Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/tungi'za/
English: To peep out quickly (e.g., from a window or door) and pull back.
Mtoto alitunguza dirishani kisha akajificha tena.
The child peeked through the window and hid again.
/'tungo/
English: A syllable (in linguistics).
Maneno mengi ya Kiswahili yana silabi mbili au tatu za tungo.
Most Swahili words have two or three syllables.
/tungu'a/
English: To take down something from where it was placed or hung.
Alitungua nguo zilizokauka.
He took down the dried clothes.
/tungu'a/
English: To sadden; to distress; to trouble; to cause suffering.
Habari hizo zilitungua moyo wake.
The news saddened his heart.
/tungu'a/
English: (Idiom) To cut short meaningless talk.
Alitungua mazungumzo yasiyo na maana.
He cut short the pointless conversation.
/'tungu/
English: A vessel made from a gourd for churning milk or storing liquids.
Walitumia tungu kutengeneza maziwa lala.
They used a gourd vessel to make sour milk.
/'tungu/
English: An outie bellybutton.
Mtoto ana kitovu cha kutungu.
The child has an outie bellybutton.
/'tungu/
English: A cockroach.
Tungu walikimbia jikoni walipoona mwanga.
Cockroaches ran away in the kitchen when they saw the light.
/'tungu/
English: A machine for making butter.
Walitumia tungu kupiga siagi.
They used a machine to make butter.
/'tungu/
English: A hollow space inside something.
Kuna tungu ndani ya mwamba huu.
There is a hollow space inside this rock.
/'tungu/
English: A type of white pumpkin with a bulbous shape.
Walipika tungu kwa wali wa nazi.
They cooked white pumpkin with coconut rice.
/tungu'ja/
English: The fruit of the mtunguja tree; a type of fruit like a star apple.
Walila matunda ya tunguja yaliyokomaa.
They ate ripe star-apple fruits.
/tungu'le/
English: Small tomatoes; cherry tomatoes.
Walipanda tungule bustanini.
They planted cherry tomatoes in the garden.
/tungu'ri/
English: A small, slender gourd used by traditional healers for medicine.
Mganga alitumia tunguri kutunza dawa zake.
The healer used a small gourd to store his medicines.
/tunguri'di/
English: A type of bird with a long white crest, from the lourie family.
Tunguridi alipaa juu ya miti ya msituni.
The lourie bird flew over the forest trees.
/tungu'ru/
English: A type of flatfish with sharp fins.
Wavuvi walivua samaki wa tunguru karibu na ufukwe.
The fishermen caught flatfish near the shore.
/tungu'u/
English: An electric light bulb.
Waliwasha tunguu baada ya giza kuingia.
They turned on the light bulb after dark.
/'tuni/
English: See lahani¹ (dark blue).
Angalia neno lahani¹ kwa maana.
See the word lahani¹ for the meaning.
/tuni'ka/
English: To direct one's heart or mind towards something.
Alitunika kusoma kwa bidii mwaka huu.
He focused his mind on studying hard this year.
/'tunu/
English: A special gift given to show love; a prize.
Alipokea tunu kutoka kwa wazazi wake baada ya kufaulu.
He received a special gift from his parents after succeeding.
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