Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kifufumkunye/
English: Something trivial or of unknown value.
Alinunua kifufumkunye sokoni.
He bought a worthless trinket at the market.
/kifufumkunye/
English: Unclear or unreliable information.
Habari zao ni kifufumkunye.
Their news is unreliable.
/kifujamehuzi/
English: A person who ruins others' plans.
Yule mtu ni kifujamehuzi wa kila jambo.
That person ruins everyone's plans.
/kifuka/
English: Plant with red and blue flowers; leaves used as vegetable.
Walipika mboga za kifuka.
They cooked vegetables from the kifuka plant.
/kifukizio/
English: Something used for blowing, e.g., fan.
Walitumia kifukizio kuwasha moto.
They used a blower to light the fire.
/kifukizo/
English: Incense; something used for perfuming.
Walitumia kifukizo wakati wa sala.
They used incense during prayer.
/kifukizo/
English: See kifukizio.
Walitumia kifukizo kuwasha moto.
They used a blower to light the fire.
/kifuko/
English: Small container for carrying water.
Alibeba kifuko cha maji safi.
He carried a small water container.
/kifukofuko/
English: Cocoon; moth's nest.
Kifukofuko kilipatikana kwenye mti.
A cocoon was found on the tree.
/kifuku/
English: See masika (rainy season).
Kifuku cha mvua kimeanza.
The rainy season has begun.
/kifukullie/
English: A type of crab that burrows in sand.
Tuliona kifukullie ufukweni.
We saw a burrowing crab on the beach.
/kifukumkunye/
English: Secretly.
Aliingia kifukumkunye bila kualikwa.
He entered secretly without being invited.
/kifukusi/
English: Small insect that bores into maize.
Shamba limeathiriwa na kifukusi.
The maize field has been attacked by borers.
/kifullo/
English: Stake for grating coconuts.
Walikuna nazi kwa kifullo.
They grated the coconut with a stake.
/kifumanzi/
English: A rattle.
Mtoto alicheza na kifumanzi.
The baby played with a rattle.
/kifumbu/
English: Strainer made from coconut fibers.
Wali chuja uji kwa kifumbu.
They strained the porridge with a fiber strainer.
/kifumufumu/
English: A type of cassava.
Walipanda kifumufumu shambani.
They planted a cassava variety called kifumufumu.
/kifundi/
English: Cassava beginning to dry and change color.
Walitupa kifundi kisicholiwa.
They threw away the spoiled cassava.
/kifundiro/
English: A product from a factory.
Kifundiro hiki kinasafirishwa ng'ambo.
This factory product is exported abroad.
/kifundo/
English: A joint (e.g., knee, ankle).
Alijeruhiwa kifundo cha mguu.
He injured his ankle joint.
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