Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kekéfu/
English: Sound indicating thirst.
Alitoa sauti ya kekefu akiomba maji.
He made a sound of thirst asking for water.
/kekésua/
English: Peel or cut the top part of fruit.
Alikekesua tunda kabla ya kula.
He peeled the top of the fruit before eating.
/kekéta/
English: Bite with teeth.
Mtoto alikeketa kipande cha mkate.
The child bit a piece of bread.
/kekéta/
English: Circumcise a girl.
Wasichana walikeketwa kijijini.
Girls were circumcised in the village.
/kekéta/
English: Grind teeth.
Mtoto alikeketa meno yake usiku.
The child ground his teeth at night.
/kekéta/
English: Cut with a blunt tool.
Alikeketa kuni kwa kisu kibovu.
He cut firewood with a blunt knife.
/kekéta/
English: Stomach ache.
Alikeketa tumbo baada ya kula chakula.
He had stomach cramps after eating food.
/keketéka/
English: Rice grains breaking during pounding.
Mpunga ulikuwa ukikeketeka kwa sababu haukauka.
The rice was breaking because it wasn't dried.
/keketéka/
English: Crowd thinning.
Watu walikeketeka baada ya mvua kuanza.
People thinned out after the rain started.
/keketéka/
English: Variant of seketea.
Waliendelea kukeketeka hadi kumalizika.
They kept reducing until the end.
/kekétwa/
English: Circumcised girl.
Msichana huyo ni keketwa.
That girl is circumcised.
/kekétwa/
English: Stomach cramps.
Alikua na keketwa baada ya chakula.
She had cramps after eating.
/kekévu/
English: Moist; watery.
Uji huu ni kekevu.
This porridge is watery.
/kéki/
English: Cake.
Tulikula keki kwenye harusi.
We ate cake at the wedding.
/kélbu/
English: Dog (Arabic loan).
Kelbu alinifuata barabarani.
A dog followed me on the road.
/kélbu/
English: Insult for an ill-mannered person.
Alimwita kelbu kwa tabia yake mbaya.
He called him a dog for his bad behavior.
/kéle/
English: Hustle; activity.
Kulikuwa na kele sokoni.
There was hustle and bustle at the market.
/keléle/
English: Loud noise; commotion.
Kelele za watoto zilimwamsha.
The children's noise woke him up.
/keléle/
English: Exclamation to silence people.
Mwalimu alisema "kelele!" darasani.
The teacher said "silence!" in class.
/kéma/
English: Cry out in pain or anger.
Mtoto alikema kwa maumivu.
The child cried out in pain.
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