tide

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[English Word] tide

[English Plural] tides

[Swahili Word] mawimbi

[Swahili Plural] mawimbi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 6/6

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] wimbi

[Related Words] kiwimbi

[Terminology] nautical

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[English Word] be low tide

[Swahili Word] -pwa

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] passive

[Swahili Definition] upungufu wa maji baharini kili mara mbili kwa siku

[English Example] we cannot swim in the ocean now because it is low tide

[Swahili Example] hatuwezi kuogelea baharini sasa kwa sababu maji yamekupwa

[Terminology] nautical

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[English Word] low tide

[English Plural] low tides

[Swahili Word] maji kupwa

[Swahili Plural] maji kupwa

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 6/6

[Related Words] kupwa

[Terminology] nautical

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[English Word] high tide

[English Plural] high tides

[Swahili Word] maji kujaa

[Swahili Plural] maji kujaa

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 6/6

[Related Words] kujaa

[Terminology] nautical

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[English Word] spring tide

[English Plural] spring tides

[Swahili Word] maji makuu

[Swahili Plural] maji makuu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 6/6

[Related Words] makuu

[Terminology] nautical

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[English Word] spring tide

[English Plural] spring tides

[Swahili Word] bamvua

[Swahili Plural] bamvua

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[English Definition] period of approximately two weeks for which ocean waters are similar in terms of the tidal regime

[Terminology] nautical

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[English Word] neap tide

[English Plural] neap tides

[Swahili Word] maji mafu

[Swahili Plural] maji mafu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 6/6

[Related Words] mafu

[Terminology] nautical

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[English Word] neap tide

[English Plural] neap tides

[Swahili Word] mbande

[Part of Speech] noun

[Terminology] nautical

[Note] rare

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[English Word] flood-tide

[Swahili Word] mafuriko

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 6

[Derived Word] fura

[Terminology] nautical

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