Kamusi ya Kiswahili

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Buba

bu-ba

English: A type of foot disease

Example (Swahili):

Mganga alitibu wagonjwa wa buba.

Example (English):

The healer treated patients with the foot disease.

Bubo

bu-bo

English: Syphilis; venereal disease

Example (Swahili):

Alikuwa akiteseka na maradhi ya bubo.

Example (English):

He was suffering from syphilis.

Bubu¹

bu-bu

English: A mute person; one who cannot speak

Example (Swahili):

Bubu alionyesha kwa mikono alichotaka.

Example (English):

The mute person showed with his hands what he wanted.

Bubu²

bu-bu

English: Silent; voiceless

Example (Swahili):

Watu walikaa bubu baada ya tangazo.

Example (English):

People sat silent after the announcement.

Bubu³

bu-bu

English: A coconut shell fragment

Example (Swahili):

Walitumia bubu kama kikombe cha kunywea maji.

Example (English):

They used a coconut shell as a cup for drinking water.

Bubujika

bu-bu-ji-ka

English: To gush; to pour continuously

Example (Swahili):

Maji yalibubujika kutoka kwenye kisima.

Example (English):

Water gushed from the well.

Bubujiko

bu-bu-ji-ko

English: A continuous outpouring (of words or water)

Example (Swahili):

Kulikuwa na bubujiko la maneno yasiyo na maana.

Example (English):

There was a continuous outpouring of meaningless words.

Bubujisha

bu-bu-ji-sha

English: To cause to gush; to pour out continuously

Example (Swahili):

Alibubujisha machozi baada ya kusikia habari mbaya.

Example (English):

She gushed tears after hearing the bad news.

Buburu

bu-bu-ru

English: The sound of something being pushed

Example (Swahili):

Tulisikia buburu la gari likisukumwa barabarani.

Example (English):

We heard the rumbling sound of the car being pushed.

Buburusha

bu-bu-ru-sha

English: To drag or push along

Example (Swahili):

Waliwabuburusha wafungwa hadi mahakamani.

Example (English):

They dragged the prisoners to court.

Bubuta

bu-bu-ta

English: To strike; to hit and knock down

Example (Swahili):

Alimbubuta mpinzani wake kwa ngumi.

Example (English):

He struck his opponent with a punch.

Bucha¹

bu-cha

English: A butcher

Example (Swahili):

Bucha alikata nyama vipande vipande.

Example (English):

The butcher cut the meat into pieces.

Bucha²

bu-cha

English: A butcher's shop

Example (Swahili):

Baba alikwenda kununua nyama buchani.

Example (English):

Father went to buy meat at the butcher's shop.

Buchari

bu-cha-ri

English: A large cutting knife

Example (Swahili):

Alitumia buchari kukata mifupa.

Example (English):

He used a large knife to cut the bones.

Buda¹

bu-da

English: An old man without teeth

Example (Swahili):

Buda huyo alikaa kivulini akizungumza na watoto.

Example (English):

That toothless old man sat in the shade talking to children.

Buda²

bu-da

English: A tuskless elephant

Example (Swahili):

Wawindaji waliona buda msituni.

Example (English):

Hunters saw a tuskless elephant in the forest.

Budaa¹

bu-daa

English: To form lumps (of porridge or flour)

Example (Swahili):

Uji ulianza kubudaa kwa sababu ya moto mwingi.

Example (English):

The porridge began forming lumps because of too much heat.

Budaa²

bu-daa

English: Lumps in porridge or ugali

Example (Swahili):

Watoto walikataa kula uji wenye budaa.

Example (English):

The children refused to drink porridge with lumps.

Budaa³

bu-daa

English: To invent something for the first time

Example (Swahili):

Yeye ndiye aliyebudaa mchezo huu kijijini.

Example (English):

He was the first to invent this game in the village.

Budha

bud-ha

English: A follower of Buddhism

Example (Swahili):

Yeye ni budha anayeishi India.

Example (English):

He is a Buddhist living in India.

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