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The Kamusi Project English-Swahili Dictionary
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Entry below is whitebait - this headword has not been grouped
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whitebait, pl whitebait
{ Swahili: dagaa
(or daga), pl dagaa (or daga) [derived: Arabic]
} [Terminology: marine]
noun 9/10an
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whitebait, pl whitebait
{ Swahili: kijino
, pl vijino
} [Terminology: marine]
noun 7/8an
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English Definition: minnows or other small fish
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Entry below is whiteness
Entry below is whitethroat
Entry below is whitewash - this headword has not been grouped
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whitewash { Swahili: chokaa
, pl chokaa
}
noun 9/10
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Swahili Example: [nyumba] haikupata kubadilishwa kitu tangu ilipojengwa na marehemu baba yake isipokuwa mikono miwili au mitatu hivi ya chokaa nyeupe [Sul]
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Entry below is whiting - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is whitlow
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whitlow, pl whitlow
{ Swahili: kaka
, pl kaka
} [Terminology: medical]
noun 9/10
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English Definition: a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
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Entry below is who - this headword has not been grouped
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who { Swahili: amba
}
pronoun
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English Example: those who have gone
Swahili Example: wale ambao wamekwenda
[note: amba + determinative suffix.]
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who { Swahili: ambaye
[derived: Swahili amba; ye]
}
pronoun
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English Example: the woman who is to be married
Swahili Example: mwanamke ambaye ataolewa
[note: class 1.]
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who { Swahili: ambao
[derived: Swahili amba; o]
}
pronoun
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English Example: the students who study here
Swahili Example: wanafunzi ambao wanasoma hapa
[note: class 2.]
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who { Swahili: -ye
}
verb relative
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[see also: ambaye]
English Example: the writer who wrote the story
Swahili Example: mwandishi aliyeandika hadithi
[note: class 1.]
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who { Swahili: -o
}
verb relative
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[see also: ambao]
English Example: the people who left
Swahili Example: watu walioondoka
[note: class 2.]
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Entry below is whole - this headword has not been grouped
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whole { Swahili: mote
[derived: ote]
}
adjective
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English Example: in the whole house
Swahili Example: nyumbani mote
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whole { Swahili: mwote
[derived: ote]
}
adjective
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English Example: in the whole house
Swahili Example: nyumbani mote
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whole { Swahili: ote
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adjective
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English Example: the whole country.
Swahili Example: nchi yote
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whole { Swahili: -zima
}
adjective
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[see also: mzima; uzima]
English Example: a whole loaf of bread, not just a piece
Swahili Example: mkate mzima, sio kipande tu
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Entry below is whole day
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the whole day { Swahili: kutwa
}
noun 9
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[see also: chwa]
Swahili Example: kuhesabu ndege aliowapiga kutwa moja [Moh]
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Entry below is wholeness
Entry below is wholesale - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wholly
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wholly { Swahili: hasa
[derived: husu; hususa; mahsusi]
}
adverb
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Entry below is whom
Entry below is whooping cough - this headword has not been grouped
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medicine for whooping cough { Swahili: ruzuna
, pl ruzuna
}
noun 9/10
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English Example: a medicine for whooping cough.
Swahili Example: dawa ya ruzuna
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Entry below is whore - this headword has not been grouped
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whore, pl whores
{ Swahili: hawai
, pl mahawai
}
noun 5/6an
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[note: rare.]
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Entry below is whose
Entry below is why - this headword has not been grouped
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why { Swahili: kwaje
}
adverb
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English Example: Sir, Why are you scolding us like this?
Swahili Example: Inakuwaje?; Bwana, kwaje wewe kutukaripia vile? [Masomo 415]
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Entry below is whydah - this headword has not been grouped
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long-tailed male bird with black and white colours, probably the pin-tailed whydah, pl pin-tailed whydahs
{ Swahili: bombo
, pl bombo
} [Terminology: ornithology]
taxonomy: Vidua macroura
noun 9/10an
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Entry below is wick - this headword has not been grouped
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burnt end of wick, pl burnt wick ends
{ Swahili: kope
, pl kope
}
noun 9/10
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Entry below is wicked - this headword has not been grouped
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wicked { Swahili: -baya
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adjective
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English Example: wicked person
Swahili Example: mtu mbaya
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wicked person, pl wicked people
{ Swahili: afiriti
, pl afiriti [derived: Arabic]
}
noun 9/10an
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English Example: then leave, you and your wicked partner
Swahili Example: basi tokeni wewe na huyo afiriti mwenzako [Moh]
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wicked person, pl wicked people
{ Swahili: afriti
, pl afriti
}
noun 9/10an
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wicked person, pl wicked people
{ Swahili: mng'ariza
, pl wang'ariza [derived: ng'aa V]
}
noun 1/2
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Entry below is wickedly - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wickedness - this headword has not been grouped
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wickedness, pl wickedness
{ Swahili: nuhusi
(or nuksi or nuksani), pl nuhusi (or nuksi or nuksani) [derived: Arabic]
}
noun 9/10
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wickedness { Swahili: ovu
, pl maovu
}
noun 5/6
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English Example: there are both wicked and good in the world.
Swahili Example: mema na maovu ndio ulimwengu
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wickedness { Swahili: ubilisi
[derived: Arabic]
}
noun 14
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Swahili Example: Nimwache? Matata alijiuliza katika ubilisi wake [Muk]
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Entry below is wicker
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wicker object, pl wicker objects
{ Swahili: chanja
, pl chanja
}
noun 9/10
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Entry below is wickerwork
Entry below is wide - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is widen - this headword has not been grouped
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widen { Swahili: -panua
}
verb
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Swahili Example: miguu ya Matata iliipanua miguu ya Shangwe [Muk]
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widen { Swahili: -tanua
}
verb
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English Example: they widened their garden
Swahili Example: wakatanua shamba lao [Moh]
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Entry below is widening
Entry below is widow - this headword has not been grouped
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widow, pl widows
{ Swahili: mjane
, pl wajane
}
noun 1/2
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Swahili Example: alimwona mwanamke mjane amekaa mbele [Kez]
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Entry below is widowbird - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is widower
Entry below is widowerhood
Entry below is widowhood - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is width - this headword has not been grouped
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width, pl widths
{ Swahili: tambo
(or utambo or kitambo), pl tambo (or vitambo)
}
noun 9/10
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Entry below is wife - this headword has not been grouped
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his wife, pl his wives
{ Swahili: mkewe
, pl wakewe
}
noun 1/2
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Swahili Example: mke wake
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take a wife { Swahili: -oa
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verb
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English Example: He has married off his daughter to an old man.
Swahili Example: amemwoza mtoto wake kwa mtu mzee
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take a wife { Swahili: -owa
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verb
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English Example: He has married off his daughter to an old man.
Swahili Example: amemwoza mtoto wake kwa mtu mzee
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wife, pl wives
{ Swahili: ahali
, pl ahali
}
noun 9/10an
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[note: rare.]
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wife, pl wives
{ Swahili: ahli
, pl ahli
}
noun 9/10an
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[note: rare.]
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Entry below is wigeon
Entry below is wild - this headword has not been grouped
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wild { Swahili: -kali
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adjective
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English Example: a lion is a wild animal
Swahili Example: simba ni nyama mkali
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wild { Swahili: korofi
[derived: korfika V; mkorofi N; ukorofi N]
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adjective
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wild { Swahili: mbuai
[derived: ua V; mwuaji N]
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adjective
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English Example: wild animal
Swahili Example: mnyama mbuai
[note: rare.]
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wild { Swahili: kigugu
}
adverb
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Swahili Example: jenga kigugu
[note: build in a disorderly fashion (not in rows).]
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Entry below is wild boar
Entry below is wild dog
Entry below is wildebeest - this headword has been grouped
Entry below is wilderness - this headword has not been grouped
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wilderness { Swahili: jangwa
, pl majangwa
}
noun
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Swahili Example: (=nyika, pori, pululu, wangwa)
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wilderness { Swahili: koko
, pl makoko
}
noun 5/6
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English Example: paving stones.
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wilderness { Swahili: pori
, pl mapori
}
noun 5/6
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English Example: wilderness of animals
Swahili Example: pori la wanyama
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Entry below is wildness
Entry below is wilfulness - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is will - this headword has not been grouped
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free will { Swahili: hiari
(or hitiari or ihtiari or ikhtiari), pl hiari [derived: Arabic]
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noun 9/10
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make one's (last) will { Swahili: -usia
[derived: Arabic]
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verb
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Swahili Example: uchungu ulipozidi Tamima alianza kuusia [Moh]
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of one's own will { Swahili: kwa hiari yake
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conjunction
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Swahili Example: atakupa kwa hiari yake [Sul], bweta zima la nguo za thamani alizoziacha kwao, kwa hiari yake [Sul]
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will, pl wills
{ Swahili: dhamira
(or dhamiri), pl dhamira (or dhamiri) [derived: Arabic]
}
noun 9/10
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Entry below is will-o'-the-wisp
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will-o'-the-wisp (or will o' the wisp), pl will-o'-the-wisps (or will o' the wisps)
{ Swahili: kimulimuli
(or kimurimuri), pl vimulimuli (or vimurimuri) [derived: Swahili -mulika]
}
noun 7/8
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Entry below is willing
Entry below is willingly
Entry below is willingness
Entry below is willpower
Entry below is wilt - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wilted
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