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90 Cards in this Set
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mpwa(M/WA)
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a man's sister's child
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-cheza mpira
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to play football
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mpira(M/MI)
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ball, rubber, ball-game
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mchezaji soka(M/WA)
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soccer player
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soka(N)
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soccer
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timu(N)
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team
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ligi(N)
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association football league
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mwanachama(M/WA)
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club member
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klabu(N or KI/VI)
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club(mainly used for sports clubs and drinking clubs)
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-tarajia
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to expect
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-taraji
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to expect
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mechi ya kirafiki(N)
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friendly match
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uwanja(U/N)
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pitch, stadium
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mafuriko(MA)
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flood
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tope(MA)
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mud(sometimes used in the plural)
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kando
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aside, at the side, to one side
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-kinga
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to protect(from)
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kumeanuka
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the weather has cleared up
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mwavuli(M/MI)
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umbrella
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mlango(M/MI)
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gate, door, entrance
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Harakisha!
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Hurry up!
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Kiwanjani panajaa watazamaji
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The ground is getting filled up with spectators.
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kiwanja(KI/VI)
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open area, plot of ground
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watazamaji(M/WA)
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audience, spectators, onlookers
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jukwaa(MA)
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stage, platform
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Kisukuma
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Sukuma-type
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ngoma nyinginezo
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other dances of the same kind
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kikabila
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ethnolinguistic type, tribal
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kabila(MA)
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ethnolinguistic group, tribe
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Kinyakyusa
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Nyakyusa-type
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Kibena
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Bena-type
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Kimeru
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Meru-type
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Kihaya
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Haya-type
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na kadhalika
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and so on, etc.
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-ruka
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to jump, leap
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kana kwamba
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as if
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kama kwamba
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as if
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kutakuwa kumekuchwa
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the sun will have set
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-chwa
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to set(of the sun)
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tamthilia(N)
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play, drama
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umeme(U)
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electricity
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palepale
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right there(repetition of pale for emphasis)
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kikundi
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group, troupe
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Tulisoma pamoja shuleni
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We were at school together
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babu(N)
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grandfather, also used for ancestor with ma- for plural
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mjukuu(M/WA)
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grandchild(male and female)
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mke(M/WA)
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wife
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mume(M/WA)
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husband
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binti(N)
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daughter
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baba mdogo(N)
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paternal uncle
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ami(N)
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paternal uncle
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mjomba(M/WA)
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maternal uncle
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mama mdogo(N)
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maternal aunt
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shangazi(N)
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paternal aunt
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mkwe(M/WA)
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a close in-law
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shemeji(N)
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spouse's brother or sister
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shemegi
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spouse's brother or sister
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wifi(N)
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sister-in-law
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bikizee(N)
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very old woman
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familia(N)
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nuclear family
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jamaa(N)
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extended family
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mwanamaji
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sailor
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mwanasheria
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lawyer
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mwananchi
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citizen
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mwanasoka
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soccer-player
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taifa(MA)
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nation
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-cha
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to rise(of the sun)
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-pambazuka
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to get light, dawn, be daytime
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timu(N)
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team
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-wasili
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to arrive
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juzi(MA)
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day before yesterday
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ziara(N)
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visit
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-pambana na
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to confront
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kikosi(KI/VI)
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squad
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fainali(N)
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final(final match in a league competition)
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-kauka
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to dry up, become dry
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njuga(N)
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small bells
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manyoya(MA)
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feathers
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kindu(U/N)
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leaves of wild date palm
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-dondoka
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to drop off, bit by bit
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mbwembwe(N)
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display, spectacle
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vigelegele(KI/VI)
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ululation(done by women at times of celebration
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ugelegele
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ululation(done by women at times of celebration
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-fikiria
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to think about
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taswira(N)
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image, picture
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hai
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living, alive
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-okota
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to pick up
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wazi
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empty, open, clear
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upepo(U/N)
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wind, breeze
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-jifungua
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to give birth
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