Infinitive form, from Steere's "Swahili Exercises"

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kuweza

to be able

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kukubali

to accept

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kushtaki

to accuse

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kupatana

to agree

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kubadili

to alter

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kusumbua

to annoy

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kujibu

to answer

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kufika

to arrive, to reach

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kutokea

to appear

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kuuliza

to ask a question

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kuamaka

to awaken

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kuoga

to bathe

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kuzaa

to bear fruit or childen

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kuomba

to bega

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kuanza

to begin

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kusadiki

to believe

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kuuma

to bite, to sting

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kuvuma

to blow

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kujisifu

to boast

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kuchemka

to boil (neutral)

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kuchemsha

to boil (active)

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kuzaliwa

to be born

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kupiga kofi

to strike

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kuvunja

to break

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kuleta

to bring

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kujenga

to build

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kuwaka

to burn (neutral)

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kuchoma

to burn (active)

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kuzika

to bury

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kununua

to buy

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kuita

to call

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kutunza

to care for

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kuchukua

to carry, to take

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kukamata

to catch hold of

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kubadilisha

to be changed

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kudanganya

to cheat

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kutafuna

to chew

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kuchagua

to choose

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kupiga makofi

to clap thehands

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kusafisha

to clean

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kupanda

to climb up

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kukusanya

to collect

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kamuru

to command

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kurudi

to come back

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kukaribia

to come near to

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kutoka

to come, to go out

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kushinda

to conqueor

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kufikiri

to consider

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kupika

to cook

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kukohao

to cough

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kufunika

to cover

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kuvuka

to cross over

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kuponda

to crush

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kulia

to cry

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kulima

to cultivate

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kuponya

to cure

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kukata

to cut, to cut down

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kucheza

to dance

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kupungua

to decrease

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kulinda

to defend

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kukawia

to delay

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kukana

to deny

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kuharibu

to destroy

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kuchimba

to dig

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kuagiza

to direct

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kugawanya

to divide

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kutenda

to do, to act

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kukokota

to drag

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kupiga mstari

to draw a line

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kuteka maji

to draw up water

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kuota

to dream

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kufukuza

to drive away

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kukauka

to get dry

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kuanika

to put out to dry

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kumwaga

to dry out

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kuisha

to end

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kuingia

to enter

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kuokoka

to escape

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kueleza

to explain

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kupunguka

to fail

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kuanguka

to fall

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kufunga

to fasten, to bind, to shut

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kuogopa

to fear

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kulisha

to feed

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kupigana

to fight

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kuona

to find

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kumaliza

to finish

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kuisha

to be finished

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kukaza

to fix

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kusitawi

to flourish

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kuruka

to fly, to jump

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kukunja

to fold

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kufuata

to follow

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kugombeza

to forbid

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kusahau

to forget

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kusamehe

to forgive

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kupata

to get

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kulewa

to get drunk

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kutoka

to get out

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kuiva

to ripen

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kuondoka

to get up

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kupona

to get well

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kuenda

to go

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kurudi

to go back

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kuoza

to go bad

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kutangulia

to go before

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kupita

to go by

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kushuka

to go, to come down

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kuamkia

to greet

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kusaga

to grind

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kulinda

to guard

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kudhuru

to harm

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kuchukia

to hate

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kusaidia

to help

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kusikia

to hear

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kuficha

to hide

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kuzuia

to hinder

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kupiga

to hit, to beat

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kushika

to hold

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kuuma

to hurt (neutral)

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kuumiza

to hurt (active)

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kuunga

to join

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kuhukumu

to judge

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kuruka

to jump, to fly

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kupiga teke

to kick

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kuua

to kill

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kuchinja

to kill for food

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kujua

to know

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kuchelewa

to be late

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kucheka

to laugh

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kujifunza

to learn

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kuacha

to leave

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kuaga

to take leave of

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kuinua

to life up

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kuwasha

to light (fire, lamp, etc.)

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kupenda

to like

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kusikiliza

to listen

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kutazama

to look

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kutafuta

to look for

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kulegeza

to loosen

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kupoteza

to lose (active)

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kupotea

to be lost (neutral

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kupenda

to love

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kushusha

to lower

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kufanya

to make, to do

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kuoa

to marry a wife

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kuolewa

to be married

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kupima

to measure

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kukuta

to meet with

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kuyeyuka

to melt (neutral)

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kukosa

to miss

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kuchanganya

to mix

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kuagiza

to order

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kupindua

to overturn

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kuwiwa

to owe

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kuuma

to pain (neutral)

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kupita

to pass

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kulipa

to pay

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kuokota

to pick up

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kuweka

to palce

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kucheza

to play

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kupeneza

to please

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kumimina

to pour

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kutwanga

to pound corn

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kusifu

to praise

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kuomba

to pray

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kufanikiwa

to prosper

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kuvuta

to pull, to draw

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kung'oa

to pull up

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kusukuma

to push

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kutia

to put

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kuweka

to put away

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kuvaa

to put on (clothes)

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kutoa

to put our

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kuzima

to put out a light

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kugombana

to quarrel

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kupandisha

to raise

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kufika

to reach

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kusoma

to read

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kupokea

to receive

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kukumbuka

to recollect

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kukataa

to refuse

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kujuta

to regret

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kufurahi

to rejoice

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kubaki

to remain over

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kukaa

to remain (in a place)

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kukumbuka

to remember

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kukumbusha

to remind

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kupumzika

to rest

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kurudi

to return, to go back

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kurudisha

to return, to give back

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kuoka

to roast

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kuoza

to rot

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kuviringa

to be round

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kusugua

to rub

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kupiga mbio

to run

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kukimbia

to run away, to flee

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kuokoa

to save

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kusema

to say

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kutawanya

to scatter

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kudharau

to scorn

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kukuna

to scratch

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kuona

to see

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kutafuta

to search for

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kuonana

to see one another

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kupeleka

to send

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kuuza

to sell

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kushona

to sew

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kutikisa

to shake

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kunyoa

to shave

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kuonyesha

to show

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kuimba

to sing

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kuzama

to sink

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kukaa kitako

to sit down

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kulala

to sleep

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kunuka

to smell nasty

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kunukia

to smell nice

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kunuza

to smell (active)

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kusikitika

to be sorry

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kunena

to speak

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kutumia

to spend

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kumwaga

to spill

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kupasua

to split (active)

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kupasuka

to split (neutral)

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kuenea

to spread (neutral)

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kusimama

to stand

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kukuaa

to stay

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kuiba

to steal

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kupiga

to strike, to beat

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kutosha

to suffice

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kuzunguka

to surround

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kufagia

to sweep

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kuvimba

to swell

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kutwaa

to take

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kuchukua

to take away

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kuangalia

to take care

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kuvua

to take off (clothes)

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kusema

to talk

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kufundisha

to teach

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kuonja

to taste

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kutatua

to tear (cloth, etc.)

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kurarua

to tear in pieces

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kuambia

to tell

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kufikiri

to think, to consider

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kudhani

to think, to suppose

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kutupa

to throw away

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kufunga

to tie

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kuchoka

to become tired

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kugusa

to touch

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kusafiri

to travel

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kujaribu

to try

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kugeuza

to turn (active)

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kugeuka

to turn (neutral)

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kufunua

to uncover

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kfungua

to unfasten, to open

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kutumia

to use

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kungoja

to wait

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kutembea

to walk about

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kutaka

to want

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kuosha

to wash

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kufua

to wash clothes

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kufuta

to wipe

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kunyima

to withhold from

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kunawa

to wash hands

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kustaajabu

to wonder

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kuabudu

to worship

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kuandika

to write

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