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vi,vt 1 ~(out) ondoka, anza (safari). 2 anza. 3 ~ (on) something fanya mwanzo (wa) kitu. 4 ~ (up) shtuka; shtusha; gutuka; gutusha his eyes were ~ing out of his head macho yalimtoka. 5 jongea/inuka/ruka ghafla. 6 (of timbers) dondosha; legeza, legea.7 anzisha, fanya kuwepo; sababisha kuanza. 8 (with adv. part) ~ -back anza kurudi. ~ in (on something/to do something (colloq) anza kufanya kitu. ~ off anza kuondoka, anza kwenda/kujongea. ~out (to do something) (colloq) anza, takadamu; chukua hatua za mwanzo. ~ up inuka ghafla; ruka; tokea ghafla/bila mategemeo. ~ something up (an engine) washa. 9 to ~ with kwanza kabisa, awali ya yote. 10 ~ing gate n mstari/tepe/alama ambapo farasi huanzia mbio za mashindano. ~ing post; ~ing point n mwanzo, mahali pa kuanzia. starter n 1 mshindanishi. (katika mbio) 2 mwanzishaji. under ~er's orders kusubiri amri ya mwanzishi. 3 (tech) stata. 4 (colloq) (of meals) kianzio n 1 (fright) shtuko, kushtuka, mshituko you gave me a ~ umenishtua; (shock) kishindo. 2 mwanzo, awali, chimbuko; utangulizi he gave his son a ~ alimtanguliza mwanawe at the ~ mwanzoni get a ~ tangulia, toka kwanza. a head ~ n upendeleo, mwanzo mwema. 3 (departure) kushika njia, kuondoka make an early ~ ondoka mapema. 4 (pl) starts n vipindi.