Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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ki-san-go
English: A young boy
Kisango alionekana akicheza kandanda.
The young boy was seen playing football.
ki-sa-ni-fu
English: A standardized language in vocabulary and grammar, accepted for use
Kiswahili kisanifu hufundishwa mashuleni.
Standard Swahili is taught in schools.
ki-sa-ram-be
English: A type of poetic composition with eleven meters per line
Washairi walibuni kisarambe cha kuvutia.
The poets composed an impressive poetic form.
ki-sa-ra-wan-da
English: A white cloth spread on the bed on the wedding day to confirm the bride's virginity
Wazee walitandaza kisarawanda siku ya harusi.
The elders spread the white cloth on the wedding day.
ki-sa-ri-zi
English: A type of soil from termite mounds, good for making bricks
Wajenzi walitumia kisarizi kutengeneza matofali.
Builders used termite-mound soil to make bricks.
ki-sa-si
English: The intention or desire to retaliate for a wrong done; revenge
Aliapa kulipa kisasi kwa maumivu aliyosababishiwa.
He swore to take revenge for the pain caused to him.
ki-sa-si-li
English: A story about how a custom, event, or situation originated; an origin myth
Walihusisha kisasili cha kabila lao.
They narrated the origin myth of their tribe.
ki-sa-su-li
English: A story explaining the origin of a behavior or nature; an origin tale
Kisasuli cha simba kilifundisha ushujaa.
The lion's origin tale taught bravery.
ki-saw
English: A synonym; a word with the same meaning as another
"Furaha" ni kisaw cha "shangwe."
"Joy" is a synonym of "delight."
ki-se-be-ho
English: Breakfast
Tulipata kisebeho saa mbili asubuhi.
We had breakfast at 8 a.m.
ki-se-bu-se-bu
English: A person who pretends not to want something but actually does
Yeye ni kisebusebu, anajifanya hataki msaada.
He is a pretender, acting like he doesn't want help.
ki-se-bu-se-bu
English: The state of pretending not to want something
Alionyesha kisebusebu wakati wa mazungumzo.
He showed pretense during the discussion.
ki-se-ge-re
English: Corn dried by the sun
Walihifadhi kisegere kwa chakula cha baadaye.
They stored the sun-dried maize for later food.
ki-se-ke-le
English: A piece of cloth; a patch
Alishona suruali yake kwa kisekele.
He patched his trousers with a piece of cloth.
ki-se-ko-se-ko
English: A condition that makes a person laugh without reason
Mgonjwa alikuwa na kisekoseko cha kucheka bila sababu.
The patient had a condition of laughing without reason.
ki-se-ma-chen-do
English: A walkie-talkie; a device used by police or security to communicate while moving
Polisi walitumia kisemachendo kuwasiliana.
The police used a walkie-talkie to communicate.
ki-sen-ge-ne
English: A type of bird with blue feathers on the back and grey on the chest
Niliona kisengenye kikipaa angani.
I saw the blue-backed bird flying in the sky.
ki-sen-ge-re-nu-ma
English: 1. The act of referring back to a past event. 2. The act of walking backwards
Alitumia kisengerenyuma kueleza historia.
He used a backward reference to explain history.
ki-sen-ge-re-nu-ma
English: A rhetorical device of reference
Mwandishi alitumia kisengerenyuma katika insha.
The writer used a rhetorical backward reference in the essay.
ki-sen-ge-re-tua
English: A remote control for turning on or changing channels on TV or radio
Alibadilisha kituo kwa kisengeretua.
He changed the channel with the remote control.
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