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The Kamusi Project Swahili-English Dictionary
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Entry below is o - this headword has been grouped
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-o { English: who
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verb relative ,
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[see also: ambao]
Swahili Example: watu walioondoka
English Example: the people who left
[note: class 2.]
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-o { English: that
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verb relative ,
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[see also: ambao]
Swahili Example: mti uliozaa matunda
English Example: the tree that bore fruit
[note: class 3, 11, 14.]
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-o { English: which
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verb relative ,
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[see also: ambao]
Swahili Example: mpaka uliovukwa
English Example: the border which was crossed
[note: class 3, 11, 14.]
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Entry below is oa - this headword has not been grouped
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-oa { English: take a wife
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: amemwoza mtoto wake kwa mtu mzee
English Example: He has married off his daughter to an old man.
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-oa { English: marry (of a man)
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: nioze mtoto wako
English Example: Permit me to marry your daughter.
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Entry below is oana - this headword has not been grouped
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-oana { English: marry each other
} [derived: oa V]
verb reciprocal,
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Swahili Example: wanataraji kuoana siku za mbele [Ya]
English Example: They intend to marry in the future
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Entry below is oanisha - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is of
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cha { English: of (class 7)
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preposition ,
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Swahili Example: kitabu cha mwanafunzi
English Example: the pupil's book
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Entry below is ofisa - this headword has not been grouped
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ofisa , pl maofisa
{ English: officer
, pl officers
} [derived: Eng.]
noun 5/6an,
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Entry below is ofisi - this headword has not been grouped
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ofisi , pl ofisi
{ English: bureau
, pl bureaus (or bureaux)
} [derived: Eng.]
noun 9/10,
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ofisi (or afisi or hafisi), pl ofisi (or afisi or hafisi)
{ English: office
, pl offices
} [derived: English office]
noun 9/10,
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Entry below is ofisiboi - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is ofusaidi
Entry below is oga - this headword has not been grouped
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-oga { English: bathe
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: baharini hapa hapaogeleki
English Example: It is not possible to bathe in this sea.
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-oga { English: wash (the body)
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: baharini hapa hapaogeleki
English Example: It is not possible to wash in this sea
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Entry below is ogea - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is ogelea - this headword has not been grouped
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-ogelea { English: swim
} [derived: oga V]
verb applicative,
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Swahili Example: [ki-Asumini] kiliogelea maji kame [Moh]
English Example: (ki-Asumini) swarm in waste water.
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Entry below is ogeleka - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is ogeleza - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is ogesha - this headword has not been grouped
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-ogesha { English: wash someone
} [derived: oga V]
verb causative,
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Swahili Example: baada ya kumwogesha binti yake [Muk]
English Example: After washing her daughter
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Entry below is ogeshwa
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-ogeshwa { English: be bathed
} [derived: oga V]
verb caus-pass,
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Swahili Example: mtoto anavua na kuogeshwa [Muk]
English Example: A child washes and is bathed
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Entry below is ogofisha - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is ogofya - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is ogofyo - this headword has not been grouped
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ogofyo , pl maogofyo
{ English: danger
, pl dangers
} [derived: oga]
noun 5/6,
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ogofyo , pl maogofyo
{ English: menace
, pl menaces
} [derived: ogofya V]
noun 5/6,
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ogofyo , pl maogofyo
{ English: threat
, pl threats
} [derived: oga]
noun 5/6,
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Entry below is ogopa - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is oily
Entry below is oka - this headword has not been grouped
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-oka { English: bake
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: oka mkate
English Example: bake bread
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-oka { English: roast
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: oka nyama
English Example: roast meat.
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Entry below is okelea
Entry below is okesha
Entry below is okeza
Entry below is okoa - this headword has not been grouped
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-okoa { English: rescue
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: ameniokoa na hatari ya mamba
English Example: He rescued me from a crocodile (lit.: from the danger of a crocodile).
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-okoa { English: save
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: chupi ilimwokoa [Kez]
English Example: underpants saved him/her
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Entry below is okoka - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is okolewa - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is okota - this headword has not been grouped
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-okota { English: pick up
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: Zakaria aliiokota mara moja [Kez], kukutana mabondeni kwenye kuokota kuni [Moh], alikuwa abiria tu aliyemwokota njiani [Sul]
English Example: Zakaria picked it at once.
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Entry below is okotea
Entry below is okoteka - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is okotwa
Entry below is okoza - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is oksijeni
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oksijeni { English: oxygen
} [Dialect: recent] [Terminology: chemistry]
noun 9,
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English Definition: a colorless tasteless odorless gaseous element that constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere and is found in water, in most rocks and minerals, and in numerous organic compounds, that is capable of combining with all elements except the inert gases, that is active in physiological processes, and that is involved especially in combustion (identified 1790)
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Entry below is oktavo
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oktavo , pl oktavo
{ English: octave
, pl octaves
} [derived: Eng.] [Terminology: music]
noun 9/10,
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Entry below is Oktoba
Entry below is ola - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is ole - this headword has not been grouped
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ole { English: Woe is me!
}
interjection ,
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Swahili Example: ole wangu!
English Example: Woe is me!
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Entry below is olea
Entry below is oleka - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is oleleza - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is olewa - this headword has not been grouped
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-olewa { English: get married
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: Maria aliolewa na Yosefu
English Example: Mary got married to Joseph
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-olewa { English: be married (of a woman)
} [derived: oa V]
verb ,
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Swahili Example: Regina tangu aolewe hakuwa na raha [Kez]
English Example: Regina has never been happy since she got married.
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Entry below is oleza - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is olimpiki - this headword has been grouped
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olimpiki , pl olimpiki
{ English: olympics
, pl olympics
} [derived: English Olympics]
noun 9/10,
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Swahili Example: Michezo ya ishirini ya Olimpiki ya Majira ya Baridi ilifunguliwa tarehe 10 usiku huko Torino nchini Italia (CRI Online)
English Example: the twentieth Winter Olympic Games were opened on the evening of the 10th in the Italian city of Torino (CRI Online)
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michezo ya olimpiki { English: olympic games
} [derived: English Olympic]
noun 4,
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[see also: mchezo]
Swahili Example: Michezo ya ishirini ya Olimpiki ya Majira ya Baridi ilifunguliwa tarehe 10 usiku huko Torino nchini Italia (CRI Online)
English Example: the twentieth Winter Olympic Games were opened on the evening of the 10th in the Italian city of Torino (CRI Online)
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-a olimpiki { English: olympic
} [derived: English Olympic]
adjective ,
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Swahili Example: michezo ya olimpiki
English Example: olympic games
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Entry below is Omani
Entry below is omba - this headword has not been grouped
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-omba { English: ask for
}
verb ,
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Swahili Example: Waliomba chai, lakini wakapata kahawa.
English Example: They asked for tea, but they got coffee.
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-omba { English: be a beggar
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: Msichana ambaye hana pesa ni lazima aombe.
English Example: The girl who has no money must be a beggar.
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Entry below is omba radi - this headword has not been grouped
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-omba radi { English: beg pardon
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verb ,
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Swahili Example: pigwa na radi
English Example: be struck by lightning
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Entry below is omba ruhsa
Entry below is omba ruhusa
Entry below is omba rukhsa
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