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The Kamusi Project Swahili-English Dictionary
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Entry below is wakwe
Entry below is wala - this headword has not been grouped
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wala { English: nor
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conjunction ,
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Swahili Example: hakuweza kusema Kiingereza wala Kifaransa.
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Entry below is walahi - this headword has not been grouped
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walahi { English: indeed
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conjunction ,
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Swahili Example: walahi nitakwenda
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Entry below is walakini - this headword has not been grouped
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walakini { English: but
} [derived: lakini N]
conjunction ,
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Entry below is walao - this headword has not been grouped
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walao { English: at least
} [derived: Arabic]
adverb ,
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Swahili Example: niruhusu nikuonyeshe walao shukrani zangu [Mt]
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Entry below is walau - this headword has not been grouped
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walau { English: at least
} [derived: Arabic]
adverb ,
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Swahili Example: alikuwa na hakika msichana walau angetoa ukelele [Muk]
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Entry below is wale
Entry below is wali - this headword has been grouped
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wali { English: rice (cooked)
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noun 11,
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Swahili Example: alipoingia ndani, alikuta sinia iliyojaa wali na kuku tayari sebuleni (Wasia wa Maskini)
English Example: when he entered, he found a platter filled with rice and chicken already in the sitting room
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Entry below is wali ya pukute
Entry below is walii - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is walio - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is waliowengi
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waliowengi { English: majority
} [derived: engl]
noun 2,
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Swahili Example: wingi zaidi
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Entry below is wallah
Entry below is wallai - this headword has not been grouped
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wallai! { English: indeed
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interjection ,
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Swahili Example: wallai! nitakwenda
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Entry below is wallapa
Entry below is wama - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wamba - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wambe - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wambiso - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wamevinjari
Entry below is wamia - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wana - this headword has been grouped
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wana { English: they have
} [derived: Swahili -wa na]
verb conjugated,
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Swahili Example: wana nyumba nzuri
English Example: they have a good house
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Entry below is wanaume
Entry below is wanawake
Entry below is wanda - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wanga - this headword has been grouped
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-wanga { English: hurt
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: moyo wangu unaniuma, unaniwanga [Ma]
English Example: my heart aches, it hurts me
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-wanga { English: ache
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: kichwa kinaniwanga
English Example: I have a headache
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Entry below is wangafu - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wangali
Entry below is wangaliko
Entry below is wangalimo
Entry below is wangalipo
Entry below is wangavu - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wangi
Entry below is wangine
Entry below is wangu - this headword has not been grouped
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wangu { English: my
} [derived: -angu; noun classes 1; 2; 3; 11/14]
pronoun ,
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Swahili Example: mtoto wangu
English Example: my child
[note: See Swahili Noun Class Guide at www.yale.edu/swahili/nounclassguide.html.]
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wangu { English: mine
} [derived: -angu noun classes 1; 2; 3; 11/14]
pronoun ,
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Swahili Example: mtoto wangu
English Example: my child
[note: See Swahili Noun Class Guide at www.yale.edu/swahili/nounclassguide.html.]
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Entry below is wanguwangu - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wangwa - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wania - this headword has been grouped
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-wania { English: desire
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: mambo ya kuungua jua kungojea mabasi siwanii [Ma]
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-wania { English: run for office of
} [Terminology: political]
verb transitive,
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Swahili Definition: kujaribu kuingia madarakani
Swahili Example: wasomi kadhaa wamejiandaa kuwania ubunge (Majira 8 Okt 2004)
English Example: several scholars have readied themselves to run for parliament
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-wania { English: stand for a political office
} [Terminology: political]
verb transitive,
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Swahili Definition: kujaribu kuingia madarakani
Swahili Example: wasomi kadhaa wamejiandaa kuwania ubunge (Majira 8 Okt 2004)
English Example: several scholars have readied themselves to stand for parliament
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Entry below is wanja - this headword has not been grouped
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wanja { English: mascara
}
noun 11,
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Swahili Example: chupa za manukato, mikebe ya udi, vikombe vya wanja [Ya]
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Entry below is wano - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wao - this headword has not been grouped
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wao { English: their
} [derived: -ao; noun classes 1; 2; 3; 11/14]
pronoun ,
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Swahili Example: mtoto wao
English Example: their child
[note: See Swahili Noun Class Guide at www.yale.edu/swahili/nounclassguide.html.]
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Entry below is wape
Entry below is wapi - this headword has not been grouped
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wapi { English: to what avail?
}
interrogative ,
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Swahili Example: nilijaribu, nikajaribu tena, lakini wapi?
English Example: I tried and tried again, but to what avail?
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wapi { English: where?
}
interrogative ,
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Swahili Example: kitabu kiko wapi?
English Example: where is the book?
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Entry below is wapilia
Entry below is wapo - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wapya
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wapya { English: new
} [derived: Swahili -pya]
adjective ,
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Swahili Example: wizara imesema imeipiga marufuku shule hiyo kuandikisha wanafunzi wapya wa kidato cha kwanza mwaka ujao (IPPMedia), 24 Aprili 2007
English Example: the ministry said that it has banned that school from registering new students in form one next year
[note: class 2.]
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Entry below is waraka - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wardi
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wardi , pl mawardi
{ English: rose
, pl roses
} [derived: Arabic]
noun 5/6,
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[note: rare.]
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Entry below is wargi - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is wari - this headword has not been grouped
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wari , pl wari
{ English: air valve
, pl air valves
} [derived: English valve]
noun 9/10,
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