Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/pa/
English: The sound of something breaking or snapping
Fimbo ilivunjika kwa sauti ya pa!
The stick broke with a snapping sound.
/paa/
English: See pa.a¹ (To fly or jump high)
Tai anapaa juu ya milima.
The eagle flies high above the mountains.
/paa/
English: The top part of a house; roof
Paa la nyumba lilivuja wakati wa mvua.
The roof of the house leaked during the rain.
/paa/
English: A small wild animal resembling a goat; antelope or duiker
Tuliona paa akiruka msituni.
We saw an antelope jumping in the forest.
/paa/
English: The crown of the head
Alipigwa kwenye paa la kichwa.
He was struck on the crown of his head.
/paaza/
English: To raise the voice; to make a sound louder
Alipaaza sauti kumuita rafiki yake.
He raised his voice to call his friend.
/paaza/
English: To direct a vessel toward a certain place or direction
Nahodha alip.a meli kuelekea bandari.
The captain directed the ship toward the harbor.
/pacha/
English: Children born in the same birth; twins
Mariamu alijifungua watoto pacha.
Mariam gave birth to twins.
/pacha/
English: A place where two things fork, e.g., between fingers
Pete ilikaa vizuri kwenye pacha ya vidole.
The ring fit well between the fingers.
/pacha/
English: That which is together with another thing
Kiti hiki ni pacha wa kile kingine.
This chair is a twin of the other one.
/pachana/
English: To be very close to the point of touching
Nyumba zao zinapachana karibu sana.
Their houses are very close together.
/pachanga/
English: A type of old music style from the 60s
Wazee walicheza muziki wa pachanga usiku kucha.
The elders danced to pachanga music all night.
/pachapacha/
English: Very close together; side by side
Walisimama pachapacha wakitazama picha.
They stood side by side looking at the picture.
/pache/
English: A piece of palm leaf that entered wrongly during weaving
Aliondoa pache lililokwama kwenye mkeka.
She removed the misplaced palm leaf from the mat.
/pache/
English: Teeth that have grown overlapping; crooked teeth
Mtoto ana meno ya pache.
The child has crooked teeth.
/pachi/
English: A small open space; a gap or crack
Pachi dogo lilionekana ukutani.
A small crack appeared on the wall.
/pachika/
English: To place something on top of another; to hang
Alipachika picha ukutani.
He hung the picture on the wall.
/pachika/
English: To make a woman pregnant
Mwanamume alim.pachika msichana ujauzito.
The man made the girl pregnant.
/pachike/
English: Fixed onto a part without a proper grip
Kifuniko kimepachike vizuri lakini si imara.
The lid is attached but not firmly.
/pachikwa/
English: The space between one finger and another
Pete ilim.bana kwenye pachikwa la kidole.
The ring was tight between his fingers.
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