Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/fiˈniksi/
English: Phoenix (mythical bird)
Hadithi ya finiksi inaashiria kuzaliwa upya.
The legend of the phoenix symbolizes rebirth.
/fiˈniŋɡi/
English: Gizzard
Alipika finingi kwa mchuzi wa nazi.
She cooked gizzards in coconut sauce.
/ˈfinja/
English: To pinch; to press; (computing) to compress
Usifinye mtoto shavuni.
Don't pinch the child's cheek.
/fiˈɲaa/
English: To wrinkle; to fail to grow; to shrink
Majani yamefinyaa kwa ukame.
The leaves have shriveled due to drought.
/fiˈɲaŋɡa/
English: To shape pots; to craft/prepare attractively
Mfinyanzi anafinyanga vyungu kila asubuhi.
The potter shapes pots every morning.
/fiˈɲaŋɡo/
English: Attractive craftsmanship; pottery ware
Finyango vya kijiji vyao vinauzwa sokoni kila Ijumaa.
Their village pottery is sold at the market every Friday.
/fiɲiˈlia/
English: To press/push into a place; cram
Usifinyilie vitabu vingi kwenye rafu ndogo.
Don't cram too many books onto the small shelf.
/fiɲiˈliza/
English: To squeeze closely; compress tightly
Alifinyiliza nguo kwenye begi ili zipate kutoshea.
She compressed the clothes in the bag to make them fit.
/fiɲiliˈzana/
English: To be squeezed together; crowd
Abiria walifinyilizana ndani ya basi.
The passengers were crammed together in the bus.
/ˈfinjo/
English: Pinching; gossip (slang/figurative)
Acha finyo, tuzungumzie suluhisho.
Stop the gossip; let's discuss a solution.
/ˈfinju/
English: Narrow; thin; shallow (of ideas)
Barabara finyu husababisha msongamano.
Narrow roads cause congestion.
/fiˈɲua/
English: To unpinch; to release pressure; relax
Finyua kamba kidogo ili mlango ufunguke.
Loosen the rope a bit so the door can open.
/ˈfio/
English: Reins (for horse/donkey)
Aliushika fio kumdhibiti farasi.
He held the reins to control the horse.
/ˈfira/
English: To sodomize (vulgar); spitting cobra; to interfere
Watafiti walionya kuhusu fira anayepatikana porini.
Researchers warned about the spitting cobra found in the wild.
/fiˈraka/
English: Male genitalia (vulgar)
Maneno ya matusi kuhusu firaka hayafai hadharani.
Vulgar words about male genitals are inappropriate in public.
/fiˈraŋɡi/
English: Type of tree (regional)
Mbao za firangi zinadumu kwa muda mrefu.
Timber from the firangi tree lasts a long time.
/fiˈrari/
English: Fugitive; runaway
Polisi wanamsaka firari aliyevunja kifungo.
Police are searching for the fugitive who broke his sentence.
/fiˈraʃa/
English: Bedsheet
Nimenunua firasha mpya kwa chumba cha wageni.
I bought new bedsheets for the guest room.
/firaˈuni/
English: Pharaoh; cruel/oppressive person (figurative)
Hadithi za Firauni zinasomwa katika dini.
Stories of the Pharaoh are read in religion.
/firˈdausi/
English: Paradise; heaven
Waumini waliomba kuingizwa firdausi.
The faithful prayed to be admitted to paradise.
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