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English-Swahili Verbs
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to
accompany part way
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-sindikiza
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to
accuse
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-shitaki
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to
add to, augment
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-ongeza
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to
add up
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-jumlisha
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to
adorn, decorate
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-pamba
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to
advise, counsel
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-onya
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to
agree, accept
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-kubali
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to
agree, come to terms
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-patana
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to
anoint, paint, smear
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-pakaa
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to
answer
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-jibu
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to
appear
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-onekana
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to
appear, happen
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-tokea
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to
apply, stick on
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-bandika
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to
approach
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-karibia
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to
arise, get up
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-amuka
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to
arrange
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-tandika
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to
arrive
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-fika
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to
ask
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-uliza
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to
ask entrance
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-piga
hodi
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to
avoid, get out of the way
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-epuka
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to
baptize
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-batiza
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to
bargain
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-piga
bei
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to
bathe
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-oga
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to
be
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-wa
[monosyllabic]
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to
be a duty, behoove
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-pasa
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to
be able
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-weza
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to
be agitated
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-chokozana
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to
be angry
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-kasirika
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to
be annoyed, bothered
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-sumbua
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to
be astonished, surprised
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-shangaa
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to
be at rest
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-starehe
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to
be born
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-zaliwa
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to
be broadened, spread apart
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-panuka
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to
be broken
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-vunjika
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to
be calm, tranquil
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-tulia
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to
be changed, turned
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-geuka
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to
be complete, perfect, whole, accomplished
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-timia
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to
be destroyed, spoiled
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-haribika
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to
be dirty
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-chafuka
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to
be discouraged, desperate
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-kata
tamaa
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to
be dispersed, spread out
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-sambaa
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to
be done (cooked)
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-iva
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to
be drunk
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-lewa
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to
be finished
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kwisha
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to
be full
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-jaa
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to
be greatly astonished, surprised
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-staajabu
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to
be humble, submissive
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-nyenyekea
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to
be hungry
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-sikia
njaa
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to
be hurt, in pain
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-umia
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to
be in pain
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-umia
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to
be late, delayed
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-chelewa
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to
be lost
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-potea
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to
be melted
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-yeyuka
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to
be obtainable
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-patikana
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to
be perplexed
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-sita
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to
be possible
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-wezekana
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to
be properly seasoned
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-kolea
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to
be resurrected
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-fufuka
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to
be ruined
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-haribika
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to
be sad
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-huzunika
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to
be satisfied, full of food
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-shiba
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to
be sorry, have regret
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-sikitika
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to
be spilled, poured out
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-mwangika
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to
be split, torn
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-pasuka
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to
be spread out, diffused
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-enea
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to
be straight
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-nyoloka
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to
be sufficient
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-tosha
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to
be surprised, agitated
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-shituka
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to
be taught, learn
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-fundishwa
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to
be thirsty
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-sikia
kiu
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to
be tired
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-choka
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to
be troubled, confused
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-fazaika
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to
bear a child, bear fruit
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-zaa
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to
become cool
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-poa
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to
become dry
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-kauka
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to
become fat (people)
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-nenepa
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to
become jammed, stuck
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-kwama
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to
become thin
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-konda
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to
begin
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-anza
|
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to
behold
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-tazama
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to
believe
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-sadiki
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to
believe (in)
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-amini
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to
bend, fold
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-kunja
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to
bewitch, put under a spell
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-loga
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to
blaze, burn brightly
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-waka
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to
bless
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-bariki
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to
blow a whistle
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-piga
filimbi
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to
blow, roar
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-vuma
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to
boil
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-tokota
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to
bolt, bar, ripen
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-komea
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to
borrow
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-kopa
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to
break
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-vunja
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to
bring
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-leta
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to
bubble up, boil
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-chemuka
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to
build
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-jenga
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to
burn, destroy by fire
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-teketeza
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to
burn, scorch
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-ungua
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to
bury
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-zika
|
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to
buy
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-nunua
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to
call
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-ita
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to
call by name
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-taja
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to
care for (sick)
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-tunza
|
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to
carry
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-chukua
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to
carry
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-beba
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to
cast lots
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-piga
kura
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to
cause to boil
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-chemusha
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to
cause to get, inform
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-pasha
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to
cause to heal
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-ponyesha
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to
cease
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-koma
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to
change, exchange
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-badilisha
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to
chew
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-tafuna
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to
choose
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-chagua
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to
circumcise
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-tahiri
|
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to
clap
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-piga
mikono
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to
clean
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-safisha
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to
climb, plant
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-panda
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to
collect
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-changa
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to
come
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-ja
[monosyllabic]
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to
come out from, go out
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-toka
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to
comfort
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-fariji
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to
command, order, direct
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-amuru
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to
command, order, direct
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-agiza
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to
commit adultery
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-zini
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to
confess, acknowledge
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-kiri
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to
contradict
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-bisha
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to
converse
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-semezana
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to
converse, chat together
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-zungumuza
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to
cook
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-pika
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to
cough
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-kohoa
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to
count, reckon
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-hesabu
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to
cover
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-funika
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to
create
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-umba
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to
creep
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-tambaa
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to
cross over, ford (a stream)
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-vuka
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to
crow
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-wika
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to
crucify
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-sulibi
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to
crush
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-ponda
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to
cry
|
-lia
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to
cry out
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-lalamika
|
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to
curse
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-tukana
|
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to
curse, swear at
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-laani
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to
cut, saw (crosswise)
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-kata
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to
decay
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-oza
|
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to
decide a case, pass sentence
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-kata
maneno
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to
decrease
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-punguka
|
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to
defecate
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-nyamba
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to
delay
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-kawa
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to
deny
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-kana
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to
descend
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-shuka
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to
descend
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-telemuka
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to
deserve, merit, be worthy
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-stahili
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to
despise, disdain
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-behua
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to
despise, make fun of, insult, scorn
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-zarau
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to
destroy
|
-angamiza
|
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to
die
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-fa
[monosyllabic]
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to
dig
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-chimba
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to
dig, hoe, cultivate
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-lima
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to
dip, plunge into
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-chovya
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to
discover
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-vumbua
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to
discover
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-fumbua
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to
dish up (food)
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-pakua
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to
divide
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-gawa
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to
do, act
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-tenda
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to
do, make
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-fanya
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to
drag, draw
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-kokota
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to
draw a line
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-piga
mustari
|
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to
draw water
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-teka
maji
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to
dream
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-ota
(ndoto)
|
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to
dress a wound
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-funga
kidonda
|
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to
dress someone
|
-vika
|
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to
drink
|
-nywa
[monosyllabic]
|
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to
drive a nail
|
-piga
musumari
|
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to
drown, sink in a fluid
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-zama
|
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to
dust, wipe
|
-pangusa
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to
eat
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-la
[monosyllabic]
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to
embrace
|
-kumbatia
|
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to
endure, bear, tolerate, persevere
|
-vumilia
|
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to
enter
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-ingia
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to
entrap, ensnare
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-nasa
|
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to
examine the blood
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-pima
damu
|
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to
exercise, practice
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-zoea
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to
explain
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-eleza
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to
fall
|
-anguka
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|
to
fast
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-funga
chakula
|
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to
fear
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-ogopa
|
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to
fear, be in awe
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-cha
[monosyllabic]
|
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to
fill
|
-jaza
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to
find
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-kuta
|
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to
finish, complete
|
-maliza
|
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to
finish, end
|
kwisha
|
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to
fire a gun
|
-piga
bunduki
|
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to
fish
|
-vua
|
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to
flap the wings
|
-piga
mabawa
|
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to
flatter, coax, soothe
|
-bembeleza
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to
follow
|
-fuata
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to
fool, cheat, deceive
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-danganya
|
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to
force out, drive away
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-fukuza
|
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to
forget
|
-sahau
|
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to
forgive
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-samehe
|
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to
frown
|
-kunja
uso
|
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to
fry
|
-kalanga
|
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to
gather together, collect
|
-kusanya
|
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to
get, obtain
|
-pata
|
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to
get well, be healed
|
-pona
|
|
to
give
|
-pa
[monosyllabic]
|
|
to
give an injection
|
-piga
sindano
|
|
to
give birth
|
-zaa
|
|
to
give thanks
|
-shukuru
|
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to
glorify, exalt
|
-tukuza
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to
go
|
kwenda
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to
go away, get out of the way
|
-ondoka
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to
go before
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-tangulia
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to
go on, pass by, surpass
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-pita
|
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to
go on the way
|
-shika
njia
|
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to
go out (fire, light)
|
-zimika
|
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to
grasp
|
-shika
|
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to
grasp, take hold of forcibly
|
-kamata
|
|
to
greet
|
-salimu
|
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to
grind
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-saga
|
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to
groan (when in pain)
|
-ugua
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to
grow (man, animals)
|
-kua
|
|
to
grow (people)
|
-komala
|
|
to
grow (plants)
|
-ota
|
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to
grow up
|
-pata
nguvu
|
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to
guard, keep
|
-chunga
|
|
to
guard, keep, watch over
|
-linda
|
|
to
hang up, suspend
|
-tundika
|
|
to
harvest
|
-vuna
|
|
to
hate
|
-chukia
|
|
to
have
|
-wa
na [monosyllabic]
|
|
to
have diarrhea
|
-hara
|
|
to
have dysentery
|
-hara
damu
|
|
to
hear
|
-sikia
|
|
to
help
|
-saidia
|
|
to
hide
|
-ficha
|
|
to
hit, beat, strike
|
-piga
|
|
to
hoe
|
-palia
|
|
to
honor
|
-heshimu
|
|
to
hope
|
-taraji
|
|
to
hope
|
-tumaini
|
|
to
hunt
|
-winda
|
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to
hurt, damage, cause loss or injury
|
-zuru
|
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to
hurt, have pain
|
-uma
|
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to
imitate
|
-iga
|
|
to
implore
|
-sihi
|
|
to
increase
|
-zidi
|
|
to
inherit
|
-riti
|
|
to
iron
|
-goma
|
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to
itch
|
-washa
|
|
to
judge, condemn
|
-hukumu
|
|
to
jump, fly
|
-ruka
|
|
to
keep quiet, be silent
|
-nyamaza
(kimya)
|
|
to
kill
|
-ua
|
|
to
kiss
|
-busu
|
|
to
kneel
|
-piga
magoti
|
|
to
knit
|
-suka
|
|
to
know
|
-jua
|
|
to
lack, make a mistake, fail, miss, sin
|
-kosa
|
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to
lament, bewail
|
-omboleza
|
|
to
laugh
|
-cheka
|
|
to
lead, direct
|
-ongoza
|
|
to
leak
|
-vuja
|
|
to
lean on
|
-tegemea
|
|
to
lean on
|
-egemea
|
|
to
learn, study
|
-jifunza
|
|
to
leave, stop, allow
|
-acha
|
|
to
lend
|
-kopesha
|
|
to
lie down
|
-lala
|
|
to
light fire or lamp
|
-washa
|
|
to
listen
|
-sikiliza
|
|
to
live
|
-ishi
|
|
to
long for, desire, lust after
|
-tamani
|
|
to
lose
|
-poteza
|
|
to
love
|
-penda
|
|
to
make a noise
|
-piga
kelele
|
|
to
make afraid
|
-ogopesha
|
|
to
make progress, go ahead
|
-endelea
|
|
to
make ready, prepare
|
-tayarisha
|
|
to
marry (of both)
|
-oana
|
|
to
marry (of girl)
|
-olewa
|
|
to
marry (of man)
|
-oa
|
|
to
measure, weigh, test
|
-pima
|
|
to
meet together
|
-kusanyika
|
|
to
meet together
|
-kutana
|
|
to
melt
|
-yeyusha
|
|
to
mix, muddle, confuse
|
-changanya
|
|
to
moan, groan
|
-ugua
|
|
to
move
|
-hama
|
|
to
move (over, back, etc.)
|
-jongea
|
|
to
murmur, grumble
|
-nungunika
|
|
to
need
|
-hitaji
|
|
to
notice, look at, pay attention to
|
-angalia
|
|
to
obey
|
-tii
|
|
to
offer
|
-toa
|
|
to
offer to
|
-tolea
|
|
to
open, untie
|
-fungua
|
|
to
operate
|
-pasua
|
|
to
overcome, conquer, win, succeed
|
-shinda
|
|
to
pass right on
|
-pita
kupita
|
|
to
pay, pay back
|
-lipa
|
|
to
peel (vegetables)
|
-menya
|
|
to
permit, give permission
|
-ruhusu
|
|
to
pick up, gather up
|
-okota
|
|
to
pierce
|
-toboa
|
|
to
pierce, burn, bake, roast
|
-choma
|
|
to
pity, have mercy on
|
-rehemu
|
|
to
plane a board
|
-sukua
mbao
|
|
to
play
|
-cheza
|
|
to
play an organ, piano
|
-piga
kinanda
|
|
to
please
|
-pendeza
|
|
to
pluck, gather
|
-chuma
|
|
to
pound (as a mortar)
|
-twanga
|
|
to
pour, spill
|
-mwanga
|
|
to
praise
|
-sifu
|
|
to
pray, ask for
|
-omba
|
|
to
preach, preach to
|
-hubiri
|
|
to
prepare, repair
|
-tengeneza
|
|
to
prepare for a trip
|
-funga
safari
|
|
to
press, squeeze, pinch
|
-bana
|
|
to
press together, hem in
|
-songa
|
|
to
print
|
-chapa
|
|
to
print
|
-piga
chapa
|
|
to
proclaim, announce
|
-tangaza
|
|
to
prohibit, forbid
|
-kataza
|
|
to
prophesy, predict
|
-tabiri
|
|
to
pull, draw, strain, attract, charm
|
-vuta
|
|
to
punish
|
-azibu
|
|
to
purpose
|
-kusudi
|
|
to
push, urge, encourage
|
-sukuma
|
|
to
put
|
-tia
|
|
to
put in, cause to enter
|
-ingiza
|
|
to
put, place
|
-weka
|
|
to
put together, compose, construct
|
-tunga
|
|
to
quarrel
|
-gombana
|
|
to
rain
|
-nyesha
|
|
to
rain, fall like rain
|
-nya
[monosyllabic]
|
|
to
raise the voice
|
-paza
sauti
|
|
to
raise up, lift
|
-nyanyua
|
|
to
read
|
-sima
|
|
to
rebel, disobey
|
-asi
|
|
to
receive
|
-pokea
|
|
to
recognize, discern
|
-tambua
|
|
to
redeem, take another's place
|
-komboa
|
|
to
refuse
|
-kataa
|
|
to
rejoice
|
-furahi
|
|
to
rejoice greatly, shout with joy
|
-shangilia
|
|
to
relate, give an account of
|
-simulia
|
|
to
relax
|
-legea
|
|
to
remain
|
-baki
|
|
to
remain, continue, endure
|
-dumu
|
|
to
remember
|
-kumbuka
|
|
to
repent
|
-tubu
|
|
to
reprimand, scold
|
-kemea
|
|
to
reprimand, scold
|
-hamakia
|
|
to
resemble, be similar
|
-fanana
|
|
to
rest
|
-pumzika
|
|
to
resurrect, revive, restore
|
-fufua
|
|
to
return
|
-rudi
|
|
to
ridicule, mock
|
-zihaki
|
|
to
ring a bell
|
-piga
kengele
|
|
to
rise (of the sun)
|
-cha
[monosyllabic]
|
|
to
roast
|
-oka
|
|
to
rob, plunder
|
-nyanganya
|
|
to
roll along
|
-fingirisha
|
|
to
root up
|
-ngoa
|
|
to
rot
|
-oza
|
|
to
rule, reign
|
-tawala
|
|
to
run
|
-piga
mbio
|
|
to
run, run away
|
-kimbia
|
|
to
run away completely
|
-kimbia
kukimbia
|
|
to
run to for refuge
|
-kimbilia
|
|
to
sanctify, cleanse, purify
|
-takasa
|
|
to
save
|
-okoa
|
|
to
say, speak
|
-sema
|
|
to
scatter
|
-tawanya
|
|
to
scrape
|
-palula
|
|
to
scratch
|
-jiwasha
|
|
to
search for
|
-tafuta
|
|
to
see
|
-ona
|
|
to
sell
|
-uza
|
|
to
send
|
-tuma
|
|
to
send back
|
-rudisha
|
|
to
separate
|
-tenga
|
|
to
serve, work for
|
-tumikia
|
|
to
set (of the sun)
|
-chwa
[monosyllabic]
|
|
to
sew
|
-shona
|
|
to
shake (as a rug)
|
-kunguta
|
|
to
share, take part in
|
-shiriki
|
|
to
sharpen to a point, carve
|
-chonga
|
|
to
shave
|
-nyoa
|
|
to
shine (sun, moon, etc)
|
-ngaa
|
|
to
shorten
|
-fupisha
|
|
to
show
|
-onyesha
|
|
to
sin
|
-fanya
zambi
|
|
to
sin
|
-tenda
zambi
|
|
to
sing
|
-imba
|
|
to
sit down
|
-keti
|
|
to
sit, dwell, stay
|
-kaa
|
|
to
slander
|
-singizia
|
|
to
slap
|
-piga
kofi
|
|
to
slay
|
-chinja
|
|
to
sleep
|
-lala
usingizi
|
|
to
slide
|
-teleza
|
|
to
slip, slip away, escape
|
-ponyoka
|
|
to
smell
|
-nusa
|
|
to
smell, stink
|
-nuka
|
|
to
smoke
|
-vuta
tumbako
|
|
to
soil, make dirty
|
-chafua
|
|
to
speak to
|
-sema
na
|
|
to
spit
|
-tema
mate
|
|
to
split, tear, saw (lengthwise-rip)
|
-pasua
|
|
to
spoil, destroy
|
-haribu
|
|
to
spy out
|
-peleleza
|
|
to
squeeze, wring out, milk a cow
|
-kamua
|
|
to
stand
|
-simama
|
|
to
stay overnight, set in order, arrange
|
-panga
|
|
to
steal
|
-iba
|
|
to
stir
|
-koroga
|
|
to
stoop, bow
|
-inama
|
|
to
stop, hinder, restrain
|
-zuiza
|
|
to
stop, hinder, restrain
|
-zuia
|
|
to
straighten
|
-nyolosha
|
|
to
stroke, touch gently, grope about
|
-papasa
|
|
to
stumble
|
-kwaa
|
|
to
suck
|
-nyonya
|
|
to
suffer
|
-teswa
|
|
to
suffice, behoove
|
-faa
|
|
to
surround, go around
|
-zunguka
|
|
to
swallow
|
-meza
|
|
to
sweep
|
-fagia
|
|
to
sweep up, gather into heaps, pick up
|
-zoa
|
|
to
swell
|
-vimba
|
|
to
swim
|
-ogolea
|
|
to
take
|
-peleka
|
|
to
take aim
|
-piga
shabaha
|
|
to
take an oath
|
-apa
|
|
to
take away
|
-ondoa
|
|
to
take, carry away
|
-twaa
|
|
to
take leave of, say goodbye
|
-aga
|
|
to
taste
|
-onja
|
|
to
teach
|
-fundisha
|
|
to
tear down, demolish
|
-bomoa
|
|
to
tell the news
|
-pasha
habari
|
|
to
tell to
|
-ambia
|
|
to
think
|
-waza
|
|
to
think about, consider
|
-fikili
|
|
to
think, meditate
|
-waza
|
|
to
think, suppose
|
-zani
|
|
to
throw, throw away
|
-tupa
|
|
to
tie a knot
|
-piga
fundo
|
|
to
tie, shut, lock, close
|
-funga
|
|
to
tie up a sore
|
-funga
kidonda
|
|
to
tighten
|
-kaza
|
|
to
torture, harass, persecute
|
-tesa
|
|
to
touch
|
-gusa
|
|
to
touch
|
-gusa
|
|
to
translate, interpret
|
-fasiri
|
|
to
translate, interpret
|
-tafsiri
|
|
to
trap, ensnare
|
-tega
|
|
to
travel
|
-safiri
|
|
to
tremble
|
-tetemeka
|
|
to
try, tempt, attempt
|
-jaribu
|
|
to
turn over
|
-pindua
|
|
to
twist, drive a car
|
-nyonga
|
|
to
twist with fingers, spin
|
-sokota
|
|
to
understand
|
-fahamu
|
|
to
unite, join
|
-unga
|
|
to
urinate
|
-kojoa
|
|
to
use, send to
|
-tumia
|
|
to
vaccinate for smallpox
|
-chanja
ndui
|
|
to
venture, dare
|
-subutu
|
|
to
vomit
|
-tapika
|
|
to
wage war
|
-piga
vita
|
|
to
wait, wait for
|
-ngoja
|
|
to
walk
|
-tembea
|
|
to
walk on
|
-kanyaga
|
|
to
want, desire
|
-taka
|
|
to
warm oneself
|
-ota
|
|
to
warm oneself by the fire
|
-ota
moto
|
|
to
warm oneself in the sun
|
-ota
jua
|
|
to
wash (clothes)
|
-fua
|
|
to
wash, rub, scour
|
-sukua
|
|
to
wash the hands, face
|
-nawa
|
|
to
wave, shake
|
-tikisa
|
|
to
wear
|
-vaa
|
|
to
weigh a patient
|
-pima
uzito
|
|
to
winnow
|
-pepeta
|
|
to
wipe away, erase
|
-futa
|
|
to
withhold, deprive
|
-nyimba
|
|
to
witness
|
-shuhudia
|
|
to
witness
|
-shuhudu
|
|
to
work
|
-tumika
|
|
to
worship
|
-abudu
|
|
to
write
|
-andika
|
|
to
yawn
|
-piga
miayo
|
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