Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kíbla/
English: Direction Muslims face in prayer / mosque niche.
Walelekea kibla wakati wa sala.
They faced the qibla during prayer.
/kíbla/
English: North direction.
Walelekea upande wa kibla.
They went toward the north.
/kibóbo/
English: A small monkey.
Kibobo alipanda mti haraka.
The small monkey quickly climbed the tree.
/kibóbo/
English: The lower part of the body.
Alijeruhiwa kibobo.
He was injured in the lower part of the body.
/ki:'bodi/
English: Keyboard of a computer, typewriter, or piano.
Alinunua kibodi mpya kwa kompyuta yake.
He bought a new keyboard for his computer.
/kibófu/
English: The bladder (organ storing urine).
Alipatwa na ugonjwa wa kibofu.
He suffered from a bladder disease.
/kibófu/
English: Light air-filled ball for children's play.
Watoto walicheza na kibofu shambani.
The children played with the light ball in the field.
/kibofunyóngo/
English: The gallbladder.
Daktari aliondoa kibofunyongo wakati wa upasuaji.
The doctor removed the gallbladder during surgery.
/kibogóshi/
English: Small purse for women / leather milk container.
Alitunza sarafu kwenye kibogoshi.
She kept coins in her small purse.
/kibogóyo/
English: A person without teeth.
Mzee kibogoyo aliishi kijijini.
The toothless old man lived in the village.
/kibóko/
English: Whip or cane for beating.
Walimu zamani walitumia kiboko shuleni.
Teachers in the past used a cane at school.
/kibóko/
English: Hippopotamus.
Tuliona kiboko mtoni.
We saw a hippopotamus in the river.
/kibóko/
English: Style of embroidery on a kanzu neck.
Kanzu yake ilikuwa na kiboko kizuri shingoni.
His kanzu had beautiful embroidery on the neck.
/kibóko/
English: Expert in something / very fat person.
Yeye ni kiboko wa michezo.
He is an expert in sports.
/kibóko/
English: Something excellent or very good.
Filamu ile ilikuwa kiboko!
That movie was excellent!
/kibóle/
English: Appendix (organ).
Aliondolewa kibole hospitalini.
His appendix was removed at the hospital.
/kiboléhi/
English: Small swelling on the scrotum; abscess.
Alipatwa na kibolehi.
He developed a small swelling on the scrotum.
/kibóma/
English: A type of fish; jodari.
Wavuvi walipata samaki aina ya kiboma.
The fishermen caught a fish called jodari.
/kibóndo/
English: Something rolled up, like soil or a sweet.
Alitengeneza kibondo cha udongo.
He made a roll of soil.
/kibóndwa/
English: Concussion from a blow to the head.
Alianguka na kupata kibondwa.
He fell and suffered a concussion.
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