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The Kamusi Project English-Swahili Dictionary
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start, pl starts
{ Swahili: mwanzo
, pl mianzo [derived: anza V]
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noun 3/4
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start { Swahili: -anza
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verb
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English Example: They started to use this dictionary last year.
Swahili Example: Walianza kutumia kamusi hii mwaka uliopita.
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start { Swahili: -stati
[derived: Engl.]
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verb
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English Example: start, ignite
Swahili Example: tia [piga] stati
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starter, pl starters
{ Swahili: kianzio
, pl vianzio [derived: Swahili -anza]
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noun 7/8
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English Example: ten beers were like a starter
Swahili Example: bia kumi zilikuwa kama kianzio [Mt]
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be startled { Swahili: -stuka
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verb intransitive
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English Example: (s)he suddenly gets startled and stands up
Swahili Example: anastuka ghafla na kusimama [Muk]
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startle { Swahili: -shtua
(or -shitua or -stua)
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verb
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[see also: shtuko; mshtuko; mshtuo]
English Example: that action would not have startled her
Swahili Example: kile kitendo kisingemstua [Muk]
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be startled { Swahili: -shtuka
[derived: Swahili -shtua]
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verb intransitive
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English Example: Bahati was startled and answered him
Swahili Example: Bahati akashtuka na kumjibu [Sul]
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startling thing, pl startling thing
{ Swahili: shani
, pl shani
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noun 9/10
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state { Swahili: daula
, pl madaula
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noun
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English Example: chief of state
Swahili Example: mkuu wa daula
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state, pl states
{ Swahili: dola
, pl madola
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noun 5/6
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English Example: chief of state
Swahili Example: mkuu wa dola
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state, pl states
{ Swahili: hali
(or uhali or ilhali), pl hali [derived: Arabic]
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noun 9/10
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English Example: state of emergency
Swahili Example: hali ya hatari
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state, pl states
{ Swahili: mtaa
, pl mitaa
}
noun 3/4
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English Definition: an administrative or territorial unit
[note: rare.]
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state { Swahili: -arifu
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verb
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[note: Cf. maarifa, maarufu, taarifa, umaarufu.]
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Entry below is stated
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be stated { Swahili: -tamkwa
[derived: tamka V]
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verb
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Swahili Example: maneno yametamkwa kwa mkazo wa kialimu [Muk]
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statement (esp one which states something needed or desired), pl statements
{ Swahili: risala
, pl risala
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noun 9/10
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statement (public) { Swahili: ilani
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noun
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Swahili Example: ilani ya ulimwengu kuhusu haki za binadamu
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statement (written or spoken), pl statements
{ Swahili: taarifa
, pl taarifa [derived: arifu]
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noun 9/10
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statement (written or spoken) { Swahili: taarifu
, pl taarifu [derived: arifu]
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noun 9/10
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written statement { Swahili: andiko
, pl maandiko [derived: (rare)]
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noun
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bus station, pl bus stations
{ Swahili: kituo cha basi
, pl vituo vya basi
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noun 7/8
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[see also: basi]
English Example: if he wants to be escorted to the bus station
Swahili Example: kama anataka kushindikizwa mpaka kwenye kituo cha basi [Ya]
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police station, pl police stations
{ Swahili: kituo cha polisi
, pl vituo vya polisi
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noun 7/8
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[see also: polisi]
English Example: to visit another Kaburu in another police station
Swahili Example: kumtembelea Kaburu mwingine katika kituo kingine cha polisi [Ng]
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station { Swahili: stesheni
, pl stesheni [derived: Engl.]
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noun 9/10
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English Example: petrol station
Swahili Example: stesheni ya mafuta/petroli
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train station, pl train stations
{ Swahili: kituo cha gari la moshi
, pl vituo vya gari la moshi
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noun 7/8
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[see also: gari; moshi]
English Example: it was around 8:00 on September 23, an estimated 1500 youths from the city of Soweto successfully gathered in the train station intending to continue to the center of the city
Swahili Example: ilikuwa majira ya saa mbili ya Septemba 23, vijana waliokisiwa kufikia 1500 wa mjini wa Soweto walifaulu kujikusanya katika kituo cha gari moshi wakilenga kuelekea katikati ya jiji (An-nuur Na. 221)
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statistic, pl statistics
{ Swahili: takwimu
, pl takwimu [derived: Arabic]
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noun 9/10
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statue, pl statues
{ Swahili: kumbusho
(or kumbukumbu), pl makumbusho (or kumbukumbu or makumbukumbu) [derived: Swahili -kumbuka]
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noun 5/6
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statue, pl statues
{ Swahili: sanamu
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noun 9/10
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English Example: (s)he looked at the statute of Jesus
Swahili Example: aliitazama sanamu ya Yesu [Kez]
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stature, pl statures
{ Swahili: kima
, pl vima [derived: Arabic]
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noun 7/8
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[see also: kimo]
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stature, pl statures
{ Swahili: kimo
, pl vimo [derived: Arabic]
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noun 7/8
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[see also: kima]
English Example: when she looked at the height, stature, and wholeness of that woman
Swahili Example: alipoangalia tambo, kimo na uzima wa bibi huyu [Moh]
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stature (above the average), pl statures
{ Swahili: tambo
(or utambo), pl tambo
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noun 9/10
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of the same status { Swahili: kifu
[derived: Arabic]
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adjective
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social status, pl social statuses
{ Swahili: daraja
, pl madaraja
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noun 5/6
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status, pl statuses
{ Swahili: cheo
, pl vyeo
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noun 7/8
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English Example: the status and honor he was given by people made him forget where he came from
Swahili Example: cheo na ulwa aliopewa na watu ulimsahaulisha wapi alikotoka [Moh]
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status { Swahili: sharaf
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noun 9
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English Example: her status does not allow her to live here
Swahili Example: Sharaf yake haimruhusu kukaa hapa
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status (of an official or officer) { Swahili: uafisa
[derived: English office]
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noun 14
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status (of an official or officer) { Swahili: uofisa
[derived: English office]
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noun 14
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statute, pl statutes
{ Swahili: mkataba
, pl mikataba [derived: katiba V]
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noun 3/4
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statute, pl statutes
{ Swahili: sharti
(or shurti or shuruti or sherti), pl masharti (or mashurti or mashuruti or masherti) [derived: Arabic]
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noun 5/6
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[see also: shuruti; -shurutisha]
[note: usually masharti.]
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stay { Swahili: -baki
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verb
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Swahili Definition: kutoondoka
English Example: One entered the room and the other stayed here.
Swahili Example: Mmoja aliingia chumbani na mwingine akabaki hapa [Masomo 167]
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stay { Swahili: -kaa
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verb
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English Example: her hopes of staying with those children resided in the five-month old fetus she now had
Swahili Example: matumaini yake ya kukaa pamoja na watoto hao [...] yalikaa katika mimba ya miezi mitano aliyokuwa nayo sasa [Kez]
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stay { Swahili: -salia
[derived: Swahili saa]
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verb applicative
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English Example: muslims stay for a corpse in the mosque
Swahili Example: waislamu husaliwa maiti msikitini
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stay all day long { Swahili: -shinda
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verb
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English Example: my mother's friend stayed at home all day long
Swahili Example: Rafiki ya mama alishinda kwetu leo
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stay up at night { Swahili: -kesha
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verb
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Swahili Example: alikesha chumbani humo usiku kucha bila ya usingizi [Ng]
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stay up with { Swahili: -keshea
[derived: kesho; mkesha]
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verb
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Swahili Example: keshea na mgonjwa
[note: stay up with a sick person..]
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stay-at-home, pl stay-at-homes
{ Swahili: mtaawa
, pl wataawa [derived: tawa V]
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noun 1/2
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stay-at-home, pl stay-at-homes
{ Swahili: mtawa
, pl watawa [derived: tawa V]
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noun 1/2
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