Kamusi ya Kiswahili

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Kisoi

ki-soi

English: Destruction, badness, chaos, nuisance

Example (Swahili):

Vita vilileta kisoi kikubwa katika nchi.

Example (English):

The war brought great destruction to the country.

Kisokotero

ki-so-ko-te-ro

English: Something tangled

Example (Swahili):

Alitenganisha kamba zilizokuwa kisokotero.

Example (English):

He untangled the ropes that were in a mess.

Kisokoto

ki-so-ko-to

English: A drum played for the circumcision ceremony

Example (Swahili):

Walipiga kisokoto wakati wa sherehe ya tohara.

Example (English):

They played the drum during the circumcision ceremony.

Kisomo¹

ki-so-mo

English: Basic education; fundamental knowledge

Example (Swahili):

Elimu ya msingi huitwa kisomo katika maeneo mengine.

Example (English):

Primary education is called kisomo in some areas.

Kisomo²

ki-so-mo

English: The state of reading the Quran and praying in a gathering of Muslims for a specific purpose

Example (Swahili):

Walikusanyika kwa kisomo cha Qurani usiku.

Example (English):

They gathered for Quran recitation at night.

Kisondo

ki-son-do

English: A type of small drum

Example (Swahili):

Kisondo kilitumiwa kupiga muziki wa jadi.

Example (English):

The small drum was used to play traditional music.

Kisongo¹

ki-son-go

English: 1. The manner of tangling; entanglement. 2. A device used to tighten something loose

Example (Swahili):

Kamba ilikuwa kisongo kikubwa.

Example (English):

The rope was badly entangled.

Kisongo²

ki-son-go

English: A tourniquet; a device used to stop the flow of blood

Example (Swahili):

Walitumia kisongo kuzuia damu isiendelee kutoka.

Example (English):

They used a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.

Kisonoko

ki-so-no-ko

English: 1. An uncivilized or rude person. 2. A despised servant

Example (Swahili):

Walimuita kisonoko kwa tabia zake mbaya.

Example (English):

They called him uncivilized because of his bad manners.

Kisonono

ki-so-no-no

English: A sexually transmitted disease that causes discharge of pus or blood; gonorrhea

Example (Swahili):

Kisonono ni ugonjwa unaohitaji tiba ya haraka.

Example (English):

Gonorrhea is a disease that requires urgent treatment.

Kisonzo

ki-son-zo

English: Dung beetles in cow dung

Example (Swahili):

Kisonzo walionekana wakiviringisha samadi.

Example (English):

The dung beetles were seen rolling manure.

Kisoshalisti

ki-so-sha-lis-ti

English: Socialist; believing in the philosophy that production should benefit the wider society

Example (Swahili):

Chama hicho kilifuata sera za kisoshalisti.

Example (English):

That party followed socialist policies.

Kisra

kis-ra

English: See kisira

Example (Swahili):

Mama alitengeneza kisra cha kula jioni.

Example (English):

Mother prepared kisra to eat in the evening.

Kistari

kis-ta-ri

English: A hyphen to connect two words

Example (Swahili):

Tumia kistari kuunganisha maneno hayo mawili.

Example (English):

Use a hyphen to connect those two words.

Kisu

ki-su

English: A knife

Example (Swahili):

Alikata nyanya kwa kisu.

Example (English):

She cut the tomatoes with a knife.

Kisua

ki-sua

English: See kiswa

Example (Swahili):

Alivaa kisua chake cha sherehe.

Example (English):

He wore his ceremonial attire.

Kisuduru

ki-su-du-ru

English: The recycle bin in a computer where deleted items are stored

Example (Swahili):

Faili lako liko kwenye kisuduru cha tarakilishi.

Example (English):

Your file is in the computer's recycle bin.

Kisuga

ki-su-ga

English: See mnavu

Example (Swahili):

Walipanda kisuga shambani mwao.

Example (English):

They planted mnavu in their farm.

Kisugudi

ki-su-gu-di

English: The elbow

Example (Swahili):

Alipigwa kisugudi na kuumia.

Example (English):

He was hit on the elbow and got hurt.

Kisuguru

ki-su-gu-ru

English: A callus; hardness on the body due to friction

Example (Swahili):

Viatu vipya vilimletea kisuguru miguuni.

Example (English):

The new shoes gave him calluses on his feet.

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