Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/kigòsho/
English: A bent arm that cannot straighten; hanger for clothes.
Alitundika shati kwenye kigosho.
He hung the shirt on a hanger.
/kigòtàgota/
English: See gogota (woodpecker).
Kigotagota alionekana akibisha kwenye mti.
A woodpecker was seen pecking on the tree.
/kigòvya/
English: See kigoe.
Watoto walicheza na kigovya.
The children played with the stick.
/kigòzikucha/
English: The cuticle; skin around the nail.
Alikatwa kigozikucha na ikamuuma.
His cuticle was cut and it hurt.
/kigùbiko/
English: The eyelid.
Macho yake yalifungwa na vigubiko.
His eyes were covered by his eyelids.
/kigùbu/
English: A young hippopotamus.
Waliona kigubu karibu na mto.
They saw a young hippo near the river.
/kigùgumizi/
English: Stuttering; hesitation in speech.
Kigugumizi kilimfanya asionekane jasiri.
His stuttering made him seem less confident.
/kigùgumizi/
English: A person who stutters.
Yeye ni kigugumizi tangu utoto.
He has been a stutterer since childhood.
/kigùguta/
English: See guguta.
Alifanya kiguguta kwenye mti.
He did guguta on the tree.
/kigùmba/
English: The head of an arrow; a rooster's comb.
Walitengeneza kigumba cha mshale.
They made the arrowhead.
/kigùmugùmu/
English: A type of fish.
Wavuvi walileta kigumugumu sokoni.
The fishermen brought a fish called kigumugumu to the market.
/kigùnda/
English: See kikore.
Aliona kigunda shambani.
He saw a kikore in the field.
/kigùne/
English: A young baboon.
Tuliona kigune msituni.
We saw a young baboon in the forest.
/kigùni/
English: A carpenter's square.
Fundi alitumia kiguni kupima usawa.
The carpenter used a square to measure straightness.
/kigùru/
English: A person with a leg disability.
Yule ni kiguru wa mguu wa kulia.
That man is disabled in his right leg.
/kigùru/
English: A leg disability; bent leg.
Ana kiguru cha kuzaliwa.
He was born with a bent leg.
/kigùruwè/
English: A short banana plant producing large bunches.
Wakulima walipanda migomba ya kiguruwe.
Farmers planted short banana plants with large bunches.
/kigùruwè/
English: See kibwangala (piglet).
Kiguruwe alipiga kelele bandani.
The piglet squealed in the pen.
/kigùtu/
English: The stump of an arm after amputation.
Alibaki na kigutu baada ya ajali.
He was left with a stump after the accident.
/kigùu/
English: See kiguru².
Ana kiguu cha kuzaliwa.
He was born with a bent leg.
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