Kamusi ya Kiswahili
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/ra'tiba/
English: Schedule; timetable
Angalia ratiba ya mabasi kabla ya kusafiri.
Check the bus schedule before traveling.
/ratibi'wa/
English: To be scheduled; to be placed on a timetable
Mkutano umesharatibiwa kwa Ijumaa.
The meeting has been scheduled for Friday.
/ra'tibu/
English: To schedule; to organize events
Waliratibu hafla kwa ufanisi.
They organized the event efficiently.
/ra'tibu/
English: To collect; to gather; to compile
Aliratibu taarifa zote katika ripoti moja.
He compiled all the information into one report.
/ra'tibu/
English: To be ready (to be eaten); to ripen
Matunda yameanza kuratibu mgranini.
The fruits have started to ripen on the tree.
/ra'tibu/
English: An organized person
Yeye ni mtu ratibu na mwenye nidhamu.
He is an organized and disciplined person.
/ra'tili/
English: To weigh; to assess quality
Aliratili kahawa kabla ya kuuza.
He weighed the coffee before selling it.
/ra'tili/
English: A unit of weight (approx. half a kilo)
Nusu ratili ya chai inatosha kwa familia.
Half a ratili of tea is enough for the family.
/ra'tili/
English: To recite the Quran; to speak carefully; to read properly
Aliratili Qurani kwa sauti tamu.
He recited the Quran in a melodious voice.
/'rato/
English: A type of hoe with three prongs
Wakulima walitumia rato kulima udongo mgumu.
Farmers used a three-pronged hoe to till the hard soil.
/'raudha/
English: Fruit garden; a small garden
Tulipumzika kwenye raudha yenye maua mengi.
We rested in a garden full of flowers.
/ra'ufu/
English: Gentle; friendly; humble
Yeye ni mtu raufu na mwenye huruma.
He is a gentle and kind person.
/ra'ufu/
English: God, the Kind and Compassionate
Tunamtegemea Raufu kwa rehema zake.
We depend on the Kind and Compassionate God.
/ra'uka/
English: To wake up early
Wakulima walianza kuamka na rauka.
The farmers woke up early in the morning.
/'raundi/
English: Round (in sports, buying drinks, or doctor's visit)
Timu yetu ilishinda raundi ya kwanza.
Our team won the first round.
/'rauni/
English: To stroll; to walk without a specific aim
Walirauni pwani kwa burudani.
They strolled along the beach for leisure.
/rau'nia/
English: To visit someone to check on their condition; to inspect
Aliraunia mgonjwa hospitalini.
He visited the patient at the hospital.
/'rausi/
English: To straighten a ship's sail after unfurling it
Mabaharia walirausi tanga baharini.
The sailors straightened the sail at sea.
/'rausi/
English: To align text (e.g., left, right, center)
Alirausi maandiko kushoto kwenye ukurasa.
He aligned the text to the left on the page.
/ra'wardi/
English: A plant with reddish stems used as a vegetable
Wakulima walipanda rawardi bustanini.
The farmers planted the reddish-stemmed vegetable.
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