Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/ki'kanda/
English: A small pouch for tobacco.
Mzee alibeba kikanda cha tumbaku.
The old man carried a pouch of tobacco.
/ki'kande/
English: A fish with hard grey skin.
Samaki kikande alihitaji kuoshwa vizuri kabla ya kupikwa.
The kikande fish needed to be cleaned well before cooking.
/kikapa'gio/
English: Pedal.
Alikanyaga kikanyagio cha baiskeli.
He pressed the bicycle pedal.
/kikomunisti/
English: Following the political or economic system of communism; communist.
Alisoma siasa za kikomunisti chuoni.
He studied communist politics at the university.
/ki'konde/
English: A type of banana.
Walipika ndizi za kikonde kwa chakula cha mchana.
They cooked kikonde bananas for lunch.
/kiko'ndo:/
English: With great patience; with endurance.
Alivumilia matatizo yake kwa kikondoo.
He endured his troubles with patience.
/ki'kongo/
English: A large curved horn used in medicine.
Mganga alitumia kikongo kutengeneza dawa.
The healer used a horn to prepare medicine.
/ki'kongwe/
English: Old person; aged.
Kikongwe huyo alikaa kivulini.
The old person sat in the shade.
/ki'kono/
English: A person with a crippled arm.
Kikono alijitahidi kufanya kazi kwa mkono mmoja.
The man with a crippled arm struggled to work with one hand.
/ki'kono/
English: A rope tied from a mast to the side of a vessel.
Kikono kilifungwa vizuri kwenye mashua.
The rope was tied securely to the boat.
/ki'kono/
English: See mkono³.
Walitumia kikono kwa kazi ya kilimo.
They used the arm for farming work.
/ki'kono/
English: A stalk of fruit or flower.
Kikonyo cha ua kilikatwa kwa kisu.
The stalk of the flower was cut with a knife.
/ki'konzo/
English: After a long time; by delay.
Alifika kikonzo baada ya wote kuondoka.
He arrived late after everyone had left.
/ki'kope/
English: An eye swelling disease; conjunctivitis.
Alilazwa hospitali kwa kikope.
He was hospitalized for conjunctivitis.
/kiko'pesa/
English: Loft or attic space under a roof.
Walihifadhi nafaka kwenye kikopessa.
They stored grain in the attic.
/ki'kopo/
English: A small tin can.
Aliweka maziwa kwenye kikopo.
He put milk in a tin can.
/ki'kopo/
English: A rascal; a shameless person (expression).
Moto wa kikopo alimkera kila mtu.
The rascal annoyed everyone.
/ki'kopwe/
English: See kilopwe.
Walitumia kikopwe kama chombo cha maji.
They used the kikopwe as a water vessel.
/ki'kora/
English: A sugarcane stalk.
Mtoto alitafuna kikora cha miwa.
The child chewed a sugarcane stalk.
/ki'kore/
English: A small farm or plot.
Familia ilipanda mahindi kwenye kikore.
The family planted maize on the small farm.
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