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Kiswahili Vocabulary

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n.freedom.uhuru
nfungamwitu
nga
although
  1. flour
-ngʼaa
shine
  1. gleam
  2. glitter
  3. sparkle
  4. bright
  5. be shining
ngaa shine
ngʼaa
ngabu
gouge
  1. chisel
ngadu crab
ngagi gorilla
ngagu
jarbua terapon
  1. thornfish
ngai
lymph node
  1. red algae
-nga- ikiwa
-ngʼaka
-ngʼakia
growl
  1. snarl
  2. show the teeth
ngʼakia snarl
-ngʼala
gleam
  1. glitter
  2. sparkle
  3. shine
ngalawa
canoe
  1. outrigger
  2. rowboat
  3. dug-out canoe
  4. outrigger canoe
-ngali- if
ngali
-ngʼalia shine
-ngʼaliza
polish
  1. to make gleam
  2. to make glitter
  3. to make shine
  4. to make sparkle
ngalo angao
ngama
bilge
  1. hold
  2. ship’s hold
  3. whitish clay
ngamba
ngʼamba
turtle
  1. tortoise-shell
ngambi
communal work
  1. mutual assistance
  2. abroad
ngambo other side
ngʼambo
overseas
  1. abroad
  2. the other side
  3. side
  4. farther
  5. foreign country
ngambokapu
ngʼambo ya
ngʼambo ya huku this side
ngʼambo ya pili
the other side
  1. the opposite side
ngamia
camel
  1. dromedary
ngamia mwenye vibyongo viwili two-hump camel
-ngamua
-ngʼamua
disclose
  1. discover
  2. unravel
  3. realize
  4. find out
  5. get to know
  6. learn about
ngʼamua realize
nganda
ngʼanda
handful
  1. spot
  2. pip
  3. Venus
ngʼanda ya saba
ngʼandu Venus
ngʼangʼa
-ngʼangʼama
grasp
  1. seize
  2. catch hold of
  3. hold fast
-ngʼangʼanaa
wither
  1. wilt
  2. become dry
  3. become hard
- ngʼangʼania plead
-ngʼangʼania
entreat
  1. implore
  2. insist
  3. persist
  4. pester
  5. cling
  6. beg
  7. contest
  8. plead
  9. be insistent
  10. vie for
ngʼangʼanivu
importunate
  1. persistent
ngano
wheat
  1. story
  2. tale
  3. fable
  4. legend
  5. riddle
  6. rye
  7. corn
ngao
shield
  1. facade
  2. housefront
  3. screen
  4. shelter
  5. shell
  6. pavache
  7. defense
ngaomwili
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