The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary

Dictionary Variants: Sheng
Location of Greatest Variability: Tanzania
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-fa
verb
fu, kifa, kifo, kifu, mafa, mafu, mfisha, mfiwa, mfu, ufu
general
die
die
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-fa
verb
general
perish
perish
verb—   

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-fa maji
verb
maji
general
drown
a drowning man grasps at water (proverb)
drown

mfa maji hukamata maji (methali)

verb—   

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-fa udusi
noun
udusi
general
die
die a natural death (of animals)
noun—   

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-fa
verb
general
strength
lose strength
verb—   

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-fa
verb
general
loss
suffer loss
verb—   

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-fa
verb
general
end
these practices have ended (they are no longer observed)
end

desturi hizi zimekufa

verb—   

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-fa
verb
general
stop
the clock has stopped
stop

saa imekufa (Rec)

verb—   

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-fa baridi
verb
baridi
general
freezing
feel freezing
verb—   

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-fa kucheka
verb
-cheka
general
laugh
laugh uncontrollably
die laughing
verb—   

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-fa macho
verb
macho
general
blind
lose one's eyesight
become blind
verb—   

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-fa njaa
verb
njaa
general
hungry
be famished
verb—   

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-faa
verb
general
benefit
benefit
verb—   

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-faa
verb
general
convenient
be convenient
verb—   

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-enye kufaa
verb
general
proper
proper

nyimbo za kubembelezea kwa sauti zenye kufaa [Sul]

verb—   

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