Unit 8: Glossary
Kiswahili English ajali accident akina mama women folk angalia watch asili original asilimia percentage baadhi some bahasha envelopes baina ya between bara mainland bara arabu Arabia bara bara street barikiwa be blessed beba carry biashara business/trade bidhaa products binafsi personal, private chemchem spring chota maji fetch/draw water dereva drivers dumu last long dunia world endeleza cause to continue endesha motokaa drive a car(s) enzi ruling period ezekwa be thatched fanana resemble / look alike fulani certain / kind of furahisha please gawanyika be divided hakikisha ensure hamam bath hifadhiwa be conserved idadi total ingia enter ishi live jaribu try jengwa be built jinsi how jishughulisha busy oneself julikana be known kalamu pens kandika plaster a house kando kando along side karne century kasri palace kibla direction towards Mecca kikamilifu completely kilele summit kisasa modern kizazi generation kulia right (opposite of left) kuliko than kumbusha remind kushoto left kuta walls lima farming lisha feeding mabaki remains mabonde valleys machoni in the eyes madhubuti strong magazeti newspapers mahabusu convicts maisha lives majengo buildings maji water majira seasons majumba buildings makao makuu headquarters makumbusho museum mapishi cuisine maporomoko ya maji waterfalls marekebisho alterations / renovations mashekhe sheikhs masuria concubines mazao produce maziwa lakes mfalme king mifugo animals miguu legs mikaratusi kind of tree milima mountains mipingo ebony trees misikiti mosques misitu forests mitaa neighborhoods mito rivers mizigo loads mizinga cannons mkazo emphasis mkoani in the region mojawapo one of moto fire muda period mwaka mzima whole year na kadhalika etcetera nakshi design ndani inside nene fat, thick ngome fort ni lazima it is necessary nje outside nunua buy nusurika be saved nyasi grass onekana be seen onyesha show pato earning pelekwa be sent pengine perhaps pita pass pumbaza relax rasilmali savings refu tall, high rithi inherit rutuba fertility safi clean saidia help sehemu section, part shamba farm soko market tafuta look for tawala rule tayari ready teketeza burn tekwa be captured tembea walk theluji snow tikiti tickets tiririka flow tofauti different tunza take care of Ufaransa France ufugaji herding ujenzi construction ukoo family ukulima farming ulinzi security upande side Uturuki Turkey vichwa heads vifaa vya shule school supplies vita war vitabu books viwanda factories vyumba rooms Waarabu Arabs Waingereza British people Wajerumani Germans wakoloni colonizers wananchi citizens Wareno the Portuguese watalii tourists watumwa slaves wauzaji sellers/merchants wenyeji local people zamani old zana supplies zungukwa be surrounded
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