shy
shy
1 adj 1 (of persons) -enye haya/soni. fight ~ of -epa. 2 (of birds, animals, fish) -epesi kutishwa, -siotaka kuonekana. 3 ~ of -enye wasiwasi/ hofu/mashaka she was ~ of telling him the problems alikuwa na hofu kumweleza matatizo. shyly adv. shyness n.shy
2 vi 1 ~ (at something) (of a horse) geuka ghafla (kutokana na tishio). 2 ~(off, away) epa vt (colloq) tupa, rusha ~ a stone at something tupia (kitu) jiwe. n 1 mtupo; mrusho ten cents a ~ mtupo mmoja kwa senti kumi. 2 (colloq) jaribio have a ~ at farming jaribu kilimo.