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The Kamusi Project Swahili-English Dictionary
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Entry below is ebee - this headword has not been grouped
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ebee { English: at your service!
}
interjection ,
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[note: Rechenbach notes this term "formerly used by slaves." In contemporary Swahili, the term is frequently used without any connotations of servility. -- MB.]
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Entry below is ebho
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ebho { English: hey
}
interjection ,
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Swahili Definition: neno la kumwita mtu atazame au asikilize [Masomo 372]
Swahili Example: Boke [...] Ebho! Unadhani wewe ni nani? [Chacha, Masomo 372]
English Example: Boke [...] Hey! Who do you think you are?
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Entry below is ebo
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ebo { English: yeah
}
interjection ,
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Entry below is ebrahim
Entry below is ebu - this headword has not been grouped
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ebu { English: yeah
}
interjection ,
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Swahili Definition: neno la kumwambia mtu asikilize.
Swahili Example: Ebu nichukue fimbo niwachape [Masomo 416]
English Example: Yeah, I should pick up a stick and beat you [pl].
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ebu! { English: well!
}
interjection ,
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Entry below is eda - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is edaha
Entry below is edashara
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edashara , pl edashara
{ English: eleven
}
noun 9/10,
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[note: rare.]
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Entry below is edeni
Entry below is edita
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edita , pl edita
{ English: editor
, pl editors
}
noun 9/10an,
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Entry below is ee - this headword has not been grouped
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ee! { English: oh!
}
interjection ,
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Entry below is eeh - this headword has not been grouped
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eeh { English: yeah
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interjection ,
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eeh { English: yes
}
interjection ,
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Entry below is eewaa
Entry below is eewala
Entry below is efendi
Entry below is egama - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is egamesha - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is egameza - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is egamia
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-egamia { English: lean on
} [derived: -egama]
verb ,
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Entry below is egamisha - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is egemea - this headword has not been grouped
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-egemea { English: approach
} [derived: -egama]
verb ,
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Swahili Definition: kukaribia
Swahili Example: Boke anamwegemea Chahe [Chacha, Masomo 376]
English Example: Boke approaches Chahe.
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-egemea { English: rest on
}
verb applicative,
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Swahili Example: kijana mwenyewe alikuwa kaegemea mlango [Sul]
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Entry below is egemeo - this headword has not been grouped
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egemeo , pl maegemeo
{ English: fulcrum
, pl fulcrums (or fulcra)
} [derived: -egama]
noun 5/6,
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egemeo , pl maegemeo
{ English: pivot
, pl pivots
} [derived: -egama]
noun 5/6,
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egemeo , pl maegemeo
{ English: prop
, pl props
}
noun 5/6,
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egemeo , pl maegemeo
{ English: railing
, pl railings
}
noun 5/6,
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egemeo , pl maegemeo
{ English: support
} [derived: -egama]
noun 5/6,
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Entry below is egemeza
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-egemeza { English: prop
} [derived: -egama]
verb ,
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Swahili Definition: kuwezesha kitu kisimame bora [Masomo 174]
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Entry below is egemiza - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is egesha - this headword has not been grouped
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-egesha { English: moor
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: meli imeegesha
English Example: the ship is moored [at the wharf]
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-egesha { English: park (a car)
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verb causative,
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Swahili Example: baada ya Padri kuegesha pikipiki lake kivulini [Kez]
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Entry below is egeshana - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is ehee
Entry below is ehuka - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is eidi
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eidi { English: lslamic festival
}
noun ,
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Swahili Example: siku kuu ya eidi
English Example: Bairam festival
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Entry below is einsteni
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einsteni { English: einsteinium
} [Dialect: recent] [Terminology: chemistry]
noun 9,
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English Definition: a radioactive element produced artificially (identified 1955)
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Entry below is eka
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eka , pl eka
{ English: acre
, pl acres
}
noun 9/10,
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[note: Engl..]
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Entry below is ekari
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ekari , pl ekari
{ English: acre
, pl acres
}
noun 9/10,
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Entry below is eke y-
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peke y- { English: alone
}
adjective ,
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Entry below is ekea
Entry below is ekevu - this headword has not been grouped
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ekevu { English: clear
}
adjective ,
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Entry below is ekeza - this headword has not been grouped
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-ekeza { English: show
}
verb ,
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Entry below is ekolojia
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ekolojia (or ikolojia) { English: ecology
} [derived: English ecology]
noun 9,
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Entry below is eksident
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eksident { English: accident
, pl accidents
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noun ,
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[note: Engl. rare.]
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Entry below is ekua - this headword has been grouped
Entry below is ekundu
Entry below is ekwado
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Ekwado (or Ikwado) { English: Ecuador
} [Terminology: geography]
noun 9,
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[note: Ekwado is recommended standardization by TUKI and Radio Tanzania; Ikwado is recommended standardization by BAKITA.]
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Entry below is ekwata
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ekwata { English: equator
}
noun ,
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[note: Engl..]
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Entry below is ekwetorio
Entry below is ekzosi
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ekzosi , pl eksozi
{ English: exhaust
}
noun 9/10,
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Entry below is elea - this headword has been grouped
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-elea { English: be intelligible
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: kwanza akiisoma mwenyewe ile barua, imwelee [Sul]
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-elea { English: float
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: [kohoo] lilielea na kuzungushwa na mkondo wa maji [Ya]
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Entry below is eleka - this headword has been grouped
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-eleka { English: heap up
} [derived: v caus]
verb potential,
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Entry below is elekanya - this headword has been grouped
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-elekanya { English: heap up
} [derived: v caus]
verb potential,
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Entry below is elekea - this headword has been grouped
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-elekea { English: go toward (a place)
} [derived: -elea]
verb ,
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Swahili Definition: kwenda upande fulani [Masomo 141]
Swahili Example: Wareno waliona bora kuelekea Malindi [Masomo 141]
English Example: The Portuguese thought it best to go to Malindi [Masomo 141]
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-elekea { English: point to
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: nyumba yangu inaelekea kusini
English Example: my house faces south
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-elekea { English: seem
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: inaelekea kuwa atakuja
English Example: it seems that he will come
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-elekea { English: realize
(or realise)
} [derived: Bantu elea]
verb ,
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Entry below is elekeana - this headword has been grouped
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-elekeana { English: be opposite
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: mistari inayoelekeana
English Example: opposite sides/lines
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Entry below is elekeo
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elekeo , pl maelekeo
{ English: tendency
} [derived: -elea]
noun 5/6,
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