Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kibónge/
English: A big or important person; powerful person.
Yeye ni kibonge wa siasa.
He is a big name in politics.
/kibónge/
English: Anything round or circular; a pellet.
Walicheza na vibonge vya udongo.
They played with clay pellets.
/kibóngoro/
English: A type of eye disease.
Alipata kibongoro machoni.
He developed an eye disease.
/kibónye/
English: Button on a keyboard.
Alibonyeza kibonye cha kompyuta.
He pressed the computer button.
/kibónye/
English: A cavity in the body, e.g., in a bone.
Daktari aliona kibonye kwenye mfupa.
The doctor saw a cavity in the bone.
/kibonyézzo/
English: Something that is pressed, e.g., a shutter button.
Alibonyeza kibonyezzo cha kamera.
He pressed the camera shutter button.
/kibónzo/
English: Cartoon; caricature.
Gazeti lilichapisha kibonzo kipya.
The newspaper published a new cartoon.
/kibóra/
English: A fish that puffs up when touched; its meat may be poisonous.
Samaki kibora hujifura ukimgusa.
The puff fish swells when touched.
/kíbu/
English: A container for holding milk between thighs while milking.
Mchungaji alitumia kibu kukamua maziwa.
The herder used a container while milking.
/kibuá/
English: A flat-bodied fish.
Wavuvi walipata kibua baharini.
The fishermen caught a flat fish in the sea.
/kibuá/
English: Anything without weight or substance.
Maneno yake ni kama kibua.
His words are weightless.
/kibuangóri/
English: A type of flatfish with protruding fins.
Waliwinda kibuangori usiku.
They hunted the flatfish at night.
/kibubúsa/
English: Stealthily; secretly.
Aliingia kibubusa nyumbani.
He entered the house secretly.
/kibubúsa/
English: Person forced to do something unknowingly.
Aligeuka kibubusa katika mpango huo.
He became an unwilling participant in that plan.
/kibubúta/
English: A stump (of tree or limb).
Miti ilikatwa ikabaki mibubutu.
The trees were cut leaving stumps.
/kibubútu/
English: A stump (of tree or limb).
Miti ilikatwa ikabaki mibubutu.
The trees were cut leaving stumps.
/kibúdu/
English: Animal that died without being slaughtered / person without heir.
Waliokota kibudu porini.
They found a dead animal in the wild.
/kibúgi/
English: Computer virus.
Kompyuta yake ilishambuliwa na kibugi.
His computer was attacked by a virus.
/kibugútu/
English: Person with amputated limb.
Askari aliyepigana vitani sasa ni kibugutu.
The soldier who fought in the war is now an amputee.
/kibuhúti/
English: Fear mixed with shock and panic.
Habari ile ilimjaza kibuhuti.
The news filled him with fear and shock.
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