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stop (EN)
kitenzi, nomino

kitenzi “stop”

kitenzi stop; yeye stops; wakati uliopita stopped; kitendo kilichopita stopped; kitendo cha sasa stopping
  1. simama
    The train stopped at the station to pick up passengers.
  2. simamisha
    She stopped the car to let the pedestrians cross.
  3. acha
    He stopped working at six o'clock and went home.
  4. zuia
    We need to stop the spread of the disease.
  5. ziba
    He used a rag to stop the leak in the pipe.
  6. rekebisha
    She stopped down the lens to f/16 to increase the depth of field.
  7. bonyeza
    The guitarist stopped the string to play a higher note.
  8. tamka (kwa kutumia konsonanti ya kuzuia)
    In some accents, speakers stop the "t" sound in "water".

nomino “stop”

umoja stop, wingi stops
  1. kituo
    She waited at the bus stop for her ride home.
  2. kusimama
    They made a quick stop at the store to buy supplies.
  3. kizuizi
    The roadblock was a stop to all traffic entering the area.
  4. kifaa cha kuzuia
    He installed door stops to prevent the doors from slamming shut.
  5. kipimo cha mwanga
    Increasing the exposure by one stop made the photo brighter.
  6. konsonanti ya kuzuia
    The word "top" starts and ends with stop consonants.
  7. kitufe
    The organist pulled out all the stops for the final piece.
  8. nukta
    Be sure to place a stop at the end of each sentence.
  9. nukta (katika mawasiliano ya redio)
    The radio operator said, "Message received. Stop." to indicate the end of the sentence.
  10. kuokoa
    The goalkeeper's brilliant stop kept his team in the game.
  11. stopi (chembe ya kinadharia)
    Scientists are searching for evidence of the stop in particle accelerators.