Unit 14: Glossary
Kiswahili English acha leave baki remain bakuli bowl chai tea chamshakinywa breakfast changanya mix chapati flat bread choma burn; roast chota scoop; take a little at a time chuma iron; metal chumvi salt chunga sift geuza flip hamira yeast hewa air hiliki cardamom ishi live iva be cooked; be ripe jikoni in the kitchen; on the stove joto heat kanda knead katakata slice; cut repeatedly kauka dry kinu wooden mortar kisamvu cassava leaves kisha then kula eat kuna grate kunywa drink lainika soften maandazi cake-like donuts machicha pulp mafuta oil majani leaves manyoyo feathers mashamba farms mayai eggs mbegu seeds mbuzi tool for grating coconut; goat mchi pestle mchuzi broth; curry; gravy mfuniko lid mhogo cassava; manioc mifugo livestock mikate bread mkaa charcoal mkeka mat nawa wash; clean up njegere small peas nyunyuzia sprinkle ongeza increase; add pakua serve palia place on top of parura scrape; scratch; grate pasua break; split peleka send; take to piga hit; beat safisha clean; wash sahani plate saidiana help each other sinia serving platter sosi sauce tandaza spread out; lay out tayarisha prepare; make ready tembelea visit tengeneza make; prepare toa remove; take away toka come from tui coconut milk tumia use twanga pound ufuta sesame ukoko hard-burned rice uma fork unga flour viazi potatoes vifaa ingredients; supplies; equipment vijiko spoons visu knives wali cooked rice zungumza converse
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