Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/tofyoka/
English: To gush out (water, breath, or air) forcefully, e.g., when exhausted.
Alitofyoka pumzi baada ya kukimbia.
He gasped for breath after running.
/'toga/
English: To pierce holes in earlobes for earrings.
Alitoga masikio yake akiwa kijana.
He pierced his ears when he was young.
/'toga/
English: To protrude; to stick out.
Jiwe linatoga nje ya ukuta.
A stone is sticking out of the wall.
/'togo/
English: Praise; a compliment.
Alipokea togo nyingi baada ya hotuba yake.
He received many compliments after his speech.
/togo'a/
English: To praise.
Walimtogoa kwa jitihada zake kazini.
They praised him for his efforts at work.
/togon'ya/
English: The fruit of the castor oil plant.
Walikusanya togonya kwa ajili ya mafuta.
They collected castor fruits for oil extraction.
/togon'ya/
English: Potato seeds.
Walipanda togonya shambani.
They planted potato seeds in the field.
/to'goo/
English: A literary composition that praises something or someone; a eulogy.
Alisoma togoo kumheshimu shujaa wa kijiji.
He read a eulogy to honor the village hero.
/to'gota/
English: A female goat that has not yet given birth.
Togota huyo bado ni mchanga.
That female goat has not yet given birth.
/'togwa/
English: A type of non-alcoholic brew made from millet flour, sugar, and a plant.
Togwa baridi ni kinywaji cha asili.
Cold togwa is a traditional drink.
/to'haɾa/
English: Circumcision (male).
Tohara ni desturi muhimu katika jamii yao.
Circumcision is an important tradition in their community.
/to'haɾa/
English: The state of purity or cleanliness required for prayer (Islamic).
Mtu anatakiwa awe katika tohara kabla ya sala.
A person must be in a state of purity before prayer.
/toha'rani/
English: Purgatory (in Catholic belief).
Wanaamini nafsi ziko toharani zikisafishwa.
They believe souls are being purified in purgatory.
/tohari'ka/
English: To be pure; to be in a good and clean religious state.
Baada ya kuoga, alijihisi ameto harika.
After bathing, he felt pure and clean.
/'tohe/
English: A bushbuck (antelope).
Wawindaji walimwona tohe msituni.
The hunters saw a bushbuck in the forest.
/toho'a/
English: To dilute; to weaken the strength or weight of something.
Alitohoa maziwa kwa maji.
He diluted the milk with water.
/toho'a/
English: To adapt the pronunciation of a word (from one language to another).
Wameitohoa neno hilo kutoka Kiarabu.
They adapted that word from Arabic.
/to'iɲo/
English: A person with a mutilated nose; a person with a nasal deformity.
Watu walimcheka toinyo huyo kwa ukatili.
People cruelly mocked the man with the nasal deformity.
/to'ja/
English: (Of liquid) To drip; to trickle.
Maji yalianza toja kutoka kwenye dari.
Water began to drip from the ceiling.
/to'ja/
English: To brand; to mark the skin; to mark a product for identification.
Walitoja ng'ombe kwa alama maalum.
They branded the cattle with special marks.
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