Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kanyága/
English: Step on; tread.
Alikanyaga mguu wangu.
He stepped on my foot.
/kanyága/
English: Oppress; win in a fight.
Timu yao ilikanyaga wapinzani.
Their team defeated the opponents.
/kanyágio/
English: Pedal; part under the foot of an animal.
Alibonyeza kanyagio la gari.
He pressed the car pedal.
/kanyakánya/
English: Riot; mess; much mud.
Barabara ilikuwa na kanyakanya baada ya mvua.
The road was messy with mud after the rain.
/kanyakánya/
English: Completely broken state.
Nguo zilikuwa kanyakanya baada ya kuoshwa vibaya.
The clothes were in tatters after being washed badly.
/kánza/
English: Reheat food.
Alikanza wali uliobaki.
He reheated the leftover rice.
/kánzi/
English: Data stored in a computer.
Alipoteza kanzi ya kompyuta.
He lost the computer database.
/kánzi/
English: Treasure; valuable.
Kitabu hiki ni kanzi ya maarifa.
This book is a treasure of knowledge.
/kánzi/
English: Meat dish with beans, ghee, and pepper.
Walila kanzi kwa chakula cha jioni.
They ate kanzi for dinner.
/kánzi/
English: See benki (bank).
Aliweka fedha zake kanzi.
He deposited his money in the bank.
/kanzidáta/
English: Database.
Kompyuta ina kanzidata kubwa.
The computer has a large database.
/kánzu/
English: Long male garment.
Alivaa kanzu nyeupe msikitini.
He wore a white robe at the mosque.
/kánzu/
English: Ball passed over a player's head.
Mpira ulipita kwa kanzu.
The ball was lobbed over the player's head.
/kápa/
English: Coastal area with mangroves.
Waliishi karibu na kapa yenye mikoko.
They lived near the mangrove coast.
/kápa/
English: Sleeveless garment.
Alivaa kapa wakati wa joto.
He wore a sleeveless garment in the heat.
/kápa/
English: Complete defeat in a card game.
Alipata kapa kwenye mchezo wa karata.
He lost completely in the card game.
/kápa/
English: Shoulder-to-shoulder length measurement.
Fundi alichukua kapa ya shati.
The tailor took the shoulder measurement of the shirt.
/kápa/
English: Zero; word without a noun class prefix.
Neno hili lina kapa.
This word has no noun class prefix.
/kapáni/
English: Hanging scale for weighing goods.
Walipima mzigo kwa kapani.
They weighed the load with a hanging scale.
/kapáni/
English: See kapa¹ (coastal area with mangroves).
Walienda kapani kukata kuni.
They went to the mangrove area to cut firewood.
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