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Kiswahili Vocabulary

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Kwango Kwango River
kwangu
parrotfish
  1. mine
  2. surge wrasse
  3. my place
  4. moon wrasse
  5. to me
  6. Klunzinger’s wrasse
-kwangua
scrape
  1. scour
  2. clean
kwangua scrape
kwanguko
-kwangura scrape
kwangusha
drip
  1. drop
  2. fall
kwa nguvu
reluctantly
  1. earnestly
  2. energetically
  3. passionately
  4. vehemently
  5. strongly
  6. by force
  7. under compulsion
  8. with authority
kwa nguvu nyingi
kwa nguvu ya kuwa na amri
kwani
for
  1. because
  2. since
  3. why
kwani? why
kwa nia intentionally
kwa niaba ya on behalf of
kwa niabu ya on behalf of
kwa nia mbaya
kwa nia ya kudhuru
kwani bila ya hiyo
kwa nini why
kwa nini?
kwa nishati
kwa nje
kwa njia hii
kwa njia maalum ya ufundishaji
kwa njia ya through
kwa njia ya kinyangʼanyi
kwa njia ya posta
kwa njia yoyote ile
kwanta
-kwanua
pick
  1. break off
  2. pluck off
  3. tear off
kwanya
kwa nyarafu
kwa nyongo unwillingly
-kwanyua
pluck
  1. pick
  2. break off
  3. tear off
kwa nyuma
Kwanza Cuanza River
kwanza
first
  1. firstly
  2. at first
  3. in the beginning
  4. before
  5. in the first place
  6. particularly
  7. first of all
  8. above all
  9. chiefly
  10. mostly
Kwanzaa Kwanzaa
kwanza binamu first cousin
kwanza darasa first class
kwanza dubu first-born
kwanza kazi
kwanza mkono firsthand
kwanza muda mpya ya kutohara
kwanza usiku first night
Kwanza ya Angola Angolan Kwanza
kwanza ya Angola Angolan kwanza
kwanza za Angola Angolan kwanzas
kwao
birthplace
  1. by means of
  2. home
  3. impediment
  4. obstruction
  5. with them
  6. from them
  7. to their home
  8. at their home
  9. from their home
  10. to them
  11. stumbling block
  12. their
  13. parrot
kwao kichwa-kahawia brown-headed parrot
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