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The Kamusi Project Swahili-English Dictionary
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Entry below is sali
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-sali { English: pray
} [derived: Arabic]
verb ,
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Swahili Example: alianza kusali kimya kimya [Kez]
English Example: (s)he started praying slowly by slowly
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Entry below is salia - this headword has been grouped
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-salia { English: pray for
} [derived: Swahili sali]
verb applicative,
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Swahili Example: 'Mtumeeee,' alisalia Tamima [Moh]
English Example: "send him," Tamima prayed for
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-salia { English: remain
} [derived: Swahili saa]
verb applicative,
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Swahili Example: kuna jengo kubwa la Wajerumani lililosalia mpaka sasa [Kez]
English Example: there is a big German building that has remained up to now
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-salia { English: stay
} [derived: Swahili saa]
verb applicative,
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Swahili Example: waislamu husaliwa maiti msikitini
English Example: muslims stay for a corpse in the mosque
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Entry below is salia mtume
Entry below is saliana
Entry below is salihi - this headword has not been grouped
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salihi { English: honest
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adjective ,
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Swahili Example: Juma hasemi uongo, ni mtu salihi
English Example: Juma does not tell lies, he is an honest person
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Entry below is salihina - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is salili
Entry below is salim
Entry below is Salim
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Salim { English: Salim
} [Terminology: names]
noun 1,
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Swahili Example: Jina lake ni Salim
English Example: His name is Salim
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Entry below is Salima
Entry below is salimia - this headword has been grouped
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-salimia { English: greet
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: Salimie wazazi
English Example: Greet the parents
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-salimia { English: congratulate
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: Ali alimsalimia babu yake
English Example: Ali congratulated his grandfather
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Entry below is salimiana
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-salimiana { English: greet each other
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: Wagenu walisalimiana kabla ya kula
English Example: the visitors greeted each other before eating
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Entry below is salimika
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-salimika { English: be safe
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: alitaka Afrika iwe bara lake la pili, ambapo asalimike utotoni na azidi kuwa Mwafrika [Utawa wa Ndugu Wadogo wa Afrika]
English Example: he wanted Africa to be his second homeland, where he would be safe during his childhood and would grow up to be more and more African
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Entry below is salimini - this headword has not been grouped
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salimini { English: safely
} [derived: Arabic]
adverb ,
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Swahili Example: Wasafiri walifika salimini wote
English Example: all the travellers arrived safely
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Entry below is salimisha - this headword has not been grouped
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-salimisha { English: make safe
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: Amina alisalimisha nyumba dhidi ya wezi
English Example: Amina made the house safe because of the thieves
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-salimisha { English: hand over
} [derived: Arabic]
verb causative,
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Swahili Example: akaanza kuiandalia saa atakayojisalimisha kwa yule kijana [Sul]
English Example: she started to make preparations for the time she would hand herself over to that young man
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Entry below is salimiwa - this headword has not been grouped
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-salimiwa { English: be greeted
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: Nyanya alisalimiwa na mama
English Example: the grandmother was greeted by the woman (mother)
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-salimiwa { English: be saluted
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: Kiongozi alisalimiwa na askari
English Example: the leader was saluted by the soldier(s)
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Entry below is salimu - this headword has not been grouped
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-salimu { English: deliver
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Swahili Example: salimu roho.
English Example: give up the ghost or spirit (die)
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-salimu { English: hand over
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: salimu roho.
English Example: hand over the spirit (die)
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-salimu { English: salute
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: Sisi tutakaokufa sasa hivi tunakusalimu.
English Example: We who are about to die salute you.
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Entry below is salimu roho - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is salisha - this headword has not been grouped
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-salisha { English: lead prayers
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: Mchungaji alisalisha adhuhuri
English Example: the priest led the noon prayers
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Entry below is saliti - this headword has not been grouped
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-saliti { English: alienate
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: mgeni ndiye aliyetusaliti.
English Example: the visitor is the one who alienated us
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-saliti { English: betray
} [derived: Arabic]
verb ,
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Swahili Example: kuusaliti uanaume wake [Muk]
English Example: the betray his manhood
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-saliti { English: mix
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: ukisaliti jinsi mbili za mchanga huu utapata mchanga mzuri.
English Example: If you mix two kinds of this sand, you will get good sand
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-saliti { English: put together
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: ukisaliti jinsi mbili za mchanga huu utapata mchanga mzuri.
English Example: if you mix two kinds of this sand, you will get good sand
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-saliti { English: set at variance
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Swahili Example: mgeni ndiye aliyetusaliti.
English Example: the visitor is the one who set us at variance
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Entry below is salitia
Entry below is salitiwa - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is saluti - this headword has not been grouped
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-pokea saluti { English: be made welcome
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: Rais alipokea saluti kutoka kwa wanajeshi wa mjini
English Example: the President received a welcome from the city police/soldiers
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-saluti { English: greeting
} [derived: engl]
verb ,
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Swahili Example: pokea saluti.
English Example: take greetings
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-saluti { English: salute
} [derived: engl]
verb ,
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Swahili Example: pokea saluti.
English Example: take a salute
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Entry below is sama - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is samadari - this headword has not been grouped
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samadari , pl samadari
{ English: kind of wooden bed (commonly Indian)
, pl beds
} [derived: Hindi (kitanda cha s)]
noun 9/10,
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Swahili Example: aliparamia kitanda cha samadari [Sul]
English Example: (s)he quickly climbed into the wooden bed
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Entry below is samadi - this headword has not been grouped
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samadi , pl samadi
{ English: manure
}
noun 9/10,
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Swahili Example: samadi ya nyasi
English Example: manure
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Entry below is samaha - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is samahani - this headword has been grouped
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samahani { English: excuse me
}
interjection ,
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Swahili Example: Samahani kwa kutokuona
English Example: excuse me for not seeing you
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samahani { English: forgive me
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interjection ,
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Swahili Example: Samahani kwa kuchelewa
English Example: forgive me for being late
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Entry below is samaki - this headword has been grouped
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samaki , pl samaki
{ English: fish (in general)
} [Terminology: marine]
noun 9/10an,
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Swahili Example: Samaki mmoja akioza, wote wameoza
English Example: One bad fish infects all the rest (proverb).
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Entry below is samani - this headword has not been grouped
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samani , pl samani
{ English: tool
, pl tools
}
noun 9/10,
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Swahili Example: samani za mwashi.
English Example: stone mason's tools
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Entry below is samari
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samari { English: samarium
} [Dialect: recent] [Terminology: chemistry]
noun 9,
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English Definition: a pale gray lustrous metallic element used especially in alloys that form permanent magnets (identified 1879)
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Entry below is Samarino
Entry below is samawari - this headword has not been grouped
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samawari , pl samawari
{ English: urn
, pl urns
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noun 9/10,
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Entry below is samawati - this headword has been grouped
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samawati (or samawi), pl samawati
{ English: sky
, pl skies
} [derived: Arabic]
noun 9/10,
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Swahili Example: rangi ya samawati
English Example: sky blue color
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rangi ya samawati (or samawi) { English: azure (color)
} [derived: Arabic]
noun 9,
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Swahili Example: ana macho rangi ya samawati
English Example: he has azure eyes
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-a samawati (or -a samawi) { English: azure
} [derived: Arabic]
adjective ,
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Entry below is sambaa - this headword has not been grouped
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-sambaa { English: be scattered about
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: Wanyama walisambaa mbugani kwa kumwogopa simba
English Example: the animals scattered in the park because of fearing the liion
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Entry below is sambalia
Entry below is sambalika
Entry below is sambalisha
Entry below is sambamba - this headword has not been grouped
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sambamba { English: alongside
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adverb ,
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Swahili Example: Baba na ndugu walitembea sambamba
English Example: father and brother walked alongside each other
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sambamba { English: parallel
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adverb ,
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Swahili Example: mistari iliyo sambamba.
English Example: parallell lines
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sambamba { English: simultaneously
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adverb ,
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Swahili Example: mistari iliyo sambamba.
English Example: simultaneous lines
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Entry below is sambaratika
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-sambaratika { English: disintegrate
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: Nyumba ilisambaratika kwa kupigwa na mvua
English Example: the house disintegrated because of being hit by the rains
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Entry below is sambaza - this headword has not been grouped
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-sambaza { English: spread
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verb causative,
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Swahili Example: Padri alisambaza mikono [Kez]
English Example: the padre spread the hands
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Entry below is sambazwa
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-sambazwa { English: be spread around
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verb caus-pass,
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Swahili Example: Televisheni kubwa zimesambazwa katika maeneo mbali mbali ya jiji la Roma kuwawezesha waombolezaji kujionea shughuli za mazishi [BBC 8 Aprili 2005]
English Example: big televisions have been spread around in different districts of the city of Rome to enable mourners to see the funeral proceedings for themselves
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Entry below is sambusa - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is samehe - this headword has not been grouped
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-samehe { English: forgive
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: samehe makosa.
English Example: forgive mistakes
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-samehe { English: give up
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Swahili Example: nimeitafuta sikuiona, kwa hiyo nimeisamehe.
English Example: I have looked for it and I did not find it, so I have given up
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-samehe { English: pardon
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: samehe makosa.
English Example: pardon mistakes
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Entry below is sameheka
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-sameheka { English: be forgivable
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verb potential,
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Swahili Example: kwikwi ya mama wa marehemu ambayo inasameheka [Sul]
English Example: the sobbing of the mother of the deceased that is forgivable
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Entry below is samehewa
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-samehewa { English: be pardoned
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: Alisamehewa kwa uzee wake
English Example: (s)he was pardoned because of his/her old age
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Entry below is samesame - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is samli - this headword has not been grouped
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samli , pl samli
{ English: clarified butter
} [derived: Arabic]
noun 9/10,
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Swahili Example: samli ni senti arobaini [Ya]
English Example: clarified butter is forty cents
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samli , pl samli
{ English: ghee
} [derived: Arabic]
noun 9/10,
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Swahili Example: Alipika chapati na samli
English Example: (s)he cooked pancake-shaped bread with ghee
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Entry below is Samoa
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Samoa { English: Samoa
} [Terminology: geography]
noun 9,
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Swahili Example: Samoa Magharibi
English Example: Western Samoa
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Entry below is sampletest - this headword has not been grouped
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sampletest { English: sampletest
} [derived: Gujerati sample]
adjective ,
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Swahili Definition: twafanya majaribio hapa
English Definition: this is a mock entry used for testing computer programming modifications to the Kamusi Project
English Example: this is not a valid dictionary entry
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test { English: test
, pl sampletests
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noun 16/17/18,
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English Example: This is a test example for sampletest
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Entry below is sampletest_swa2
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sampletest_swa2 { English: sampletest_eng2
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[note: this is a test entry for software testing purposes.]
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