Kamusi ya Kiswahili

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kifenenge

/kifeneŋge/

English: See kikorombwe¹.

Example (Swahili):

Aliona kifenenge shambani.

Example (English):

He saw a kikorombwe in the field.

kificho¹

/kificho/

English: Hiding place.

Example (Swahili):

Watoto walicheza mchezo wa kificho.

Example (English):

The children played hide and seek.

kificho²

/kificho/

English: Secretly.

Example (Swahili):

Alienda kificho bila mtu kujua.

Example (English):

He went secretly without anyone knowing.

kifimbo¹

/kifimbo/

English: Rolling pin.

Example (Swahili):

Mama alitumia kifimbo kupapasa unga.

Example (English):

Mother used a rolling pin to flatten the dough.

kifimbo²

/kifimbo/

English: A type of round, brown fish.

Example (Swahili):

Wavuvi walipata samaki aitwaye kifimbo.

Example (English):

The fishermen caught a fish called kifimbo.

kifimbocheza

/kifimboʧeza/

English: Cursor (computing).

Example (Swahili):

Kifimbocheza kilihama kwenye skrini.

Example (English):

The cursor moved on the screen.

kifo

/kifo/

English: Death.

Example (Swahili):

Kifo ni sehemu ya maisha.

Example (English):

Death is part of life.

kifoli

/kifoli/

English: Snap of the fingers.

Example (Swahili):

Alitoa kifoli kuwaita watoto.

Example (English):

He snapped his fingers to call the children.

kiforongo

/kiforoŋgo/

English: Beetle found in mangoes that plays dead.

Example (Swahili):

Tulipata kiforongo kwenye tunda.

Example (English):

We found a beetle in the fruit.

kifu¹

/kifu/

English: To satisfy; meet needs.

Example (Swahili):

Shamba hili linakifu familia yote.

Example (English):

This farm satisfies the whole family's needs.

kifu²

/kifu/

English: To save someone from harm.

Example (Swahili):

Alimkifu mtoto asizame majini.

Example (English):

He saved the child from drowning.

kifu³

/kifu/

English: Insufficiency; shortage.

Example (Swahili):

Kuna kifu cha chakula kijijini.

Example (English):

There is a food shortage in the village.

kifu⁴

/kifu/

English: A dead thing; a corpse.

Example (Swahili):

Waliona kifu cha mnyama porini.

Example (English):

They found the carcass of an animal in the wild.

kifua¹

/kifua/

English: Chest (body part).

Example (Swahili):

Alishika kifua kwa maumivu.

Example (English):

He held his chest in pain.

kifua²

/kifua/

English: Chest disease, e.g., tuberculosis.

Example (Swahili):

Mgonjwa ana ugonjwa wa kifua.

Example (English):

The patient has a chest disease.

kifua³

/kifua/

English: Force; insistence; courage.

Example (Swahili):

Aliongea kwa kifua mbele ya wote.

Example (English):

He spoke with courage before everyone.

kifuakikuu

/kifua kikuu/

English: Tuberculosis.

Example (Swahili):

TB huitwa kifua kikuu kwa Kiswahili.

Example (English):

TB is called "kifua kikuu" in Swahili.

kifuasi¹

/kifuasi/

English: Follower; something attached.

Example (Swahili):

Alikuwa kifuasi wa dini hiyo.

Example (English):

He was a follower of that faith.

kifuasi²

/kifuasi/

English: An even number.

Example (Swahili):

Mbili ni kifuasi wa nne.

Example (English):

Two is a divisor of four.

kifudifudi

/kifudifudi/

English: Lying face down.

Example (Swahili):

Alilala kifudifudi pwani.

Example (English):

He lay face down on the beach.

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