Kamusi ya Kiswahili

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Hamsini

/hamˈsini/

English: Fifty

Example (Swahili):

Alitimiza miaka hamsini leo.

Example (English):

He turned fifty today.

Hamstashara

/hams.taˈʃara/

English: Fifteen

Example (Swahili):

Wanafunzi hamstashara walifaulu.

Example (English):

Fifteen students passed.

Hamstasharamia

/hams.taʃa.raˈmia/

English: White cotton cloth (bafta)

Example (Swahili):

Alinunua hamstasharamia kwa sherehe.

Example (English):

She bought a white bafta cloth for the ceremony.

Hamu¹

/ˈhamu/

English: Desire; longing; appetite

Example (Swahili):

Nina hamu ya kusafiri.

Example (English):

I have a desire to travel.

Hamu²

/haˈmu/

English: To desire; to want greatly; to feel sorrow

Example (Swahili):

Alihamu kuonana na ndugu zake.

Example (English):

He longed to see his relatives.

Hamudha

/haˈmuða/

English: Acid

Example (Swahili):

Hamudha kali inaweza kuunguza ngozi.

Example (English):

A strong acid can burn the skin.

Hamuma

/haˈmuma/

English: Fool; unintelligent person

Example (Swahili):

Usimwite mtu hamuma hadharani.

Example (English):

Don't call someone a fool in public.

Hamumi

/haˈmumi/

English: Tobacco placed in a pipe

Example (Swahili):

Alijaza hamumi kwenye kiko.

Example (English):

He packed tobacco into the pipe.

Hamumu

/haˈmumu/

English: Intense desire; great longing

Example (Swahili):

Alikuwa na hamumu ya mafanikio.

Example (English):

He had a great longing for success.

Hamuri

/haˈmuri/

English: Liquor; bad drink

Example (Swahili):

Acha hamuri, inaleta madhara.

Example (English):

Quit liquor; it causes harm.

Hamziya

/hamˈzija/

English: Famous Swahili poetic genre (Arabic translation)

Example (Swahili):

Washairi walitunga hamziya kwa ustadi.

Example (English):

Poets composed the hamziya skillfully.

Hana¹

/ˈhana/

English: Flipper of a turtle; swimming limb of a tortoise

Example (Swahili):

Hana ya kasa husaidia kuogelea.

Example (English):

A turtle's flipper helps it swim.

Hana²

/ˈhana/

English: Short leg

Example (Swahili):

Ana hana moja fupi kuliko nyingine.

Example (English):

One of his legs is shorter than the other.

Hanali

/haˈnali/

English: Northerly wind; monsoon (kaskazi)

Example (Swahili):

Hanali ulivuma kwa nguvu usiku.

Example (English):

The northerly wind blew strongly at night.

Hanamu¹

/haˈnamu/

English: Lying sideways; slanted

Example (Swahili):

Jiwe lilikuwa hanamu ukutani.

Example (English):

The stone was slanted on the wall.

Hanamu²

/haˈnamu/

English: Bow/front part of a boat

Example (Swahili):

Alisimama hanamu akitazama bahari.

Example (English):

He stood at the bow looking at the sea.

Hanamu³

/haˈnamu/

English: Hypotenuse (longest side of a right triangle)

Example (Swahili):

Pima hanamu kwa kutumia kanuni ya Pythagoras.

Example (English):

Measure the hypotenuse using Pythagoras' theorem.

Hanamu⁴

/haˈnamu/

English: Rafter; beam jutting from rock toward the eaves

Example (Swahili):

Waliimarisha paa kwa hanamu mpya.

Example (English):

They reinforced the roof with new rafters.

Hanchifu

/hanˈtʃifu/

English: Handkerchief for wiping mucus

Example (Swahili):

Mtoto alipewa hanchifu shuleni.

Example (English):

The child was given a handkerchief at school.

Handaki

/hanˈdaki/

English: Trench; dugout for soldiers

Example (Swahili):

Walijificha kwenye handaki wakati wa mapigano.

Example (English):

They hid in a trench during the fighting.

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