The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary

Dictionary Variants: Sheng
Location of Greatest Variability: Tanzania
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amba-
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
prefix
general
wh
Do you remember the place where you saw them?
wh-

Unakumbuka mahali ambapo uliwaona?


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amba-
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
pronoun
general
which
which
pronoun—   

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-amba
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
intransitive
16
verb
ambia, kigambo, jigamba, mgambo
general
speak
speak
verb—   

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amba
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
pronoun
general
who
those who have gone
who

wale ambao wamekwenda

pronoun—   

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-amba
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
verb
kigambo, mwambaji
general
speak
speak ill of someone
verb—   

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-amba
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
intransitive
16
verb
ambia, kigambo, jigamba, mgambo
general
say
say
verb—   

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-amba
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
intransitive
verb
jigamba, mgambo
general
talk
talk
verb—   

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-amba
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
intransitive
verb
ambia, kigambo, mgambo
general
explain
explain
verb—   

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-amba
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
transitive
verb
kigambo, jigamba, mwambaji
general
slander
slander
verb—   

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-amba
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
verb
mwambaji
general
abuse
abuse
verb—   

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-amba mtu
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
transitive
verb
kigambo, mtu, mwambaji
general
talk
they talked about their comrade behind her back when she left with her mother
talk behind someone's back

walimwamba ndugu yao wakati aliondoka na mamake

verb—   

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amba-
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
pronoun
general
that
Is this the book that you've read?
that

Hiki ni kitabu ambacho umekisoma?

pronoun—   

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-amba
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
verb
ambata, ambo, ambua, ambukizo, chamba, chambo, cahambua, gamba, ngambi, uambukizo, wamba, wambiso
general
contact
be in contact
verb—   

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-amba
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
verb
ambata, ambo, ambua, ambukizo, chamba, chambo, cahambua, gamba, ngambi, uambukizo, wamba, wambiso
general
stick
stick together
verb—   

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-amba
Kan dea ɛfa amba ho nyina
intransitive
verb
ambata, ambo, ambua, ambukizo, chamba, chambo, cahambua, gamba, ngambi, uambukizo, wamba, wambiso
general
adhere
adhere
verb—   

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-ambaa
Kan dea ɛfa ambaa ho nyina
verb
general
approach
They went past the town without entering it.
come near to without touching

waliambaa mji bila ya kuingia

verb—   

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-ambaa
Kan dea ɛfa ambaa ho nyina
verb
general
avoid
avoid
verb—   

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-ambaa
Kan dea ɛfa ambaa ho nyina
verb
general
escape
They escaped from danger
escape

waliambaa hatari

verb—   

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-ambaa
Kan dea ɛfa ambaa ho nyina
verb
general
hug
hug (the shore)
verb—   

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-ambaa
Kan dea ɛfa ambaa ho nyina
verb
general
pass
pass by
verb—   

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-ambaa
Kan dea ɛfa ambaa ho nyina
verb
general
skirt
skirt
verb—   

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ambacho
Kan dea ɛfa ambacho ho nyina
amba, cho
19
pronoun
general
which
the university which teaches Swahili
which

chuo kikuu ambacho kinafundisha Kiswahili

pronoun—   

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ambacho
Kan dea ɛfa ambacho ho nyina
amba, cho
19
pronoun
general
that
the match that lit the fire
that

kibiriti ambacho kimewasha moto

pronoun—   

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ambako
Kan dea ɛfa ambako ho nyina
amba, ko
19
pronoun
general
where
we went toward the sports where we met a crowd of people waiting
where

tulikwenda hadi uwanja wa michezo ambako tulikuta umati wa watu ukisubiri (CCM)

pronoun—   

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