Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/'tua/
English: A strange or shameful thing; a disgrace.
Kitendo hicho ni tua kwa familia yao.
That act is a disgrace to their family.
/'tua/
English: A resting place; a secluded place.
Walipumzika kwenye tua la mti mkubwa.
They rested at the shade of a large tree.
/'tu/
English: Just; merely; for no reason; (emphatic) enough.
Nilimwambia tu kwa utani.
I just told him as a joke.
/'tu/
English: Very many.
Kulikuwa na watu tu sokoni.
There were very many people at the market.
/tu'ama/
English: To settle; to become calm (of liquids).
Maji yametuama kwenye bwawa baada ya mvua.
The water has settled in the pond after the rain.
/tubu/
English: To confess; to admit a fault or sin.
Alitubu makosa yake hadharani.
He confessed his mistakes publicly.
/tuba'kero/
English: See tabakero (a tobacco pouch).
Angalia neno tabakero kwa maana kamili.
See the word tabakero for the full meaning.
/tubi'a/
English: To repent; to ask for God's forgiveness.
Alitubia dhambi zake mbele za Mungu.
He repented of his sins before God.
/tu'buli/
English: See ngoma¹ (a drum).
Angalia neno ngoma¹ kwa maana.
See the word ngoma¹ for the meaning.
/tu'bwi/
English: A splash sound (of something falling into water).
Jiwe lilidondoka majini likatoa sauti ya tubwi.
The stone fell into the water with a splash.
/tubwi'kia/
English: To plunge into water or liquid.
Alitubwikia baharini kuogelea.
He plunged into the sea to swim.
/tubwi'sha/
English: To toss a child playfully in the air and catch them.
Baba alimkubali mtoto wake akimtubwisha hewani.
The father played with his child, tossing him in the air.
/tubwi'sha/
English: To splash water after diving in (like a fish).
Samaki walitubwisha walipoingia majini.
The fish splashed as they dived into the water.
/'tuchi/
English: A swelling with cancer or a tumor.
Aligundulika na tuchi kwenye shingo.
A tumor was discovered on his neck.
/tufu/
English: (Religious) To circumambulate the Kaaba (in Mecca).
Waislamu hutufu Kaaba wakati wa Hija.
Muslims circumambulate the Kaaba during Hajj.
/tu'faha/
English: An apple.
Alikula tufaha moja baada ya chakula cha mchana.
He ate an apple after lunch.
/tu'fani/
English: A storm; a hurricane.
Tufani kali ilibomoa nyumba nyingi.
A violent storm destroyed many houses.
/'tufe/
English: A sphere; a globe; a metal ball used in sports.
Alitumia tufe katika mchezo wa risasi.
He used a metal ball in the shot put competition.
/tu'guu/
English: A round mat or base for a grinding stone; a circular mat for spreading food.
Walitandaza tuguu kabla ya kuweka chakula.
They spread the mat before serving food.
/tu'guu/
English: A type of small fruit with white flesh and many black seeds that turns red when ripe.
Watoto walikusanya matunda ya tuguu porini.
The children gathered tuguu fruits in the wild.
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