaningless questions.
/tiri'nale/
English: A word for a woman who was engaged but never married again.
Tirinale huyo aliishi peke yake maisha yake yote.
That woman who was once engaged lived alone all her life.
/tiri'ra/
English: To be proud; to boast.
Alitiririka kwa kujisifu mbele ya marafiki zake.
He boasted proudly before his friends.
/tiri'ri/
English: To provoke; to tease; to irritate.
Watoto walimtiriri paka kwa vijiti.
The children teased the cat with sticks.
/tiriri'ka/
English: To drip; to leak (of liquid).
Maji yanatiririka kutoka kwenye bomba.
Water is dripping from the pipe.
/tiriri'ka/
English: To go straight or quickly.
Alitiririka kuelekea darasani bila kusimama.
He went straight to class without stopping.
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