palm
palm
1 n kiganja, kitanga cha mkono. grease/oil somebody's ~ toa rushwa, honga. have an itching ~ penda kula rushwa/kuhongwa. have somebody in the ~ of one's hand weka mkononi, tawala. vt ficha katika kitanga cha mkono. ~ something off (on somebody) tapeli, toa/pa kwa hila. palmist n mtabiri asomaye kitanga. palmistry n usomaji kitanga.palm
2 n 1 mti wa jamii ya mchikichi n.k. coconut ~ mnazi date ~ mtende. ~ tree n mchikichi ~ kernel kiini/nazi/kokwa. ~oil n mawese. ~ wine n tembo. P~ Sunday n Jumapili ya Matawi. 2 jani la mnazi (alama ya ushindi). bear/carry off the ~ shinda. yield the ~ to somebody kubali kushindwa (na mwingine). palmy adj -liositawi; -lioneemeka. palmer n (formally) hujaji arejeaye kutoka Nchi Takatifu na jani la mnazi.