kaba roho grab by the throat
kabati 5/6 cupboard
kabla before
kaburi 5/6 grave
kacha kachu (onomatopoeia) sound of the scissors cutting
kadamnasi
in public
kadha certain
kadiri amount, as much as
kaji majuri = kazi nzuri good job/work (Indian Kiswahili)
kaka yake Thereza Thereza's brother
kaki khaki color
kalenda 9/10 calendar
kali strong, sharp
kalia sit on
kama hungalikuwa na kikazihiki if you didn't have this stupid job
kama isingalikuwa hao wafungwa if it hadn't been for the prisoners
kama kwamba as if
kama Padri angalizumgumza juu ya had the priest talked about
kamari 9/10 card game
kamati 9/10 committee
kambi 5/6 camp
Kameya village in Ukerewe
kamili complete, full, perfect
kamua squeeze
kamwe never, at all
kampasi 9/10 campus
kaniasi s/he rebelled against me
kaniki 9/10 black or dark blue cloth
kanuni 9/10 rule
kanusha negate
kanyaga tread (on), set foot (on)
kaptula 9/10 shorts
kapu 5/6 large basket
karai 9/10 large shallow bowl
karakana 9/10 workshop
karatasi 9/10 paper
karibia approach
karibisha welcome, invite
karibishwa be welcomed, be invited
karibu fahamu zimwishie kichwani she nearly lost her senses
karipia scold
kasi fast, speedily
kasisi 5/6 minister of church
kasirika be/get angry, upset
kasirisha upset someone
kaskazini north
kata cut
kata ini hurt deeply
kata kamba run out (of time)
kata kona turn, move in a direction
kata shauri decide
kata tamaa give up hope
kataa refuse
katalia refuse, to someone
katani 9/10 sisal
kataza forbid
kati ya among, between
kati yao between them
kati yenu among you (pl)
katisha end something abruptly
katisha tamaa make someone lose interest, give up
katishwa be cut off, short
katukanwa (=ametukanwa) was insulted
kauka (get) dry
kausha dry something
kawaida 9/10 custom, habit, usage, norm
kawia delay, take long
kaza apply force
kaza kamba try as hard as one can
kazi bure no use, useless
kazi wafanyazo kinds of work they do
kemea scold, rebuke
kengeza 5/6 squint
kesho yake the following day
kiambishi awali 7/8 prefix
kiambishi kati 7/8 infix
kiambishi tamati 7/8 suffix
kiasi 7/8 amount
kiasi cha to the extent that, so that
kiasi cha Waislamu 1,162... some
1,162 Muslims
kibao 7/8 sign
kiboko 7/8 leather whip
kichaa 7/8 madness
kichaka 7/8 bush
kichuguu 7/8 termite hill
kichwa cha maneno 7/8 headline, title
kidevu 7/8 chin
kidole 7/8 finger
kidole cha pete ring finger
kidonge cha kuzuia mimba 7/8 the pill (for preventing pregnancy)
kielelezo 7/8 teaching aid
kielezi 7/8 adverb
kienyeji (-a kienyeji) local, traditional, indigenous
kifaa 7/8 instrument, implement
kifaranga 7/8 & 1/2 chick
kifo 7/8 death
kifu satisfy
kifua 7/8 chest
kifudifudi face down
kifuli 9/10 lock
kifungo 7/8 prison
kifupisho 7/8 abbreviation, word contraction
kigelegele 7/8 ululation
kijibarua 7/8 small note
kijifimbo 7/8 small stick
kijumba 7/8 small hut
kikapu 7/8 basket
kikongwe 7/8 & 1/2 person bent and bowed with age
kikundi 7/8 group (small)
kilabu 7/8 club
kilema 7/8 cripple kilevi(-a kilevi) drunken
kimada 7/8 & 1/2 woman who lives with a man without being married
kimbilia run towards
kimbilia kioo run to the mirror
kimilikishi 7/8 possessive kina 7/8 rhyme
kina nani who (plural)
kinaganaga straightforwardly, openly
kinai be content or satisfied
kinu 7/8 mortar
kinyaa 7 disgust
kinyonga 7/8 &1/2 chameleon
kinywa 7/8 mouth
kionyeshi 7/8 demonstrative
kionyeshi rudufu 7/8 reduplicated demonstrative
kioo 7/8 mirror
kipande 7/8 piece
kipato 7/8 income,earnings
kipengele 7/8 aspect
kipindi 7/8 time period; semester, term
kipindi cha kwanza 7/8 first period, semester
kipofu 7/8 & 1/2 blind person
kirejeshi 7/8 relative construction
kirejeshi kati 7/8 infixed relative
kiri acknowledge
Kirumba suburb of Mwanza
kisa 7/8 story
kisicho without (which doesn't have)
kisigino 7/8 heel
kisima 7/8 well
kisirisiri secretly
kisiwa 7/8 island
Kiswahili kirefu strange Swahili
kitambaa 7/8
cloth,
headcloth
kitambo 7/8 short period of time (muda kitambo = a while)
kitanda 7/8
bed
kitenzi 7/8 verb
kitisho 7/8 a terror, threat
kitivo faculty (admin. section of university)
kitu kinamkosa she is missing something
kitulizo 7/8 comfort, consolation
kitumbua 7/8 fritter
kituo 7/8 station, stop
kiumbe 7/8 creature
kiunganishi 7/8 conjunction, linker
kiuno 7/8 waist
kivuli 7/8 shade, shadow
kivumishi 7/8 adjective
kiwanda 7/8 factory
kiwango 7/8 level
kiwiliwili 7/8 body (human)
kochi 5/6 couch
kodi 9/10 rent
kozi 9/10 course (educational)
kodoa macho stare
kofi 5/6 slap
kojoa urinate
koma finish, put an end to, stop
kombe 5/6 cup (award)
komea hapo stop at this point
komesha cause to stop, bring to an end
konda lose weight
kopo 5/6 tin can
koroboi 9/10 kerosene lamp
korofi nasty
korti 9/10 court of law
kosa
be short of
kubali agree, accept a fact
kubwisha form an augmentative, enlarge
kuelekea towards, to (direction)
kufuatana na according to
kuhusu about, concerning
kukupotezea muda wako waste your time
kulia right
kuliko than
kumbatia embrace
kumbuka remember
kumjulia hali ask about his/her health
kumpa mtu pongezi congratulate someone
kuna mambo yametukia? has something happened?
kundi 5/6 group
kunguni 9/10 & 1/2 bug
kunja fold, turn in
kunjakunja crumple up
kunjua unfold, unwrap
kunyata draw together
kupe 9/10 & 1/2 tick
kurudi nyuma to the back
Kusadikika (novel by Shaaban Robert, d. 1962) the truthful
place
kusanya collect something, gather, summon
kusanywa be gathered
kushoto left
kusudia intend, mean, decide, propose
kuta find
kutoka kwa mtu from someone kutokana na due to,
as a result of
kuwa; kwamba that (conj.)
kuwajulisha wazazi wake hali yake to let her parents know how she was
kuzunguka around
kwa ajili ya because of, for the sake of
kwa ajili yako because of you
kwa bahati mbaya unfortunately
kwa ghafla suddenly
kwa hamu anxiously kwa hiyari voluntarily
kwa kuwa as, since, because
kwa mabadilishano na in exchange for
kwa makini carefully
kwa mujibu wa according to
kwa vyo vyote anyhow, in spite of everything
kwa wakati huu for the time being
kwani since, as
kwapa 9/10 armpit
kwaruza scrape, grate
kwea go up
kweli anafahamu kucheza? can she really dance?
kwenye to (the place of)
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