house

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[English Word] bachelor pad

[English Plural] bachelor pads

[Swahili Word] geto

[Swahili Plural] mageto

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Dialect] colloquial

[Derived Word] engl

[Note] Geto does not have the pejorative meaning associated with ghetto. It is simply a small house/room (usually rented) by a young bachelor.

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[English Word] clay house

[English Plural] clay houses

[Swahili Word] nyumba ya udongo

[Swahili Plural] nyumba za udongo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] deserted house

[English Plural] deserted houses

[Swahili Word] kihame

[Swahili Plural] vihame

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -hama

[Related Words] hame, mahame

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[English Word] framework (of a house)

[English Plural] frameworks

[Swahili Word] boma

[Swahili Plural] maboma

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Derived Language] Farsi

[Note] rare

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[English Word] house

[Swahili Word] beit

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Language] Arabic

[Derived Word] بيت

[English Example] public treasury

[Swahili Example] beit al mal.

[Note] rare

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[English Word] house

[Swahili Word] bet

[Part of Speech] noun

[Note] rare

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[English Word] house

[Swahili Word] beti

[Swahili Plural] beti

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] house

[English Plural] houses

[Swahili Word] chengo

[Swahili Plural] vyengo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

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[English Word] house

[English Plural] houses

[Swahili Word] nyumba

[Swahili Plural] nyumba

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Related Words] chumba, jumba, kinyumba, unyumba, nyumbani

[English Example] the door of the big house led to a veranda

[Swahili Example] mlango wa nyumba kubwa ulielekea kwenye kivaranda (http://home.globalfrontiers.com/Zanzibar/zanzibar_maridhawa.htm Zanzibar Maridhawa)

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[English Word] house

[English Plural] houses

[Swahili Word] kitengo

[Swahili Plural] vitengo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[English Example] the lower house of the previous parliament has decided to halt its activities

[Swahili Example] kitengo cha chini cha bunge la zamani kimeamua kusimamisha shughuli zake [http://www.bbc.co.uk/swahili/news/story/2004/06/000000_dirayadunia.shtml BBC]

[Terminology] political

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[English Word] house

[Swahili Word] -laza

[Part of Speech] verb

[Derived Word] lala V

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[English Word] house (large)

[English Plural] houses (large)

[Swahili Word] jumba

[Swahili Plural] majumba

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Swahili Example] vituwe vye maji machafu yaliyotoka majumbani [Sul]

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[English Word] house (small)

[English Plural] houses

[Swahili Word] kijumba

[Swahili Plural] vijumba

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] nyumba

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[English Word] house (with flat earthen roof)

[English Plural] houses

[Swahili Word] tembe

[Swahili Plural] tembe

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] house of ill fame

[Swahili Word] dangro

[Swahili Plural] madangro

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] house of ill fame

[Swahili Word] danguro

[Swahili Plural] madanguro

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] house with ridge roof

[Swahili Word] shangama

[Swahili Plural] shangama

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] large house

[English Plural] large houses

[Swahili Word] jumba

[Swahili Plural] majumba

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Swahili Example] jumba la kufanyia majiribio; jumba la ukumbusho

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[English Word] person's house

[Swahili Word] mastakimu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 6

[Derived Word] stakimu V

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[English Word] stone house

[English Plural] stone houses

[Swahili Word] nyumba ya mawe

[Swahili Plural] nyumba za mawe

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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