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The Kamusi Project Swahili-English Dictionary
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Entry below is sira - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is siraji - this headword has not been grouped
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siraji , pl siraji
{ English: torch
, pl torches
}
noun 9/10,
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[note: rare.]
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Entry below is sirati
Entry below is siri - this headword has not been grouped
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kwa siri { English: mysteriously
} [derived: msiri N]
adverb ,
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Swahili Example: mwandiko wa siri
English Example: code, cipher
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siri , pl siri
{ English: mystery
, pl mysteries
} [derived: msiri N]
noun 9/10,
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siri , pl siri
{ English: secret
, pl secrets
} [derived: msiri N]
noun 9/10,
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Swahili Example: Sitamwambia mtu yeyote siri yako.
English Example: I won't tell anyone your secret.
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Entry below is Siria
Entry below is siridado
Entry below is sirika - this headword has not been grouped
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sirika , pl sirika
{ English: character
, pl characters
}
noun 9/10,
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Swahili Example: ana silika mbaya
English Example: He has bad character
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sirika , pl sirika
{ English: disposition
, pl dispositions
}
noun 9/10,
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Swahili Example: ana silika mbaya
English Example: He has a bad/unpleasant disposition
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sirika , pl sirika
{ English: nature
}
noun 9/10,
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Swahili Example: ana silika mbaya
English Example: He has a bad/unpleasant nature
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Entry below is Sirilanka
Entry below is sirima - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is sirinji - this headword has not been grouped
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sirinji , pl sirinji
{ English: syringe
, pl syringes
} [derived: Eng.]
noun 9/10,
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Entry below is sisi - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is sisi sote
Entry below is sisi wenyewe
Entry below is sisima - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is sisimizi
Entry below is sisimka - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is sisimsha - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is sisimua - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is sisimuka
Entry below is sisimusha - this headword has not been grouped
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-sisimusha { English: pump
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: Wamesisumusha kwa mchezo mkubwa wao.
English Example: They are pumped for their big game.
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Entry below is sisisi
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sisisi { English: in a jam-packed manner
}
adverb ,
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Swahili Definition: kwa kushikamana; pamoja pamoja; bila ya kuacha nafasi
Swahili Example: Watu wamejaa sisisi ndani ya matatu.
English Example: People are jam-packed in the local bus.
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Entry below is sisitiza - this headword has not been grouped
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-sisitiza { English: ask insistently
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: alisisitiza tena akimtazama msichana huyo [Mt], "Nipe mwalimu", msichana alisisitiza kwa shauku bila kujua alikuwa akisisitiza jambo gani [Muk]
English Example: (s)he asked insistently again while looking at that girl
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Entry below is sisitizana
Entry below is sista - this headword has not been grouped
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sista , pl masista
{ English: nun
, pl nuns
} [derived: Eng.]
noun 5/6an,
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sista , pl masista
{ English: Sister
, pl Sisters
} [derived: Eng.] [Terminology: religious]
noun 5/6an,
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Swahili Definition: mwanamke wa dini katoliki anayeingia kanisa kama kazi ya maisha yake
Swahili Example: mzee mmoja aliungama kuwa alimtamani sista wa Kizungu [Kez]
English Example: one elder confessed that he had admired a white Sister
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Entry below is Sista-du
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Sista-du , pl Masista-du
{ English: modern young woman
, pl modern young women
}
noun 5/6an,
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Swahili Example: Sista du twen'zetu tukaspendi [Ma]
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Entry below is sita - this headword has not been grouped
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-sita { English: hesitate
} [derived: Arabic]
verb ,
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Swahili Example: kila mmoja alisita
English Example: everyone hesitated
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-sita { English: stop
} [derived: Arabic]
verb ,
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Swahili Example: hoihoi zilisita
English Example: the shouting stopped
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-sita { English: vacillate
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: bila kusita
English Example: constantly
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-sita { English: waver
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: bila kusita
English Example: without hesitiation
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Entry below is sitaha - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is sitara - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is sitashara
Entry below is sitasita - this headword has not been grouped
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-sitasita { English: hesitate
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: bila kusitasita
English Example: without hesitation
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-sitasita { English: vacillate
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Swahili Example: bila kusitasita
English Example: constantly
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Entry below is sitawi - this headword has not been grouped
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-sitawi { English: at the height
} [derived: Arabic]
verb ,
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Swahili Example: wakati mwingine alicheza umeta ulipositawi uwanjani [Moh]
English Example: some other time (s)he danced the dance of the youth that was at the height of the field
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-sitawi { English: thrive
} [derived: usitawi N]
verb ,
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Swahili Example: miti imesitawi mwituni
English Example: The trees are thriving in the forest
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Entry below is sitawisha - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is siti - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is sitiha
Entry below is sitima - this headword has not been grouped
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sitima , pl sitima
{ English: steamer
, pl steamers
} [derived: Engl.]
noun 9/10,
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sitima , pl sitima
{ English: utilities
} [derived: Engl.]
noun 9/10,
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Swahili Example: Wizara ya Kazi na Stima
English Example: Ministry of Public Works and Utilities
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Entry below is sitini
Entry below is sitiri - this headword has not been grouped
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-sitiri { English: conceal
} [derived: Arabic]
verb ,
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Swahili Example: Mola atusitiri, Hatibu alifikiri [Ya]
English Example: God to conceal us, the preacher thought
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Entry below is sitirika - this headword has not been grouped
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-sitirika { English: be covered up
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: tumesitirika si haba
English Example: we have not been covered slightly
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Entry below is sitoo - this headword has not been grouped
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sitoo , pl masitoo
{ English: stock
, pl stocks
} [derived: Engl.]
noun 5/6,
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sitoo , pl masitoo
{ English: store
, pl stores
} [derived: Engl.]
noun 5/6,
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Entry below is sivyo - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is siwa - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is siwa barafu
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siwa barafu , pl masiwa barafu
{ English: iceberg
, pl icebergs
}
noun 5/6,
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[note: Siwa is a non diminutive form of Kisiwa. Definition from TUKI.]
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Entry below is siyara - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is siye
Entry below is siyo - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is siyoepukika - this headword has not been grouped
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siyoepukika { English: inevitable
} [derived: epa V]
adjective ,
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Swahili Example: mahanga isiyoepukika
English Example: inevitable sacrifices
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siyoepukika { English: unavoidable
} [derived: epa V]
adjective ,
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Swahili Example: mahanga isiyoepukika
English Example: unavoidable sacrifices
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Entry below is siyokalika
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-siyokalika { English: be inhospitable (of a place)
}
verb stative,
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Swahili Example: Ng'andu ni sayari isiyokalika kuliko zote
English Example: Venus is the planet that is inhospitable above all
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Entry below is sizi - this headword has not been grouped
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sizi { English: cesium
} [Dialect: recent] [Terminology: chemistry]
noun 9,
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English Definition: a silver-white soft ductile element of the alkali metal group that is the most electropositive element known and that is used especially in photoelectric cells (identified 1861)
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Entry below is skandi
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skandi { English: scandium
} [Dialect: recent] [Terminology: chemistry]
noun 9,
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English Definition: a white metallic element found in association with rare earth elements (identified 1879)
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Entry below is skati - this headword has not been grouped
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skati , pl skati
{ English: skirt
, pl skirts
} [derived: Eng.]
noun 9/10,
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