rule (EN)
nomino, kitenzi

nomino “rule”

sg. rule, pl. rules or uncountable
  1. kanuni
    The school's rules prohibit running in the hallways.
  2. utawala
    Under her rule, the city flourished and crime rates dropped significantly.
  3. desturi
    In our house, the rule is to have dinner together every night.
  4. kanuni (ya hesabu)
    In math class, we learned a simple rule for finding the area of a rectangle by multiplying its length by its width.
  5. rula
    She carefully used the rule to draw a straight line across her drawing paper.
  6. mstari (wa kuongoza)
    Before writing, she drew a rule across the page to keep her sentences straight.

kitenzi “rule”

rule; he rules; past ruled, part. ruled; ger. ruling
  1. kutawala
    The queen ruled the kingdom with wisdom and strength for over fifty years.
  2. kutamba (kwa lugha ya mtaani)
    Your new skateboard totally rules!
  3. kutoa uamuzi
    The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible in court.
  4. kuchora mistari michoro
    Before starting her math homework, Sarah ruled her blank paper with horizontal lines to keep her calculations neat.