roof

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[English Word] construct a roof

[Swahili Word] -paua

[Part of Speech] verb

[English Example] "the house is finished, but the roof has not yet been constructed".

[Swahili Example] nyumba imekwisha lakini haijapauliwa

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[English Word] covering a roof (act of)

[Swahili Word] ezeko

[Swahili Plural] maezeko

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] remove roofing (grass or straw)

[Swahili Word] -ezua

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] roof

[Swahili Word] dari

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] roof

[English Plural] roofs

[Swahili Word] paa

[Swahili Plural] mapaa

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Derived Word] paa V

[English Example] (s)he picks leaves from the roof of the chimney

[Swahili Example] yeye huchukuwa majani kutoka paa la jiko [Kez]

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[English Word] roof (a house)

[Swahili Word] -vimba

[Part of Speech] verb

[Related Words] -vimbua

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[English Word] roof (of a flat-roofed clay or stone building).

[Swahili Word] sakafu

[Swahili Plural] sakafu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[English Example] a clay/stone roofed building

[Swahili Example] nyumba ya sakafu

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[English Word] roof of metal

[Swahili Word] bati

[Swahili Plural] mabati

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Swahili Example] alinijengea kijumba kidogo cha bati [Kez]

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[English Word] roof of mouth

[English Plural] roofs of mouths

[Swahili Word] kaakaa

[Swahili Plural] makaakaa

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Terminology] anatomy

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[English Word] sloping side of a thatch roof

[Swahili Word] paa

[Swahili Plural] mapaa

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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