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The Kamusi Project English-Swahili Dictionary
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Entry below is pace - this headword has not been grouped
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pace, pl paces
{ Swahili: hatua
, pl hatua
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noun 9/10
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Swahili Example: pima kwa hatua; ni hatua tu
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pace, pl paces
{ Swahili: mwendo
(or mwenendo), pl miendo (or mienendo or wenendo) [derived: Swahili -enda]
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noun 3/4
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English Example: speed up one's pace
Swahili Example: kaza mwendo
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Entry below is pacific
Entry below is pacification - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is pacified
Entry below is pacify - this headword has not been grouped
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pack, pl packs
{ Swahili: bumba
, pl mabumba
}
noun 5/6
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English Example: pack of cigarettes
Swahili Example: bumba la sigara
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pack, pl packs
{ Swahili: kikorokoro
(or makolokolo), pl vikorokoro (or makolokolo)
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noun 7/8
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pack, pl packs
{ Swahili: mkebe
, pl mikebe
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noun 3/4
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English Example: While he waited for the Inspector he took out his pack of cigarettes, took out one, and lit up.
Swahili Example: Wakati akimsubiri Inspekta alitoa mkebe wake wa sigara akatoa moja na kujiwashia [Masomo 166]
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pack, pl packs
{ Swahili: paketi
, pl paketi [derived: Eng.]
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noun 9/10
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English Example: a pack of cigarettes.
Swahili Example: paketi ya sigara
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pack, pl packs
{ Swahili: pakiti
, pl pakiti [derived: Eng.]
}
noun 9/10
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English Example: a pack of cigarettes.
Swahili Example: paketi ya sigara
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pack, pl packs
{ Swahili: pakti
, pl pakti [derived: Eng.]
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noun 9/10
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English Example: a pack of cigarettes.
Swahili Example: paketi ya sigara
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folded package, pl folded packages
{ Swahili: upeto
, pl peto
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noun 11/10
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package, pl packages
{ Swahili: bunda
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noun 5/6
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English Example: a package of tobacco
Swahili Example: bunda la tumbaku
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package, pl packages
{ Swahili: mfundo
, pl mifundo [derived: funda; fundika]
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noun 3/4
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package, pl packages
{ Swahili: paketi
, pl paketi [derived: Eng.]
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noun 9/10
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English Example: a package of cigarettes.
Swahili Example: paketi ya sigara
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package, pl packages
{ Swahili: pakiti
, pl pakiti [derived: Eng.]
}
noun 9/10
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English Example: a package of cigarettes.
Swahili Example: paketi ya sigara
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package, pl packages
{ Swahili: pakti
, pl pakti [derived: Eng.]
}
noun 9/10
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English Example: a package of cigarettes.
Swahili Example: paketi ya sigara
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package, pl packages
{ Swahili: pumba
, pl mapumba
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noun 5/6
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English Example: a package of goods
Swahili Example: pumba la mizigo
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package (small), pl packages (small)
{ Swahili: kibumba
(or kipumba), pl vibumba (or vipumba)
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noun 7/8
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[see also: bumba]
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be packed together { Swahili: -shindamana
[derived: shinda V]
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verb
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English Example: clothes were packed together inside the box
Swahili Example: Nguo zilishindamana sandukuni
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packer, pl packers
{ Swahili: mpakizi
, pl wapakizi [derived: pakia]
}
noun 1/2
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packet, pl packets
{ Swahili: kibumba
(or kipumba), pl vibumba (or vipumba)
}
noun 7/8
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[see also: bumba]
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packet { Swahili: paketi
, pl paketi [derived: Eng.]
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noun 9/10
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English Example: a packet of cigarettes.
Swahili Example: paketi ya sigara
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packet { Swahili: pakiti
, pl pakiti [derived: Eng.]
}
noun 9/10
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English Example: a packet of cigarettes.
Swahili Example: paketi ya sigara
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packet { Swahili: pakti
, pl pakti [derived: Eng.]
}
noun 9/10
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English Example: a packet of cigarettes.
Swahili Example: paketi ya sigara
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packet { Swahili: pakti
, pl pakti [derived: Eng.]
}
noun 9/10
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English Example: one packet of cigarettes
Swahili Example: sigara pakti moja [Ya]
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packet, pl packets
{ Swahili: robota
, pl marobota
}
noun 5/6
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English Example: a packet of goods
Swahili Example: robota la mzigo
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Entry below is packsaddle - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is pact - this headword has not been grouped
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make a pact { Swahili: -agana
[derived: aga V]
}
verb reciprocal
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Swahili Example: pale waaganapo kukutana kiwanja cha hoki [Sul]
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pact, pl pacts
{ Swahili: afikiano
, pl maafikiano [derived: afiki v]
}
noun 5/6
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[note: usually plural 'maafikiano'.]
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pact, pl pacts
{ Swahili: agano
, pl maagano [derived: aga V]
}
noun 5/6
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pact, pl pacts
{ Swahili: mkataba
, pl mikataba [derived: katiba V]
}
noun 3/4
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Swahili Example: mkataba wa amani
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grass pad serving as a rest for loads carried on the head, pl pads
{ Swahili: kata
, pl kata
}
noun 9/10
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pad used when carrying a load on the head, pl pads
{ Swahili: twisho
, pl matwisho
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noun 5/6
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paddle, pl paddles
{ Swahili: kafi
, pl makafi
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noun 5/6
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Swahili Example: piga kafi
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padlock, pl padlocks
{ Swahili: kufuli
, pl kufuli [derived: Arabic]
}
noun 9/10
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Swahili Example: funguo mbili zinagoma kuingia katika tundu la kufuli [Muk]
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Entry below is pagan - this headword has not been grouped
Entry below is paganism
Entry below is page - this headword has not been grouped
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page, pl pages
{ Swahili: msafu
, pl misafu [derived: sahifa]
}
noun 3/4
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[note: rare.]
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page, pl pages
{ Swahili: msahafu
, pl misahafu [derived: sahifa]
}
noun 3/4
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[note: rare.]
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page, pl pages
{ Swahili: ukurasa
, pl kurasa [derived: Arabic - kurasa N]
}
noun 11/10
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Swahili Example: vidole vya msichana vinazipambua kurasa za jarida lile [Muk]
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page (of a book), pl pages
{ Swahili: sahifa
, pl sahifa
}
noun 9/10
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[note: rare.]
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page (of a book), pl pages
{ Swahili: sahifu
, pl sahifu
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noun 9/10
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[note: rare.]
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web page, pl web pages
{ Swahili: sahifa
, pl sahifa [Dialect: recent]
}
noun 9/10
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English Example: surf the cnn website
Swahili Example: rambaza sahifa ya cnn
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pagoda (China, India), pl pagodas
{ Swahili: hekalu
, pl mahekalu
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noun 5/6
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pail, pl pails
{ Swahili: ndoo
, pl ndoo
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noun 9/10
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English Example: a full pail of water
Swahili Example: ndoo iliyojaa maji
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be in pain { Swahili: -sononeka
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verb intransitive
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English Example: (s)he was astonished on looking at Mansuri who was in pain
Swahili Example: akashangaa kumtazama Mansuri aliyekuwa akisononeka [Sul]
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cause pain { Swahili: -tesa
}
verb
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Swahili Example: mbona humjia moyoni mwake na kumtesa [Sul]
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feel pain { Swahili: -umia
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verb applicative
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Swahili Example: jinga likierevuka, mwerevu kaumia [Moh]
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pain, pl pains
{ Swahili: kihoro
, pl vihoro
}
noun 7/8
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Swahili Example: tia kihoro
[note: feel grief/pain.]
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pain, pl pains
{ Swahili: kimoyo
(or kimoyomoyo), pl vimoyo (or vimoyomoyo) [derived: Swahili moyo]
}
noun 7/8
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pain, pl pains
{ Swahili: masubuko
, pl masubuko [derived: sumbua N; sumbufu Adj]
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noun 6/6
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pain, pl pains
{ Swahili: masumbufo
, pl masumbufo [derived: sumbua N; sumbufu Adj]
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noun 6/6
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pain, pl pains
{ Swahili: masumbuo
, pl masumbuo [derived: sumbua N; sumbufu Adj]
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noun 6/6
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pain, pl pains
{ Swahili: maumivu
, pl maumivu
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noun 6/6
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English Example: The girl tried to get up but her pain prevented her from doing so.
Swahili Example: Msichana alikuwa akijaribu kunyanyuka lakini maumivu yake yalimzuia [Ganzel Masomo 164]
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pain, pl pains
{ Swahili: teso
(or mateso), pl mateso [derived: Swahili tesa]
}
noun 5/6
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[note: usually plural in Swahili.]
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pain, pl pains
{ Swahili: uchungu
(or utungu), pl machungu (or matungu)
}
noun 11/6
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[see also: chungu]
English Example: only one who has borne a child knows how painful it is (proverb)
Swahili Example: uchungu wa mwana aujuaye mzazi (methali)
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pain, pl pains
{ Swahili: umivu
, pl maumivu [derived: uma V]
}
noun 11/6
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Swahili Example: Mansuri aligutuka kwa maumivu [Sul]
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pain or complaint in the stomach or abdomen, pl pains
{ Swahili: tumbo
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noun
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sharp pain, pl sharp pains
{ Swahili: mchomo
, pl michomo [derived: choma V]
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noun 3/4
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someone who causes pain, pl people who cause pain
{ Swahili: mwumizi
, pl waumizi [derived: uma; umika V]
}
noun 1/2
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something that causes pain, pl things that cause pain
{ Swahili: kiuma
, pl viuma [derived: uma V]
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noun 7/8
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sudden pain, pl sudden pains
{ Swahili: mchomo
, pl michomo [derived: choma V]
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noun 3/4
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twist in pain (esp of stomach) { Swahili: -sokota
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verb
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English Example: the woman's stomach is aching, it is twisting in pain, it is cutting
Swahili Example: tumbo linauma mama linasokota, linakata [Muk]
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take great pains { Swahili: -kakamuka
[derived: kakamavu; kakamizi; mkakamavu; ukakamavu]
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verb intr-inver
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paint, pl paints
{ Swahili: rangi
, pl rangi [derived: Hindi]
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noun 9/10
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paint { Swahili: -paka rangi
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verb
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English Example: they have painted it red
Swahili Example: wameipaka rangi nyekundu
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paint { Swahili: -tia rangi
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verb
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English Example: they painted it black
Swahili Example: walitia rangi nyeusi
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paint { Swahili: -weka rangi
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verb
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English Example: they will paint this wall white white
Swahili Example: wataweka rangi nyeupe kwenye ukuta huu
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Entry below is painted
Entry below is painter
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painter, pl painters
{ Swahili: mpaka rangi
(or mpakaji rangi or mpaki rangi), pl wapaka rangi (or wapakaji rangi or wapaki rangi)
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noun 1/2
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[see also: rangi]
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Entry below is painting
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pair, pl pairs
{ Swahili: jozi
, pl jozi
}
noun 9/10
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Swahili Example: jozi ya viatu
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pair, pl pairs
{ Swahili: jozi
, pl majozi
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noun 5/6
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Swahili Example: jozi ya viatu
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pajamas { Swahili: panjama
, pl panjama [derived: Eng.]
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noun 9/10
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English Example: "When (s)he saw Mansuri, (s)he stood at the door and and wore pajamas".
Swahili Example: alimwona Mansuri kasimama mlangoni, kavaa panjama [Sul]
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Entry below is Pakistan
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Pakistan { Swahili: Pakistani
(or Pakstan)
} [Terminology: geography]
noun 9
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[note: Pakistani is recommended standardization by TUKI and BAKITA; Pakstan is recommended standardization by Radio Tanzania.]
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Entry below is Pakistani
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Pakistani, pl Pakistanis
{ Swahili: Mpakistani
(or Mpakstan), pl Wapakistani (or Wapakstan)
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noun 1/2
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[note: Pakistani is recommended standardization by TUKI and BAKITA; Pakstan is recommended standardization by Radio Tanzania.]
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Entry below is palace
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palace, pl palaces
{ Swahili: jumba
, pl majumba
}
noun 5/6
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Swahili Example: jumba la kufanyia majiribio; jumba la ukumbusho
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Entry below is palate
Entry below is palau
Entry below is palauan
Entry below is pale - this headword has not been grouped
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pale { Swahili: chuju
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adjective
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English Example: Mrs Rozi was pale, thin, rude and a gossip
Swahili Example: Bibi Rozi alikuwa mweupe chuju, mwembamba, mkavu, na mlimi [Sul]
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pale { Swahili: safura
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adjective
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English Example: pale
Swahili Example: safura a safura
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Entry below is paleness
Entry below is paleontology
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Palestine { Swahili: Kanani
} [Terminology: geography / religious]
noun 9
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[note: Kanani generally refers to Biblical-era Palestine, while Palestina refers to modern-day Palestine.]
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Palestine { Swahili: Palestina
} [Terminology: geography]
noun 9
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[note: Kanani generally refers to Biblical-era Palestine, while Palestina refers to modern-day Palestine.]
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Entry below is Palestinian
Entry below is palisade
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palisade, pl palisades
{ Swahili: boma
, pl maboma [derived: Farsi]
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noun 5/6
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[note: derivation is either Persian (Farsi) or Bantu.]
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Entry below is palladium
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palladium { Swahili: paladi
[Dialect: recent]
} [Terminology: chemistry]
noun 9
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English Definition: a silver-white ductile malleable metallic element of the platinum group that is used especially in electrical contacts, as a catalyst, and in alloys (identified 1803)
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pallid { Swahili: safura
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adjective
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English Example: palid
Swahili Example: safura a safura
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