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(Var.
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)
mabba
English
n
.
bar; house or room where alcoholic drinks are sold
[
5.2.3.7.2
-
Drunk]
,
[
6.5.1
-
Building]
bbahaasa
bbahaasa
n
.
envelope; flat paper container used for sending letters in
[
3.5.7.2
-
Written material]
,
[
3.5.7.7
-
Letter]
bbai̱bbu̱li̱
mabbai̱bbu̱li̱
English
n
.
Bible
[
4.9.7.2
-
Christianity]
,
[
4.9.3.1
-
Sacred writings]
bbaku̱li̱
mabbaku̱li̱
n
.
plate, bowl; round moulded metallic or plastic dish, concave at the bottom, from which to eat
[
5.2.2.8
-
Eating utensil]
,
[
5.2.1.5
-
Serve food]
,
[
6.7.7
-
Container]
bbalu̱u̱ni̱
mabbalu̱u̱ni̱
English
n
.
balloon; small bag made of very soft rubber, inflated with air, esp. used to display in a house
[
5.1.2
-
Household decoration]
bbambu
mabbambu
n
.
weaving needle
[
6.6.1
-
Working with cloth]
,
[
6.6.1.4
-
Weaving cloth]
,
[
6.6.1.3
-
Knitting]
bbandeeji̱
bbandeeji̱
English
n
.
bandage; soft piece of cloth for tying around a wound
[
2.5.7
-
Treat disease]
bbandi
bbandi
English
n
.
band; musical group
[
4.2.3.4
-
Musician]
,
[
4.2.3
-
Music]
,
[
4.2.3.2
-
Play music]
bbangi̱ri̱
bbangi̱ri̱
English
n
.
bangle; rings that women wear around the wrist
[
5.4.1
-
Jewelry]
bbanka
mabbanka
English
n
.
bank; institution that provides various financial service, e.g., keeping or lending money
Syn
:
ibiikiro lya nsimbi
,
kideeru kya nsimbi
.
[
6.8.1.4
-
Store wealth]
bbarakaaki
n
.
Venus, morning star; extremely bright star that rises in the east when the day is about to break
[
9.7.2.5
-
Names of heavenly bodies]
,
[
1.1.1.3
-
Planet]
bbaraza
bbaraza
n
.
veranda; open front and a roof, built onto the side of a house on the ground floor
Syn
:
tandaarwa
₁
.
[
6.5.2
-
Parts of a building]
,
[
6.5.2.1
-
Wall]
,
[
6.5.2.7
-
Room]
,
[
6.5.1
-
Building]
bbaraafu
bbaraafu
n
.
refrigerator; device that uses electricity or kerosene for keeping food and drinks cold
[
8.3.4.1
-
Cold]
,
[
8.3.7.8.4
-
Preserve]
bbaruha
mabbaruha
n
.
written message usually put in an envelope and sent to s.b.
[
3.5.7.2
-
Written material]
,
[
3.5.7.1
-
Write]
,
[
3.5.7.7
-
Letter]
bbaruha gikusaba mulimo
bbaruha zikusaba mulimo
n
.
application; written request for assistance, employment or admission
[
3.3.2
-
Request]
,
[
3.5.7.2
-
Written material]
bbaruha gya b̯ubyalwa
bbaruha za b̯ubyalwa
n
.
official document that shows the date of birth of s.b. and the place
[
4.6.2
-
Citizen]
,
[
2.6.3
-
Birth]
,
[
3.5.7.5
-
Record]
bbaruha gya kusoma
bbaruha za kusoma
n
.
certificate
[
3.5.7.5
-
Record]
bbaruha gikusaba mulimo
See main entry:
bbaruha
bbaruha gya b̯ubyalwa
See main entry:
bbaruha
bbaruha gya kusoma
See main entry:
bbaruha
bbaa
var. of
bbee
bbaabba
babbaabba
n
.
‘my father’; kinship term for father
[
4.1.9.1.2
-
Father, mother]
mwamwijwa bbaabba
baamwijwa bbaabba
n
.
cousin; son or daughter to my paternal aunt
[
4.1.9.1.7
-
Cousin]
bbaafu
mabbaafu
English
n
.
wash basin; large round plastic bowl for holding water used as a utensil for washing clothes or used as a utensil for taking a bath
[
6.6.7
-
Working with water]
,
[
5.6.4
-
Wash clothes]
,
[
5.2.1.3
-
Cooking utensil]
,
[
5.6.2
-
Bathe]
,
[
6.7.7
-
Container]
bbaalu
bbaalu
n
.
ten packets of cigarettes
[
5.2.4
-
Tobacco]
bbaara
var. of
bba
bbaasi
mabbaasi
English
n
.
bus
[
7.2.4.1.1
-
Vehicle]
bbegeri̱
mabbegeri̱
n
.
leopard; wild carnivore that resembles a cat, with a long tail and black and brown spots
Panthera pardus
[
1.6.1.1.2
-
Carnivore]
bbendera
mabbendera
n
.
flag
[
3.5.6
-
Sign, symbol]
,
[
4.6.7.1
-
Country]
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