Kamusi ya Kiswahili

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Bunga¹

bun-ga

English: A foolish person

Example (Swahili):

Usifanye kama bunga.

Example (English):

Don't act like a fool.

Bunga²

bun-ga

English: A simple or easy thing

Example (Swahili):

Kazi hiyo ni bunga tu.

Example (English):

That job is very easy.

Bunga³

bun-ga

English: Foolish; stupid

Example (Swahili):

Alisema maneno ya bunga.

Example (English):

He spoke foolish words.

Bunga⁴

bun-ga

English: A man who is uncircumcised

Example (Swahili):

Walisema kijana bado ni bunga.

Example (English):

They said the boy is still uncircumcised.

Bunga⁵

bun-ga

English: Light; not heavy

Example (Swahili):

Mizigo yao ilikuwa bunga.

Example (English):

Their luggage was light.

Bungala

bun-ga-la

English: A type of rice, sugarcane, cassava, and banana variety

Example (Swahili):

Walipanda bungala shambani.

Example (English):

They planted the bungala variety in the farm.

Bungana

bun-ga-na

English: To agree or fit in the same way

Example (Swahili):

Mawazo yao yamebungana vizuri.

Example (English):

Their ideas fit well together.

Bunge¹

bun-ge

English: Parliament; legislative assembly

Example (Swahili):

Sheria mpya ilipitishwa bungeni.

Example (English):

A new law was passed in parliament.

Bunge²

bun-ge

English: A plot or conspiracy to commit evil

Example (Swahili):

Walipanga bunge la kuiba.

Example (English):

They planned a conspiracy to steal.

Bungiangoma

bun-gi-a-ngo-ma

English: A person of low status; insignificant person

Example (Swahili):

Walimdharau kama bungiangoma.

Example (English):

They despised him as a person of low status.

Bungo¹

bun-go

English: A type of round fruit with many seeds

Example (Swahili):

Tulikula bungo sokoni.

Example (English):

We ate bungo fruit at the market.

Bungo²

bun-go

English: A black insect that builds houses of soil

Example (Swahili):

Bungo walijenga kwenye shamba.

Example (English):

Bungo built on the farm.

Bungo³

bun-go

English: A type of bowl

Example (Swahili):

Walikunywa maziwa kwa kutumia bungo.

Example (English):

They drank milk using a clay bowl.

Bungu¹

bun-gu

English: A type of poisonous fish

Example (Swahili):

Walikamata bungu baharini.

Example (English):

They caught a poisonous bungu fish at sea.

Bungu²

bun-gu

English: See bungo (black insect)

Example (Swahili):

Bungu waliharibu mazao shambani.

Example (English):

The insects destroyed crops in the field.

Bungu³

bun-gu

English: A shoal or school of fish

Example (Swahili):

Samaki walikusanyika bungu.

Example (English):

The fish gathered in a shoal.

Bungua¹

bun-gu-a

English: To make small holes like an insect

Example (Swahili):

Mdudu alibungua mahindi.

Example (English):

The insect bored holes into the maize.

Bungua²

bun-gu-a

English: To sit and reflect on how to do something

Example (Swahili):

Alibungua jinsi ya kumaliza shida yake.

Example (English):

He reflected on how to solve his problem.

Bungua³

bun-gu-a

English: To destroy or ruin

Example (Swahili):

Moto ulibungua nyumba zote.

Example (English):

The fire destroyed all the houses.

Bungua⁴

bun-gu-a

English: A red insect found on tree bark

Example (Swahili):

Bungua walionekana kwenye gome la mti.

Example (English):

Red insects were seen on the tree bark.

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