The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary

Dictionary Variants: Sheng
Location of Greatest Variability: Tanzania
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ya kuwa
Kan dea ɛfa kuwa ho nyina
conjunction
general
yakuwa
that
among the words I said so that things would occur
1
so that

katika maeneo niliyosema yakuwa vitu vitatokea [unabii.org]

conjunction   

ya kuwa
Kan dea ɛfa kuwa ho nyina
conjunction
general
yakuwa
order
in order that
conjunction   

yenye vipande vya kupigwa kwa vidole
Kan dea ɛfa pigwa ho nyina
9/10
noun
general
keyboards
keyboard
keyboard
din   

ya pili
Kan dea ɛfa pili ho nyina
adverb
general
following
second
following

pili a pili

adverb   

ya pili
Kan dea ɛfa pili ho nyina
adverb
general
next
second
next

pili a pili

adverb   

ya pili
Kan dea ɛfa pili ho nyina
adverb
general
secondly
second
secondly

pili a pili

adverb   

yai viza
Kan dea ɛfa viza ho nyina
5/6
-via
19
noun
yai, -vizia
general
mayai ya viza
ya la viza
addled eggs
addled
addled egg
mayai viza

viza la yai

din   

yai viza
Kan dea ɛfa viza ho nyina
5/6
-via
19
noun
yai, -vizia
general
mayai ya viza
ya la viza
bad eggs
bad
bad eggs
bad egg
mayai viza

mayai viza

din   

yai viza
Kan dea ɛfa viza ho nyina
5/6
-via
19
noun
yai, -vizia
general
mayai ya viza
yai la viza
rotten eggs
rotten
rotten egg
mayai viza
din   

yai viza
Kan dea ɛfa viza ho nyina
5/6
-via
19
noun
yai, -vizia
general
mayai ya viza
ya la viza
spoiled eggs
spoiled
spoiled egg
mayai viza

yai [la] viza

din   

ya
Kan dea ɛfa ya ho nyina
preposition
general
of
water of the river
1
of (class 4, 6, 9)

maji ya mto

preposition   

ya
Kan dea ɛfa ya ho nyina
adjective
general
by
by

nyumba ya mwarabu

adjective   

ya
Kan dea ɛfa ya ho nyina
verb subject
general
they
they (class 6)

ya
Kan dea ɛfa ya ho nyina
verb subject
general
it
it (class 6 collective)

ya
Kan dea ɛfa ya ho nyina
verb subject
general
they
they do (class 4, 6, 9)

ya
Kan dea ɛfa ya ho nyina
verb subject
general
it
it does (class 6 collective)