spare
spare
1 adj 1 haba, -chache, kiasi ~of speech -enye maneno machache. 2 -a akiba ~ tyre tairi la akiba. 3 -embamba ~ of build -a kimbaombao ~ rib mbavu (tupu) za nguruwe n ~ (part) kipuri, spea. sparely adv. spareness n.spare
2 vi,vt 1 acha kuumiza/kuharibu, hurumia. ~ somebody's feelings epuka kuudhi mtu. ~ the rod and spoil the child mchelea mwana kulia hulia yeye. 2 ~something (for somebody/something); ~ somebody something toa, pa (muda, fedha n.k) can you ~me a minute? naomba tuongee kidogo if our lives are ~d we'll see each other again tukijaliwa tutaonana. 3 bania, tumia kidogo kidogo. no expense(s)/pains ~d tumia mali/juhudi zote she is very sparing of her food anabania chakula chake. sparing adj banifu, nyimifu, angalifu. sparingly adv.