Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/myo'ndo/
English: See mnyondo (hammer).
Tazama pia mnyondo.
See also hammer.
/myo'o/
English: A type of tree.
Myoo ulikua kaskazini mwa kijiji.
The tree grew north of the village.
/myo'ta/
English: One who dreams; dreamer.
Myota alielezea ndoto yake ya jana.
The dreamer explained his dream from last night.
/myo'yo/
English: (1) Heart. (2) Courage. (3) Anger.
Myoyo ya wanajamii ilijaa hasira.
The hearts of the community were filled with anger.
/myza'bibu/
English: Vineyard.
Wakulima walilima myzabibu kwa ajili ya divai.
Farmers cultivated vineyards for wine.
/mze'e/
English: Old person; elder.
Mzee alitoa ushauri kwa vijana.
The elder gave advice to the youth.
/mzi/
English: Pus from a wound.
Kidonda chake kilitoa mzi.
His wound discharged pus.
/mzi'go/
English: Load; burden.
Alibeba mzigo mkubwa mgongoni.
He carried a heavy load on his back.
/mzi'mu/
English: Spirit of the dead.
Walihusisha ugonjwa na mzimu wa mababu.
They associated the illness with the spirit of ancestors.
/mzi'ŋga/
English: (1) Beehive. (2) Cannon or gun.
Askari walitumia mzinga vitani.
The soldiers used a cannon in battle.
/mzi'ngo/
English: Encirclement; siege.
Jeshi lilifanya mzingo wa mji.
The army laid a siege on the city.
/mziʃi/
English: Undertaker; one who buries the dead.
Mzishi aliandaa mwili wa marehemu kwa mazishi.
The undertaker prepared the body for burial.
/mzi'zi/
English: Root.
Mzizi wa mti ulikuwa mkubwa.
The tree's root was huge.
/mzo'ga/
English: Carcass; dead body of an animal.
Simba alikula mzoga wa nyati.
The lion ate the carcass of a buffalo.
/mzo'zo/
English: Conflict; quarrel.
Kulikuwa na mzozo kati ya ndugu.
There was a conflict between the brothers.
/mzu'ngu/
English: White person; foreigner (especially European).
Waliita mgeni mzungu.
They called the visitor a foreigner.
/mzungu'ko/
English: Circle; rotation.
Dunia hufanya mzunguko mmoja kila siku.
The Earth makes one rotation each day.
/mzuʃi/
English: Inventor of lies; deceiver.
Yeye ni mzushi anayependa kutunga uongo.
He is a liar who loves to invent falsehoods.
/mzwa'da/
English: Draft of a book, document, or plan.
Aliandika mzwada wa kitabu chake kipya.
He wrote a draft of his new book.
/mzwan'do/
English: Weak person; coward.
Mzwando hakuthubutu kupigana.
The weakling did not dare fight.
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