Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kibáo/
English: Wooden tool used for making bricks or shaving coconut.
Walitumia kibao kutengeneza tofali.
They used a board tool to make bricks.
/kibáo/
English: Wooden board used for writing with chalk.
Wanafunzi waliandika majibu yao kwenye kibao.
The students wrote their answers on the board.
/kibáo/
English: Very many; countless.
Alipewa zawadi kibao.
He was given countless gifts.
/kibapára/
English: Old, worn-out hat or cloth.
Alivaa kibapara kichwani.
He wore a worn-out hat on his head.
/kibapára/
English: Poor person; beggar.
Kibapara alikaa kando ya barabara akiomba.
The beggar sat by the roadside asking for help.
/kibarábara/
English: Bird with black feathers spotted with white.
Kibarabara aliruka juu ya shamba.
The bird flew over the field.
/kibáraka/
English: Puppet leader or servant of others.
Walisema kiongozi wao ni kibaraka wa mabeberu.
They said their leader was a puppet of imperialists.
/kibaramwézi/
English: Pinwheel; toy spun by the wind.
Watoto walicheza na kibaramwezi.
The children played with a pinwheel.
/kibarángé/
English: See kibarango¹.
Alitajwa kama kibarange.
He was referred to as kibarange.
/kibarángo/
English: Short man.
Yule kibarango alikuwa akitembea sokoni.
That short man was walking in the market.
/kibarangós/
English: A short, thick piece of wood; a club / a piece of unripe or hard cassava in a meal.
Alibeba kibarangos kujilinda usiku.
He carried a club to protect himself at night.
/kibarawa/
English: Used in the phrase "salama ya kibarawa" (a so-so state of safety).
Walikuwa salama ya kibarawa baada ya ajali.
They were in a so-so state of safety after the accident.
/Kibarawa/
English: A Swahili dialect spoken in Barawa, Somalia; also called Chimiini.
Wazee wa Pwani hutumia Kiswahili cha Kibarawa.
The coastal elders speak the Kibarawa dialect.
/kibári/
English: A creeping plant with purple flowers and pods like groundnuts.
Mashambani walipanda kibari kwa dawa na chakula.
In the farms they planted kibari for food and medicine.
/kibaruá/
English: Daily laborer / the work done / wages.
Kibarua alipokea mshahara wake jioni.
The laborer received his wages in the evening.
/kibaruái/
English: Daily laborer / the work done / wages.
Kibarua alipokea mshahara wake jioni.
The laborer received his wages in the evening.
/kibatári/
English: A small tin lamp that produces smoke; a koroboi.
Walitumia kibatari kuwasha nyumba.
They used a small smoky lamp to light the house.
/kibávu/
English: Force; coercion.
Alilazimisha kwa kibavu chake.
He forced it through his strength.
/kibawánta/
English: A bird with a long blue-grey tail and crest.
Kibawanta alipaa juu ya mti mkubwa.
The bird with the crested head flew over the tall tree.
/kíbe/
English: A game of hide and seek.
Watoto walicheza kibe mchana.
The children played hide and seek in the afternoon.
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