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taa   n. lamp.

taabu   n. trouble.

taarifa   n. report; bulletin.

tabia   n. condition.

tabibu   Pl: matabibu. n. doctor.

tafadhali   v. please.

-tafuna   v. chew.

-tafuta   v. seek; search for; look for.

-taga   v. lay eggs.

-tagaa   v. straddle.

tai   n. vulture; eagle.

tai   n. tie.

taifa   Pl: mataifa. n. nation; country.

tajiri   Pl: matajiri. n. rich person.

tajiri   adj. rich; wealthy; well-off.

-tajirika   v. become rich.

-taka   v. want.

-takata   v. be very clean and bright.

takataka   n. refuse; rubbish.

-takiwa   v. be wanted.

-tamani   v. desire.

-tambaa   v. crawl.

-tambua   v. recognize.

-tamka   v. pronounce.

-tamu   adj. delicious; sweet.

-tandaza   v. spread smth out.

-tandika   v. spread out smth.

tandu   n. centipede.

tanga   Pl: matanga. n. sail.

-tangaza   v. proclaim; announce.

tangazo   Pl: matangazo. n. notice; announcement; ad; advertisement.

tangu   prep. since.

-tangulia   v. precede; go first; lead the way.

tang'   n. sound of a coin when it falls.

tano   n. five.

-tanua   v. open smth wide.

Tanzania   n. Tanzania.

-tapakaa   v. spread out all over.

-tapika   v. vomit.

tapwi   n. sound of smth when it falls in the mud.

taratibu   adv. slowly; steadily.

tarehe   n. date.

tasa   n. barren woman.

-tata   v. tangle; confuse.

-tatanisha   v. interlace.

tatizo   Pl: matatizo. n. trouble.

tatu   num. three.

-tatua   v. tear; tear off.

taulo   n. towel.

-tawala   v. rule over.

tawi   Pl: matawi. n. branch.

taya   n. jaw.

tayari   n. ready; finished; through.

-tayarisha   v. prepare.

-tazama   v. look; look at; face towards.

-tega   v. set trap.

-tegemea   v. depend on smth else.

-tegua   v. take out of trap.

teka   n. pillage; looting.

-teka   v. take water from somewhere.

teke   Pl: mateke. n. kick.

tele   adj. abundant; a lot of.

televisheni   n. television.

-teleza   v. make smth fall; slip.

-tema   v. spit.

-tema   v. cut smth up.

-tembea   v. travel; walk; wander about.

-tembeza   v. walk someone.

tembo   n. elephant.

tena   prep. again; anew; once more.

-tenda   v. act; do smth.

tende   n. date (fruit).

-tendea   v. treat well.

tendo   n. action.

-tenga   v. separate; set apart.

-tengemaa   v. become level.

-tengeneza   v. repair.

-teseka   v. afflict; cause trouble.

teso   Pl: mateso. n. suffering; pain; adversity.

tete   Pl: matete. n. reed.

-tetea   v. speak for someone.

-tetema   v. shiver.

-tetemeka   v. tremble; shake.

tezo   n. adze.

thamani   n. value.

thelathini   num. thirty.

theluji   n. snow.

themanini   num. eighty.

thenashara   num. twelve.

thumuni   n. eighth; fifty cent coin.

-tia   v. put.

tiara   n. kite.

-tia sahihi   v. sign.

tiba   n. cure.

-tibu   v. cure (an invalid).

-tii   v. obey.

-tikisa   v. make smth move or shake.

-tikisika   v. move; shake.

-tilia   v. put smth in.

-timia   v. be finished.

timu   n. team.

-tiririka   v. flow; move along like water.

tisa   num. nine.

-tisha   v. frighten.

tisini   num. ninety.

titi   Pl: matiti. n. breast.

-toa   v. remove; hand over.

-toa hongo   v. pay tribute.

-toa mwiba   v. extract a thorn.

-toba   v. repent.

-toboa   v. pierce.

tochi   n. torch.

tofali   Pl: matofali. n. brick.

tofauti   n. difference.

togwa   n. drink.

-toka   v. come from.

-toka jasho   v. perspire.

-toka nje   v. go out; come out.

-tolewa   v. be removed.

-tomba   v. copulate.

-tona   v. fall drop by drop.

tone   Pl: matone. n. drop.

-tonesha   hurt (a sore).

-toroka   v. escape.

-tosha   v. be sufficient; be enough; suffice.

-tosheka   v. be sufficient.

-tota   v. sink; drown.

tu-   pron. we.

tu   adv. exclusively; just; only; alone; solely.

-tua   v. put down.

-tubu   v. repent.

-tukana   v. abuse; rumble.

-tukia   v. happen.

tukio baya   accident.

-tukuka   v. be estimated.

-tulia   v. be quiet.

-tuliza   v. calm someone down; pacify.

-tuma   v. send; employ.

-tumaini   v. hope.

tumbako   tobacco.

tumbaku   n. tobacco (leaf).

tumbili   n. monkey.

tumbili   n. ape; monkey.

tumbo   stomach.

tumbo   Pl: matumbo. stomach; abdomen; belly.

-tumia   v. use.

-tumika   v. be used.

-tumikia   v. serve.

-tumwa   v. be used.

tunda   Pl: matunda. n. fruit.

-tundika   v. hang up.

tundu   Pl: matundu. n. hole (in wall).

tungule   n. tomato (in zanzibar).

-tunza   v. support.

-tupa   v. throw.

-tupa mke   v. desert wife.

-tupia   v. throw to; throw smth at someone.

-tupu   adj. empty; naked; void.

tuta   Pl: matuta. n. mound of earth for planting.

tutaonana !   int. see you again !

-twanga   v. pound; beat.

twiga   n. girafe.

-twika   v. put up (a load on s.o.).