Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/ki'jinu/
English: Small mortar for pounding spices.
Mama alitumia kijinu kusaga vitunguu.
Mother used a small mortar to pound onions.
/ki'jijo/
English: Evening food; supper.
Tulila kijio cha wali na maharagwe.
We ate supper of rice and beans.
/kijipu:'tʃungu/
English: See kimeta¹ (a disease).
Kijipuuchungu kiliathiri ngozi yake.
The disease affected his skin.
/ki'jiti/
English: Stick; slender piece of wood.
Mtoto alichora mchanga kwa kijiti.
The child drew in the sand with a stick.
/ki'jito/
English: Stream; small river.
Kijito kilitiririka kutoka mlimani.
The stream flowed from the mountain.
/ki'jivu/
English: Grey color.
Nguo yake ilikuwa kijivu.
His clothes were grey.
/ki'jivu/
English: Having the color grey.
Mbingu zilionekana kijivu kabla ya mvua.
The sky looked grey before the rain.
/ki'jivu/
English: Handle of a small axe.
Alishika kijivu cha kishoka kwa nguvu.
He held the handle of the axe tightly.
/kijivu'jivu/
English: See kijivu¹ (the color grey).
Ukuta uliwekwa rangi ya kijivujivu.
The wall was painted grey.
/kijivu'jivu/
English: See kijivu² (grey).
Anga lilikuwa kijivujivu asubuhi.
The sky was grey in the morning.
/ki'jiwe/
English: A pimple; acne.
Uso wake ulikuwa na kijiwe.
His face had a pimple.
/ki'jiwe/
English: See kijiweni.
Vijana walikaa kijiwe wakipiga gumzo.
The youth sat at their gathering spot chatting.
/kiji'weni/
English: Youth gathering place.
Walikutana kijiweni kujadili siasa.
They met at the hangout spot to discuss politics.
/ki'jizi/
English: A plant with bean-like leaves and white or blue flowers used as vegetable.
Mama alipika mboga za kijizi.
Mother cooked vegetables from the kijizi plant.
/kijo'dori/
English: See kibuangori.
Wakulima walitumia kijodori kulima.
The farmers used kijodori for farming.
/kijo'go:/
English: Womanizer.
Yule kijogoo alijulikana kijijini.
That womanizer was well known in the village.
/kijo'go:/
English: Small rooster.
Kijogoo alipiga kelele alfajiri.
The small rooster crowed at dawn.
/kijo'go:/
English: A colorful fish with spines.
Wavuvi walipata kijogoo samaki.
The fishermen caught a fish called kijogoo.
/kijo'go:/
English: A skilled or brave person.
Kijogoo wa mpira alifunga magoli matatu.
The football expert scored three goals.
/kijo'go:/
English: A type of barnacle stuck on rocks or vessels.
Jahazi lilikuwa limejaa kijogoo upande wake.
The dhow was covered with barnacles on its side.
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