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198 Cards in this Set
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Ku-fanya |
To do |
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Ku-anguka |
To fall |
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Ku-fika |
To arrive |
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Ku-fuata |
To follow |
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Ku-funga |
To close, shut, fasten |
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Ku-fungua |
To open, undo |
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Ku-jua |
To know |
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Ku-kaa |
To stay, dwell |
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Ku-kamata |
To seize, hold |
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Ku-kata |
To cut, reduce |
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Ku-leta |
To bring, fetch |
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Ku-nunua |
To buy, purchase |
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Ku-penda |
To like, love |
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Ku-piga |
To beat, hit |
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Ku-pika |
To cook |
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Ku-safisha |
To clean |
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Ku-sema |
To speak, say |
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Ku-simama |
To stand, halt |
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Ku-tafuta |
To search, look for |
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Ku-taka |
To want |
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Ku-uza |
To sell |
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Ku-weka |
To put, place |
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Ku-weza |
To be able |
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Ku-samehe |
To forgive, sacrifice |
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Ku-baki |
To remain, be left over |
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Ku-fikiri |
To think, consider |
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Ku-furahi |
To rejoice, be happy |
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Ku-keti |
To sit |
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Ku-safiri |
To travel |
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Ku-rudi |
To return |
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Ku-faulu |
To succeed |
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Ku-haribu |
To destroy, spoil |
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Ku-jaribu |
To try |
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Ku-jibu |
To answer, reply |
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Ku-fa |
To die |
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Ku-ja |
To come |
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Ku-wa |
To be, To become |
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Ku-la |
To eat |
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Ku-nywa |
To drink |
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Ku-enda (kwenda) |
To go |
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Kwisha (ku-isha) |
To be finished |
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M/waganga |
Doctor, witch doctor |
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M/wageni |
Visitor, guest, new comer, stranger |
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M/Wagonjwa |
A sick person, patient |
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M/Wajamzito |
Pregnant person |
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M/Wapishi |
Cook |
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M/Watoto |
Child |
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M/Watumishi |
Servant |
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M/Wazee |
Old person, elder term of respect |
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M/Wazungu |
A European or white person |
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M/Wadudu |
An insect |
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M/Wanyama |
Animal |
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Mwana/wana |
Son/daughter |
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Mw/Wanafunzi |
Student, pupil |
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Mw/Walimu |
Teacher |
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Mw/Wenyeji |
Inhabitant |
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Mwizi/Wezi |
Thief |
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Mwanamke/wanawake |
woman/ women |
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Mwanamume/wanaume |
Man/ men |
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Mwindaji/wawindaji |
A Hunter |
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Mw/Waafrika |
An African |
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Mwamerika/waamerika |
An American |
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Ku-amka |
To wake up |
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Ku-anza |
To start, to begin |
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Ku-chukua |
To carry, take |
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Ku-fagia |
To sweep |
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Ku-futa |
To wipe |
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Ku-hitaji |
To need, require |
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Ku-ingia |
To enter in, go in |
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Ku-jifunza |
To learn |
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Ku-kauka |
To dry, To get dry |
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Ku-lala |
To sleep, lie down |
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Ku-lima |
To cultivate, plough |
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Ku-lipa |
To pay |
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Ku-nusa |
To smell something, sniff |
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Ku-ona |
To see, feel, think |
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Ku-panda |
To climb, sow |
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Ku-pata |
To get, obtain |
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Ku-sahau |
To forget |
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Ku-soma |
To read, study |
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Ku-tumia |
To use |
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Ku-tunza |
To tend, To take care of |
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Ku-winda |
To hunt |
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Kabisa |
Completely, extremely |
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Sana |
Very, a lot, very much |
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Na |
And, with |
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Leo |
Today |
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Sasa |
Now |
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Tena |
Again |
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M/Mi-buyu |
A baobab tree |
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M/Mi-chezo |
A game, a toy |
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M/Mi-fereji |
A ditch, furrow, channel |
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M/Mi-fuko |
A bag, pocket |
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M/Mi-guu |
A leg, foot |
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M/Mi-ji |
A town, city |
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M/Mi-kate |
A loaf, bread |
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M/Mi-kono |
Arm, hand |
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M/Mi-lango |
A door, opening, gate |
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M/Mi-lima |
A mountain |
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M/Mi-shahara |
A salary, wage |
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M/Mi-sumari |
A carpenter's nail |
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M/Mi-ti |
A tree, post, tree trunk |
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M/Mi-tihani |
An examination, test |
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M/Mi-to |
A pillow, cushion, river |
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M/Mi-zigo |
A load, luggage (pl.), burden |
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Moshi/Mioshi |
Smoke (rarely plural) |
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Moto/mioto |
Fire, heat |
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Moyo/mioyo |
A heart |
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Mw/Mi-aka |
Year |
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Mw/Mi-embe |
Mango tree |
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Mw/Mi-endo |
Speed, a journey |
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Mw/Mi-wezi |
Moon, month |
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Mw/Mi-ili |
Living body |
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Mw/Mi-isho |
An end, conclusion |
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Ku-faa |
To be suitable, of use (of quality) |
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Ku-ficha |
To hide |
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Ku-iva |
To be ripe, cooked, to be ready for eating |
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Ku-legea |
To be loose, slack |
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Ku-nuka |
To stink, smell bad |
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Ku-nukia |
To smell sweet |
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Ku-ota |
To grow, bask, dream |
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Ku-poa |
To get cool |
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Ku-saidia |
To help, assist |
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Ku-sitawi |
To flourish, prosper |
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Ku-toa |
To give/put out |
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Ku-tosha |
To be sufficient (of quantity) |
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-baya |
Bad |
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-bovu |
Rotten |
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-chache |
Few (takes plural only) |
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-chafu |
Dirty |
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-dogo |
Small, little |
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-fupi |
Short, low |
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-geni |
Strange, foreign, new (of people) |
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-gumu |
Hard, difficult |
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-kali |
Fierce, sharp, steep, strict |
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-kavu |
Dry |
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-kubwa |
Big, large |
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-nene |
Fat, thick |
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-ngapi? |
How many? |
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-pana |
Wide, broad, flat |
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-pya |
New |
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-refu |
Long, deep, high, tall |
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-tamu |
Sweet (sugary) |
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-tupu |
Empty, bare, pure (nothing but) |
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-vivu |
Lazy, idle |
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-zima |
Whole |
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-zito |
Heavy |
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Mzee yule |
That elderly person |
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Mpishi huyu |
This cook |
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Mlima huu |
This farm |
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Mlango mdogo ule |
That small door |
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Mkate mrefu huu |
This short loaf of bread |
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Mlima mdogo ule |
That small mountain |
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Wazungu hawa |
These Europeans |
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Mpishi mzuri yule |
That good cook |
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Miti mirefu hii |
The tall trees |
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Mkate mbovu huu |
This rotten bread |
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Watoto wadogo wale |
Those small children |
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Misumari mifupi ile |
Those short nails |
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Jikoni |
In the kitchen |
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Kikapuni |
In the basket |
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Mezani |
On the table |
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Nyumbani |
In the house/at the home |
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Sokoni |
On/at the market |
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Mkate upo mezani |
the bread is on the table (definite) |
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Mkate uko jikoni |
the bread is somewhere in the kitchen |
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Mkate umo kikapuni |
The bread is inside the basket |
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Mwembe upo pale |
The mango tree is over there |
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Miiba iko kule |
the thorn is thereabouts |
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Mchezo upo mezani |
The game is on the table |
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Mgeni yupo mlangoni |
The guest is at the door |
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Misumari mirefu ile iko wapi? Imo mfukoni. |
Those long nails are where? Inside the pockets |
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Siyo |
No |
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Ku-andika |
To write |
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Ku-angalia |
To watch out, pay attention, to look at, to be careful |
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Ku-chagua |
To choose |
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Ku-cheza |
To play |
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Ku-endelea |
To continue, progress |
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Ku-funika |
To cover |
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Ku-fyeka |
To slash, cut with a panga, to clear the bush |
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Ku-kohoa |
To cough |
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Ku-kubali |
To agree |
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Ku-kumbuka |
To remember |
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Ku-maliza |
To finish, end |
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Ku-nawa |
To wash hands and face |
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Ku-omba |
To beg, pray, ask a favor |
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Ku-inua |
To lift, raise |
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Ku-jaza |
To fill (causative) |
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Ku-kimbia |
To run |
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Ku-ongeza |
To increase, To add to |
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Ku-panga |
To arrange, to hire |
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Ku-pumzika |
To rest, stop working |
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Ku-tazama |
To look at, gaze |
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Ku-tembea |
To walk |
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Ku-toka |
To come out of, come from, go out |
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Ku-uliza |
To question, ask a question |
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Ku-zoea |
To get used to, To become accustomed |
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Ku-zungumza |
To converse (with purpose) |
