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adili
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righteous
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adimu
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rare, unobtainable
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afadahli
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preferably
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aidha
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moreover
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kwa ajili ya
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for the sake of
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kwa ajili yangu
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for my sake
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ajizi
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slack
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akali
|
few
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akali ya watu
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a handful of people
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()ake
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his or hers
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akina
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typical of one type of people
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()ako
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your/yours
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ama
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either/or
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amba()
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who, what
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()angalifu
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attentive
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()angavu
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clear, shining, lucid
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()angu
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my/mine
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()ao
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their/theirs
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arobaini
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forty
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asante
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thank you
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asanteni
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thanks y'all
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asilia
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genuine, oringinal
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ati
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"so they say"
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au
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or
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aula
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better, best, most important
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abiria
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passenger
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ada
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fee, duty, tradition
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adabu
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good manners
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adha
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worry, nagging
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adhama
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glory
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adhuhuri
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noon
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adui
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an enemy
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afa
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calamity, bad-sign
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afisa
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officer
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afisi
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office
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afua
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deliverance
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afya
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health
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afyuni
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opium
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agano
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agreement, covenant
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agizo
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directions, orders
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ahadi
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promise
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ahera
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afterlife
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aibu
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disgrace
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aila
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family
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aili
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a blame, fault
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aina
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kind, type, classification
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ajabu
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a wonder
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ajali
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fate
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ajili
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sake
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akiba
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reserve, savings
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akili
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intelligence
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ala
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tool, weapon, instrument
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alama
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mark, sign, symbol
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alasiri
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afternoon
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alfajiri
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just before dawn
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Alhamisi
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Thursday
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almasi
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diamond
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amali
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occupation, habit
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amana
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pledge, deposit
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amani
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peace
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ambukizo
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infection
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ami
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paternal uncle
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amri
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orders, commands
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anasa
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worldly pleasures
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maandamano
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a procession/parade
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maandisha
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writings
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anga
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sky, heavens
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ankra
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bill, invoice
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apizo
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curse
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arbuni
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deposit
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ardhi
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land, ground
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ari
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self-respect
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arusi
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wedding
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asali
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honey
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asherati
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fornicator
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maasi
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sinners
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maasia
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sins
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asili
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origin
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askari
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guard, policeman
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askofu
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bishop
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asubuhi
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morning
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athari
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effect, mark
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auni
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help, aid, assistance
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awali
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the beginning
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aya
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verse, paragraph
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ayari
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cheat, swindler
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azali
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eternity
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azima
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a fetish from a witchdoctor
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azimio
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intention, plan
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azizi
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a precious, loveable, esteemed person
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kuabudu
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to worship
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kuacha
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to leave/divorce
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kuachia
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to leave/let go
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kuachilia
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to forgive
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to achisha maziwa
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to wean
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kuachwa
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to be left/divorced
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kuadhibika
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to be punished/tormented
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kuadhibisha
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to punish/persecute
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kuadhibiwa
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to be punished/persecuted
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kuadhibu
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to punish/persecute
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kuadhimisha
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to honor
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kuadibisha
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to teach good manners to
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kuadilisha
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to teach right conduct
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kuadimika
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to be scarce
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kuafiki
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to agree with
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afikana
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to make an agreement
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kuafu
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to deliver/save
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kuaga
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to take leave of
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kuagana
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to say goodbye or agree
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kuagiza
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to order/direct
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kuagua
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to divine/predict
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kuahidi
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to promise
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kuahidiana
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to promise one another
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kuahirisha
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to postpone
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kuaibika
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to be disgraced
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kuaibisha
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to put to shame
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kufanya aibu
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to do something disgraceful
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kuaili
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to blame
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kuainisha
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to classify/distinguish
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kuajiri
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to hire
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kuajirisha
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to hire out or subcontract
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kualika
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to invite or summon
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kualisha
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to click/crackle
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kuamba
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to slander
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kuambata
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to stick to
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kuambatana
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to hug/clasp
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kuambatisha
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to glue or stick together
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kuambia
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to tell/say to
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kuambika
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to bait a trap
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kuambilika
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to be amenable to
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kuambiwa
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to be told
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kuambua
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to peel off
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kuambuka
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to be peeled/to come loose
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kuambukiza
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to infect
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kuamia
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to "scarecrow"
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kuamini
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to believe or have faith in
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kuaminika
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to be trustworthy
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kuaminisha
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to entrust, to take a risk
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kuamka
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to awake
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kuamkia
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to greet
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kuamrisha
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to give orders
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kuamsha
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to awaken someone
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kuamua
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to arbitrate
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kuamuru
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to command
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kuamwa
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to suckle
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kuandaa
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to prepare/entertain
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kuandalia
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to prepare for
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kuandama
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to follow
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kuandamana
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to walk in a procession
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kuandamwa
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to be followed
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kuandika
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to write, enroll, set up
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kuandikia
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to write to
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kuangaa
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to shine, to give light
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kuangalia
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to pay attention to
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kuangama
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to hang in mid-air
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kuangamia
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to be damned, to perish
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kuangamiza
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to destroy
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kuangaza
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to keep awake, to elucidate
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kuangika
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to hang up
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kuangua
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to bring down, to thrown down
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kuanguka
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to fall
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kangusha
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to allow to fall, to drop
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kuanika
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to put out to dry
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kuanua
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to bring in laundry
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kuanuka
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to clear up (weather)
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anwani
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the address
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kuanza
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to start, to begin
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kuanzisha
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to start out, to initiate
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kuapa
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to swear, to take an oath
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kuapisha
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to be sworn to
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kuapiza
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to curse
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kuarifwa
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to be informed
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kuarifu
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to inform
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kuashiki
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to have a strong desire, to be infatuated
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kuashiria
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to make a sign to
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kuasi
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to disobey, to rebel against
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kuatamia
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to sit on eggs
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kuathiri
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to affect, to touch the heart
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kuaua
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to survey; to inspect
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kuauni
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to help/assist
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kuazima
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to borrow or lend anything but money
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kuazimia
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to intend, to be resolved
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baada ya
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after
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baadaye
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afterwards, later
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baadhi
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some
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badala ya
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instead of
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()badilifu
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changeable
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bado
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not yet, still
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baina ya
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between, among
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bali
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on the contrary
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basi
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well! That's all!
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batili
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invalid, worthless
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()baya
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bad
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bayana
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clearly
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()bezi
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disdainful
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()bichi
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unripened, uncooked, damp
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bila
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without
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bilashi
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in vain, free
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bin
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son of
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()bivu
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ripe
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bora
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fine; excellent, better than, best
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()bovu
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rotten, worthless
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bure
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free of charge, useless
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()butu
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blunt
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baa
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disaster, plague
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baba
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father
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baba mkubwa
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paternal uncle
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babu
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grandfather
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badala
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a substitute
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badiliko
|
change
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bahari
|
sea
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baharia
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sailor
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bahasha
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envelope, bag
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bahati
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luck, chance
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bahili
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a miser
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baiskeli
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bicycle
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baki
|
remainder
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bakora
|
walking stick
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bakshishi
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tip or small bribe
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bakuli
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basin
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balozi
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consul; ambassador
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banda
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barn, shed, hut
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bandari
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harbor
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bandia
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home-made doll
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banghi
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marijuana
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banzi
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a spit for roasting
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bao
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board for a game or divination
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bapa
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a broad flat surface
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bara
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a continent; mainland
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barabara
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road, highway
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baradhuli
|
simpleton
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barafu
|
ice
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baragumu
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horn
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baraka
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blessing, prosperity
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baraza
|
verandah, public meeting
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baridi
|
cold, coolness
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barua
|
letter
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baruti
|
gunpowder
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kubashiri
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to predict, to bring news
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bastola
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pistol
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bata
|
duck
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bata la bukini
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goose
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bata mzinga
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turkey
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mabati
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iron roofing sheets
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bawa
|
wing
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bawaba
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a hinge
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bawabu
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doorman
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berebu
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billy goat, bad colonist
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bega
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a shoulder
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behewa
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an inner courtyard, train compartment
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bei
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price
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bendera
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flag, banner
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beti
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small leather pouch, verse or stanza
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bia
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a cooperation, beer
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biashara
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commerce
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bibi
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grandmother, lady, wife, woman
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Biblia
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Bible
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bidhaa
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merchandise
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bidii
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energy, effort
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bikari
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drawing compass
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bikira
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virgin
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bilauri
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a glass, a tumbler
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bilingani
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an aubergine
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bima
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insurance
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binadamu
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"son-of-Adam", human being
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bindo
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fold of a loincloth used as a pocket
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bingwa
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expert, specialist
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bintia
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daughter
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birika
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kettle, cistern
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bisi
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popcorn
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bisibisi
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screwdriver
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biwi
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rubbish heap
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bizari
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curry powder
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blanketi
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blanket
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boga
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pumpkin
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bohari
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a warehouse
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boma
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a fort, government office
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bomba
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pump, pipe, chimney
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bonde
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valley
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bonge
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a lump, ball of string
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boriti
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a thick pole, beam
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borongo
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spoiled work
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bua
|
stem of maize, millet, etc.
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buba
|
yaws
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bubu
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dummy
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budi
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a way out
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buibui
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spider, woman's covering cloak
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bumba
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a lump, cluster, swarm of bees
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bumbuazi
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perplexity, helpless confusion
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bunda
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a parcel, a bale
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bundi
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an owl
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bunduki
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a gun, rifle
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Bunge
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parliament
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buni
|
coffee berries
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burashi
|
a brush
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busara
|
prudence, wisdom
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bustani
|
garden
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buu
|
maggot, grub
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buyu
|
a calabash
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bwana
|
sir, Lord, mister
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bwawa
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a swamp or bog
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bweni
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dormitory
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bweta
|
smal box
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kubabaika
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to be confused
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kubabaisha
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to cause confusion
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kubabuka
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to be disfigured
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kubadili
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to change/exchange
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kubadilika
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to be changed
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kubadilisha
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to change/exchange something
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kubagua
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to separate/segregate/discriminate
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kubahatisha
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to guess, to take a chance
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kubainika
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to be clear, manifest
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kubainisha
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to show clearly
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kubakisha
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to leave over
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kubalehe
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to reach puberty
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kubali
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to care
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kubamba
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to hold, to arrest
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kubana
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to squeeze
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kubandika
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to attach, to stick on
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kubandua
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to strip off
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kubanduka
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to get detached from
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kubanja
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to crack nuts
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kubariki
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to bless
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kubarizi
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to hold a reception, to attend a council
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kubatili
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to annul
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kubatilika
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to be annulled or cancelled
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kubatilisha
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to annul
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kubatiza
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to baptize
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kubeba
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to carry on one's back
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kubekua
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to parry
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kebemba
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to flatter or seduce
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kubenuka
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to bulge or protrude
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kubeza
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to scorn
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kubidi
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to be obligatory
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kubikiri
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to deflower
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kubikiriwa
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to lose one's virginity
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kubisha
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to knock, to oppose
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kubishana
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to wrangle
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kuboboka
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to blurt out, to have a loose toungue
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kubokoka
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to come off
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kubomoa
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to break down
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kubomoka
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to collapse
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kubomolewa
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to be broken down
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kubonyeka
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to be dented
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kubonyeza
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to press in
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kuboronga
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to bungle
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kububujika
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to be bubbling up
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kububurushana
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to scuffle
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kubumbuaza
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to confuse, to perplex
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kubumburuka
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to be startled; to rush off
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kubumburusha
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to startle; to frighten
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kubuni
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to compose, to build, to set up
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kuburudika
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to be refreshed
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kuburudisha
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to cool, to refresh
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kuburuga
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to stir up
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kuburura
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to drag
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kubusu
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to kiss
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kubwaga
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to throw down
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kubwaga moyo
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to cast off one's cares, to rest
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cha
|
of
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machachari
|
restlessness
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()chache
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few
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()chafu
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dirty
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()chaguzi
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fastidious, picky
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chali
|
flat on one's back
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()changa
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young
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()changamfu
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cheerful, stimulating
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chapuchapu
|
hurry up!
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chekwa
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in large quantities, abundant
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chepechepe
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drenched, soaked
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()cheshi
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amusing; light hearted
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()chimvi
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unlucky
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chini
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on the ground
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chini ya
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under
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chini yako
|
under you
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()chokozi
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teasing, flirting, annoying
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chopi
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full of liquor, drunk
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()chovu
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tiring
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()choyo
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greedy
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()chungu
|
bitter
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()chunguzi
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investigative
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chafuko
|
chaos, disorder
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chafya
|
a sneeze
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chai
|
tea
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chaki
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chalk
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chakula
|
food
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chale
|
incision or tribal marking
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chama
|
club or society
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chambo
|
bait
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chamchela
|
whirlwind
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chamshakinywa
|
breakfast
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chandalua
|
mosquito net
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changarawe
|
gravel, pebbles
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chango
|
entrails
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chango
|
peg, hook
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chano
|
a wooden tray
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chanuo
|
a big comb
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chanzo
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a beginning, an initial payment
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chapa
|
a brand or mark
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chatu
|
python
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chawa
|
louse
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chaza
|
an oyster
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cheche
|
a spark
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chelezo
|
a raft or buoy
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chembe
|
a grain
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chemchemi
|
a spring of water
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chengachenga
|
bits of grain
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chenza
|
tangerine
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cheo
|
size, rank
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chepe
|
a coarse, ill-bred person (redneck)
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cherehani
|
sewing machine
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chetezo
|
a censer
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cheti
|
a pass, a certificate
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|
chicha
|
grated coconut
|
|
chokaa
|
lime, whitewash
|
|
choko choko
|
discord, mischief
|
|
chombo
|
instrument or utensil
|
|
chongo
|
one-eyed person
|
|
choo
|
outhouse, loo, toilet
|
|
choroke
|
small peas
|
|
choyo
|
greed
|
|
chozi
|
a tear drop
|
|
chuchu
|
a teat, nipple
|
|
chunguu
|
an ant hill
|
|
chui
|
leopard, tiger
|
|
chujio
|
a strainer
|
|
chuki
|
hatred, resentment
|
|
chuma
|
iron, steel
|
|
chumba
|
room
|
|
chumo
|
earnings
|
|
chumvi
|
salt
|
|
chungu
|
an earthenware cooking pot
|
|
chungu
|
an ant, a heap, a throng
|
|
chungu ya watu
|
a crowd, a throng
|
|
chungwa
|
orange (fruit)
|
|
chuo
|
a book, a school
|
|
chuo kikuu
|
college or university
|
|
chupa
|
bottle or flask
|
|
chura
|
a frog
|
|
kucha
|
to revere
|
|
kuchacha
|
to ferment or go sour
|
|
kuchafua
|
to mess up or confuse
|
|
kuchafuka
|
to be in disorder
|
|
kuchaga
|
to insist, to prevail upon
|
|
kuchagiza
|
to be insistent, to pester
|
|
kuchagua
|
to choose, to vote for
|
|
kuchakaa
|
to wear out or wither
|
|
kuchakura
|
to scratch the ground
|
|
kuchamba
|
to "wipe" after defecating
|
|
kuchambua
|
to shell peas
|
|
kuchana
|
to comb or split
|
|
kuchanga
|
to collect money
|
|
kuchangamsha
|
to enliven or freshen
|
|
kuchanganya
|
to mix
|
|
kuchangua
|
to dismember
|
|
kuchanja
|
to vaccinate, to incise
|
|
kuchanua
|
to flower or blossom
|
|
kuchanyata
|
to wash lightly
|
|
kuchapa
|
to print
|
|
kuchapua
|
to speed up or accelerate
|
|
kuchapukia
|
to be well seasoned or flavored
|
|
kucharaza
|
to move feet and body in a dance
|
|
kuchaua
|
to regurgitate, to "blurple"
|
|
kuchechemea
|
to limp
|
|
kucheka
|
to laugh
|
|
kuchekecha
|
to sieve
|
|
kuchekelea
|
to be happy about something
|
|
kuchekesha
|
to cause laughter
|
|
kuchelea
|
to fear, to have misgivings
|
|
kuchelewa
|
to be late
|
|
kuchemka
|
to bubble up, to boil
|
|
kuchemsha
|
to boil (transitive)
|
|
chenga
|
to dodging motion
|
|
kucheua
|
to chew the cud
|
|
kucheza
|
to play
|
|
kuchezea
|
to play with, to pick on
|
|
kuchimba
|
to dig
|
|
kuchimbua
|
to dig out
|
|
kuchimbuka
|
to appear
|
|
kuchinja
|
to slaughter
|
|
kuchipuka
|
to sprout
|
|
kuchipuza
|
to sprout
|
|
kuchocha
|
to prod, to get wasted
|
|
kuchochea
|
to stir up or provoke
|
|
kuchoka
|
to tire
|
|
kuchokoa
|
to poke out
|
|
kuchokoza
|
to provoke, to tease
|
|
kuchoma
|
to stab, burn, roast
|
|
kuchomeka
|
to stick into
|
|
kuchomoa
|
to withdraw
|
|
kuchomoza
|
to burst forth, appear
|
|
kuchonga
|
to cut to shape
|
|
kuchongea
|
to make trouble for
|
|
kuchongoka
|
to be straightened or streamlined
|
|
kuchonyota
|
to smart or sting
|
|
kuchopoa
|
to take from, to snatch
|
|
kuchopoka
|
to let slip
|
|
kuchora
|
to draw, to engrave
|
|
kuchorachora
|
to scribble
|
|
kuchosha
|
to exhaust or wear down
|
|
kuchota
|
to draw liquid or scoop up
|
|
kuchovya
|
to dip, to immerse
|
|
kuchuba
|
to graze the skin
|
|
kuchubuka
|
to be grazed
|
|
kuchuchumia
|
to tiptoe
|
|
kuchuja
|
to filter or strain
|
|
kuchujuka
|
to fade
|
|
kuchukia
|
to hate, to dislike
|
|
kuchukiza
|
to cause or inspire hatred
|
|
kuchukua
|
to take, to carry
|
|
kuchukuana
|
to agree with
|
|
kuchukuliana
|
to bear with one another
|
|
kuchukuza
|
to employ as a porter
|
|
kuchuma
|
to earn, gather
|
|
kuchuna
|
to skin
|
|
kuchunga
|
to guard, shepherd, or sift
|
|
kuchungua
|
to investigate
|
|
kuchungulia
|
to peep at, to inspect carefully
|
|
kuchupa
|
to jump down or dive
|
|
kuchuruzika
|
to trickle away
|
|
kuchuuza
|
to trade
|
|
kuchwa
|
to set in
|
|
kuchewa
|
to be overtaken by darkness
|
|
daawa
|
lawsuit
|
|
dada
|
sister
|
|
kudadisi
|
to be inquisitive
|
|
dafina
|
treasure
|
|
daftari
|
an account book or ledger
|
|
dafu
|
unripe coconut
|
|
dai
|
a claim
|
|
daima
|
always, eternally
|
|
kudaiwa
|
to be indebted to
|
|
kudaka
|
to catch
|
|
dakika
|
minute
|
|
kudakiza
|
to interrupt
|
|
daktari
|
doctor
|
|
dalali
|
auctioneer or broker
|
|
dalili
|
a sign
|
|
damu
|
blood
|
|
damu ya mwezi
|
menstrual period
|
|
kudanganya
|
to deceive
|
|
()danganyifu
|
deceitful
|
|
kudanganyika
|
to be deceived
|
|
danganyo
|
a deception
|
|
danguro
|
brothel
|
|
daraja
|
a bridge, steps, rank
|
|
madaraka
|
responsibilities
|
|
darasa
|
class, classroom
|
|
dari
|
ceiling or flat roof
|
|
darubini
|
telescope
|
|
dau
|
dhow
|
|
dawa
|
medicine
|
|
dawa ya mapenzi
|
love potion
|
|
dawa ya viatu
|
shoe-polish
|
|
debe
|
four gallon oil tin
|
|
kudeka
|
to be conceited or spoiled
|
|
kudekeza
|
to spoil
|
|
dema
|
fish trap
|
|
dengu
|
lentils
|
|
deni
|
a debt
|
|
ndereva
|
driver
|
|
desturi
|
custom or habit of a people
|
|
dhahabu
|
gold
|
|
dhahiri
|
evident
|
|
dhaifu
|
weak
|
|
dhalimu
|
a tyrant
|
|
dhamana
|
a surety; bail
|
|
dhambi
|
sin
|
|
kudhamini
|
to guarantee
|
|
dhamiri
|
motive
|
|
dhana
|
a supposition or suspicion
|
|
kudhani
|
to think, to suppose
|
|
dhara
|
harm
|
|
kudharau
|
to despise or look down on
|
|
dharau
|
carelessness
|
|
dharuba
|
a blow
|
|
dhati
|
sincerity; earnestness
|
|
dhihaka
|
ridicule; teasing
|
|
kudhihaki
|
to ridicule
|
|
kudhihirika
|
to be evident
|
|
kudhihirisha
|
to show clearly
|
|
dhiki
|
distress
|
|
kudhikika
|
to be hard pressed
|
|
kudhili
|
to humiliate
|
|
kudhoofika
|
to become weak
|
|
kudhoofisha
|
to weaken
|
|
dhoruba
|
a storm
|
|
kudhulumu
|
to treat unjustly
|
|
kudhurika
|
to be harmed
|
|
kudhuru
|
to harm
|
|
dia
|
compensation, ransom
|
|
dibaji
|
a preface
|
|
kudidimia
|
to sink down, to submerge
|
|
kudidimiza
|
to force down
|
|
dini
|
religion
|
|
dira
|
mariner's compass
|
|
kudiriki
|
to be in time to…
|
|
dirisha
|
window
|
|
divai
|
wine
|
|
diwani
|
counselor
|
|
doa
|
a blotch or stain
|
|
dobi
|
laundryman
|
|
()dogo
|
small
|
|
kudokeza
|
to hint
|
|
dola
|
government or kingdom
|
|
kudona
|
to peck at
|
|
kudondoa
|
to gather bit by bit
|
|
dondoo
|
anthology, selection
|
|
donge
|
lump, ball of something
|
|
donge la uzi
|
ball of thread/yarn
|
|
dosari
|
a blemish
|
|
dua
|
a prayer or petition
|
|
duara
|
a circle or round shape
|
|
dubu
|
a bear, a dunce
|
|
dubwana
|
a monster
|
|
duka
|
a small shop
|
|
kudukiza
|
to eavesdrop
|
|
kudumaa
|
to be stunted, to be stupid
|
|
dume
|
a male animal
|
|
kudumisha
|
to perpetuate
|
|
kudumu
|
to continue, to become eternal
|
|
kudunduliza
|
to save up bit by bit
|
|
duni
|
inferior
|
|
dunia
|
the world
|
|
kuduwaa
|
to be dumbfounded
|
|
eda
|
a wife's period of mourning
|
|
kuegemea
|
to lean on
|
|
eka
|
acre
|
|
()ekundu
|
red
|
|
kuelea
|
to float, to be intelligible
|
|
kueleka
|
to carry on one's back or hip
|
|
kuelekea
|
to be inclined to, to face, to be likely to
|
|
()elekevu
|
quick to perceive
|
|
kuelekeza
|
to follow a pattern, explain direction
|
|
kuelekeza
|
to point something in a certain direction
|
|
kuelewa
|
to understand
|
|
kueleza
|
to explain
|
|
maelezo
|
explanations
|
|
elfu
|
thousand
|
|
kuelimika
|
to be educated
|
|
kuelimisha
|
to educated
|
|
elimu
|
education
|
|
()ema
|
good
|
|
()embamba
|
thin, narrow, slim
|
|
embe
|
mango
|
|
kuenda
|
to go
|
|
kuendeka
|
to be passable
|
|
kuendekeza
|
to spoil
|
|
kuendekeza moyo
|
to follow one's heart
|
|
kuenedlea
|
to improve, continue, progress
|
|
enedleo
|
to progress, advance
|
|
kuendesha
|
to drive
|
|
kuenea
|
to be sufficient
|
|
eneo
|
area
|
|
kueneza
|
to spread abroad
|
|
maenezi
|
distribution
|
|
kuengua
|
to skim off (cream, butter)
|
|
()enu
|
your/yours
|
|
()enye
|
having, possessing
|
|
()enyewe
|
belonging to oneself
|
|
enyi!
|
oh, you guys!
|
|
enzi
|
reign, might, domain
|
|
kuepa
|
to avoid
|
|
()epesi
|
quick, light in weight, easy
|
|
kuepua
|
to remove a pan from a burner/fire
|
|
kuepuka
|
to avoid
|
|
eropleni
|
airplane
|
|
()etu
|
our/ours
|
|
kueua
|
to fullfill a vow, repay a debt
|
|
()eupe
|
white
|
|
()eusi
|
black
|
|
ewe!
|
You!
|
|
kuezeka
|
to thatch a roof
|
|
kuezua
|
to remove thatch
|
|
kufa
|
to die
|
|
kufaa
|
to be useful
|
|
fadhaa
|
perplexity
|
|
kufadhaika
|
to be perplexed
|
|
kufadhaisha
|
to disquiet, to disturb mentally
|
|
fadhili
|
kindness or favor
|
|
kufafanisha
|
to liken to
|
|
kufafanua
|
to decide, to compare
|
|
kufafanuka
|
to become clear
|
|
kufagia
|
to sweep
|
|
fagio
|
brooms
|
|
kufagiwa
|
to be swept
|
|
kufahamika
|
to be comprehensible
|
|
kufahamisha
|
to explain, to inform
|
|
()fahamivu
|
intelligent
|
|
fahamu
|
understanding
|
|
kufahamu
|
to know, to understand
|
|
fahari
|
glory, show, ostentation
|
|
faharisi
|
table of contents, index
|
|
faida
|
profit, use
|
|
kufaidi
|
to profit from, to enjoy
|
|
faini
|
a fine
|
|
fakiri
|
a poor person, poor
|
|
fali
|
a bad omen
|
|
fanaka
|
success and prosperity
|
|
kufanana
|
to resemble
|
|
kufananisha
|
to compare
|
|
kufanikiwa
|
to succeed and prosper
|
|
kufanya
|
to make or to do
|
|
kufanya kazi
|
to work
|
|
kufanyia
|
to do something for, to make for
|
|
kufanyika
|
to be possible or workable
|
|
kufanyiza
|
to make, to do, to function
|
|
faradhi
|
an obligation or duty
|
|
faragha
|
privacy, seclusion
|
|
faraghani
|
in private
|
|
faraja
|
relief
|
|
kufarakana
|
to be estranged
|
|
farakano
|
separation
|
|
farasi
|
horse
|
|
kufariji
|
to relieve, to comfort
|
|
kufarijika
|
to be comforted, to have a pleasant life
|
|
kufariki
|
to die, to disappear for good
|
|
farisi
|
an expert
|
|
fasaha
|
eloquence, elegant speech
|
|
fasihi
|
an eloquent person
|
|
fasiki
|
a debauched person, a fornicator
|
|
kufasiri
|
to translate
|
|
kufasiriwa
|
to be translated
|
|
fataki
|
fireworks
|
|
fatiha
|
first chapter of the Koran
|
|
kufaulu
|
to succeed
|
|
fedha
|
money, silver
|
|
fedheha
|
shame
|
|
kufedheheka
|
to be put to shame or exposed
|
|
kufedhehesha
|
to cause or lead to the disgrace of one
|
|
feli
|
misdeed
|
|
fenesi
|
jackfruit
|
|
kuficha
|
to hide
|
|
kufichika
|
to be "hideable"
|
|
fidhuli
|
insolence, an insolent person
|
|
kufidi
|
to ransom
|
|
fidia
|
a ransom
|
|
kufifia
|
to fade
|
|
figo
|
kidney
|
|
kufika
|
to arrive or reach
|
|
fikara
|
a thought or meditation
|
|
kufikia
|
to reach, overtake, to be a guest of
|
|
kufikicha
|
to crumble, to rub hard
|
|
kufiklia kwa
|
to stay with someone on a journey
|
|
fikira
|
a thought or reflection
|
|
kufikiri
|
to think or consider
|
|
kufikisha
|
to convey something to someone
|
|
filimbi
|
a whistle
|
|
kufilisi
|
to bankrupt
|
|
kufilisika
|
to go bankrupt
|
|
kufuka
|
to start a fire
|
|
kufukara
|
a destitute person
|
|
kufukarika
|
to become destitute
|
|
kufukarisha
|
to cause poverty
|
|
kufukia
|
to fill in a hole
|
|
kufukiza
|
to fumigate or inhale
|
|
kufukua
|
to dig out
|
|
kufukuza
|
to chase away
|
|
kufukuzana
|
to chase one another
|
|
kufukuzwa
|
to be chased, to be dismissed
|
|
fulana
|
undershirt
|
|
fulani
|
a certain person, so-and-so
|
|
kufuliza
|
to continue in the same direction
|
|
kufuma
|
to knit, to weave
|
|
kufuma
|
to take aim and shoot
|
|
kufumania
|
to take in the act
|
|
kufumaniwa
|
to be caught in the act
|
|
kufumba
|
to close, to mystify
|
|
kufumbata
|
to grasp, to chew
|
|
fumbo
|
a dark, mystical saying
|
|
kufumbua
|
to reveal or open
|
|
kufumka
|
to bleed or spill over
|
|
kufumua
|
to unravel, to unpick
|
|
kufunda
|
to pound, to instruct
|
|
funda
|
a gulp
|
|
fundi
|
craftsman
|
|
kufundika
|
to be teachable
|
|
kufundisha
|
to teach
|
|
fundo
|
a knot, a grudge
|
|
kufunga
|
to fasten, to shut fast, to lock
|
|
kufunganya
|
to pack
|
|
kufungasha
|
to tie together
|
|
fungate
|
a honeymoon
|
|
fungu
|
a portion, a heap
|
|
kufungua
|
to open, to unfasten, to free
|
|
kufunguliwa
|
to be freed or released
|
|
kufunguka
|
to come undone
|
|
kufunika
|
to cover
|
|
funiko
|
a big lid
|
|
kufunua
|
to reveal, to uncover
|
|
fununu
|
a hint, a rumor
|
|
funza
|
a maggot or jigger
|
|
kufunza
|
to instruct
|
|
mafunzo
|
instructions or teachings
|
|
()fupi
|
short or low
|
|
kufupisha
|
to shorten
|
|
kufura
|
to swell, to effervesce
|
|
furaha
|
joy, happiness
|
|
kufurahi
|
to rejoice, to be pleased, to be happy
|
|
kufurahisha
|
to delight, to please, to enteratain
|
|
kufurika
|
to overflow
|
|
mafuriko
|
flood, flooding
|
|
furushi
|
a bundle
|
|
kufuta
|
to wipe, to obliterate
|
|
kufutika
|
to tuck in
|
|
kufutua
|
to pull out, to withdraw
|
|
kufutwa
|
to lose at gambling, to be wiped out
|
|
fuu
|
skull or empty shell
|
|
fuvu
|
skull or empty shell
|
|
fuzi
|
shoulder
|
|
kufuzu
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to win, to succeed
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kufyata
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to put between legs
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kufyata ulimi
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to control the tounge
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kufyatua
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to set off a gun or trap
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kufyatuka
|
to go off suddenly
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kufyeka
|
to cut down bushes
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kufyonza
|
to suck
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gamba
|
bark or scales
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ganda
|
shell or pod
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kugandama
|
to be frozen
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kugandamiza
|
to press or compress
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kugandua
|
to pull away
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kuganga
|
to mend or heal
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gani?
|
which or what kind?
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ganzi
|
numbness
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gao
|
a handful
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gati
|
a dock
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gauni
|
a dress
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kugawanya
|
to divide
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|
gazeti
|
newspaper
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|
()geni
|
strange, unknown
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gareji
|
garage
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gereza
|
a prison
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geugeu
|
changeable
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kugeuka
|
to turn around
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kugeuza
|
to turn something, to change (clothes, etc)
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ghadhabu
|
anger
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kughadhibika
|
to be angry
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ghafula
|
suddenness
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ghala
|
storeroom
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ghali
|
scarce, expensive
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ghamu
|
despondency
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gharaka
|
a calamity, a flood
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gharama
|
expense
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ghasia
|
distrubance
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ghera
|
determination to win, self-respect
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ghiliba
|
cunning, trick
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kughilibu
|
to get the better of
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kughoshi
|
to adulterate
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ghuba
|
gulf
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giza
|
darkness
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kugoboa
|
to break off, to strip off
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godoro
|
mattress
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gofu
|
a broken down house, ruins
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gogo
|
a log
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kugogota
|
to tap
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goigoi
|
lazy, useless
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|
gololi
|
a marble
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kugoma
|
to strike work
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kugomba
|
to scold
|
|
kugombana
|
to quarrel
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kugombea
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to compete for, to fight for
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gombo
|
the leaf of a book
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gome
|
bark or shell
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kugonga
|
to knock
|
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kugongana
|
to collide, to crash
|
|
kugubua
|
to uncover
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|
gugu
|
a weed
|
|
kugugumia
|
to gulp down
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|
kugugumiza
|
to stutter
|
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kuguguna
|
to gnaw
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|
()gumu
|
hard, difficult
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kuguna
|
to grunt, to show discontent
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gundi
|
adhesive gum, glue
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|
kugundua
|
to catch unawares, to discover
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kugunduliwa
|
to be caught unexpectedly
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kugunga
|
to keep a taboo
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gunia
|
maize bag
|
|
gunzi
|
a maize cob
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gurudumu
|
a wheel
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kugusa
|
to touch
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kuguta
|
to shout
|
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kugutua
|
to startle
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kugutuka
|
to be startled
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gwaride
|
military parade
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|
haba
|
few, very little
|
|
habari
|
news, what's up?
|
|
kuhadaa
|
to cheat
|
|
hadaa
|
trickery
|
|
hadhari
|
caution, look out
|
|
hadi
|
until, up to
|
|
hadithi
|
a story
|
|
kuhadithia
|
to narrate
|
|
hafifu
|
insignificant, light, weak
|
|
hai
|
alive
|
|
haidhuru
|
it doesn't matter
|
|
haifai
|
not right, unfair
|
|
haini
|
a traitor
|
|
haja
|
need, request
|
|
hajambo
|
he or she is well
|
|
haji
|
a pilgrim
|
|
haki
|
justice, right
|
|
()a haki
|
fairminded, fair, just
|
|
hakika
|
certainty, a fact
|
|
kuhakikisha
|
to ascertain
|
|
hakimu
|
a judge
|
|
hakuna
|
there is not, there are not
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halafu
|
afterwards
|
|
halaiki
|
a multitude of people
|
|
halali
|
lawful
|
|
kuhalalisha
|
to legalize
|
|
hali
|
state, condition
|
|
kuhalifu
|
to rebel against the law, to disobey
|
|
halisi
|
genuine, truly
|
|
halmashauri
|
a council
|
|
halzeti
|
olive oil
|
|
kuhama
|
to move away, to vacate
|
|
hamaki
|
quick temper
|
|
kuhamaki
|
to get angry
|
|
hamali
|
a porter
|
|
hamamu
|
a Turkish bath
|
|
kuhamia
|
to move to, to move into, to settle in
|
|
hamira
|
yeast
|
|
kuhamisha
|
to move someone or something
|
|
hamu
|
a yearning or a longing
|
|
kuhangaika
|
to be anxious, to lose one's cool
|
|
kuhani
|
to condole with
|
|
hapa
|
here
|
|
hapana
|
there is or there are not
|
|
hapo
|
over there, then
|
|
hapo kale
|
once upon a time
|
|
kuhara
|
to have diarreha
|
|
()harabu
|
destructive, naughty
|
|
haraka
|
haste
|
|
kuharakisha
|
to hustle, to agitate to action
|
|
haramia
|
bandit or pirate
|
|
haramu
|
something prohibited
|
|
harara
|
body heat, hot temper
|
|
hari
|
heat
|
|
()haribifu
|
destructive, corrupted
|
|
kuharibu
|
to destroy, spoil, or pervert
|
|
kuharimisha
|
to excommunicate, to criminalize
|
|
maharimu
|
forbidden persons or things
|
|
hariri
|
silk
|
|
kuharisha
|
to cause diarreah, to purge
|
|
harufu
|
odor, smell
|
|
hasa
|
especially
|
|
hasara
|
loss, damage
|
|
hasira
|
anger
|
|
kuhasiri
|
to cause damage
|
|
hata
|
until, up to
|
|
hata kidogo
|
not at all
|
|
hatamu
|
bridle
|
|
hatari
|
dangerous
|
|
hati
|
a document
|
|
hati ya maombi
|
application form
|
|
hatia
|
guilt
|
|
hatima
|
end
|
|
hatimaye
|
finally
|
|
kuhatirisha
|
to endanger, to venture out
|
|
hatua
|
a step, a pace
|
|
hawa
|
a strong desire, a passion
|
|
Hawa
|
Eve
|
|
hawa nafsi
|
egotism
|
|
haya
|
modesty, bashfulness
|
|
hayati
|
life
|
|
hayati
|
deceased
|
|
hayawani
|
a beast
|
|
hazina
|
treasury, a treasure
|
|
hedaya
|
a costly gift, a memento
|
|
hedhi
|
a menstrual period
|
|
hekaheka
|
shouts of encouragement
|
|
hekalu
|
a temple
|
|
hekaya
|
a legend or story
|
|
hekima
|
wisdom
|
|
hema
|
a tent
|
|
kuhema
|
to gasp for breath
|
|
heri
|
happiness
|
|
herufui
|
a letter of the alphabet
|
|
kuhesabia
|
to consider to be, to count for someone
|
|
hesabu
|
accounts, arithmetic
|
|
kuhesabu
|
to reckon
|
|
heshima
|
respect, honor
|
|
kuheshimiwa
|
to be honored
|
|
hewa
|
air
|
|
hiari
|
choice, free-will
|
|
kuhidi
|
to convert to good ways
|
|
kuhifadi
|
to preserve, to take care of, to guard
|
|
hila
|
craftiness
|
|
hima
|
haste, quickness, urgency
|
|
himaya
|
protection
|
|
kuhimidi
|
to praise
|
|
kuhimili
|
to bear, to support
|
|
kuhimiza
|
to urge, to please for quick action
|
|
kuhini
|
to act treacherously
|
|
hisa
|
a share, a portion
|
|
hisani
|
kindness
|
|
kuhitaji
|
to need
|
|
kuhitilafinana
|
to be different, to disagree
|
|
hitilafu
|
a difference, an estrangement
|
|
kuhitimu
|
to finish school
|
|
hivi
|
this way, these
|
|
hivyo
|
this way, thus, those
|
|
kuhizi
|
to disgrace
|
|
hizi
|
these
|
|
hodari
|
capable, clever
|
|
hodi
|
"May I come in?"
|
|
kuhofia
|
to be afraid for
|
|
hofu
|
fear
|
|
hohe hahe
|
completely broke, destitute
|
|
hoi
|
in a bad state, very drunk
|
|
hoja
|
subject under discussion, argument
|
|
kuhoji
|
to interrogate
|
|
kuhojiana
|
to discuss, to argue
|
|
homa
|
fever
|
|
kuhonga
|
to bribe, to pay a toll
|
|
hongo
|
a bribe
|
|
hori
|
a creek
|
|
hotuba
|
a sermon, an address, a speech
|
|
huba
|
love, romance
|
|
kuhubiri
|
to preach
|
|
kuhudhuria
|
to attend a meeting
|
|
mahuhudurio
|
attendance
|
|
huenda
|
maybe, perhaps
|
|
kuhuisha
|
to give life to, to revive
|
|
hujambo?
|
are you well?
|
|
huko
|
over there
|
|
huko nyuma
|
meanwhile
|
|
huku
|
this way, this place
|
|
hukumu
|
judgement
|
|
kuhukumu
|
to listen to litigation and give judgement
|
|
hulka
|
human condition
|
|
kuhuluku
|
to create
|
|
humo
|
in there
|
|
humu
|
inside this place
|
|
huru
|
free, free-born
|
|
huruma
|
compassion, sympathy
|
|
kuhurumia
|
to show mercy or sympathy to
|
|
kuhusiana
|
to be relevant, to be related
|
|
kuhusika
|
to apply to, to be concerned with
|
|
kuhusu
|
to concern, to be related to
|
|
husuda
|
envy
|
|
kuhusudu
|
to envy
|
|
hususa
|
special, especially
|
|
kuhutubu
|
preach, address a meeting
|
|
kuhuzuni
|
grief
|
|
kuhuzunika
|
to be grieved
|
|
kuhuzunisha
|
to cause sadness.
|