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vi,vt 1 imba you are always ~ing the same song unaimba mambo hayohayo siku zote. ~ another tune badili mwenendo/usemi. ~ small (colloq) nyenyekea (baada ya kukemewa) ~ a baby to sleep bembeleza mtoto kwa wimbo ili alale. 2 vuma, lia my ears are ~ing masikio yangu yanavuma 3 ~ (of) something (liter) simulia kwa utenzi/ushairi, ghani. ~ somebody's praises sifia sana, tukuza. 4 ~ out (for) ita kwa nguvu. ~ something out tamka kwa sauti kubwa. ~ up imba kwa sauti/nguvu zaidi. singer n mwimbaji. singing n uimbaji. singable adj -nayoimbika. singsong n kuimba kwa pamoja (kwa kujifurahisha); (attrib) in a ~ song voice/manner kwa mahadhi ya kupanda na kushuka/kwa namna ya kuchosha.