Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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ki-su-guu
English: See kichuguu
Alikaa juu ya kisuguu akipumzika.
He sat on the anthill while resting.
ki-sui
English: A leopard cub
Wawindaji walimwona kisui msituni.
The hunters saw a leopard cub in the forest.
ki-su-ka-ri
English: A type of small banana that is very sweet and not cooked
Watoto walikula ndizi za kisukari.
The children ate small sweet bananas.
ki-su-ka-ri
English: Diabetes; a disease caused by too much sugar in the body
Babu anaumwa kisukari.
Grandfather suffers from diabetes.
ki-su-ka-ri
English: A type of fish with a white belly and yellow-blue stripes
Samaki wa kisukari walipatikana baharini.
The striped fish were found in the sea.
ki-su-kio
English: A tool used to churn milk to get curds; a churn
Walitumia kisukio kutengeneza maziwa mgando.
They used a churn to make curdled milk.
ki-su-ku-ku
English: A fossil from ancient remains of living creatures
Watafiti waligundua kisukuku cha dinosaur.
Researchers discovered a dinosaur fossil.
ki-su-ku-mi
English: A growth on a woman's gum, believed to cause the death of the husband or children
Walimpeleka hospitali kwa sababu ya kisukumi.
They took her to the hospital because of the gum growth.
ki-su-ku-mi
English: A person who frequently loses spouses to death
Walisema ni kisukumi kwa sababu wake zake hufa mara kwa mara.
They said he is cursed since his wives die frequently.
ki-su-ku-mi
English: A person who fails in what they do
Alijulikana kama kisukumi kwa kushindwa kila mara.
He was known as a constant failure.
ki-su-ku-su-ku
English: See kisugudi
Kisukusuku kilionekana kwenye kiwiko chake.
A swelling was seen on his elbow.
ki-su-li
English: Dizziness
Alipata kisuli baada ya kusimama ghafla.
He felt dizzy after standing up suddenly.
ki-su-li
English: A whirlwind
Kisuli kilivuma shambani na kuharibu mazao.
A whirlwind swept through the farm and destroyed the crops.
ki-su-li-su-li
English: The feeling of wanting to fall; dizziness
Alisikia kisulisuli alipoinuka haraka.
He felt dizzy when he stood up quickly.
ki-su-li-su-li
English: A bunch or cluster without a tail
Alinunua kisulisuli cha ndizi sokoni.
He bought a cluster of bananas at the market.
ki-su-li-su-li
English: An insect like a mosquito, red and yellow, that eats leaves and cotton wool
Kisulisuli kiliangamiza mimea ya pamba.
The insect destroyed the cotton plants.
ki-su-li-su-li
English: A whirlwind
Kisulisuli kilipita karibu na nyumba yao.
A whirlwind passed near their house.
ki-sun-zai
English: See kisunzi
Alipata kisunzai baada ya kunywa dawa.
He felt dizziness after taking medicine.
ki-sun-zi
English: Dizziness
Baada ya kukimbia, alihisi kisunzi kichwani.
After running, he felt dizzy in his head.
ki-sun-zu
English: See kibwenzi
Walimcheka kwa sababu ya kisunzu chake.
They laughed at him because of his deformity.
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