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Kiswahili Vocabulary

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fuluwili madoa-meupe white-spotted flufftail
fuluwili madoa-njano buff-spotted flufftail
fuluwili mkia-mwekundu striped flufftail
fuluwili vidole-virefu long-toed flufftail
-fuma
plait
  1. weave
  2. braid
  3. knit
  4. surprise
  5. embroider
  6. penetrate
  7. pierce
  8. crotchet
  9. encounter someone unexpectedly
  10. discover suddenly
  11. meet suddenly
  12. sew together
fuma
weave
  1. knit
  2. sea urchin
  3. sew
  4. strike with a spear
-fuma kama atlasi
-fuma nguo weave cloth
-fumania
surprise
  1. take by surprise
  2. appear unexpectedly
  3. catch unawares
fumania
take in the act
  1. come on
-fumania -pata mtu kosani
-fumanika bado
-fumaniwa be caught doing
-fumaniza bado
fumanizi
-fuma nywele
fumaroli
fumatiti
-fumba
shut
  1. close
  2. disguise
  3. puzzle
  4. mystify
  5. bring together
  6. complicate
  7. elude
fumba
close
  1. lump
  2. basket
  3. handful
  4. heap
  5. burial mat
  6. sleeping bag
  7. track
  8. cover
  9. shut
  10. puzzle
  11. mystify
-fumbaa
fumba katika shut in
fumba laika shut down
-fumbama
-fumbama akili
be crazy
  1. lose one’s senses
-fumba macho close the eyes
-fumba maneno
speak in riddles
  1. speak mysteriously
-fumba mdomo
keep quiet
  1. close the mouth
-fumbana
fumba nje
shut out
  1. puzzle out
fumba sana clinch
-fumbata
grasp
  1. embrace
  2. enclose
  3. seize
  4. clutch
  5. clasp
fumbata
grasp
  1. hold
fumbatana upondo kwa nguvu
grasp
  1. handhold
  2. grip
-fumbatika
fumbatio
fumbatio la injini ya ndege
fumbi
ditch
  1. drain
  2. dust
  3. chaff
  4. stream
  5. gutter
  6. sediment
  7. particle
  8. powder
  9. brook
  10. sweepings
-fumbia hide meanings
-fumbia macho
fumbi la (kupandia) mpunga
fumbo
riddle
  1. metaphor
  2. allusion
  3. hint
  4. mystery
  5. problem
  6. puzzle
  7. conundrum
  8. enigma
  9. parable
  10. proverb
  11. hidden meaning
  12. veiled language
  13. obscure meaning
fumbo la maneno
fumbo la maneno katika jedwali
fumbo la mchoro
fumbo la neno
fumbu
bouquet
  1. bunch
-fumbua
open
  1. disclose
  2. discover
  3. solve
  4. reveal
  5. decipher
  6. explore
  7. unclench
fumbua
open
  1. solve
  2. discover
  3. disclose
fumbua fanya kazi openwork
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