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Usages of ulimi
Mtoto alipokuwa akikohoa, daktari aliangalia ulimi wake na akamwambia apumzike.
When the child was coughing, the doctor looked at his/her tongue and told him/her to rest.
Daktari anaangalia ulimi wangu sasa.
The doctor is looking at my tongue right now.
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