The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary

Dictionary Variants: Sheng
Location of Greatest Variability: Tanzania
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gombe
5/6an
noun
general
oxen
ox
ox
ox
magombe

ndume la mnyama jamii ya nyati anayefugwa na hutumiwa kupata sana sana nyama na ngozi, na kwato zake hutumiwa kutengeneza gundi

ng'ombe dume

noun   

gombe
5/6an
noun
general
stupid people
stupid
stupid person
magombe

mtu mpumbavu, mjinga, au asipo na akili

noun   

gombe dume
5/6an
noun
general
bulls
bull
bull
bull
magombe dume

ndume la mnyama jamii ya nyati anayefuguwa na hutumiwa kupata sana sana nyama, ngozi na kwato zake hutumiwa kutengeneza gundi

gombe dume

noun   

gombe maksai
noun
general
bullock
bullock
bullock
magombe maksai

ndume la mnyama jamii ya nyati anayefuguwa na hutumiwa kupata sana sana nyama, ngozi na kwato zake hutumiwa kutengeneza gundi

gombe dume

noun   

gombe maksai
5/6an
noun
general
oxen
ox
ox
ox
magombe maksai

ndume la mnyama jamii ya nyati anayefuguwa na hutumiwa kupata sana sana nyama, ngozi na kwato zake hutumiwa kutengeneza gundi

gombe dume

noun   

-gombea
applicative
gomba
19
verb
general
argue
argue (about something)
verb   

-gombea
applicative
gomba
19
verb
general
quarrel
quarrel
verb   

-gombea
applicative
gomba
19
verb
general
dispute
dispute
verb   

-gombea
applicative
gomba
19
verb
general
compete
compete for
verb   

-gombea
applicative
gomba
19
verb
general
stand
stand up for
verb   

-gombea
applicative
gomba
19
verb
general
lay
lay claim to
verb   

-gombea uchaguzi
applicative
gomba
19
verb
uchaguzi
political
run
run for office
verb   

-gombea cheo
applicative
gomba
19
verb
cheo
general
insist
insist on one's social position
verb   

-gombea cheo
applicative
gomba
19
verb
cheo
general
claim
claim the privileges due one's rank or class
verb   

-gombeza
causative
gomba
19
verb
general
forbid
we have been forbidden to go
forbid

tumegombezwa tusiende [Rec]

verb   

-gombeza
causative
gomba
19
verb
general
scold
our parents scolded us that way so we wouldn't forget
scold

wazee wetu walitugombeza 'ivyo'ivyo tusijisahau [Moh]

verb   

-gombeza
causative
gomba
19
verb
general
reprimand
reprimand
verb   

-gombezeka
caus-intr
gomba
19
verb
general
reprehensible
be reprehensible
verb