Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/mtʃoŋˈgadʒi/
English: A person who carves various objects; a craftsman.
Mchongaji alichonga kijiko kwa mikono yake.
The craftsman carved a spoon by hand.
/mtʃoŋgaˈniʃi/
English: A person who sows discord; a troublemaker.
Mchonganishi huyo aliwafanya marafiki kugombana.
The instigator made the friends quarrel.
/mtʃoŋgeˈlezi/
English: A person who spreads false information; a gossip.
Mchongelezi alieneza uvumi bila kujua ukweli.
The gossip spread rumors without knowing the truth.
/mtʃoŋˈgezi/
English: A person with a habit of causing conflict; an instigator.
Mchongezi alizua matatizo kazini kwa maneno yake.
The instigator caused trouble at work with his words.
/mˈtʃoŋgo/
English: A style of carving with knives or chisels.
Mchongo wa sanamu ulionyesha ustadi wa fundi.
The carving style of the statue showed the artisan's skill.
/mtʃoŋgaˈnano/
English: Banter; playful or mocking exchange of words.
Marafiki walikuwa kwenye mchongoano wa utani.
The friends were engaged in playful teasing.
/mtʃoŋˈgoma/
English: A thorny shrub used as a fence; a small issue that can cause big problems.
Wakulima walipanda mchongoma kuzunguka shamba lao.
The farmers planted thorny shrubs around their farm as a fence.
/mˈtʃondʒo/
English: See mkamasi.
Angalia neno mkamasi kwa maana kamili.
See the word mkamasi for the full meaning.
/mtʃoˈɲoto/
English: A stinging sensation in a wound, especially after applying medicine.
Alihisi mchonyoto kidogo baada ya kuweka dawa kwenye jeraha.
He felt a sting after applying medicine to the wound.
/mtʃoˈɲoto/
English: The act of sprinkling or dripping a liquid from above.
Alifanya mchonyoto wa maji juu ya mimea mchanga.
He sprinkled water over the young plants.
/mˈtʃoo/
English: The season of light rains between July and October in East Africa.
Mvua za mchoo huleta ubaridi na upepo.
The short rains bring cool weather and wind.
/mtʃoˈpozi/
English: A pickpocket.
Mchopozi alimnyang'anya simu ndani ya basi.
The pickpocket snatched a phone inside the bus.
/mtʃoraˈtʃora/
English: A person who draws poorly or carelessly.
Mchorachora huyo hujaza daftari kwa michoro isiyoeleweka.
The careless doodler filled the notebook with random sketches.
/mtʃoˈradʒi/
English: An artist; someone who draws.
Mchoraji alichora picha ya mandhari ya pwani.
The artist drew a picture of a coastal landscape.
/mtʃoraˈramani/
English: A cartographer; a person who draws maps.
Mchoraramani alitengeneza ramani sahihi ya mji.
The cartographer created an accurate map of the city.
/mˈtʃoro/
English: 1. A drawing or sketch. 2. The act or style of drawing. 3. An illustration resulting from drawing.
Mchoro wake ulionyesha nyumba ya ndoto zake.
His drawing showed the house of his dreams.
/mtʃoroˈtʃoro/
English: Sloppy or careless drawing or writing.
Mchorochoro wake haukuwa rahisi kusoma.
His messy handwriting was difficult to read.
/mˈtʃoroko/
English: A climbing plant that produces peas or beans.
Mchoroko hupanda haraka kwenye ua la nyumba.
The climbing bean plant quickly grows along the house fence.
/mtʃoroˈti/
English: (Grammar) A method of analyzing sentences using tree diagrams.
Wanafunzi walijifunza mchoroti wa sentensi darasani.
The students learned sentence tree analysis in class.
/mtʃoroˈti/
English: (Grammar) A tree diagram used for sentence analysis.
Mwalimu alionyesha mchoroti wa kitenzi na kiima.
The teacher displayed a tree diagram showing the verb and subject.
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