Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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ko-ke-nii
English: 1. A white medicinal powder that turns blue in water. 2. A traditional medicine from the mkoka plant used to treat lockjaw
Waliweka kokenii ndani ya maji na ikawa ya buluu.
They placed the white powder in water and it turned blue.
ko-ko-a
English: To gather rubbish or dust; to sweep
Alikokoa taka zote ndani ya nyumba.
He swept all the rubbish inside the house.
ko-ko-a
English: To remove grains of maize from their cobs
Walikokoa mahindi kwa mikono.
They removed maize grains from the cobs by hand.
ko-ko-a
English: 1. The fruit of the cacao tree. 2. Cocoa powder. 3. A drink made from cocoa
Watoto walikunywa koko moto asubuhi.
The children drank hot cocoa in the morning.
ko-ko-a
English: To remove the dry coconut from its husk after breaking
Waliendelea kukokoa nazi kwa chakula.
They continued scraping coconut for food.
ko-ko-a
English: To remove weeds from cultivated plots
Wakulima walikokoa shamba asubuhi.
The farmers weeded the farm in the morning.
ko-ko
English: The hard inner part of a fruit; a seed or pit
Alitupa koko la embe nje.
He threw away the mango seed.
ko-ko
English: Testicles
Alijeruhiwa sehemu za koko.
He was injured in the testicles.
ko-ko
English: 1. Low-growing plants in mangroves. 2. Roots that appear above water like stilts
Walisafiri kupitia miti ya koko.
They traveled through mangrove plants.
ko-ko
English: Wild, unruly, of low quality or uncivilized
Tabia yake ilionekana koko.
His behavior was seen as unruly.
ko-ko
English: Dirt that has crusted on the body
Mtoto alikuwa na koko mwilini baada ya kucheza.
The child had crusted dirt on his body after playing.
ko-ko
English: A mangrove forest
Samaki walipatikana ndani ya koko.
Fish were found in the mangrove forest.
ko-ko-chi
English: An immature coconut without water inside
Walipata kokochi chini ya mnazi.
They found an unripe coconut under the palm tree.
ko-ko-ko
English: A type of flat-bodied saltwater fish
Wavuvi walivua kokoko baharini.
The fishermen caught flat-bodied fish in the sea.
ko-ko-le-a
English: To remove something that was present
Alikokolea taka zote mezani.
He cleared all the rubbish from the table.
ko-ko-li-ko
English: See kokoriko
Neno kokoliko lina maana sawa na kokoriko.
The word kokoliko means the same as kokoriko.
ko-ko-me-a
English: To fasten something firmly in place; to wedge
Alikokomea mlango kwa mbao.
He fastened the door with planks.
ko-ko-me-ka
English: To put something somewhere with force; to wedge in
Jiwe lilikokoméka kwenye ufa.
The stone was wedged in the crack.
ko-ko-me-za
English: To force something into a small space
Aliweza kokomeza nguo kwenye begi.
He managed to force the clothes into the bag.
ko-ko-mo-a
English: To force something out of the throat or stomach; to dislodge
Alikokomea kipande cha chakula kutoka kooni.
He dislodged the piece of food from his throat.
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