Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kibwéshu/
English: A short or stocky person (often women).
Mwanamke kibweshu alicheza ngoma.
The short woman danced.
/kibwéshuna/
English: A despised person; someone not taken seriously.
Walimwona kama kibweshu katika kijiji.
They considered him a despised person in the village.
/kibwéta/
English: A small cassette tape (for computers/printers).
Alipachika kibweta kwenye mashine.
He inserted the small cassette into the machine.
/kibwíko/
English: A person or animal with a crippled limb or abnormal shape.
Mbuzi kibwiko alitengwa na kundi.
The crippled goat was separated from the herd.
/kibwíko/
English: A bent arm or limb disability.
Alizaliwa na kibwiko mkononi.
He was born with a bent arm.
/kibwíko/
English: A hollow made in stiff food (like ugali) for sauce.
Aliweka mchuzi kwenye kibwiko cha ugali.
He poured the stew into the hollow of the ugali.
/kibyóngo/
English: A person with a hump on their back.
Walimcheka mzee kibyongo.
They mocked the old man with a hump.
/kibyóngo/
English: The hump itself on the back.
Ngamia ana kibyongo kikubwa.
The camel has a large hump.
/kícha/
English: A bunch of things tied together (e.g., vegetables, keys).
Aliweka kicha cha mboga mezani.
He placed a bunch of vegetables on the table.
/kicháa cha mbwa/
English: Rabies.
Mbwa aliugua kichaa cha mbwa.
The dog suffered from rabies.
/kicháa/
English: A mad or insane person.
Walimwita kichaa kwa sababu ya vitendo vyake.
They called him insane because of his actions.
/kicháa/
English: A branch with a cluster of fruits.
Mti ulikuwa na kichaa cha maembe.
The tree had a branch full of mangoes.
/kicháa/
English: Mental illness; insanity.
Aligunduliwa na kichaa cha kupooza.
He was diagnosed with mental illness.
/kichaáni/
English: A plant with yellow flowers and thorns.
Walipanda kichaani shambani.
They planted the thorny plant in the field.
/kichaáza/
English: The glare of the morning sun.
Macho yake yalishindwa kustahimili kichaaza.
His eyes could not withstand the morning glare.
/kichaázi/
English: A type of long, hard banana.
Walikula ndizi aina ya kichaazi.
They ate the hard banana variety.
/kichácha/
English: Splints for broken bones.
Mganga alifunga mguu kwa kichacha.
The healer tied the leg with splints.
/kichácha/
English: A person of good character.
Yeye ni kichacha anayeheshimika.
He is a well-behaved and respected person.
/kichachácha/
English: A small millipede that curls when touched.
Mtoto alishika kichachacha ardhini.
The child picked up a millipede from the ground.
/kichagáta/
English: A bundle of things, such as banknotes.
Alificha kichagata cha pesa mfukoni.
He hid a bundle of money in his pocket.
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