Swahili English Dictionary

A -a -a baridi -a bure -a haki -a hatari -a kawaida -a kienyeji -a kigeni -a kike -a kisasa -a kiume -a kufaa -a kulia -a kumi -a kupendeza -a kushoto -a kutosha -a kwanza -a kweli -a lazima -a moto -a mwisho -a nane -a nne -a pili -a porini -a saba -a siri -a sita -a tano -a tatu -a tisa -a utulivu -a zamani abiria -abudu -acha of cold free right dangerous regular, usual native, indigenous alien, foreign, strange female, feminine modern male, masculine convenient (on the) right tenth pleasant, agreable (on the) left sufficient, enough first true necessary, must hot last eighth fourth second savage, wild seventh secret sixth fifth third ninth quiet, calm old, ancient passenger to worship, adore to cease, allow, leave, let go, abandon

-achana -achia ada adabu adhabu -adhibu adhuhuri adui afadhali afisa, (ma-) afisi Afrika afya -aga -agana agano -agiza Agosti -agua aha ! ahadi -aibisha aibu aina ajabu ajali ajili (kwa ajili ya) -ajiri -aka -ake akiba akili akina -ako ala ala, (nyala / maala) alama alasiri Alhamisi -alika

to leave each other to leave to / for fee good manners punishment, penalty to punish twelve o'clock, noon, midday enemy better officer, civil servant office Africa health to say farewell, say good bye to promise promise to command, order August to foretell no ! promise to do something shameful shame kind, sort marvel, wonder accident reason to employ, hire to build things using stones his, hers, its economy, saving intelligence people of a certain sort your, yours word of surprise sheath sign, mark, spot, speckle afternoon Thursday to invite

-alika ama amani -amba amba-ambia -ambiana -ambua -ambukiza -amini -aminifu -amka -amkia -amkiana amri -amsha -amua -amuka -amuru anasa -andalia -andamana -andika -andikia -andikiana -andikwa anga anga -angalia -angamia -angavu -angaza -angu -anguka -angusha -anika -anua anwani -anza -anzia

to make a loud clap or snap or peace to slander that, who, which to say, tell to tell each other to peel to infect to believe honnest, faithful to wake up, awake, rise up to greet to greet each other order to wake somebody to settle dispute, stop a quarrel to rise up, wake up to order, command wealth to make smth ready to follow each other, manifest to write to write to / for to write each other to be written light up in the sky to look, look at to be destroyed brilliant to flash, shine, to be light my, mine to fall down, fall over to make smth fall, throw in wrestling to put smth to dry in the sun to take smth out of the sun address to start, begin to start at some place

-anzwa -ao -apa apiza Aprili ardhi arobaini arusi asali asante / ahsante asanteni ! asili askari askari kanzu askari koti asubuhi asubuhi njema ! ati ! au aya -azima azimio, (ma-) -azimu B baada (ya) baadaye baba -babaika babu -babuka badala -badili -badilika -badiliwa bado bado kidogo bahari bahasha bahati -bahatisha

to be started their, theirs to swear curse, abuse April earth, soil, land forty marriage, wedding honey thank you, thanks thank you (plural) origin soldier policeman in uniform plain cloth police morning have a good morning ! say ! or paragraph to borrow, lend declaration, aim, plan to propose after afterwards dad, father to be confused grandfather to burn (slight, sitting by fire) instead of to change, exchange to be changed to be changed not yet in a little while sea, ocean envelope chance, luck try one's luck

baina (ya) baiskeli baka -baki bakora bakshishi bakuli bali balozi, (ma-) banda, (ma-) bandari -bandika -banduka bangili -banika bao, (ma-) bao, (ma-) bara, mabarabara barabara barafu baraka baraza baraza, (ma-) baridi -bariki barua baruti basi basi, (ma-) bastola bata bata maji bati, (ma-) batili bawa, (ma-) -baya -beba bega, (ma-) behewa, (ma-)

between, among bicycle ringworm to stay, remain walking stick bakshish basin, deep round dish but rather administrator, ambassador big shed port, harbour to stick, glue to unstick bracelet to roast goal (at soccer) plank, board, board game land, continent road very well, just as it should be done ice blessing verandah big meeting cold, cold weather to bless letter gunpowder and so bus pistol duck water fowl corrugated iron invalid wing bad to carry on the back shoulder carriage or car of a train

bei -bembeleza bendera bendi benki bia biashara bibi bibi, (ma-) -bichi -bidi bidii bila bilauri bilingani binadamu binamu -bingirika birika -bishana -bishana -bivu bizari blanketi, (ma-) boga, (ma-) -bomoa bonde bonge, (ma-) bora -bovu budi buibui buluu bundi bunduki bunge buni bure buri -burudisha

price to caress, entreat flag band, group of musicians bank beer trade grandmother lady, (ladies) row, unripe, uncooked to be made to do something effort without glass aubergine, egg plant human being cousin to roll tea pot to argue to quarrel with each other ripe seeds of spices, curry powder blanket pumpkin to knock down, break down valley clod, ball of something excellent, better bad, spoiled, rotten way to escape spider blue colour owl rifle, gun parliament coffee berry useless, free, in vain obstinacy to cool, feel good again

busara bustani buu bwana arusi bwana, (ma-) -bwata bwawa -bweka C -cha -chacha -chache -chafu -chafua -chafya chagua -chagulia -chaguliwa chai chaki chakula, (vy-) chama, (vy-) chambo -chambua -chana chandalua, (vy-) -changa -changa -changamsha -changanya -changanyika -chanja chanuo chapa chapu chapu / chap chap chatu chawa cheche -chefuka -cheka

wisdom garden maggot groom sir, master, (gentlemen) to babble swamp, pool to bark to rise (sun) to turn sour, go bad a few, not many dirty to make dirty, soil to sneeze choose to choose for to be chosen tea chalk food party, association, club bait to pick out, sort comb mosquito net to collect something together young, green to make someone happy to interlace, mix mixed (become --) to gather (firewood) big comb made of wood brand, print quickly, fast python louse, (lice) spark to cause a feeling of nausea to laugh

-chekecha -chekesha -chelewa chemchemi chemka -chemsha cheo, (vy-) cherehani cheti, (vy-) -cheza -chezwa chifu, (ma-) chikichi -chimba -chimbua chini -chinja -chipuka -chochea -choka chokaa -chokesha -chokonoa -chokoza -choma -choma chombo, (vy-) -chomeka -chomoa -chomoka -chonga -chongea choo, (vy-) -chora choroko -chota choyo chozi, (ma-) chubwi -chuchumaa

to sift (solids) to make laugh to delay, be late spring of water, waterhole to boil to make something boil rank sewing machine certificate to play, dance to be played chief (of tribe) palm-nut to dig to dig something up down, underneath to kill, sacrifice to sprout to incite, prod tired (be --, become --) lime to tire someone to prod to tease, bother to burn, roast, singe to poke in, stab, prick, stick utensil, household apparatus be burnt to pull out to come out (of thing poked in) to sharpen (point) to slander w.c. to draw small green bean to scoop up (water), take a little, pick up greed, greediness tear (from eye) sound of smth when it falls into water to crouch

chui -chuja chuki -chukia -chukua -chukulia -chuma chuma, (vy-) chumba, (vy-) chumvi -chuna -chunga -chungu chungu, (vy-) -chungulia chungwa, (ma-) chuo kikuu chuo, (vy-) chupa chupi chura, (vy-) -chutama -chwa D dada daftari dafu, (ma-) dagaa -dai daima -daka dakika dalili damu -danganya daraja, (ma-) darasa, (ma-) dari darubini dau, (ma-)

leopard to filter, sift, strain (liquids) bad temper to hate, take offense to take to take for / to to pluck, gather iron room salt to skin to keep, watch (animals) bitter cooking-pot to look at something very carefully orange university institute jar, bottle panties frog to crouch to set (sun), get dark sister register, exercise book coconut sardine to claim constantly, always to catch minute sign blood to deceive, cheat bridge class, classroom ceiling microscope, telescope dhow (boat)

dawa dawati dazani debe, (ma-) dedede dengu deni, (ma-) dereva, (ma-) Desemba deski desturi dhahabu dhahiri dhambi -dhani dharau -dharau -dharaulia dini dirisha, (ma-) dobi, (ma-) -dogo dole gumba -dondoka donge -donoa duara dudu, (ma-) duka, (ma-) duma dume dunia E eka -ekundu -elea -elea -elekea -eleleza -elewa

medicine writing desk dozen tin of one gallon sound of someone hitting a drum lentils debt driver December desk custom, usage gold clear, plain sin to think scorn, sligh to despise to feel scorn for religion window man whose trade is to wash clothes small, little thumb to drip clot, lump to peck at something wheel big insect shop cheetah male animal world acre red float to be clear for to go towards, point to to explain thoroughly to understand

-eleza elfu -elimisha elimu -ema -embamba embe, (ma-) -enda -endelea -endesha -enea eneo, (ma-) -eneza -enye -enyewe -epa -epesi -erevu -erevuka eti -etu -eupe -eusi -ezeka F -fa -fa njaa -faa -fagia fagio, (ma-) -fahamisha -fahamu fahari faida -faidia faini -fanana -fanya -fanya kazi -fanyia

to explain mille to educate education, learning good thin, narrow mango to go, go away to go ahead to drive to spread out area, surface to spread, extend with himself, itself, the very (thing) to avoid, dodge, evade quick, light cunning to become clever that (namely) our, ours white, light black, dark to thatch to die to starve to suit, be of use to sweep broom to inform, let know to understand glory, pride profit to profit to fine to look like someone else to do to work to do for

-fanyika -fanyikiwa -fanyiza -fanywa farasi -faulu Februari fedha fee (inanuka fee) -ficha -fichwa figa, (ma-) figo, (ma-) -fika -fikia fikira -fikiri -fikisha filimbi fimbo -finyanga fisi fitina fofofo (alikufa fofofo) forodha -fua nguo -fuata -fuatana fuawe -fufua fuga fuko -fukuta -fukuza fulana fulani -fuma -fumba -fumbua -fumua

to be able to be done to prosper to make do to be done horse to succeed, pass Februari money, silver how something bad smells to hide to be hidden cooking stone (one of the three) kidney to arrive to reach thought to think to make reach whistle stick to mould pottery hyena dispute how someone lies when dead customs to wash clothes to follow to follow each other anvil to revive to raise tame animals mole to blow bellows to chase, fire sweater someone to weave, knit, plait to close, shut to open to unknot

fundi, (ma-) -fundisha fundisho, (ma-) fundo, (ma-) -funga -funga -funga fundo -fungana -fungia -fungika -fungisha fungo fungu, (ma-) -fungua -fungua -funguka -funguliwa -fungwa -funika -funua -funza -fupi -fupika -fura furaha -furahi -furahisha -furika -furisha -futa futi -fyeka G galoni gamba -ganda ganda, (ma-) -gandamana gani ? gari, (ma-)

craftsman to teach teaching knot to fasten, tie up, shut, wrap up to fast to knot, tie a knot to link together to close for / with to be closed to make close genet piece, part, share to open, untie to break the fast to be opened, untied to be opened to be closed, be imprisoned to cover, stop up to uncover to teach short make short swell joy to be happy, be pleased, rejoice to rejoice to overflow, boil over to inundate, cause to overflow to wipe, wipe up foot (measure) to cut down grass and bushes gallon scale of fish, bark of tree to coagulate skin, peel (of fruit) stick to sth. which ? what kind ? what sort ? car, vehicule

gauni, (ma-) -gawa (-nya) gazeti, (ma-) -geni gereji, (ma-) gereza -geua -geuka -geuza ghafula ghala ghali gharama gharika ghasia ghorofa giza, (ma-) godoro, (ma-) gogo, (ma-) goli golikipa gololi -goma -gomba -gombana -gonga -gongana gongo goti, (ma-) gozi gugu, (ma-) -guguna gumba -gumia -gumu -guna gundi -gundua gunia, (ma-) guru

dress to divide up newspaper foreign, strange garage prison, jail to change to change, turn around to change suddenly store-room, store-house dear, expensive cost flood Confusion, bustle, crowding upper part of a house, upstairs darkness mattress log goal goalkeeper marble to go on strike to quarrel to quarrel with each other to knock, hit to knock against each other cudgel knee skin (of animal) weed to gnaw thumb to bark hard, strong to grumble glue to startle, take by surprise bag, sack of jute sound made when drinking water

gurudumu, (ma-) -gusa gwaride, (ma-) H haba habari habari ? habari gani ? habari yako ? habari zako ? hadithi hadithia hafifu hai haidhuru haja haki hakika -hakikisha halafu halali hali halisi halmashauri hama -hamia -hamisha hamjambo ? hamjambo nyumbani ? hamna shida hamsini hamu hao hapa hapana hapo hapo kale harag(w)e, (ma-) haraka -harakisha

wheel to touch parade little news what's new ? how are you ? how are you ? how are you ? story tell a story weak, useless alive it doesn't matter need justice truth, for certain to get certain of then, afterwards pure, legitimate condition exactly, real instance, committee move one's residence to emigrate to make someone move to somewhere how are you ? (plur) how is the family ? no problem fifty desire those, those ones here no there long time ago bean hurry, in a hurry to hurry, be quick

Harambee ! haramu -haribika -haribu harufu harusi / arusi hasa hasara hasi hasira hata hata kidogo hatari hatimaye hatua hatujambo ! hawa haya haya haya ! hayo hebu ! hekima hela hela hema herufi hesabu -hesabu heshima -heshimiwa -heshimu hewa hiari hicho -hifadhi hii hiki hila hili

let's pull together ! (Kenya) forbidden to be ruined, be destroyed, go bad to ruin, spoil, destroy smell wedding exactly, just right loss castrate anger even not even danger finally step we are well ! these, these ones these modesty O.K. ! those, those ones say ! respect, wisdom money coin, money tent letter (alphabet) counting, arithmetic to count, calculate respect to become honored to honor, respect air, atmosphere choice that, that one protect this, this one, these, these ones this, this one trick, bad trick this, this one

hilo -himiza hirizi historia -hitaji -hitimu hivi hivi hivi sasa hivyo hivyo hiyo hizi hizo hodari hodi ! hofu homa hongo honi hospitali hoteli hotuba -hudhuria huduma huenda hujambo ? huko huku huku humo humu huo huru huruma -hurumia -husu -hutubia huu huwa

that, that one to hurry something or someone charm history to need to complete (education) this way these, these ones at once , immediately that way those, those ones that, that one, those, those ones these, these ones those, those ones brave, intelligent may i come in ? fear fever tribute horn hospital hotel, restaurant speech to attend service, help perhaps how are you ? there around here while in there in here that, that one free pity, sympathy to feel pity for to concern to speak to a group of people this, this one usually, it is customary

huyo huyu huzuni -huzunia huzunika I -iba ibadi -ibwa idadi idara -iga i -igiza ijapokuwa Ijumaa ikiwa ila ile ili imani imara -imarika -imba -imbia -inama -inamia -inamisha inchi ingawa -ingi -ingia -ingilia -ingine -ingiza ini, (ma-) injini -inua -inuka inzi

that, that one this, this one sadness to feel sadness for be very sad to steal adoration to be stolen number department to imitate, mimic it is (class 9), they are (class 4) to act (as in a play) even if Friday if except this, this one, these, these ones so that feath strong to be firm, become strong to sing to sing to / for someone to bow, bend down to bow to someone to make something bend down inch although much, many to enter, go in to go in for, pry into other to introduce liver engine to lift, pull up to rise up fly

-isha ishara -ishi ishirini -ita -itika -itwa -iva J -ja -jaa jahazi, (ma-) jalala jamaa jamani -jamba jambo ! jambo, (ma-) jamhuri jamii jana jani, (ma-) -janja Januari jaribio, (ma-) -jaribisha -jaribu jasho -jaza je ? / -je ? jela jembe, (ma-) jeneza -jenga -jengea ua jengo, (ma-) jeraha, (ma-) jeshi, (ma-) -jibia -jibiana

to finish omen, sign to live, stay, dwell twenty to call to answer (to a call) to be called, to be named to get ripe, be cooked to come to fill up, be full ship, dhow rubbish heap relatives, members of family form of address to a group of people to break wind with noise hello ! hi ! affair, matter republic group of people or things yesterday leaf, (leaves) sly, deceitful, cunning January trial to try to try perspiration, sweat to fill how ? well ? prison hoe bedstead for carrying a corpse to burial to build to fence in building wound army to answer to to answer each other

-jibika -jibiwa jibu, (ma-) -jibu -jiburudisha jicho, (ma-) -jidai -jifanya -jificha -jifunza -jigonga -jikinga jiko, (meko) jina, (ma-) jini jino, (meno) jinsi -jinyoosha jiografia -jiona jioni -jipamba jipu, (ma-) jirani, (ma-) -jisifu -jitahidi -jitazama -jitegemea -jitenga -jitengenezea jiti, (ma-) -jitolea jitu, (ma-) -jiua -jiuliza -jiuzulu jiwe, (mawe) jogoo, (ma-) joka, (ma-) jongoo, (ma-)

to be answered to be answered answer to answer to refresh oneself eye to proclaim oneself to pretend to hide oneself to learn to knock oneself to protect oneself kitchen, stove name spirit, genie, fairy tooth, (teeth) sort, kind, method to straighten oneself geography to be proud of oneself, be conceited evening, in the evening to adorn oneself boil (n.) neighbour to brag, boast to try hard to look at oneself to rely on oneself, be autonomous to withdraw oneself, move out of the way to repair smth by yourself big tree to volonteer giant to commit suicide to ask oneself to abdicate, resign from office stone cock big snake millipede

joto, (ma-) -jua jua (kali) jua, (ma-) -juana jukwaa (ma-) Julai -julikana -julisha -juliwa juma (ma-) Jumamosi Jumanne Jumapili Jumatano Jumatatu jumba, (ma-) jumbe, (ma-) Juni juni, (ma-) -juta juu juu (ya) juzi juzi juzi K kaa -kaa kaa , (ma-) -kaanga -kaba kabati kabila, (ma-) kabisa kabla kaburi, (ma-) kadha wa kadha kadhalika kadiri -kagua

heat know sunshine sun to know each other raised platform July to be known to inform to be known week Saturday Tuesday Sunday Wednesday Monday large house or building headman, chief June big bird to be sorry, regret on top on, above day before yesterday a few days ago, formerly crab to dwell, remain, sit ember, charcoal to fry to choke, squeeze cupboard tribe quiet, altogether, completely before grave a few, some and so on, in the same way how mush / how many of smth to inspect, examine, look at carefully

kahawa kaka kaki kalamu kale kalenda -kali kama kama kawaida -kamata -kamatwa kamba kambi kamili -kamilika -kamilisha kampuni -kamua kamusi kamwe -kana -kanda -kandamiza -kandika kando kando (ya) kanga kanga kaniki kanuni -kanyaga kanzu kaptula kapu, (ma-) karabai karamu karanga karani, (ma-) karata karatasi

coffee brother khaki, kind of cloth pen, pencil a long time ago calendar fierce, cruel, sharp like, if as usual to catch, seize, catch hold of, grasp to be caught cord, rope, string camp complete, exact to be completed, achieved to finish company to milk, squeeze, wring dictionary not at all, not once, never to deny to knead press to daub, plaster edge, side along fowl, guinea fowl piece of cloth (for women) dark blue cloth rule, principle to tread,step on smth dress (for men) shorts large basket pressure lamp party, feast groundnut, peanut clerk, employee playing card paper

-karibia karibu karibu ! karibu (na) karibuni ! karne kasa kasi kasia -kasirika -kasirisha kaskazi kaskazini kasoro kasuku kata -kata -kataa -katakata -kataliwa katani -kataza kati (ya) kati kati katika -katika katikati (ya) kauka kauri -kavu kawa, (ma-) -kawia kazi -ke keki kelele -kemea kenge kengele -kenua

be near, come near to almost welcome ! next, near, close to welcome all ! century less, take away Much, very much paddle become angry make someone angry small rain season north less, take away parrot ladle, slice to break, cut to refuse, say no cut smth into little pieces to be refused sisal to refuse, forbid between, in the middle of in the middle in, inside, on to snap, be cut among dry up cowry dry dish cover to take a long time, be late work female cake noise to scold monitor lizard bell to show the teeth

kesho kesho kutwa kete -keti ki kiangazi kiapo kiarabu kiaskari kiatu, (vi-) kiazi kikuu kiazi, (vi-) kibaba, (vi-) kibanda, (vi-) kibao, (vi-) kibarua, (vi-) kiberiti, (vi-) kiboko, (vi-) kibuyu, (vi-) kichaka, (vi-) kicheko, (vi-) kichuguu kichwa, (vi-) kidari, (vi-) kidevu, (vi-) kidiri kidogo kidokezi, (vi-) kidole, (vi-) kidonda, (vi-) kidonge, (vi-) kienyeji kifaa, (vi-) kifagio, (vi-) kifaranga, (vi-) kifaransa kifaru, (vi-) kifo, (vi-) kifua, (vi-) kifudifudi

tomorrow day after tomorrow cowry to be sitting it is (class 7) hot dry season oath arabic soldier like shoe yam Potatoe,sweet potatoe measure hut board day laborer match, matchbox hippopotamus calebash, gourd bush country, thicket laughter antheap head breastbone chin squirrel little, a little secret words, secret sign finger sore, wound pill local useful thing broom, brush chick, baby bird French rhinoceros death chest the way someone is lying face down

kifungu, (vi-) kifungua mimba kifuniko, (vi-) kifurushi, (vi-) kiganja, (vi-) kigoda, (vi-) kihindi kiingereza kijana, (vi-) kijani kijiji, (vi-) kijiko, (vi-) kijiti, (vi-) kijito, (vi-) kijitu, (vi-) kijiwe, (vi-) kikapu, (vi-) kiko, (vi-) kikohozi kikoi, (vi-) kikombe, (vi-) kikongo, (vi-) kikosi, (vi-) kikundi, (vi-) kikwazo, (vi-) kila kila siku kilabu, (vi-) kile kilele, (vi-) kilemba, (vi-) kilima, (vi-) kilindi kilo kilo kilometa kima -kimbia -kimbilia -kimbiza

little pile of smth, parentheses first born stopper little bag or bundle, parcel palm of the hand stool Indian (language) English (language) young boy or girl, youth green village spoon stick stream dwarf pebble basket pipe cough loin cloth cup tendril group of soldiers group of people or animals stumbling block every every day club that, that one peak of a mountain turban hill deep water kilo kilo, kilogram kilometer kind of monkey to run, run away to run towards / after to make someone run away

kimbunga kimetameta kimya kina kinanda, (vi-) kindi -kinga -kingama kinu, (vi-) kinyama kinyonga, (vi-) kinyozi, (vi-) kinyume kinywa, (vi-) kiongozi, (vi-) kioo, (vi-) kiota kipande, (vi-) kipendo, (vi-) kipepeo, (vi-) kipimo, (vi-) kipindi, (vi-) kipini, (vi-) kipofu, (vi-) kipumbavu kipupue kiraka, (vi-) kireno -kiri kiroboto, (vi-) kisa kisahani, (vi-) kisanduku, (vi-) kisasi, (vi-) kisha kishamba kishenzi kisiki,(vi-) kisima, (vi-) kisingino, (vi-)

cyclone, hurricane sparkle, shining quietness, silence kind of peopele piano squirrel to put across to lie across mortar for pounding animal like chameleon barber opposite mouth leader miror nest piece, splinter mark of affection butterfly measure period of time handle blind person like an idiot cold season patch Portuguese (language) admit, confess flea story saucer little box revenge and then like a peasant like a sauvage stump of tree well, waterhole heel

kisiwa, (vi-) kisogo, (vi-) kisu, (vi-) kiswahili kitabu, (vi-) kitako kitambaa, (vi-) kitambo kidogo kitana, (vi-) kitanda, (vi-) kitanzi, (vi-) kitawi kitendawili, (vi-) kiti, (vi-) kitoto kitoto, (vi-) kitovu kitu, (vi-) kitumbua, (vi-) kitunguu, (vi-) kituo, (vi-) kiu kiumbe, (vi-) kiume kiungo, (vi-) kiungulia kiuno, (vi-) kivimbe kivuko kivuli, (vi-) kiwanda, (vi-) kiwanja, (vi-) kiwavi, (vi-) kiwele kiwete, (vi-) kiwiko kizazi, (vi-) kizibo, (vi-) kiziwi, (vi-) kizungu

island, isle nape of neck, occiput knife, (knives) Swahili (language) book on your bottom piece of cloth in a little while comb bed loop frond riddle chair like a child little child navel, umbilical cord thing fritter (food cooked in a frying pan) onion place to stop, station thirst creature like a boy or man articulation heartburn buttock, hip, waist bump crossing place shadow factory plot of land, piece of ground caterpillar udder lame person elbow birth cork deaf person like a white man

kizunguzungu, (vi-) -ko kobe, (ma-) kodi -kodi kofi, (ma-) kofia kogo -kohoa kohozi -kojoa kokwa koleo, (ma-) -koma -komba kombe, (ma-) -konda kondoo konokono -konyeza koo kope -kopesha kopo, (ma-) kopo, (ma-) koroboi -korofi -koroga -koroma korongo -kosa kosa, (ma-) -kosana kosea kosekana koti, (ma-) kovu -kua -kubali -kubalika

giddiness is there, are there tortoise tribute, taxes to rent flat part of a hand hat occiput to cough phlegm to urinate nut, nut of oil-palm plier stop to lick food with finger large cup, curved dish to get thin, emaciated, (become --) sheep snail to wink gullet, throat eyelashes to lend loan tin small lamp sauvage, brutal stir to snore, snort stork to lack, make a mistake mistake to quarrel mistake (make a --) to become lacking coat scar to grow, grow up, become aged to agree, assent to be agreed

-kubaliwa -kubwa kufuli kuku kule kulia -kulia kuliko kuma kumbe ! kumbikumbi -kumbuka kumbusha kumi -kuna kundi, (ma-) kunguni kunguru, (ma-) kuni -kunja -kunja -kunjua -kunywea kupe kuputu -kusanya kushoto kusi kusini kusudi kusudi, (ma-) -kuta -kutana kuti, (ma-) kutoka kutu -kuu -kuukuu kuwa kuwa

to be permitted adult, big, mature padlock chicken over there right (hand) to eat than female genitals word of surprise rain ant to remember to make someone remember ten to scratch group bug crow firewood bend, fold, twist, wind round to fold to unfold to drink tick sound that a horse's hoofs make to assemble, gather up left (hand) dry season south so that aim to find, meet to assemble, meet palm from rust adult, principal to be used up, old that (namely) be

kuwa na -kuza kwa kwa bahati kwa ghafula kwa haraka kwa heri ! kwa heri ya kuonana ! kwa herini ! kwa hiyo kwa kawaida kwa kifupi kwa kusudi kwa kutwa kwa kweli kwa nini ? kwa sababu gani ? kwa sababu hii kwa sauti kwa siri -kwaa kwale -kwama kwamba kwanga kwanza kwapa kweli kwikwi L -la la ! labda laini -lainisha laki -laki lakini -lala lala salama !

have to make smth grow bigger by, for, with, through luckily suddenly quickly good bye ! see you soon ! good bye all ! therefore, so usually in brief voluntarily daily really why ? for what reason ? then loudly secretly to knock your foot against smth partridge to be jammed that (namely) rock-rabbit first, firstly armpit true hiccup to eat no ! maybe, perhaps soft, smooth to make smooth a hundred thousand to go to meet someone but to lie down, sleep sleep well !

-lamba lami lawama -laza lazi lazima -lazimu -lea -legea -legeza -lelea -lemaa lengo, (ma-) leo -leta -letea -letwa -levya -lewa li -lia -lika likizo lile -lima limau, (ma-) -limwa -linda -lingana -linganisha lini ? -lipa lipu -lipwa -lisha lita livu -liwa loo ! lori, (ma-)

to lick tar reproach, blame to make someone lie down sleeping place must to be made to do to bring up, look after (child) to be loosened to loosen to bring up for to be mutilated aim today to bring to bring to / for to be brought to intoxicate to get drunk, become intoxicated it is (class 5) to cry, wail, crow to be eatable holiday that, that one to cultivate, dig land lemon to be cultivated to protect, watch over to become equal to compare when ? to pay plaster to be paid to feed litre leave, holiday to be eaten word of surprise lorry

-lowa -loweka lugha lulu M m maafa maana maandamano maarifa macheo Machi machozi machujo madaraka madhumuni madini madoadoa maelezo maendeleo mafuta magamba magendo magharibi magugu mahala / mahali mahali pa mahari mahindi maili maisha maiti majani maji majimaji majira majivu majivuno makamasi makao

to soak, become wet to soak language pearl you are (plur) misfortune reason, cause procession knowledge, news dawn March tears dregs responsibilities aim metal small dots explanation development, progress oil, cooking oil, paraffin fishscale smuggling west weeds place instead of bride price maize seeds mile (measure) life corps, body grass water damp, a little wet space of time ashes boasting nasal mucus place where people stay

makasi makende makini (kwa --) makosa makubaliano makuti malaika mali malipo -maliza malkia mama mamba mambo manati manjano manyonya manyoya maombi maonyesho maovu mapacha mapatano mapema mapenzi mapesa mapumbu mara mara kwa mara mara moja mara nyingi marafiki marahaba ! marehemu marimba markiti marufuku masalkheri ! masamaki mashariki

scissors testicles carefully errors agreement palms angel fortune, wealth payment finish queen mother crocodile peg catapult yellow feathers fur prayers show anything bad or wicked twins agreement early love, desire small change testicles time from time to time immediately often cercle of friends thank you ! defunct person, the late hand-piano, marimba, xylophone market (in zanzibar) interdiction good night ! school of fish east

mashindano mashine mashua masika masimba masizi maskini masurufu matandiko matata matatizo mate matokeo matope matusi maumivu mavi mavuno mazao maziko mazishi maziwa mazungumzo mbaazi mbalamwezi mbali (ya) mbali mbali mbegu mbeko / mbeleko mbele mbele (ya) mbili / -wili mbilikimo mbingu mbizi mbolea Mboga mbogo mboni mbono / mbarika

competition machine boat rain season herd of lions soot poor person provisions bedding problems problems spittle results mud insults pain, ache, hurt excreta, dung harvesting crop burial funeral milk talk peas moonlight far, far from different seed piece of cloth for carrying a baby front before, in front of two pygmy sky diving into water manure vegetable buffalo pupil of eye castor-oil plant

mboo mbu mbuga mbung'o mbuni, (mi-) mbuyu, (mi-) mbuzi mbwa mbwa mwitu mbweha mchana mchanga, (mi-) mchawi, (wa-) mchele, (mi-) mchezaji, (wa-) mchezo, (mi-) mchi mchicha mchikichi mchikichi mchinjaji, (wa-) mchoro, (mi-) mchungaji, (wa-) mchungwa, mimchuzi, (mi-) mchwa mdomo, (mi-) mdudu, (wa-) mea, (mi-) meko meli mende -menya -meremeta meza -meza mfano, (mi-) mfanya kazi, (wa-) mfaransa, (wa-) mfu, (wa-)

penis mosquito grassland, savannah tse-tse fly coffee tree baobab goat dog wolf, wild dog jackal day (vs. night) sand witch husked rice player game pestle spinach oil-palm palm-tree butcher drawing shepherd orange tree broth, gravy termite lip insect sprout the three stones used for cooking steamer, ship cockroach pare down twinkle, sparkle, shine table swallow example worker French (person) dead person

mfuko, (mi-) mfululizo, (mi-) mfungwa, (wa-) mfuniko, (mi-) mfupa, (mi-) mganga, (wa-) mgeni, (wa-) mgiriki, (wa-) mgomba, (mi-) mgomvi, (wa-) mgongo mgonjwa, (wa-) mguu, (mi-) mhindi, (wa-) mia milele milioni mimba mimi -mimina -minya miongoni mwa mita mjeremani, (wa-) mji, (mi-) mjinga, (wa-) mjomba, (wa-) mjukuu, (wa-) mjusi mkaa mkanda, (mi-) mkataba, (mi-) mkate, (mi-) mke, (wa-) mkeka, (mi-) mkenya, (wa-) mkia, (mi-) mkindu, (mi-) mkoba, (mi-) mkojo

bag, pocket in succession captive, prisoner stopper bone witch-doctor stranger, guest Greek (person) banana tree quarrelsome person back, rear sick person, patient foot, leg indian (person) hundred for ever million fetus, pregnancy i, me pour squeeze among metre german (person) town idiot, fool uncle (maternal) grandchild lizard charcoal strap contrat bread wife mat Kenyan (person) tail palm-tree bag urine

mkoloni, (wa-) mkongwe, (wa-) mkono, (mi-) mkristo, (wa-) mkuki, (mi-) mkulima, (wa-) mkundu mkunga mkurugenzi, (wa-) mkutano, (mi-) mkuyu, (mi-) mlafi, (wa-) mlango, (mi-) mle mlemavu, (wa-) mlevi, (wa-) mlezi, (wa-) mlima, (mi-) mlimaji, (wa-) mlinzi, (wa-) mluzi mmasai, (wa-) mmea, (mi-) mnara, (mi-) mnazi, (mi-) mno mnofu, (mi-) mnunuzi, (wa-) mnyama, (wa-) -mo moja -moja moja moja momonyoka moshi, (mi-) moto, (mi-) motokaa moyo, (mi-) mpaka, (mi-) mpamba, (mi-)

colonial (person) old person arm, forearm, hand, handle Christian (person) spear farmer anus eel director meeting fig-tree glutton door there inside lame (person) drunk nurse mountain farmer gardian, protector whistling Masai plant minaret, tower coconut tree too much flesh, meat without bones customer animal is / are there inside one one one by one be broken off smoke fire automobile, car heart boundary cotton plant

mpango, (mi-) mpatano, (mi-) mpelelezi, (wa-) mpendwa, (wa-) mpenzi, (wa-) mpingo, (mi-) mpini, (mi-) mpira (wa miguu) mpira, (mi-) mpishi, (wa-) mpumbavu, (wa-) mpunga, (mi-) mpwa, (wa-) mpwito mraba, (mi-) mrembo, (wa-) msaada, (mi-) msafara, (mi-) msafiri, (wa-) msaidizi, (wa-) msalani msamiati, (mi-) msasa, (mi-) msemaji, (wa-) msemo, (mi-) mshahara, (mi-) mshale, (mi-) mshipa, (mi-) mshipi, (mi-) mshoni, (wa-) msichana, (wa-) msikiti, (mi-) msimamizi, (wa-) msingi, (mi-) msitu, (mi-) msomo, (mi-) msozi, (mi-) mstari, (mi-) msumari, mimsumeno, (mi-)

plan, project agreemnt investigator loved being darling, lover ebony tree pestle football ball, tube cook stupid person rice nephew, niece throb square girl who looks pretty help caravan traveler help, second in the lavatory vocabulary plant or shrub with rough leaves speaker saying salary arrow vein belt taylor young girl mosque manager, overseer foundation forest lesson sun-bird line nail saw

mswaki, (mi-) mtaa, (mi-) mtaalamu, (wa-) mtalii, (wa-) mtama, (mi-) mtambo, (mi-) mtanzania, (wa-) mtawala, (wa-) mtazamji, (wa-) mtego, (mi-) mtelemko, (mi-) mtemi, (wa-) mti, (mi-) mtihani, (mi-) mto, (mi) mto, (mi-) mtondo mtondo goo mtoto, (wa-) mtu, (wa-) mtukufu, wamtulivu, wamtumba, (mi-) mtumbwi, (mi-) mtume, (wa-) mtumishi, (wa-) mtumwa, (wa-) mtungi, (mi-) mtungi, (mi-) mtunza, (wa-) muda muda gani ? muhimu muhindi, (mi-) muhogo, (mi-) -mulika mume, (wa-) mundu, (mi-) Mungu muwa, (mi-)

toothbrush quarter, part of a town learned person, expert, professor tourist sorghum, millet, eleusine machine Tanzanian (person) gouvernor spectator trap slope chief tree examination pillow river within three days the fourth day child person, (people) exalted person quiet person bundle, parcel boat, canoe messenger servant slave pot (water) jug, clay pitcher care giver, baby sitter time how long ? important corn, maize cassava to shine husband sickle God sugar cane

muziki mvi mvinyo mviringo, (mi-) mvivu, (wa-) mvua mvulana, (wa-) mvuo mvuvi, (wa-) mwafrika, (wa-) -mwaga -mwagika mwaka, (mi-) mwali mwaliko, (mi-) mwalimu, (wa-) mwamba mwaminifu, (wa-) mwana kondoo mwana, (wa-) mwanachama, (w-) mwanadamu, (wa-) mwanafunzi, (wa-) mwanamke, (wa-) mwananchi, (w-) mwanaserere, (wa-) mwanasheria, (wa-) mwanaume, (wa-) mwandazi, (wa-) mwanga, (mi-) mwangavu, (wa-) mwanzi, (mi-) mwanzo, (mi-) mwarabu, (wa-) mwashi, (wa-) mwasia, (wa-) mwavuli, (mi-) mwayo, (mi-) mwembe, (mi-) mwembe, mi-

music hair (grey) wine circle lazy person rain young man bellows fisherman African (person) to pour to be poured year girl at puberty, bride loud snap / clap teacher rock (flat) believer, faithful lamb child, son, daughter member, partisan human being pupil, student woman citizen doll lawyer man confectioner, caterer light intelligent person bamboo beginning Arab (person) masson Asian (person) umbrella yawn mango tree manguier

mwendeshaji, (w-) mwendo, (mi-) mwenge mwenyeji, (w-) mwenyekiti, (w-) mwenyewe mwenyewe mwenyezi Mungu mwenzi, (w-) mwewe mwezi ujao mwezi uliopita mwezi, (mi-) mwiba, (mi-) mwiko, (mi-) mwili, (mi-) mwimbaji, (wa-) mwindaji, (wa-) mwingereza, (wa-) mwisho, (mi-) mwishowe mwislamu, (wa-) mwitalia, (wa-) mwito, (mi-) mwizi, (wezi) mwongo, (wa-) mwota ndoto, (wa-) mwumiko, (mi-) mwungwana, (wa-) mwuzaji, (wa-) mzanzibari, (wa-) mzazi, (wa-) mzee, (wa-) mzigo, (mi-) mzimu, (mi-) mzinga, (mi-) mzinga, (mi-) mzingi, (mi-) mzizi, (mi-) mzoga, (mi-)

conducteur journey, movement torch inhabitant, villager chairman owner self Lord God companion, friend hawk next month last month moon, month thorn spoon, trowel body singer hunter English (person) end, in the end, finaly in the end Muslim, Moslem (person) Italian (person) call thief liar dreamer cupping-horn gentleman seller Zanzibarian (person) parent old person load ghost, spirit beehive cannon weaver-bird root corpse

mzungu, (wa-) N na naam ! nafaka nafasi nakala namba / nambari namna nanasi, (ma-) -nane nani ? nasibu -nawa nazi ncha nchi ndama ndani (ya) ndege ndege ndevu ndindimu ndiyo ndizi ndoa ndoana ndoo ndoto ndovu ndugu neema nenda ! -nene -nenepa neno, (ma-) -ng'aa ngalawa -ngali

white man and, with yes ? grain space, time copy number kind, sort pineapple eight who ? chance, lottery to wash one's hands coconut point, tip of something country calf inside bird plane beard this is indeed lime yes, that is so banana marriage, wedding hook (for fish) bucket, pall dream elephant brother, comrade grace go ! big to become fat word to be shining outrigger canoe still

ng'ambo (ya) ngamia ngano ngao -ngapi ? -ngara ngawa ngazi nge ngiri -ng'oa -ngoja -ngojana -ng'oka -ng'olewa ngoma ng'ombe ngozi ngumi nguo -nguruma ngurumo nguruwe nguruwe nguruwe nguvu nguzo ni ni mzima nia -ning'inia nini ninyi njaa nje (ya) njema ! njia njia panda njiwa njugu

on the other side, foreign country camel wheat shield how many ? to glitter civet-cat ladder scorpion warthog uproot to wait to wait for each other to be uprooted to be uprooted dance, drum cow, cattle leather fist cloth to growl, roar (eg. lion) thunder pig cochon pig strength, force pillar, post, column is, are, am i'm well intention, aim to swing what ? you (plur) famine, hunger outside well ! road, path, way fork in a road pigeon groundnut

-nne -noa -nono noti Novemba nta -nuka -nukia nundu nung'unika nungunungu -nunua nuru -nusa nusu nusura -nya -nyakua nyama nyamaza -nyang'anya nyani nyanya nyanya -nyanyua nyasi nyati -nyauka -nyemelea nyenje nyerere -nyesha -nyima -nyoa nyoka -nyonga nyongo -nyonya nyonyo -nyooka

four to sharpen (edge), whet big, fat (animal) note November wax to smell bad to smell good hump grumble porcupine to buy light to smell smth half almost defecate to snatch meat to be quiet, remain silent to steal, cheat ape, monkey grandmother tomato to lift, pull up grass buffalo to wither to stalk beetle wire to rain to be mean to shave snake to twist the nake of an animal bile, gall-bladder to suck out, suck (in mouth) castor-oil bean to become straight

-nyoosha nyota nyuki nyuma nyumba nyundo nyungunyungu -nyunyizia -nywa -nyweka nywele -nywewa nzi nzige nzuri ! O -o -ote -oa -oga -ogelea -ogopa -ogopesha oili -oka -okoa -okota Oktoba -olewa -omba -omboleza -ona -onana -ondoa -ondoka -ondolea -ondolewa -onea -onekana -ongea -ongea

to straighten star bee back, rear, behind house hammer worm to sprinkle drink to be drinkable hair to be drunk fly locust well ! any at all to marry (a wife) to take a bath, wash oneself to swim to fear, be afraid to frighten engine oil to bake in ashes to redeem, save someone to pick up October to be married (by a husband) to ask for, beg to cry, wail to see, find to see each other to take smth away, dislodge, remove to leave, go away, begin a trip to remove to / for to be removed to bully, illtreat, harass to be visible to chat to talk

-ongeza -ongeza -ongezeka -ongopa -ongoza -onwa -onya -onyesha orodha -ororo / nyororo -osha -ota -ota -ota -ote -ovu ovyo ovyo ovyo -oza -ozesha P -pa paa paa -paa -paaza -pagawa pahali paja, (ma-) paka -paka paka shume pakacha, (ma-) -pakana -pakia -pakua pale pale pale -palilia pamba

to add to to increase to be increased to tell lies to steer, lead the way to be seen to warn to show list smooth, soft to wash smth to dream to grow, sprout to warm (on fire) all, whole bad any way baddly to become rotten, be spoiled to rot, ferment to give impala, antelope, buck roof to go up to make smth go up become mad place thigh cat to apply, spread, paint wild cat little basket to border on to pack to dish up food there at this very moment to weed cotton

-pambanua pambazuko pambo, (ma-) pamoja -pana pancha -panda -panda -panga -panga panga, (ma-) pango -pangusa panya panzi papa papai, (ma-) -papasa papasi, (ma-) papo hapo -parua -pasa -pasua pasuka -pata -pata mimba -patana patasi -patia -patikana -patwa -payuka pazia, (ma-) peke / pekee peke yake -pekecha -peleka -pelekea pelele -peleleza

to differentiate dawn, light of morning decoration together large puncture to ascend, go up, climb up to plant, sow to arrange, plan to rent cutlass, matchet cave, hole to wipe, rub off, sweep, dust rat, mouse grasshoper shark pawpaw, papaya to stroke, touch gently with the hand tick immediately to scrape to be convenient to split, saw, cut open, chop up, tear to burst open, crack, become split to get, obtain to become pregnant to agree together chisel to obtain for to be obtainable to be obtained to babble curtain being alone by oneself, alone to rub fire with firestick to send, carry away to send smth to someone rock-rabbit to spy

pembe pembe -pembea -penda -pendana -pendea -pendelea -pendeleza -pendewa -pendeza -pendezeka -pendwa -penga pengine -pepea -pepeta pepo pera, (ma-) peremende pesa pete petroli -pewa -pi ? pia pia picha -piga -piga bao -piga kelele -piga kite -piga kura -piga mabawa -piga magoti -piga makofi -piga mluzi -piga mwayo -piga ngoma -piga pasi -piga picha

horn, tusk corner to swing to like, love to love each other to love for to have a special liking to cause to favour to be loved for to please to be pleasant to be loved to blow nose maybe, perhaps to wave in the air to winnow spirit guava sweets money ring petrol to be given which ? top (i.e. toy) also, too photo, picture to hit, shoot at to divine to cry out, make a noise to groan to vote to flap wings to kneel to clap hands to whistle to yawn to beat drum to iron to take a photo

-piga vigelegele -pigana -pigania -pigia -pigika -pigisha pigo, (ma-) -pigwa -pika pikipiki -pikwa pili / piri pili pilipili -pima -pinda -pinda pindi -pindua -pinduka -pinga pipa, (ma-) -pita -pitia -pitisha -po (ipo, zipo, wapo, etc.) -poa -poa pofu -pokea -pokelea pole ! pole pole polisi, (ma-) pombe -pona -ponya popo pori, (ma-) posho

to ululate to fight to fight for smth to hit for to be hit to make hit knock to be hit to cook, boil moto to be cooked puff-adder the second one pepper to measure to become bent, become crooked to hem, wind round coil to alter, change, turn to be overturned, changed to contradict drum to pass to pass through to make pass is there, are there to become cold, cool down to get well eland to take, receive to receive for sorry slowly police policeman local beer to get well, be cured to cure someone bat bush, savannah, grassland portion

posta -potea -poteza povu pua -pukuchua -pukuta -puliza -pulizia pumba -pumua pumzi -pumzika punda punda milia punde -punga -pungua -punguka -punguza pwani -pya R raba radhi radi rafiki, (ma-) raha rahisi raia rais, (ma-) ramani -ramba / -lamba -randa rangi rasmi ratili redio -refu -refuka

post office to disappear, get lost to lose, cause to get lost foam, froth nose to thresh corn to shake off to blow to blow on smth or into smth chaff to breathe breath to rest donkey zebra a little (time) to swing, sway to become few to be reduced to reduce shore of the sea new rubber pardon, blessing clap of thunder friend joy cheap,easy citizen president map, plan to lick, lick up to gambol color official pound (measure) radio long, high to become deep, become long

rehema reli rifarii rika rinda, (ma-) ripoti risasi -rithi riziki riziki robo -roga roho -rudi -rudia -rudiana -rudisha ruhusa -ruhusu -ruka rula -runda rundo rungu, (ma-) -rusha S saa saa ngapi ? saba sababu sabini sabuni -sadiki safari safari njema ! safi -safiri -safisha safu -saga

mercy, pity rail referee age group dress, skirt report lead, bullet to inherit provisions means of subsistence quart to bewitch soul come back, go back, return to return for / to to come back to each other to give back permission to give permission to fly, jump, jump over ruler to heap up heap big stick, with a knob at the end to make smth jump watch, clock, hour what time is it ? seven reason seventy soap to believe journey have a good journey ! clean to travel clean line of objects to grind

sahani -sahau -sahaulia -sahaulika -sahauliwa sahihi -saidia -saidiana sakafu sala salaam salama ! -sali -salia -salimia -salimu saluti -samaheka samaki -sambaa sambamba -sambaza -samehe -samehea -sameheana -samehewa samli sana sanaa sanamu sanduku, (ma-) sarafu sarufi sasa sasa hivi sauti sawa sawa sawa -sawazisha sayansi

plate to forget to forget to to be forgotten to be forgotten correct to help to help each other floor prayer greetings hello ! fine ! to pray to be left over to say hello to to greet salute to be forgiven fish to sprawl, spread to be side by side to scatter, spread to forgive to forgive to to forgive each other to be forgiven ghee very, very much art, handicraft statue box coin grammar now at once, immediately voice equal the same to put in order science

sayari sebule sehemu sekondari -sema semezana senene sentensi senti Septemba seremala, (ma-) serikali shaba shairi, (ma-) shamba, (ma-) -shambuliwa -shangaa shangazi -shangilia sharti, (ma-) shati, (ma-) shauri, (ma-) shavu, (ma-) -shawishi shemeji sherehe -sherehekea sheria shetani, (ma-) -shiba shida -shika -shikamana shikamoo ! -shikana shilingi shimo, (ma-) -shinda -shinda -shindana

planet hall, entrance part, piece secondary to say, speak; slander talk to each other about smth grasshopper sentence cent September carpenter government copper poetry farm to be attacked to admire, be surprised aunt (paternal) to sing, shout out of joy obligation shirt advice, plan cheek to entice brother-in-law, sister-in-law rejoicings to rejoice law devil to be satiated trouble, difficulty to hold to stick to smth my respects ! to hold on to each other shilling hole, pit to spend the time away to overcome, surpass, be difficult for to compete

-shindilia -shindwa shingo -shirikiana shoka, (ma-) -shona shtaka, (ma-) -shtaki -shtua -shtuka shughuli -shughulika -shuhudia shujaa, (ma-) -shuka shuka, (ma-) shukrani -shukuru shule -shupavu -shutumika -shutumu shwari si siafu siagi sifa -sifu sigara -sihi sijambo ! siki -sikia -sikika -sikiliza sikio, (ma-) -sikitika -sikiza siku sikukuu

to ram in to fail neck to cooperate axe to sew accusation to accuse to startle to be startled affair, occupation to be busy to witness hero to descend, come down bed sheet thanks to thank school brave, firm to be insulted to insult, abuse calm, smooth is not, are not ant (brown) butter, margarine praises to praise, admire cigarette to ask, beg I'm fine ! vinegar to hear to be heard to listen ear to be sorry to make someone hear smth day (24 hours) holiday

sikuzote silaha -simama -simamisha simba -simika simile simu -simulia sindano -sindikiza sinema -sinzia siri sisi sisimizi sita -sita -sitawi sitini siyo skauti, (ma-) skuli soda -sogea soko, (ma-) -sokota soksi -soma -somea -somesha somo, (ma-) -somwa -songa -songea soni -staajabu -stahili stakabadhi starehe !

everyday arm, weapon to stand, stop to stop smth lion to stick into ground move out of the way please ! telephone to narrate injection, needle to accompany cinema to be sleepy secret we, us small ant six to hang back, be undecided to flourish, prosper, develop sixty no scout school soda, sweet drink to move closer to smth market to twist (rope) sock to read to read for / to to teach someone lesson to be read to press together to move shame to be very surprised to be worthy of smth receipt to be at ease !

stesheni subalkheri ! subira -subiri sufuria -sugua -suka sukari -sukuma -sukumana -sumbua sumu sungura supu sura suruali swala swali, (ma-) sweta T taa taabu taarifa tabia tabibu tafadhali -tafuna -tafuta -taga -tagaa tai tai taifa, (ma-) tajiri, (ma-) -tajirika -taka -takata takataka -takiwa -tamani

station good morning ! patience to wait cooking pan to rub to plait (hair, mat) sugar to push to push each other to bother someone poison hare, rabbit soup, sauce face, appearance trousers antelope question sweater, jersey lamp trouble report, bulletin condition doctor please to chew to seek, search for to lay eggs to straddle vulture, eagle tie nation, country rich to become rich to want to be very clean and bright refuse, rubbish to be wanted to desire

-tambaa -tambua -tamka -tamu -tandaza -tandika tandu tang' tanga, (ma-) -tangaza tangazo, (ma-) tangu -tangulia tano -tanua Tanzania -tapakaa -tapika tapwi taratibu tarehe tasa -tata -tatanisha tatizo, (ma-) tatu -tatua taulo -tawala tawi, (ma-) taya tayari -tayarisha -tazama -tega -tegemea -tegua teka -teka teke, (ma-)

to crawl to recognize to pronounce delicious, sweet to spread smth out to spread out smth centipede sound of a coin when it falls sail to proclaim, announce notice, announcement since to precede, go first, lead the way five to open smth wide Tanzanie to spread out all over to vomit sound of smth when it falls in the mud slowly, steadily date barren woman to tangle, confuse to interlace trouble three to tear, tear off towel to rule over branch jaw ready to prepare to look, look at, face towards to set trap to depend on smth else to take out of trap pillage, looting to take water from somewhere kick

tele televisheni -teleza -tema -tema -tembea -tembeza tembo tena -tenda tende -tendea -tenga -tenganisha tengemaa -tengeneza -teseka teso, (ma-) tete, (ma-) -tetea -tetema -tetemeka tezo thamani thelathini theluji themanini thumuni thumuni -tia -tia sahihi tiara tiba -tibu -tii -tikisa -tikisika -tilia -timia timu

abundant, a lot of television to make smth fall, slip to spit to cut smth up to travel, walk, wander about to walk someone elephant again to act, do smth date (fruit) to treat well to separate to separate to become level to repair to afflict, cause trouble suffering, pain, adversity reed to speak for someone to shiver to tremble, shake adze value thirty snow eighty eighth fifty cent coin to put to sign kite cure to cure (an invalid) to obey to make smth move or shake to move, shake to put smth in to be finished team

-tiririka -tiririka tisa -tisha tisini titi, (ma-) -toa -toa hongo -toa mwiba -toba -toboa tochi tofali, (ma-) tofauti togwa -toka -toka jasho -toka nje -tolewa -tomba -tona tone, (ma-) -tonesha -toroka -tosha -tosheka -tota tu tu -tua -tubu -tukana -tukana -tukia -tukuka -tulia -tuliza -tuma -tumaini tumbaku

to flow to move along like water nine to frighten ninety breast to remove, hand over to pay tribute to extract a thorn to repent to pierce torch brick difference drink to come from to perspire to go out, come out to be removed to copulate to fall drop by drop drop to hurt (a sore) to escape to be sufficient, be enough to be sufficient to sink, drown only we are to put down to repent to abuse to rumble to happen to be estimated to be quiet to calm someone down, pacify to send, employ to hope tobacco (leaf)

tumbili tumbo, (ma-) -tumia -tumika -tumikia -tumwa tunda, (ma-) -tundika tundu, (ma-) tungule -tunza -tupa -tupa mke -tupia -tupu tuta, (ma-) tutaonana ! -twanga twiga -twika U u u hali gani ? u mzima ? ua -ua ua, (ma-) ua, (nyua) -uana -uawa ubaguzi ubaguzi wa rangi ubahili ubao, (bao) ubavu, (mbavu) ubawa ubaya ubishi uboho ubongo

monkey stomach, abdomen, belly to use to be used to serve to be used fruit to hang up hole ( in wall) tomato (in zanzibar) to support to throw to desert wife to throw to, throw smth at someone empty, naked mound of earth for planting see you again ! to pound, beat girafe to put up (a load on s.o.) you are, it is how is your health ? are you well ? fence to kill flower courtyard to kill each other to be killed segregation discrimination, racism stinginess board rib wing badness quarrel bone marrow brain

ubovu ubwabwa uchache uchafu uchaguzi uchawi uchoyo uchumi uchungu udelele / udende udevu, (ndevu) -udhika udogo udongo udongo ulaya udongo wa mfinyanzi ufa, (nyufa) ufagio, (fagio) ufalme Ufaransa ufito (fito) ufuko ufundi ufunguo, (funguo) ufupi ugali Uganda ugeni ugomvi, (magomvi) ugonjwa, (magonjwa) -ugua Uhabeshi uhai uharibifu Uhindi uhuru Uingereza ujamaa ujana ujanja

rottenness gruel, rice soup scarcity dirt election witchcraft greed, greediness economy of a country painful hurt, being bitter sticky saliva hair of beard, beard to take offence smallness soil cement clay crack broom kingdom France long thin stick shore of the sea skill key shortness maize meal Uganda abroad quarrel illness become ill, get sick, feel bad Ethiopia life, being alive destruction India freedom, liberty England kinship, community youth cunning

ujenzi, (majenzi) Ujerumani uji ujinga ujuzi ukali ukanda, (kanda) ukarimu uke wenza uki ukili, (kili) ukindu, (kindu) ukingo, (kingo) ukoko ukoma ukono ukoo, (koo) ukosefu ukubwa ukucha, (kucha) ukulima ukumbusho ukunde (kunde) ukungu ukuni, (kuni) ukurasa, (kurasa) ukuta, (kuta) ukwato, (kwato) ulaya ule ulezi ulimbo ulimi, (ndimi) ulimwengu -uliza uma -uma uma, (nyuma) umande umaskini

building smth Germany porridge stupidity skill, wisdom, knowledge acidity, fierceness belt generosity polygamy honey narrow strip of leaf for weaving mats palm-frond used for making baskets edge of a river hard crust of rice leprosy tendril clan, family lack bigness fingernail, claw farming souvenir, remembrance kind of bean fog, mist, rain mist fire wood page wall hoof europe that, that one millet, eleusine, sorghum birdlime tongue world ask bee-sting bite, sting, hurt fork dew poverty

-umba umbali -ume umeme -umia -umika umiko -umiza umoja umri umuhimu -umuka -umwa undugu unga -unga -ungana ungo, (maungo) -ungua Unguja -unguza unono unyasi, (nyasi) unyayo unyimi unyoya, (manyoya) unyusi unywele, (nywele) unywele, (nywele) uongo upa(r)a upakaji upana upande, (pande) upanga, (panga) upele upendano upendeleo upendo upepo, (pepo)

create distance male lightning, electricity to be painful to bleed by cupping cupping-horn to cause pain unity age importance to boil over, froth over to suffer, have pain brotherhood, sisterhood flour to join by tying to join together joint to be burnt, be singed Zanzibar island to singe comfort leaf of grass footprint stinginess feather eyebrow cheveux hair lie baldness spreading colour with a brush width side machete, bush-knife itch (craw-craw) mutual love inclination, favoritism love wind, evil spirits

upesi upinde upole upumbavu upungufu upya uraia urefu Ureno Urusi usafi usaha usahaulifu usalama usawa useremala ushanga, (shanga) ushi, (nyushi) ushinde ushirika ushonaji ushuru ushuzi usiku usiku mwema ! usingizi uso, (nyuso) ustaarabu ustadi usukuma uta, (nyuta) utaa utajiri utambi, (tambi) utambuzi utamu utando ute utelezi uti

quickly bow quietness stupidity rarefaction again citizenship height, length Portugal Rusia cleanliness pus forgetfulness peace equality carpentry bead eyebrow defeat cooperative sewing tax, customs duty wind per anum night good night ! sleep, sleepiness face civilization being skilful pays sukuma bow platform riches wick wisdom flavor (pleasant) spider's web sticky saliva slipperiness shaft, arrowshaft

uti wa mgongo utoto utulivu utumbo utumwa uuguzi uvimbe uvivu uvumbi, (vumbi) uvumbuzi uvundo uwayo uwezo uwizi uyoga -uza uzee uzi, (nyuzi) uzima uzito uzuri V -vaa -valisha vazi, (ma-) vema vi viazi ulaya vibaya vifaa vigumu vile vile vile vile -vimba vingine vita vivi hivi -vivu vivyo

backbone childhood calm, tranquility intestines slavery being a nurse swelling lazyness grain of dust, dust exploration, discovering places smell footprint, sole of foot ability, capability theft mushroom to sell old age thread, string life weight beauty to wear, put on clothes to dress garment, clothes well they are potatoes badly equipment difficult those ones over there in that way also to swell in another way war so so lazy the same way

vivyo hivyo vizuri -vua -vua -vuja -vuka -vuka -vuma vumbi, (ma-) -vumilia -vuna -vundika -vunja -vunjika -vuruga -vusha -vuta -vutia W -wa wajibu -waka wakati gani ? wakati, (nyakati) wala wale wali -wamba wano wao wapi ? wari -washa wasiwasi wavu, (nyavu) wayo, (nyayo) -waza wazi wazimu waziri, (ma-)

exactly the same well to take off clothes, undress to fish to leak to cross river be taken off (clothes) to roar, buzz, groal dust to go on doing smth, stand, bear to harvest to ripen artificially to break, smash to be broken to stir up to make smth or s.o. go across to pull, smoke tobacco to be interested, attracted to be, become duty to burn, be lit what time ? time, moment or those ones over there cooked rice to peg out shaft, arrowshaft they, them where? yard (measure) to itch, kindle, light (fire), sting, smart doubt net mark of a foot / hoof / paw on the ground to think open, easy to see madness minister

wazo, (ma-) -weka -weka sambamba -wekwa wema wembe, (nyembe) weupe weusi wewe -weza -wezekana -wezesha -wika wiki wiki ijayo wiki iliyopita wilaya -wili -wima wimbi, (mawimbi) wimbo, (nyimbo) -winda -windwa wingi wingu, (mawingu) wino wivu -wivu wizara woga wokovu Y yadi yai, (ma-) yale yaya yeye yule -yumba ya

thought to put away, store away to put side by side to be put kindness razor blade whiteness blackness you (sg) to be able to be possible, be able to be done to allow to crow like a cock week next week last week district two to being straight up and down wave of water song to hunt be hunted plenty cloud ink jealousy jealous ministry fear redemption yard (measure) egg those ones over there ayah, baby sitter he, she, him , her that one over there to sway, wave to and fro they are

yaani ye yote yowe, (ma-) Z -zaa zaidi -zalia -zaliana -zalisha -zaliwa -zalwa -zama zamani zamani za kale zao, (ma-) zawadi -zee -zeeka zeze zi -ziba -zibua -zidi zii ! -zika zile -zima -zima -zimika zimwi -zingira -zito ziwa ziwa, (ma-) zizi zizi, (ma-) -zoea zoezi, (ma-) -zuia -zuka

that is, in other words anybody at all scream (of help) to bear, have a baby, have fruit more to give a child to to reproduce to deliver a woman to be born to be born to sink olden times a long time ago crop gift old, aged to get old kind of banjo they are to stop a bottle, cork to uncork to grow bigger, be more and more down ! to bury these ones, those ones whole, adult, mature to extinguish, put out a fire, switch off to be extinguished ogre to surround heavy breast lake cattle-pen pen, enclosure, coral to get used exercise to hamper, obstruct, prevent, forbid to appear suddenly

-zunguka -zungumza zungumzo, (ma-) -zuri -zurura zzz

to surround to speak conversation good, beautiful, pretty to wander arround sound of a bee when it flies