Kamusi ya Kiswahili

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difensi

di-fen-si

English: 1. Defensive players. 2. The act of guarding the goal

Example (Swahili):

Wachezaji wa difensi walizuia bao

Example (English):

The defense players blocked the goal

difriza

di-fri-za

English: See dipfriza (deep freezer)

Example (Swahili):

Alitunza nyama kwenye difriza

Example (English):

He stored the meat in the freezer

difu¹

di-fu

English: A round object

Example (Swahili):

Aliinua difu kubwa la mawe

Example (English):

He lifted a big round stone

difu²

di-fu

English: A camel's kneecap bone

Example (Swahili):

Walitumia difu kama ala ya kitamaduni

Example (English):

They used a camel's kneecap bone as a traditional tool

difu³

di-fu

English: A support for a coconut palm leaf

Example (Swahili):

Difu liliweka mnazi usianguke

Example (English):

The support held the coconut palm from falling

diga

di-ga

English: See sidii (kind of bird)

Example (Swahili):

Tuliona diga akiruka msituni

Example (English):

We saw a sidii bird flying in the forest

digali

di-ga-li

English: A tobacco smoking pipe

Example (Swahili):

Mzee alivuta tumbaku kwa digali

Example (English):

The elder smoked tobacco with a pipe

digidigi

di-gi-di-gi

English: A small antelope, like a dik-dik

Example (Swahili):

Digidi walikimbia porini walipoona watu

Example (English):

Dik-diks ran into the wild when they saw people

diglosia

dig-lo-sia

English: The existence of two dialects

Example (Swahili):

Kiswahili kina hali ya diglosia katika lahaja zake

Example (English):

Swahili has a state of diglossia in its dialects

digrii¹

dig-rii

English: A university certificate

Example (Swahili):

Alipata digrii ya sheria

Example (English):

He obtained a degree in law

digrii²

dig-rii

English: A measure of mathematics or temperature

Example (Swahili):

Joto lilikuwa digrii thelathini

Example (English):

The temperature was thirty degrees

dijitali

di-ji-ta-li

English: Digital; using digits or electronic form

Example (Swahili):

Alinunua saa ya dijitali

Example (English):

He bought a digital watch

dijiti¹

di-ji-ti

English: Numerals 0–9

Example (Swahili):

Watoto walijifunza dijiti darasani

Example (English):

The children learned digits in class

dijiti²

di-ji-ti

English: Electronic number system

Example (Swahili):

Kompyuta hutumia mfumo wa dijiti

Example (English):

A computer uses the digit system

dijitisha

di-ji-ti-sha

English: To convert analog data into digital

Example (Swahili):

Waliweza dijitisha sauti kuwa faili ya kompyuta

Example (English):

They converted sound into a digital file

dikadika

di-ka-di-ka

English: To worry; to be restless

Example (Swahili):

Mama alidikadika kwa kuchelewa kwa mwanawe

Example (English):

The mother worried because of her son's delay

diki

di-ki

English: Thread for tightening clothes

Example (Swahili):

Fundi alitumia diki kushona gauni

Example (English):

The tailor used thread to tighten the dress

diko¹

di-ko

English: 1. A landing place on the shore. 2. A mooring

Example (Swahili):

Mashua ilifika diko la kijiji

Example (English):

The boat reached the village landing site

diko²

di-ko

English: A joint hole for attaching equipment

Example (Swahili):

Waliunganisha vifaa kwa kutumia diko

Example (English):

They connected the tools using a joint hole

dikoda

di-ko-da

English: A device for decoding waves

Example (Swahili):

Walitumia dikoda kupokea matangazo ya redio

Example (English):

They used a decoder to receive radio broadcasts

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