Swahili IV - Sura ya 25

mhuni - wahuni (1/2)

hooligan, outcast, thug

kiboko - viboko (7/8)

hippopotamus, lash (with hippopotamus’ tail)

-piga kofi

slap

-piga makofi

clap hands, applause

-piga ngumi

to hit

kofi - makofi (5/6)

a slap

ngumi (9/10)

a fist

jambazi - majambazi (5/6)

armed robber, gunman

bakora (9/10)

cane, walking-stick

mkuki - mikuki (3/4)

spear

nguruwe (9/10)

pig

-choma

pierce, stab ; roast, burn

-choma sindano

give an injection

-choma mkaa

burn charcoal

sindano (9/10)

needle

mkaa (3)

charcoal

-paka rangi

paint

-paka marashi

spray perfume

marashi (6)

perfume

-piga pasi

iron (clothes)

-piga picha

take a picture

-piga marufuku

ban

-piga teke

kick someone, dismiss someonewith disrespect

-piga chenga

dodge, evade, avoid someone/something

-piga risasi

shoot

-piga bomu

hit someone/something with a bomb

-piga kumbo

give someone a push

-piga moyo konde

give oneself courage

-gharimu

to cost

gharama (9/10)

expense, cost

-shika

hold, grasp, take

-mwaga

to shed

-mwagilia

irrigate

-chukua damu

draw blood

-osha mikono

wash hands

-osha

wash

-oga

to bath, take a bath/shower

-toka jasho

sweat

-toka damu

bleed

-toka machozi

cry

-ng’oa jino

pull out a tooth

-ng’oka jino

lose a tooth

-vimba

swell

-umia kichwa

have a headache

-umia moyo

have heart pain

-umia tumbo

have stomach pain

-umiza kichwa

give headache

gari limejaa watu

the car is full of people

watu wamejaa garini

people fill the car

utingo (11)

conductor

mahabusu (9/10)

remand prisoner