Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/'tusa/
English: To pass by without touching or approaching; to keep away from.
Alimtusa jirani yake bila kumsalimia.
He passed by his neighbor without greeting him.
/'tusa/
English: To bounce or jolt (like on a horse or rough road).
Gari lilitusa sana barabarani kwa sababu ya mashimo.
The car jolted a lot on the road because of potholes.
/'tusi/
English: To insult; to abuse verbally.
Usimtusi mwenzako hata kama umekasirika.
Do not insult your companion even if you're angry.
/'tusha/
English: To humiliate; to disgrace; to insult.
Maneno yake yalimtusha hadharani.
His words publicly humiliated him.
/'tusha/
English: To shock or confuse with bad news.
Habari za ajali zilimtusha sana.
The news of the accident shocked him deeply.
/'tusha/
English: To give birth prematurely.
Mbuzi alitusha ndama kabla ya wakati.
The goat gave birth prematurely.
/'tusha/
English: Premature; happening before its time.
Mvua ya tusha ilinyesha kabla ya msimu kuanza.
The early rain fell before the season began.
/'tusi/
English: An insult; abusive language.
Alitoa tusi kali kwa hasira.
He uttered a strong insult in anger.
/'tusi/
English: A coffin.
Waliweka mwili wa marehemu ndani ya tusi.
They placed the body of the deceased in the coffin.
/tusi'ka/
English: To be thrown off a donkey or horse.
Alitusika kutoka kwenye punda aliporuka ghafla.
He was thrown off the donkey when it jumped suddenly.
/'tusui/
English: One-ninth.
Alipokea tusui ya urithi kutoka kwa baba yake.
He received one-ninth of the inheritance from his father.
/'tuta/
English: (Of the heart) to beat fast; to palpitate.
Moyo wake ulituta kwa hofu kubwa.
His heart was beating fast from fear.
/'tuta/
English: To carry heavy things haphazardly.
Waliamua kututa mizigo yote hadi ufukweni.
They decided to carry all the luggage to the shore.
/'tuta/
English: To retire from work; to stop doing something.
Ameamua kututa kazi mwakani.
He has decided to retire from work next year.
/'tuta/
English: See tutamavi (dung beetle).
Angalia neno tutamavi kwa maana.
See the word tutamavi for the meaning.
/'tuta/
English: A ridge; a long mound of soil for planting seeds.
Wakulima walitengeneza matuta shambani.
The farmers made ridges in the field.
/'tuta/
English: The palate; the roof of the mouth.
Alijikata kwenye tuta la kinywa.
He cut himself on the roof of his mouth.
/tuta'mavi/
English: A dung beetle; an insect that rolls dung into balls.
Tutamavi hupenda kuzungusha mavi yake kwenye ardhi.
The dung beetle likes rolling its dung on the ground.
/'tuti/
English: A parrot.
Tuti alizungumza maneno aliyosikia kwa binadamu.
The parrot repeated the words it heard from humans.
/tuti'ka/
English: To pile up many things; to carry many things on the head.
Alitutikwa kuni kichwani kuelekea nyumbani.
She carried a pile of firewood on her head going home.
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