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