root

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[English Word] hooked piece of mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata) prop root used for crab capture

[Swahili Word] uta wa kaa

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11

[Dialect] Kimvita

[Terminology] marine

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[English Word] medicinal root (of calumba)

[English Plural] medicinal roots

[Swahili Word] kaumwa

[Swahili Plural] kaumwa

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] pull up a root

[Swahili Word] -ng'oa mzizi

[Part of Speech] phrase

[English Example] pull out the tooth

[Swahili Example] ng'oa jino

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[English Word] root

[English Plural] roots

[Swahili Word] chanzo

[Swahili Plural] vyanzo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] anza

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[English Word] root

[English Plural] roots

[Swahili Word] mzizi

[Swahili Plural] mizizi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

[English Example] when we ate the roots of trees

[Swahili Example] wakati tulipokula mizizi ya miti [Kez]

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[English Word] root

[English Plural] roots

[Swahili Word] shina

[Swahili Plural] mashina

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[English Example] the root of this tree is short

[Swahili Example] shina la mti huu ni fupi

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[English Word] root (eaten during famine)

[English Plural] roots

[Swahili Word] ndiga

[Swahili Plural] ndiga

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] root (grammatical)

[English Plural] roots

[Swahili Word] asili

[Swahili Plural] asili

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] root of a tooth

[English Plural] roots of teeth

[Swahili Word] kishiku cha jino

[Swahili Plural] vishiku vya meno

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Language] Arabic

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[English Word] root of mfigili plant

[English Plural] roots

[Swahili Word] figili

[Swahili Plural] figili

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] root-fiber

[English Plural] root-fibers

[Swahili Word] mzizi

[Swahili Plural] mizizi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

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