Kamusi ya Kiswahili

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Kipando¹

ki-pan-do

English: A vehicle for travel, e.g., bus or bicycle

Example (Swahili):

Walisafiri kwa kipando¹ cha basi.

Example (English):

They traveled by bus.

Kipando²

ki-pan-do

English: A crop grown on a farm

Example (Swahili):

Shamba limejaa vipando² vya mpunga.

Example (English):

The farm is full of rice crops.

Kipanga

ki-pan-ga

English: A hawk; a bird of prey that eats chickens or carrion

Example (Swahili):

Kipanga alishuka na kumshika kifaranga.

Example (English):

The hawk swooped down and caught a chick.

Kipanya¹

ki-pa-nya

English: A computer pointing device; a mouse

Example (Swahili):

Alihamisha faili kwa kutumia kipanya¹.

Example (English):

He moved the file using the mouse.

Kipanya²

ki-pa-nya

English: A small passenger bus

Example (Swahili):

Walisafiri mjini kwa kipanya².

Example (English):

They traveled to town by minibus.

Kipanzi

ki-pan-zi

English: A planting machine; a planter

Example (Swahili):

Wakulima walipanda mahindi kwa kutumia kipanzi.

Example (English):

Farmers planted maize using a planter.

Kipapa¹

ki-pa-pa

English: A heartbeat; palpitations; worry

Example (Swahili):

Alihisi kipapa¹ baada ya kushtuka ghafla.

Example (English):

He felt palpitations after being startled.

Kipapa²

ki-pa-pa

English: Trembling from cold or fear

Example (Swahili):

Mtoto alitetemeka kwa kipapa² cha baridi.

Example (English):

The child trembled from the cold.

Kipapae

ki-pa-pa-e

English: A sorcerer; a person who practices witchcraft

Example (Swahili):

Walisema kijiji chao kilikuwa na kipapae.

Example (English):

They said their village had a sorcerer.

Kipapai¹

ki-pa-pai

English: A type of love potion or witchcraft to separate people

Example (Swahili):

Walisema amelogwa kwa kipapai¹.

Example (English):

They said he had been bewitched with a love potion.

Kipapai²

ki-pa-pai

English: See kipapae

Example (Swahili):

Yeye ni kipapai² anayejulikana kijijini.

Example (English):

He is a known sorcerer in the village.

Kipapare

ki-pa-pa-re

English: A small fish

Example (Swahili):

Mvuvi alikamata kipapare baharini.

Example (English):

The fisherman caught a small fish in the sea.

Kipapariko

ki-pa-pa-ri-ko

English: See kipapatio

Example (Swahili):

Alitumia kipapariko cha kuku kupika supu.

Example (English):

He used a chicken wing for making soup.

Kipapasi

ki-pa-pa-si

English: See kipapasio

Example (Swahili):

Alishika kipapasi mkononi.

Example (English):

He held the insect antenna in his hand.

Kipapasio

ki-pa-pa-sio

English: An insect's antenna

Example (Swahili):

Mdudu hutumia kipapasio kutambua mazingira.

Example (English):

The insect uses its antenna to sense the environment.

Kipapatiko

ki-pa-pa-ti-ko

English: See kipapatio

Example (Swahili):

Waliokaanga kipapatiko cha bata.

Example (English):

They fried the duck's wing.

Kipapatio

ki-pa-pa-tio

English: A bird's wing, e.g., of a chicken or guinea fowl

Example (Swahili):

Alitoa manyoya ya kipapatio cha kuku.

Example (English):

He plucked feathers from the chicken's wing.

Kipapatio

ki-pa-pa-ti-ro

English: A part of a bird's wing

Example (Swahili):

Mkulima alipika kipapatio cha kuku.

Example (English):

The farmer cooked the chicken's wing.

Kipapo

ki-pa-po

English: Anxiety, worry

Example (Swahili):

Alipata kipapo kabla ya mtihani.

Example (English):

He felt anxious before the exam.

Kipara¹

ki-pa-ra

English: A bald head; a scalp with no hair

Example (Swahili):

Baba ana kipara¹ juu ya kichwa.

Example (English):

Father has a bald head.

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