Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/tu'guu/
English: A type of round fish with a small mouth and head, found on reefs.
Wavuvi walivua samaki wa tuguu karibu na mwamba.
The fishermen caught round reef fish near the rocks.
/tuhumu/
English: To suspect; to doubt.
Polisi wanamtuhumu kwa kuhusika na kosa hilo.
The police suspect him of being involved in the crime.
/tu'huma/
English: A suspicion; an allegation.
Alikabiliwa na tuhuma za wizi.
He faced allegations of theft.
/tu'huri/
English: Pre-pubescence (state of a girl before menstruation).
Msichana huyo bado yuko katika kipindi cha tuhuri.
The girl is still in the stage before puberty.
/'tui/
English: Coconut milk or water.
Alitumia tui kupika wali wa nazi.
He used coconut milk to cook coconut rice.
/'tui/
English: Seeds from a tree that stick to clothes or skin when one passes by.
Tui lilimshikamana kwenye nguo alipopita kichakani.
The sticky seeds clung to his clothes as he walked through the bush.
/tui'bubu/
English: Thick coconut milk from the first squeezing.
Walitumia tuibubu kutengeneza curry.
They used thick coconut milk to make the curry.
/tu'jari/
English: A merchant; a trader; a businessman.
Tujari huyo anauza bidhaa kutoka nje ya nchi.
That trader sells imported goods.
/tu'juru/
English: To trade; to do business.
Wamekuwa wakitujuru katika soko la kimataifa.
They have been trading in the international market.
/'tuka/
English: A bundle of uprooted plants for transplanting.
Alibeba tuka la miche kwenda kupanda.
He carried a bundle of seedlings to transplant.
/'tuka/
English: A post supporting a veranda roof.
Tuka limevunjika na paa limelegea.
The post broke and the roof sagged.
/tuka'na/
English: To insult; to abuse verbally.
Usimtukane mwenzako hata kama umekasirika.
Don't insult your friend even if you're angry.
/tu'kano/
English: An insult.
Tukano si jambo zuri katika mazungumzo.
An insult is not appropriate in conversation.
/tuki'a/
English: To happen; to occur (especially unexpectedly).
Ajali ilitukia ghafla barabarani.
The accident occurred suddenly on the road.
/tu'kio/
English: An event; an occurrence.
Tukio hilo liliwashangaza wengi.
The event surprised many people.
/tu'kizi/
English: A rare occurrence.
Kutokea kwa jambo hilo ni tukizi.
The occurrence of that event is rare.
/'tuktuk/
English: A tuk-tuk; an auto rickshaw.
Tulipanda tuktuk kwenda sokoni.
We took a tuk-tuk to the market.
/'tuku/
English: A type of saltwater fish of the catfish family with a red patch on its head.
Wavuvi walipata samaki wa tuku baharini.
The fishermen caught tuku fish in the sea.
/tu'kufu/
English: Glorious; exalted; majestic.
Mungu ni mkuu na tukufu.
God is great and glorious.
/tuku'ka/
English: To be praised; to be famous; to be exalted.
Jina lake limetukuka duniani kote.
His name is exalted all over the world.
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