Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/tumikisha/
English: To force someone to work; to enslave.
Watumwa walitumishwa kwa nguvu.
The slaves were forced to work.
/tumikisha/
English: To employ.
Kampuni imetumikisha wafanyakazi wapya.
The company has employed new workers.
/tumili'a/
English: To exploit people; to use people for one's benefit; to eat or drink.
Mtu huyo anatumiwa kwa tamaa ya kutumilia wengine.
That person takes advantage of others for his own gain.
/tumizi'wa/
English: To be summoned; to be ordered to come.
Alitumiziwa barua ya kuitwa kazini.
He was summoned to work by letter.
/tumvi'tumvi/
English: See lengelenge (a type of vegetable, amaranth).
Angalia neno lengelenge kwa maana.
See the word lengelenge for the meaning.
/tu'na/
English: To swell; to inflate; to be full.
Tumbo lake limetuna baada ya kula chakula kingi.
His stomach has swollen after eating a lot of food.
/tu'na/
English: To be angry; to fume.
Alituna kwa hasira baada ya kudanganywa.
He fumed with anger after being deceived.
/tu'na/
English: (Of dough) to rise.
Unga umetuna vizuri kwa sababu ya chachu.
The dough has risen well because of the yeast.
/tun'da/
English: To pick fruit from a tree.
Alitunda maembe yaliyokomaa.
He picked ripe mangoes.
/'tunda/
English: A fruit; (figuratively) a result.
Mti huu hutoa tunda tamu.
This tree bears sweet fruit.
/tunda'tamu/
English: A plum; a damson.
Wakulima wanapanda mitunda ya tundatamu.
Farmers are planting plum trees.
/tundi'ka/
English: To hang something up high (e.g., on a tree).
Alitundika nguo juani zikauke.
She hung the clothes in the sun to dry.
/tundi'ka/
English: To hang someone; to execute by hanging.
Mhalifu alitundikwa baada ya hukumu kutolewa.
The criminal was hanged after the verdict was given.
/tundi'za/
English: To save or accumulate little by little (e.g., money).
Ana tabia ya kutundiza pesa kila wiki.
She has a habit of saving money every week.
/tundu'a/
English: To spoil a child (by indulging them).
Wazazi wamemtundua mtoto kwa kumpa kila kitu anachotaka.
The parents have spoiled the child by giving him everything he wants.
/'tundu/
English: A bird's nest.
Ndege ametengeneza tundu kwenye mti.
The bird has built a nest in the tree.
/'tundu/
English: A hole; an aperture.
Panya huingia kupitia tundu dogo ukutani.
The mouse enters through a small hole in the wall.
/tundui'a/
English: To observe or investigate a situation carefully; to spy on.
Alitundui watu kwa siri bila wao kujua.
He secretly observed people without their knowledge.
/tundu'izi/
English: Investigative; inquisitive.
Mwandishi huyo ni mtu wa tabia ya kitunduizi.
That journalist has an inquisitive nature.
/tundu'izi/
English: Inquisitiveness; a tendency to investigate.
Tunduizi yake imemsaidia kuwa mwandishi bora.
His curiosity has helped him become a good journalist.
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