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# English :: Swahili dictionary extracted from http://en.wiktionary.org/
# License :: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License; GNU Free Documentation License
# Version :: 20200901
# Size :: 8431 English glosses; 7713 Swahili translations
# URL :: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Matthias_Buchmeier
| aardvark {n} (mammal) | :: [nc 1/2] mhanga |
| aardwolf {n} (the mammal species Proteles cristatus) | :: fisi mdogo {c9} {c10} |
| abbreviation {n} | :: kifupi |
| abbreviature {n} (abbreviation) SEE: abbreviation | :: |
| ABC {n} (alphabet) SEE: alphabet | :: |
| Abdullah {prop} (Muslim given name) | :: Abdullah |
| abearance {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior | :: |
| Abidjan {prop} (the largest city of Ivory Coast) | :: Abidjan |
| ability {n} (quality or state of being able) | :: uwezo |
| ability {n} (a skill or competence) | :: uwezo |
| a bit {adv} (a little) SEE: a little | :: |
| able {v} (enable) SEE: enable | :: |
| abort {v} (to miscarry) | :: -avya mimba |
| abort {v} (to cause a premature termination) | :: -avya mimba |
| abort {v} (to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages) | :: -avya |
| about {prep} (concerning) | :: kuhusu |
| about {prep} (concerned with, engaged in) | :: kuhusu |
| about {adv} (nearly, approximately) | :: kadiri ya |
| Abraham {prop} (prophet in the Old Testament) | :: Abrahamu, Ibrahimu |
| absorb {v} (to suck up or drink in) | :: kufyonza |
| abstract {n} (an abridgement or summary) | :: ikisiri |
| abundance {n} (ample sufficiency) | :: wingi |
| abysm {n} (abyss) SEE: abyss | :: |
| abyss {n} (hell, bottomless pit) | :: shimo {c5} {c6}, kuzimu {c9} |
| Abyssinian {prop} (Amharic) SEE: Amharic | :: |
| acacia {n} (shrub or tree) | :: mshita |
| acai {n} (South American palms of the genus Euterpe) | :: mwasaiberi |
| acai {n} (fruit) | :: asaiberi |
| acajou {n} (cashew tree) SEE: cashew | :: |
| acajou {n} (cashew nut) SEE: cashew nut | :: |
| accept {v} (to receive with consent) | :: kukubali |
| accept {v} (to agree to) | :: kiri |
| accept {v} (to agree to pay) | :: kiri |
| accept {v} (to receive officially) | :: kiri |
| accident {n} (unexpected event with negative consequences) | :: ajali |
| accident {n} (transport: unintended event that causes damage) | :: ajali |
| accordion {n} (A small, portable, keyed wind instrument) | :: kodiani, harimuni |
| account {n} (a registry of pecuniary transactions) | :: akaunti, hesabu |
| account {n} ((archaic) reckoning, calculation) | :: akaunti |
| Accra {prop} (capital of Ghana) | :: Accra |
| accurate {adj} (exact or careful conformity to truth) | :: sanifu |
| accusation {n} (act of accusing or charging with a crime) | :: madai |
| accusation {n} (that of which one is accused) | :: madai, mashitaka {c6} |
| accusation {n} (declaration of fault or blame against another) | :: madai |
| accused {n} (defendant) | :: mshtakiwa |
| accuser {n} (one who accuses) | :: mshtaki |
| ace {n} (card with a single spot) | :: ree |
| aconite {n} (herb wolfsbane) | :: sumu ya mbwa-mwitu |
| acre {n} (unit of surface area) | :: ekari |
| act {n} (deed) | :: kitendo |
| act {n} (state of existence) | :: tenda |
| act {n} (statute) | :: tenda |
| act {n} (process of doing) | :: tenda |
| act {n} (formal record of something done) | :: tenda |
| act {n} (drama: division of theatrical performance) | :: sehemu |
| act {n} (display of behaviour) | :: tenda |
| act {v} (to do something) | :: tenda |
| act {v} (to perform a theatrical role) | :: tenda |
| act {v} (to behave in a certain way) | :: tenda |
| act {v} (to respond to information) | :: tenda |
| action word {n} (verb) SEE: verb | :: |
| activate {v} (to activate a software functionality) SEE: enable | :: |
| activist {n} (one who is politically active) | :: mwanaharakati |
| activistic {adj} (activist) SEE: activist | :: |
| actor {n} (person who performs in a theatrical play or film, see also: actress) | :: mwigaji |
| Acts {prop} (Book of Acts) SEE: Acts of the Apostles | :: |
| Acts of the Apostles {prop} (fifth book of the New Testament) | :: Matendo ya Mitume {c6} |
| Adam {prop} (first man in Abrahamic religions) | :: Adamu |
| Adam {prop} (male given name) | :: Adamu |
| Adam's apple {n} (lump in the throat) | :: kikoromeo |
| address {n} (direction for letters) | :: anwani, anuani |
| Adele {prop} (language spoken in Ghana and Togo) | :: Kiadele {cki-vi} |
| adhan {n} ((Islam) The call to prayer) | :: adhana |
| adhesive tape {n} | :: kanda |
| ad hoc {adj} (special) SEE: special | :: |
| adieu {interj} (farewell, goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| adios {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| adjectival {adj} (functioning as an adjective) | :: tashbihi |
| adjective {n} ((grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent) | :: kivumishi, sifa |
| adjective {adj} (adjectival) SEE: adjectival | :: |
| admiration {n} (adoration; appreciation) | :: abos |
| admission {n} (the act or practice of admitting) | :: ruhusa ya kuingia |
| adult {n} (fully grown human) | :: mtu mzima |
| adultery {n} (sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse) | :: zinaa |
| adverb {n} (lexical category) | :: kielezi, kisifa |
| advertently {adv} (on purpose) SEE: on purpose | :: |
| advice {n} (opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel) | :: ushauri |
| adviser {n} (advisor) SEE: advisor | :: |
| advisor {n} | :: mshauri |
| aegis {n} (mythological shield) | :: egida, egisi |
| aeroplane {n} (airplane) SEE: airplane | :: |
| a few {determiner} (a small number of) | :: uchache wa |
| affine {n} (in-law) SEE: in-law | :: |
| affix {n} (that which is affixed) | :: kiambishi |
| affix {n} (mathematics: the complex number associated to a point) | :: kiambishi |
| Afghan {n} (person from Afghanistan) | :: Mwafugani |
| Afghani {n} (citizen or native of Afghanistan) SEE: Afghan | :: |
| Afghani {adj} (relating to Afghanistan) SEE: Afghan | :: |
| Afghanistan {prop} (country) | :: Afghanistan, Afuganistani |
| Africa {prop} (continent south of Europe) | :: Afrika |
| African {adj} (language) SEE: Afrikaans | :: |
| African {adj} (of or pertaining to Africa) | :: mwafrika |
| African {n} (a native of Africa) | :: Mwafrika |
| African hunting dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) | :: mbwa mwitu |
| African Union {prop} (multinational organisation) | :: Umoja wa Afrika |
| African wild dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| Afrikaans {prop} (language) | :: Kiafrikaans |
| Afrikaans {prop} | :: Kiafrikans, Kiafrikaans, Kiafrikana |
| after {adv} (behind; later in time; following) | :: baada |
| afterlife {n} (life after death) | :: ahera |
| against {prep} (in a contrary direction to) | :: dhidi ya |
| against {prep} (in opposition to) | :: juu ya, dhidi ya |
| agate {n} (mineral) | :: kalkedoni |
| age {n} (whole duration of a being) | :: umri |
| age {n} (time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested) | :: umri |
| age {n} (particular period of time in history) | :: umri |
| age {n} (great period in the history of the Earth) | :: umri |
| age {n} (people who live during a particular period) | :: umri |
| age {n} (generation, see also: generation) | :: umri |
| age {n} (a long time) | :: umri |
| age {n} (part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time) | :: umri |
| age {n} (advanced period of life; latter part of life) | :: umri |
| age {n} (time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities) | :: umri |
| age {v} (transitive: cause to grow old) | :: umri |
| age {v} (intransitive: become old) | :: umri |
| agent {n} (one who acts in place of another) | :: wakala |
| agitator {n} (one who agitates) | :: mchochezi |
| agnus castus {n} (chaste tree) SEE: chaste tree | :: |
| agony {n} (extreme pain) | :: dhiki |
| agreement {n} (understanding to follow a course of conduct) | :: mkataba |
| agreement {n} (state whereby several parties share a view) | :: maagano |
| agreement {n} (legally binding contract) | :: maagano |
| agreement {n} (grammatical agreement) | :: maagano |
| agriculture {n} (the art or science of cultivating the ground) | :: kilimo |
| ague {n} (malaria) SEE: malaria | :: |
| aide {n} (assistant) SEE: assistant | :: |
| AIDS {n} (acquired immune deficiency syndrome, see also: acquired immune deficiency syndrome) | :: UKIMWI |
| aim {n} | :: lengo, gharadhi |
| aim {v} | :: kulenga |
| air {v} (to bring into contact with the air) | :: hawa |
| air {v} (to ventilate) | :: hawa |
| air {n} (historical: one of the basic elements) | :: hewa |
| air {n} (mixture of gases making up the atmosphere of the Earth) | :: hewa |
| air {n} (music: a song, an aria) | :: hawa |
| airfoil {n} (wing of an aircraft) SEE: wing | :: |
| airline {n} (company that flies airplanes) | :: kampuni ya ndege |
| airplane {n} (powered aircraft) | :: ndege, eropleni {c9} {c10} |
| airport {n} (place designated for airplanes) | :: uwanja wa ndege {cu} |
| akhirah {n} (afterlife) | :: ahera |
| albino {adj} (congenitally lacking melanin) | :: zeruzeru |
| albino {n} (one congenitally lacking melanin) | :: zeruzeru |
| alcohol {n} (organic chemistry sense) | :: pombe kali |
| alert {adj} (attentive) | :: chonjo, tahadhari |
| alert {n} (a notification) | :: chonjo |
| alert {v} (to give warning to) | :: chonjo |
| Alexandria {prop} (city in Egypt) | :: Aleksandria |
| algebra {n} (system for computation) | :: aljebra |
| Algeria {prop} (country) | :: Algeria, Aljeria |
| Algerian {n} (person from Algeria) | :: Kialjeria, Kialjeri |
| Algonquin {n} (people) | :: Mwalgonkwini |
| Algonquin {prop} (language) | :: Kialgonkwini |
| Ali {prop} (male given name from Arabic) | :: Ali |
| Alice {prop} (female given name) | :: Elisi |
| a little {adv} (to a small extent or degree) | :: kidogo |
| alive {adj} (having life) | :: hai |
| alliance {n} (state of being allied) | :: fungamano |
| alligator {n} (large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator) | :: aligatori, aligeita |
| alligator pear {n} (avocado) SEE: avocado | :: |
| allow {v} (to grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have) | :: idhinisha |
| allow {v} (to acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion) | :: dhini |
| allow {v} (to permit) | :: dhini |
| allow {v} (to let something happen, to admit, to concede) | :: dhini |
| all the best {interj} (good luck) | :: kila la kheri |
| almond {n} (nut) | :: lozi |
| almond {n} (tree) | :: mlozi |
| alms {n} (something given to the poor as charity) | :: sadaka |
| aloha {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| aloha {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| a lot {pron} (a large amount) | :: sana |
| a lot {adv} (very much) | :: mengi |
| alphabet {n} (an ordered set of letters used in a language) | :: alfabeti |
| Alpha Centauri {prop} (brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus) | :: Alpha Centauri |
| al-Quds {prop} (Jerusalem) SEE: Jerusalem | :: |
| also {adv} (in addition; besides; as well; further; too) | :: pia |
| altar {n} (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) | :: altare |
| although {conj} (in spite of the fact that) | :: ingawa |
| altitude {n} (absolute height) | :: kimo |
| aluminium {n} (silvery metal) | :: alumini |
| aluminum {n} (aluminium) SEE: aluminium | :: |
| always {adv} (at all times) | :: sikuzote |
| always {adv} (constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals) | :: sikuzote |
| amaranth {n} (purplish-red colour) | :: rangi ya amarantho |
| amazing {adj} (very good) SEE: good | :: |
| ambassador {n} (minister) | :: balozi |
| ambassador {n} (representative) | :: balozi |
| amber {n} (fossil resin) | :: kaharabu |
| amber {n} (ambergris) SEE: ambergris | :: |
| ambergris {n} (waxy substance produced by sperm whales) | :: ambari |
| ambulance {n} (emergency vehicle) | :: ambyulensi |
| amendment {n} (that which is added) | :: rekebisho, badiliko |
| amerce {v} (to make an exaction) SEE: punish | :: |
| amerce {v} (to impose a fine on) SEE: fine | :: |
| America {prop} (United States of America) SEE: United States of America | :: |
| America {prop} (Americas) SEE: Americas | :: |
| American {n} (inhabitant of the Americas) | :: Waamerika |
| American {n} (person born in, or a citizen of, the U.S.) | :: Wamarekani |
| American English {prop} (English of the United States) | :: Kiingereza cha Kimarekani |
| American Indian {n} (a member of some indigenous peoples of the Americas) SEE: Indian | :: |
| Americas {prop} (North and South America) | :: Amerika |
| Amerindian {n} (an American Indian) SEE: Indian | :: |
| amethyst {n} (gem) | :: amethisto |
| amethyst {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya amethisto |
| Amharic {prop} (language) | :: Kiamhara |
| amice {n} (hood, or cape with a hood, formerly worn by the clergy) | :: amikto |
| amigo {n} (friend) SEE: friend | :: |
| a mite {adv} (to a small extent) SEE: a little | :: |
| am I under arrest {phrase} (am I under arrest?) | :: Je, unanikamata? |
| among {prep} (mingling or intermixing) | :: miongoni mwa |
| Amos {prop} (figure mentioned in the Old Testament) | :: Amosi |
| Amos {prop} (book of the Old Testament) | :: Amosi |
| amount {n} (number of elements in a set) SEE: number | :: |
| amount {n} | :: kiasi |
| amperage {n} (electric current) SEE: current | :: |
| ampersand {n} (the symbol &) | :: ampasendi |
| amulet {n} (protective charm) | :: hirizi |
| an {article} (indefinite article) | :: Not used in Swahili |
| analog {adj} (represented by a continuously variable physical quantity) | :: Mfano |
| analogue {n} (analog) SEE: analog | :: |
| ananas {n} (pineapple) SEE: pineapple | :: |
| ancestor {n} (one from whom a person is descended) | :: mhenga {cm} {cwa} |
| anchor {n} (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom) | :: nanga |
| anchor {n} (anchoring gear as a whole) | :: nanga |
| ancient {adj} (existent or occurring in time long past) | :: -a kale |
| and {conj} (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) | :: na |
| Andorra {prop} (country) | :: Andorra |
| Andrew {prop} | :: Andalea |
| Andromeda {prop} (spiral galaxy) | :: Andromeda {cn} {cn} |
| and so forth {phrase} (indicating a list continues similarly) | :: kadhalika |
| and so on {phrase} (indicating a list continues) SEE: and so forth | :: |
| anemia {n} (medical condition with decreased oxygen transport) | :: safura |
| anemone {n} (any plant of genus anemone) | :: shufari, uapepo |
| angel {n} (messenger from a deity) | :: malaika |
| angel {n} (in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels) | :: malaika |
| Anglo-Saxon {prop} (Old English) SEE: Old English | :: |
| ang moh {n} (white person) SEE: white | :: |
| Angola {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Angola |
| animal {adj} (of animals) | :: kinyama, mifugo |
| animal {adj} (unhindered by social codes) | :: kinyama, mifugo |
| animal {n} (organism) | :: mnyama {c1} {c2} |
| animal {n} (organism other than man) | :: mnyama |
| animal {n} (person who behaves wildly) | :: nunda |
| anise {n} (fennel) SEE: fennel | :: |
| anniversary {n} (day an exact number of years since an event) | :: maadhimisho ya miaka |
| anno Domini {n} (in the year of our Lord) SEE: Anno Domini | :: |
| Anno Domini {adv} (in the year of our Lord) | :: baada ya Kristo |
| announce {v} (give public notice) | :: kutangaza |
| announcement {n} (act) | :: tangazo |
| announcement {n} (that which conveys what is announced) | :: tangazo |
| anoda {determiner} (another) SEE: another | :: |
| anode {n} (the electrode of an electrochemical cell at which oxidation occurs) | :: anodi |
| another {determiner} (one more, in addition to a former number) | :: -ingine |
| another {determiner} (not the same; different) | :: -ingine |
| another {determiner} (any or some) | :: -ingineo |
| answer {n} (response) | :: jibu, jawabu |
| answer {n} (solution) | :: jibu |
| answer {n} (reply to email) | :: jibu |
| answer {v} (to make a reply or response to) | :: -jibu |
| ant {n} (insect) | :: sisimizi {c9} {c10}, mchwa |
| antagonism {n} (strong dislike) | :: uadui |
| Antarctica {prop} (southernmost continent) | :: Antaktika |
| anteater {n} (mammal) | :: kiharara {?}, loma {?} |
| antelope {n} (mammal of the family Bovidae) | :: pofu, kulungu, pala hala, paa |
| ant-hill {n} (anthill) SEE: anthill | :: |
| anthill {n} (home of ants and termites) | :: kichuguu |
| anthropomorphism {n} (the attribution or ascription of human characteristics to something not human) | :: tashihisi |
| anticathode {n} (anode) SEE: anode | :: |
| Antigua and Barbuda {prop} (country) | :: Antigua na Barbuda |
| Antiguan {n} (person) | :: Mwantigua |
| Antiguan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Antigua, or the Antiguan people) | :: Kiantigua |
| antler {n} (bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk) | :: pembe-tawi |
| anus {n} (lower opening of the digestive tract) | :: mkundu |
| anvil {n} (block used in blacksmithing) | :: fuawe |
| any {determiner} (no matter what kind) | :: yoyote |
| anything {pron} (any thing of any kind) | :: [in negative sentences] kitu {c7} |
| anytime {interj} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| apartment {n} (domicile occupying part of a building) | :: fleti {c9} |
| aphrodisiac {n} (food or drug) | :: mkuyati |
| Apocalypse {prop} (the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet) | :: Ufunuo |
| Apocalypse {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Ufunuo |
| Apollo {prop} (the son of Zeus) | :: Apolo |
| apostle {n} (missionary or leader of a mission) | :: mtume {c3} {c4} |
| Apostle {n} (any of the group of twelve disciples) | :: mtume {c3} {c4} |
| appear {v} (to appear, to seem) SEE: look | :: |
| appease {v} (to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify) | :: afiki |
| apple {n} (fruit) | :: tofaa {c5} {c6} |
| apple {n} (tree) SEE: apple tree | :: |
| apple juice {n} (the juice of apples, often used as a drink) | :: maji ya matofaa |
| apple of Sodom {n} (Solanum incanum) | :: ndulele |
| apple tree {n} (tree that bears apples) | :: mtofaa {c3} {c4} |
| applewood {n} (apple) SEE: apple | :: |
| apply {v} (employ, apply) SEE: use | :: |
| apportion {v} (to apportion) SEE: distribute | :: |
| approach {v} (To come near to in place, time, or character) | :: kukaribia |
| appropinquation {n} (approach) SEE: approach | :: |
| appropriate {adj} (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper) | :: mwafaka |
| apron {n} (clothing) | :: aproni |
| apurpose {adv} (on purpose) SEE: on purpose | :: |
| Aquarian {n} (Aquarius) SEE: Aquarius | :: |
| Aquarius {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Dalu, Ndoo |
| Arab {n} (Semitic person) | :: Mwarabu |
| Arabia {prop} (a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf;) | :: Uarabuni {14} |
| Arabian {adj} (related to Arabia) | :: Waarabu |
| Arabian {n} (person) | :: mwaarabu |
| Arabian {n} (horse) | :: Waarabu |
| Arabic {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour) | :: kiarabu |
| Arabic {prop} (language) | :: kiarabu |
| Arabic {prop} (alphabet) | :: kiarabu |
| Arab Spring {prop} (movement) | :: Vuguvugu la Uarabuni |
| archaeologian {n} (archaeologist) SEE: archaeologist | :: |
| archaeologist {n} (someone who studies or practises archaeology) | :: mwanaakiolojia |
| archaeology {n} (scientific study of past remains) | :: akiolojia |
| archaic {adj} (old-fashioned or antiquated) | :: dinari |
| archangel {n} (angel who leads other angels) | :: överängel {c} |
| archbishop {n} (senior bishop) | :: askofu mkuu |
| archeology {n} (archaeology) SEE: archaeology | :: |
| archfiend {n} (Satan) SEE: Satan | :: |
| archipelago {n} (group of islands) | :: funguvisiwa |
| architecture {n} (art and science of designing buildings and other structures) | :: ujenzi {c14} |
| are {v} (be) SEE: be | :: |
| area {n} (maths: measure of extent of a surface) | :: eneo |
| area {n} (particular geographic region) | :: eneo |
| areca {n} (plant in the genus Areca) | :: mpopoo |
| areca nut {n} (betel nut) SEE: betel nut | :: |
| areca palm {n} (betel palm) SEE: betel palm | :: |
| Ares {prop} (the god of war, son of Zeus and Hera) | :: Aresi |
| Argentina {prop} (Argentine Republic) | :: Argentina, Ajentina |
| Argentine {prop} (Argentina) SEE: Argentina | :: |
| Argentine {adj} (pertaining to Argentina) | :: Kiajentina |
| Argentine {n} (person from Argentina) | :: Mwajentina {1/2} |
| Argentinian {n} (Argentine) SEE: Argentine | :: |
| Argentinian {adj} (Argentine) SEE: Argentine | :: |
| Ariadne {prop} (daughter of King Minos) | :: Ariadina, Ariana |
| Arian {n} (someone whose star sign is in Aries) SEE: Aries | :: |
| Aries {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Hamali, Kondoo |
| ark {n} (Noah's ship) | :: safina |
| arm {n} (weapon) | :: mkono |
| arm {n} (heraldic bearings) | :: mkono |
| arm {v} (to supply with armour or weapons) | :: mkono |
| arm {v} (to prepare for action) | :: mkono |
| arm {n} (upper limb from shoulder to elbow) SEE: upper arm | :: |
| arm {n} (baseball: pitcher) SEE: pitcher | :: |
| arm {n} (upper appendage from shoulder to wrist) | :: mkono |
| arm {n} (part of object) | :: mkono |
| arm {n} (bay or inlet) | :: mkono |
| armadillo {n} (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates) | :: kakakuona |
| armed police {n} (police) SEE: police | :: |
| Armenia {prop} (ancient kingdom and country) | :: Armenia |
| Armenian {n} (person) | :: Mwarmenia {1/2} |
| Armenian {prop} (language) | :: Kiarmenia |
| armhole {n} (armpit) SEE: armpit | :: |
| armor {n} (tank) SEE: tank | :: |
| armor-piercing shot {n} (solid metal armor-piercing projectile) | :: kaptula |
| armour {n} (tank) SEE: tank | :: |
| armpit {n} (cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder) | :: kwapa |
| arm up {v} (arm) SEE: arm | :: |
| army {n} (military force concerned mainly with ground operations) | :: jeshi |
| army {n} (government agency in charge of a state's army) | :: jeshi |
| army {n} (large group of people working towards the same purpose) | :: jeshi |
| army {n} (large group of social animals working towards the same purpose) | :: jeshi |
| army {n} (any multitude) | :: jeshi |
| army ant {n} (tropical nomadic ant) | :: siafu |
| arrangement {n} (act of arranging) | :: orodha |
| arrangement {n} (manner of being arranged) | :: orodha, orodha |
| arrangement {n} (collection of things that have been arranged) | :: orodha |
| arrangement {n} (agreement) | :: orodha |
| arrangement {n} (music: adaptation of a piece of music) | :: orodha |
| arrest {v} (to stay, remain) SEE: stay | :: |
| arrest {n} (condition of being stopped) | :: nasa |
| arrest {n} (legal: process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc) | :: nasa |
| arrest {n} (confinement, as after an arrest) | :: nasa |
| arrest {n} | :: nasa |
| arrest {v} (to take into legal custody) | :: kukamata |
| arrival {n} (act of arriving or something that has arrived) | :: ujaji |
| arrogantly {adv} (in an arrogant manner) | :: shashimamishi |
| arrow {n} (projectile) | :: mshale |
| art {n} | :: usanifu |
| Artemis {prop} (Greek goddess) | :: Artemi |
| arthritis {n} (inflammation of a joint) | :: jongo |
| article {n} (story, report, or opinion piece) | :: makala |
| article {n} (member of a group or class) | :: makala |
| article {n} | :: makala |
| article {n} (part of speech that specifies a noun) | :: makala |
| article {n} (section of a legal document) | :: makala |
| artist {n} (person who creates art) | :: msanii, mwanasanaa |
| artist {n} (person who creates art as an occupation) | :: msanii |
| artist {n} (skilled person) | :: msanii |
| artmaker {n} (artist) SEE: artist | :: |
| artwork {n} (piece of creative work) | :: sanaa |
| Arusha {prop} (city in Tanzania) | :: Arusha |
| as {conj} (in the same way that) | :: kama |
| as {conj} (relative conjunction) SEE: that | :: |
| as {conj} (expressing concession) SEE: though | :: |
| as {conj} (than) SEE: than | :: |
| as {adv} (for example) SEE: for example | :: |
| ascend {v} (to fly, to soar) | :: kupanda |
| ASEAN {prop} (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) | :: ASEAN, Umoja wa Nchi za Asia ya Kusini-Mashariki |
| ash {n} (solid remains of a fire) | :: majivu |
| Asia {prop} (the continent of Asia) | :: Asia |
| ask {v} (request an answer) | :: kuuliza |
| ask {v} (make a request) | :: kuomba |
| askari {n} (member of local African military or police) | :: askari |
| aspheterism {n} (view that all property should be in common ownership) | :: ujamaa {cu} {cu} |
| assessment {n} (act of assessing a tax) | :: upimaji |
| assessment {n} (appraisal) | :: upimaji |
| asset {n} (something or someone of any value) | :: mali |
| asset {n} (software: any component, etc. that can be leveraged or reused) | :: mali |
| asshole {n} (anus) | :: m'kundu |
| asshole {n} (mean or rude person) | :: m'kundu |
| assistant {n} (an auxiliary software tool) SEE: wizard | :: |
| assistant {adj} (having a subordinate or auxiliary position) | :: naibu |
| assistant {n} (person who assists) | :: msaidizi |
| associate {n} (partner) | :: mshirika |
| associate {n} (companion; comrade) | :: mshirika |
| associate {n} (one that habitually accompanies or is associated with another) | :: mshirika |
| associate {n} (member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges) | :: mshirika |
| astrologer {n} (one who studies astrology) | :: mnajimu |
| astrologist {n} (astrologer) SEE: astrologer | :: |
| astrology {n} (star divination) | :: unajimu, falaki |
| astronaut {n} (member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose) | :: mwanaanga |
| astronomy {n} (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere) | :: falaki |
| at {prep} (in or very near a particular place) | :: karibu na |
| a tad {adv} (a little) SEE: a little | :: |
| atheist {n} (a person who believes that no deities exist) | :: mkanamungu {1} {2}, mkana-mungu {1} {2}, mkana mungu {1} {2} |
| atheist {n} (a person who rejects belief that any deities exist, whether or not that person believes that deities do not exist) | :: mkanamungu {1} {2}, mkana-mungu {1} {2}, mkana mungu {1} {2} |
| Athena {prop} (Greek goddess) | :: Athena |
| Athens {prop} (capital city of Greece) | :: Athene |
| athlete {n} (participant in one of several sporting activities) | :: mwanariadha |
| athlete {n} (person who actively participates in physical sports) | :: mwanariadha |
| athletics {n} (physical activities) | :: riadha |
| Atlantic {prop} (the Atlantic Ocean) | :: Atlantiki |
| atmosphere {n} (gases surrounding the Earth) | :: angahewa |
| at night {adv} (during the night) | :: usiku |
| at no time {prep} (never) SEE: never | :: |
| atom {n} (chemistry, physics: smallest possible amount of matter retaining its chemical properties) | :: atomi {9/10} |
| at once {adv} (immediately) | :: mara |
| at one stroke {prep} (at once) SEE: at once | :: |
| attribute {n} (characteristic or quality) | :: sifa |
| aubergine {n} (eggplant) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| auction {n} (public sales event) | :: mnada |
| auctioneer {n} (one who conducts an auction) | :: dalali |
| auger {n} (plumber's snake) SEE: plumber's snake | :: |
| aunt {n} (a parent’s sister or sister-in-law) | :: shangazi |
| Australia {prop} (Commonwealth of Australia) | :: Australia |
| Australian {n} (a person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent) | :: waustralia |
| Australian {adj} (of or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or languages) | :: waustralia |
| Australian English {n} (English language used in Australia) | :: Kiingereza cha Australia |
| Austria {prop} (country in Central Europe) | :: Austria |
| author {n} (writer) SEE: writer | :: |
| author {n} (originator or creator of a work) | :: mwandishi |
| authority {n} (power to enforce rules or give orders) | :: mamlaka |
| authority {n} (persons in command; specifically, government) | :: mamlaka |
| automobile {n} (passenger vehicle) | :: motakari bus, motokari bus, motokaa {c9} {c10}, gari {c5} {c6} |
| autumn {n} (season) | :: vuli, majira ya pukutiko, kipindi cha bubujiko |
| aviation {n} (art or science of flying) | :: elimu ya rubani |
| avocado {n} (fruit) | :: Mparachichi |
| avocado {n} (tree) | :: mparachichi |
| Avraham {prop} (given name) SEE: Abraham | :: |
| await {v} (transitive: to wait for) | :: kungojea |
| award {v} (give an award/prize for merit) | :: tunukia |
| awareness {n} (the state or quality of being aware of something) | :: uamsho |
| awl {n} (pointed instrument) | :: maharazi |
| axe {n} (tool) | :: shoka {c5} {c6} |
| axe {n} (weapon) | :: shoka {c5} {c6} |
| axe {n} (rejection) | :: shoka {c5} {c6} |
| axe {v} (fell or chop) | :: shoka |
| axe {v} (terminate or reduce tremendously in a rough or ruthless manner) | :: shoka |
| axis {n} (Axis axis) SEE: chital | :: |
| axis deer {n} (Axis axis) SEE: chital | :: |
| axle {n} (the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel) | :: ekseli |
| Azerbaijan {prop} (country) | :: Azerbaijan |
| Azerbaijani {n} (Azerbaijani person) | :: Mwazabaijani, Mwazeri |
| Azerbaijani {prop} (language of Azerbaijan) | :: Kiazabaijani, Kiazeri |
| Azeri {n} (Azerbaijani) SEE: Azerbaijani | :: |
| Azeri {prop} (Azerbaijani) SEE: Azerbaijani | :: |
| Aztec {prop} (the Nahuatl language) | :: Kiazteki |
| babby {n} (baby) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (baby or infant) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (darling) SEE: baby | :: |
| baboon {n} (primate) | :: nyani |
| baby {n} (very young human being) | :: mtoto mchanga {c1} {c2}, mwana |
| baby {n} (young animal) | :: mtoto |
| baby {n} (immature or infantile person) | :: mtoto |
| baby {n} (form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive) | :: mtoto |
| baby {n} (lastborn of a family) | :: mtoto |
| babysitter {n} (baby or child caretaker) | :: mlezi wa muda, mlei, yaya |
| back {n} (the rear of body) | :: mgongo {c3} {c4} |
| back {n} (the reverse side) | :: mgongo |
| back {n} (that which is farthest away from the front) | :: mgongo |
| bacteria {n} (bacteria) | :: bakteria |
| bacterium {n} (single celled organism with no nucleus or organelles) | :: bakteria |
| bad {n} (slang: error, mistake) | :: bozu |
| badger {v} (fart) SEE: fart | :: |
| badger {n} (mammal) | :: melesi |
| bag {n} (flexible container) | :: mfuko |
| bag {n} (breathalyzer device) | :: mfuko |
| bag {n} | :: mfuko |
| baggage {n} (luggage) SEE: luggage | :: |
| bagpipe {n} (bagpipes) SEE: bagpipes | :: |
| bagpipes {n} (musical wind instrument) | :: bagpipes, gaida |
| Bahamas {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Bahama |
| Bahamian {adj} (pertaining to the Bahamas) | :: Kibahama |
| Bahamian {n} (person from the Bahamas) | :: Mbahama |
| Bahrain {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: Bahrain |
| Bahraini {n} (a person from Bahrain or of Bahraini descent) | :: Mbahareni |
| Bahraini {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Bahrain or the Bahraini people) | :: Kibahareni |
| bailiff {n} (steward) SEE: steward | :: |
| Bajan {prop} (Barbadian) SEE: Barbadian | :: |
| Bajan {adj} (Barbadian) SEE: Barbadian | :: |
| baker's dozen {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin | :: |
| baksheesh {n} (bribe or tip) | :: bakshishi |
| Baku {prop} (the capital city of Azerbaijan) | :: Baku |
| balalaika {n} (Russian instrument) | :: balalaika |
| balance {n} (astrology: Libra) SEE: Libra | :: |
| balcony {n} (structure extending from a building) | :: roshani |
| baleen {n} (plates in mouth of baleen whale) | :: mfupanyangumi |
| baleen whale {n} (whale of the Mysticeti suborder) | :: nyangumi mwenye mfupanyangumi |
| ball {n} (solid or hollow sphere) | :: mpira {c3} {c4} |
| ball {n} (object, generally spherical, used for playing games) | :: mpira {c3} {c4} |
| ball {n} (quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape) | :: mpira {c3} {c4} |
| ball {n} (baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone) | :: mpira {c3} {c4} |
| ball {n} (pinball: an opportunity to launch the ball into play) | :: mpira {c3} {c4} |
| ball {n} (ballistics: a solid nonexplosive missile) | :: mpira {c3} {c4} |
| ball {n} (mathematics: set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance of a given point) | :: mpira {c3} {c4} |
| ball {n} (testicle) | :: mpira {c3} {c4} |
| ball {n} (in plural - mildly vulgar slang - nonsense) | :: mpira {c3} {c4} |
| ball {n} (in plural — slang — courage) | :: mpira {c3} {c4} |
| ball {n} (cricket: a single delivery) | :: mpira {c3} {c4} |
| ball {n} (anatomy: ball of a foot) | :: mpira {c3} {c4} |
| ball {v} (vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with) | :: mpira {c3} {c4} |
| balloon {n} (inflatable and buoyant object) | :: mabofu |
| balloon {n} (child’s toy) | :: puto |
| ball pen {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen | :: |
| ballpoint pen {n} (pen) | :: kalamu |
| balls {n} (follow the translations in the entry "ball") SEE: ball | :: |
| Bambara {prop} (language) | :: Kibambara |
| bamboo {n} (plant) | :: mwanzi {3/4} |
| banana {n} (fruit) | :: ndizi |
| banana {n} (plant) | :: mgomba |
| band {n} (strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together) | :: bendi |
| band {n} (strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached) | :: bendi |
| band {n} (part of radio spectrum) | :: bendi |
| band {n} (group of energy levels in a solid state material) | :: bendi |
| band {v} (to fasten with a band) | :: bendi |
| band {v} (ornithology: to fasten an identifying band around the leg of) | :: bendi |
| band {n} (group of musicians) | :: bendi |
| band {n} (orchestra originally playing janissary music) | :: bendi |
| band {n} (group of people loosely united for a common purpose) | :: bendi |
| band {n} (anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society) | :: bendi |
| band {n} (Canada: recognized group of aboriginals) | :: bendi |
| band {v} ((intransitive) to group together for a common purpose) | :: bendi |
| bandage {n} (medical binding) | :: bendeji {c9} {c10}, plasta |
| banded anteater {n} (numbat) SEE: numbat | :: |
| bandit {n} (one who robs others) | :: haramia |
| bandit {n} (an outlaw) | :: haramia |
| bane {v} (to (kill by) poison) SEE: poison | :: |
| bane {n} (killer) SEE: killer | :: |
| banger {n} (woman's breast) SEE: breast | :: |
| Bangla {prop} (Bengali) SEE: Bengali | :: |
| Bangladesh {prop} (country) | :: Bangladesh |
| Bangladeshi {n} (person from Bangladesh or of Bangladeshi descent) | :: Mbangladesh |
| bangle {n} (a rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp) | :: bangili {c9} {c10} |
| banjo {n} (a musical instrument) | :: banjo, zeze la kizungu |
| bank {n} (institution) | :: benki |
| bank account {n} (fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank) | :: akaunti ya benki |
| banknote {n} (paper currency) | :: noti, mwsada |
| banquet {n} (a large celebratory meal; a feast) | :: hafla |
| banyan {n} (Indian trader, merchant) | :: baniani |
| baobab {n} (Adansonia digitata) | :: mbuyu {c3} {c4} |
| baptise {v} (baptise) SEE: baptize | :: |
| baptism {n} (Christian sacrament) | :: ubatizo |
| baptize {v} (To perform the Christian sacrament of baptism) | :: -batiza |
| bar {n} (vertical bar mark) SEE: pipe | :: |
| bar {prep} (with the exception of) SEE: except | :: |
| barb {n} (bit for a horse) SEE: bit | :: |
| barb {n} (beard or something that resembles a beard) SEE: beard | :: |
| Barbadian {n} (person from Barbados) | :: Mbabadosi |
| Barbadian {adj} (of or relating to Barbados) | :: Kibabadosi |
| Barbados {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Barbados |
| barbarous {adj} | :: shenzi |
| barbecue {v} (grill) SEE: grill | :: |
| barber {n} (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards) | :: kinyozi |
| bard {n} (professional poet and singer) | :: malenga |
| barf {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| barf {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| bark {v} | :: -bwekea |
| bark {n} (exterior covering of a tree) | :: chamba {s}, vyamba {p}, gome {s}, [noun 5/6] magome {p} |
| barley {n} (Hordeum vulgare or its grains) | :: shayiri |
| barn {n} (child) SEE: child | :: |
| barn owl {n} (Tyto alba) | :: bundi |
| barracuda {n} (predatory competitor) SEE: shark | :: |
| barrel {n} (tube) SEE: tube | :: |
| barrel {n} (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) | :: pipa |
| barrier {n} (structure that bars passage) | :: kizuizi |
| barrier {n} (obstacle or impediment) | :: kizuizi |
| barrier {n} (boundary or limit) | :: kizuizi |
| base {n} (something from which other things extend) | :: uanzishaji, uanzishaji |
| base {n} (apron) SEE: apron | :: |
| baseball {n} (ball game) | :: besiboli |
| basil {n} (plant) | :: mrehani |
| basin {n} (wide bowl for washing) | :: karai, beseni |
| basket {n} (container) | :: kikapu |
| basket {n} (notional place to store items before ordering them online) | :: kikapu |
| basket {n} (basketball: hoop from which a net is suspended) | :: kikapu |
| basket {n} (basketball: act of putting the ball through the basket) | :: kikapu |
| basketball {n} (the sport) | :: mpira wa kikapu |
| Basse-Terre {prop} (capital city of Guadeloupe) | :: Basse-Terre |
| bassoon {n} (musical instrument in the woodwind family) | :: basuni |
| bastard {n} (longsword) SEE: longsword | :: |
| bastille {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| bat {n} (small flying mammal) | :: popo {c9} {c10} |
| bate {v} (simple past of beat) SEE: beat | :: |
| bath {n} (tub) | :: bafu |
| bath {n} (room) | :: bafu |
| bathe {v} (to clean oneself with water) | :: -oga |
| bathe {v} | :: kuoga |
| bathos {n} (depth) SEE: depth | :: |
| bathroom {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| battery {n} (device storing electricity) | :: betri |
| battle {n} (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat) | :: vita |
| bay {n} (body of water) | :: ghuba |
| Bay of Bengal {prop} (Large bay in the northeastern Indian Ocean) | :: Ghuba ya Bungala |
| bayonet {n} (weapon) | :: singe |
| bazaar {n} (marketplace) | :: soko |
| be {v} (occupy a place) | :: kuwa |
| be able to {v} (have ability to) | :: kuweza |
| beach {n} (sandy shore) | :: pwani {9} {10} |
| beak {n} (structure projecting from a bird's face) | :: mdomo {cm} {cmi} |
| beam {n} (transverse member of a ship's frame) | :: boriti |
| bean {n} (seed) | :: haragwe {5/6} |
| bean {n} (pod) | :: haragwe {5/6} |
| bean {n} (other bean-like seed) | :: haragwe {5/6} |
| bear {n} (large mammal of family Ursidae) | :: dubu [nc 5/6] |
| beard {n} (facial hair) | :: ndevu {p} |
| beard {n} (woman accompanying a gay male) | :: ndevu |
| beast {n} (non-human animal) | :: nunda {c9} {c10} |
| beast {n} (domestic animal) | :: mnyama {c1} {c2} |
| beast {n} (violent/antisocial person) | :: nunda {c9} {c10} |
| beat {v} (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike) | :: chapa |
| beau {n} (boyfriend) SEE: boyfriend | :: |
| beautiful {adj} (possessing charm and attractive) | :: zuri |
| beauty {n} (quality of pleasing appearance) | :: urembo, uzuri, jamala |
| beauty spot {n} (birthmark) SEE: mole | :: |
| beaver {n} (semiaquatic rodent) | :: biva |
| because of {prep} (on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of) | :: kwa ajili ya, kwa sababu ya |
| bed {n} (piece of furniture) | :: kitanda |
| bed {n} (prepared spot to spend the night in) | :: kitanda |
| bedbug {n} (small nocturnal insect) | :: kunguni |
| bedroom {n} (room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping) | :: chumba cha kulala, pakulalia |
| bedsheet {n} (a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen) | :: shuka |
| bee {n} (insect) | :: nyuki |
| beech {n} (tree of genus Fagus) | :: mfune |
| beef {n} (meat) | :: nyama ya ng'ombe |
| beef {n} (cow, bull) SEE: cow | :: |
| beef up {v} (to strengthen or reinforce) SEE: strengthen | :: |
| beehive {n} (home of bees) | :: mzinga |
| beer {n} (alcoholic drink made of malt) | :: bia, pombe |
| beer {n} (drink made from roots) | :: pombe |
| beer {n} (solution produced by steeping plant materials) | :: pombe |
| beer {n} (glass of beer) | :: pombe |
| beetle {n} (insect) | :: mende |
| beetroot {n} (normally deep red coloured root vegetable) | :: tini |
| befool {v} (to fool, trick or deceive someone) | :: pumbaza |
| before {prep} (earlier than) | :: kabla ya |
| before {prep} (in front of in space) | :: mbele ya |
| before {prep} (at a higher or greater position in a subjective ranking) | :: awali |
| before {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: kabla, awali |
| beg {v} | :: -ng'ang'ania, -omba |
| beggar {n} (person who begs) | :: mwombaji |
| beggary {n} (The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty) | :: ufukara |
| begin {v} (to start, to initiate or take the first step into something.) | :: kuanza |
| behavior {n} (way matter or systems behave) | :: tabia |
| behaviour {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior | :: |
| behest {n} (vow) SEE: vow | :: |
| behest {n} (promise) SEE: promise | :: |
| behind {prep} (at the back of) | :: nyuma |
| behind {prep} (to the back of) | :: nyuma |
| behind {prep} (after, time- or motion-wise) | :: nyuma |
| behind {prep} (in support of) | :: nyuma |
| behind {prep} | :: baada |
| behind {adv} (at the back part; in the rear) | :: nyuma |
| behind {n} (rear, back-end) | :: nyuma |
| Belarus {prop} (country) | :: Belarusi |
| Belarusian {n} (language) | :: Kibelarus, Kibelorusia {c7} |
| Belgian {n} (Belgian, person from Belgium) | :: Mbelgiji |
| Belgium {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Ubelgiji, Ubelgiji |
| belief {n} | :: imani |
| believer {n} (person who believes) | :: muumini |
| Belize {prop} (country) | :: Belize |
| Belizean {n} (person from Belize) | :: Mbelize |
| Belizean {adj} (Pertaining to Belize) | :: Kibelize |
| Belizian {n} (Belizean) SEE: Belizean | :: |
| Belizian {adj} (Belizean) SEE: Belizean | :: |
| bell {n} (percussive instrument) | :: kengele |
| bell {n} (informal: telephone call) | :: kengele |
| bell {n} (signal at a school) | :: kengele |
| bell {n} (the flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument) | :: kengele |
| bellows {n} (air blower) | :: mvukuto, mifua |
| bellybutton {n} (the navel or umbilicus) SEE: navel | :: |
| below {adv} (in a lower place) | :: chini |
| belt {n} (band worn around the waist) | :: mkanda {c3} {c4} |
| benchlet {n} (stool) SEE: stool | :: |
| bend {v} (to cause to shape into a curve) | :: pinda, kunja |
| bend {v} (to become curved) | :: pinda |
| bend {v} (to change direction) | :: pinda |
| bend {v} (to force to submit) | :: kunja |
| Benedictine {n} (monk or nun) | :: Mbenedikto |
| benefit {n} (advantage, help or aid) | :: manufaa |
| Bengal {prop} (region in South Asia) | :: Bungala |
| Bengal fox {n} (Vulpes bengalensis) | :: mbweha wa Bungala |
| Bengali {adj} (of or pertaining to Bengal) | :: -a kibengali |
| Bengali {n} (person from Bengal) | :: Mbengali |
| Bengali {n} (language) | :: Kibengali |
| Bengal tiger {n} (Panthera tigris tigris) | :: chui-milia wa Bungala |
| Benin {prop} (country) | :: Benin |
| bequeath {v} (to give or leave by will) | :: -rithisha |
| be quiet {interj} (remain silent) SEE: silence | :: |
| Berlin {prop} (capital city of Germany) | :: Berlin |
| Berlin Wall {prop} (wall that parted Berlin) | :: ukuta wa Berlin |
| beryl {n} (gem) | :: zabarajadi |
| beryl {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya zabarajadi |
| beryllium {n} (chemical element) | :: berili |
| beseech {v} (to beg) | :: kuomba, kusihi |
| be sick {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| besides {prep} (in addition to) | :: aidha |
| betel nut {n} (An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm) | :: popoo |
| betel palm {n} (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm) | :: mpopoo |
| Bethlehem {prop} (City) | :: Bethlehemu |
| betray {v} (to deliver into the hands of an enemy) | :: kusaliti |
| better {adj} (comparative of the adjectives good or well) | :: bora |
| better {adv} (comparative form of the adverb well) | :: bora |
| better {v} (to improve) | :: bora |
| beverage {n} (drink) | :: kinywaji |
| bewail {v} (to wail over) | :: kuombolezea |
| bewitch {v} (to cast a spell) | :: roga |
| beyond {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| Bharat {prop} (India) SEE: India | :: |
| Bhutan {prop} (Himalayan country) | :: Butani |
| Bhutanese {n} (person from Bhutan) | :: Mbutani |
| Bhutanese {adj} (pertaining to Bhutan) | :: Kibutani |
| Bible {prop} (Christian holy book) | :: Biblia, Neno la Mungu {c5} |
| bicycle {n} (vehicle) | :: baisikeli {c9} {c10}, baiskeli, baiskili |
| bier {n} (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person) | :: jeneza |
| big {adj} (of a great size, see also: large) | :: kubwa |
| big {adj} (adult) | :: pevu, kubwa |
| big eater {n} (glutton) SEE: glutton | :: |
| bile {n} (secretion produced by the liver) | :: nyongo |
| bill {v} (to work with a bill) | :: mwsada |
| bill {n} (bird's beak) | :: mwsada {3} {4} |
| bill {n} (beaklike projection) | :: mwsada {3} {4} |
| bill {v} (to stroke bill against bill) | :: mwsada |
| bill {n} (written inventory) | :: mswada {3} {4} |
| bill {n} (official statement) | :: mswada {3} {4} |
| bill {n} (draft of a law) | :: mswada {3} {4} |
| bill {n} (law: declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant) | :: mswada {3} {4} |
| bill {v} (to advertise by a bill) | :: mwsada |
| bill {v} (to charge or enter in a bill) | :: mwsada |
| bill {n} (piece of paper money) SEE: banknote | :: |
| billfold {n} (wallet) SEE: wallet | :: |
| billion {n} (a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; a milliard) | :: bilioni |
| billy goat {n} (male goat) | :: beberu |
| bind {v} (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.) | :: kufunga |
| biochemistry {n} (the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism) | :: biokemia |
| biology {n} (study of living matter) | :: biolojia, elimuviumbe |
| birch {n} (tree) | :: mbetula |
| birch {n} (wood) | :: ubao wa mbetula |
| bird {n} (animal) | :: ndege {c9} {c10} |
| bird {n} (person) | :: ndege |
| bird {n} (woman) | :: ndege |
| bird {v} (to bring into prison, to roof) | :: ndege |
| birdlime {n} (sticky substance to catch birds) | :: ulimbo |
| birdlime {n} (serving of a prison sentence) SEE: time | :: |
| biro {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen | :: |
| birth {n} (process of childbearing; beginning of life) | :: zaa |
| birth {n} (instance of childbirth) | :: zaliwa |
| birth {n} (beginning or start; a point of origin) | :: zaliw |
| birth {n} (circumstances of one's background) | :: zaliwa |
| birth {v} (to give birth (to)) | :: kuzaa |
| birthday {n} (anniversary) | :: siku ya uzalishi |
| biscuit {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: cookie; cracker) | :: biskuti {9} {10} |
| bishop {n} (church official, supervisor of priests and congregations) | :: askofu |
| bison {n} (wild ox, Bison bonasus) | :: baisani {c9} {c10} |
| bison {n} (North American animal, Bison bison) | :: baisani wa Marekani {c9} {c10} |
| bit {n} (metal in horse's mouth) | :: charaza |
| bit {n} (rotary cutting tool) | :: charaza |
| bit {n} (eighth of a dollar) | :: charaza |
| bit {n} (small amount of something, see also: a little) | :: charaza |
| bit {n} (portion) | :: charaza |
| bit {n} (math: binary digit) | :: charaza |
| bit {n} (computing smallest unit of storage) | :: charaza |
| bit {n} (datum that may take on one of exactly two values) | :: charaza |
| bit {n} (coin of a specified value) SEE: coin | :: |
| bitch {n} (complaint) SEE: complaint | :: |
| bitch {n} (playful variation on dog (sense "man")) SEE: dog | :: |
| bite {v} (to cut into by clamping the teeth) | :: -uma |
| bite {v} (to sting) | :: -uma |
| blab {n} (gossip) SEE: gossip | :: |
| black {adj} (absorbing all light) | :: eusi |
| black {adj} (without light) | :: eusi |
| black {adj} (relating to people with dark skin) | :: eusi, mweusi |
| black {adj} (illegitimate, illegal or disgraced) | :: eusi |
| black {adj} (overcrowded) | :: jaa |
| blackberry {n} (fruit) | :: forosadi nyeusi |
| black currant {n} (shrub) | :: mtunda bukini mweusi |
| black currant {n} (berry) | :: tunda bukini jeusi |
| black elder {n} (Sambucus nigra) SEE: elder | :: |
| black-eyed pea {n} (cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata) | :: mkunde |
| black-eyed pea {n} (cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant) | :: ukunde |
| Black Forest {prop} (German forest and mountain range) | :: Msitu Mweusi {cm} {cmi} |
| black hole {n} (celestial body) | :: shimo jeusi |
| blacking {n} (shoe polish) SEE: shoe polish | :: |
| black nightshade {n} (Solanum nigrum) | :: mnavu, mnafu |
| black pepper {n} (spice) | :: pilipili manga |
| Black Sea {prop} (an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor) | :: Bahari Nyeusi |
| blacksmith {n} (iron forger, see also: smith) | :: mhunzi |
| blame {n} (responsibility) SEE: responsibility | :: |
| Blanche {prop} (female given name) | :: Blanchi |
| blanket {n} (fabric) | :: blanketi |
| blanket {n} (layer of anything) | :: blanketi |
| blasphemy {n} (Irreverence toward something sacred) | :: kufuru |
| blast {n} (violent gust of wind) | :: kilipuzi |
| blast {n} (forcible stream of fluid) | :: kilipuzi |
| blessing {n} (divine or supernatural aid or reward) | :: baraka |
| blessing {n} (good fortune) | :: baraka |
| blessing {n} (act of declaring, seeking or bestowing favor) | :: baraka |
| blessing {n} (prayer before a meal) SEE: grace | :: |
| blind {adj} (unable to see) | :: kipofu |
| blogger {n} (contributor to a blog) | :: mwanablogu |
| blood {v} (to cause to be covered with blood) | :: damu |
| blood {n} (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies) | :: damu |
| blood {n} (blood test or blood sample) | :: damu |
| blood {n} | :: damu |
| bloodbath {n} (indiscriminate killing or slaughter) | :: umwagaji wa damu |
| blood money {n} (money paid to the family of someone killed) SEE: wergeld | :: |
| bloodsucker {n} (vampire) SEE: vampire | :: |
| bloodsucker {n} (one who attempts to take as much from others as possible) | :: mnyonya-damu |
| bloom {n} (flower) SEE: flower | :: |
| blotto {adj} ((very) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| blow {v} (to produce an air current) | :: -puliza |
| blow {n} (act of striking or hitting) | :: panchi |
| blow {n} (damaging occurrence) | :: panchi |
| blow {n} (cocaine) SEE: snow | :: |
| blower {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone | :: |
| blue {adj} (blue-colored, see also: dark blue; light blue) | :: buluu [noun], bluu [noun] |
| blue {adj} (depressed) | :: bluu |
| blue {adj} (pornographic) | :: bluu |
| blue {adj} (of or pertaining to US Democratic Party) | :: bluu, bluu |
| blue {n} (colour) | :: bluu |
| blue {v} (to make blue) | :: bluu |
| blue {v} (to turn blue) | :: bluu |
| blue {v} (to passivate steel) | :: bluu |
| blue {n} (sky, literally or figuratively) SEE: sky | :: |
| blueberry {n} (fruit) | :: buluuberi, beri ya buluu |
| blueberry {n} (plant) | :: mbuluuberi |
| blueberry {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya buluuberi |
| blue monkey {n} (species of African monkey) | :: kima |
| boar {n} (wild boar) SEE: wild boar | :: |
| board {n} (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material) | :: bao |
| board {n} (device containing electrical switches) | :: bao |
| board {n} (short for blackboard, whiteboard, etc.) | :: bao |
| board {n} (managing committee) | :: bao |
| board {n} (side of a ship) | :: bao |
| board {n} (wall surrounding ice hockey rink) | :: bao |
| board {n} (basketball: a rebound) | :: bao |
| board game {n} (game played on a board) | :: bao |
| boat {n} (water craft) | :: chombo, mashua {c9} {c10} |
| bob {n} (bobber) SEE: float | :: |
| bobber {n} (buoyant fishing device) SEE: float | :: |
| Boche {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| bodkin {n} (dagger) SEE: dagger | :: |
| body {n} (physical structure of a human or animal) | :: mwili |
| body {n} (torso) | :: kiwiliwili |
| Boer {n} (South African of Dutch descent) | :: Kaburu |
| bogie {n} (cigarette) SEE: cigarette | :: |
| bogie {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost | :: |
| boil {n} (accumulation of pus) | :: uvimbe, jipu |
| boil {n} (collective noun for hawks) | :: uvimbe |
| boil {v} (heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas) | :: uvimbe |
| boil {v} (cook in boiling water) | :: chemsha |
| boil {v} (begin to turn into a gas) | :: uvimbe |
| boil {v} (colloquial: of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot) | :: uvimbe |
| boil {v} (colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot) | :: uvimbe |
| boiled {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| Bolivia {prop} (country in South America) | :: Bolivia |
| Bolivian {n} (Bolivian person) | :: Mbolivia |
| Bolivian {adj} (pertaining to Bolivia) | :: Kibolivia |
| bomb {n} (device filled with explosives) | :: bomu |
| bomb {n} (unpopular commercial product) | :: bomu |
| bomb {n} (car in poor condition) | :: bomu |
| bon appétit {phrase} (used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat) | :: karibu chakula |
| Bonaventure {prop} (male given name) | :: Bonaventura |
| bond {n} (documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract) | :: fungo |
| bone {v} (to remove bones) | :: mfupa |
| bone {v} (slang: have sexual intercourse with) | :: mfupa |
| bone {n} (material) | :: mfupa |
| bone {n} (component of a skeleton) | :: mfupa |
| bone {n} (fishbone) | :: mfupa |
| bone {n} (corset part) | :: mfupa |
| bonjour {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| bonnet {n} (cover over the engine of a motor car) | :: boneti |
| bon voyage {interj} (wish of good journey) | :: safari njema |
| book {n} (ebook) SEE: e-book | :: |
| book {n} (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material) | :: kitabu, vitabu {p} |
| bookshop {n} (shop that sells books) | :: duka la vitabu [nc 5/6] |
| bookstore {n} (bookshop) SEE: bookshop | :: |
| boot {n} (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg) | :: buti |
| boot {n} (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car) SEE: trunk | :: |
| bootstrap {v} (to load the operating system) SEE: boot | :: |
| boot up {v} (to start computer by bootstrap procedure) SEE: boot | :: |
| bordello {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| border {n} (the line or frontier area separating regions) | :: mpaka |
| boron {n} (chemical element) | :: boroni |
| borough {n} (administrative district) | :: manispaa |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina {prop} (country on the Balkan peninsula) | :: Bosnia na Herzegovina |
| Bosphorus {prop} (a strait that passes through Istanbul) | :: Bosporus |
| boss {n} (person in charge) | :: bwana |
| botany {n} (scientific study of plants) | :: botania, elimumime |
| Botswana {prop} (Republic of Botswana) | :: Botswana |
| Botswanan {n} (person from Botswana) | :: Mtswana, Mbotswana |
| Botswanian {n} (Botswanan) SEE: Botswanan | :: |
| Botswanian {adj} (Botswanan) SEE: Botswanan | :: |
| bottle {n} (container) | :: chupa |
| bottle gourd {n} (calabash) SEE: calabash | :: |
| bottom {n} (abyss) SEE: abyss | :: |
| bottom {n} (gay sexual slang: penetrated partner in sex) | :: msenge |
| bouillabaisse {n} (mixture) SEE: mixture | :: |
| boundary {n} (dividing line or location between two areas) | :: mpaka |
| bounty {n} (abundance or wealth) SEE: abundance | :: |
| bounty {n} (generosity) SEE: generosity | :: |
| bow {n} (weapon used for shooting arrows) | :: upinde {c11} {c10}, uta {c11} {c10} |
| bowl {n} (container for food) | :: bakuli {5/6} |
| bowl {n} (haircut) SEE: bowl cut | :: |
| bowl cut {n} (haircut) | :: bakuli |
| bowler {n} (pitcher) SEE: pitcher | :: |
| bowsprit {n} (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel) | :: dasturi |
| box {n} (cuboid space; container) | :: sanduku {cma} |
| boxer {n} (participant in a boxing match) | :: bondia |
| boxing {n} (the sport of boxing) | :: ndondi |
| boy {n} (young male) | :: kijana |
| boy {interj} (surprise or pleasure) | :: mvulana |
| boyfriend {n} (male partner in a romantic relationship) | :: mpenzi |
| bra {n} (brassiere) | :: sidiria, kanchiri |
| brachium {n} (upper arm) SEE: upper arm | :: |
| brain {n} (organ) | :: ubongo |
| brain {n} (intelligent person) | :: bongo |
| brain {n} (person providing intelligence) | :: bongo |
| brain {n} (brains: intellect) | :: bongo |
| brain {n} (part of computer) | :: bongo |
| brain {v} (to strike on the head) | :: bongo, bongo |
| brain {v} (to kill a person by smashing the skull) | :: bongo |
| brainteaser {n} (brainteaser) | :: chemsha bongo |
| brain-teaser {n} (a complex riddle or puzzle) | :: chemsha bongo |
| brainwash {v} (to affect one's mind) | :: fua bongo |
| bramble {n} (diverse Rubus shrubs) SEE: blackberry | :: |
| branch {n} (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk) | :: tanzu |
| branch {n} (part that divides like the branch of a tree) | :: tanzu |
| branch {n} (line of family descent) | :: mlango {c2} {c3} |
| branch {n} | :: tawi |
| brassiere {n} (bra) SEE: bra | :: |
| brave {adj} (strong in the face of fear) | :: jasiri |
| bravery {n} (being brave) | :: ujasiri |
| Brazil {prop} (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) | :: Brazili |
| Brazilian {n} (person from Brazil) | :: Mbrazili |
| Brazilian {adj} (pertaining to Brazil) | :: Kibrazili |
| Brazilian Portuguese {prop} (Portuguese spoken and written in Brazil) | :: Kireno cha Kibrazili |
| bread {n} (baked dough made from cereals) | :: mkate {3} {4} |
| bread {n} (countable: any variety of bread) | :: kipande cha mkate |
| bread {n} (slang: money) | :: mkati |
| bread {n} (food, sustenance, support of life, in general) | :: riziki {c9} {c10} |
| bread {v} (to bread) | :: mkati |
| breadbasket {n} (stomach) SEE: stomach | :: |
| breadth {n} (width) SEE: width | :: |
| break {v} (intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether) | :: kuvunjika |
| break {v} (transitive: to cause to stop functioning) | :: kuvunja |
| breakfast {n} (first meal of the day) | :: chakula cha asubuhi |
| break one's fast {v} (to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food) | :: kufungua kinywa |
| breast {n} (milk-producing organ) | :: titi {c5} {c6} |
| breast {n} (seat of emotions) | :: kifua {c7} {c8} |
| breast {n} | :: titi, matiti [pl noun 5/6], titi, maziwa [pl (noun 6)] |
| breastplate {n} (armor) | :: kinga ya kifuani |
| breaststrap {n} (breastplate) SEE: breastplate | :: |
| breathe {v} (to draw air in and out) | :: -pumua |
| breezefly {n} (horsefly) SEE: horsefly | :: |
| brew {n} (beer) SEE: beer | :: |
| brew {n} (hill) SEE: hill | :: |
| bribe {n} (inducement to dishonesty) | :: hongo |
| bribe {v} (to give a bribe) | :: -honga |
| brick {n} (hardened block used for building) | :: tofali {c5} {c6} |
| brick {n} | :: tofali {c5} {c6} |
| bride {n} (woman in the context of her own wedding) | :: biarusi, biharusi |
| bridegroom {n} (bridegroom, groom) | :: bwana harusi, bwana arusi |
| bride price {n} (sum paid to the family of the bride) | :: mahari |
| bridge {n} (construction or natural feature that spans a divide) | :: daraja |
| bridge {n} (nautical) | :: daraja |
| bridge {n} (communications) | :: daraja |
| bridge {n} (card game) | :: daraja |
| brim {n} (a projecting rim, especially of a hat) | :: ukingo |
| brimstone {n} (sulfur) SEE: sulfur | :: |
| bring {v} (to transport toward somebody/somewhere) | :: kuleta, kuletea |
| brinjal {n} (an aubergine) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| briny {n} (sea) SEE: sea | :: |
| Britain {prop} (United Kingdom) SEE: United Kingdom | :: |
| britches {n} (pants) SEE: pants | :: |
| British English {n} (English language as in Britain, especially in England) | :: Kiingereza cha Uingereza |
| bro {n} (a male sibling) SEE: brother | :: |
| broad {adj} (wide) SEE: wide | :: |
| broad {n} (whore) SEE: whore | :: |
| broadsword {n} (longsword with a broad cutting blade) | :: upanga mpana |
| broke {adj} (lacking money; bankrupt) | :: msoto |
| broker {n} (mediator between a buyer and seller) | :: dalali |
| broker {v} (to mediate in a sale or transaction) | :: udalali |
| Bronx cheer {n} (synonym of raspberry) SEE: raspberry | :: |
| brook {n} (a small stream) | :: kijito |
| broom {n} (domestic utensil) | :: ufagio |
| broom {n} | :: fagio, mafagio pl {c5}{c6} |
| brothel {n} (house of prostitution) | :: danguro, madanguro, madangro, dangro |
| brother {n} (male sibling) | :: ndugu, kaka |
| brown {n} (colour) | :: kahawia |
| brubru {n} (Nilaus afer) | :: kicheba |
| bruise {n} (medical: mark on the skin) | :: chubuko |
| brumous {adj} (wintry) SEE: wintry | :: |
| Brunei {prop} (a country in Southeast Asia) | :: Brunei |
| Bruneian {n} (person from Brunei) | :: Mbrunei |
| Bruneian {adj} (pertaining to Brunei) | :: Kibrunei |
| brush {n} (implement) | :: burashi, brashi |
| Brussels {prop} (capital of Belgium) | :: Brussels |
| brute {n} (brutal person) | :: nunda {c9} {c10} |
| bubble {n} (Greek) SEE: Greek | :: |
| bucket {n} (container) | :: ndoo |
| bucket {n} (amount held in this container) | :: ndoo |
| bucket {n} (part of piece of machinery) | :: ndoo |
| bucket {n} (old car) | :: ndoo |
| bucket {n} (basketball: basket) | :: ndoo |
| buddha {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| Buddhism {n} (religion and philosophy) | :: Ubudha |
| Buddhist {adj} (of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism) | :: Kibudha |
| Buddhist {n} (practitioner of Buddhism) | :: Mbudha |
| Buddhist {n} (follower of Buddha) | :: Mbudha |
| buffalo {n} (Old World mammals) | :: mbogo, nyati |
| bugle {n} (music: simple brass instrument) | :: buruji |
| build {v} ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts) | :: kujenga |
| builder {n} (a person who builds or constructs things) | :: mjenzi, mjengaji |
| building {n} (act or process of building) | :: jenga |
| building {n} (closed structure with walls and a roof) | :: jengo |
| bulb {n} (rounded solid object) | :: glopu |
| bulb {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| Bulgaria {prop} (country) | :: Bulgaria |
| Bulgarian {n} (language) | :: Kibulgaria |
| bull {n} (uncastrated adult male bovine) | :: fahali {5} {6} |
| bulldozer {n} (tractor) | :: buldoza |
| bullet {n} (projectile) | :: risasi |
| bully {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| bumfodder {n} (toilet paper) SEE: toilet paper | :: |
| bunch {n} (a group of similar things) | :: fungu |
| bunch {n} (an informal body of friends) | :: fungu |
| bunch {n} (a considerable amount) | :: fungu |
| bundle {n} (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) | :: furushi |
| bung {n} (bribe) SEE: bribe | :: |
| bung {n} (stopper) | :: kizibo |
| buoy {n} (moored float) | :: boya |
| burden {n} (heavy load) | :: mzigo |
| burial {n} (interment) | :: mziko |
| Burkina Faso {prop} (country) | :: Burkina Faso |
| Burma {prop} (Southeast Asian country (former name), see also: Myanmar) | :: Bama, Myama |
| burn {n} (intense non-physical sting) | :: choma |
| burn {n} (physical sensation in the muscles) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (to cause to be consumed by fire) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (to be consumed by fire) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (to overheat so as to make unusable) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (to become overheated) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (to injure with heat or chemicals) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (to feel hot due to embarrassment) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (computing: to write data) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (to waste) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (curling: to accidentally touch a moving stone) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (pontoon: to swap a pair of cards for another pair; deal a dead card) | :: choma |
| burst {v} (to cause to burst) | :: kukata |
| Burundi {prop} (a country in Eastern Africa) | :: Burundi |
| Burundian {n} (person from Burundi) | :: Mrundi |
| bus {n} (medical slang: ambulance) SEE: ambulance | :: |
| bus {n} (vehicle) | :: basi |
| bus {n} (electrical conductor) | :: basi |
| bush {n} (category of woody plant) | :: kichaka |
| bush antelope {n} (bushbuck) SEE: bushbuck | :: |
| bushbaby {n} (galago) SEE: galago | :: |
| bushbuck {n} (Tragelaphus scriptus or sylvaticus) | :: pongo, kulungu, mbawala |
| bush pig {n} (pig of the genus Potamochoerus) | :: nguruwe |
| business {n} (commercial enterprise or establishment) | :: biashara |
| business {n} (occupation, work or trade of a person) | :: biashara |
| business {n} (commercial, industrial or professional activity) | :: biashara |
| business {n} (volume or amount of commercial trade) | :: biashara |
| business {n} (private commercial interests taken collectively) | :: biashara |
| business {n} (management of commercial enterprises) | :: biashara |
| business {n} (business class) | :: biashara |
| business {n} (collective noun for a group of ferrets) | :: biashara |
| business card {n} (small card) | :: kadi kazi |
| bustard {n} (any of several birds of the family Otididae) | :: tandawala |
| busy {adj} (doing a great deal) | :: bizi |
| but {conj} (rather) | :: bali, lakini, walakini |
| butcher {n} (a person who prepares and sells meat) | :: mchinjaji |
| butt {n} (buttocks) | :: matako |
| butter {n} (soft foodstuff made from milk) | :: siagi |
| buttercup {n} (flower of the genus Narcissus) SEE: daffodil | :: |
| butterfly {n} (insect) | :: kipepeo {c7} {c8} |
| butterfly {n} (butterfly tape) | :: kipepeo |
| butterfly {n} (swimming stroke) SEE: butterfly stroke | :: |
| butterfly stroke {n} (swimming stroke) | :: kipepeo |
| butthole {n} (anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| butt-naked {adj} (naked) SEE: naked | :: |
| buttock {n} (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body) | :: tako |
| button {n} (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger) | :: kitufe |
| button {n} (in computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected) | :: kitufe |
| buy {v} (to obtain something with money) | :: kununua |
| buy {v} (to accept as true) | :: nunua |
| buzzard {n} (scavenging bird) SEE: vulture | :: |
| by {prep} (indicates the agent of a passive verb) | :: na |
| by chance {prep} (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) | :: kwa nasibu |
| by dint of {prep} (because of; by reason of) SEE: because of | :: |
| by the time {prep} (when) SEE: when | :: |
| Byzantine Empire {prop} (Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region) | :: Ufalme wa Byzantini |
| Byzantium {prop} (Byzantine Empire) SEE: Byzantine Empire | :: |
| cab {n} (taxi) SEE: taxi | :: |
| cabinet {n} (group of ministers) | :: kabati |
| Cabo Verde {prop} (Cape Verde) SEE: Cape Verde | :: |
| cachalot {n} (sperm whale) SEE: sperm whale | :: |
| cactus {n} (member of the Cactaceae) | :: cactus |
| café {n} (coffee shop) | :: mkahawa |
| cafe {n} (café) SEE: café | :: |
| cafeteria {n} (restaurant) | :: mikahawa |
| cafeteria {n} (dining area) | :: mikahawa |
| cake {n} (a sweet dessert) | :: keki |
| calabash {n} (Lagenaria siceraria) | :: mbuyu |
| calabash {n} (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria) | :: mabuyu |
| calabash {n} (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants) | :: buyu |
| calaboose {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| calamari {n} (as mollusk) SEE: squid | :: |
| calamus {n} (fistula) SEE: fistula | :: |
| calcium {n} (chemical element of atomic number 20) | :: kalisiamu |
| calculator {n} (electronic device that performs mathematical calculations) | :: kikokotozi |
| calendar {n} (system by which time is divided) | :: kalenda |
| calender {v} (to press between rollers) | :: kalenda |
| calf {n} (young cow or bull) | :: ndama |
| calf {n} (young deer, elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals)) | :: ndama |
| calf {n} (chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg) | :: ndama |
| calf {n} (anatomy: back of the leg below the knee) | :: ndama |
| calf {n} (muscle in the back of the leg below the knee) | :: ndama |
| calico {n} (kind of cloth) | :: kaniki |
| call {n} (cry or shout) | :: kilio |
| call {n} (beckoning or summoning) | :: mwito |
| call {v} (to request, summon, or beckon) | :: kuita |
| call {v} (to cry or shout) | :: kuita |
| call {v} (to contact by telephone) | :: kupiga simu |
| calling {n} (strong urge to become religious) | :: wito |
| calling card {n} (printed card identifying the bearer) SEE: business card | :: |
| calling name {n} (nickname) SEE: nickname | :: |
| calm {n} (period without wind) | :: shwari |
| cam {n} (camera) SEE: camera | :: |
| Cambodia {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: Kamboja |
| camel {n} (beast of burden) | :: ngamia {9} {10} |
| camelopard {n} (giraffe) SEE: giraffe | :: |
| camera {n} (still camera) | :: kamera |
| camera {n} (movie camera) | :: kamera |
| Cameroon {prop} (country in Central Africa) | :: Kameruni |
| Cameroonian {n} (person from Cameroon) | :: Mkameruni |
| camouflage {n} | :: kamaflaji; majificho |
| camp {n} (outdoor place) | :: kambi |
| camp {n} (organized event) | :: kambi |
| camp {n} (base) | :: kambi |
| camp {n} (group) | :: kambi |
| campaign {n} (series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal) | :: kampeni |
| camphor {n} (white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone) | :: kafuri |
| can {n} (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids) | :: kopo |
| Canaan {prop} (historic region) | :: Kanaani |
| Canada {prop} (country in North America) | :: Kanada |
| Canadian {adj} (of or pertaining to Canada) | :: Kikanada |
| Canadian {n} (person from Canada) | :: Mkanada |
| Canadian {prop} (Canadian English) | :: Kiingereza cha Kanada |
| canal {n} (artificial waterway) | :: mfereji |
| canal {n} | :: njia ya maji, mfereji |
| cancel {v} (invalidate, annul) | :: ghairi |
| cancer {n} (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation) | :: saratani, kansa |
| Cancer {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Saratani, Kaa |
| candle {n} (a light source) | :: mshumaa {c3} |
| candlenut {n} (tree) | :: mkaa |
| candlewick {n} SEE: candle | :: |
| cane {n} (slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo) | :: kiboko, fimbo, ufito |
| cane {n} (plant itself) | :: mmea |
| cane {n} (a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment) | :: kiboko |
| cane {n} (long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people) | :: fimbo, ufito |
| cane {n} (sugar cane) SEE: sugar cane | :: |
| cannabis {n} (plant) | :: mbangi |
| cannabis {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| cannon {n} (artillery piece) | :: mzinga |
| cannot but {v} (cannot but) | :: siwezi lakini |
| canon {n} (member of cathedral chapter) | :: kanoni |
| Canticle of Canticles {prop} (Song of Songs) SEE: Song of Songs | :: |
| Canticles {prop} (Song of Songs) SEE: Song of Songs | :: |
| canvass {v} (to campaign) SEE: campaign | :: |
| cap {n} (head covering) | :: kofia |
| cape {n} (headland) | :: rasi |
| cape gooseberry {n} (fruit) | :: kepguzbari {c9} {c10} |
| Cape of Good Hope {prop} (a cape in southwestern South Africa) | :: Rasi ya Tumaini Jema |
| caper {n} (crime) SEE: crime | :: |
| Cape Verde {prop} (country in Western Africa) | :: Cabo Verde |
| Cape Verdean {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, its people or their language) | :: Kikepuvede |
| Cape Verdean {n} (a person from Cape Verde or of Cape Verdean descent) | :: Mkepuvede |
| capitalism {n} (socio-economic system based on private property rights) | :: ubepari |
| capitalist {n} (supporter of capitalism) | :: bepari |
| capitalist {n} (owner of capital) | :: bepari |
| Capricorn {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Jadi, Mbuzi |
| Capricornus {prop} (astrological sign) SEE: Capricorn | :: |
| captain {n} (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major) | :: kapteni |
| captain {n} (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral) | :: kapteni |
| captain {n} (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel) | :: nahodha |
| captain {n} (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions) | :: kapteni |
| captain {v} (to act as a captain) | :: unahodha |
| captain {v} (to exercise command) | :: amrisha |
| caption {n} (capture) SEE: capture | :: |
| capture {v} (take control of) | :: nasa |
| capture {v} (remove or take control of opponent’s piece) | :: nasa |
| Capuchin {n} (a member of the Roman Catholic order) | :: Mkapuchini |
| car {n} (automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver) | :: gari {5} {6}, motokaa {c9} {c10} |
| car {n} (passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not) | :: gari |
| car {n} (moving, load-carrying component of an elevator) | :: gari |
| car {n} | :: [nc 5/6] gari |
| car {n} (railway car, railroad carriage) SEE: carriage | :: |
| caracal {n} (Caracal caracal) | :: simba mangu {c9/10} |
| caramel {n} (confection) | :: karmeli |
| carbohydrate {n} (organic compounds such as sugar, starch or cellulose) | :: hamirojo |
| carbon {n} (chemical element) | :: kaboni |
| carbonado {v} (to cut or hack) SEE: cut | :: |
| carbon dioxide {n} (CO₂) | :: kaboni dioksidi |
| carburetor {n} (a device in an internal combustion engine) | :: kabureta |
| carburettor {n} (motor car part) SEE: carburetor | :: |
| carcass {n} (body of a dead animal) | :: mzoga, jifu |
| carcass {n} (frame) | :: kirimba |
| carcass {n} (body of a dead human) SEE: corpse | :: |
| card {n} (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.) | :: kadi |
| card {n} ((informal) amusing person) | :: kadi |
| card {n} ((cricket) tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match) | :: kadi |
| card {v} (to check IDs) | :: kadi |
| card {n} (device to raise the nap on a fabric) | :: kadi |
| card {n} (machine for disentagling the fibres of wool prior to spinning) | :: kadi |
| card {v} (to use carding device) | :: kadi |
| card {n} (playing card) SEE: playing card | :: |
| cardamom {n} (its seed or seed capsule) | :: iliki |
| cardiac {adj} (pertaining to the cardia) | :: -a moyo |
| cardinal {n} (official of the Catholic Church) | :: kadinali |
| carefully {adv} (in a careful manner) | :: taratibu |
| careless {adj} | :: pumbaa |
| cargo {n} (freight carried by a ship) | :: shehena |
| Caribbean {adj} (pertaining to the sea and region bounded by the American continent and the West Indies) | :: Kikaribiani |
| Caribbean {prop} (countries) | :: Karibiani |
| carnelian {n} (reddish brown chalcedony) | :: akiki |
| carnivore {n} (meat-eating animal) | :: mla-nyama |
| carpenter {n} (carpentry person) | :: seremala |
| carpet {n} (a fabric used as a floor covering) | :: zulia |
| carpet bugle {n} (plant of the genus Ajuga) SEE: bugle | :: |
| carpet shark {n} (ferret) SEE: ferret | :: |
| carriage {n} (railroad car) | :: behewa |
| carrier {n} (person or object that carries someone or something else) | :: mchukuzi |
| carrot {n} (Daucus carota ssp. sativus) | :: karoti {c9} {c10} |
| carrot cake {n} (sweet cake) | :: keki ya karoti |
| carry {v} (to carry) SEE: bear | :: |
| cart {n} (small, open, wheeled vehicle, see also: wagon) | :: mkokoteni, rukwama |
| carte de visite {n} (business card) SEE: business card | :: |
| Carthage {prop} (ancient city in North Africa) | :: Karthago |
| cartilage {n} (dense connective tissue) | :: gegedu |
| cartoon {n} (animated cartoon) | :: katuni {c9} {c10} |
| case {n} (instance or event as a topic of study) | :: kesi |
| case {n} (legal proceeding) | :: kesi |
| cashew {n} (tree) | :: mkorosho |
| cashew {n} (cashew nut) SEE: cashew nut | :: |
| cashew nut {n} (the seed of the cashew tree) | :: korosho |
| cash in {v} (to die) SEE: die | :: |
| casino {n} (public building or room for entertainment, especially gambling) | :: kasino |
| casket {n} (coffin) SEE: coffin | :: |
| cassava {n} (manioc, the source of tapioca) | :: muhogo |
| cassette {n} (small flat case containing magnetic tape) | :: kaseti |
| cassowary {n} (a large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius) | :: kasowari |
| Castilian {prop} (Spanish) SEE: Spanish | :: |
| cat {n} (type of fish) SEE: catfish | :: |
| cat {n} (domestic species) | :: paka {c9} {c10} |
| Catalan {prop} (language of Catalonia) | :: Kikatalan |
| catalogue {n} (a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.) | :: katalogi |
| catalogue {n} (a complete list of items) | :: katalogi |
| Catalonian {adj} (Catalan) SEE: Catalan | :: |
| Catalonian {n} (Catalan) SEE: Catalan | :: |
| catch {v} (to intercept an object in the air etc.) | :: daka |
| catechism {n} (book summarizing the principles of Christianity) | :: katekisimu |
| caterpillar {n} (larva of a butterfly) | :: kiwavi {c7} {c8} |
| caterpillar {n} | :: kiwavi (nc 7/8) |
| catfish {n} (type of fish, see also: sheatfish) | :: kambare |
| cathode {n} (electrode through which current flows outward) | :: kathodi |
| Catholic {n} (member of a Catholic church) | :: Mkatoliki |
| Catholic Church {n} (24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome) | :: Kanisa Katoliki |
| Catholicism {n} (faiths, practices and doctrines of a Catholic Church) | :: Ukatoliki |
| catholicity {n} (Catholicism) SEE: Catholicism | :: |
| cattle {n} (domesticated bovine animals) | :: ng'ombe |
| cattle chamois {n} (Budorcas taxicolor) SEE: takin | :: |
| cauliflower {n} (vegetable) | :: koliflawa |
| cauliflower {n} (edible head of a cauliflower plant) | :: mkoliflawa |
| cease {v} (transitive) | :: kuacha |
| cedar {n} (coniferous tree in genus Cedrus) | :: mwerezi |
| ceil {n} (ceiling) SEE: ceiling | :: |
| ceiling {n} (upper limit of room) | :: dari |
| celebration {n} (formal performance of a solemn rite) | :: sherehe |
| celebration {n} (act or process of showing gratitude, appreciation or remembrance) | :: sherehe |
| celebration {n} (social gathering for entertainment and fun) | :: sherehe |
| cell {n} (component of an electrical battery) | :: seli |
| cell {n} (room in a prison for containing inmates) | :: seli |
| cell {n} (room in a monastery for sleeping one person) | :: seli |
| cell {n} (small group of people forming part of a larger organization) | :: seli |
| cell {n} (small thunderstorm that forms ahead of a storm front) | :: seli |
| cell {n} (basic unit of a living organism) | :: seli |
| cell {n} (biological cavity) | :: seli |
| cell {n} (minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior) | :: seli |
| cell {n} (a short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode) | :: seli |
| cell {n} (region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network) | :: seli |
| cell {n} (geometry: a three-dimensional facet of a polytope) | :: seli |
| cell {n} (informal: a cellular telephone, see also: mobile phone) | :: seli |
| cell nucleus {n} (cytology: large organelle found in cells) SEE: nucleus | :: |
| cello {n} (musical instrument) | :: chelo |
| cell phone {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| cellular {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| cellular phone {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| cement {n} (a powdered substance) | :: simiti, sementi |
| cement {n} (the paste-like substance) | :: simiti, sementi |
| cement {n} (any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties) | :: simiti |
| cement {v} (to affix with cement) | :: simiti |
| cement {v} (to make permanent) | :: simiti |
| cemetery {n} (a place where the dead are buried) SEE: graveyard | :: |
| census {n} (official count of members of a population) | :: sensa |
| cent {n} (subunit of currency in US and elsewhere) | :: senti |
| cent {n} (one-hundredth of a euro) | :: senti |
| cent {n} (coin) | :: senti |
| centaur {n} (mythical half-man, half-horse) | :: kentauro |
| centimetre {n} (one-hundredth of a metre) | :: sentimita |
| centipede {n} (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda) | :: tandu |
| central {adj} (being in the centre) | :: katikati |
| central {adj} (being very important) | :: katikati |
| central {adj} (having or containing the centre of something) | :: katikati |
| Central African Republic {prop} (country in Central Africa) | :: Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati |
| central bank {n} (the principal monetary authority of a polity) | :: benki kuu |
| Cerberus {prop} (mythological three-headed dog) | :: Serbero {m} |
| cereal {n} (type of grass) | :: nafaka |
| cerebral palsy {n} (group of non-contagious conditions) | :: kupooza kwa ubongo |
| Ceres {prop} (Roman goddess) | :: Seresi |
| Ceres {prop} (dwarf planet) | :: Seresi |
| certain {adj} (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite) | :: fulani |
| certainly {adv} (without doubt, surely) | :: maalum |
| certificate {n} (document containing a certified statement) | :: hati |
| cerumen {n} (earwax) SEE: earwax | :: |
| cervix {n} (neck) SEE: neck | :: |
| cervix {n} (neck-like part) SEE: neck | :: |
| c'est la vie {phrase} (such is life) SEE: such is life | :: |
| Chad {prop} (country) | :: Chadi |
| Chadian {n} (person from Chad) | :: Mchadi |
| chaff {n} (inedible parts of grain plant) | :: wishwa |
| chaff {n} (excess or unwanted material) | :: wishwa |
| chain {n} (series of interconnected rings or links) | :: bangili, mnyororo {c3} {c4} |
| chain {n} (series of interconnected things) | :: ushanga |
| chain {n} (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name) | :: ushanga |
| chain {n} (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule) | :: ushanga |
| chain {v} (to link together) | :: mikufu |
| chair {n} (furniture) | :: kiti |
| chair {n} | :: kiti |
| chair {n} (chairperson) SEE: chairperson | :: |
| chairman {n} (person presiding over a meeting) | :: mwenyekiti |
| chairman {n} (head of a corporate or governmental board) | :: mwenyekiti |
| chairperson {n} (a person who presides over a meeting, a board) | :: mwenyekiti |
| chalcedony {n} (form of fine-grained quartz) | :: kalkedoni |
| Chaldean Catholic Church {prop} (an Eastern Catholic particular church) | :: Kanisa Katoliki la Wakaldayo |
| chalk {n} (a soft, white, powdery limestone) | :: chaki |
| chalk {n} (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard) | :: chaki |
| chalk {n} (tailor's chalk) SEE: tailor's chalk | :: |
| challenge {n} (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not) | :: changa moto |
| challenge {n} (difficult task) | :: changa moto |
| challenge {n} (judge's interest in the result of the case for which they should not be allowed to sit) | :: changa moto |
| challenge {v} (to invite someone to take part in a competition) | :: changa moto |
| challenge {v} (to dare someone) | :: changa moto |
| challenge {v} (to dispute something) | :: changa moto |
| challenge {v} (to make a formal objection to a juror) | :: changa moto |
| chameleon {n} (reptile) | :: kinyonga, lumbwi, kigeugeu |
| champian {n} (field of inquiry or study) SEE: field | :: |
| champion {n} (someone who has been winner in a contest) | :: bingwa |
| chance {n} (an opportunity or possibility) | :: nafasi |
| chance {v} (to try or risk) | :: nafasi |
| chance {v} (to discover by chance) | :: nafasi |
| change {v} (to become something different) | :: kubadili |
| change {v} (to make something into something different) | :: kubadili |
| change {v} (to replace) | :: kubadilisha |
| change {n} (the process of becoming different) | :: mabadiliko |
| change {n} (a replacement) | :: mabadiliko |
| Chang Jiang {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze | :: |
| chaos {n} (state of disorder) | :: kesheshe |
| chapati {n} (an unleavened flatbread) | :: chapati |
| chapel {n} (place of worship) | :: chapeli |
| chapter {n} (section in a book) | :: sura |
| chapter {n} (an administrative division of an organization) | :: sura |
| character {n} (moral strength) | :: sifa |
| charcoal {n} (substance) | :: kaa |
| charcoal drawing {n} (charcoal drawing) SEE: charcoal | :: |
| charge {n} (accusation) | :: shtaka |
| chart {n} (map) SEE: map | :: |
| chart {n} (graph) SEE: graph | :: |
| chart {n} (table) SEE: table | :: |
| Charybdis {prop} (Greek mythological monster) | :: Kharibdi |
| chase {n} (hunt) SEE: hunt | :: |
| chase {v} (to hunt) SEE: hunt | :: |
| chase {n} (action of the verb "to chase") | :: kimbiza |
| chasten {v} (purify) SEE: purify | :: |
| chaste tree {n} (shrub) | :: mti safi |
| cheap {adj} (low and/or reduced in price) | :: rahisi |
| check {n} (bank order) SEE: cheque | :: |
| checkers {n} (draughts) SEE: draughts | :: |
| cheek {n} (part of face) | :: shavu |
| cheek {n} (colloquial: buttock) | :: tako |
| cheers {interj} (toast when drinking) | :: maisha marefu, afya, vifijo |
| cheese {n} (dairy product) | :: jibini, chizi |
| cheese {n} (countable: any particular variety of cheese) | :: chizi, jibini |
| cheesecake {n} (dessert food) | :: keki ya jibini |
| cheetah {n} (Acinonyx jubatus) | :: duma |
| chemical {n} (any specific element or chemical compound) | :: kemikali |
| chemical {n} (an artificial chemical compound) | :: kemikali |
| chemist {n} (person working in chemistry) | :: mwanakemia |
| chemistry {n} (branch of natural science) | :: kemia |
| cheque {n} (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity) | :: cheki |
| Cherokee {prop} (indigenous North American people) | :: Mcherokii |
| Cherokee {prop} (language) | :: Kicherokii |
| Cherokee {prop} (syllabary) | :: Kicherokii |
| cherry {n} (fruit) | :: cheri |
| cherry {n} (tree) | :: mcheri |
| cherry {n} (color) | :: rangi ya cheri |
| cherub {n} ((biblical) winged creature attending on God) | :: kerubi |
| chess {n} (two-player board game) | :: chesi {c9} {c10}, sataranji {c9} {c10} |
| chest {n} (treasury) | :: kifua |
| chest {n} (chest of drawers) | :: kifua |
| chest {n} (thorax) | :: kifua |
| chest {n} (coffin) SEE: coffin | :: |
| chestnut {n} (nut of the chestnut tree) | :: aramoni |
| chestnut {n} (chestnut tree) SEE: chestnut tree | :: |
| chestnut tree {n} (tree that bears chestnuts) | :: mwaramoni |
| chevy {v} (to chase or hunt) SEE: chase | :: |
| Chicago {prop} (large US city) | :: chichago |
| Chichewa {prop} (language) | :: Kinyanja |
| chicken {n} (bird) | :: kuku |
| chicken {n} (meat) | :: nyama ya kuku |
| chicken pox {n} (childhood disease) | :: tetekuwanga |
| chief {n} (leader of group, etc.) | :: chifu, jumbe |
| child {n} (a female or male child, a daughter or son) | :: mtoto, mwana |
| child {n} (a minor) | :: mtoto |
| child {n} ((computing) object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object) | :: mwana |
| childhood {n} (state of being a child) | :: uana, utoto |
| chile {n} (chili) SEE: chili | :: |
| Chile {prop} (country in South America) | :: Chile |
| Chilean {adj} (pertaining to Chile) | :: Kichile |
| Chilean {n} (person from Chile) | :: Mchile |
| chili {n} (spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum) | :: pili pili |
| chilli {n} (chili) SEE: chili | :: |
| chimney {n} (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue) | :: dohani |
| chimpanzee {n} (ape) | :: sokwe, sokwe mtu |
| chin {n} (bottom of a face) | :: tawa, kidevu |
| China {prop} (country in east Asia) | :: Uchina, China |
| Chinese {prop} (any language spoken in China, see also: Literary Chinese; Mandarin; Cantonese; Wu; Min Nan) | :: Kichina {c7} |
| Chinese {prop} (writing system of Chinese) | :: Kichina |
| Chinese {n} (the people of China) | :: Mchina |
| Chinese {n} (all people of Chinese descent or self-identity) | :: Mchina |
| Chinese {n} (person born in China) | :: Mchina |
| Chinese {n} (Chinese food or meal) | :: chakula cha kichina |
| Chinese {adj} (relating to China) | :: Kichina |
| Chinese {prop} (Mandarin) SEE: Mandarin | :: |
| chisel {n} (tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal) | :: patasi |
| chital {n} (deer) | :: chitali |
| chlamydia {n} (sexually transmitted disease) | :: klamidia |
| chlorine {n} (chemical element) | :: klorini |
| chloroplast {n} (photosynthetic organelle) | :: chembeumbijani |
| chocolate {n} (food made from ground roasted cocoa beans) | :: chokoleti |
| chocolate {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya chokoleti |
| choir {n} (singing group) | :: kwaya |
| cholera {n} (infectious disease) | :: kipindupindu |
| chopper {n} (helicopter (formal translations)) SEE: helicopter | :: |
| chopper {n} (axe/ax) SEE: axe | :: |
| Chorasmia {prop} (large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia) | :: Khorezmia |
| Christ {prop} (title for Jesus of Nazareth) | :: Kristo |
| Christian {n} (member of the Christian religion) | :: Mkristo |
| Christian {adj} (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) | :: Kikristo |
| Christianity {prop} (monotheistic religion) | :: Ukristo |
| Christmas {prop} (Christian holiday) | :: Krismasi |
| Christmas Island {prop} (non self-governing territory of Australia) | :: Kisiwa cha Krismasi {c7} {c8} |
| chromosome {n} (structure in the cell nucleus) | :: chembeuzi |
| Chronicles {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Mambo ya Nyakati {c6} |
| chrysoprase {n} (variety of quartz) | :: krisopraso |
| chur {interj} (voicing of thanks) SEE: thanks | :: |
| church {n} (house of worship) | :: kanisa {cma} |
| church {n} (a religious organization) | :: kanisa {cma} |
| church {n} (a group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs) | :: kanisa {cma} |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints {prop} (major denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement) | :: Kanisa La Yesu Kristo la Watakatifu wa Siku za Mwisho |
| Chuukese {n} (member of an ethnic group) | :: kichuuk |
| ciao {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| ciao {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| cicatrice {n} (scar) SEE: scar | :: |
| cicatrix {n} (scar that remains after the development of new tissue) SEE: scar | :: |
| cigar {n} | :: kwekwe, biri, siga |
| cigarette {n} (cigarette) | :: sigara |
| cigarette lighter {n} (lighter) SEE: lighter | :: |
| Cinderella {prop} (main character in this fairy tale) | :: Bibi Majivu |
| cinema {n} (movie) SEE: movie | :: |
| cinema {n} (a film/movie theatre) | :: sinema |
| cinnamon {n} (Cinnamomum verum) | :: mdalasini |
| cinnamon {n} (spice) | :: dalasini |
| cipher {n} (obsolete: zero) SEE: zero | :: |
| circle {n} (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center) | :: duara |
| circle {n} (orbit) SEE: orbit | :: |
| circumcision {n} (removal of foreskin from penis) | :: tohara |
| cirque {n} (something in the shape of a circle) SEE: circle | :: |
| citizen {n} (legal member of a state) | :: mwananchi |
| citizenship {n} (state of being a citizen) | :: uraia |
| city {n} (large settlement) | :: mji |
| civet {n} (cat-like animal) | :: ngawa |
| civet {n} (perfume) | :: zabadi |
| claim {v} (to demand ownership of something) | :: -dai |
| clamp {n} (woodworking tool) | :: mbano |
| clarinet {n} (woodwind musical instrument) | :: nzumari |
| class {n} (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes) | :: darasa |
| class {n} (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) | :: darasa |
| class {n} (division of society into classes) | :: darasa |
| class {n} (admirable behavior; elegance) | :: darasa |
| class {n} (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher) | :: darasa |
| class {n} (series of classes covering a single subject) | :: darasa |
| class {n} (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year) | :: darasa |
| class {n} (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation) | :: darasa |
| class {n} (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order) | :: darasa |
| class {n} (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property) | :: darasa |
| class {n} (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior) | :: darasa |
| class {v} (to assign to a class) | :: darasa |
| classroom {n} (room in a school) | :: darasa |
| clavicle {n} (collar bone) | :: mtulinga |
| claw {n} (curved horny nail) | :: kucha |
| claw {n} | :: kucha |
| clean {adj} (not dirty) | :: nadhifu, safi |
| clean {v} ((transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object) | :: -safisha |
| clean {adj} (empty) SEE: empty | :: |
| cleanliness {n} (the property of being cleanly) | :: usafi |
| cleaver {n} (a squarish knife used for hacking) | :: pambazua |
| clerk {n} (one working with records etc.) | :: karani |
| clever {adj} (nimble with hands or body) | :: erevu |
| clever {adj} (skillful) | :: erevu |
| clever {adj} (mentally quick or sharp) | :: erevu |
| clever {adj} (showing inventiveness or originality) | :: erevu |
| clever {adj} (possessing magical abilities) | :: erevu |
| climate {n} (long-term atmospheric conditions) | :: tabianchi |
| clinic {n} (medical facility) | :: kliniki |
| clitoris {n} (elongated erectile organ) | :: kinembe {c7} {c8} |
| cloaca {n} (anatomical feature of birds etc) | :: kiloaka |
| cloakroom {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| clock {n} (instrument to measure or keep track of time) | :: saa {9} {10} |
| clock face {n} (the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands) | :: bonyeza |
| close {v} (obstruct (an opening)) | :: funga |
| close {v} (move (a door)) | :: funga |
| close {v} (put an end to) | :: funga |
| close {v} (to make smaller) | :: funga |
| close {v} (surveying: to have a vector sum of 0) | :: funga |
| close {v} (to make a sale) | :: funga |
| close {n} (end or conclusion) | :: funga |
| close {adj} (at a little distance) | :: fungu |
| close {adj} (intimate) | :: fungu |
| closet {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| cloth {n} (woven fabric) | :: nguo, vazi |
| cloth {n} (piece of cloth) | :: nguo |
| cloth {n} (form of attire) | :: nguo |
| clothing {n} (clothes) | :: nguo {9} {10}, mavazi {5} {6} |
| cloud {v} (to become foggy or gloomy, to become obscured from sight) | :: wingu |
| cloud {v} (to make obscure (e.g. to cloud the issue)) | :: wingu |
| cloud {n} (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air) | :: wingu {c5} {c6} |
| cloud {n} (mass of dust, steam or smoke) | :: wingu |
| cloud {n} (anything which makes things foggy or gloomy) | :: wingu |
| cloud {n} | :: wingu |
| clouded leopard {n} (medium sized arboreal cat) | :: chui-mawingu |
| clove {n} (spice) | :: karafuu |
| clown {n} (person acting in a silly fashion) | :: mcheshi |
| club {n} (weapon) | :: rungu |
| club {n} (association of members) | :: klabu |
| club {n} (nightclub) | :: klabu |
| club {n} (playing card symbol, ♣) | :: pau |
| clubs {n} (plural of club) SEE: club | :: |
| clubs {n} (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣) | :: pao, mavi ya mbuzi, karanga |
| clumsy {adj} | :: dole |
| clutch {n} (A device to interrupt power transmission) | :: klachi |
| c'mere {contraction} (come) SEE: come | :: |
| c'mere {contraction} (here) SEE: here | :: |
| coach {n} (trainer) | :: mkufunzi, kocha |
| coach driver {n} (driver of a horse-drawn coach) | :: saisi |
| coachman {n} (male coach driver) SEE: coach driver | :: |
| coachwoman {n} (female coach driver) SEE: coach driver | :: |
| coadjutor {n} (assistant) SEE: assistant | :: |
| coal {n} (uncountable: carbon rock) | :: kaa {c5} {c6}, mkaa {c3} {c4} |
| coast {n} (edge of land meeting ocean, sea, gulf, bay) | :: pwani, ufuko, mapwa, mapwaji |
| coat {n} (outer garment covering the upper torso and arms) | :: koti |
| coat {n} (covering of material, such as paint) | :: koti |
| coat {n} (fur or feathers) | :: koti |
| coat {n} (canvas secured around mast) | :: koti |
| coat {v} (to cover with a coat of some material) | :: koti |
| coat {v} (to cover as a coat) | :: koti |
| coat of arms {n} (hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon) | :: nembo |
| cock {n} (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) SEE: rooster | :: |
| cockerel {n} (young male chicken) | :: jimbi |
| cockeyed {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| cockpit {n} (space for pilot and crew in an aircraft) | :: dungu |
| cockroach {n} (type of insect) | :: mende {c9} {c10}, kombamwiko |
| coconut {n} (fruit of coco palm) | :: nazi, dafu |
| coconut {n} (coconut palm) SEE: coconut palm | :: |
| coconut milk {n} (the liquid from inside the seed of the coconut) | :: tui |
| coconut palm {n} (Cocos nucifera) | :: mnazi |
| coconut water {n} (clear liquid found inside immature coconuts) | :: maji ya madafu |
| coffee {n} (beverage) | :: kahawa |
| coffee {n} (beans) | :: kahawa |
| coffee {n} (plant) | :: mbuni, mkahawa |
| coffee {n} (colour) | :: kahawa |
| coffee {adj} (of a pale brown colour) | :: kahawa |
| coffee bar {n} (establishment that sells coffee) SEE: café | :: |
| coffeehouse {n} (café) SEE: café | :: |
| coffee pot {n} (pot for coffee) | :: dele |
| coffee shop {n} (café) SEE: café | :: |
| coffin {n} (box in which a dead person is buried) | :: kifua |
| cohesion {n} (the state of cohering, or of sticking together) | :: mshikamano |
| cohesion {n} (the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together) | :: mshikamano |
| cohort {n} (associate) SEE: associate | :: |
| coin {n} ((currency) a piece of currency) | :: sarafu |
| coinage {n} (currency) SEE: currency | :: |
| cola {n} (plant or nut) SEE: kola | :: |
| cold {adj} (having a low temperature) | :: baridi |
| cold {adj} (of the weather) | :: baridi |
| cold {n} (low temperature) | :: baridi |
| cold {n} (illness) | :: mafua |
| collaboration {n} (act of collaborating) | :: kolabo |
| collaboration {n} (joint production or creation) | :: kolabo |
| collar {n} (fabric garment part fitting around throat) | :: kola {c9} |
| collar {v} (to arrest) SEE: arrest | :: |
| collarbone {n} (clavicle) SEE: clavicle | :: |
| collateral {n} (security or guarantee) | :: dhamana {9/10} |
| Colombia {prop} (country in South America) | :: Kolombia |
| Colombian {n} (A person from Colombia) | :: Mkolombia |
| Colombian {adj} (pertaining to Colombia) | :: Kikolombia |
| colon {n} (punctuation mark) | :: nukta mbili, koloni |
| colonialism {n} (colonial domination policy) | :: ukoloni, beberu |
| colonialism {n} (colonial linguistic expression) | :: beberu |
| colonialism {n} (colonial life) | :: beberu |
| color {n} (spectral composition of visible light) | :: michezo, rangi |
| colorful {adj} (possessing prominent and varied colors) | :: ya rangi nyingi |
| Colossians {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Wakolosai {c2} |
| comb {n} (toothed implement for grooming the hair) | :: kitana |
| combat {n} (a battle; a fight) | :: mashindano |
| combust {v} (be consumed by fire) SEE: burn | :: |
| come {v} (to move nearer) | :: kuja |
| come in {v} (to enter) SEE: enter | :: |
| comfort {n} | :: anasa |
| comma {n} (punctuation mark ',') | :: alama ya mkato, koma |
| command {v} (to order) | :: kuamuru |
| commander {n} (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) | :: kamanda |
| commandment {n} (a command or edict) | :: kanuni |
| commemoration {n} (act of commemorating) | :: adhimisho |
| comment {v} (to comment) SEE: observe | :: |
| commerce {n} (large scale trade) | :: biashara |
| commie {n} (communist) SEE: communist | :: |
| commission {n} (fee charged) | :: kodi |
| commission {v} (put into active service) | :: kodisha |
| commissioner {n} (member of a commission) | :: kamishna |
| commissioner {n} (someone commissioned to perform certain duties, see also: assignee) | :: kamishna |
| committee {n} (group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose) | :: kamati |
| commo {n} (communist) SEE: communist | :: |
| commo {n} (communication) SEE: communication | :: |
| common sense {n} (ordinary understanding) | :: akili |
| Commonwealth of Independent States {prop} (alliance of former Soviet republics) | :: Jumuiya ya Nchi Huru |
| communication {n} (concept of exchanging information) | :: mawasiliano |
| communion {n} (Holy Communion) SEE: Holy Communion | :: |
| communism {n} (philosophy) | :: ukomunisti |
| communist {adj} (of or relating to communism) | :: ukomunisti |
| communist {n} (person who follows a communist philosophy) | :: mkomunisti |
| communist {n} (revolutionary or subversive radical) | :: mpinduzi |
| Communist {n} (communist) SEE: communist | :: |
| Communist {adj} (communist) SEE: communist | :: |
| community {n} (group sharing a common understanding) | :: jamii, jamaa |
| community {n} (residential or religious collective) | :: jamii |
| community {n} ((ecology) group of interdependent organisms) | :: jamii |
| community {n} (condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common) | :: jamii |
| community college {n} (secondary school) SEE: secondary school | :: |
| Comoran {adj} (Comorian) SEE: Comorian | :: |
| Comoran {n} (Comorian) SEE: Comorian | :: |
| Comorian {n} (person) | :: Mngazija, Mkomoro |
| Comorian {prop} (language) | :: Kingazija, Kikomoro |
| Comoros {prop} (country in Eastern Africa) | :: Visiwa vya Ngazija, Visiwa vya Komoro |
| companion {n} (someone with whom one spends time or keeps company) | :: rafiki |
| company {n} (in legal context, a corporation) | :: kampuni |
| company {n} (in non-legal context, any business, without respect to incorporation) | :: kampuni |
| company {n} (group of individuals with a common purpose) | :: kampuni |
| company {n} (companionship) | :: kampuni |
| compare {v} (to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another) | :: linganisha |
| compare {v} (to form the three degrees of comparison of) | :: linganisha |
| compass {n} (instrument to determine cardinal directions) | :: dira |
| compass {n} (pair of compasses) SEE: pair of compasses | :: |
| compassion {n} (deep awareness of the suffering of another) | :: rehema, huruma |
| compete {v} (to contend) | :: wania |
| competitor {n} (person against whom one is competing) | :: mshindani |
| complain {v} (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment) | :: lalamika |
| complain {v} (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge) | :: lalamika |
| complainant {n} (plaintiff) | :: mlalamishi |
| complaint {n} (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder) | :: lawama |
| complete {adj} (with everything included) | :: kamili |
| complex {n} (problem) SEE: problem | :: |
| composition {n} (essay) SEE: essay | :: |
| composition {n} (work of music, literature or art) | :: insha |
| comprador {n} (intermediary) SEE: intermediary | :: |
| computer {n} (device) | :: kompyuta {9} {10}, tarakilishi {9} {10} |
| comrade {n} (mate, companion, or associate) | :: rafiki {cma} |
| comrade {n} (fellow socialist or communist) | :: rafiki {cma} |
| comrade {n} (title used in leftist circles) | :: ndugu |
| conceal {v} (to hide something) | :: kuficha |
| conclude {v} (to end) | :: kwisha |
| concord {n} ((grammar) Agreement of words with one another) SEE: agreement | :: |
| concordance {n} (agreement) SEE: agreement | :: |
| concubine {n} (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife) | :: suria |
| condensed milk {n} (milk that has been reduced to syrup) | :: kufupishwa maziwa |
| condom {n} (flexible sleeve worn on the penis) | :: kondomu {9/10} |
| conductor {n} (person who takes tickets on public transportation) | :: kondakta |
| confidentiality {n} (something told in confidence) SEE: secret | :: |
| confine {v} (arrest) SEE: arrest | :: |
| confine {v} (imprison) SEE: imprison | :: |
| Congo {prop} (country with Brazzaville as capital) | :: Jamhuri ya Kongo |
| Congo {prop} (country with Kinshasa as capital) | :: Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo |
| Congo-Brazzaville {prop} (Congo) SEE: Congo | :: |
| Congo-Kinshasa {prop} (Congo) SEE: Congo | :: |
| Congolese {n} (person from either of the Congos) | :: Mkongo |
| Congolese {n} (person from Republic of Congo) | :: Mkongo |
| Congolese {n} (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) | :: Mkongo |
| Congolese {adj} (people or language of Republic of Congo) | :: Kikongo |
| Congolese {adj} (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) | :: Kikongo |
| congratulation {n} (act of congratulating) | :: hongera |
| congratulations {interj} (expressing approbation) | :: hongera |
| conjunction {n} (grammar: word used to join words or phrases) | :: kiunganishi |
| conjunctivitis {n} (inflammation) | :: kikope |
| conlang {n} (constructed language) SEE: constructed language | :: |
| conscience {n} (moral sense) | :: dhamiri |
| conscious {adj} | :: jifahamu |
| conserve {v} (to save for later use) | :: ifadhi |
| conserve {v} (to protect) | :: ifadhi |
| constellation {n} (formation of stars perceived as figure) | :: kundinyota |
| constellation {n} (image associated with a group of stars) | :: kundinyota |
| constellation {n} (modern astronomy: any of 88 officially recognized regions) | :: kundinyota |
| constellation {n} (astrology: configuration of planets) | :: kundinyota |
| constitution {n} (formal or informal system of primary principles and laws regulating a government or other institutions) | :: katiba |
| constitution {n} (legal document describing such a formal system) | :: katiba |
| constructed language {n} (an artificially created language) | :: lugha ya kuundwa |
| construe {v} (to translate) SEE: translate | :: |
| contain {v} (to contain) SEE: hold | :: |
| contents {n} (table of contents) SEE: table of contents | :: |
| contest {n} (controversy) | :: mashindano {6} |
| contest {n} (competition, see also: competition) | :: shindano {5/6} |
| contest {v} (to contend) | :: shindana |
| contest {n} (combat) SEE: combat | :: |
| continent {n} (each of main land-masses on earth's surface) | :: bara |
| continue {v} (transitive: proceed) | :: endelea |
| continue {v} (intransitive: resume) | :: endelea |
| contract {n} (agreement that is legally binding) | :: kandarasi |
| contract {n} (job governed by a specific agreement) | :: kandarasi |
| contract {n} (part of legal studies) | :: makandarasi |
| contract {v} (intransitive: draw together; shorten; lessen) | :: kandarasi |
| contrary to {prep} (despite) SEE: despite | :: |
| control {n} | :: kontroli |
| convent {n} (religious community of especially nuns) | :: konventi |
| conversation {n} (expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people) | :: mazungumzo |
| cook {n} (person who prepares food) | :: mpishi, wapishi {p} |
| cook {v} (to prepare (food) for eating) | :: kupika |
| cooked rice {n} (rice cooked by either steaming or boiling) | :: wali |
| cookie {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: biscuit) | :: biskuti |
| cooking {n} (the process of preparing food by using heat) | :: mapishi {6}, upishi {c11} |
| cooking {n} (the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine) | :: mapishi {6}, upishi {c11} |
| Cook Islands {prop} (self-governing country in Oceania) | :: Visiwa vya Cook |
| cootie {n} (louse) SEE: louse | :: |
| cooze {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina | :: |
| copper {n} (chemical element Cu) | :: shaba |
| copper {n} (something made of copper) | :: shaba |
| copper {n} (colour of copper) | :: shaba |
| copper {n} (copper coin) | :: shaba |
| copper {n} (large pot for hot water) | :: shaba |
| copper {adj} (made of copper) | :: shaba |
| copper {adj} (having the colour of copper) | :: shaba |
| copper {n} (slang: a policeman) | :: shaba |
| coppern {adj} (made of copper) SEE: copper | :: |
| copra {n} (dried kernel of coconut) | :: nguta |
| copulate {v} (to have sexual intercourse with someone, something) SEE: mount | :: |
| copulate {v} (to have sexual intercourse with) SEE: bed | :: |
| copy {n} (text of newspaper articles) | :: nakala |
| cor anglais {n} (woodwind instrument) | :: baragumu ya kiingereza |
| Corinthians {prop} (book in the Bible) | :: Wakorinto, Wakorintho |
| cork {n} (bottle stopper) | :: kizibo |
| corn {n} (grain crop of species Zea mays) SEE: maize | :: |
| corner {n} (space in the angle between converging lines or walls) | :: kona |
| corner {n} (projection into space of an angular solid) | :: kona |
| corner {n} (intersection of two streets) | :: kona |
| corner {n} (part or region farthest from the center) | :: kona |
| corner {n} (secret or secluded place) | :: kona |
| corner {n} (business: interest that is sufficient for price manipulation) | :: kona |
| corner {v} (to drive into a corner) | :: kona |
| corner {v} (to trap in a difficult position) | :: kona |
| corner {v} (business: to get sufficient command of a stock or commodity to be able to manipulate prices) | :: kona |
| corner {v} (automotive: to handle while turning) | :: kona |
| corner {n} (football: corner kick) SEE: corner kick | :: |
| corner kick {n} (in soccer) | :: kona |
| cornet {n} (musical instrument) | :: tarumbeta ndogo |
| coronavirus {n} (member of the family Coronaviridae) | :: virusi vya corona |
| corpse {n} (dead body) | :: maiti, mfu |
| corpus {n} (body) SEE: body | :: |
| correction {n} (act of correcting) | :: marekebisho |
| correction {n} (substitution for an error or mistake) | :: marekebisho |
| correction {n} (amount or quantity added or subtracted so as to correct) | :: marekebisho |
| cost {v} (to incur a charge, a price) | :: gharimu |
| cost {n} (amount of money spent for a purpose) | :: gharama |
| Costa Rica {prop} (country) | :: Kostarika |
| Costa Rican {n} (person from Costa Rica) | :: Mkostarika |
| Costa Rican {adj} (pertaining to Costa Rica) | :: Kikostarika |
| cotton {n} (any plant yielding fiber like that of Gossypium) | :: pamba |
| cotton {n} (fiber) | :: pamba |
| cougar {n} (Puma concolor) | :: puma {c9} {c10} |
| cough {v} (push air from the lungs) | :: kohoa |
| cough {v} (make a noise like a cough) | :: kohoa |
| cough {n} (expulsion of air from the lungs) | :: kikohozi |
| cough {n} (condition) | :: kohozi |
| council {n} (committee that leads or governs) | :: kikao, baraza {c9} {c10} |
| counterfeit {adj} (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine) | :: bandia |
| counterfeit {adj} (unauthentic) | :: bandia |
| counterfeit {n} (fake) | :: bandia |
| counterfeit {v} (To produce something that appears to be official or valid) | :: bandia |
| country {n} (region of land) | :: U- {c11} {c14}, nchi |
| country {n} (nation state) | :: U- {c11} {c14}, dola {c9} {c10}, inchi {c9} {c10} |
| country {n} (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city) | :: shamba {c5} {c6} |
| country {adj} (of, from or pertaining to the countryside (adjective)) | :: -a kimashamba |
| countryside {n} (a rural area, or the rural part of a larger area) | :: mashamba |
| courage {n} (quality of a confident character) | :: ujasiri |
| courage {n} (ability to do frightening things) | :: udjasiri {c11} |
| courageous {adj} (brave) SEE: brave | :: |
| course {n} (racecourse) SEE: racecourse | :: |
| court {n} (enclosed space; a courtyard) | :: korti |
| court {n} (residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary) | :: korti |
| court {n} (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority) | :: korti |
| court {n} (formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign) | :: korti |
| court {n} (attention directed to a person in power) | :: korti |
| court {n} (hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered) | :: korti, mahakama {cn} |
| court {n} (persons officially assembled under authority of law) | :: korti |
| court {n} (tribunal established for the administration of justice) | :: korti, mahakama |
| court {n} (judge or judges) | :: korti |
| court {n} (session of a judicial assembly) | :: korti |
| court {n} (jurisdiction) | :: korti |
| court {n} (place for playing the game of tennis and some other ball games) | :: korti |
| cousin {n} (nephew or niece of a parent) | :: binamu |
| cousin {n} (any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant, and more distantly related than an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, etc.) | :: binamu |
| cow {n} (female domesticated ox or other bovine) | :: ng'ombe |
| cow {n} (any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age) | :: ng'ombe |
| cow {n} (derogatory: despicable woman) | :: ng'ombe |
| cowabunga {interj} (expression of joy) SEE: yes | :: |
| co-wife {n} (Co-wife) | :: mke mwenza |
| cowpea {n} (cowpea) SEE: black-eyed pea | :: |
| cowrie {n} (any member of the genus Cypraea) | :: kauri |
| crab {n} (crustacean) | :: kaa |
| crack {n} (attempt at something) SEE: try | :: |
| craft {n} (strength; power; might; force) SEE: strength | :: |
| cramp {n} (clamp for carpentry or masonry) SEE: clamp | :: |
| cranberry {n} (shrub) | :: mkranberi |
| cranberry {n} (berry) | :: kranberi |
| cranberry juice {n} (the unfermented juice of squeezed cranberries) | :: maji ya kranberi |
| crane {n} (bird) | :: korongo |
| crane {v} (to extend (one's neck)) | :: songeza |
| cranium {n} (skull) SEE: skull | :: |
| crate {n} (box or basket) | :: sanduku {cma} |
| crease {n} (mark made by folding) | :: mkunjo |
| create {v} (to put into existence) | :: kuumba |
| creation {n} (something created such as an invention or artwork) | :: kiumbe |
| creature {n} (living being) | :: kiumbe |
| creditor {n} (a person to whom a debt is owed) | :: mdai, mkopeshaji {c1} {c2} |
| creole {n} (lect formed from two languages) | :: krioli |
| cricket {n} (game) | :: kriketi |
| crime {n} (specific act committed in violation of the law) | :: uhalifu |
| criminal {adj} (being against the law) | :: mhalifu |
| criminal {adj} (guilty of breaking the law) | :: mhalifu |
| criminal {adj} (of or relating to crime) | :: mhalifu |
| criminal {adj} (abhorrent or very undesirable) | :: mhalifu |
| criminal {n} (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law) | :: mhalifu {1} {2} |
| criminal offence {n} (crime) SEE: crime | :: |
| crimson tide {n} (menstruation) SEE: menstruation | :: |
| Croat {n} (language) SEE: Croatian | :: |
| Croatia {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Korasia |
| Croatian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) | :: Kikroashia |
| crocodile {n} (reptile) | :: mamba, ngwena {c9} {c10} |
| crocus {n} (plant of genus Crocus) | :: karkomu |
| Cronus {prop} (youngest of the twelve Titans) | :: Krono |
| cross {n} (geometrical figure) | :: msalaba |
| cross {n} (wooden post with a perpendicular beam, used for crucifixion) | :: msalaba |
| cross {n} (definite: the cross on which Christ was crucified) | :: msalaba |
| cross {n} (gesture made by Christians) | :: msalaba |
| cross {adj} (opposite, opposed to) | :: msalaba |
| cross {adj} (angry, annoyed) | :: misalaba |
| crosscut {n} (shortcut) SEE: shortcut | :: |
| crow {n} (any bird of the genus Corvus) | :: kunguru |
| crow {v} (to make the sound of a rooster) | :: kuwika |
| crowd {n} (group of people) | :: umati |
| crown {n} (royal headdress) | :: taji, kirauni |
| crown {n} (representation of such a headdress) | :: taji, kirauni |
| crown {n} (wreath or band for the head) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (reward) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (imperial or regal power) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (highest part of a hill) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (top of a hat) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (highest part of an arch) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (splendor, culmination, acme) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (any currency issued by the crown) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (former British coin worth five shillings) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (anatomy: part of tooth) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (dentistry: prosthetic covering for a tooth) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (part of an anchor) | :: taji |
| cruel {adj} (that intentionally causes pain and suffering) | :: dhalimu |
| crux {n} ((heraldry) cross on a coat of arms) SEE: cross | :: |
| cry {v} (intransitive: to shout, scream, yell) | :: kulia |
| cry {n} (shedding of tears) | :: kiliyo |
| cry {n} (shout or scream) | :: kiliyo |
| cry {n} (words shouted or screamed) | :: kiliyo |
| cry {n} | :: kulia |
| cry out {v} (to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness) | :: kupiga yowe |
| crystal {n} (mineral) | :: fuwele |
| Côte d'Ivoire {prop} (the Ivory Coast) | :: Kodivaa |
| Cuba {prop} (country and largest island in Caribbean) | :: Cuba, Kuba |
| Cuban {n} (a person from Cuba) | :: Mkuba |
| Cuban {adj} (of or pertaining to Cuba) | :: Kikuba |
| cubit {n} (unit of length) | :: dhiraa, mkono |
| cuckoo {n} (the bird) | :: kekeo |
| cucumber {n} (edible fruit) | :: tango |
| cucumber tree {n} (Kigelia africana) SEE: sausage tree | :: |
| cuff {v} (to handcuff) SEE: handcuff | :: |
| cuisine {n} (culinary art) SEE: culinary art | :: |
| culinary art {n} (art of cooking) | :: upikaji |
| culture {n} (arts, customs and habits) | :: utamaduni |
| cumin {n} (plant Cuminum cyminum) | :: mjira |
| cumin {n} (its seed used as spice) | :: jira {9} {10} |
| cup {n} (drinking vessel) | :: kikombe |
| cup {n} (trophy) | :: kombe |
| cup {n} (contest) | :: kombe |
| cupboard {n} (enclosed storage) | :: kabati |
| cupcake {n} (small cake) | :: keki za vikombe |
| curlew sandpiper {n} (Calidris ferruginea) | :: chokowe domo-sululu |
| currency {n} (money or other item used to facilitate transactions) | :: fulusi |
| current {n} | :: mkondo |
| current {n} (time rate of flow of electric charge) | :: mkondo |
| current {adj} (existing or occurring at the moment) | :: kisasa |
| current {adj} (generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment) | :: kisasa |
| curse {n} (supernatural detriment) | :: laana |
| curse {v} (to place a curse upon) | :: kulaani |
| curse {v} (to call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon) | :: kulaani |
| curtain {n} (piece of cloth covering a window) | :: pazia |
| curtain {n} (piece of cloth in a theater) | :: pazia |
| curtain {v} (to cover with a curtain) | :: pazia |
| custard apple {n} (Annona muricata) SEE: soursop | :: |
| custard apple {n} (Annona squamosa) SEE: sugar apple | :: |
| custom {n} (long-established practice) | :: desturi |
| customer {n} (one who purchases or receives a product or service) | :: mteja {c1} {c2}, wateja {p} |
| custom house {n} (official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit) | :: jengo la forodha |
| customs {n} (custom house) SEE: custom house | :: |
| cut {v} (to perform an incision) | :: kukata |
| cutlass {n} (machete) SEE: machete | :: |
| cutlass {n} (a short sword with a curved blade) | :: mundu |
| cyan {n} (a colour between blue and green) | :: cyan |
| cycling {n} (The sport of riding and racing bicycles) | :: baiskeli |
| cyclone {n} (rotating system of winds) | :: saikloni {m} |
| cyclops {n} (giant of mythology) | :: siklopsi |
| Cygnus {prop} (constellation) | :: Dajaja |
| cypress {n} (an evergreen coniferous tree) | :: mvinje |
| Cyprus {prop} (country) | :: Kupro, Kuprosi |
| Czech {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) | :: Kicheki |
| Czech {n} (person) | :: Mcheki |
| Czech {n} (language) | :: Kicheki |
| Czechia {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Ucheki |
| Czechoslovakia {prop} (former country in Central Europe) | :: Chekoslovakia, Uchekoslovaki |
| Czecho-Slovakia {prop} (dated form of Czechoslovakia) | :: Cheko-Slovakia, Ucheko-Slovaki |
| Czech Republic {prop} (country in Central Europe) | :: Jamhuri ya Ucheki, Ucheki |
| daffodil {n} (flower) | :: nasisa |
| dagga {n} (cement) SEE: cement | :: |
| dagger {n} (a stabbing weapon) | :: jambia |
| daily {adv} (every day) | :: kila siku |
| daily bread {n} (things needed to sustain physical life) | :: riziki |
| dairy {n} (corner-store, superette or 'mini-mart' of some description) | :: shajara |
| dairy {adj} (referring to products produced from milk) | :: shajara |
| dairy {adj} (referring to the milk production and processing industries) | :: shajara |
| dairy {adj} (on food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources) | :: shajara |
| daisy {n} (Bellis perennis) | :: kibibimlima |
| daisy {n} (commonly used term for related flowers) | :: jaja |
| damage {v} | :: afa |
| dance {n} (movements to music) | :: ngoma, dansi, densi |
| dance {v} (move rhythmically to music) | :: -cheza ngoma |
| dandruff {n} (skin flakes) | :: mba {11} {10} |
| Dane {n} (person from Denmark or of Danish descent) | :: Mdeni {s}, Wadeni {p} |
| danger {n} (exposure to likely harm) | :: hatari |
| danger {n} (instance or cause of liable harm) | :: hatari |
| dangerous {adj} (causing danger, ready to do harm or injury) | :: na hatari |
| Daniel {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Danieli |
| Daniel {prop} (biblical person) | :: Danieli |
| Daniel {prop} (male given name) | :: Danieli |
| Danish {prop} (language) | :: Kideni, Kidenishi |
| Danish {n} (native of Denmark) SEE: Dane | :: |
| dare {v} (to have courage) | :: -thubutu |
| Dar es Salaam {prop} (city) | :: Dar es Salaam |
| dark red {adj} (dark red - translation entry) | :: nyekundu iliyokoza |
| dassie {n} (rock hyrax) | :: pelele, kwanga |
| date {n} (fruit of the date palm) | :: tende |
| date {n} (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place) | :: tarehe |
| date {n} (date palm) SEE: date palm | :: |
| date of birth {n} (birthday) SEE: birthday | :: |
| date palm {n} (Phoenix dactylifera) | :: mtende |
| date tree {n} (date palm) SEE: date palm | :: |
| Datooga {n} (people) | :: Wataturu, Wamang'ati |
| daughter {n} (female offspring) | :: binti |
| David {prop} (king of Israel) | :: Daudi |
| daw {v} (dawn) SEE: dawn | :: |
| dawn {n} (morning twilight period) | :: alfajiri |
| day {n} (period of 24 hours) | :: siku |
| day {n} (period between sunrise and sunset) | :: mchana |
| day {n} | :: siku |
| day after tomorrow {adv} (on the day after tomorrow; in two days - translation entry) | :: kesho kutwa |
| daybook {n} (A daily chronicle; a diary) SEE: diary | :: |
| deacon {n} (a clergyman ranked directly below a priest) | :: shemasi |
| deaf {n} (deaf people considered as a group) | :: viziwi |
| dear {adj} (high in price; expensive) SEE: expensive | :: |
| dear {adj} (sore) SEE: sore | :: |
| death {n} (cessation of life) | :: kifo |
| death {n} (personification of death) | :: kifo |
| debate {n} (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting) | :: mdahalo |
| debate {n} (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views) | :: mdahalo |
| debate {n} (discussion of opposing views) | :: mdahalo |
| debate {n} (type of literary composition) | :: mdahalo |
| debate {v} (participate in a debate) | :: mdahalo |
| debt {n} (action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another) | :: deni |
| debtor {n} (a person or firm that owes money) | :: mdeni {c1} {c2} |
| decade {n} (period of ten years) | :: mwongo |
| Decalogue {prop} (the Ten Commandments) SEE: Ten Commandments | :: |
| decimal {adj} (concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal) | :: -a miongo |
| decision {n} | :: hukumu |
| decoration {n} (that which adorns) | :: pambo |
| deductible {n} (excess) SEE: excess | :: |
| deed {n} (action) | :: tendo {c5} {c6}, jambo {c5} {c6} |
| deem {n} (an opinion, judgment) SEE: opinion | :: |
| deen {n} (religion) SEE: religion | :: |
| deen {n} (Islam) SEE: Islam | :: |
| deen {n} ((Islam) religion; religiosity; the way of life of a pious Muslim) | :: dini {cn} |
| deep {adj} (having its bottom far down) | :: refu |
| deer {n} (animal of the family Cervidae) | :: kulungu |
| deer {n} (meat from the animal) SEE: venison | :: |
| deer meat {n} (venison) SEE: venison | :: |
| defeat {n} | :: ushinde |
| defect {n} (fault or malfunction) | :: kasoro |
| defender {n} (someone who defends) | :: mtetezi |
| defender {n} (a fighter) | :: mtetezi |
| defender {n} (sports term) | :: mtetezi |
| deficiency {n} (inadequacy or incompleteness) | :: athari |
| deficiency {n} (insufficiency) | :: athari |
| deficit {n} (deficiency) SEE: deficiency | :: |
| defile {v} (to make impure or dirty) | :: kutia najisi |
| defy {n} (challenge) SEE: challenge | :: |
| degree {n} (unit of temperature) | :: digrii |
| degree {n} (academic award) | :: digrii |
| degree {n} (in graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in) | :: digrii |
| delicious {adj} (pleasing to taste) | :: -tamu sana |
| dell {n} (valley) SEE: valley | :: |
| Demeter {prop} (Greek goddess of the harvest) | :: Demetra, Demita |
| demigod {n} (a half-god or hero) | :: nusumungu |
| demigod {n} (a lesser deity) | :: nusumungu |
| democracy {n} (rule by the people) | :: demokrasia |
| democracy {n} (government under the rule of its people) | :: demokrasia |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea {prop} (country in East Asia (official name)) | :: Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Watu wa Korea |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo {prop} (large central African nation, formerly called Zaire) | :: Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo |
| demon {n} (evil spirit) | :: pepo |
| demon {n} (false god, Satanic divinity) | :: pepo |
| demon {n} (inner spirit or genius) | :: pepo |
| demon {n} (person with great energy or skill, enthusiast) | :: shetani |
| demonstrator {n} (forefinger) SEE: forefinger | :: |
| denarius {n} (silver coin) | :: dinari {c9} {c10} |
| Denmark {prop} (country in Northern Europe) | :: Denmaki, Udeni |
| denomination {n} (class or society with the same name, a sect) | :: dhehebu |
| deodorant {n} (odor-controlling cosmetic for the underarm) | :: kuondoa harufu |
| depend {v} (trust) | :: tegemea |
| depth {n} (vertical distance below a surface) | :: kina |
| depths {n} (plural of depth) SEE: depth | :: |
| deputy {n} (representative) | :: naibu |
| dernier {adj} (final, last) SEE: final | :: |
| descend {v} (to pass from a higher to a lower place) | :: kushuka |
| descendant {n} (one who is the progeny of someone) | :: mzao {c1} {c2} |
| description word {n} (adjective) SEE: adjective | :: |
| descry {v} (see) SEE: see | :: |
| desecrate {v} (to profane or violate sacredness) | :: -najisi |
| desert {n} (barren area) | :: jangwa |
| desire {v} (wish for earnestly) | :: kutamani |
| desire {n} (something wished for) | :: ari |
| desire {n} (strong attraction) | :: ari |
| desire {n} (feeling of desire) | :: ari |
| desk {n} (table for writing and reading) | :: dawati |
| despair {v} (to be hopeless) | :: kukata tamaa |
| despise {v} (to regard with contempt or scorn) | :: dharau |
| despite {prep} (in spite of) | :: licha ya |
| destiny {n} (predetermined condition; fate; fixed order of things) SEE: fate | :: |
| destitution {n} (extreme state of poverty) | :: ufukara |
| destroy {v} (to damage beyond use or repair) | :: -haribu |
| destruction {n} (act of destroying) | :: uharibifu |
| detain {v} (to detain) SEE: hold | :: |
| detect {v} (to detect) SEE: notice | :: |
| dette {n} (debt) SEE: debt | :: |
| Deuteronomy {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Kumbukumbu la Sheria {c15} |
| developing country {n} (poorer country) | :: nchi inayoendelea |
| development {n} (process of developing) | :: khuendelea, maendeleo |
| devil {n} (dust devil) SEE: dust devil | :: |
| devil {n} (a creature of hell) | :: ibilisi, shetani |
| devil {n} (the devil: the chief devil) | :: Ibilisi, Shetani |
| dew {n} (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) | :: umande |
| dhikr {n} ((Islam) an Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is repeated continually) | :: dhikiri |
| diabetes {n} (A group of metabolic diseases) | :: kisukari |
| diabetes mellitus {n} (medical disorder) | :: kisukari, bolisukari |
| dial {n} (sundial) SEE: sundial | :: |
| dial {n} (clock face) SEE: clock face | :: |
| dialect {n} (particular variety of a language) | :: lahaja |
| diameter {n} (line) | :: kipenyo |
| diameter {n} (length of this line) | :: kipenyo |
| diamond {n} (rhombus) SEE: rhombus | :: |
| diamond {n} (uncountable: mineral) | :: almasi {c9} {c10} |
| diamond {n} (gemstone) | :: almasi |
| diamond {n} (card games: card of the diamonds suit) | :: uru |
| diamonds {n} (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦) | :: uru |
| diarrhea {n} (medical condition) | :: harisha |
| diary {n} (daily log of experiences) | :: tarihi, shajara |
| dice {n} (polyhedron used in games of chance) SEE: die | :: |
| dictator {n} (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship) | :: dikteta {5/6} |
| dictator {n} (tyrannical boss, or authority figure) | :: dikteta {5/6} |
| dictatorship {n} (a government led by a dictator) | :: udikteta {?} |
| dictionary {n} (publication that explains the meanings of an ordered list of words) | :: kamusi {c5} |
| dictionary {n} (an associative array) | :: kamusi |
| die {v} (to stop living) | :: kufa |
| die {v} (to be cut off from family or friends) | :: kufa |
| die {v} (to become spiritually dead) | :: kufa |
| die {v} (to be mortified or shocked) | :: kufa |
| die {v} (to break down) | :: kufa |
| die {n} (polyhedron used in games of chance) | :: dadu |
| diesel {n} (fuel) | :: dizeli |
| differ {v} (to have diverging opinions, disagree) | :: kukhitalifiana |
| difference {n} (quality of being different) | :: tofauti |
| different {adj} (not the same) | :: tofauti |
| digger {n} (spade (playing card)) SEE: spade | :: |
| dik-dik {n} (antelope of the genus Madoqua) | :: digidigi |
| dill {n} (fool) SEE: fool | :: |
| diocese {n} (region administered by a bishop) | :: dayosisi |
| Dionysus {prop} (Greek god of wine) | :: Dioniso |
| dioxide {n} (any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule) | :: dioksidi |
| dip {n} (tank or trough to kill parasites in cattle) | :: josho |
| diploma {n} (certificate) | :: diploma |
| diplomacy {n} (art of conducting international relations) | :: diplomasia |
| diplomacy {n} (tact and subtle skill in dealing with people) | :: diplomasia |
| diplomat {n} (person who is accredited to represent a government) | :: mwanadiplomasia |
| diplomatist {n} (diplomat) SEE: diplomat | :: |
| dipper {n} (vessel) | :: dila |
| direction {n} (indication of the point toward which an object is moving) | :: mwelekeo |
| directions {n} (direction) SEE: direction | :: |
| directly {adv} (immediately) SEE: immediately | :: |
| director {n} (supervisor, manager, see also: film director) | :: mkurugenzi |
| dirham {n} (unit of currency) | :: dirhamu |
| dirt {n} (soil or earth) | :: takataka |
| dirt {n} (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) | :: takataka |
| dirt {n} (previously unknown negative information, kompromat) | :: takataka |
| disable {v} (to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device) | :: kuzima |
| disappear {v} (to vanish) | :: kutoweka |
| disaster {n} (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.) | :: janga, afa |
| disaster {n} (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.) | :: janga, afa |
| disciple {n} (active follower or adherent) | :: mwanafunzi {c1} {c2} |
| discussion {n} (conversation or debate) | :: maneno, mazungumzo |
| discussion {n} (text giving further detail on a subject) | :: majadiliano |
| disease {n} (an abnormal condition of the body causing discomfort or dysfunction) | :: ugonjwa, maradhi |
| dish {n} (vessel for holding/serving food) | :: bakuli {c5} {c6} |
| dismiss {v} (to order to leave) | :: kuaga |
| disobey {v} (to refuse to obey) | :: kuasi |
| distance {n} (amount of space between two points) | :: umbali |
| distasteful {adj} (having a bad or foul taste) | :: karaha |
| distasteful {adj} (unpleasant) | :: karaha |
| distasteful {adj} (offensive) | :: karaha |
| distress {n} ((cause of) discomfort) | :: dhiki |
| distribute {v} (to divide into portions and dispense) | :: kugawanya |
| distributor {n} (one who distributes, a thing that distributes) | :: msambazaji |
| distributor {n} (device that distributes current to the spark plugs) | :: msambazaji |
| district {n} (area or region) | :: wilaya |
| disturbance {n} (act of disturbing, being disturbed) | :: utundu |
| ditto {adv} (likewise) SEE: likewise | :: |
| divest {v} (undress) SEE: undress | :: |
| divide {v} (split into two or more parts) | :: -gawa |
| divide {v} (divide up; share by dividing) | :: -gawa |
| divide {v} (separate into two or more parts) | :: -gawa |
| divination {n} (act of divining) | :: ramli |
| divination {n} (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) | :: ramli |
| divine {adj} (of or pertaining to a god) | :: -a kimungu |
| division {n} (act or process of dividing anything) | :: ugavi, farakano |
| divorce {n} (legal dissolution of a marriage) | :: talaka |
| divorce {n} (separation of connected things) | :: talaka |
| divorce {v} (to legally dissolve a marriage) | :: talaka |
| divorce {v} (to end one's own marriage) | :: talaka |
| divorce {v} (to separate something that was connected) | :: talaka |
| divorce {v} (to obtain a legal divorce) | :: talaka |
| divvy up {v} (divide) SEE: divide | :: |
| dizziness {n} (state of being dizzy) | :: kizunguzungu |
| dizzyness {n} (dizziness) SEE: dizziness | :: |
| Djibouti {prop} (Republic of Djibouti) | :: Djibouti, Jibuti |
| Djiboutian {n} (person) | :: Mjibuti |
| Djiboutian {adj} (pertaining to Djibouti) | :: Kijibuti |
| doctor {n} (person who has attained a doctorate) | :: daktari, dokta |
| doctor {v} (act as a medical doctor to) | :: daktari |
| doctor {n} (medical doctor) SEE: physician | :: |
| document {n} (original or official paper) | :: waraka |
| dodo {n} (Raphus cucullatus) | :: doda |
| Dodoma {prop} (capital of Tanzania) | :: Dodoma |
| dog {n} (animal) | :: mbwa {c9} {c10} |
| dog {n} (male canine) | :: mbwa |
| dog {n} (dull, unattractive girl or woman) | :: mbwa |
| dog {n} (morally reprehensible person, See also scoundrel) | :: mbwa |
| dogwood {n} (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) | :: msese |
| dollar {n} (designation for specific currency) | :: dola |
| dolphin {n} (aquatic mammal) | :: pomboo |
| Dominic {prop} (male given name) | :: Dominiko |
| Dominica {prop} (Commonwealth of Dominica) | :: Dominika |
| Dominican {n} (person from Dominican Republic) | :: Mdominika |
| Dominican {n} (person from Dominica) | :: Mdominika |
| Dominican {adj} (from the Dominican Republic) | :: Kidominika |
| Dominican {adj} (from Dominica) | :: Kidominika |
| Dominican Republic {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Jamhuri ya Dominika |
| don {n} (professor) SEE: professor | :: |
| donation {n} (a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause) | :: mchango |
| donkey {n} (a domestic animal, see also: ass) | :: punda |
| donkey {n} (a stubborn person) | :: punda |
| donkey {n} (a fool) | :: punda |
| donkey {n} (a small auxiliary engine) | :: punda |
| donut {n} (deep-fried piece of dough) SEE: doughnut | :: |
| door {n} (portal of entry into a building, room or vehicle) | :: mlango |
| doorman {n} (man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building) | :: bawabu |
| dopamine {n} (the neurotransmitter) | :: dopamini |
| dormitory {n} (room for sleeping) | :: bweni |
| doubt {v} (to lack confidence in) | :: -shuku |
| doubt {n} (disbelief or uncertainty (about something)) | :: shaka |
| dough {n} (mix of flour and other ingredients) | :: mahamri, kinyunya {c7} {c8} |
| dough {n} (money (slang)) | :: mahamri |
| doughnut {n} (deep-fried piece of dough or batter) | :: andazi |
| doughnut {n} (anything in the shape of a torus) | :: mandazi |
| doughnut {n} (peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of a doughnut) | :: mandazi |
| doughnut {n} (tire) | :: mandazi |
| doum palm {n} (Hyphaene thebaica) | :: mkoma |
| dove {n} (bird of the family Columbidae) | :: njiwa {c9} {c10} |
| down {adv} (from a high to a low position, downwards) | :: chini, chini, chini |
| down {adv} (in a lower position) | :: chini |
| down {adv} (into a state of non-operation) | :: chini |
| down {adv} (sentence substitute for "get down") | :: chini |
| downhill {adj} (easy) SEE: easy | :: |
| downing {n} (defeat) SEE: defeat | :: |
| dowry {n} (property or payment given at time of marriage) | :: mahari |
| doxology {n} (expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn) | :: doksolojia |
| do you speak English {phrase} (do you speak English? (English specifically)) | :: unasema Kiingereza? |
| do you speak English {phrase} (do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)) | :: unasema Kiswahili? |
| dozen {n} (twelve) | :: dazani |
| DPRK {prop} (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) SEE: Democratic People's Republic of Korea | :: |
| Dr {n} (Doctor) | :: Dkt. |
| draft {n} (current of air coming in) | :: mpepea |
| draft {n} (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) | :: mpepea |
| draft {n} (depth of water needed to float ship) | :: mpepea |
| draft {n} (early version of a written work) | :: mpepea |
| draft {n} (preliminary sketch or outline) | :: mpepea |
| draft {n} (order for money to be paid) | :: mpepea |
| draft {n} (conscription) | :: mpepea |
| draft {n} (system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams) | :: mpepea |
| draft {v} (to write a law) | :: mpepea |
| draft {v} (to conscript a person) | :: mpepea |
| draft {v} | :: mpepea |
| drag {n} (street) SEE: street | :: |
| drag {v} (to pull along a surface) | :: kuburuta |
| dragon {n} (mythical creature) | :: joka, dragoni |
| drama {n} (theatrical plays) | :: tamthilia |
| drape {n} (curtain, drapery) SEE: curtain | :: |
| draughts {n} (game for two players) | :: dama, drafti |
| draw {v} | :: kuchora |
| drawing {n} (picture, likeness, diagram or representation) | :: mchoro |
| drawing {n} (act of producing a picture) | :: mchoro |
| drawing {n} (graphic art form) | :: mchoro |
| drawing {n} (action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw) | :: mchoro |
| draw near {v} (to approach) | :: kukaribia |
| dream {n} (imaginary events seen while sleeping) | :: ndoto |
| dream {v} (see imaginary events while sleeping) | :: -ota |
| dress {n} (item of clothing worn by a woman) | :: rinda |
| drill {n} (activity done as an exercise or practice) | :: kwata |
| drink {v} (consume liquid through the mouth) | :: -nywa |
| drink {v} (consume alcoholic beverages) | :: -piga maji |
| drink {n} (served beverage) | :: kinywaji |
| drink {n} (type of beverage) | :: kinywaji |
| drink {n} (action of drinking) | :: kunywa |
| drink {v} (consume liquid through the mouth) | :: -nywa |
| drink {v} (consume alcoholic beverages) | :: -piga maji |
| drive {v} (operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) | :: kuendesha |
| drive off {v} (force to leave or go away) | :: kufukuza |
| driver {n} (one who drives something, e.g. cattle) | :: dereva, mwendeshaji |
| driver {n} (something that drives something) | :: dereva |
| driver {n} (person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus) | :: dereva |
| driver {n} (person who drives some other vehicle) | :: dereva |
| driver {n} (program acting as interface between an application and hardware) | :: dereva |
| driver {n} | :: dereva |
| drop {v} (to allow to fall from one's grasp) | :: kuangusha |
| drought {n} (period of unusually low rain fall) | :: kiangazi, ukame |
| drum {n} (musical instrument) | :: ngoma |
| drum {n} (hollow, cylindrical object) | :: ngoma |
| drum {n} (barrel etc. for liquid) | :: ngoma |
| drum {v} (to beat a drum) | :: ngoma |
| drum {v} (to beat with a rapid succession of strokes) | :: ngoma |
| drum {v} (to review to establish memorization) | :: ngoma |
| drunk {adj} (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol) | :: mlevi |
| drunk {n} (habitual drinker) | :: mlevi {1/2} |
| drunkard {n} (person who is habitually drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| dry {adj} (free from liquid or moisture) | :: -kavu |
| duck {n} (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae) | :: bata |
| duck {n} (a batsman's score of zero after getting out) | :: bata |
| dud {n} (loser) SEE: loser | :: |
| dugong {n} (Dugong dugon) | :: nguva |
| dugout canoe {n} (a canoe made from a tree trunk) | :: mtumbwi |
| duiker {n} (One of any species of small antelope) | :: paa {cIX} {cX} |
| dulcimer {n} (musical instrument) | :: santuri |
| dumbledore {n} (beetle) SEE: beetle | :: |
| Durex {n} (condom) SEE: condom | :: |
| Durex {prop} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape | :: |
| durian {n} (fruit) | :: duriani |
| dust {n} (fine, dry particles) | :: kivumbi |
| dustbin {n} (container for trash) SEE: garbage can | :: |
| dust devil {n} (a swirling dust in the air) | :: kimbunga |
| duster {n} (object used for dusting) | :: dasta |
| Dutch {adj} (of the Netherlands, people, or language) | :: kiholanzi |
| Dutch {prop} (the Dutch language) | :: Kiholanzi |
| Dutchman {n} (a Dutch man) | :: Mholanzi |
| duty {n} (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do) | :: zamu |
| dwarf {n} (being from folklore, underground dwelling nature spirit) | :: kijeba |
| dweller {n} (inhabitant) SEE: inhabitant | :: |
| dye {n} (die) SEE: die | :: |
| dynamite {n} (class of explosives) | :: baruti |
| dynasty {n} (A series of rulers or dynasts from one family) | :: nasaba |
| each {determiner} (every) | :: kila |
| eagle {n} (any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae) | :: tai |
| eagle {n} (a gold coin with a face value of $10.00) | :: tai |
| eagle {n} (in golf, a score of two under par for a hole) | :: tai |
| eagle owl {n} (large owl of genus Bubo) | :: kungwi |
| ear {n} (fruiting body of a grain plant) | :: suke {c5} {c6} |
| ear {v} (archaic: to plough) | :: sikio |
| ear {n} (organ of hearing) | :: sikio |
| ear {n} (slang: police informant) | :: sikio |
| ear lobe {n} (a part of the ear) | :: ndewe {cn} {cn} |
| early {adj} (at a time in advance of the usual) | :: mapema |
| early {adj} (arriving at a time before expected) | :: mapema |
| early {adj} (near the start or beginning) | :: mapema |
| early {adv} (at a time before expected) | :: mapema |
| earring {n} (piece of jewelry) | :: hereni {c9} {c10} |
| earth {n} (soil) | :: udongo |
| earth {n} (any general rock-based material) | :: udongo |
| earth {n} (the ground, land) | :: nchi kavu {c9} |
| earth {n} (fox's lair) | :: dunia |
| earth {n} (one of the four basic elements) | :: dunia |
| earth {n} (one of the five basic elements) | :: dunia |
| earth {v} (connect electrically to the earth) | :: dunia |
| earth {v} (to bury) | :: dunia |
| earth {prop} (our planet, third out from the Sun) SEE: Earth | :: |
| Earth {prop} (third planet of the Solar System) | :: dunia, nchi {c9} {c10} |
| earth pig {n} (aardvark) SEE: aardvark | :: |
| earthquake {n} (shaking of the surface of a planet) | :: tetemeko {c5} {c6} |
| earthworm {n} (worm (animal)) | :: choo |
| earthworm {n} (person) | :: choo |
| earwax {n} (waxy substance secreted by the ear) | :: nta za sikio |
| east {n} (compass point) | :: mashariki |
| East Africa {prop} (eastern part of the continent of Africa) | :: Afrika ya Mashariki |
| Easter Island {prop} (Island in the Pacific) | :: Kisiwa cha Pasaka |
| Eastern Europe {prop} (Eastern Europe) | :: Ulaya ya Mashariki |
| East Germany {prop} (former European country) | :: Ujerumani Mashariki |
| East Sea {prop} (Sea of Japan) SEE: Sea of Japan | :: |
| East Timor {prop} (Country in Oceania) | :: Timor ya Mashariki |
| easy {adj} (requiring little skill or effort) | :: rahisi |
| easy {adj} (consenting readily to sex) | :: rahisi |
| eat {v} (to ingest, see also: consume; ingest) | :: kula |
| eater {n} (one who eats) | :: mla |
| eating {n} (the act of consuming food) | :: kula |
| Ebola {n} (Ebola fever) SEE: Ebola fever | :: |
| Ebola fever {n} (illness caused by the Ebola virus) | :: Maradhi ya virusi ya ebola |
| ebony {n} (wood) | :: abunusi |
| ebony {n} (tree) | :: mpingo |
| ebony {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya abunusi |
| ebony {adj} (made of ebony wood) | :: -a abunusi |
| ebony {adj} (deep, dark black colour) | :: -a rangi ya abunusi |
| e-book {n} (electronic book) | :: kitabu |
| ecchymosis {n} (skin discoloration) SEE: bruise | :: |
| Ecclesiastes {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Mhubiri |
| echidna {n} (any of the four species of small spined monotremes) | :: mhanganungu |
| echo {n} (reflected sound) | :: mwangwi |
| ecology {n} (branch of biology) | :: ikolojia |
| economics {n} (study) | :: uchumi |
| economy {n} (effective management of the resources of a community or system) | :: uchumi |
| Ecuador {prop} (country in South America) | :: Ecuador |
| Ecuadorian {n} (person from Ecuador) | :: Mwekwado |
| Ecuadorian {adj} (pertaining to Ecuador) | :: Kiekwado |
| ecumenism {n} (ecumenical doctrines and practices) | :: ekumeni |
| Eden {prop} (garden) | :: Edeni |
| edifice {n} (building) | :: jengo |
| Edinburgh {prop} (capital of Scotland) | :: Edinburgh |
| edition {n} (literary work) | :: toleo |
| edition {n} (whole set of copies, print run) | :: toleo |
| editor {n} (person who edits) | :: mhariri |
| editor {n} (person who edited a specific document) | :: mhariri |
| editor {n} (newspaper editor) | :: mhariri |
| editor {n} (machine for editing film) | :: mhariri |
| editor {n} (program for modifying text files) | :: mhariri |
| editor {n} (someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order) | :: mhariri |
| Edmonton {prop} (city in Alberta, Canada) | :: Edmonton |
| educate {v} (to instruct or train) | :: elimisha |
| education {n} (process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment) | :: elimu |
| education {n} (facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally) | :: elimu |
| education {n} | :: elimu |
| educator {n} (teacher) SEE: teacher | :: |
| eel {n} (any fish of the order Anguilliformes) | :: mkunga |
| effect {n} (result of an action) | :: madhara |
| effect {n} (special effect in film) | :: madhara |
| effect {n} (sound engineering: alteration in sound) | :: madhara |
| effect {n} (state of being binding and enforceable) | :: madhara |
| effect {v} (to make or bring about; to implement) | :: madhara |
| effort {n} (the amount of work involved in achieving something) | :: juhudi |
| egg {v} (to throw eggs at) | :: yai |
| egg {v} (to dip in or coat with beaten egg) | :: yai |
| egg {v} (to encourage) | :: yai |
| egg {n} (body housing an embryo) | :: yai |
| egg {n} (egg of domestic fowl as food item) | :: yai |
| egg {n} (ovum) | :: yai |
| eggplant {n} (plant) | :: mbilingani |
| eggplant {n} (edible fruit) | :: bilingani |
| Egypt {prop} (country in North Africa) | :: Misri |
| Egyptian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Egypt) | :: Kimisri |
| Egyptian {n} (person from Egypt) | :: Mmisri |
| Egyptian {prop} (language) | :: Kimisri |
| Egyptian Arabic {prop} (Egyptian Arabic) | :: kiarabu cha Misri {cki} {cvi} |
| Eid al-Fitr {prop} (religious celebration) | :: siku kuu |
| Eiffel Tower {prop} (tower in Paris) | :: Mnara wa Eiffel |
| eight {num} (cardinal number 8) | :: nane |
| eighty {num} (80) | :: themanini |
| eke {adv} (also) SEE: also | :: |
| eland {n} (genus of antelope) | :: pofu, mbungu |
| elbow {n} (joint between upper arm and forearm) | :: kisugudi, kiwiko |
| elbow {n} (pipe fitting) | :: kisigino |
| elbow {v} (to push with the elbow) | :: kisigino |
| elder {n} (leader of a community) | :: mzee {c1} {c2} |
| elder {n} (officer of the church) | :: mzee {c1} {c2} |
| elder {n} (title in Mormonism) | :: mzee {c1} {c2} |
| elder {n} | :: wazee |
| elderberry {n} (elder tree) SEE: elder | :: |
| elect {adj} (who has been elected) | :: uteuzi |
| election {n} (process of choosing a new leader or representatives) | :: uchaguzi |
| electricity {n} (form of energy) | :: umeme |
| electrode {n} (the terminal through which electric current passes) | :: elektrodi |
| electronic {adj} (operating on behavior of electrons) | :: -a elektroniki |
| electronic {adj} (generated by electronic device) | :: -a elektroniki |
| electronic {adj} (of or pertaining to the Internet) | :: -a elektroniki |
| electronic book {n} (e-book) SEE: e-book | :: |
| electronics {n} ((physics)) | :: elektroniki |
| electronics {n} (device) | :: elektroniki |
| electrum {n} (fossil resin) SEE: amber | :: |
| element {n} (simplest or essential part or principle of anything) | :: elementi |
| element {n} (chemistry: simplest chemical substance) | :: elementi |
| element {n} (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks) | :: elementi |
| element {n} (something small) | :: elementi |
| element {n} (place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards) | :: elementi |
| element {n} (law: component of a cause of action) | :: elementi |
| element {n} (set theory: object in a set) | :: elementi |
| element {n} (group of people with a common characteristic) | :: elementi |
| element {n} (heating element) | :: elementi |
| element {n} (computing: conceptual object in a markup language) | :: elementi |
| elephant {n} (mammal) | :: ndovu, tembo |
| elephant {n} (anything huge and ponderous) | :: kubwa |
| elephantiasis {n} (disease) | :: matende |
| elephant seal {n} (mammal of the genus Mirounga) | :: tembo wa bahari |
| elephant shrew {n} (Any member of the order Macroscelidea) | :: sengi |
| elevator {n} (permanent construction) SEE: lift | :: |
| elf {n} (mythical, supernatural being) | :: kibwengo |
| elf {n} (very diminutive person) SEE: dwarf | :: |
| elk {n} (Alces alces) SEE: moose | :: |
| eloquence {n} (the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing) | :: usemaji |
| El Salvador {prop} (country in Central America) | :: El Salvador |
| embassy {n} (organization representing a foreign state) | :: ubalozi |
| emerald {n} (gemstone) | :: zumaridi |
| emerald {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya zumaridi |
| emotional {adj} (of or relating to the emotions) | :: simikwa |
| emotional {adj} (characterised by emotion) | :: simikwa, simikwa |
| emotional {adj} (determined by emotion rather than reason) | :: simikwa |
| emotional {adj} (appealing to or arousing emotion) | :: simikwa |
| emotional {adj} (easily affected by emotion) | :: simikwa |
| emotional {adj} (readily displaying emotion) | :: simikwa |
| emperor {n} (ruler of an empire) | :: kaisari |
| employ {v} (employ, apply) SEE: use | :: |
| employ {v} (to give someone work) | :: -ajiri |
| employee {n} (individual who provides labor to a company or another person) | :: mwajiriwa |
| employer {n} (person or entity which employs others) | :: mwajiri |
| employment {n} (the work or occupation for which one is paid) | :: ajira |
| empty {adj} (devoid of content) | :: -tupu |
| empty space {n} (vacuum) SEE: vacuum | :: |
| enable {v} (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device) | :: kuwasha |
| encyclopaedia {n} (encyclopedia) SEE: encyclopedia | :: |
| encyclopedia {n} (comprehensive reference with articles on a range of topics) | :: kamusi elezo, ensaiklopidia |
| end {n} (extreme part) | :: mwisho, ncha {c9} {c10}, tamati |
| end {n} (death) | :: mwisho |
| end {v} (ergative, intransitive: be finished, be terminated) | :: mwisho |
| end {v} (transitive: finish, terminate (something)) | :: mwisho |
| endure {v} (endure, undergo) SEE: suffer | :: |
| enemy {n} (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else) | :: adui {5/6} |
| enemy {n} (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation) | :: maadui {6} |
| enemy {n} (an alliance of hostile forces) | :: maadui {6} |
| enemy {adj} (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy) | :: maadui |
| energy {n} (impetus behind activity) | :: kani |
| engaged {adj} (busy or employed) SEE: busy | :: |
| engagement {n} (period of time when marriage is planned or promised) | :: uchumba |
| engine {n} (mechanical device) | :: injini |
| engineering {n} (application of science to the needs of humanity) | :: uhandisi |
| England {prop} (region of Great Britain) | :: Uingereza |
| english {n} (spinning or rotary motion around the vertical axis) | :: zunguka |
| English {adj} (of or pertaining to England) | :: -ingereza |
| English {adj} | :: -ingereza |
| English {n} | :: [noun 1/2] Waingereza {p}, Mwingereza {s} |
| English {prop} (the English language) | :: Kiingereza {c7} |
| English horn {n} (cor anglais) SEE: cor anglais | :: |
| Englishman {n} (male native or inhabitant of England) | :: Mwingereza |
| engraver {n} (person who engraves) | :: mchoraji |
| enjail {v} (put in jail) SEE: imprison | :: |
| enjoy your meal {phrase} (bon appétit) SEE: bon appétit | :: |
| enmity {n} (hostile or unfriendly disposition) | :: uadui |
| ennead {n} (the number nine) SEE: nine | :: |
| enough {determiner} (sufficient) | :: basi |
| enough {interj} (stop!) | :: basi! |
| enter {v} (to go into (a room, etc.)) | :: kuingia |
| entertain {v} (to amuse) | :: tumbuiza |
| entertainment {n} (activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation) | :: burudani |
| entertainment {n} (show for enjoyment) | :: burudani |
| envelope {n} (wrapper for mailing) | :: bahasha |
| environment {n} (area around something) | :: mazingira {cm} {cma} |
| envy {n} (resentful desire of something possessed by another) | :: wivu |
| Ephesians {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Waefeso |
| Ephesus {prop} (ancient city) | :: Efeso |
| epidemic {n} (widespread disease) | :: epidemiki |
| epilepsy {n} (medical condition) | :: kifafa |
| epistemology {n} (branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge) | :: epistemolojia {c9} {c10} |
| equality {n} (mathematics: fact of having the same value) | :: usawa |
| equality {n} (equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences) | :: usawa |
| equation {n} (mathematics: assertion) | :: mlinganyo |
| equator {n} (circle around the earth) | :: ikweta |
| Equatorial Guinea {prop} (country in Western Africa) | :: Guinea ya Ikweta |
| Equatorial Guinean {n} (A person from Equatorial Guinea or of Equatorial Guinean descent) | :: Mginekweta |
| Equatorial Guinean {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Equatorial Guinea, the Equatorial Guinean people or the Equatorial Guinean culture) | :: Kiginekweta |
| equipment {n} (whatever is used in equipping) | :: vifaa {p} |
| -er {suffix} ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...) | :: m- |
| eraser {n} (thing used to erase something written or drawn) | :: kifutio |
| Eritrea {prop} (country in Eastern Africa) | :: Eritrea |
| Eritrean {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Eritrea, the Eritrean people or the Eritrean culture) | :: Kieritrea |
| Eritrean {n} (A person from Eritrea or of Eritrean descent) | :: Mweritrea |
| Eros {prop} (God of love) | :: Erosi |
| err {v} (sin) SEE: sin | :: |
| error {n} (mistake) | :: kasoro |
| Erythraean Sea {prop} (Red Sea) SEE: Red Sea | :: |
| erythrocyte {n} (red blood cell) SEE: red blood cell | :: |
| escape {v} (to get free) | :: kuponyoka |
| escape {v} (to elude) | :: kwepa |
| escape {v} (to avoid capture) | :: kwepa |
| escape {v} (to elude observation) | :: kwepa |
| escape {v} (to prefix a special key in order to make it an ordinary key) | :: kwepa |
| escape {v} (to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys) | :: kwepa |
| escape {n} (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation) | :: kwepa |
| escape {n} (computing: escape key) | :: kwepa |
| escape {n} (programming: ASCII character) | :: kwepa |
| Eskimo {prop} (group of native peoples) | :: Waeskimo |
| Eskimo {prop} (language) | :: Kieskimo |
| Eskimo {n} (member of the Eskimo people(s)) | :: Mweskimo, Waeskimo |
| Eskimo {adj} (of, or relating to an Eskimo, Eskimos or their language, languages) | :: Kieskimo |
| Esperanto {prop} (auxiliary language) | :: Kiesperanto |
| essay {n} (written composition) | :: insha |
| Esther {prop} (female given name) | :: Esta |
| Esther {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Esta |
| Esther {prop} (the heroine of the Book of Esther) | :: Esta |
| Estonia {prop} (country) | :: Estonia |
| etc. {phrase} (and so on, see also: and so forth) | :: n.k. |
| et cetera {phrase} (noting the omission of the remainder of a list) SEE: etc. | :: |
| eternal {adj} (lasting forever) | :: -a milele |
| eternal life {n} (immortality) SEE: immortality | :: |
| eternal life {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| ether {n} (sky, heavens) SEE: heavens | :: |
| Ethiopia {prop} (country in Eastern Africa) | :: Uhabeshi, Habeshi, Ethiopia |
| Ethiopian {n} (person) | :: Mhabeshi |
| Ethiopian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) | :: Kihabeshi |
| etymology {n} (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words) | :: etimolojia |
| eucalyptus {n} (any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus) | :: mkalitusi |
| Euphrates {prop} (river in the Middle East) | :: Frati |
| Eurasia {prop} (the largest landmass on Earth, consisting of Europe and Asia) | :: Urasia |
| Europe {prop} (European Union) SEE: European Union | :: |
| Europe {prop} (continent) | :: Ulaya, Uropa [rare] |
| European Union {prop} (European supranational organisation) | :: Umoja wa Ulaya |
| Euxine Sea {prop} SEE: Black Sea | :: |
| Eve {prop} (the first woman) | :: Hawa |
| evening {n} (time of day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight) | :: jioni |
| evening {n} (figurative: concluding time period) | :: jioni |
| event {n} (occurrence) | :: kisa, tukio |
| event {n} (point in spacetime (physics)) | :: tukio |
| event {n} (computing: action which triggers an event handler) | :: kisa, tukio |
| Everest {prop} (Mount Everest) SEE: Mount Everest | :: |
| every {determiner} (all of a countable group) | :: kila |
| every day {adv} (daily) SEE: daily | :: |
| everywhere {adv} (at all places) | :: kila mahali |
| evil {adj} (intending to harm) | :: -baya |
| evildoer {n} (person who performs evil acts) | :: mpotovu {c1} {c2} |
| example {n} (something representative of a group) | :: mifano, mfano |
| example {n} (something serving to explain or illustrate a rule) | :: mifano |
| example {n} (something serving as a pattern of behaviour) | :: mifano |
| example {n} (person punished as a warning to others) | :: mifano |
| example {n} (parallel or closely similar case) | :: mifano |
| example {n} (instance as a problem to be solved) | :: mifano |
| Excellency {n} (Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries) | :: Mheshimiwa |
| except {prep} (with the exception of) | :: ila |
| excess {n} (state of surpassing limits) | :: zaidi |
| excess {n} (degree by which one thing exceeds another) | :: zaidi |
| excess {n} (undue indulgence of the appetite) | :: zaidi |
| excess {n} (geometry: spherical excess) | :: zaidi |
| exchequer {n} (treasury) SEE: treasury | :: |
| excite {v} (to stir the emotions of) | :: sisimua |
| excite {v} (to arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate) | :: sisimua |
| excitement {n} (state of being excited) | :: msisimuko |
| exclamation {n} (exclamation mark) SEE: exclamation mark | :: |
| exclamation mark {n} (punctuation “!”) | :: alama ya mshangao |
| exclamation point {n} (exclamation mark) SEE: exclamation mark | :: |
| excuse me {phrase} (request to repeat, see also: come again) | :: samahani rudia |
| excuse me {phrase} (request to pass) | :: tafadhali naomba unipishe |
| execution {n} | :: ufanyaji |
| executioner {n} (the person who carries out the execution) | :: mchinja, mchinjaji, mnyongaji |
| executive {n} (title of a chief officer or administrator) | :: mtendaji |
| executor {n} (one who carries out some task) | :: mfanya, mfanyi, mrithisha, mrithishi, mtekelezaji, wasii |
| exercise {n} (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability) | :: mazoezi |
| exercise {n} (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness) | :: mazoezi |
| exit {n} (act of departing from life) SEE: death | :: |
| exit {v} (to depart from life) SEE: die | :: |
| Exodus {prop} (departure of Hebrew slaves) | :: Kutoka {c8} |
| Exodus {prop} (book of Torah and Old Testament) | :: Kutoka {c8} |
| expect {v} (to look for, look forward to, anticipate) | :: kutazamia |
| expect {v} | :: tazamia |
| expectation {n} (act or state of expecting) | :: kusudio |
| expectation {n} (that which is expected or looked for) | :: tarajio |
| expensive {adj} (having a high price or cost) | :: gali |
| experience {n} (collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge) | :: tajiriba, uzoefu |
| experience {n} (the knowledge thus gathered) | :: tajiriba, uzoefu |
| experiment {n} (test under controlled conditions) | :: jaribio |
| experiment {v} (to conduct an experiment) | :: -jaribu |
| expert {n} (person with extensive knowledge or ability) | :: mtaalam, mtaalamu |
| expiation {n} (an act of atonement) | :: kafara {c9} {c10} |
| expire {v} (die) SEE: die | :: |
| expiry {n} (death) SEE: death | :: |
| exploitation {n} (act of exploiting) | :: unyonyaji |
| explosion {n} (violent release of energy) | :: mlipuko |
| explosion {n} (bursting due to pressure) | :: mlipuko |
| explosion {n} (sound of an explosion) | :: mlipuko |
| explosion {n} (sudden increase) | :: mlipuko |
| explosion {n} (sudden outburst) | :: mlipuko |
| expose {v} (to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to) | :: kufunua |
| extinguish {v} (to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench) | :: kuzima |
| extra {n} (extra edition of a newspaper) | :: ziada |
| extra-natural {adj} (supernatural) SEE: supernatural | :: |
| eye {v} (to view narrowly) | :: jicho |
| eye {v} (to look as if intending to do sthg) | :: jicho |
| eye {n} (organ) | :: jicho |
| eyeglasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| eyelash {n} (hair growing on the edge of an eyelid) | :: kope {5} {6} |
| eyelid {n} ((anatomy) a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye) | :: kope {c5} {c6} |
| eyesight {n} (faculty of sight) | :: taswira |
| Ezekiel {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Ezekieli |
| Ezekiel {prop} (prophet) | :: Ezekieli |
| Ezekiel {prop} (male given name) | :: Ezekieli |
| Ezra {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Uzeri {c14} |
| Ezra {prop} (Jewish high priest) | :: Uzeri {c14} |
| Ezra {prop} (male given name) | :: Uzeri {c14} |
| fable {n} (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | :: hadithi |
| face {v} (to face) SEE: look | :: |
| face {v} (have its front closest to) | :: kuelekea |
| face {n} (one's complete facial cosmetic application) SEE: makeup | :: |
| face {n} (front part of head) | :: uso |
| face {n} (facial expression) | :: uso {c11} {c12} |
| face {n} (surface, especially a front or outer one) | :: uso {c11} {c12} |
| facsimile {v} (fax) SEE: fax | :: |
| factory {n} (manufacturing place) | :: karakana |
| factual {adj} (of facts) | :: ukweli |
| fag-end {n} (cigarette butt) SEE: butt | :: |
| failure {n} (state or condition opposite of success) | :: ushinde |
| fairy {n} (mythical being) | :: kichimbakazi |
| fairy cake {n} (cupcake) SEE: cupcake | :: |
| fairy tale {n} (folktale) | :: hadithi ya vichimbakazi |
| faith {n} (feeling that something is true) | :: imani |
| faithful {adj} (reliable; worthy of trust) | :: -aminifu |
| fake {adj} (not real) | :: bandia |
| fake {n} (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently) | :: bandia |
| fall {n} (season) SEE: autumn | :: |
| fall {n} (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) | :: anguko, maanguko |
| fall {n} (loss of greatness or status) | :: anguko |
| fall {v} (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) | :: -anguka |
| fall down {v} (to fall to the ground) | :: -anguka |
| Fallopian tube {n} (duct) | :: futuza |
| falooda {n} (dessert) | :: faluda |
| fame {n} (state of being famous) | :: fora, umaarufu |
| family {n} (rank in a taxonomic classification, above both genus and species) | :: familia |
| family law {n} (area of private law pertaining to family matters and domestic relations) | :: sheria ya jamaa {cn} |
| family name {n} (surname) SEE: surname | :: |
| fan {n} (admirer) | :: shabiki |
| fang {n} (canine tooth) | :: chonge |
| fantasy {n} (literary genre) | :: fantasia |
| fare {n} (paying passenger) | :: abiria |
| farm {n} (a place where agricultural activities take place) | :: shamba |
| farmer {n} (person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock) | :: mkulima {c1} {c2} |
| farming {n} (agriculture) SEE: agriculture | :: |
| Faroe Islands {prop} (group of islands between Scotland and Iceland) | :: Visiwa vya Faroe |
| Farsi {n} (Persian language) SEE: Persian | :: |
| fart {v} (to emit flatulent gases) | :: -shuta, -jamba |
| fart {n} (an emission of flatulent gases) | :: shuzi {c5} {c6} |
| fast {adj} (moving or capable of moving with great speed) | :: haraka |
| fast {adj} (of a dye: not running or fading) | :: haraka |
| fast {adj} (of photographic film: more sensitive to light than average) | :: haraka |
| fast {adv} (ahead of the correct time or schedule) | :: haraka |
| fast {v} (to abstain from food) | :: kufunga |
| fast {n} (fasting) SEE: fasting | :: |
| faster {n} (one who fasts) | :: mfunga |
| fast food {n} (type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly) | :: chakula cha kununua |
| fasting {n} (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food) | :: funga |
| fasting {n} (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food) | :: funga, saumu |
| fat {n} (specialized animal tissue) | :: mafuta |
| fat {n} (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) | :: mafuta |
| fat {n} (that part of an organization deemed wasteful) | :: mafuta |
| fate {n} (that which predetermines events) | :: majaliwa |
| fate {n} (inevitable events) | :: majaliwa |
| fate {n} (destiny) | :: majaliwa |
| father {n} (male parent) | :: baba, mzee |
| father {n} (term of address for an elderly man) | :: baba |
| Father {prop} (God, the father of Creation) | :: Baba |
| Father {prop} (term of address for a Christian priest) | :: baba |
| fatherhood {n} (being a father) | :: ubaba |
| father-in-law {n} (one's spouse's father) | :: babamkwe |
| faucet {n} (tap) SEE: tap | :: |
| favourite {n} (person who is preferred or trusted above all others) | :: kipenzi |
| fax {n} (document transmitted by telephone) | :: faksi |
| fear {n} (uncountable: emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat) | :: woga, hofu |
| fear {n} (a phobia; sense of fear induced by something or someone) | :: kicho {c7} {c8} |
| fear {v} (feel fear about (something)) | :: -ogopa, -hofu |
| fear {v} (venerate; to feel awe towards) | :: kucha |
| feast {n} (large, often ceremonial meal) | :: karamu |
| feast {n} (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) | :: sikukuu {c9} {c10} |
| feather {n} (branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds) | :: unyoya |
| feather {v} (to cover with feathers) | :: nyoya |
| feather {v} (to arrange in the manner of feathers) | :: nyoya |
| feather {v} (rowing: to rotate the oars while they are out of the water) | :: nyoya |
| feather {v} (aeronautics: to streamline an aircraft's propeller blades when shut down) | :: nyoya |
| feather {v} (carpentry, engineering: to finely shave or bevel an edge) | :: nyoya |
| February {prop} (second month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars) | :: februari |
| feces {n} | :: mavi pl (nc 6) |
| Federative Republic of Brazil {prop} (official name of Brazil) | :: Shirikisho la Jamhuri ya Brazil |
| fee {n} (monetary payment charged for professional services) | :: karo, ada |
| feeder {n} (baseball:pitcher) SEE: pitcher | :: |
| feijoa {n} (shrub) | :: feijoa {cn} {cn} |
| felicitation {n} (congratulation) SEE: congratulation | :: |
| felicity {n} (happiness) SEE: happiness | :: |
| feline {n} (cat) SEE: cat | :: |
| female {adj} (belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it) | :: kike |
| female {n} (one of the feminine sex or gender) | :: jike |
| feminine {n} (woman) SEE: woman | :: |
| fence {n} (barrier) | :: ua |
| fence {n} (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods) | :: ua |
| fence {v} (to enclose by building a fence) | :: ua |
| fence {v} (to trade with stolen goods) | :: ua |
| fence {v} (to engage in (the sport) fencing) | :: ua |
| fennel {n} (Foeniculum vulgare, the plant) | :: mshamari |
| fennel {n} (spice used in cooking) | :: shamari |
| fenugreek {n} (spice) | :: uwatu |
| fern {n} (plant) | :: mkangaga {c3/4} |
| ferret {n} (the mammal Mustela putorius furo) | :: fereti |
| ferry {n} (boat) | :: feri |
| festival {n} (event or community gathering) | :: tamasha |
| fever {n} (higher than normal body temperature) | :: [class 9/10] homa, harara |
| fever {n} (usually in combination: any of various diseases) | :: homa |
| fever {n} (state of excitement (of a person or people)) | :: homa |
| fez {n} (type of hat) | :: tarbushi |
| fiancé {n} (man who is engaged to be married) | :: mchumba |
| fiancé {n} (person engaged to be married) | :: mchumba |
| fiancée {n} (woman who is engaged to be married) | :: mchumba |
| fictional {adj} (invented, as opposed to real) | :: -a kubuniwa |
| field {n} (wide, open space used to grow crops or to hold farm animals) | :: shamba {c5} {c6} |
| fifteen {num} (cardinal number) | :: kumi na tano |
| fifth {adj} (Ordinal form of the number 5, see also: 5th) | :: ya tano |
| fifty {num} (cardinal number) | :: hamsini |
| fig {n} (tree or shrub) | :: mtini {c3} {c4} |
| fig {n} (fruit) | :: tini {c5} {c6} |
| fight {v} ((intransitive) to contend in physical conflict) | :: vita |
| fight {v} (to strive for) | :: vita |
| fight {v} ((transitive) to engage in (a physical conflict)) | :: vita |
| fight {v} ((transitive) to contend in physical conflict against) | :: vita |
| fight {v} (to counteract) | :: vita |
| fight {n} (occasion of fighting) | :: vita |
| fight {n} (battle) | :: vita |
| fight {n} (physical confrontation) | :: vita |
| fight {n} (conflict of will, strife) | :: vita |
| fight {n} (will or ability to fight) | :: vita |
| fighter {n} (boxer) SEE: boxer | :: |
| fig tree {n} (fig tree) SEE: fig | :: |
| Fiji {prop} (Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands) | :: Fiji |
| filbert {n} (shrub) SEE: hazel | :: |
| filling {adj} (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach) | :: muhu |
| filling {n} (anything used to fill something) | :: muhu |
| filling {n} (contents of a pie, etc.) | :: muhu |
| filling {n} (in dentistry) | :: muhu |
| fillip {v} (to strike or tap smartly) SEE: strike | :: |
| fillip {v} (to drive as if by a fillip) SEE: excite | :: |
| film {n} (motion picture) SEE: movie | :: |
| filter {n} (device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance) | :: kichungi |
| filter {n} (any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate) | :: kichujio |
| filter {v} (to sort, sift, or isolate) | :: chungi |
| filter {v} (to diffuse) | :: chunga |
| filter {v} (to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter) | :: chunga |
| filter {v} (to come or go a few at a time) | :: chunga |
| final {n} (sports: last round in a contest) | :: fainali |
| final {n} (contest that narrows a field of contestants) | :: fainali |
| fine {n} (payment for breaking the law) | :: faini |
| fine {v} (to issue a fine as punishment) | :: faini |
| finger {n} ((anatomy) extremity of the hand) | :: kidole, dole |
| finger millet {n} (a plant grown as a cereal) | :: mwimbi, mbege |
| fingernail {n} (covering near the tip of finger) | :: kucha |
| finish off {v} (to kill) SEE: kill | :: |
| Finland {prop} (Nordic country) | :: Ufini |
| Finn {n} (person from Finland) | :: Mfini, Mfinlendi |
| Finnic {adj} (Finnish) SEE: Finnish | :: |
| Finnish {n} (language) | :: Kifinishi |
| fir {n} (conifer of the genus Abies) | :: mberoshi |
| fire {v} (to heat pottery, etc.) | :: moto |
| fire {v} (to terminate the employment of) | :: kupiga risasi, moto |
| fire {v} (transitive: to shoot) | :: kupiga risasi, moto |
| fire {v} (intransitive: to shoot) | :: moto |
| fire {v} (physiology: to cause action potential in a cell) | :: moto |
| fire {n} (oxidation reaction) | :: moto |
| fire {n} (alchemy: one of the basic elements) | :: moto |
| fire extinguisher {n} (device for putting out a fire) | :: kizima moto |
| firefighter {n} (person who puts out fires) | :: mzimamoto |
| firefly {n} (Lampyridae) | :: kimetameta {c7} {c8} |
| fireman {n} (someone skilled in fighting fire) SEE: firefighter | :: |
| firewood {n} (wood intended to be burned, typically for heat) | :: kuni |
| first {adj} (numeral first, see also: 1st) | :: -a kwanza |
| first cousin {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin | :: |
| first light {n} (dawn) SEE: dawn | :: |
| First World War {prop} (World War I) SEE: World War I | :: |
| fish {n} (vertebrate animal) | :: samaki [n class] |
| fish {n} (collective plural of fish) | :: samaki |
| fish {n} (archaic: any vertebrate that lives in water and cannot live outside it) | :: samaki |
| fish {n} (flesh of fish as food) | :: samaki |
| fish {n} (period of time spent fishing) | :: samaki |
| fish {n} (instance of seeking something) | :: samaki |
| fish {n} (card game) | :: samaki |
| fish {n} (derogatory slang: woman) | :: samaki |
| fish {n} (slang: easy victim for swindling) | :: samaki |
| fish {n} (nautical: makeshift brace) | :: samaki |
| fisherman {n} (person catching fish) | :: mvuvi |
| fist {n} (clenched hand) | :: ngumi |
| fistula {n} (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) | :: nasuri |
| fit {v} (make ready) SEE: prepare | :: |
| five {num} (cardinal number) | :: tano |
| fivescore {n} (hundred) SEE: hundred | :: |
| fizz {n} (carbonated beverage) SEE: soda | :: |
| fizzy drink {n} (fizzy drink) SEE: soda | :: |
| flag {n} (piece of cloth or often its representation) | :: bendera |
| flag {n} (use of a flag) | :: bendera |
| flag {n} (true-or-false variable) | :: bendera |
| flag {n} (computer science: notation for optional behaviour) | :: bendera |
| flag {n} | :: bendera |
| flag {v} (to mark with a flag) | :: bendera |
| flag {v} (to signal to) | :: bendera |
| flag {v} (computing: to signal) | :: bendera |
| flag {v} (computing: to set a programming variable to true) | :: bendera |
| flag {v} (weaken) | :: bendera |
| flag {n} (plant with sword-shaped leaves) | :: bendera |
| flag {n} (flagstone) | :: bendera |
| flagellum {n} (whip) SEE: whip | :: |
| flamingo {n} (bird) | :: heroe |
| flange {n} (slang:vulva) SEE: vulva | :: |
| flashlight {n} (battery-powered hand-held light source) | :: tochi |
| flask {n} (container for a small amount of beverage) | :: chupa |
| flat {n} (palm of the hand) SEE: palm | :: |
| flat {n} (apartment) SEE: apartment | :: |
| flea {n} (parasitic insect) | :: kiroboto {c7} {c8} |
| flesh {n} (body tissue) | :: chembechembe |
| flesh {n} (skin) | :: ngozi |
| flesh {n} (animal tissue as food) | :: kinofu |
| flesh {n} (human body entity) | :: ngozi |
| flesh {n} (edible part of fruit/vegetable) | :: ngozi |
| flesh {v} (to put flesh on) | :: ngozi |
| flesh {v} (To add details) | :: jazia |
| flesh {v} (to remove the flesh) | :: bambua |
| flick {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema | :: |
| flight deck {n} (aircraft cockpit) SEE: cockpit | :: |
| flipper {n} (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming) | :: kikono |
| flirt {v} (to play at courtship) | :: kijiko |
| flittermouse {n} (bat) SEE: bat | :: |
| float {v} (to be supported by a liquid) | :: -elea |
| flock {n} (group of sheep or goats) | :: ng'ombe |
| flog {v} (to sell) SEE: sell | :: |
| flog {v} (to defeat) SEE: defeat | :: |
| flood {n} (overflow of water) | :: mafuriko, gharika |
| flood {n} (large number or quantity) | :: gharika |
| floor {n} (bottom part of a room) | :: sakafu |
| floor {n} (storey of a building) SEE: storey | :: |
| flow {v} (to flow) SEE: run | :: |
| flow {n} (the movement of a fluid) | :: mkondo |
| flow {n} (the rising movement of the tide) | :: mkondo |
| flow {n} (smoothness or continuity) | :: mkondo |
| flow {v} (to flow) SEE: stream | :: |
| flower {n} (reproductive structure in angiosperms) | :: ua {c5} {c6} |
| flower {v} (to put forth blooms) | :: -sitawi, -bariki, -chaunua |
| fluke {n} (lobe of whale's tail) | :: mkia wa nyangumi {c3} |
| fluorine {n} (chemical element) | :: florini {c9} {c10} |
| flute {n} (woodwind instrument) | :: filimbi |
| fluted {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| fly {n} (insect of the order Diptera) | :: nzi |
| fly {n} (insect of the family Muscidae) | :: nzi |
| fly {n} (fishing lure) | :: mfano wa inzi |
| fly {v} (to travel through air) | :: kuruka |
| fly {v} (to flee) | :: kukimbia |
| fly {v} (to cause to travel through the air) | :: kurusha |
| fly {n} (type of small, fast carriage) | :: gari |
| fly {v} (to hit a flyball) | :: nzi |
| fly {n} (fly ball) SEE: fly ball | :: |
| fly ball {n} ((baseball) a batted ball) | :: nzi |
| flycatcher {n} | :: shore |
| flying fox {n} (bat of the family Pteropodidae) SEE: megabat | :: |
| foam {n} (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains) | :: povu |
| foam {n} (foam rubber) | :: povu |
| foam rubber {n} (foam rubber) SEE: foam | :: |
| foe {n} (enemy) SEE: enemy | :: |
| fog {n} (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision) | :: ukungu {c11} {c10} |
| folder {n} (organizer) | :: folda |
| folklore {n} (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population) | :: hadithi za kale |
| follow {v} (to go or come after in physical space) | :: kufuata |
| follower {n} (one who follows) | :: mfuasi |
| follower {n} (one who adheres to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another) | :: mfuasi |
| follower {n} (pursuer) | :: mfuasi |
| fond {v} (be fond of, like) SEE: like | :: |
| food {n} (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life) | :: chakula |
| food {n} (anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of other forms) | :: chakula |
| food {n} (foodstuff) | :: chakula |
| fool {n} (person with poor judgement or little intelligence) | :: fala, mjinga, juha |
| foolishness {n} (state of being foolish) | :: upumbavu |
| foot {n} (part of animal’s body) | :: mguu |
| foot {n} (part of human body) | :: mguu {c7} {c8} |
| foot {n} (unit of measure) | :: futi |
| foot {v} (kick) | :: mgu |
| foot {v} (pay) | :: mgu |
| football {n} (Association football) | :: mipira wa miguu {c4} {cnone}, Swahili: soka, kandanda |
| footprint {n} (the impression of the foot) | :: nyayo |
| footstep {n} (mark left by a foot) | :: nyayo |
| footstep {n} (signs of a course taken) | :: nyayo |
| footstool {n} (a low stool) | :: kibao {c7} {c8} |
| foppery {n} (stupidity) SEE: stupidity | :: |
| for {conj} (because) | :: kwani, maana |
| for {prep} (over (a period of time)) | :: kwa |
| force {n} (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing) | :: mabavu |
| force {n} (waterfall) SEE: waterfall | :: |
| force field {n} (science fiction) | :: ngao ya nishati (noun 9) |
| forefinger {n} (first finger next to the thumb) | :: kidole cha shahada |
| forego {v} (precede) SEE: precede | :: |
| foreign {n} (foreigner) SEE: foreigner | :: |
| foreigner {n} (person in a foreign land) | :: ajinabi |
| foreign policy {n} (government's policy) | :: sera za kigeni |
| forenoon {n} (morning) SEE: morning | :: |
| foreskin {n} (prepuce / foreskin) | :: govi |
| forest {n} (dense collection of trees) | :: msitu, porini |
| forest {n} (any dense collection) | :: msitu |
| forest {n} (graph theory: union of trees) | :: msitu |
| forest {v} (to cover an area with trees) | :: msitu |
| for ever {adv} (forever) SEE: forever | :: |
| forever {adv} (for all time, for all eternity; for an infinite amount of time) | :: milele |
| forever {adv} ((colloquially) for a very long time) | :: milele |
| forever {adv} ((colloquially) for an excessively long time) | :: milele |
| forever {adv} ((colloquially) constantly or frequently) | :: milele |
| for example {prep} (as an example) | :: kwa mfano |
| forget {v} (to lose remembrance of) | :: -sahau |
| forgive {v} (transitive, to pardon) | :: -samehe |
| forgiveness {n} (the action of forgiving) | :: ghofira |
| for instance {adv} (as an example) SEE: for example | :: |
| fork {n} (eating utensil) | :: uma |
| form {n} (level of pre-collegiate education) SEE: grade | :: |
| Formosa {prop} (Taiwan) SEE: Taiwan | :: |
| forty {num} (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine) | :: arobaini, arubaini |
| foundation {n} (that upon which anything is founded) | :: msingi |
| foundation {n} (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall) | :: msingi |
| fountain {n} (spring) SEE: spring | :: |
| four {num} (the cardinal number 4) | :: nne |
| four by two {n} (Jew) SEE: Jew | :: |
| fourth {n} (quarter) SEE: quarter | :: |
| fourth {adj} (ordinal form of the number four, see also: 4th) | :: ya nne |
| fowl {n} (bird) SEE: bird | :: |
| fox {n} (Vulpes) | :: mbweha mwekundu, thalabu |
| fox {n} (any of the species in the tribe Vulpini) | :: mbweha |
| fox {n} (cunning person) | :: mbweha |
| fox {n} (attractive woman) | :: mbweha |
| fox {v} (to trick) | :: mbweha |
| fox {v} (to confuse) | :: mbweha |
| fox {v} (to act slyly) | :: mbweha |
| frame {n} (structural elements of a building or other constructed object) | :: fremu |
| frame {n} (structure of a person's body) | :: fremu |
| frame {n} (rigid, generally rectangular mounting) | :: fremu |
| France {prop} (country) | :: Ufaransa |
| francium {n} (chemical element) | :: fransi |
| frankincense {n} (incense) | :: uvumba |
| fraud {n} (an act of deception) | :: ghashi, sakata |
| free {adj} (not imprisoned) | :: huru |
| free {adj} (obtainable without payment) SEE: free of charge | :: |
| freedman {n} (person who has been released from slavery) | :: huru |
| freedom {n} (not being imprisoned or enslaved) | :: uhuru {c11} {c12} |
| freedom {n} (The lack of a specific constraint) | :: uhuru {c11} |
| freedom {n} | :: uhuru |
| freedom of speech {n} (right to speak without fear of harm) SEE: free speech | :: |
| free of charge {adj} (not requiring any payment - adjective) | :: bure |
| free speech {n} (right to express an opinion in public) | :: uhuru wa maoni |
| French {prop} (principal language of France and other related countries) | :: Kifaransa |
| French horn {n} (musical instrument) | :: baragumu ya kifaransa |
| French letter {n} (condom) SEE: condom | :: |
| Frenchman {n} (man of French birth or nationality) | :: Mfaransa {cm-wa} |
| Frenchwoman {n} (a French woman) | :: Mfaransa {cm-wa} |
| fret {v} (to bind, tie) SEE: bind | :: |
| Friday {n} (day of the week) | :: Ijumaa |
| friend {n} (person whose company one enjoys) | :: rafiki |
| friend {n} (boyfriend or girlfriend) | :: rafiki |
| friend {n} (person with whom you are acquainted) | :: rafiki |
| friend {n} (person who provides assistance) | :: rafiki |
| friend {n} (person who backs something) | :: rafiki |
| friend {n} (object or idea that can be used for good) | :: rafiki |
| friend {n} ((sarcastic) form of address used to warn someone) | :: rafiki |
| friend {n} | :: (noun 9/10) rafiki, mwenzi |
| friendship {n} ((uncountable) condition of being friends) | :: urafiki |
| frigatebird {n} (bird of the family Fregatidae) | :: mnandi-pwani |
| frighten {v} (to disturb with fear) | :: -ogofya, -ogofisha |
| frog {n} (amphibian) | :: chura {c7} {c8} |
| from time to time {prep} (occasionally) | :: mara kwa mara |
| frosh {n} (frog) SEE: frog | :: |
| fruit {n} (part of plant) | :: tunda, matunda {p} |
| fruit {n} (food) | :: tunda |
| fruit {n} (figuratively: positive end result or reward of labour or effort) | :: tunda |
| fruit {n} (figuratively: child of a marriage) | :: tunda |
| fruit {n} (offensive slang: homosexual or effeminate man) | :: shoga {c5} {c6} |
| fruit {n} | :: zao {c5} {c6}, mazao {p} |
| fruit bat {n} (bat of the family Pteropodidae) SEE: megabat | :: |
| fruit tree {n} (a tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis) | :: mti wa matunda {c3} {c4} |
| fuck {v} (to have sexual intercourse-obscene or vulgar) | :: kutomba |
| functional group {n} (characteristic grouping of elements) | :: kundi |
| fundament {n} (anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| fundament {n} (foundation) SEE: foundation | :: |
| funeral {n} (ceremony to honour a deceased person) | :: maziko, mazishi |
| funnel {n} (smoke flue, chimney) SEE: chimney | :: |
| fur {n} (hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick) | :: unyoya |
| fur {n} (hairy skin processed to serve as clothing) | :: unyoya |
| fur {n} (pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel) | :: unyoya |
| fur {n} (coating resembling fur) | :: unyoya |
| fur {n} (layer of epithelial debris) | :: unyoya |
| fur {v} (to cover with fur) | :: unyoya |
| furniture {n} (large movable items) | :: fanicha |
| furthermore {adv} (In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information) | :: aidha |
| furuncle {n} (boil) SEE: boil | :: |
| fuzz {n} (police) SEE: police | :: |
| gabardine {n} (type of woolen cloth) | :: gabadini {c9} |
| Gabon {prop} (Gabonese Republic) | :: Gaboni |
| Gabonese {n} (A person from Gabon or of Gabonese descent) | :: Mgaboni |
| Gabonese {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Gabon or the Gabonese people) | :: Kigaboni |
| gadfly {n} (fly of the family Tabanidae) SEE: horsefly | :: |
| gaffer {n} (baby) SEE: baby | :: |
| gage {v} (gauge) SEE: gauge | :: |
| galago {n} (primate) | :: komba |
| galah {n} (fool) SEE: fool | :: |
| Galatians {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Wagalatia {c2} |
| gall {n} (bile) SEE: bile | :: |
| galligaskins {n} (shalwar) SEE: shalwar | :: |
| gallon {n} (a unit of volume used for liquids) | :: galoni |
| galpal {n} (close female friend) SEE: girlfriend | :: |
| Gambia {prop} (The Republic of The Gambia) | :: Gambia |
| gambling {n} (activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance) | :: kamari |
| game {n} (playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime) | :: mchezo |
| gameness {n} (courage) SEE: courage | :: |
| Ganda {prop} (Luganda) SEE: Luganda | :: |
| gangster {n} (street gang member) | :: jangili |
| gannet {n} (glutton) SEE: glutton | :: |
| gap {n} (opening made by breaking or parting) | :: mwanya |
| gap {n} (opening allowing passage or entrance) | :: mwanya |
| gap {n} (opening that implies a breach or defect) | :: mwanya |
| garbage can {n} (waste receptacle) | :: pipa |
| garden {n} (piece of land outside with flowers and plants) | :: shamba, bustani |
| garden {v} (grow plants) | :: shamba |
| garden {v} (in cricket) | :: shamba |
| Garden of Eden {prop} (place where Adam and Eve first lived) | :: bustani ya Edeni {c9} |
| garlic {n} (plant) | :: kitunguu saumu, somu, thumu |
| garment {n} (single item of clothing) | :: nguo {c9} {c10} |
| gas {n} ((uncountable, chemistry) state of matter) | :: gesi {9/10} |
| gas giant {n} (large planet of gas) | :: pandikizi la gesi |
| gash {n} (vulva) SEE: vulva | :: |
| gasoline {n} (motor fuel) | :: petroli |
| gate {n} (door-like structure outside) | :: lango |
| gatekeeper {n} (A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate) | :: bawabu |
| gather {v} (—to congregate) | :: kukutanika |
| gauge {n} (a measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard) | :: geji |
| gauge {n} (any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge) | :: geji |
| gay {adj} (happy, joyful and lively) | :: shoga |
| gay {adj} (festive, bright, colorful) | :: shoga |
| gay {n} (homosexual person, especially male, see also: lesbian; homosexual; fairy; fag; poof; bender; bugger) | :: msenge, basha, shoga |
| Gaza {prop} (city) | :: Gaza |
| Gaza {prop} (Gaza Strip) SEE: Gaza Strip | :: |
| Gaza Strip {prop} (Gaza Strip) | :: ukanda wa Gaza |
| gazelle {n} (antelope) | :: swala, swara |
| gecko {n} (lizard of the family Gekkonidae) | :: mjusi kafiri |
| geek {n} (Australian: look) SEE: look | :: |
| geezer {n} (device for boiling water) SEE: geyser | :: |
| geezer {n} (male person) | :: manaume |
| geezer {n} (informal: old person, especially male) | :: kikaramba |
| geld {n} (money) SEE: money | :: |
| gem {n} (precious stone) | :: johari {c9} {c10} |
| gem {n} (precious or highly valued thing or person) | :: johari {c9} {c10} |
| Gemini {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Mapacha, Jauza |
| gender {n} (biological sex) | :: jinsia |
| gender {n} (grammar: voice (of verbs)) SEE: voice | :: |
| general {adj} (involving every part or member, not specific or particular) | :: jumla |
| general {adj} (not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category) | :: majenerali |
| general {n} (military rank) | :: jenerali |
| generation {n} (single step in the succession of natural descent) | :: kizazi {c7} {c8} |
| generator {n} (apparatus: electrical generator) | :: jenereta |
| generosity {n} (the trait of being willing to donate) | :: ukarimu |
| generous {adj} (willing to give and share unsparingly) | :: karimu |
| Genesis {prop} (the book of the Bible) | :: Mwanzo {c3} |
| genet {n} (mammal of the genus Genetta) | :: kanu |
| geneticist {n} (scientist who studies genes) | :: mwanajenetiki {c1} {c2}, mtaalamu wa chembe za urithi {c1} {c2} |
| genie {n} (an unseen being in Muslim theology) | :: jini |
| genie {n} (a fictional magical being) | :: jini |
| genie {n} | :: kijini |
| Genoa {prop} (Italian city) | :: Genova |
| genus {n} (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) | :: jenasi |
| geographer {n} (a specialist in geography) | :: mwanajiografia |
| geography {n} (study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth) | :: jiografia |
| geology {n} (the study of the earth) | :: jiolojia |
| geometry {n} (branch of mathematics) | :: jiometri |
| geometry {n} (type of geometry) | :: jiometri |
| geometry {n} (spatial attributes) | :: jiometri |
| Georgia {prop} (country) | :: Jojia |
| Georgia {prop} (state of the USA) | :: Jojia |
| gerenuk {n} (Litocranius walleri) | :: swala twiga |
| German {n} (native or inhabitant of Germany; person of German citizenship or nationality) | :: Mjerumani |
| German {prop} (the German language) | :: kijerumani |
| German Democratic Republic {prop} (East Germany from 1949-1990) | :: Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kijerumani |
| Germanic {prop} (early language, see also: Ur-Germanic) | :: Kijerumaniki {7} |
| Germanic {prop} (group of Indo-European languages) | :: Kijerumaniki (noun 7) |
| Germanic {adj} (relating to the Germanic peoples) | :: Mjerumaniki |
| Germanic {adj} (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) | :: -a Kijerumaniki |
| Germanic {adj} (having German characteristics) | :: -a Kijerumaniki |
| Germany {prop} (country in Central Europe) | :: Ujerumani {c6} |
| get {v} (to obtain) | :: wahi, pata |
| get {v} (to receive) | :: wahi, pata |
| get {v} (to become) | :: wahi, pata |
| get {v} (colloquial: to understand) | :: wahi, pata |
| get {v} (colloquial: to be) | :: wahi, pata |
| get away {v} (to avoid capture; to escape (from)) SEE: escape | :: |
| get up {v} (to rise from one's bed) | :: kuondoka |
| get used {v} (to get accustomed (to)) | :: zoea |
| geyser {n} (boiling spring) | :: gaiza |
| Ghana {prop} (The Republic of Ghana) | :: Ghana |
| Ghanaian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) | :: Kighana |
| Ghanaian {n} (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) | :: Mghana |
| Ghanan {adj} (Ghanaian) SEE: Ghanaian | :: |
| Ghanan {n} (Ghanaian) SEE: Ghanaian | :: |
| ghee {n} (South Asian style clarified butter) | :: samli |
| ghost {n} (spirit appearing after death) | :: kivuli {c7/8}, mzuka {c3/4}, mzimu {c3/4} |
| ghost {n} (faint shadowy semblance) | :: mizuka, jini |
| ghost {n} (false image in an optical device) | :: mizuka |
| ghost {n} (false image on a television screen) | :: mizuka |
| ghost {n} (soul) SEE: soul | :: |
| giant {n} (mythical human) | :: jitu |
| giant {n} (very tall person) | :: njemba |
| giant anteater {n} (species) | :: mhanga mkubwa |
| Gibraltar {prop} (British overseas territory) | :: Gibraltar |
| giddiness {n} (dizziness) SEE: dizziness | :: |
| gift {n} (something given to another voluntarily, without charge) | :: zawadi {c9} {c10}, kipawa {c7} {c8} |
| gin {n} (alcoholic beverage) | :: jini |
| ginger {n} (plant) | :: mtangawizi |
| ginger {n} (spice) | :: tangawizi |
| ginger ale {n} (ginger beer) SEE: ginger beer | :: |
| ginger beer {n} (drink flavoured with ginger) | :: tangawizi |
| ginkgo {n} (tree) | :: mginko |
| ginkgo {n} (seed) | :: ginko |
| gippo {n} (Egyptian) SEE: Egyptian | :: |
| giraffe {n} (mammal) | :: twiga |
| girl {n} (young female person) | :: msichana, mwari |
| girlfriend {n} (a female partner in a romantic relationship) | :: mpenzi, chuma [slang] |
| girlfriend {n} (a female friend) | :: shoga |
| give {v} (transfer the possession of something to someone else) | :: kupa |
| given {adj} (particular, specific) | :: fulani |
| giver {n} (one who gives) | :: mpaji |
| gladiator {n} (a professional boxer) SEE: boxer | :: |
| glass {n} (substance) | :: glasi |
| glass {n} (drinking vessel) | :: glasi |
| glass {n} (mirror) SEE: mirror | :: |
| glasses {n} (plural of "glass") SEE: glass | :: |
| glasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| glove {n} (item of clothing) | :: glavu {c9} {c10} |
| glue {n} (sticky adhesive substance) | :: gundi, gluu |
| glue {n} (birdlime) SEE: birdlime | :: |
| glutton {n} (wolverine) SEE: wolverine | :: |
| glutton {n} (one who eats voraciously) | :: mlafi |
| glutton {n} (one who gluts himself) | :: walafi |
| gnu {n} (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes) | :: nyumbu, mbogo |
| gnu goat {n} (Budorcas taxicolor) SEE: takin | :: |
| go {v} (to move through space (especially from one place to another)) | :: gura , kuenda |
| go {v} (of a machine, to work) | :: gura |
| go {v} (to take a turn) | :: gura |
| go {v} (to become) | :: gura |
| go {v} (to disappear) | :: gura |
| go {v} (to be destroyed) | :: gura |
| go {v} (to say) | :: gura |
| go {v} (to make (a specified sound)) | :: gura |
| go {v} (to fit) | :: gura |
| go {v} (to belong; to have as its/their proper place) | :: gura |
| go {v} (to date) | :: gura |
| go {n} (turn at something) | :: gura |
| go {n} (attempt) | :: gura |
| go {n} (approval) | :: gura |
| go {v} (leave) SEE: leave | :: |
| go {v} (change) SEE: change | :: |
| go {v} (walk) SEE: walk | :: |
| go {v} (lead (tend or reach in a certain direction)) SEE: lead | :: |
| go {v} (die) SEE: die | :: |
| goal {n} (in many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object) | :: bao |
| goal {n} ((sport) act of placing the object into the goal) | :: bao |
| goal {n} (point(s) scored) | :: bao |
| goat {n} (animal) | :: mbuzi {c9} {c10} |
| go away {v} (to depart or leave a place) | :: kuondoka |
| go back {v} (to return to a place) | :: kurejea |
| goblin {n} (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature) | :: zimwi |
| god {n} | :: bwana {c5}, mabwana {c6}, rabi {c9} {c10}, mungu {c3} {c4} |
| God {prop} | :: Mungu, Allah [in Islam]; Allah (noun 1) |
| God {n} (an omnipotent being) | :: Mungu |
| godhead {n} (God) SEE: God | :: |
| God's house {n} (church) SEE: church | :: |
| godwit {n} (Bird) | :: msese |
| goer {n} (foot) SEE: foot | :: |
| gold {adj} (made of gold, golden) | :: dhahabu |
| gold {n} (element) | :: dhahabu {c9} {c10} |
| goldenberry {n} (cape gooseberry) SEE: cape gooseberry | :: |
| golden eagle {n} (large bird of prey) | :: tai-mfalme, tai wa dhahabu |
| golf {n} (ball game) | :: gofu |
| gonorrhea {n} (STD) | :: kisonono |
| good {adj} (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) | :: nzuri |
| good {adj} (useful for a particular purpose) | :: mzuri |
| good {adj} (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) | :: mzuri |
| good {adj} (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) | :: mzuri |
| good {adj} (healthful) | :: mzuri |
| good {adj} (pleasant; enjoyable) | :: mzuri |
| good {adj} (of people, competent or talented) | :: mzuri |
| good {adj} (effective) | :: mzuri |
| good {adj} (favourable) | :: mzuri |
| good {adj} (beneficial; worthwhile) | :: mzuri |
| good {adj} | :: -zuri |
| good {n} (the forces of good) | :: mara moja {11} {14} |
| good {n} (good result) | :: mzuri |
| good afternoon {phrase} (greeting said in the afternoon) | :: masalkheri [used by Muslims] |
| goodbye {interj} (farewell, see also: bye) | :: kwaheri, tuonane tena |
| good day {phrase} (greeting between sunrise and sunset) | :: habari za mchana (noon or afternoon), habari za leo |
| good-den {interj} (good evening) SEE: good evening | :: |
| good evening {n} (greeting said in the evening) | :: habari ya jioni |
| good fortune {n} (good luck) SEE: good luck | :: |
| Good Friday {prop} (The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified) | :: Ijumaa Kuu |
| good luck {interj} (wish of fortune or encouragement) | :: kila la kheri |
| good morning {interj} (when seeing someone for the first time in the morning) | :: habari ya asubuhi, subulkheri [used by Muslims] |
| goodness {n} (state or characteristic of being good) | :: uzuri |
| good news {n} (the message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful) | :: Habari Njema {c9} |
| good night {phrase} (a farewell) | :: usiku mwema |
| goods {n} (that which is produced, traded, bought or sold) | :: mali {9} {10}, bidhaa |
| good sense {n} (common sense) SEE: common sense | :: |
| goose {n} (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae) | :: bata bukini |
| gooseberry {n} (fruit) | :: tunda bukini |
| go out {v} (to be turned off or extinguished) | :: kuzimika |
| go potty {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet | :: |
| gorilla {n} (ape) | :: ngagi {c9} {c10} |
| gospel {n} (first section of New Testament) | :: injili |
| gossip {n} (idle talk) | :: tetesi |
| go to the bathroom {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet | :: |
| go to the restroom {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet | :: |
| go to the toilet {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet | :: |
| go to the washroom {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet | :: |
| go to work {v} (work) SEE: work | :: |
| gound {n} (mucus produced by the eyes during sleep) SEE: sleep | :: |
| governess {n} (woman paid to educate children in their own home) | :: mlezi |
| government {n} (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) | :: serikali |
| governor {n} (leader of a region or state) | :: liwali {c5} {c6} |
| gown {n} (woman's dress) | :: gauni |
| grace {n} (free and undeserved favour, especially of God) | :: neema |
| grade {n} (level of pre-collegiate education) | :: kidato |
| grain {n} (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) | :: nafaka |
| grain {n} (single seed of grain) | :: nafaka |
| grain {n} (unit of weight) | :: kilo |
| grain {v} (to feed grain to) | :: lisha |
| gram {n} (unit of mass) | :: gramu |
| gramarye {n} (mystical learning) SEE: magic | :: |
| grammar {n} (rules for speaking and writing a language) | :: sarufi |
| grammarian {n} (person who studies grammar) | :: mwanasarufi |
| grammary {n} (grammar) SEE: grammar | :: |
| grammatician {n} (grammarian) SEE: grammarian | :: |
| grammaticist {n} (grammarian) SEE: grammarian | :: |
| gram molecule {n} (mole) SEE: mole | :: |
| gramophone {n} (record player) | :: gramafoni |
| granary {n} (storage facility) | :: ghala |
| grandchild {n} (child of someone’s child) | :: mjukuu |
| grandfather {n} (grandfather (from either side)) | :: babu |
| grandfather {n} (male forefather) | :: babu |
| grandmother {n} (mother of someone's parent) | :: bibi |
| grandstand {n} | :: msimamo |
| grape {n} (fruit) | :: zabibu |
| grape {n} (vine) | :: mzabibu |
| grapefruit {n} (tree) | :: mbalungi |
| grapefruit {n} (fruit) | :: balungi |
| grapevine {n} (the plant on which grapes grow) | :: mzabibu |
| graph {n} (mathematical diagram) | :: jedwali |
| grasp {v} (to grasp) SEE: hold | :: |
| grass {n} (ground cover plant) | :: nyasi {c5} {c6} |
| grass {n} (lawn) | :: nyasi |
| grass {n} (marijuana) | :: bangi |
| grass {v} (to inform on) | :: nyasi |
| grasshopper {n} (an insect of the order Orthoptera) | :: panzi |
| grate {v} (cooking: to shred by rubbing) | :: kuna |
| grate {v} (to grate on one's nerves, irritate) | :: kuna |
| grate {v} | :: kuna |
| gratis {adj} (free of charge) SEE: free of charge | :: |
| gratitude {n} (state of being grateful) | :: ushukuru |
| grave {n} (excavation for burial) | :: kaburi |
| grave {adj} (to be checked) | :: kaburi |
| graveyard {n} (tract of land in which the dead are buried) | :: makaburi |
| gravity {n} (resultant force on Earth's surface) | :: graviti |
| gray {adj} (having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember) | :: kijivu |
| grease {n} (animal fat) | :: grisi |
| grease {n} (oily or fatty matter) | :: grisi |
| great {adj} (important) SEE: important | :: |
| greater galago {n} (primate of the genus Otolemur) SEE: thick-tailed bushbaby | :: |
| great haste makes great waste {proverb} (haste makes waste) SEE: haste makes waste | :: |
| Greece {prop} (country in Southeastern Europe) | :: Ugiriki |
| Greek {prop} (language of the Greek people) | :: Kigiriki |
| Greek {n} (inhabitant, etc., of Greece) | :: Mgiriki |
| green {adj} (having green as its colour) | :: kijani, chanikiwiti |
| greenery {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| green gram {n} (Bean from the seed of Vigna radiata) SEE: mung bean | :: |
| Greenland {prop} (a large self-governing island in North America) | :: Grinlandi |
| Greenlandic {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) SEE: Greenlandish | :: |
| Greenlandic {n} (language) SEE: Greenlandish | :: |
| Greenlandish {n} (language) | :: Kigrinlandi |
| greeting {n} (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival) | :: salamu |
| Grenada {prop} (Caribbean country) | :: Grenada |
| grenade {n} (pomegranate) SEE: pomegranate | :: |
| Grenadian {n} (A person from Grenada) | :: Mgrenada |
| Grenadian {adj} (pertaining to Grenada) | :: Kigrenada |
| grey {adj} (having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember) | :: kijivu |
| grief {n} (sadness) | :: ghamu |
| grieve {v} (to experience grief) | :: kuhuzunika |
| griffin {n} (mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle) | :: grifoni |
| griffon {n} (legendary creature) SEE: griffin | :: |
| grill {n} (barbecue) | :: uma {c11} {c10a} |
| gripe {n} (Gyps fulvus) SEE: griffin | :: |
| groom {n} (bridegroom) SEE: bridegroom | :: |
| gross national product {n} (economics) | :: jumla ya pato la taifa |
| ground pine {n} (Ajuga, Ajuga chamaepitys) SEE: bugle | :: |
| group {n} (number of things or persons being in some relation to each other) | :: kundi |
| group {n} (in group theory) | :: kundi |
| group {n} (people who perform music together) | :: kundi |
| group {n} (small number of galaxies) | :: kundi |
| group {n} (column in the periodic table) | :: kundi |
| group {n} (subset of a culture or of a society) | :: makundi |
| group {n} (air force formation) | :: makundi |
| group {n} (collection of formations or rock strata) | :: kundi, makundi |
| group {n} (in Unix) | :: makundi |
| group {v} (put together to form a group) | :: kundi |
| group {n} (functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule) SEE: functional group | :: |
| grow {v} ((transitive) to cause something to become bigger) | :: kuza |
| grown-up {n} (adult) SEE: adult | :: |
| growth {n} (increase in size) | :: ukuaji |
| growth {n} (act of growing) | :: ukuaji |
| guard {n} (person who or thing that protects something) | :: askari, mlinzi, walinzi {p} |
| guard {v} (to protect from some offence) | :: kulinda |
| Guatemala {prop} (country in Central America) | :: Guatemala |
| Guatemalan {n} (person) | :: Mgwatemala |
| Guatemalan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people) | :: Kigwatemala |
| guava {n} (tree or shrub) | :: mpera |
| guava {n} (fruit) | :: pera |
| guest {n} (recipient of hospitality) | :: mgeni {cm-wa} |
| guide {n} (someone who guides) | :: kiongozi |
| guide {n} (document, book) | :: mwongozo |
| guideline {n} (plan or explanation) | :: kielelezo |
| guilt {n} (responsibility for wrongdoing) | :: hatia |
| Guinea {prop} (short form of the Republic of Guinea) | :: Gine |
| Guinea-Bissau {prop} (Republic of Guinea-Bissau) | :: Ginebisau |
| guinea fowl {n} (bird) | :: kanga, kororo |
| Guinean {adj} (from Guinea) | :: Kigine |
| Guinean {adj} (from Guinea-Bissau) | :: Kigine |
| Guinean {n} (someone from Guinea or of Guinean descent) | :: Mgine |
| guitar {n} (musical instrument) | :: gitaa |
| Gujarati {n} (language) | :: Kigujarati |
| Gujarati {n} (person) | :: kigujarati |
| gulch {n} (glutton) SEE: glutton | :: |
| gulf {n} (geography) | :: ghuba |
| Gulf of Guinea {prop} (part of the Atlantic Ocean) | :: Ghuba ya Guinea |
| gum arabic {n} (substance from acacia trees) | :: sandarusi |
| gun {n} (a very portable, short weapon, for hand use) | :: bunduki |
| gun {n} (a less portable, long weapon) | :: bunduki {c9} {c10} |
| gun {n} | :: bunduki {c9} {c10} |
| gunpowder {n} (explosive mixture) | :: baruti |
| Guoyu {prop} (Mandarin) SEE: Mandarin | :: |
| gut {n} | :: kitambi, vitambi pl (noun 7/8) |
| Guyana {prop} (country) | :: Guyana |
| Guyanan {adj} (Guyanese) SEE: Guyanese | :: |
| Guyanan {n} (Guyanese) SEE: Guyanese | :: |
| Guyanese {n} (person from Guyana) | :: Mguyana |
| Guyanese {adj} (pertaining to Guyana) | :: Kiguyana |
| gynecomastia {n} (development of breasts in males) | :: jinekomastia |
| Habacuc {prop} (Habakkuk) SEE: Habakkuk | :: |
| Habakkuk {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Habakuki |
| Habakkuk {prop} (prophet) | :: Habakuki |
| Habakkuk {prop} (male given name) | :: Habakuki |
| Hades {prop} (from Greek mythology) | :: Hade, Hadesi |
| Hades {prop} (the Greek translation of Sheol) | :: kuzimu |
| Haggai {prop} (book of The Bible) | :: Hagai |
| hair {n} (a pigmented keratinaceous growth on the human head) | :: unywele {11} {12} |
| hair {n} (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals) | :: nywele {12} |
| hair {n} (one of the above-mentioned filaments) | :: nywele |
| hair {n} | :: nywele |
| Haiti {prop} (a country in the Caribbean) | :: Haiti |
| Haitian {n} (person from Haiti) | :: Mhaiti |
| Haitian {adj} (pertaining to the country, people, or language) | :: Kihaiti |
| hajib {n} (headscarf) SEE: hijab | :: |
| hajj {n} (pilgrimage to Mecca) | :: haji |
| hajji {n} (one who has participated in a hajj) | :: alhaji, haji |
| halal {adj} (in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do) | :: halali |
| halal {adj} (fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs) | :: halali |
| half {n} (one of two equal parts into which anything may be divided) | :: nusu |
| half {n} (math: fraction) | :: nusu |
| half-line {n} (ray) SEE: ray | :: |
| half past {n} ("half past one" as example of usage in other languages) | :: saa saba na nusu (hour seven and a half) |
| halyard {n} (rope) | :: jarari |
| ham {n} (thigh of a hog cured for food) | :: hemu |
| hamartia {n} (sin) SEE: sin | :: |
| hammer {n} (tool) | :: nyundo {c9} {c10} |
| hammer {n} (part of a firearm) | :: nyundo |
| hammer {n} (bone of the middle ear; see also malleus) | :: nyundo |
| hammer {n} (curling: last rock in an end) | :: nyundo |
| hammer {n} (frisbee throwing style) | :: nyundo |
| hammer and sickle {n} (symbol of communism) | :: nyundo na mundu |
| hand {n} (part of the fore limb) | :: mkono |
| handball {n} (team sport) | :: mpira |
| handcuff {n} (ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | :: pingu |
| handicap {v} (to encumber) | :: kilema |
| handicap {v} (to place at disadvantage) | :: kilema |
| handicap {v} (to estimate betting odds) | :: kilema |
| handkerchief {n} (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands) | :: leso |
| haply {adv} (perhaps) SEE: perhaps | :: |
| happen {v} (to occur) | :: kutukia, kutokea |
| happiness {n} (emotion of being happy) | :: raha |
| happy birthday {interj} (good wishes for a birthday) | :: Pongezi kwa siku ya kuzaliwa |
| happy New Year {phrase} (Happy New Year) | :: Heri Za Mwaka Mpya |
| haram {adj} (forbidden by Islam) | :: haramu |
| harbor {n} (for ships) | :: bandari |
| harbour {n} (harbor) SEE: harbor | :: |
| hard {adj} (resistant to pressure) | :: -gumu |
| hard {adj} (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand) | :: -gumu |
| hard {adj} (demanding a lot of effort to endure) | :: -gumu |
| hard {adj} (severe) | :: -gumu |
| hard drive {n} (device used for storing large amounts of data) | :: kiendeshi diski kuu |
| hard maple {n} (sugar maple) SEE: sugar maple | :: |
| hare {n} (animal) | :: sungura |
| harmonica {n} (wind instrument) | :: kinanda cha mdomo |
| harp {n} (musical instrument) | :: kinubi |
| harsh {adj} (rough) | :: mkali |
| harsh {adj} (severe or cruel) | :: mkali |
| harsh {v} (negatively criticize) | :: mkali |
| harsh {v} (put a damper on someone's mood) | :: mkali, mkali |
| hartebeest {n} (Alcelaphus bucelaphus) | :: kongoni |
| harvest {n} (autumn, fall) SEE: autumn | :: |
| hashish {n} (marijuana generally) SEE: cannabis | :: |
| hashish {n} (dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant) | :: hashishi |
| haste makes waste {proverb} (being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes) | :: haraka haraka haina baraka |
| hat {n} (a head covering) | :: kofia {c9} {c10}, chapeo |
| hate {v} (to dislike intensely) | :: kuchukia |
| hate {n} (hatred) SEE: hatred | :: |
| hatred {n} (strong aversion) | :: chuki |
| haunt {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost | :: |
| Hausa {n} (people) | :: Mhausa |
| Hausa {prop} (language) | :: Kihausa |
| have eyes on {v} (observe) SEE: observe | :: |
| have one's eye on {v} (watch) SEE: watch | :: |
| Hawaiian {adj} (of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language) | :: -a Kihawai |
| Hawaiian {n} (a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact) | :: Mhawai |
| Hawaiian {n} (a resident of the US state of Hawaii) | :: Mhawai |
| Hawaiian {n} (Hawaiian language) | :: Kihawai |
| hawk {n} (predatory bird of Accipitridae) | :: kipanga |
| hay {n} (grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder) | :: majani makavu, ukoko mkwavu |
| haya {n} (beech) SEE: beech | :: |
| hazard {n} (chance) SEE: chance | :: |
| hazel {n} (tree / shrub) | :: mhazeli |
| hazelnut {n} (shrub) SEE: hazel | :: |
| he {pron} (personal pronoun "he") | :: [both male and female] yeye |
| head {n} (antler of a deer) SEE: antler | :: |
| head {n} (bow of a vessel) SEE: bow | :: |
| head {n} (part of the body) | :: kichwa {c7} {c8} |
| head {n} (leader, chief, mastermind) | :: mkuu {c1} {c2} |
| headline {n} (heading or title of an article) | :: taarifa |
| head man {n} (leader of a village) | :: jumbe |
| headpiece {n} (helmet) SEE: helmet | :: |
| headscarf {n} (piece of material worn over the head) | :: buibui |
| heal {v} (make better) | :: kuponya |
| healing {n} (process of regeneration, see also: recovery) | :: kuponya |
| health {n} (state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction) | :: afya |
| heart {n} (an organ) | :: moyo, mioyo |
| heart {n} (seat of affections, understanding or will) | :: moyo {c3} {c4} |
| heart {n} (a suit of cards) | :: kopa |
| heart attack {n} (death) SEE: death | :: |
| heart attack {n} (failure) SEE: failure | :: |
| heart attack {n} (acute myocardial infarction) | :: mshtuko wa moyo |
| hearth {n} (floor of fireplace) | :: meko |
| hearts {n} (the card suit (♥)) | :: kopa, moyo |
| hearts {n} (plural of "heart") SEE: heart | :: |
| heat {n} (thermal energy) | :: harara |
| heat {n} (condition or quality of being hot) | :: joto {c5} |
| heaven {n} (sky) | :: mbingu |
| Heaven {prop} (All meanings) SEE: heaven | :: |
| heavens {n} (the abode of God) | :: mbingu {p} |
| heavy {adj} (having great weight) | :: -zito |
| hebdomad {n} (period of seven days) SEE: week | :: |
| Hebrews {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Waebrania {c2} |
| hectare {n} (unit of surface area) | :: hekta |
| hedgehog {n} (animal) | :: kalunguyeye {c9} {c10} |
| heel {n} (anatomy: part of the foot) | :: kisigino |
| heel {n} (part of shoe) | :: kisigino |
| heel {n} (firearms: back upper part of the stock) | :: kisigino |
| heel {n} (end-piece of a loaf of bread) | :: kisigino |
| heel {v} (To follow at somebody's heels) | :: kisigino |
| he-goat {n} (billy goat) SEE: billy goat | :: |
| heir {n} (one who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another) | :: mrithi |
| heir {n} (one who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office) | :: mrithi |
| helicopter {n} (aircraft) | :: helikopta |
| helium {n} (chemical element) | :: heliamu {c9} |
| hello {interj} (greeting) | :: jambo, salaam |
| helmet {n} (protective head covering) | :: helmeti, kofia ya chuma |
| helot {n} (serf, slave) SEE: slave | :: |
| help {n} (action given to provide assistance) | :: msaada |
| help {n} (person or persons who provides assistance with some task) | :: msaada |
| help {n} (textual support of a software application) | :: msaada |
| help {v} (transitive: provide assistance to (someone or something)) | :: kusaidia |
| help {v} (contribute in some way to) | :: msaada |
| help {v} (intransitive: provide assistance) | :: msaada |
| helper {n} (one who helps) | :: msaidizi |
| hemoglobin {n} (the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen) | :: hemoglobini |
| hemp {n} (Cannabis sativa) | :: bangi |
| hen {n} (female chicken) | :: tembe, kuku |
| hen {n} (female bird) | :: tembe |
| henceforth {adv} (from now on) | :: tokea sasa |
| Hephaestus {prop} (Greek god) | :: Hefesto |
| Hera {prop} (queen of the gods, wife of Zeus) | :: Hera |
| Heracles {prop} (the son of Zeus, see also: Hercules) | :: Herakle |
| herbalism {n} ((obsolete) botany) SEE: botany | :: |
| herbivore {n} (plant-eating organism) | :: mla-mimea |
| Hercules {prop} (The Roman name of Heracles, see also: Heracles) | :: Herkule, Hekyulizi |
| herd {n} (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper) | :: kundi {c5} {c6} |
| herdsman {n} (a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep) | :: mchungaji {c1} {c2} |
| here {adv} (in, on, or at this place) | :: hapa |
| here {adv} | :: hapa |
| here {n} | :: hapa, humu |
| hereafter {n} (existence after death) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| here and there {adv} (from time to time) SEE: from time to time | :: |
| here and there {adv} (in one place and another) | :: huko na huko |
| Hermes {prop} (Greek god Hermes) | :: Herme |
| hero {n} (person of great bravery) | :: shujaa |
| heroism {n} (the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them) | :: ushujaa |
| herpes {n} (viral disease) | :: tego |
| hexapod {n} (insect) SEE: insect | :: |
| Hezbollah {prop} (Lebanese Shia islamic organisation) | :: Hezbollah |
| hi {interj} (friendly, informal greeting) | :: jambo, salaam |
| hickory {n} (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya) | :: mkarya |
| hickory {n} (wood of the tree) | :: ubao wa mkarya |
| hide {v} ((intransitive)) | :: kujificha |
| high-priced {adj} (expensive) SEE: expensive | :: |
| high priest {n} (male person who was responsible for making the annual sacrifice on the Day of Atonement) | :: Kuhani Mkuu |
| high seas {n} (regions of ocean far from shore) | :: majimakuu |
| hight {v} (call) SEE: call | :: |
| hijab {n} (headscarf) | :: hijabu |
| Hijra {n} (Muhammad's departure from Mecca) | :: hijra |
| hill {n} (elevated location) | :: kilima |
| hillock {n} (small hill) | :: kilima |
| him {pron} (he) SEE: he | :: |
| hinder {v} (to make difficult to accomplish) | :: kinga, kinza |
| hinder {v} (to keep back; to delay or impede) | :: zuia, pinga |
| Hindi {n} (language) | :: Kihindi |
| Hindu {n} (religious adherent) | :: Mhindu |
| Hinduism {prop} (religion) | :: Uhindu |
| hip {n} (joint) | :: unyonga, nyonga |
| hippopotamus {n} (large African mammal) | :: kiboko |
| hire {v} (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment) | :: -ajiri |
| hire {v} (to employ) | :: -ajiri |
| historian {n} (person who studies history) | :: mwanahistoria |
| history {n} (aggregate of past events) | :: historia |
| history {n} (branch of knowledge that studies the past) | :: historia |
| history {n} (record or narrative description of past events) | :: historia |
| history {n} (medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions) | :: historia |
| history {n} (computing: record of previous user events) | :: historia |
| hit {v} (to hit) SEE: strike | :: |
| HIV {n} (human immunodeficiency virus) | :: VVU, virus vinavyosababisha (UKIMWI) |
| hive {n} (structure for housing a swarm of honeybees) SEE: beehive | :: |
| hoe {n} (agricultural tool) | :: jembe |
| hold {n} (cargo area) | :: falka |
| hole {v} (to destroy) SEE: destroy | :: |
| holiday {n} (day on which a festival etc. is traditionally observed) | :: likizo |
| holiday {n} (day declared free from work by the government) | :: likizo |
| holiday {n} (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel) | :: likizo |
| holiday {n} (period during which pupils do not attend school) | :: likizo |
| holiday {n} (unintentional gap) | :: likizo |
| Holland {prop} (region of the Netherlands, see also: Netherlands) | :: Uholanzi |
| Holy Communion {prop} (Christian sacrament) | :: komunyo |
| Holy Ghost {prop} (aspect of the Holy Trinity) SEE: Holy Spirit | :: |
| Holy Spirit {prop} (Christian: aspect of the Holy Trinity) | :: Roho Mtakatifu |
| homoerotic {adj} (homosexual) SEE: homosexual | :: |
| homophobia {n} (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals) | :: ubaguzi wa mashoga {14} |
| homosexual {adj} (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex) | :: shoga {5} {6} |
| homosexual {n} (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex) | :: shoga {5} {6} |
| homosexuality {n} (sexual orientation) | :: ushoga {14} |
| Honduran {n} (Person from Honduras) | :: Mhondurasi |
| Honduran {adj} (Pertaining to Honduras) | :: Kihondurasi |
| Honduras {prop} (a country in Central America) | :: Hondurasi |
| honey {n} (sweet substance produced by bees) | :: uki {c11}, asali |
| honey {n} (something sweet or desirable) | :: asali |
| honey {n} (term of affection) | :: asali |
| honey {n} (informal: attractive woman) | :: asali |
| honey {n} (colour) | :: asali |
| honey badger {n} (Mellivora capensis) | :: nyegere |
| honeybadger {n} (honey badger) SEE: honey badger | :: |
| Hong Kong {prop} (coastal administrative region in south-east China) | :: Hong Kong |
| honorificabilitudinitatibus {n} (state of being able to receive honours) | :: heshimiwa |
| -hood {suffix} (condition or state) | :: u- |
| hooker {n} (prostitute) SEE: whore | :: |
| hoopoe {n} (bird Upupa epops) | :: hudihudi |
| hooter {n} (owl) SEE: owl | :: |
| hoover {v} (vacuum) SEE: vacuum | :: |
| hope {v} (to want something to happen, with expectation that it might) | :: tumaini |
| hope {n} (belief that something wished for can happen) | :: matumaini |
| hope {n} (person or thing that is a source of hope) | :: matumaini |
| hope {n} | :: matarajio |
| horn {n} (antler) SEE: antler | :: |
| horn {n} (growth on the heads of certain animals) | :: pembe |
| horn {n} (any of several musical wind instruments) | :: baragumu |
| horn {n} (instrument used to signal others) | :: baragumu |
| horny {adj} (sexually aroused) | :: nyege |
| horse {n} (members of the species Equus ferus) | :: farasi |
| horsefly {n} (fly of the family Tabanidae) | :: pange |
| Hosea {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Hosea |
| Hosea {prop} (prophet) | :: Hosea |
| hospital {n} (large medical facility) | :: hospitali |
| hostility {n} (state of being hostile) | :: uadui |
| hotel {n} (establishment providing accommodation) | :: hoteli |
| hothouse {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| hour {n} (time period of sixty minutes) | :: saa |
| house {v} (keep within a structure or container) | :: nyumba |
| house {v} (dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses) | :: nyumba |
| house {v} (contain or enclose mechanical parts) | :: nyumba |
| house {n} (human abode) | :: nyumba {c9} {c10} |
| house of ill fame {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| how {adv} (in what manner) | :: namna, jinsi, -je |
| how are you {phrase} (greeting) | :: habari gani?, hujambo |
| how do you pronounce this word {phrase} (how do you pronounce this word?) | :: unatamkaje neno hili? |
| how do you say …… in English {phrase} (request for translation into English) | :: unasemaje …… kwa Kiingereza? |
| howdy {interj} (hi) SEE: hi | :: |
| howdy doody {interj} (hi) SEE: hi | :: |
| how many {determiner} (what number) | :: -ngapi |
| how's it going {phrase} (how's it going? - informal greetings) | :: mambo vipi |
| hub {n} (central part of a wheel) | :: vitovu |
| hub {n} (point where many routes meet) | :: vitovu |
| hub {n} (computer networking device) | :: vitovu |
| hub {n} (stake with a nail in it) | :: vitovu |
| human being {n} (person) | :: mwanadamu, binadamu |
| human rights {n} (basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed) | :: haki za kibinadamu |
| humidity {n} (dampness, especially that of the air) | :: unyevuanga |
| hummingbird {n} (any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae) | :: kolibri |
| hummock {n} (small hill) SEE: hillock | :: |
| hump {n} (rounded fleshy mass as in camel's back) | :: nundu |
| humpback whale {n} (Megaptera novaeangliae) | :: nyangumi-kibyongo |
| Hun {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| hundred {num} (cardinal number 100) | :: mia |
| hung {adj} (suspended by hanging) | :: anika |
| hung {adj} (having hanging additions or appendages) | :: anika |
| hung {adj} (of a jury, unable to reach a verdict) | :: anika |
| hung {adj} (having a large penis) | :: anika |
| hunger {n} (need for food) | :: njaa, unenge |
| hunger {n} (strong desire) | :: njaa, unenge |
| hunger {v} (need food) | :: kuwa na njaa |
| hunt {v} (to chase down prey) | :: kuwinda |
| hunt {v} (to search for something) | :: tafuta |
| hunter {n} (person who hunts game) | :: msasi, mwindaji |
| hunting {n} (chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts) | :: uwindo |
| hurler {n} (pitcher) SEE: pitcher | :: |
| hurricane {n} (weather phenomenon) | :: kimbunga |
| hurricane {n} (meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind) | :: kimbunga |
| hurt {v} (to cause physical pain and/or injury) | :: -jeruhi |
| husband {n} (male partner in marriage) | :: mume |
| hustler {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute | :: |
| hyacinth {n} (plant of the genus Hyacinthus) | :: hiakintho, yasintho |
| hydrogen {n} (chemical element) | :: hidrojeni {c9} |
| hyena {n} (mammal) | :: fisi {c9} {c10} |
| hymn {n} (a song of praise or worship) | :: wimbo |
| hyrax {n} (mammal of the order Hyracoidea) | :: pelele, kwanga, wibari, pimbi |
| I {pron} (personal pronoun) | :: mimi |
| I am blind {phrase} (I'm blind) SEE: I'm blind | :: |
| ibis {n} (Threskiornithid) | :: kwarara |
| Iblis {prop} ((Islam) Satan; the Devil) | :: Ibilisi |
| ice {n} (diamond) SEE: diamond | :: |
| ice {n} (water in frozen form) | :: barafu |
| ice bear {n} (polar bear) SEE: polar bear | :: |
| icebox {n} (refrigerator) SEE: refrigerator | :: |
| ice cream {n} (dessert) | :: aiskrimu |
| Iceland {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Aisilandi |
| Icelander {n} (person from Iceland or of Icelandic descent) | :: Mwaisilandi {1/2} |
| Icelandic {n} (language) | :: Kiaisilandi |
| Icelandic {n} (Icelander) SEE: Icelander | :: |
| Icelandish {prop} (Icelandic) SEE: Icelandic | :: |
| Icelandish {adj} (Icelandic) SEE: Icelandic | :: |
| idea {n} (an image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory) | :: wazo |
| ideogram {n} (symbol) | :: idiogramu {c9} {c10} |
| ideograph {n} (ideogram) SEE: ideogram | :: |
| idiot {n} (person of low general intelligence) | :: mjinga, kichwamaji |
| idle {v} (to lose or spend time doing nothing) | :: zembea |
| Ido {prop} (artificial language reformed from Esperanto) | :: Kiido |
| idol {n} (representation of anything revered) | :: sanamu |
| I don't eat meat {phrase} (I don't eat meat) | :: huwa sili nyama |
| I don't eat pork {phrase} (I don't eat pork) | :: sili nyama ya nguruwe |
| I don't know {phrase} (I don’t know) | :: sijui |
| I don't speak English {phrase} (I don't speak English (specifically English)) | :: sisemi Kiingereza. |
| I don't understand {phrase} (I don't understand) | :: sielewi |
| if {conj} (supposing that) | :: ikiwa, kama |
| Igbo {prop} (language spoken by Igbo people) | :: Kiigbo |
| ignorance {n} (condition of being uninformed or uneducated) | :: ujinga {c11} |
| ignore {v} (to deliberately pay no attention to) | :: puuza |
| I have AIDS {phrase} (I have AIDS) | :: nina Ukimwi |
| ill {adj} (bad) SEE: bad | :: |
| ill {adj} (in poor health, suffering from a disease) | :: -gonjwa |
| illegal {adj} (contrary to or forbidden by law) | :: haramu |
| illegal {adj} (prohibited by established rules) | :: haramu |
| illness {n} (an instance of a disease or poor health) | :: ugonjwa {cu}, maradhi {cma} |
| illness {n} (a state of bad health) | :: ugonjwa |
| illness {n} | :: chirwa |
| I love you {phrase} (affirmation of affection or deep caring) | :: ninakupenda |
| I love you {phrase} (affirmation of romantic feeling) | :: nakupenda, ninakupenda |
| I love you {phrase} | :: [followed by a name] Naku penda |
| image {n} (graphical representation) | :: sura |
| imaginary {adj} (existing in the imagination) | :: -a kubuni |
| imagination {n} (image-making power of the mind) | :: ubunifu |
| imam {n} (Muslim leader) | :: imamu |
| I'm a Muslim {phrase} (I'm a Muslim) | :: mimi ni Mwislamu |
| I'm bleeding {phrase} (I'm bleeding) | :: ninavuja damu |
| I'm blind {phrase} (I'm blind) | :: mimi ni kipofu |
| imburse {v} (to save, to store up) SEE: save | :: |
| I'm fine {phrase} (response) | :: njema, nzuri, vyema, sijambo, safi [colloquial], poa [colloquial], freshi [slang] |
| imitate {v} (to follow as a model) | :: iga |
| immediately {adv} (in an immediate manner) | :: mara moja, mara |
| immoral {adj} (not moral) | :: fasiki |
| immortal {n} (one that is not susceptible to death) | :: asiyekufa |
| immortality {n} (condition of not being susceptible to death) | :: hali ya kutokufa |
| impala {n} (African antelope) | :: swala, pala |
| implement {n} (a tool) | :: tekeleza |
| implement {v} (bring about) | :: tekeleza |
| importance {n} (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note) | :: umuhimu |
| importance {n} (significance or prominence) | :: umuhimu |
| importance {n} (personal status or standing) | :: umuhimu |
| important {adj} (having relevant and crucial value) | :: muhimu |
| importantness {n} (importance) SEE: importance | :: |
| impoverished {adj} (with no possessions or money) SEE: poor | :: |
| imprison {v} (put in prison) | :: -funga |
| improve {v} (to become better) | :: boresha |
| in {prep} (within a certain elapsed time) | :: kwa |
| in {prep} | :: m- {c18} mu- |
| incandescent {n} (incandescent lamp) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| incense {n} (A perfume often used in the rites of various religions) | :: ubani |
| inch {n} (unit of length) | :: inchi |
| inch {n} (unspecified but very short distance) | :: inchi |
| inch {v} (to move very slowly) | :: inchi |
| inclusion {n} (addition or annex to a group, set or total) | :: jumuisho |
| inclusion {n} (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) | :: jumuisho |
| income {n} (money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others) | :: mapato |
| in common {prep} (held in joint possession) | :: shirika |
| incus {n} (anvil) SEE: anvil | :: |
| index {n} (index finger) SEE: forefinger | :: |
| index finger {n} (index finger) SEE: forefinger | :: |
| India {prop} (the country) | :: India, Hindi, Uhindi |
| Indian {n} (a person from India) | :: Mhindi |
| Indian almond {n} (tropical tree, Terminalia catappa) | :: mkungu |
| Indianapolis {prop} (capital of the State of Indiana, USA) | :: Indianapolis |
| Indian Ocean {prop} (the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica) | :: Bahari ya Hindi |
| Indian plum {n} (Flacourtia indica) | :: mugovigovi |
| indigence {n} (poverty) | :: ufukara |
| individualism {n} (moral stance) | :: ubinafsi |
| individuality {n} (person) SEE: person | :: |
| indoctrinate {v} (teach) SEE: teach | :: |
| Indonesia {prop} (country) | :: Indonesia |
| industry {n} (businesses that produce goods) | :: kiwanda |
| indweller {n} (inhabitant) SEE: inhabitant | :: |
| I need ... {phrase} (I need ... (something)) | :: nahitaji ... |
| infant {n} (very young human being) | :: watoto wachanga |
| inflation {n} (expansion or increase in size) | :: mfumuko |
| inflation {n} (increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living) | :: mfumuko wa bei |
| information {n} (communicable knowledge) | :: habari |
| inhabitant {n} (someone or thing who lives in a place) | :: mwenyeji {c1} {c2} |
| inherit {v} (to receive property or a title by legal succession etc.) | :: -rithi |
| inheritance {n} (that which a person is entitled to inherit) | :: urithi, mirathi |
| inheritance {n} (biological attributes passed to offspring) | :: urithi |
| inheritor {n} (heir) SEE: heir | :: |
| inhibitor {n} (substance slowing a reaction) | :: kiviza |
| initially {adv} (at the beginning) | :: mwanzo |
| injection {n} (act of injecting, or something injected) | :: sindano |
| injure {v} (to wound or cause physical harm) | :: -jeruhi |
| injury {n} (wound) SEE: wound | :: |
| injury {n} (damage or violation) | :: afa, jiraha, jeraha |
| injustice {n} (absence of justice) | :: dhuluma |
| injustice {n} (violation of the rights of another) | :: dhuluma |
| ink {n} (coloured fluid used for writing) | :: wino |
| ink {n} (dark fluid ejected by squid etc) | :: wino |
| ink {v} (apply ink) | :: wino |
| inkling {n} (desire, inclination) SEE: desire | :: |
| in-law {n} (relative by marriage) | :: shemeji, mkwe |
| in-law {n} (father-in-law) SEE: father-in-law | :: |
| innkeeper {n} (person responsible for the running of an inn) | :: mwenye nyumba ya wageni {c1} {c2} |
| insect {n} (arthropod of class Insecta) | :: mdudu |
| insecticide {n} (A substance used to kill insects) | :: dawa ya wadudu {cn} {cn} |
| inshallah {interj} (God willing (Islam)) | :: Mungu akipenda |
| inside {n} (interior or inner part) | :: ndani |
| inside {adj} | :: ndani |
| inside {adv} (within the interior) | :: ndani |
| inspector {n} (police officer ranking below superintendent) | :: inspekta |
| instant {n} (period of time) | :: sasa |
| institution {n} (established organisation) | :: taasisi, chuo |
| instruction {n} (act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information) | :: agizo |
| instruction {n} (order or command) | :: agizo {c5} {c6} |
| instruction {n} (single operation of a processor) | :: agizo |
| insult {v} (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)) | :: kutukana |
| insult {n} (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude) | :: tusi |
| insult {n} (something that causes offence) | :: matusi |
| insurance {n} (indemnity) | :: bima {c9/c10} |
| insurance {n} (business) | :: bima |
| integrity {n} (steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code) | :: uadilifu |
| integrity {n} (state of being wholesome; unimpaired) | :: uadilifu |
| integrity {n} (quality or condition of being complete; pure) | :: uadilifu |
| intelligent {adj} (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright) | :: akili |
| intended {n} (fiancé) SEE: fiancé | :: |
| intended {n} (fiancée) SEE: fiancée | :: |
| intention {n} (course intended to follow) | :: nia, azma, gharadhi |
| intercourse {n} (communication, conversation) | :: uhusiano |
| interest {n} (finance: price of credit) | :: faida {c9} {c10} |
| interfere {v} | :: kinga, kinza |
| interjection {n} (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) | :: kihisishi, kiingizi |
| interlanguage {n} (creole) SEE: creole | :: |
| interlanguage {n} (pidgin) SEE: pidgin | :: |
| intermediary {n} (an agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree) | :: walanguzi |
| international {adj} (between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations) | :: kimataifa |
| internet {n} (the Internet, largest global internet) SEE: Internet | :: |
| Internet {prop} (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers) | :: intaneti |
| interpretation {n} (act of interpreting) | :: ufasiri |
| interpretation {n} (sense given by an interpreter) | :: tafsiri |
| interview {n} (conversation with journalist etc.) | :: mahojiano |
| in the event {conj} (if) SEE: if | :: |
| in the past {prep} (at a past time) | :: katika wakati uliopita |
| intonation {n} (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking) | :: kiimbo |
| introduction {n} (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material) | :: dibaji |
| invented {adj} (imaginary) SEE: imaginary | :: |
| invert {n} (homosexual) SEE: homosexual | :: |
| invertebrate {n} (animal without backbone) | :: wasouti |
| invest {v} (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain) | :: wekeza |
| invest {v} (to spend money, time, effort into sthg) | :: wekeza |
| invest {v} (to make investments) | :: wekeza |
| investigate {v} (to inquire into, study) | :: -chunguza |
| investigate {v} (to examine) | :: -chunguza |
| investigate {v} (to conduct an inquiry or examination) | :: -chunguza |
| investigator {n} (one who investigates) | :: mchunguzi |
| investment {n} (placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use) | :: uwekezaji |
| investor {n} (person who invests money in order to make a profit) | :: mwekezaji |
| invisibility {n} (the state of being invisible) | :: hali ya kutoonekana |
| invisible {adj} (unable to be seen) | :: -si-onekana |
| Invisible Pink Unicorn {prop} (unicorn goddess) | :: Pembemoja Asiyeonekana wa Pinki |
| Iran {prop} (country in Western Asia) | :: Uajemi |
| Irani {adj} (Iranian) SEE: Iranian | :: |
| Irani {n} (Iranian) SEE: Iranian | :: |
| Iranian {n} (person from Iran or of Iranian descent) | :: Mwajemi |
| Iranian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Iran, the people or Iranian languages) | :: Kiajemi |
| Iraq {prop} (country) | :: Irak |
| Iraqi {n} (person from Iraq) | :: Mwiraki |
| Iraqi {adj} (from or pertaining to Iraq) | :: Kiiraki |
| iris {n} (plant of the genus Iris) | :: airisi |
| Irishman {n} (man from Ireland) | :: Mweire, Mwayalandi |
| iroko {n} (Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)) | :: mvule [Kenya, Tanzania] |
| iron {n} (chemical element Fe) | :: chuma {c7} {c8} |
| ironsmith {n} (blacksmith) SEE: blacksmith | :: |
| ironware {n} (articles made of iron) | :: chuma |
| Isaiah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Isaya |
| Isaiah {prop} (prophet) | :: Isaya |
| Isaiah {prop} (male given name) | :: Isaya |
| isha {n} (afternoon prayer) | :: isha |
| Islam {prop} (religion) | :: Uislamu |
| island {n} (area of land completely surrounded by water) | :: kisiwa |
| island {n} (entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself) | :: kisiwa |
| island state {n} (state consisting of one or more islands) | :: nchi ya kisiwa {cn} {cn} [one island], nchi za visiwa {cn} {cn} [more islands] |
| isle {n} (isle) SEE: island | :: |
| Israel {prop} (the state) | :: Israeli |
| issue {n} (problem or concern) | :: suala |
| -ist {suffix} (One who follows a particular ideology, doctrine, belief system or theory) | :: -isti, mwana- {c1} {c2}, m- {c1} {c2} |
| -ist {suffix} (A member of a profession or one interested in something) | :: mwana- {c1} {c2} |
| -ista {suffix} (follower) SEE: -ist | :: |
| Italian {n} (inhabitant of Italy) | :: Mwitalia, Mwitali |
| Italian {n} (language) | :: Kiitaliano, Kiitalia |
| Italian Republic {prop} (official name of Italy) | :: Jamhuri ya Italia {cn} |
| Italy {prop} (European country) | :: Italia, Uitali |
| item {n} (distinct physical object) | :: kifaa |
| item of clothing {n} (garment) SEE: garment | :: |
| it's all good {phrase} (used to express unconcern) SEE: no worries | :: |
| it's a pleasure {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| -itude {suffix} (suffix) | :: hali ya {cn} {cn} |
| -ity {suffix} (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) | :: u- |
| Ivorian {n} (a person from Côte d'Ivoire or of Ivorian descent) | :: Mkodivaa |
| Ivorian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Côte d'Ivoire) | :: Kikodivaa |
| Ivory Coast {prop} (Côte d'Ivoire) SEE: Côte d'Ivoire | :: |
| ivy {n} (plant) | :: mwefeu, lablabu |
| I want to go to the toilet {phrase} (I want to go to the toilet) | :: nataka kwenda msalani |
| jack {n} (playing card) | :: ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu |
| jack {n} (knave) SEE: knave | :: |
| jackal {n} (wild canine) | :: mbweha {9} {10} |
| jacket {n} (piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse) | :: jaketi |
| jackfruit {n} (jackfruit tree) | :: mfenesi |
| jackfruit {n} (the fruit) | :: fenesi |
| Jacob {prop} (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca) | :: Yaakub |
| jade {n} (gem) | :: yakuti kijani |
| jade {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya yakuti kijani |
| jaggery {n} (traditional unrefined sugar) | :: sukari nguuru |
| jaguar {n} (Panthera onca) | :: jagwa |
| Jah {prop} (God) SEE: God | :: |
| jail {v} (imprison) SEE: imprison | :: |
| jam {n} (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar) | :: jemu |
| jam {n} (blockage, congestion) | :: msongamano |
| Jamaica {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Jamaica, Jamaika |
| Jamaican {n} (person of Jamaican descent) | :: Mjamaika |
| Jamaican {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language) | :: Kijamaika |
| jambul {n} (tree) | :: mzambarau {cm} {cmi} |
| jambul {n} (fruit) | :: zambarau |
| James {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Yakobo |
| James {prop} (one of two Apostles) | :: Yakobo |
| James {prop} (male given name (the standard form)) | :: Yakobo |
| jam jar {n} (car) SEE: car | :: |
| January {prop} (first month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: Januari |
| Japan {prop} (a country in East Asia) | :: Japani |
| Japanese {adj} (of or relating to Japan) | :: Kijapani |
| Japanese {n} (person of Japan) | :: Mjapani |
| Japanese {n} (Japanese language) | :: Kijapani |
| jape {n} (joke or quip) SEE: joke | :: |
| jarbua terapon {n} (Terapon jarbua) | :: ngagu |
| jargon {n} (technical terminology unique to a particular subject) | :: istilahi |
| jasmine {n} (plant of genus Jasminum) | :: asumini |
| jasper {n} (precious stone) | :: yaspa |
| Java sparrow {n} (Java sparrow) | :: zawaridi |
| jealousy {n} (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity)) | :: ghera |
| jealousy {n} | :: wivu, wizu |
| Jehovah {prop} (transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton) | :: Yehova |
| Jehovah's Witnesses {prop} (denomination) | :: Mashahidi wa Yehova |
| Jeremiah {prop} (biblical prophet) | :: Yeremia |
| Jeremiah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Yeremia |
| Jeremiah {prop} (male given name) | :: Yeremia |
| Jeremy {prop} (Jeremiah) SEE: Jeremiah | :: |
| Jerry {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| jerrycan {n} (pressed-steel fuel container) | :: ndege |
| jersey {n} (shirt worn by a member of an athletic team) | :: jezi |
| Jerusalem {prop} (city) | :: Yerusalemu |
| Jesus {prop} (the Christian Messiah) | :: Yesu, Isa [used by Muslims] |
| Jesus Christ {prop} (Jesus of Nazareth) | :: Yesu Kristo |
| jet {n} (engine) | :: mtambo, |
| jet {adj} (propelled by turbine engines) | :: rafadha |
| jet {n} (jet plane) SEE: jet plane | :: |
| jet plane {n} (an airplane that is powered by a jet engine) | :: jeti, eropleni ya jeti {c9} {c10} |
| Jew {n} (person of the Jewish faith) | :: Myahudi |
| Jew {n} (member or descendent of the Jewish people) | :: wayahudi |
| jewel {n} (gemstone) | :: johari {c9} {c10} |
| jewel {n} (valuable object for ornamentation) | :: johari {c9} {c10} |
| jewel {n} (anything precious or valuable) | :: johari {c9} {c10} |
| Jewish {adj} (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) | :: Kiyahudi |
| Jewry {n} (the land of Jews (obsolete)) SEE: Judea | :: |
| jihad {n} (holy war undertaken by Muslims) | :: jihadi |
| Joanna {prop} (biblical follower of Jesus) | :: Yoana |
| Job {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Ayubu |
| Job {prop} (biblical and qur'anic character) | :: Ayubu |
| Joel {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Yoeli |
| Joel {prop} (male given name) | :: Yoeli |
| John {prop} (male given name) | :: Yohana |
| John {prop} (biblical persons) | :: Yohana, Yohane |
| John {prop} (fourth gospel) | :: Yohana |
| John {prop} (one of the epistles of John) | :: Yohana |
| John the Baptist {prop} (biblical prophet) | :: Yohane Mbatizaji |
| joint {n} (joint with freedom to rotate) | :: muungo |
| joke {n} (amusing story) | :: kasheshe |
| joke {n} (something said or done for amusement) | :: kasheshe, mzaha |
| joker {n} (jester) SEE: fool | :: |
| Jonah {prop} (given name) | :: Yona |
| Jonah {prop} (prophet) | :: Yona |
| Jonah {prop} (Biblical: a book of the Old Testament) | :: Yona |
| Jonah {prop} (tenth sūra of the Qurʾān) | :: Yona |
| Jordan {prop} (country) | :: Yordani |
| Jordanian {n} (person) | :: Myordani |
| Jordanian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Jordan or the Jordanian people) | :: Kiyordani |
| Joseph {prop} (male given name) | :: Yusufu |
| Joshua {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Yoshua |
| Joshua {prop} (male given name) | :: Yoshua |
| journal {n} (newspaper or magazine) | :: jarida |
| journalist {n} (reporter) | :: mwanahabari |
| journey {n} (trip, a voyage) | :: safari |
| journey {v} (to travel, to make a trip or voyage) | :: safiri |
| joy {n} (feeling of happiness) | :: furaha |
| jubilee {n} (special anniversary) | :: jubilii {c9} {c10}, Yubile {c9} {c10} |
| Judaism {prop} (world religion) | :: Uyahudi |
| Judas {prop} (one of the Apostles) | :: Yuda |
| Judas {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Yuda |
| Judea {prop} (Judea) | :: Uyahudi |
| judge {n} (public judicial official) | :: hakimu, jaji |
| judge {n} (someone deciding another's fate) | :: hakimu |
| judge {n} (sports official) | :: jaji |
| judge {n} (someone with valued opinions) | :: jaji |
| judge {v} (to sit in judgment on, pass sentence on) | :: hakimu mkazi |
| judge {v} (to sit in judgment on, act as judge) | :: hakimu mkazi |
| judge {v} (to form an opinion on) | :: hakimu mkazi |
| judge {v} (to arbitrate, to pass opinion on something) | :: hakimu mkazi |
| judge {v} (to have as an opinion, consider, suppose) | :: hakimu mkazi |
| judge {v} (to form an opinion, infer) | :: hakimu mkazi |
| judge {v} (to criticize or label another person or thing) | :: hakimu mkazi |
| Judges {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Waamuzi |
| judgeship {n} (the office or status of a judge) | :: ujaji {c11} |
| judgment {n} (act of judging) | :: hukumu |
| judgment {n} ((law) act of determining what is conformable to law) | :: hukumu |
| judo {n} (Japanese martial art) | :: judo |
| jug {n} (serving vessel) | :: jagi |
| juice {n} (liquid from a plant) | :: maji |
| juice {n} (beverage made of juice) | :: juisi, jusi, maji [in names of specific juices] |
| junction {n} (the act of joining) | :: makutano |
| jungle {adj} (large, undeveloped, humid forest) | :: mwitu |
| juniper {n} (shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus) | :: mreteni |
| juniper berry {n} (female seed cone of a juniper) | :: beri ya mreteni {c9} {c10} |
| Juno {prop} (Roman goddess) | :: Juno |
| Juno {prop} (Asteroid) | :: Juno |
| Jupiter {prop} (planet) | :: Mshtarii, Sumbula |
| Jupiter {prop} (god) | :: Jupita |
| just {adj} (morally fair, righteous) | :: adili |
| Kaaba {prop} (cubical stone building in Mecca) | :: Kaaba |
| kachumber {n} (salad) | :: kachumbari |
| Kamba {n} (a Bantu people of Kenya) | :: Wakamba |
| kangaroo {n} (marsupial) | :: kangaruu |
| kanji {n} (Chinese characters in Japanese context) | :: kanji |
| Kanji {prop} (kanji) SEE: kanji | :: |
| katana {n} (type of Japanese longsword) | :: katana |
| Kazakh {n} (a person of Kazakh descent) | :: Mkazaki |
| Kazakh {n} (language) | :: Kikazaki |
| Kazakhstan {prop} (country in Central Asia) | :: Kazakistani, Ukazaki |
| Kazakhstani {n} (person of Kazakh origin) SEE: Kazakh | :: |
| Kazakhstani {adj} (of or pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language) SEE: Kazakh | :: |
| kebab {n} (kebab) | :: mshikaki |
| keel over {v} (to die) SEE: die | :: |
| keep company {v} (court) SEE: court | :: |
| Kenya {prop} (country in Eastern Africa) | :: Kenya |
| Kenyan {n} (A person from Kenya or of Kenyan descent) | :: Mkenya |
| Kenyan {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Kenya or the Kenyan people) | :: Mkenya |
| Kenyan English {n} (English dialect of Kenya) | :: kiingereza cha kenya |
| kettle {n} (vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food) | :: birika {c5} {c6} |
| key {n} (device designed to open and close a lock) | :: ufunguo {c11} {c14} |
| key {n} (object used to maintain the orientation between two others) | :: ufungu |
| key {n} (crucial step) | :: ufunguo |
| key {n} (small guide explaining symbols or terminology) | :: ufungu |
| key {n} (device used to transmit Morse code) | :: ufungu |
| key {n} (cryptography: piece of information used to encode or decode) | :: ufungu |
| key {n} (computing: field of a database constrained to be unique) | :: ufungu |
| key {n} (computing: field in a record used as a search argument) | :: ufungu |
| key {n} (computing: value uniquely identifying entry in associative array) | :: ufungu |
| key {adj} (indispensable) | :: ufunguo |
| key {adj} (important) | :: ufunguo |
| key {v} (fit (a lock) with a key) | :: fungua |
| key {v} (fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key) | :: fungua |
| key {v} (telegraphy: depress (a telegraph key)) | :: fungua |
| key {v} (radio: operate (transmitter switch of a two-way radio)) | :: fungua |
| key {v} (computing: enter (information)) | :: fungua |
| Khartoum {prop} (capital of Sudan) | :: Khartoum |
| khat {n} (shrub (Catha edulis)) | :: miraa |
| Khrushchev {prop} (surname) | :: Krushchov |
| kibbutz {n} (a community) | :: kibutsi |
| kid {n} (young goat) | :: mwanambuzi |
| kidnap {v} (to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | :: teka nyara |
| kidney {n} (an organ in the body) | :: figo |
| Kikuyu {n} (member of Bantu people) | :: Mkikuyu |
| Kikuyu {prop} (language) | :: Kikikuyu |
| Kikuyuland {prop} (traditional homeland of the Kikuyu) | :: Ukikuyu |
| Kilimanjaro {prop} (volcano) | :: Kilimanjaro |
| kill {v} (to put to death) | :: kuua |
| killer {n} (person who kills) | :: mwuaji |
| killer {n} (murderer) | :: mwuaji |
| kiln {n} (oven, furnace or heated chamber) | :: tanuri |
| kilo {n} (short form of kilogram) | :: kilo |
| kilogram {n} (unit of mass equal to 1000 grams) | :: kilo |
| kilometre {n} (unit of measure) | :: kilometa |
| kin {n} (relative) SEE: relative | :: |
| kind {n} (atypical specimen) | :: aina |
| kinesia {n} (motion sickness) SEE: motion sickness | :: |
| kinetosis {n} (motion sickness) SEE: motion sickness | :: |
| king {n} (a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation) | :: mfalme |
| king {n} (a playing piece in chess) | :: shehe |
| king {n} (a playing card with the image of a king in it) | :: mzungu wa nne |
| kingdom {n} (realm having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen) | :: ufalme |
| Kings {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Wafalme {c2} |
| kinsman {n} (male relative) | :: ndugu |
| Kinyarwanda {prop} (language) | :: Kinyarwanda |
| Kirundi {prop} (language) | :: Kirundi |
| kiss {v} (to touch with the lips) | :: -busu, -nonea |
| kiss {n} (touch with the lips) | :: busu |
| Kiswahili {prop} (Swahili) SEE: Swahili | :: |
| kit {n} (clothing) SEE: clothing | :: |
| kitchen {n} (room) | :: jiko, jikoni |
| kite {n} (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae) | :: mwewe |
| klipspringer {n} (Oreotragus oreotragus) | :: mbuzi mawe, ngurunguru |
| knave {n} (archaic: boy; especially, boy servant) | :: ghulamu |
| knave {n} (archaic: any male servant) | :: ghulamu |
| knave {n} (deceitful fellow) | :: ghulamu |
| knave {n} (playing card) | :: ghulamu |
| knee {n} (joint in the middle of the leg and area around it) | :: goti |
| kneel {v} (to stoop down and rest on the knee) | :: kupiga magoti |
| knife {n} (utensil or tool designed for cutting) | :: kisu |
| knife {n} (weapon) | :: kisu |
| knife {n} (any blade-like part designed for cutting) | :: kisu |
| knot {n} (looping) | :: fundo |
| knot {n} (tangled clump) | :: fundo |
| knot {v} (form into a knot; tie with knot(s)) | :: funda |
| knot {v} (form wrinkles in forehead) | :: funda |
| know {v} (be certain or sure about (something)) | :: kujua |
| knowledge {n} (fact of knowing about something; understanding, familiarity with information) | :: maarifa |
| kola {n} (tree) | :: mkola |
| Kongo {prop} (Bantu language) | :: Kikongo |
| Koran {prop} (the Islamic holy book) SEE: Qur'an | :: |
| Korea {prop} (South Korea) SEE: South Korea | :: |
| Korea {prop} (North Korea) SEE: North Korea | :: |
| Korea {prop} (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) | :: Korea |
| Korean {adj} (relating to the Korean Peninsula) | :: ya Korea |
| Korean {n} (language) | :: Kikorea |
| Korean {n} (person) | :: Mkorea |
| kori bustard {n} (large bustard from Africa) | :: tandawala mkubwa |
| Kosovo {prop} (disputed region in the Balkans) | :: Kosovo |
| Kraut {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| kudu {n} (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) | :: tandala |
| Kuwait {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: Kuwait |
| Kyrgyz {n} (member of a Turkic people) | :: Mkirigizi |
| Kyrgyz {prop} (language) | :: Kikirigizi |
| Kyrgyzstan {prop} (country in Central Asia) | :: Kirigizistani, Kirigizia, Ukirigizi |
| Kyrgyzstani {n} (person of Kyrgyz origin) SEE: Kyrgyz | :: |
| Kyrgyzstani {adj} (of or pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kyrgyz language) SEE: Kyrgyz | :: |
| lab {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory | :: |
| laboratory {n} (room, building or institution equipped for scientific research) | :: maabara |
| lac {n} (lakh) SEE: lakh | :: |
| ladder {n} (climbing tool) | :: ngazi |
| ladder {n} (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment) | :: ngazi |
| lady {n} (mistress of a household) | :: msichana |
| ladyfinger {n} (okra) SEE: okra | :: |
| lake {n} (body of water) | :: jito {c5} {c6}, majito {p}, ziwa {c5} {c6} |
| lake {n} (a kind of coloring agent) | :: ziwa |
| Lake Victoria {prop} (African lake) | :: Ziwa Victoria |
| lakh {num} (one hundred thousand) | :: laki, lakhi |
| Lalibela {prop} (town in Ethiopia) | :: Lalibela |
| lamb {n} (young sheep) | :: mwanakondoo |
| Lamentations {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Maombolezo |
| lamp {n} (device producing light) | :: taa |
| lamp {n} (oil device producing light) | :: taa |
| land {n} (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) | :: ardhi {c9} |
| land {n} (country or region) | :: nchi |
| language {n} (body of words used as a form of communication) | :: lugha, ki- [noun prefix 7] |
| lantern {n} (case of transparent material made to protect a flame, or light) | :: koroboi, fanusi |
| Laos {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: Laos |
| larboard {n} (port) SEE: port | :: |
| large {adj} (of greater size, see also: big) | :: -kubwa |
| lash {n} (eyelash; hair growing from the eyelid) SEE: eyelash | :: |
| lass {n} (sweetheart) SEE: sweetheart | :: |
| last {v} (to endure, continue over time) | :: -dumu |
| last name {n} (surname) SEE: surname | :: |
| last year {adv} (year before this one, see also: yesteryear) | :: mwaka jana |
| late {adj} (euphemism for dead) | :: marehemu |
| lately {adv} (recently) SEE: recently | :: |
| later {adv} (afterward in time) | :: baadaye |
| later {adv} (at some unspecified time in the future) | :: baadaye |
| Lateran {prop} (church and palace in Rome) | :: Laterani |
| Latin {adj} (of the language) | :: Kilatini |
| Latin {adj} (of the script) | :: Kilatini |
| Latin {adj} (of ancient Rome) | :: Kirumi |
| Latin {adj} (of/from Latin America) | :: Mhispaniki |
| Latin America {prop} (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) | :: Amerika ya Kilatini |
| Latin Church {prop} (one of the particular churches) | :: Kanisa la Kilatini |
| laugh {v} | :: kucheka |
| laughing hyena {n} (spotted hyena) SEE: spotted hyena | :: |
| laurel {n} (Laurus nobilis) | :: mbei {s} (noun 3) |
| laurel {n} (crown of laurel) | :: taji la mbei (noun 5) |
| lava {n} (molten rock) | :: lava |
| lava {n} (magma) SEE: magma | :: |
| lavatory {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| lavatory {n} (sink) SEE: sink | :: |
| lavender {n} (plant) | :: mrujuani |
| lavender {n} (colour) | :: urujuani |
| law {n} (body of rules established in a community by its authorities) | :: sheria |
| law {n} (any rule that must or should be obeyed) | :: kanuni |
| law {n} (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena) | :: kanuni |
| lawful {adj} (conforming to or recognised by law or rules) | :: halali |
| lawman {n} (lawyer) SEE: lawyer | :: |
| lawn {n} (open space between woods) | :: ua |
| lawn {n} (ground covered with grass) | :: ua |
| lawn {n} | :: ua |
| lawyer {n} (professional person authorized to practice law) | :: wakili |
| laziness {n} (quality of being lazy) | :: uzembe |
| Lazio {prop} (Italian region) | :: Lazio |
| lazy {adj} (unwilling to work) | :: legevu |
| lazy {adj} (eye: squinting because of weak muscles) | :: legevu |
| lazybones {n} (person who is lazy) | :: lofa |
| lead {n} (chemical element) | :: risasi |
| lead {v} (guide or conduct in a certain course) | :: ongoza |
| leader {n} (one having authority) | :: kiongozi |
| leadership {n} (capacity to lead) | :: uongozi |
| leaf {n} (part of a plant) | :: jani {c5} {c6}, msahafu {c3} {c4} |
| leaf {n} (sheet of a book) | :: gombo, [noun 5/6] magombo pl , ukurasa, [noun 11/10] kurasa pl |
| league {n} (organization of sports teams) | :: ligi |
| League of Nations {prop} (international organization) | :: Shirikisho la Mataifa |
| learn {v} (to acquire knowledge or ability) | :: -jifunza |
| learn {v} (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out) | :: kupata habari |
| leather {adj} (made of leather) | :: -a ngozi |
| leave {v} (to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting) | :: toka |
| leave {v} (to transfer possession after death) | :: toka |
| leave {v} (to give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit) | :: toka |
| leave {v} (to transfer responsibility or attention) | :: toka |
| leave {v} (to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with) | :: toka |
| leave {v} (to end one's membership in) | :: toka |
| leave {v} (to depart (intransitive)) | :: kuondoka |
| leave {n} (permission to be absent) | :: toka |
| leave {n} (absence from work) | :: toka |
| leave {n} (departure) | :: toka |
| leaven {n} (any agent used to make dough rise) | :: chachu {c9}, hamira |
| leave of absence {n} (absence from work) SEE: leave | :: |
| Lebanon {prop} (Lebanese Republic) | :: Lebanon |
| lecturer {n} (person who gives lectures) | :: mkufunzi |
| lecturer {n} (member of university or college) | :: mkufunzi |
| lecturer {n} (dated: member of the Church of England clergy) | :: mkufunzi |
| ledger {n} (book for keeping notes) | :: daftari |
| ledger {n} (collection of accounting entries) | :: leja |
| leech {n} (annelid) | :: mruba |
| leech {n} (physician) SEE: physician | :: |
| left {adj} (the west side of the body when one is facing north) | :: kushoto |
| left {adj} (pertaining to the political left) | :: kushoto |
| left {n} (the left side) | :: kushoto |
| left {n} (the ensemble of left-wing political parties) | :: kushoto |
| left {v} (remaining) | :: kushoto |
| leg {n} (lower limb from groin to ankle) | :: mguu {c3} |
| leg {n} (portion of the lower appendage from knee to ankle) | :: mguu |
| leg {n} (part of garment covering the leg) | :: sura |
| leg {n} (stage of journey) | :: sura |
| leg {n} ((nautical) distance done without changing the sails from one side to the other) | :: sura |
| leg {n} ((nautical) side of a route in a sailing race) | :: sura |
| leg {n} (game played in a tournament) | :: sura |
| leg {n} (supporting protrusion of an inanimate object) | :: sura |
| legal {adj} (allowed or prescribed by law) | :: halali |
| legend {n} (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events) | :: hekaya |
| legendary {adj} (of or pertaining to a legend) | :: -a kihekaya |
| lemandarin {n} (Citrus × limonia) | :: limau |
| lemon {n} (citrus fruit) | :: ndimu, limau |
| lemon {n} (tree) | :: mdimu |
| lemon {n} (defective item) | :: ndimu |
| lemon {n} (colour/color) | :: ndimu |
| lemon {n} (taste) | :: ndimu |
| lemon {adj} (having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons) | :: ndimu |
| lemon {adj} (having the colour/color of lemons) | :: ndimu |
| lemonade {n} (still beverage) | :: maji ya limau |
| lemongrass {n} (species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon) | :: mchaichai |
| lend {v} (to allow to be used temporarily) | :: kukopesha |
| length {n} (distance along the longest dimension) | :: urefu |
| Leo {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Asadi, Simba |
| leopard {n} (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus) | :: chui |
| leprosy {n} (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae) | :: ukoma |
| lesbian {adj} (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality) | :: shoga |
| lesbian {n} (homosexual woman) | :: shoga |
| Lesbian {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| Lesbian {adj} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| lesbo {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| Lesotho {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Lesotho |
| -less {suffix} (lacking) | :: bila |
| lesson {n} (section of learning or teaching) | :: funzo |
| lesson {n} (learning task assigned to a student) | :: somo |
| lesson {n} (something learned) | :: funzo |
| lesson {n} (something that serves as a warning or encouragement) | :: funzo |
| lesson {n} (section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service) | :: funzo |
| less-than-stellar {adj} (not very good) SEE: poor | :: |
| letter {n} (a symbol in an alphabet) | :: herufi |
| letter {n} (written message) | :: barua |
| lettuce {n} (an edible plant, Lactuca) | :: saladi |
| Levite {n} (member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi) | :: Mlawi |
| Leviticus {prop} (the book of the Bible and Torah) | :: Walawi {c2} |
| lexicographer {n} (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) | :: mwanaleksikografia |
| lexicography {n} (art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries) | :: leksikografia |
| liar {n} (one who tells lies) | :: mwongo |
| Liberia {prop} (country in Western Africa) | :: Liberia, Uliberi |
| Liberian {n} (A person from Liberia) | :: Mliberia, Mliberi |
| Liberian {adj} (pertaining to Liberia) | :: Kilberia, Kiliberi |
| Libra {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Mizani |
| library {n} (institution which holds books etc.) | :: maktaba |
| library {n} (collection of books) | :: maktaba |
| library {n} (collection of records) | :: maktaba |
| library {n} (collection of subprograms) | :: maktaba |
| Libya {prop} (country in Northern Africa) | :: Libya |
| Libyan {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language) | :: Kilibya |
| Libyan {n} (person) | :: Mlibya |
| lichen {n} (something which spreads across something else, causing damage) SEE: cancer | :: |
| licit {adj} (not forbidden) | :: halali |
| lid {n} (top or cover) | :: kifuniko |
| lieutenant {n} (lowest commissioned officer rank) | :: luteni |
| life {n} (the state of being alive) | :: uhai {c11} {c12}, maisha {c5} {c6} |
| life {n} (the essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being) | :: uhai |
| life {n} (the subjective and inner manifestation of the individual) | :: uhai |
| life {n} (the essence of God) | :: uhai |
| life {n} (the world in general, existence) | :: uhai |
| life {n} (a worthwhile existence) | :: uhai |
| life {n} (something inherently part of a person's existence) | :: uhai |
| life {n} (life sentence) | :: uhai |
| life {n} (duration) | :: uhai |
| life after death {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| lift {n} (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people) | :: eleveta, kipandishi |
| lift {n} (thief) SEE: thief | :: |
| light {v} (to set fire to) | :: kuwasha |
| light {adj} (having light) | :: mwanga |
| light {adj} (pale in colour) | :: mwanga |
| light {adj} (coffee: served with extra milk or cream) | :: mwanga |
| light {adj} (lightly-built) | :: mwanga |
| light {adj} (having little force or momentum) | :: mwanga |
| light {adj} (low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.) | :: mwanga |
| light {adj} (of little significance) | :: mwanga |
| light {v} (to unload a ship) | :: mwanga |
| light {v} (to find by chance) | :: mwanga |
| light {v} (alight) | :: mwanga |
| light {n} (electromagnetic waves) | :: mwanga {c3} {c4}, nuru {c9} {c10} |
| light {n} (source of illumination) | :: mwanga |
| light {n} (spiritual illumination) | :: mwanga, nuru {c9} {c10} |
| light {n} (point of view) | :: mwanga |
| light {n} (flame or something used to create fire) | :: mwanga |
| light {n} (window or space for one) | :: mwanga |
| light bulb {n} (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament that produces light) | :: balbu |
| lighter {n} (fire making device) | :: vibiriti vya chuma |
| light globe {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| lighthouse {n} (building containing a light to warn or guide ships) | :: mnara |
| lightning {n} (flash of light) | :: umeme |
| lightning bug {n} (firefly) SEE: firefly | :: |
| light year {n} (astronomical distance) | :: mwaka wa nuru |
| like {v} (enjoy) | :: kupenda |
| like {prep} (such as) | :: kama |
| likewise {adv} (also; moreover; too) SEE: too | :: |
| likewise {adv} (in like manner) | :: kadhalika |
| Lilongwe {prop} (capital of Malawi) | :: Lilongwe |
| lime {n} (inorganic material containing calcium) | :: chokaa |
| lime {n} (green citrus fruit) | :: ndimu, dimu |
| lime {n} (citrus tree) | :: mdimu |
| lime juice {n} (the liquid extract of lime fruit) | :: maji ya ndimu |
| line {n} (rope, cord, or string) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (path through two or more points, threadlike mark) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (graph theory: edge of a graph) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (geography: equator) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (cricket: horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (direction, path) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (telephone or network connection) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (letter, written form of communication) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (fortifications: trench or rampart) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (bible: that which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (lineament; feature; figure) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (straight sequence of people, queue) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (military: regular infantry of an army) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (poetic: verse) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (official, stated position of an individual or political faction) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (products or services sold by a business, or the business itself) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (stock exchange: number of shares taken by a jobber) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (measure of length, one twelfth of an inch) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (baseball: batter’s box) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (fencing: position in which the fencers hold their swords) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (engineering: proper relative position or adjustment of parts) | :: mstari |
| line {n} | :: mstari |
| line {v} (to place (objects) into a line) | :: mstari |
| line {v} (to place persons or things along the side of for security or defense) | :: mstari |
| line {v} (to mark with a line) | :: mstari |
| line {v} (obsolete: to represent by lines; delineate; portray) | :: mstari |
| line {v} (to read or repeat line by line) | :: mstari |
| line {v} (baseball: to hit a line drive) | :: mstari |
| line {n} (obsolete: flax, linen, see also: flax; linen) | :: mstari |
| line {v} (cover the inside surface of (something)) | :: mstari |
| line {v} (to fill or supply, as a purse with money) | :: mstari |
| line {v} (of a dog: impregnate) | :: mstari |
| lineage {n} (descent) | :: kizazi |
| lineage {n} (number of lines) | :: kizazi |
| line up {v} (get into a line) | :: mstari |
| Lingala {prop} (Bantu language) | :: Kilingala |
| linguist {n} (one who studies linguistics) | :: mwanaisimu |
| linguistics {n} (scientific study of language) | :: isimu |
| lion {n} (big cat Panthera leo) | :: simba |
| lion {n} (person with strength and courage) | :: simba, simba |
| lion cub {n} (young lion) | :: shibli |
| lionet {n} (lion cub) SEE: lion cub | :: |
| lip {n} | :: mdomo {c3} |
| liquid {n} (substance that is liquid) | :: majimaji |
| liquid {adj} (fluid; not solid and not gaseous) | :: majimaji |
| list {n} | :: orodha {c9} {c10} |
| list {v} (to create or recite a list) | :: kuorodesha |
| listen {v} (to pay attention to a sound) | :: kusikiza, kusikiliza |
| listen {v} (to expect or wait for a sound) | :: sikiza |
| listen {v} (to accept advice or obey instruction) | :: sikiza |
| listen {v} (to hear (something)) | :: sikiza |
| listener {n} (someone who listens) | :: msikilizaji |
| litchi {n} (lychee) SEE: lychee | :: |
| liter {n} (cubic decimeter) SEE: litre | :: |
| literature {n} (body of all written works) | :: fasihi |
| lithium {n} (chemical element) | :: lithi |
| litre {n} (unit of fluid measure) | :: lita |
| little {adv} (not much) | :: kidogo |
| little {determiner} (small amount) | :: kidogo |
| live {v} (be alive) | :: ishi |
| live {v} (have permanent residence) | :: ishi |
| live {v} (survive, persevere, continue) | :: ishi |
| live {adj} (having life) | :: ishi |
| live {adv} (as it happens) | :: ishi |
| liver {n} (organ of the body) | :: ini |
| liver {n} (organ as food) | :: maini |
| living room {n} (room in a private house) | :: sebule |
| lizard {n} (reptile) | :: mjusi |
| load {n} (burden) | :: mzigo |
| loaf {n} (block of bread) | :: mkate {c3} {c4} |
| loafer {n} (idle person) | :: lofa |
| loan {n} (borrowed sum of money or other property) | :: mkopo |
| lockup {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| locust {n} (type of grasshopper) | :: nzige |
| Lode Star {prop} (Polaris) SEE: Polaris | :: |
| lofty {adj} (high, having great height or stature) | :: refu |
| log {n} (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) | :: gogo |
| log {n} (bulky piece of timber) | :: gogo |
| loge {n} (stall) SEE: stall | :: |
| logic {n} (method of human thought) | :: mantiki |
| logo {n} (visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an entity) | :: chapa |
| lokun {n} (doctor) SEE: doctor | :: |
| lolly {n} (money) SEE: money | :: |
| London {prop} (in the United Kingdom) | :: London |
| long {adj} (having much distance from one point to another) | :: refu |
| long {adj} (not short) SEE: tall | :: |
| longsword {n} (a kind of sword) | :: upanga mrefu |
| loo {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| loofah {n} (tropical vine) | :: mdodoki |
| look {v} (to try to see) | :: angalia |
| look {v} (to appear, to seem) | :: angalia |
| look {v} (give an appearance of being) | :: angalia |
| look {v} (to face) | :: angalia |
| look {v} (to expect) | :: angalia |
| look {v} | :: kuangalia |
| look {n} (action of looking) | :: angalia |
| look {n} (physical appearance) | :: angalia |
| look {n} (facial expression) | :: angalia |
| look for {v} (search; seek) | :: kutafuta |
| looking-glass {n} (mirror) SEE: mirror | :: |
| Lord {prop} (God) | :: Bwana |
| Lord's Prayer {prop} (the prayer taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples) | :: Baba yetu |
| lorry {n} (motor vehicle) SEE: truck | :: |
| lorry {n} (horse-drawn wagon) | :: lori |
| loser {n} (person who fails to win) | :: mshindwa |
| loss {n} (defeat, see also: defeat) | :: hasara |
| loss {n} (grief caused by losing someone or something) | :: hasara |
| loss {n} | :: hasara |
| lot {n} (large quantity or number) SEE: a lot | :: |
| Lot {prop} (nephew of Abraham) | :: Lutu |
| lots {n} (lots) SEE: a lot | :: |
| lotus {n} (Nymphaea) SEE: water lily | :: |
| lotus {n} (plant of the genus Nelumbo) | :: yungiyungi la kimisri, lotasi |
| loud {adj} (of a sound) | :: -kubwa |
| louse {n} (insect) | :: chawa {c9} {c10} {s} {p} |
| louse {n} (worthless person) | :: chawa |
| love {n} (strong affection) | :: upendo |
| love {n} (object of one's romantic feelings; darling or sweetheart) | :: upendo |
| love {n} | :: upendo |
| love {v} (have a strong affection for) | :: kupenda |
| lover {n} (one who loves another person) | :: mpenzi |
| lover {n} (sexual partner) | :: mpenzi |
| lover {n} (person who loves something) | :: mpenzi |
| lower {v} (let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail) | :: kushusha |
| Lucas {prop} (male given name) SEE: Luke | :: |
| luck {n} (something that happens to someone by chance) | :: bahati |
| Luganda {prop} (language) | :: Kiganda |
| luggage {n} (traveller's containers) | :: mzigo |
| Lukas {prop} (given name) SEE: Luke | :: |
| Luke {prop} (given name) | :: Luka |
| Luke {prop} (evangelist) | :: Luka |
| Luke {prop} (gospel of Luke) | :: Luka |
| Luna {prop} (Earth's moon) SEE: Moon | :: |
| lung {n} (organ that extracts oxygen from the air) | :: pafu {c5} {c6} |
| lung cancer {n} (cancer of the lung(s)) | :: saratani ya mapafu |
| Luo {prop} (tribal group in eastern Africa) | :: Wajaluo |
| Luo {prop} (language) | :: Kijaluo |
| lust {n} (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature) | :: shahawa |
| lute {n} (stringed instrument) | :: gambusi |
| Lutheran {adj} (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church) | :: Kilutheri |
| Lutheran {n} (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther) | :: Mlutheri |
| Lutheranism {n} (branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther) | :: Ulutheri |
| Luxembourg {prop} (country) | :: Lasembagi |
| lycanthrope {n} (werewolf) SEE: werewolf | :: |
| lychee {n} (tree) | :: mshokishoki, mgulabi |
| lychee {n} (fruit) | :: shokishoki, gulabi |
| lynx {n} (wild cat) | :: linksi |
| Lyon {prop} (city in France) | :: Lyon |
| lyre {n} (stringed musical instrument) | :: lira, kinubi kidogo |
| mañana {adv} (tomorrow) SEE: tomorrow | :: |
| Maasai {n} (group of people) | :: Wamasai |
| Maasai {prop} (language) | :: Kimasai |
| macadamia {n} (macadamia nut) SEE: macadamia nut | :: |
| macadamia nut {n} (edible seed of the macadamia tree) | :: makadamia |
| machete {n} (a sword-like tool) | :: panga |
| machine {n} (mechanical or electrical device) | :: mashine |
| macrocosm {n} (the universe) SEE: universe | :: |
| Madagascar {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Bukini, Madagaska |
| madman {n} (An insane man) | :: chizi |
| madrasa {n} (madrasah) SEE: madrasah | :: |
| madrasah {n} (school for Islamic theology) | :: madrasa |
| magazine {n} (periodical) | :: jarida |
| Magdalene {prop} (biblical character) SEE: Mary Magdalene | :: |
| magic {n} (use of supernatural rituals, forces etc.) | :: ndumba |
| magistrate {n} (judicial officer) | :: hakimu |
| magma {n} (molten matter) | :: magma |
| magnality {n} (great or wonderful thing) SEE: miracle | :: |
| magnesium {n} (chemical element) | :: magnesi {?} |
| magnet {n} (piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism) | :: sumaku {c9} |
| magnetic {adj} (of, relating to, caused by, or operating by magnetism) | :: -a sumaku |
| magnetic {adj} (having the properties a magnet) | :: -a sumaku |
| magnetic {adj} (determined by earth's magnetic fields) | :: -a sumaku |
| magnetic field {n} (a field of magnetic force) | :: uga wa sumaku {m} |
| mahr {n} (a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures) | :: mahari |
| maid {n} (young female) | :: wafanyikazi |
| maid {n} (female servant or cleaner) | :: mfanyikazi |
| maiden {adj} (virgin) SEE: virgin | :: |
| main {n} (mainland) SEE: mainland | :: |
| main {n} (high seas) SEE: high seas | :: |
| mainland {n} (the main landmass of a country or continent) | :: bara |
| mainland China {prop} (area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) | :: Uchina Bara |
| maintain {v} (to maintain, to consider) SEE: hold | :: |
| maintain {v} (to keep up) | :: dumisha |
| maize {n} (corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays) | :: muhindi, hindi |
| major {n} (military rank) | :: meja |
| major general {n} (a military officer) | :: meja jenerali |
| makeup {n} (cosmetics) | :: kipodozi |
| Malachi {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Malaki |
| Malachi {prop} (minor prophet) | :: Malaki |
| Malachi {prop} (male given name) | :: Malaki |
| Malagasy {n} (person) | :: Mbukini |
| Malagasy {n} (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language) | :: Kibukini |
| malaria {n} (disease) | :: malaria |
| Malawi {prop} (Republic of Malawi) | :: Malawi |
| Malawian {n} (A person from Malawi or of Malawian descent) | :: Mmalawi |
| Malawian {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Malawi or the Malawian people) | :: Kimalawi |
| Malay {adj} | :: Kimalaysia, Kimalasia |
| Malay {n} | :: Kimalaysia, Kimalasia; Kimalaysia, Kimalasia |
| Malaysia {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: Malesia |
| Malaysian {prop} (Malay) SEE: Malay | :: |
| Maldives {prop} (country in South Asia) | :: Maldova |
| maledict {v} (curse) SEE: curse | :: |
| malediction {n} (curse) SEE: curse | :: |
| Mali {prop} (a country in Western Africa) | :: Mali |
| Malian {n} (A person from Mali or of Malian descent) | :: Mmali |
| Malian {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Mali or the Malian people) | :: Kimali |
| malkin {n} (cat) SEE: cat | :: |
| Malta {prop} (republic) | :: Malta |
| mama {n} (mother) SEE: mother | :: |
| mama {n} (mum) SEE: mum | :: |
| mamma {n} (mother) SEE: mother | :: |
| mamma {n} (mum) SEE: mum | :: |
| man {n} (adult male human) | :: mwanaume {cm} {cwa} |
| man {n} (human) | :: binadamu |
| manage {v} (to handle or control a situation or job) | :: mudu |
| manage {v} (to succeed at an attempt) | :: mudu |
| manage {v} (to achieve without fuss, or without outside help) | :: mudu |
| manager {n} (person whose job is to manage something) | :: meneja |
| manager {n} (administrator, for a singer or group) | :: meneja |
| manatee {n} (any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae) | :: manatii |
| Manchuria {prop} (historical region in Northeast Asia) | :: Manchuria |
| Mandarin {n} (Standard Mandarin, see also: Chinese) | :: Kimandarini |
| mandolin {n} (musical instrument) | :: gambusi ndogo |
| man-eating {adj} (inclined to eat human flesh) | :: mla-watu |
| mango {n} (tropical fruit tree Mangifera indica) | :: mwembe |
| mango {n} (fruit) | :: embe |
| mango juice {n} (juice) | :: maji ya maembe |
| manioc {n} (tropical plant) | :: muhogo |
| manna {n} (food) | :: mana |
| mansion {n} (large house or building) | :: jumba |
| manufacture {v} (to make things) | :: unda |
| manufacture {v} (to produce goods) | :: unda |
| manufacture {v} (to create false evidences) | :: unda |
| manure {n} (excrement) | :: mbolea |
| manus {n} (hand) SEE: hand | :: |
| many {determiner} (an indefinite large number of) | :: -ingi |
| many {pron} (an indefinite large number of people or things) | :: wengi |
| many {n} (a collective mass of people) | :: wengi |
| map {n} (visual representation of an area) | :: ramani {c9} {c10} |
| map {n} (diagram of components of an item) | :: ramani |
| map {v} (to create a visual representation of a territory) | :: ramani |
| maple {n} (tree of the Acer genus) | :: mshira |
| march {n} (formal, rhythmic way of walking) | :: machi {9/10} |
| march {n} (steady forward movement or progression) | :: machi {9/10} |
| March {prop} (third month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: Machi |
| Marie {prop} (female given name) SEE: Mary | :: |
| marigold {n} (Calendula) | :: kalendula |
| marigold {n} (Tagetes) | :: tageta |
| marijuana {n} (the drug) | :: bangi |
| marimba {n} (musical instrument) | :: marimba |
| mariner {n} (sailor) SEE: sailor | :: |
| mariner's compass {n} (compass) SEE: compass | :: |
| mark {n} (indication for reference or measurement) | :: alama |
| mark {n} (academic score) | :: maki |
| mark {n} (sporting score) | :: maki |
| mark {n} (visible impression, blemish, stain) | :: maki, alama |
| mark {v} (indicate) | :: maki |
| mark {v} (take note of) | :: maki |
| mark {v} (blemish) | :: maki |
| mark {v} (correct) | :: maki |
| mark {v} (sports: to follow a player) | :: maki |
| mark {n} (coin) | :: maki |
| Mark {prop} (male given name) | :: Marko |
| Mark {prop} (the Evangelist) | :: Marko {c6} |
| Mark {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Marko {c6} |
| marker {n} (marker pen) SEE: marker pen | :: |
| marker pen {n} (pen) | :: alama {m} |
| market {n} (gathering for trading) | :: soko |
| market {n} (spacious site for trading) | :: soko |
| market {n} (group of potential customers) | :: soko |
| market {n} (geographical area where a commercial demand exists) | :: soko |
| market {n} (formally organized system of trading in specified goods or effects) | :: soko |
| market {n} (total sum of trading) | :: soko |
| market {n} (used attributively) | :: soko |
| market {n} | :: soko |
| market {v} (to make available and promote) | :: soko |
| market {v} (to sell) SEE: sell | :: |
| marriage {n} (state of being married) | :: ndoa |
| marriage {n} (union of two people) | :: ndoa |
| marriage {n} (wedding) | :: ndoa |
| marriage {n} (close union) | :: ndoa |
| marriage {n} (joining of two parts) | :: ndoa |
| marry {v} (to take a husband or wife) | :: kufunga ndoa |
| marry {v} (to give away as wife or husband) | :: kuoza |
| marry {v} (to take for husband or wife) | :: kuoa (of male) |
| Mars {prop} (planet) | :: Mirihi, Meriki |
| Mars {prop} (god of war) | :: Maazi |
| martial {n} (soldier, warrior) SEE: soldier | :: |
| martyr {v} (persecute) SEE: persecute | :: |
| marvel {n} (miracle) SEE: miracle | :: |
| marvel {n} (wonder) SEE: wonder | :: |
| Mary {prop} (biblical mother of Jesus) | :: Maryamu |
| Mary Magdalene {prop} (female disciple of Jesus) | :: Maria Magdalena |
| masjid {n} (mosque) SEE: mosque | :: |
| mask {n} (cover for the face) | :: barakoa |
| Masr {prop} (Egypt) SEE: Egypt | :: |
| mass {n} (large quantity; sum) | :: mshikano |
| mast {n} (support of a sail) | :: mlingoti |
| masturbation {n} (manual erotic stimulation of the genitals) | :: punyeto |
| mat {n} (foot wiping device or floor covering) | :: mkeka, mkeka |
| matatu {n} (minivan used as public transport in Kenya) | :: matatu |
| match {n} (sporting event) | :: mechi, mashindano |
| match {n} (device to make fire) | :: kibiriti |
| maternal uncle {n} (brother of one's mother) | :: mjomba |
| mathematician {n} (expert in mathematics) | :: mwanahisabati |
| mathematics {n} (field of study) | :: hisabati |
| matrix {n} (womb) SEE: womb | :: |
| Matthew {prop} (male given name) | :: Mathayo {c6} |
| Matthew {prop} (biblical disciple) | :: Mathayo {c6} |
| Matthew {prop} (gospel of Matthew) | :: Mathayo {c6} |
| mattress {n} (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep) | :: godoro, mto |
| maundy {n} (commandment) SEE: commandment | :: |
| Mauritania {prop} (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) | :: Moritania, Umoritani |
| Mauritanian {n} (Mauritanian person) | :: Mmoritania, Mmoritani |
| Mauritanian {adj} (Mauritanian) | :: Kimoritania, Kimoritani |
| Mauritian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture) | :: Kimorisi |
| Mauritian {n} (person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent) | :: Mmorisi |
| Mauritian {prop} (Mauritian Creole) SEE: Mauritian Creole | :: |
| Mauritian Creole {prop} (creole language of Mauritius) | :: Kimorisi |
| Mauritius {prop} (country) | :: Morisi |
| mayor {n} (leader of a city) | :: meya |
| Mayotte {prop} (Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte) | :: Maore |
| may the Force be with you {phrase} (wish someone luck) | :: Na Kipawa Kiwa Nawe |
| meaning {n} (symbolic value of something) | :: maana |
| meaning {n} (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life") | :: maana |
| meaning {n} (definition or connotation of a word) | :: maana |
| measles {n} (acute highly contagious viral disease) | :: surua, ukambi |
| measure {n} (dance) SEE: dance | :: |
| measure {n} (geology: bed or stratum) SEE: bed | :: |
| measurement {n} (act of measuring) | :: kipimo |
| measurement {n} (magnitude determined by measuring) | :: kipimo |
| meat {n} (animal flesh used as food) | :: nyama {c9} {c10} |
| meat {n} (type of meat) | :: nyama {c9} {c10} |
| meat {n} (any sort of flesh) | :: nyama {c9} {c10} |
| meat {n} (substance, solid part) | :: nyama {c9} {c10} |
| meat {n} | :: nyama {c9/10} |
| Mecca {prop} (city in Saudi Arabia) | :: Makka |
| medal {n} (stamped metal disc) | :: nishani |
| mediator {n} (one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement) | :: mpatanishi |
| medic {n} (doctor) SEE: doctor | :: |
| medicine {n} (substance which promotes healing) | :: dawa |
| medicine {n} (treatment or cure) | :: tiba |
| medicine {n} | :: dawa {c5/6} madawa {p} |
| Mediterranean {prop} (Mediterranean Sea) SEE: Mediterranean Sea | :: |
| Mediterranean Sea {prop} (sea between Europe and Africa) | :: Bahari ya Mediteranea, Bahari ya Kati |
| Medusa {prop} (one of the Gorgons) | :: Medusa |
| meerkat {n} (small carnivorous mammal) | :: nguchiro wa porini |
| meet {v} (encounter by accident) | :: kukutana |
| meet {v} (see through arrangement) | :: kukutana |
| meet {v} (converge and touch) | :: kukutana |
| meeting {n} (gathering for a purpose) | :: mkutano |
| megabat {n} (bat of the family Pteropodidae) | :: popo mkubwa |
| melongene {n} (eggplant) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| melt {n} (idiot) SEE: idiot | :: |
| member {n} (in set theory) SEE: element | :: |
| member {n} (one who officially belongs to a group) | :: mshiriki |
| member {n} (organ, limb) | :: mshiriki |
| Member of Parliament {n} (representative) | :: mbunge |
| membership {n} (fact of being a member) | :: uanachama |
| memoir {n} (book describing the personal experiences of an author) | :: kumbukumbu |
| memoirs {n} (autobiography) SEE: memoir | :: |
| memorial service {n} (funeral) SEE: funeral | :: |
| memory {n} (ability to recall) | :: kumbukumbu |
| mend {v} (to repair) | :: kutengeneza |
| mendicant {n} (beggar) | :: mwombaji |
| menstruation {n} (periodic discharging of the menses) | :: hedhi |
| mercenary {n} (person employed to fight) | :: mamluki |
| merchant {n} (person who traffics in commodities) | :: mfanyabiashara |
| merchantman {n} (merchant) SEE: merchant | :: |
| mercury {n} (element) | :: zebaki |
| Mercury {prop} (planet) | :: Utaridi, Zebaki |
| Mercury {prop} (Roman god) | :: Merkyuri |
| mercy {n} (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another) | :: huruma |
| mercy {n} (forgiveness or compassion) | :: huruma |
| mercy {n} (tendency toward forgiveness) | :: rehema {c9} {c10} |
| Merry Andrew {n} (person who clowns publicly) SEE: clown | :: |
| merry Christmas {phrase} (good wishes at Christmas time) | :: heri ya Krismasi, Krismasi njema |
| metal {n} (atomic element or material made of such atoms) | :: metali |
| metamorphosis {n} (transformation) | :: metamofosi |
| metamorphosis {n} (in biology) | :: metamofosi |
| metaphor {n} (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | :: sitiari |
| metaphysics {n} (branch of philosophy that studies first principles) | :: metafizikia |
| meteorology {n} (science) | :: meteorolojia |
| meter {n} (unit of length) SEE: metre | :: |
| metre {n} (unit of length) | :: mita |
| mettle {n} (metal) SEE: metal | :: |
| Mexican {n} (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent) | :: Mmeksiko |
| Mexican {n} (Nahuatl language) SEE: Nahuatl | :: |
| Mexican {adj} (of or pertaining to Nahuatl language) SEE: Nahuatl | :: |
| Mexican {n} (Mexican dialect of Spanish) SEE: Mexican Spanish | :: |
| Mexican Spanish {prop} (Mexican dialect of Spanish) | :: Kimeksiko |
| Mexico {prop} (country) | :: Meksiko |
| Mexico {prop} (Mexico City) SEE: Mexico City | :: |
| Mexico City {prop} (capital of Mexico) | :: mji wa Meksiko |
| Micah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Mika {c4} |
| Micah {prop} (Biblical character: minor prophet and author) | :: Mika {c4} |
| Micah {prop} (Biblical character: Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18) | :: Mika {c4} |
| Micah {prop} (male given name) | :: Mika {c4} |
| microphone {n} (transducer of sound waves to electricity) | :: kinasa sauti, mikrofoni |
| microscope {n} (an optical instrument) | :: hadubini, darubini ya vidudu |
| microscopize {v} (microscope) SEE: microscope | :: |
| midday {n} (12 o'clock during the day) SEE: noon | :: |
| middle {n} | :: kati |
| Middle Earth {prop} (Earth) SEE: Earth | :: |
| middleman {n} (intermediate dealer between manufacturer and the retailer or customer) | :: mlanguzi |
| middleman {n} (intermediary) SEE: intermediary | :: |
| Midgard {prop} (Earth) SEE: Earth | :: |
| midwife {v} | :: mkunga |
| mielie {n} (maize) SEE: maize | :: |
| militsia {n} (police) SEE: police | :: |
| milk {v} (to express milk from mammal) | :: kukama |
| milk {v} (to draw from the breasts or udder) | :: kukama |
| milk {v} (to express any liquid) | :: maziwa |
| milk {v} (to take advantage of situation) | :: maziwa |
| milk {n} (semen) SEE: semen | :: |
| milk {n} (liquid) | :: maziwa |
| milk {n} (serving) | :: maziwa |
| milkshake {n} (milk and ice cream beverage) | :: sharubati |
| milk tea {n} (beverage containing a combination of cow's milk and tea) | :: chai ya maziwa |
| millennium {n} (thousand-year period) | :: milenia |
| millet {n} (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) | :: mtama |
| milliard {num} (10^9) SEE: billion | :: |
| milliliter {n} (milliliter) SEE: millilitre | :: |
| millilitre {n} (a unit of volume) | :: mililita |
| millimeter {n} (unit of measure) | :: milimita |
| millimetre {n} (millimeter) SEE: millimeter | :: |
| millionaire {n} (somebody whose wealth is greater than one million) | :: milionea |
| millipede {n} (elongated arthropod) | :: jongoo |
| milt {n} (the organ spleen) SEE: spleen | :: |
| minaret {n} (mosque tower) | :: mnara |
| mind {v} (to remember) SEE: remember | :: |
| mindfulness {n} (awareness) SEE: awareness | :: |
| mine {n} (excavation from which ore is extracted) | :: shimo, mgodi, chimbo |
| mineral {n} (in nutrition) | :: madini |
| mineral {n} (mineral water) SEE: mineral water | :: |
| mineral water {n} (water containing dissolved minerals) | :: madini |
| minister {n} (politician who heads a ministry) | :: waziri |
| ministry {n} (government department) | :: wizara |
| mink {n} (mammal) | :: minki |
| mint {n} (plant) | :: mnanaa |
| mint {n} (herb flavouring) | :: nanaa |
| mint {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya nanaa |
| minute {n} (unit of time) | :: dakika |
| minute {n} (short but unspecified period of time) | :: dakika |
| minute {n} (minute of use of telephone network) | :: dakika |
| miracle {n} (wonderful event attributed to supernatural powers) | :: muujiza, mwujiza {c3} {c4} |
| Miriam {prop} (female given name) | :: Mariamu |
| mirror {n} (smooth reflecting surface) | :: kioo {c7} |
| misbaha {n} (set of Islamic prayer beads) | :: tasbihi |
| miscarriage {n} (termination of pregnancy) | :: mimba kuharibika |
| miser {n} (skinflint or scrooge) | :: mbahili |
| mission {n} (religious evangelism) | :: misheni |
| missionary {n} (person traveling to spread a religion) | :: mmisionari |
| missus {n} (wife) SEE: wife | :: |
| mistake {v} (To make an error) | :: kosa |
| mistake {n} (an error) | :: kosa {c5} {c6} |
| miswak {n} | :: mswaki |
| mixture {n} (something produced by mixing) | :: mchanganyiko, mkorogo |
| Mnemosyne {prop} (Titaness) | :: Mnemosine |
| mobile {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| mobile phone {n} (portable telephone) | :: rununu, simu ya mkononi |
| mobile telephone {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone | :: |
| modicum {n} (modest, small, or trifling amount) | :: kiasi {cki-vi} |
| Mohammad {prop} (male given name) SEE: Muhammad | :: |
| Mohammad {prop} (prophet) SEE: Muhammad | :: |
| moiety {n} (half) SEE: half | :: |
| Moldavia {prop} (Moldova) SEE: Moldova | :: |
| Moldova {prop} (country) | :: Moldova |
| mole {n} (dark spot on the skin) | :: fuko |
| mole {n} (burrowing insectivore) | :: fuko {c5} {c6} |
| mole {n} (internal spy) | :: fuko |
| mole {n} (massive structure used as a pier or breakwater) | :: fuko |
| mole {n} (unit of amount) | :: mfuko |
| mole {n} (sauce) | :: mfuko |
| mole {n} (mole rat) SEE: mole rat | :: |
| molecule {n} (group of atoms held together by chemical bonds) | :: molekuli |
| mole rat {n} (rodent) | :: fuko |
| mom {v} (mother) SEE: mum | :: |
| moment {n} (very brief period of time) | :: kitambo {c7} {c8}, nukta {c9} {c10} |
| mommy {n} (mum) SEE: mum | :: |
| monastery {n} (building for monks) | :: monasteri |
| monasticism {n} (religious practice) | :: umonaki |
| Monday {n} (day of the week) | :: Jumatatu |
| money {n} (means of exchange and measure of value) | :: pesa, shilingi |
| money {n} (currency) | :: pesa |
| money {n} (cash) | :: pesa |
| money {n} (available liquid assets) | :: pesa |
| money {n} (wealth) | :: pesa |
| money {n} (item of value used as payment) | :: pesa |
| Mongol {n} (A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian) SEE: Mongolian | :: |
| Mongolia {prop} (East Asian country) | :: Mongolia |
| Mongolian {n} (language of Mongolia) | :: Kimongolia |
| Mongolian People's Republic {prop} (Mongolia) SEE: Mongolia | :: |
| mongoose {n} (a small carnivore of the family Herpestidae) | :: nguchiro |
| moniker {n} (signature) SEE: signature | :: |
| monitor {n} (monitor lizard) SEE: monitor lizard | :: |
| monitor lizard {n} (lizard of the genus Varanus) | :: kenge |
| monk {n} (slang: judge) SEE: judge | :: |
| monk {n} (male member of monastic order) | :: mmonaki |
| monkey {n} (primate) | :: tumbili {c9} {c10} |
| monkey-house {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| monkshood {n} (herbs of the genus Aconitum) SEE: aconite | :: |
| Monopoly {prop} (a board game) | :: Ukiritimba, Kumiliki [Kenya] |
| monotreme {n} (egg-laying mammal) | :: mamalia atagaye mayai |
| month {n} (period into which a year is divided) | :: mwezi {c3} {c4} |
| moon {n} (largest natural satellite of planet Earth) | :: mwezi |
| moon {n} (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet) | :: mwezi {c3} {c4} |
| moon {n} (month) | :: mwezi |
| Moon {prop} (sole natural satellite of the Earth) | :: mwezi |
| moonshine {n} (illicit liquor) | :: chang'aa |
| moose {n} (largest member of the deer family (Alces alces)) | :: elki {m}, kongoni wa Kaskazini |
| moot {n} (debate) SEE: debate | :: |
| mop {v} (to rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop) | :: deki |
| more haste, less speed {proverb} (when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly) | :: haraka haraka haina baraka |
| morgue {n} (place for dead people) | :: mochari |
| morning {n} (part of the day between dawn and midday) | :: asubuhi |
| morning {n} (the part of the day after midnight and before midday) | :: asubuhi {c9} {c10} |
| morning glory {n} (plant) | :: ipomea |
| Moroccan {n} (person from Morocco) | :: Mmoroko |
| Moroccan {adj} (pertaining to Morocco) | :: Kimoroko |
| Morocco {prop} (country) | :: Moroko |
| moron {n} (idiot) SEE: idiot | :: |
| morphology {n} (a scientific study of form and structure) | :: mofolojia |
| morphology {n} (linguistic study of the form and structure) | :: mofolojia |
| mortgage {n} (special form of secured loan) | :: rehani |
| mortuary {n} (morgue) SEE: morgue | :: |
| Moscow {prop} (capital city of Russia) | :: Misko, Moscow |
| Moses {prop} (the biblical patriarch) | :: Musa, Mose |
| Moses {prop} (male given name) | :: Musa |
| Mosotho {n} (a citizen of Lesotho) | :: Msoto |
| mosque {n} (a place of worship for Muslims) | :: msikiti |
| mosquito {n} (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood) | :: mbu {c9} {c10} |
| mosquito net {n} (fine net used to protect against mosquitos) | :: kiandarua cha mbu |
| moss-grown {adj} (old; old-fashioned, out of date) SEE: old | :: |
| moth {n} (insect similar to a butterfly) | :: nondo |
| mother {v} (to treat as a mother would be expected to) | :: mama |
| mother {n} (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant) | :: mzazi, mama |
| mother {n} (one’s female parent) | :: mama |
| mother {n} (something that is the greatest of its kind) | :: mama |
| mother {n} (title of respect for one's mother-in-law) | :: mama |
| motherboard {n} (primary circuit board of a computer) | :: bodimama |
| motherhood {n} (state of being a mother) | :: umama |
| motion picture {n} (movie) SEE: movie | :: |
| motion sickness {n} (nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle) | :: kichefuchefu |
| motorcar {n} (enclosed passenger vehicle powered by engine) SEE: automobile | :: |
| motorcycle {n} (open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel) | :: pikipiki |
| mouldwarp {n} (mole) SEE: mole | :: |
| mound {n} (vulva) SEE: vulva | :: |
| mount {n} (mountain) SEE: mountain | :: |
| mount {n} (horse) | :: rikabu |
| mountain {n} (large mass of earth and rock) | :: mlima {c3} {c4} |
| mountain {n} (large amount) | :: mlima |
| mountain lion {n} (Puma concolor) SEE: cougar | :: |
| Mount Everest {prop} (world’s highest mountain, located in the Himalayas) | :: mlima Evarest |
| Mount Kilimanjaro {prop} (Kilimanjaro) SEE: Kilimanjaro | :: |
| Mount Mayon {prop} (the most active volcano in the Philippines) | :: Mlima Mayon |
| Mount of Olives {prop} (mountain ridge) | :: mlima wa Mizeituni {c3} |
| mourn {v} (express sadness for, grieve over) | :: -fiwa |
| mourner {n} (someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness) | :: mfiwa |
| mouse {n} (rodent of the genus Mus) | :: kipanya |
| mouse {n} (computing: input device) | :: kipanya |
| moustache {n} (hair on upper lip) | :: masharubu {p} |
| mouth {n} (the opening of a creature through which food is ingested) | :: kinywa {c7} {c8} |
| mouth {n} (an outlet, aperture or orifice) | :: mdomo |
| mouth {n} (the end of a river out of which water flows) | :: mdomo |
| mouth organ {n} (mouth organ) SEE: harmonica | :: |
| move {v} (to change place or posture; to go) | :: peleka |
| move {v} (to act; to take action) | :: peleka |
| move {v} (to change residence) | :: peleka |
| move {v} (to change the place of a piece) | :: peleka |
| move {v} (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion) | :: peleka |
| move {v} (to transfer from one space or position to another) | :: peleka |
| move {v} (to excite to action) | :: peleka |
| move {n} (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose) | :: peleka |
| move {n} (the event of changing one's residence) | :: peleka |
| move {n} (the act of moving a token on a gameboard) | :: peleka |
| move {n} (the act of moving) SEE: movement | :: |
| movement {n} (physical motion) | :: peleka |
| movement {n} (trend in various fields or social categories) | :: harakati |
| movie {n} (motion picture) | :: filamu |
| movie {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema | :: |
| moviehouse {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema | :: |
| movie theater {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema | :: |
| Mozambican {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Mozambique, or the Mozambican people) | :: Kimsumbiji |
| Mozambican {n} (person from Mozambique or of Mozambican descent) | :: Mumsumbiji |
| Mozambique {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Msumbiji |
| Mr {n} (abbreviation of mister) SEE: Mr. | :: |
| Mr. {n} (abbreviation of mister) | :: Bw. |
| Mrs {n} (title before woman's name) | :: Bi |
| much obliged {interj} (thank you) SEE: thank you | :: |
| mudguard {n} (a cover over, or a flap behind, the wheels of a vehicle) | :: madigadi |
| muezzin {n} (person who issues call to prayer) | :: mwadhini |
| Muhammad {prop} (the prophet who introduced Islam) | :: Muhammad |
| Muhammad {prop} (male given name) | :: Muhammad |
| mulberry {n} (the tree) | :: mforsadi |
| mulberry {n} (the fruit) | :: forsadi, forosadi |
| mulberry {n} (the colour) | :: rangi ya maforsadi |
| mulct {n} (pecuniary penalty) SEE: fine | :: |
| mule {n} (offspring of male donkey and female horse) | :: nyumbu, baghala |
| multiply {v} (intransitive: grow in number) | :: kuzidi |
| mum {n} (mother (informal, familiar)) | :: nina |
| mummy {n} (embalmed corpse) | :: mumiani |
| mung bean {n} (seed of Vigna radiata) | :: mchoroko |
| municipality {n} (a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts) | :: manispaa |
| murder {n} | :: mauaji |
| murderer {n} (person who commits murder) | :: mwuaji {c1} {c2} |
| murrey {n} (mulberry) SEE: mulberry | :: |
| muscle {n} (contractile tissue) | :: msuli |
| muscle {n} (organ composed of muscle tissue) | :: msuli |
| muscle {v} (use force to make progress) | :: msuli |
| Muse {n} (one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts) | :: Muza |
| museum {n} (building or institution) | :: makumbusho |
| mushroom {n} (fruiting body of a fungus) | :: uyoga {c10} {c11} |
| mushroom {n} (fungus itself) | :: kuvu {c9} {c10} |
| music {n} (sound, organized in time in a melodious way) | :: muziki {c3} |
| music {n} (any pleasing or interesting sounds) | :: muziki {c3} |
| musician {n} (person who performs or writes music) | :: mwimbaji, mwanamuziki |
| musk {n} (greasy secretion with powerful odour) | :: zabadi |
| Muslim {n} (believer of Islam) | :: Mwislamu |
| Muslim {adj} (relating to believers of Islam) | :: mwiislamu |
| mustard {n} (condiment) | :: haradali |
| muster {v} (to show, exhibit) SEE: show | :: |
| mutant {n} (something that has mutated) | :: mutanti {c9} {c10}, mwenye chembe za urithi zilizobadilika {c1} {c2}, mwenye mabadiliko ya kinasaba {c1} {c2} |
| mutant {adj} (mutant: mutating, that has mutated) | :: ambaye chembe za urithi zilibadilika, mwenye mabadiliko ya kinasaba {c1} {c2}, ya kimutanti |
| mutation {n} (mutant) SEE: mutant | :: |
| mutation {n} (any alteration or change) | :: mabadiliko {c6} |
| mutation {n} (heritable change in genetic material) | :: mabadiliko ya chembe za urithi {c6} |
| mutton {n} (the flesh of sheep used as food) | :: nyama ya kondoo |
| my name is {phrase} (a way to identify oneself) | :: jina langu ni...; naitwa... |
| myocardial infarction {n} (heart attack) SEE: heart attack | :: |
| myrrh {n} (dried sap of the myrrha tree) | :: manemane |
| myrtle {n} (evergreen shrub) | :: mhadasi |
| mysterious {adj} (of unknown origin) | :: kidube |
| mystery {n} (something secret or unexplainable) | :: siri, kilinge |
| mythology {n} (collection and study of myths) | :: mitholojia |
| mzungu {n} (mzungu) | :: mzungu |
| naevus {n} (abnormal area on skin) SEE: mole | :: |
| Nahuatl {prop} (language) | :: Kiazteki, Kinahuatl |
| Nahum {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Nahumu |
| nail {n} (on fingers and toes) | :: kucha |
| nail {n} (spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials) | :: msumari |
| Nairobi {prop} (capital of Kenya) | :: Nairobi |
| naked {adj} (not wearing any clothes) | :: uchi |
| namaz {n} (prayer) SEE: prayer | :: |
| namaz {n} (salat) SEE: salat | :: |
| name {n} (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing) | :: jina {s}, majina {p} |
| name {n} (reputation, see also: reputation) | :: jina |
| name {v} (to give a name to) | :: jina |
| name {v} (to mention, specify) | :: jina |
| name {v} (to identify, define, specify) | :: jina, jina |
| name {v} (to publicly implicate) | :: jina |
| name {v} (to designate for a role) | :: jina |
| name card {n} (business card) SEE: business card | :: |
| Namibia {prop} (Republic of Namibia) | :: Namibia |
| nancy {n} ((derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual) SEE: fairy | :: |
| nanny {n} (child's nurse) | :: yaya |
| narcissus {n} (any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus) | :: mnasisa |
| narrate {v} (to relate a story) | :: kueleza |
| Natalia {prop} (female given name) SEE: Natalie | :: |
| Natalie {prop} (female given name) | :: Natalia |
| nation {n} (community of people) | :: taifa |
| national anthem {n} (official song of a nation or country) | :: wimbo wa taifa |
| nationalism {n} (idea of supporting one's country and culture) | :: utaifa |
| nationality {n} (membership of a nation or state) | :: uraya, utaifa |
| nationality {n} (national character or identity) | :: uraya, utaifa |
| nationality {n} (people belonging to a nation or state) | :: uraya, utaifa |
| nationality {n} (political existence as a national entity) | :: uraya |
| nationality {n} (nationalism) SEE: nationalism | :: |
| nationhood {n} (quality of being a nation) | :: utaifa |
| Native American {adj} (of the American Indians) SEE: Indian | :: |
| natural language {n} (human language developed naturally) | :: lugha asilia {c5} |
| nature {n} (the natural world) | :: mazingira |
| nature's scythe {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
| Nauru {prop} (Republic of Nauru) | :: Nauru |
| Nauruan {prop} (language of Nauru) | :: Kinauru |
| nausea {n} (feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit) | :: kichefuchefu |
| nausea {n} (strong dislike or disgust) | :: kichefuchefu |
| nausea {n} (motion sickness) SEE: motion sickness | :: |
| Navajo {n} (person) | :: Mnavaho {s}, Wanavaho {p} |
| Navajo {prop} (language) | :: Kinavaho |
| navel {n} (remnant of umbilical cord) | :: kitovu {c7} {c8} |
| navigation {n} (canal) SEE: canal | :: |
| neat {n} (cattle) SEE: cattle | :: |
| neck {n} (part of body connecting the head and the trunk) | :: shingo |
| necklace {n} (jewelry) | :: kidani {c7} {c8} |
| necklet {n} (necklace) SEE: necklace | :: |
| necktie {n} (strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front) | :: tai |
| need {n} (something required) | :: uhitaji, haja |
| need {v} (to have an absolute requirement for) | :: -hitaji |
| needle {n} (implement for sewing etc.) | :: sindano |
| needle {n} (indicating device) | :: sindano |
| needle {n} (sensor phonograph stylus) | :: sindano |
| needle {n} (leaf of conifer) | :: sindano |
| needle {v} (to tease in order to provoke) | :: sindano |
| neem {n} (Azadirachta indica) | :: mwarobaini |
| negligent {adj} (careless) SEE: careless | :: |
| Nehemiah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Nehemia {c9} |
| Nehemiah {prop} (male given name) | :: Nehemia {c9} |
| neighborhood {n} (division of a municipality or region) | :: mtaa |
| neighbour {n} (a person living on adjacent or nearby land) | :: jirani {c9/10}, majirani |
| neighbour {n} (fellow human) | :: jirani {c5} {c6} |
| neighbour {v} (to be adjacent to) | :: majirani |
| nematode {n} (small invertebrate animal) | :: mnyoo |
| neon {n} (element) | :: neoni |
| Nepal {prop} (Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal) | :: Nepal |
| nephew {n} (fraternal or sororal nephew, see also: fraternal nephew; sororal nephew) | :: mpwa |
| Neptune {prop} (eighth planet of the solar system) | :: Kausi |
| Neptune {prop} (Roman god of the ocean) | :: Neptuni |
| nereid {n} (mythological being) | :: nereidi |
| nerve {v} (strengthen) SEE: strengthen | :: |
| -ness {suffix} (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being...") | :: u- |
| nest {n} (bird-built structure) | :: kiota |
| net {n} (mesh of string, cord or rope) | :: kiandarua, wavu {cu} |
| net {n} (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) | :: kiandarua |
| net {n} (device for trapping something) | :: kiandarua |
| net {n} (figurative: trap) | :: kiandarua |
| net {v} (catch by means of a net) | :: kiandarua |
| net {v} (figurative: to catch in a trap) | :: kiandarua |
| netball {n} (team sport derived from basketball) | :: netiboli, mpira wa pete {cm-mi} |
| Netherlandic {prop} (Dutch) SEE: Dutch | :: |
| Netherlandish {prop} (Dutch) SEE: Dutch | :: |
| Netherlands {prop} (country in northwestern Europe, see also: Holland) | :: Uholanzi |
| network {n} (interconnected group or system) | :: mtandao |
| network {n} (multiple computers and other devices connected together) | :: mtandao |
| neutron {n} (subatomic particle) | :: nyutroni |
| never {adv} (at no time) | :: kamwe |
| nevus {n} (benign lesion on skin) SEE: mole | :: |
| new {adj} (recently made or created) | :: -pya |
| new {adj} (additional, recently discovered) | :: -pya |
| new {adj} (distinguishing something established more recently) | :: -pya |
| new {adj} (of recent origin) | :: -pya |
| new {adj} (strange, unfamiliar) | :: -geni, -pya |
| new {adj} (recently arrived or appeared) | :: -geni, -pya |
| New Guinea {prop} (large island) | :: Guinea Mpya |
| news {n} (new information of interest) | :: habari |
| news {n} (reports of current events) | :: habari |
| newspaper {n} (publication) | :: gazeti, magazeti {p} [noun 5/6] |
| newspaper {n} (paper on which newspapers are printed) | :: gazeti |
| New Testament {prop} (second half of the Christian Bible) | :: Agano Jipya |
| New World {prop} (the Americas and Oceania) | :: Dunia Mpya |
| New Year {n} (January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following) | :: mwaka mpya |
| New Year's Day {n} (holiday occurring on January 1st) | :: siku ya mwaka |
| New York {prop} (city) SEE: New York City | :: |
| New York City {prop} (large city in the USA) | :: New York |
| New Zealand {prop} (country in Oceania) | :: Nyuzilandi |
| next {adv} (In a time, place or sequence closest or following) | :: kando |
| next {prep} (on the side of) | :: kando |
| nextly {adv} (next) SEE: next | :: |
| next year {adv} (year after this one) | :: mwakani |
| Nicaragua {prop} (a country in Central America) | :: Nikaragwa |
| Nicaraguan {adj} (pertaining to Nicaragua) | :: Kinikaragwa |
| Nicaraguan {n} (person from Nicaragua) | :: Mnikaragwa |
| nice {adj} (pleasant) | :: nzuri |
| nice {adj} (attractive) | :: nzuri |
| nice {adj} (having a pleasant taste or aroma) | :: nzuri |
| nice {adj} (showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment) | :: nzuri |
| Nicholas {prop} (male given name) | :: Nikolau |
| nickel {n} (coin) | :: kitano |
| nickname {n} (familiar, invented given name) | :: msimbo {3/4} |
| nickname {n} (byname) | :: msimbo {3/4} |
| nicotine {n} (addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco) | :: nikotin |
| niece {n} (fraternal or sororal niece, see also: fraternal niece; sororal niece) | :: mpwa |
| niece-in-law {n} (niece of someone's husband) SEE: niece | :: |
| niece-in-law {n} (niece of someone's wife) SEE: niece | :: |
| nief {n} (fist) SEE: fist | :: |
| Niger {prop} (country) | :: Nijeri |
| Nigeria {prop} (a country in Western Africa) | :: Nigeria |
| Nigerian {n} (person) | :: Mnigeria |
| Nigerian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture) | :: Kinigeria |
| Nigerien {n} (person) | :: Mnijeri |
| Nigerien {adj} (pertaining to Niger) | :: Kinijeri |
| night {n} (period between sunset and sunrise) | :: usiku |
| night {n} (evening or night spent at a particular activity) | :: usiku |
| night {n} (night spent away from home) | :: usiku |
| night {n} (quality of sleep obtained during a night) | :: usiku |
| night {n} (nightfall) | :: jioni |
| night {n} (darkness) | :: usiku |
| night {n} | :: usiku {c5} |
| night {interj} (Short for good night) | :: usiku |
| nightmare {n} (dream) | :: jinamizi {c5} {c6} |
| nightmare {n} (experience) | :: jinamizi |
| Nihongo {n} (Japanese) SEE: Japanese | :: |
| nine {num} (cardinal number) | :: tisa |
| nine {num} (set or group with nine components) | :: tisa |
| nine {n} (the digit or figure 9) | :: tisa |
| nine {n} (card with nine pips) | :: tisa |
| ninety {num} (90) | :: tisini |
| ninth {adj} (ordinal form of nine, see also: 9th) | :: ya tisa |
| Nippon {prop} (a country in East Asia) SEE: Japan | :: |
| Nipponese {adj} (Japanese) SEE: Japanese | :: |
| Nipponese {prop} (Japanese) SEE: Japanese | :: |
| nitrogen {n} (chemical element) | :: nitrojeni |
| no {determiner} (used to show an activity is forbidden) | :: [followed by a ku-class infinitive] hakuna |
| no {particle} (used to show disagreement or negation) | :: hapana, sivyo |
| no {n} (a negating expression) | :: si |
| Noah {prop} (biblical character) | :: Nuhu |
| no fear {interj} (no worries) SEE: no worries | :: |
| noise {n} (various sounds, usually unwanted) | :: sura |
| noise {n} (sound or signal generated by random fluctuations) | :: sura |
| noise {n} (technical: unwanted part of a signal) | :: sura |
| noise {n} | :: kilele |
| nones {n} (midday) SEE: noon | :: |
| non-governmental organization {n} | :: Shirika Lisilo la Kiserikali |
| nonsense {n} (meaningless words) | :: upuuzi |
| noodle {n} (fool) SEE: fool | :: |
| noon {n} (midday) | :: adhuuri {c9} {c10}, saa sita, mchana, adhuhuri |
| no problem {interj} (no thanks or apology is necessary) | :: hakuna matata, hamna noma |
| Nordic countries {n} (the Nordic countries collectively) | :: Uskandinavi |
| Norse {adj} (of Scandinavia/Norway) | :: -a Kinorsi |
| Norse {adj} (of North Germanic languages) | :: -a Kinorsi |
| Norse {n} (Scandinavian/Norwegian people) | :: Wanorsi |
| Norse {n} (speakers of any North Germanic language) | :: Wanorsi |
| Norse {prop} (The ancient language spoken by Vikings) | :: Kinorsi |
| north {n} (compass point) | :: kaskazi, hanali |
| North Africa {prop} (the northern part of Africa) | :: Afrika ya Kaskazini |
| North America {prop} (continent) | :: Amerika ya Kaskazini |
| Northern Europe {prop} (sociopolitical region of Europe) | :: Ulaya ya Kazkazini |
| North Korea {prop} (North Korea) | :: Korea ya Kaskazini, Korea Kaskazini |
| north wind {n} (wind blowing from the north) | :: upepo wa kaskazini {cu} {cu} |
| Norway {prop} (Scandinavian country) | :: Norwe |
| nose {n} (protuberance on the face) | :: pua {c9} {c10} |
| nose {n} | :: pua {c9} {c10} |
| nosh {v} (to perform fellatio (on)) SEE: blow | :: |
| no smoking {phrase} (phrase used in notices indicating that the smoking of cigarettes is not permitted) | :: hakuna kuvuta sigara |
| nostril {n} (either of the two orifices located on the nose) | :: tundu la pua |
| not {adv} (negates meaning of verb) | :: use negative conjugated forms of the verb, si |
| note {n} (banknote) SEE: banknote | :: |
| notebook {n} (empty book able to be used for notes) | :: daftari |
| notice {n} (written or printed announcement) | :: notisi, tangazo |
| notice {n} (formal notification or warning) | :: notisi, tangazo |
| noun {n} (grammatical category (narrow sense)) | :: nomino, jina |
| noun class {n} (a category into which nouns may be organised) | :: ngeli |
| noun substantive {n} (noun) SEE: noun | :: |
| novel {adj} (new, original, especially in an interesting way) | :: -pya |
| novel {n} (work of prose fiction) | :: riwaya |
| nowadays {adv} (in the current era) | :: siku hizi |
| no worries {interj} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| no worries {interj} | :: hakuna matata |
| nshima {n} (porridge made from maize or sorghum) | :: ugali |
| nucleus {n} (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom) | :: nyukliasi (noun 9) |
| nucleus {n} (cytology: large organelle found in cells) | :: nyukliasi (noun 9) |
| numbat {n} (small marsupial) | :: numbati |
| number {n} (abstract entity) | :: nambari, namba |
| number {n} (numeral) | :: nambari |
| number {n} (mathematics: number) | :: nambari, namba |
| number {n} (used to show the rank of something in a list or sequence) | :: nambari |
| Numbers {prop} (fourth book of the Bible) | :: Hesabu |
| nunnery {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| nurse {n} (person trained to provide care for the sick) | :: muuguzi |
| nurse {v} (to care for the sick) | :: uguza |
| nurse {v} (to treat kindly and with extra care) | :: uguza |
| nut {n} (hard-shelled fruit) | :: njugu |
| nutmeg {n} (tree) | :: mkungumanga |
| nutmeg {n} (seed) | :: kungumanga |
| nuts {n} (nut) SEE: nut | :: |
| nymph {n} (mythology: water, forest or mountain spirit) | :: nimfi |
| nymph {n} (young girl who may inspire lust) | :: mwanamwali |
| oak {n} (tree or shrub of the genus Quercus) | :: mwaloni {c3} |
| oak tree {n} (tree or shrub of the genus Quercus) SEE: oak | :: |
| oar {v} (row) SEE: row | :: |
| oath {n} (curse) SEE: curse | :: |
| oath {n} (solemn pledge) | :: yamini |
| oath {n} (affirmed statement) | :: kiapo |
| Obadiah {prop} (book of the Old Testament) | :: Obadia |
| Obama {prop} (surname) | :: Obama |
| obedience {n} (quality of being obedient) | :: taa |
| obey {v} (to do as ordered by) | :: kutii |
| objective {n} (goal) | :: shabaha |
| oboe {n} (wind instrument) | :: nzumari ndogo |
| observe {v} (to follow) | :: kushika |
| occasion {n} (occurrence or incident) SEE: occurrence | :: |
| Occitan {prop} (the Romance language) | :: Kiositani |
| occupation {n} (activity or task with which one occupies oneself) | :: shughuli {c9} |
| occurrence {n} (actual instance where a situation arises) | :: jambo |
| ocean {n} (one of the large bodies of water) | :: bahari |
| octopus {n} (mollusc) | :: pweza, pweza mkubwa |
| of {prep} (introducing an epithet) | :: wa |
| of {prep} (containing, comprising or made from) | :: -a |
| of {prep} (possessive genitive: belonging to) | :: -a |
| offal {n} (refuse) SEE: refuse | :: |
| offend {v} (sin) SEE: sin | :: |
| offering {n} (act of offering) | :: toleo |
| offering {n} (that which has been offered; a sacrifice) | :: toleo |
| offering {n} (oblation or presentation made as a religious act) | :: toleo |
| offering {n} (contribution given at a religious service) | :: toleo |
| office {n} (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) | :: afisi |
| office {n} (major governmental division) | :: ofisi |
| officer {n} (one who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization) | :: afisa, ofisa |
| officer {n} (agent or servant endowed with the ability to act on initiative) | :: afisa |
| official {adj} (derived from the proper office) | :: rasmi |
| official {adj} (approved by authority) | :: rasmi |
| offspring {n} (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) | :: watoto {c2} |
| often {adv} (frequently, many times) | :: mara nyingi |
| oftenly {adv} (often) SEE: often | :: |
| ogre {n} (brutish giant) | :: pandikizi la mtu |
| oil palm {n} (tree that produces palm oil) | :: mchikichi |
| ointment {n} (viscous preparation, usually containing medication) | :: marhamu |
| okra {n} (A. esculentus) | :: bamia [vegetable], mbamia [plant] |
| old {adj} ((of an item) used, not new) | :: -kuukuu |
| Old English {prop} (ancestor language of modern English) | :: Kiingereza cha Kale |
| old man {n} (elderly man) | :: mzee {c1} {c2} |
| Old Testament {prop} (first half of the Christian Bible) | :: Agano la Kale |
| olive {n} (fruit) | :: zeituni |
| olive {n} (olive tree) SEE: olive tree | :: |
| olive tree {n} (tree that produces olives) | :: mzeituni |
| Olympic Games {prop} (international multi-sport event inspired by the ancient festival, see also: Olympics) | :: Michezo ya Olimpiki |
| Oman {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: Omani |
| once upon a time {adv} (traditional beginning of children’s stories, especially fairy tales) | :: hapo zamani za kale |
| one {pron} (impersonal pronoun) | :: moja |
| one {adj} (of a period of time) | :: moja |
| one {adj} (a single, unspecified thing) | :: moja |
| one {adj} (sole, only) | :: moja |
| one {adj} (whole, entire) | :: moja |
| one {num} (ordinal number) SEE: first | :: |
| one {num} (cardinal number 1) | :: moja |
| one hundred {num} (cardinal number 100) SEE: hundred | :: |
| oneness {n} (state of being undivided) | :: umoja |
| one thousand {num} (cardinal number 1000) SEE: thousand | :: |
| onion {n} (Allium cepa) | :: kitunguu |
| onion {n} (bulb) | :: kitunguu |
| onlooker {n} (spectator, bystander) SEE: spectator | :: |
| only {adj} (alone in a category) | :: peke |
| on purpose {prep} (purposely, with intention) | :: kwa kusudi |
| onyx {n} (a banded variety of chalcedony) | :: sardoniki |
| oofless {adj} (poor) SEE: poor | :: |
| open {adj} | :: wazi |
| open {v} (to make something accessible) | :: fungua |
| open {v} (to bring up (a topic)) | :: fungua |
| open {v} (to make accessible to customers) | :: fungua |
| open {v} (to start (a campaign)) | :: fungua |
| open {v} (to become open) | :: kufunguka |
| open {v} (to begin conducting business) | :: fungua |
| open {v} (cricket: to begin a side's innings) | :: fungua |
| open {v} | :: kufungua |
| open {n} (broken wire) | :: fungua |
| open {n} (sports event) | :: fungua |
| openness {n} (lack of secrecy, transparency) | :: uwazi |
| operation {n} (method by which a device performs its function) | :: operesheni |
| operation {n} (method or practice by which actions are done) | :: operesheni |
| operation {n} (surgical procedure) | :: operesheni |
| operation {n} (procedure for generating a value from one or more other values) | :: operesheni |
| operation {n} (military campaign) | :: operesheni |
| opinion {n} (thought a person has formed about a topic) | :: maoni |
| opium {n} (drug from opium poppy) | :: afyuni |
| opossum {n} (marsupial of the Didelphidae) | :: kifaurongo |
| opponent {n} | :: mpinzani |
| opportunity {n} (chance for advancement, progress or profit) | :: fursa |
| opportunity {n} (favorable circumstance or occasion) | :: fursa, nafasi |
| or {conj} (conjunction) | :: au |
| orange {n} (tree) | :: mchungwa |
| orange {n} (fruit) | :: chungwa |
| orange {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya machungwa |
| orange {adj} (having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree) | :: machungwa |
| orange juice {n} (juice of squeezed oranges) | :: maji ya machungwa |
| orator {n} (someone who orates or delivers an oration) | :: msemaji {c1} {c2} |
| oratory {n} (eloquence) SEE: eloquence | :: |
| orb {n} (period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body) SEE: year | :: |
| orb {n} (circle) SEE: circle | :: |
| orb {n} (orbit) SEE: orbit | :: |
| orbit {n} (path of one object around another) | :: obiti |
| order {n} (arrangement, disposition) | :: oda |
| order {n} (command) | :: oda |
| order {n} (request for some product or service) | :: oda |
| order {n} (chemistry: a number of a chemical reaction) | :: oda |
| order {n} (graph theory: number of vertices in a graph) | :: oda |
| order {n} (partially ordered set) | :: oda |
| order {v} (to set in (any) order) | :: oda |
| order {v} (to set in (a good) order) | :: oda |
| order {v} (to issue a command) | :: oda |
| order {v} (to request some product or service) | :: oda |
| ordure {n} (dirt, filth) SEE: dirt | :: |
| Oresund {prop} (strait) | :: Oresund |
| organise {v} (organize) SEE: organize | :: |
| organization {n} (group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules) | :: shirika |
| organization {n} (group of people consciously cooperating) | :: shirika |
| organize {v} (to arrange in working order) | :: kupanga |
| organize {v} (to furnish with organs; to give organic structure to; to endow with capacity for functions of life) | :: panga |
| organize {v} (To sing in parts; to organize an anthem) | :: panga |
| Orinoco {prop} (river) | :: Orinoco |
| orphan {n} (person whose (parent or) parents have died) | :: mfiwa, yatima, mtoto yatima [orphan child] |
| orthography {n} (study of correct spelling) | :: tahajia, otografia |
| oryx {n} (antelope) | :: choroa |
| osprey {n} (bird of prey) | :: kipungu |
| ostrich {n} (large flightless bird) | :: mbuni |
| other side {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| otter {n} (mammal) | :: ota |
| Ouagadougou {prop} (capital of Burkina Faso) | :: Wagadugu |
| oud {n} (Arabic plucked string instrument) | :: udi |
| ounce {n} (28.3495 g) | :: wakia |
| our {determiner} (belonging to us) | :: -etu |
| Our Lady of Sorrows {prop} (the Virgin Mary in reference to her sorrows) | :: Bikira Maria wa Mateso {cn} |
| out of it {prep} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| outside {n} (the space beyond some limit or boundary) | :: nje |
| outside {adv} (in or to the outside) | :: nje |
| outside {adv} (outdoors) | :: nje |
| overall {n} (protective garment worn over clothing) | :: surupwenye |
| overcoat {n} (garment) | :: dagla |
| overheat {v} (overheat) SEE: burn | :: |
| overmorrow {adv} (on the day after tomorrow) SEE: day after tomorrow | :: |
| overmorrow {n} (day after tomorrow) SEE: day after tomorrow | :: |
| overseer {n} (one who oversees) | :: msimamizi |
| owl {n} (bird) | :: bundi |
| own {v} (defeat) SEE: defeat | :: |
| own {v} (have rightful possession of) | :: miliki |
| owner {n} (one who owns) | :: mwenyewe |
| ox {n} (any bovine animal used as a beast of burden) | :: ngʼombe |
| oxide {n} (binary compound of oxygen) | :: oksaidi |
| oxygen {n} (chemical element) | :: oksijeni {c9} |
| oystercatcher {n} (bird) | :: kizamiachaza |
| pace {n} (step: step) | :: mwendo |
| pace {v} (to walk to and fro) | :: mwendo |
| pace {v} (to set a race’s speed) | :: mwendo |
| pace {v} (to measure by walking) | :: mwendo |
| Pacific Ocean {prop} (the world's largest body of water) | :: Pasifiki |
| packet {n} (small pack) | :: pakiti |
| pact {n} (an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant) | :: agano |
| padlock {n} (type of lock) | :: kufuli |
| pagan {adj} (relating to non main world religions) | :: kafiri |
| pagan {adj} (immoral, uncivilized, savage) | :: kafiri |
| pagan {n} (person not adhering to a main world religion) | :: kafiri [chiefly used by Muslims], mpagani [chiefly used by Christians] |
| pagan {n} (uncivilized or unsocialized person) | :: kafiri |
| page {n} (boy child) SEE: boy | :: |
| page {n} (one side of a leaf of a book) | :: ukurasa |
| page {n} (type set up for printing a page) | :: ukurasa |
| pail {n} (bucket) SEE: bucket | :: |
| pain {n} (ache or bodily suffering) | :: umwa |
| pain {n} (suffering or anguish, especially mental) | :: maumivi, umwa |
| pain {n} (annoying person or thing) | :: uma |
| pain {n} (suffering as punishment) | :: maumivi, umwa |
| pain {v} (to hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish) | :: umwa |
| pain {v} (to render uneasy in mind, to grieve) | :: umwa |
| pain {v} (to inflict suffering upon as a penalty) | :: umwa |
| paint {n} (substance) | :: rangi |
| painted dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| painted hunting dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| painted wolf {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| pair {n} (number of things resembling one another, or belonging together) SEE: set | :: |
| pair of compasses {n} (tool used to draw circles) | :: bikari |
| pair of eyeglasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of glasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of scissors {n} (scissors) SEE: scissors | :: |
| pair of specs {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of spectacles {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of tongs {n} (tongs) SEE: tongs | :: |
| Pakistan {prop} (country in South Asia) | :: Pakistani |
| palace {n} (large, lavish residence) | :: kasri, jum |
| palate {n} (roof of the mouth) | :: kaakaa |
| Palestine {prop} (geographic region) | :: Palestina |
| Palestine {prop} (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) | :: Palestina |
| Pallas {prop} | :: Palasi |
| palm {n} (inner, concave part of hand) | :: kikofi, kiganja |
| palm {n} (corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal) | :: kikofi, kiganja |
| palm {v} (to hold something without bending the fingers) | :: kikofi |
| palm {v} (to move something with the palm of the hand) | :: kikofi |
| palm {n} (palm tree) SEE: palm tree | :: |
| palm oil {n} (edible plant oil) | :: mawese |
| palm tree {n} (tropical tree) | :: mchikichi |
| pan {n} (flat vessel used for cooking, see also: frying pan) | :: sufuria |
| Panama {prop} (country) | :: Panama |
| Panamanian {n} (person from Panama) | :: Mpanama |
| Panamanian {adj} (pertaining to Panama) | :: Kipanama |
| pancreas {n} (gland near the stomach) | :: kongosho |
| pandemic {adj} (general, widespread) SEE: general | :: |
| pandemic {n} (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population) | :: pandemia |
| pander {n} (pimp or procurer) SEE: pimp | :: |
| panga {n} (type of knife) | :: panga |
| panga panga {n} | :: mpangapanga |
| pangolin {n} (mammal) | :: kakakuona |
| pant {n} (a pair of pants) SEE: pants | :: |
| pants {n} (garment covering the body from the waist downwards) | :: [nc 9/10] suruali |
| pants {n} (undergarment covering the genitals) | :: [noun 9/10] chupi |
| pap {n} (porridge) SEE: porridge | :: |
| papaya {n} (tree) | :: mpapai {c3} {c4} |
| papaya {n} (fruit) | :: papai, papayu |
| paper {n} (sheet material) | :: karatasi |
| paper {n} (newspaper) SEE: newspaper | :: |
| paper {v} (to document) SEE: document | :: |
| Papua New Guinea {prop} (country in Oceania) | :: Papua, Guinea Mpya |
| Paradise {prop} (Heaven) | :: pepo |
| Paraguay {prop} (country in South America) | :: Paragwai |
| Paraguayan {n} (person from Paraguay) | :: Mparagwai |
| Paraguayan {adj} (pertaining to Paraguay) | :: Kiparagwai |
| parallelogram {n} (convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length) | :: msambamba |
| paraphrase {v} (to compose a paraphrase) | :: fasili |
| parent {n} (person from whom one is descended) | :: mzazi |
| parent {n} (biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended) | :: mzazi |
| parent {n} (source or origin of something) | :: mzazi |
| Paris {prop} (capital of France) | :: Paris |
| park {n} (ground for preservation of game, etc.) | :: mbuga |
| park {n} (ground for recreation) | :: mbuga |
| park {n} (basin where oysters are grown) | :: mbuga |
| park {n} (an enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting) | :: mbuga |
| park {v} (bring to a halt) | :: kuegesha |
| park {v} (bring together in a park) | :: mbuga |
| park {v} (enclose in a park) | :: mbuga |
| parliament {n} (institution with elected or appointed members) | :: bunge |
| Parliament {prop} (parliament) SEE: parliament | :: |
| parlous {adj} (attended with peril) SEE: dangerous | :: |
| paroemia {n} (proverb) SEE: proverb | :: |
| parquet {n} (the part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle) SEE: stall | :: |
| parrot {n} (kind of bird) | :: kasuku {c9} {c10}, dura {c9} {c10}, kwao |
| parrot {n} (person who repeats what was said) | :: kasuku |
| parrot {v} (to repeat exactly without showing understanding) | :: kasuku |
| part {n} (fraction of a whole) | :: sehemu {n} |
| part {n} | :: sehemu |
| part {v} (to divide up, to share) | :: kugawa |
| parthenogenesis {n} (reproduction from a single gamete without fertilisation) | :: mimbapweke |
| participate {v} (to join in, to take part, to involve oneself) | :: shiriki |
| particle {n} (body with very small size) | :: chembechembe, punje |
| particle {n} (elementary particle or subatomic particle) | :: chembechembe |
| partiture {n} (score (music)) SEE: score | :: |
| party {n} (law: particular side in a contract or legal action) | :: safu |
| party {n} (group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.) | :: kundi {c5} {c6} |
| party {n} (social gathering) | :: chama |
| party {n} (political group) SEE: political party | :: |
| pass {v} (move or be moved from one place to another) | :: kupita |
| pass {v} | :: kupitisha |
| pass {n} (password) SEE: password | :: |
| passage {n} (section of text or music) | :: mapito |
| passage {n} (part of a journey) | :: mapito |
| passage {n} (official agreement of a bill or act) | :: mapito |
| passage {n} (artistic term) | :: mapito |
| passage {n} (passageway) | :: mapito |
| passenger {n} (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) | :: abiria |
| passer-by {n} (a person who is passing by) | :: mwenda |
| pass on {v} (To die) SEE: die | :: |
| Passover {prop} (Jewish festival) | :: Pasaka |
| passport {n} (official document) | :: paspoti, pasi, pasipoti |
| password {n} (word used to gain admittance) | :: nywila |
| password {n} (computing: string of characters known only to a user) | :: nywila |
| pastor {n} (shepherd) SEE: shepherd | :: |
| patch {n} (paltry fellow) SEE: fool | :: |
| patch {n} (piece of cloth used to repair a garment) | :: kiraka {c7} {c8} |
| patch {v} (arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner) | :: kiraka |
| patch file {n} (patch) SEE: patch | :: |
| paternal aunt {n} (the sister of one's father) | :: shangazi |
| paternal uncle {n} (brother of one's father) | :: amu, ami |
| paternity {n} (fatherhood) SEE: fatherhood | :: |
| path {n} (a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians) | :: ujia |
| path {n} (a course taken) | :: ujia |
| path {n} (a metaphorical course) | :: ujia |
| path {n} (a method or direction of proceeding) | :: ujia |
| path {n} (graph theory: a sequence of vertices from one vertex to another) | :: ujia |
| patience {n} (quality of being patient) | :: subra, subira, uvumilivu |
| paucity {n} (fewness in number; a small number) | :: uchache {cu}, uhaba {cu} |
| Paul {prop} (the Apostle) | :: Paulo |
| Paul {prop} (male given name) | :: Paulo |
| pauper {n} (one who is extremely poor) | :: fukara |
| pawpaw {n} (fruit) | :: papai |
| pay {v} (to give money in exchange for goods or services) | :: lipa |
| pay back {v} (to repay) | :: kulipa |
| payment {n} (the act of paying) | :: malipo |
| payment {n} (a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services) | :: malipo |
| pea {n} (plant) | :: dengu |
| peace {n} (tranquility, quiet, harmony; absence of violence) | :: amani |
| peace {n} (state of mind) | :: amani |
| peace {n} (state of being free from war) | :: amani |
| peace {n} | :: amani |
| peach {n} (fruit) | :: pichi |
| peachtree {n} (peach) SEE: peach | :: |
| peacock {n} (pheasant of one of the genera Pavo and Afropavo) | :: tausi |
| peanut {n} (a legume resembling a nut) | :: njugu, karanga [soft], njugunyasa [soft], njugumawe [hard] |
| peanut butter {n} (spread made from ground peanuts) | :: siagi ya karanga |
| pear {n} (fruit) | :: pea |
| pearl {n} (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks) | :: lulu |
| pearl millet {n} (Pennisetum glaucum) | :: mwele [plant], uwele [grain] |
| peasant {n} (member of the agriculture low class) | :: falahi |
| pecan {n} (tree) | :: mpekani |
| pecan {n} (nut) | :: pekani |
| pecker {n} (slang for woodpecker) SEE: woodpecker | :: |
| pecker {n} (slang for courage) SEE: courage | :: |
| peckerwood {n} (woodpecker) SEE: woodpecker | :: |
| pee {v} | :: gura |
| peel {v} (to remove skin) | :: kumenya |
| peel {n} (skin of a fruit) | :: ganda |
| peel {n} ((Rugby football) The action of peeling away from a formation) | :: ganda |
| peel {n} (cosmetic preparation) | :: ganda |
| pelican {n} (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae) | :: mwari |
| pen {n} (wing) SEE: wing | :: |
| pen {n} (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals) | :: zizi |
| pen {n} (prison cell) | :: jela, seli |
| pen {n} (writing tool) | :: kalamu |
| pencil {n} (graphite writing-instrument) | :: penseli |
| penis {n} | :: mboo, uume |
| penis {n} (penis) SEE: member | :: |
| penny {n} (1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound) | :: peni |
| penny {n} (one-cent coin in US and Canada) SEE: cent | :: |
| People of the Book {n} (Non-Muslims who adhere to an Abrahamic religion) | :: Watu wa Kitabu {c2} |
| People's Republic of China {prop} (official name of China) | :: Jamhuri ya Watu wa China |
| pepper {n} (plant) | :: mpilipili |
| pepper {n} (spice) | :: pilipili manga |
| pepper {n} (fruit of the capsicum) | :: pilipili hoho |
| perceive {v} (to understand) | :: kutambua |
| percent {n} (a part or other object per hundred) | :: asilimia |
| perfection {n} (being perfect) | :: ukamilifu |
| perfectitude {n} (perfection) SEE: perfection | :: |
| perform {v} (to do something) | :: kushika |
| perfume {n} (substance providing a pleasant smell) | :: marashi |
| perhaps {adv} (indicating a lack of certainty) | :: huenda, pingine |
| perineum {n} (anatomical term) | :: msamba |
| period {n} (history: period of time seen as coherent entity) | :: zamani, muda |
| period {n} (punctation mark “.”) | :: nukta |
| period {n} (length of time during which something repeats) | :: muda |
| period {n} (menstruation) SEE: menstruation | :: |
| perish {v} (to die, to pass away, see also: die) | :: kuangamia |
| permissible {adj} (that is permitted) | :: halali |
| permission {n} (authorisation) | :: idhini |
| permission {n} (act of permitting) | :: idhini |
| permit {n} (an artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal) | :: kibali |
| persecute {v} (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict) | :: kuudhi |
| persevere {v} (persist steadfastly) | :: kudumu |
| Persia {prop} (Iran) SEE: Iran | :: |
| Persian {n} (the Persian language) | :: Kiajemi |
| Persian {n} (person from Persia) | :: Mwajemi |
| Persian {n} | :: [2] Kiajemi |
| Persian Gulf {prop} (gulf between Iran and the Arabian peninsula) | :: Ghuba ya Uajemi |
| person {n} (individual) | :: mtu |
| person {n} (specifically a human being, see also: human; human being; man) | :: mtu |
| person {n} (the physical body seen as distinct from the mind) | :: mtu |
| person {n} (any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts) | :: mtu |
| person {n} (grammar: linguistic category) | :: mtu |
| persons {n} (More than one person; considered individually) | :: watu |
| perspiration {n} (sweat) SEE: sweat | :: |
| perspire {v} (sweat) SEE: sweat | :: |
| pertussis {n} (whooping cough) SEE: whooping cough | :: |
| Peru {prop} (country in South America) | :: Peruu |
| Peruvian {n} (person from Peru) | :: Mperuu |
| Peruvian {adj} (pertaining to Peru) | :: Kiperuu |
| Pesach {prop} (Passover) SEE: Passover | :: |
| pestle {n} (instrument used with a mortar to grind things) | :: mpini |
| petal {n} (one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower) | :: petali |
| Peter {prop} (male given name) | :: Petro {c5} |
| Peter {prop} (the Apostle) | :: Petro |
| Peter {prop} (one of the epistles of Peter) | :: Petro |
| petrel {n} (Procellariiformes) | :: mlinzi |
| petrol {n} (gasoline) SEE: gasoline | :: |
| pewter {n} (alloy of tin, copper and antimony) | :: pyuta |
| pewter {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya pyuta |
| pewter {adj} (colour) | :: -a pyuta |
| phallus {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
| pharaoh {n} (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt) | :: firauni |
| Pharisee {n} (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc) | :: farisayo |
| phial {n} (glass vessel) SEE: vial | :: |
| philander {n} (lover) SEE: lover | :: |
| Philemon {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Filemoni |
| Philemon {prop} (male given name) | :: Filemoni |
| philia {n} (friendship) SEE: friendship | :: |
| Philippians {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Wafilipi |
| Philippines {prop} (Republic of the Philippines) | :: Ufilipino |
| philistine {n} (Philistine) SEE: Philistine | :: |
| Philistine {n} (person from Philistia) | :: Mfilisti |
| philosopher {n} (person devoted to studying philosophy) | :: mwanafalsafa |
| philosophy {n} (academic discipline) | :: falsafa {c9} |
| phlegm {n} (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages) | :: kohozi |
| phone {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone | :: |
| phoneme {n} (indivisible unit of sound) | :: fonimu |
| phonetics {n} (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols) | :: fonetiki |
| phonics {n} (phonetics) SEE: phonetics | :: |
| phonograph {n} (archaic record player) SEE: gramophone | :: |
| phonograph record {n} (record) SEE: record | :: |
| phonology {n} (subfield of linguistics concerned with the way sounds function in languages) | :: fonolojia |
| phonology {n} (way sounds function within a given language) | :: fonolojia |
| phosphorus {n} (element) | :: fosforasi {c9} {c10} |
| photographer {n} (one who takes photographs) | :: mpigapicha |
| photosynthesis {n} (biological process) | :: usanisinuru |
| physician {n} (medical doctor) | :: daktari {c5} {c6}, dokta {c9} {c10} |
| physicist {n} (person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics) | :: mwanafizikia |
| physics {n} (branch of science) | :: fizikia |
| piano {n} (a keyboard musical instrument) | :: kinanda, piano |
| piccolo {n} (musical instrument) | :: filimbi ndogo |
| Pi Day {prop} (March 14th, an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi)) | :: Siku ya Pi |
| pidgin {n} (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers) | :: pijini |
| piece {n} (part of a larger whole) | :: kipande, gawo |
| piece {n} (small coin) | :: sarafu |
| piece {n} (distance) SEE: distance | :: |
| piece of clothing {n} (garment) SEE: garment | :: |
| piece of meat {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
| pie-eyed {adj} ((extremely) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| pierce {v} (to pierce) SEE: puncture | :: |
| pig {n} (mammal of genus Sus) | :: nguruwe |
| pig {n} (someone who overeats or eats rapidly) | :: nguruwe |
| pig {n} (nasty or disgusting person) | :: nguruwe |
| pig {n} (dirty or slovenly person) | :: nguruwe |
| pig {n} (derogatory slang for police officer) | :: nguruwe |
| pig {n} (difficult problem) | :: nguruwe |
| pig {n} (cast metal block) | :: nguruwe |
| pig {n} (mold for a cast metal block) | :: nguruwe |
| pig {n} (device to clean or inspect a pipe from inside) | :: nguruwe |
| pig {n} (pork) SEE: pork | :: |
| pigeon {n} (bird of the dove and pigeon family Columbidae) | :: hua, njiwa |
| pigweed {n} (plant of genus Amaranthus) SEE: amaranth | :: |
| pilaf {n} (dish) | :: pilau |
| pilaff {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| pilau {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| pill {n} (small object for swallowing) | :: kidonge |
| pillar {n} (large post, often used as supporting architecture) | :: majabali |
| pillow {n} (soft cushion used to support the head in bed) | :: mto {3} {4} |
| pillowcase {n} (sheet for covering a pillow) | :: foronya |
| pilot {n} (controller of aircraft) | :: rubani |
| pimp {n} (prostitution solicitor) | :: buzi |
| pine {n} (tree of the genus Pinus) | :: msonobari {c3} |
| pineapple {n} (plant) | :: mnanasi |
| pineapple {n} (fruit) | :: nanasi |
| pineapple guava {n} (feijoa) SEE: feijoa | :: |
| pinecone {n} (seed-bearing cone of a pine tree) | :: sunobari |
| pine nut {n} (edible seeds of evergreen pine) | :: njugu ya msonobari |
| pine tree {n} (pine) SEE: pine | :: |
| pink {adj} (colored/coloured between red and white) | :: waridi |
| Pinocchio {prop} (protagonist) | :: Pinokyo |
| pint {n} (unit of volume for liquids) | :: painti |
| pinta {n} (pint) SEE: pint | :: |
| piñon {n} (pine nut) SEE: pine nut | :: |
| pipe {n} (wind instrument) | :: digali |
| pipe {n} (organ pipe) | :: digali |
| pipe {n} (rigid tube) | :: bomba |
| pipe {n} (computing: mechanism that enables one program to communicate with another) | :: digali |
| pipe {n} (smoking implement) SEE: tobacco pipe | :: |
| piracy {n} (robbery at sea) | :: uharamia |
| piracy {n} (hijacking) | :: uharamia |
| pirate {n} (one who plunders at sea) | :: haramia |
| Pisces {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Hutu, Samaki |
| pismire {n} (ant) SEE: ant | :: |
| pisser {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| pistachio {n} (tree) | :: mfistiki |
| pistachio {n} (fruit) | :: fistiki |
| pistol {n} (handgun) | :: bastola |
| pistol {n} (the mechanical component of a fuse) | :: bastola |
| pit {n} (mine) SEE: mine | :: |
| pit {n} (armpit) SEE: armpit | :: |
| pitcher {n} (A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids) | :: nzio |
| place {n} (location, position) | :: pahali |
| place {n} (open space, courtyard, market square) | :: pahali |
| place {n} (group of houses) | :: pahali |
| place {n} (region of a land) | :: pahali |
| place {n} (somewhere to sit) | :: pahali |
| place {n} (informal: house or home) | :: pahali |
| place {n} (a role or purpose, a station) | :: pahali |
| place {n} (numeric: the column counting a certain quantity) | :: pahali |
| place {n} | :: pahali |
| place {v} (to put in a specific location) | :: kuweka |
| place {v} (to sing (a note) with the correct pitch) | :: pahali |
| place {v} (to arrange for, make (a bet)) | :: pahali |
| place {v} (to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job) | :: pahali |
| plague {n} (specific disease "the Plague") | :: tauni |
| plague {n} | :: tauni |
| plan {n} (set of intended actions) | :: mpango, mkakati |
| plan {n} | :: mpango {c3} {c4} |
| plan {v} | :: kupanga |
| plane {n} (a tool) | :: randa |
| plane {v} (to smooth with a plane) | :: randa |
| plane {n} (airplane) | :: ndege |
| planet {n} (each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky) | :: sayari |
| planet {n} (rocky or gaseous spherical bodies orbiting the Sun) | :: sayari |
| planet {n} (similar body in orbit around a star) | :: sayari |
| planetree {n} (plane) SEE: plane | :: |
| planetree {n} (sycamore) SEE: sycamore | :: |
| plant {n} (factory) SEE: factory | :: |
| plant {n} (organism capable of photosynthesis) | :: mmea |
| plant {n} (organism of the kingdom Plantae) | :: mmea |
| plant {n} (ecology: multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells) | :: mmea |
| plantation {n} (large farm) | :: shamba {c5} {c6} |
| plasma {n} (high energy state of matter) | :: utegili |
| plastic {n} (synthetic thermoplastic polymer) | :: plastiki |
| plate {n} (Cockney rhyming slang: foot) SEE: foot | :: |
| plate {n} (flat dish) | :: sahani |
| plate {n} (geology: tectonic plate) SEE: tectonic plate | :: |
| platypus {n} (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) | :: kinyamadege |
| play {v} (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense, not affecting a noun)) | :: -cheza |
| play {v} (participate in (a sport or game)) | :: -cheza |
| play {n} (playful activity) | :: mchezo |
| play {n} (literary composition intended to be represented) | :: tamthilia |
| play {n} (theatrical performance) | :: tamthilia |
| player {n} (one who plays any game or sport) | :: mchezaji |
| player {n} (person "playing the field") | :: mchezaji |
| playground {n} (large open space to play on, usually for children) | :: kiwanja |
| playhouse {n} (venue for performing plays) SEE: theater | :: |
| playing card {n} (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of card) | :: karata |
| please {adv} (interjection to make a polite request) | :: tafadhali |
| pleasure {n} (a state of being pleased) | :: anasa {9} {10} |
| Pleiades {prop} (astronomy) | :: Kilimia, Thurea |
| plot {n} (secret plan to achieve an end) | :: njama {c9} {c10} |
| plov {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| plug {n} (electric connecting device) | :: plagi |
| plum {n} (fruit of Prunus domestica) | :: mzambarau |
| plum {n} (tree) | :: mzambarau |
| plum {n} (colour) | :: zambarau |
| plum {n} (desirable thing) | :: mzambarau |
| plum {n} (slang: testicle) | :: mzambarau |
| plum {adj} (colour) | :: zambarau |
| plum {adj} (choice) | :: zambarau |
| plum {n} (fruit of Prunus mume) SEE: ume | :: |
| plumber's snake {n} (flexible rotating tool used to unclog a pipe) | :: nyoka |
| plum tree {n} (tree that bears plums) SEE: plum | :: |
| plural {n} (word in plural form) | :: wingi |
| Pluto {prop} (god) | :: Pluto |
| Pluto {prop} (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet) | :: Pluto |
| plutonium {n} (chemical element) | :: plutoni |
| pocketbook {n} (notebook) SEE: notebook | :: |
| pod {n} (seed case) | :: tumba |
| poem {n} (literary piece written in verse) | :: shairi |
| poem {n} (piece of writing in the tradition of poetry) | :: shairi |
| poem {n} (piece of poetic writing) | :: ushairi |
| poet {n} (person who writes poems) | :: mshairi |
| poetry {n} (literature composed in verse) | :: ushairi |
| point {n} (location or place) | :: pointi |
| point {n} (geometry: zero-dimensional object) | :: pointi |
| point {n} (unit of scoring in a game or competition) | :: pointi |
| point {n} (arithmetic: decimal point (note: many languages use a comma (',') rather than a dot as a decimal point, and hence the translations into these languages reflect this.)) | :: pointi, nukta |
| point {v} (to extend finger) | :: pointi |
| point {v} (direct) | :: pointi |
| pointer {n} (advice) SEE: advice | :: |
| poison {n} (substance harmful to a living organism) | :: sumu {c9/10} |
| Poland {prop} (European country) | :: Polandi, Upoli |
| polao {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| polar bear {n} (Ursus maritimus) | :: dubu barafu |
| Polaris {prop} (star) | :: Polaris |
| pole {n} (long and slender object for construction or support) | :: mlingoti |
| Pole {n} (person from Poland) | :: Mpoli {s}, Wapoli {p} |
| polecat {n} (skunk) SEE: skunk | :: |
| police {n} (an organisation that enforces the law) | :: polisi |
| police dog {n} (trained dog for police work) | :: mbwa wa polisi |
| police officer {n} (an officer in a law enforcement agency) | :: polisi, askari polisi, afisa wa usalama, afisa wa polisi |
| policy {n} (principle of conduct) | :: sera |
| policy {n} (prudent conduct) | :: sera |
| policy {n} (law: insurance document) | :: sera |
| policy {n} (illegal daily US lottery) | :: sera |
| policy {n} (law: insurance) SEE: insurance | :: |
| Polish {adj} (of Poland or its language) | :: Kipolandi, Kipoli |
| Polish {n} (the language of Poland) | :: Kipolandi, Kipoli |
| political party {n} (political organization) | :: chama |
| political science {n} (study of politics) | :: sayansi ya siasa {f} |
| political scientist {n} (political science expert) | :: mwanasiasa |
| politics {v} (a methodology and activities associated with running a government) | :: siasa |
| politology {n} (political science) SEE: political science | :: |
| polygon {n} (plane figure bounded by straight edges) | :: pembenyingi |
| polytheism {n} (belief in the existence of multiple gods) | :: upolitheisti, ushirikina |
| polytheist {n} (believer in polytheism) | :: mshirikina {c1} {c2} |
| pomegranate {n} (shrub/tree) | :: mkomamanga |
| pomegranate {n} (fruit) | :: komamanga |
| pomelo {n} (grapefruit) SEE: grapefruit | :: |
| poncy {adj} (gay, homosexual) SEE: gay | :: |
| poor {adj} (with little or no possessions or money) | :: maskini |
| poor {adj} (used to express pity) | :: maskini |
| poor {n} (those with no possessions) | :: maskini {c9} {c10} |
| poor {n} | :: maskini |
| poorly {adj} (ill) SEE: ill | :: |
| popcorn {n} (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) | :: bisi |
| pope {n} (head of the Roman Catholic Church) | :: papa |
| popinjay {n} (parrot) SEE: parrot | :: |
| poplar {n} (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus) | :: mpopla, mlibua |
| poppy {n} (plant) | :: mpopi |
| poppy {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya mipopi |
| popular {adj} (of or pertaining to the common people) | :: maarufu |
| popular {adj} (liked by many people) | :: maarufu |
| porcupine {n} (large rodent) | :: nungunungu {c9} {c10} |
| pork {n} (meat of a pig) | :: kitimoto, nyama ya nguruwe |
| porn {n} (pornography) SEE: pornography | :: |
| pornography {n} (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) | :: ponografia |
| porpoise {n} (cetacean) | :: poposi |
| porridge {n} (breakfast cereal dish, see also: oatmeal) | :: uji |
| port {n} (dock or harbour) | :: bandari |
| port {adj} (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) | :: mabandari |
| port {n} (opening where a connection is made) | :: mabandari |
| port {n} (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) | :: mabandari |
| port {v} (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) | :: mabandari |
| port {n} (computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting) | :: mabandari |
| port {n} (fortified wine) | :: mabandari |
| port {n} (port city) SEE: port city | :: |
| port city {n} (city built around a port) | :: bandari |
| porter {n} (person who carries luggage) | :: hamali, hamali {cma} |
| portion {n} (wife's fortune) SEE: dowry | :: |
| portrait {n} (painting of a person) | :: picha |
| Portugal {prop} (country) | :: Ureno |
| Portuguese {n} (person native to Portugal) | :: Mreno |
| Portuguese {n} (the language) | :: Kireno |
| Poseidon {prop} (the god of the sea) | :: Poseidoni |
| possibility {n} (quality of being possible) | :: uweza {cu} {cu}, uwezekano {cu} {cu} |
| possibly {adv} (adverb indicating that a proposition may be true or false) SEE: perhaps | :: |
| possum {n} (opossum) SEE: opossum | :: |
| postage stamp {n} (piece of paper indicating postage has been paid) | :: stempu |
| postcard {n} (rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope) | :: postkadi |
| post office {n} (place) | :: posta |
| pot {n} (vessel for cooking or storing food etc.) | :: chungu |
| potable {n} (drinkable liquid) SEE: beverage | :: |
| potassium {n} (the chemical element) | :: potasiamu |
| potato {n} (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable) | :: kiazi, kiazi ulaya |
| potsherd {n} (piece of ceramic from pottery) | :: gae |
| potter {n} (one who makes pots and ceramic wares) | :: mfinyanzi |
| pottery {n} (practise or craft of making pottery) | :: ufinyanzi {?} |
| potty {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| pound {n} (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)) | :: ratili {9} {10} |
| pound {n} (unit of currency) | :: pauni |
| pour {v} (to cause to flow in a stream) | :: mwaga |
| pour {v} (to send forth as in a stream or a flood) | :: mwaga |
| pour {v} (to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly) | :: mwaga |
| pour {v} (to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream) | :: mwaga |
| poverty {n} (quality or state of being poor) | :: ufukara, umaskini |
| poverty {n} (deficiency of elements) | :: ufukara |
| powder {n} (gunpowder) SEE: gunpowder | :: |
| power {n} (capability or influence) | :: nguvu |
| power {n} (physical force or strength) | :: nguvu |
| pox {n} (syphilis) SEE: syphilis | :: |
| prairie dog {n} (burrowing rodent) | :: kijibwanyika {cki} {cvi} |
| praise {n} (worship) | :: shangilia |
| praise {v} (to give praise to) | :: shangilia |
| prawn {n} (large shrimp) | :: uduvi |
| pray {v} (to petition a higher being) | :: kusali |
| pray {v} (to beg humbly for aid) | :: sali |
| pray {v} (to talk to God) | :: sali |
| prayer {n} (practice of communicating with one's God) | :: swala |
| prayer {n} (the act of praying) | :: swali |
| prayer {n} (the specific words or methods used for praying) | :: swala, sala {c9} {c10} |
| preach {v} (proclaim by public discourse) | :: kutangaza |
| preacher {n} (one who preaches) | :: mhubiri |
| precede {v} (go before, go in front of) | :: kutangulia |
| predict {v} (to state, or make something known in advance) | :: bashiri |
| predict {v} (to foretell or prophesy) | :: bashiri |
| prediction {n} (a statement about the future) | :: utabiri |
| pregnancy {n} (condition) | :: mimba {c9} {c10} |
| pregnant woman {n} | :: mjamzito |
| premier {n} (prime minister of a country) SEE: prime minister | :: |
| prep {n} (preparation) SEE: preparation | :: |
| preparation {n} (act) | :: tayari, mapema, utayarishi |
| prepare {v} (to make ready for a specific future purpose) | :: andaa |
| prepare {v} (to make ready for eating or drinking) | :: kuandaa, ≈ (sth) for (sb) kuandalia |
| prepare {v} (to make oneself ready) | :: andaa |
| prepare {v} (to produce by combining elements) | :: andaa |
| preposition {n} (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by") | :: kihusishi |
| prepuce {n} (foreskin) SEE: foreskin | :: |
| prerogative {n} (right, generally) SEE: right | :: |
| present {n} (gift) SEE: gift | :: |
| presenter {n} | :: mtangazaji |
| presidency {n} (office or role of president) | :: urais |
| president {n} (the head of state of a republic) | :: rais |
| president {n} (the primary leader of a corporation) | :: rais |
| presidential palace {n} (White House) SEE: White House | :: |
| press {v} (to press) SEE: bear | :: |
| pretzel {n} (toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot) | :: pretseli |
| prey {n} (booty, anything taken by force) | :: windo |
| prey {n} (that which may be seized by animals) | :: windo |
| price {n} (cost required to gain possession of something) | :: bei |
| price {n} (cost of an action or deed) | :: bei |
| priest {n} (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) | :: kasisi, kuhani {c5} {c6} [Jewish] |
| prime minister {n} (chief member of the cabinet and head of the government) | :: waziri mkuu |
| prime number {n} (natural number) | :: nambari kuu, idadi mkuu |
| prince {n} (male ruler or head of a principality) | :: mkuu |
| princess {n} (female member of royal family) | :: mtoto wa kike wa mfalme |
| principal {adj} (primary, main) | :: mkuu |
| print {n} (footprint) SEE: footprint | :: |
| prison {n} (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes) | :: jela, gereza {c5} {c6} |
| prison {v} (imprison) SEE: imprison | :: |
| prisoner {n} (person incarcerated in a prison) | :: habusu, mfungwa |
| privet {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| privy {n} (lavatory or toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| problem {n} (difficulty) | :: tatizo {5} {6}, masaibu |
| problem {n} (schoolwork exercise) | :: masaibu |
| problem {n} (puzzling circumstance) | :: tatizo, masaibu |
| proclaim {v} (to announce or declare) | :: kuhubiri |
| produce {n} (offspring) SEE: offspring | :: |
| professor {n} (a higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university) | :: profesa |
| profit {n} (benefit) | :: dahili, faida |
| program {n} (set of structured activities) | :: programu |
| program {v} (to enter a program or other instructions into a computer) | :: programu |
| programme {n} (programme) SEE: program | :: |
| project {n} (planned endeavor) | :: mradi |
| project {n} (urban low-income housing building) | :: miradi |
| project {v} (to extend beyond a surface) | :: miradi |
| project {v} (to cast (image, shadow)) | :: miradi |
| project {v} (to extend outward) | :: miradi |
| project {v} (to make plans for; forecast) | :: miradi |
| prolix {adj} (long) SEE: long | :: |
| promise {n} (vow) | :: ahadi |
| promise {v} (to commit to something) | :: -ahidi |
| pronoun {n} (type of noun) | :: dhamiri, kijina, kiwakilishi |
| pronunciation {n} (sound of a word) | :: matamshi |
| prop {n} (object placed against or under another, to support it) | :: nguzo |
| propeller {n} (mechanical device used to propel) | :: rafardha |
| property {n} | :: hozi |
| prophecy {n} (prediction) | :: utabiri |
| prophesy {v} (to predict) | :: kutabiri |
| prophet {n} (one who speaks by divine inspiration) | :: nabii, mtume |
| proposal {n} (that which is proposed) | :: pendekezo |
| prosecutor {n} (a person instituting criminal prosecution) | :: kiongozi wa mashtaka |
| proselyte {n} (one who has converted to a religion) | :: mwongofu {c1} {c2} |
| prostitute {v} (reflexive: to perform sexual activity for money) | :: ukahaba |
| prostitute {v} (to make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves) | :: ukahaba |
| prostitute {n} (a person having sex for profit) | :: malaya {9} {10}, kahaba, changudoa, kiberenge |
| prostitute {n} (promiscuous person) SEE: whore | :: |
| prostitution {n} (having sex for profit) | :: umalaya (nc 14), ukahaba |
| protect {v} (to keep safe) | :: kukinga, kulinda |
| protection {n} (process of keeping sthg safe) | :: kingo {c5} |
| protein {n} (biochemistry: complex molecule) | :: protini |
| protein {n} (class of food) | :: protini |
| Protestant {adj} (pertaining to these denominatons) | :: Mprotestanti |
| Protestantism {n} (faith) | :: Uprotestanti |
| protractor {n} (a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles) | :: kipimapembe |
| prove {v} (to demonstrate that something is true; to give proof for) | :: hakiki |
| proverb {n} (phrase expressing a basic truth) | :: methali |
| Proverbs {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Mithali |
| province {n} (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) | :: mkoa, jimbo, jimbo |
| prune {v} (plum) SEE: plum | :: |
| psalm {n} (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) | :: zaburi |
| Psalms {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: chuo cha Zaburi {c7} {c8} |
| psychology {n} (study of the human mind) | :: saikolojia |
| pterodactyl {n} (informal term for any pterosaur) | :: pterodaktilo |
| pubic hair {n} (collectively) | :: vinyuzi, mavuzi {c6} |
| pubic hair {n} (singular) | :: vuzi {c5} {c6} |
| public transit {n} (public transport) SEE: public transport | :: |
| public transport {n} (form of transport) | :: usafiri wa umma |
| public transportation {n} (public transport) SEE: public transport | :: |
| puffadder {n} (Britis arietans) | :: moma {c5} {c6} |
| pulao {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| pull {v} (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one) | :: kuvuta |
| pullet {n} (spineless person) SEE: chicken | :: |
| pulp {n} (soft, moist mass) | :: uji uji |
| pulpit {n} (raised platform in church) | :: dungu, mimbari [in a mosque] |
| pulpit {n} (plane's cockpit) SEE: cockpit | :: |
| puma {n} (Puma concolor) SEE: cougar | :: |
| pumpkin {n} (plant) | :: malenge, boga, maboga |
| pumpkin {n} (fruit of this plant) | :: malenge, boga |
| pumpkin {n} (color) | :: malenge |
| punch {v} (to strike something or someone with one's fist) | :: -piga ngumi |
| punch {v} (to herd cattle) SEE: herd | :: |
| puncture {n} (hole, cut or tear) | :: panchari |
| punish {v} (to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct) | :: kuadhibu |
| Punjabi {n} | :: Kipunjabi |
| punk {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute | :: |
| pupil {n} (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye) | :: mboni |
| purify {v} (cleanse something of impurities) | :: takasa |
| purify {v} (free someone from guilt or sin) | :: kusafisha |
| purity {n} (the state of being pure) | :: usafi |
| purple {adj} (colour) | :: -a zambarau |
| purposefully {adv} (on purpose) SEE: on purpose | :: |
| purse {n} (small bag for carrying money) | :: mfuko {c3} {c4} |
| pus {n} (fluid found in regions of infection) | :: usaha |
| push {v} (to apply a force to something so that it moves away) | :: kusukuma |
| put {v} (to place something somewhere) | :: kuweka |
| put away {v} (to kill someone) SEE: kill | :: |
| put away {v} (to send (someone) to prison) SEE: imprison | :: |
| pyrethrum {n} (any of several plants of the genus Tanacetum) | :: pareto |
| Pythagoras {prop} (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) | :: Pithagoras |
| python {n} (constricting snake) | :: chatu |
| qadi {n} (judge in Islam) | :: kadhi {5} {6} |
| Qatar {prop} (a country in the Middle East) | :: Qatar |
| qibla {n} (direction of praying) | :: kibla |
| quad {adj} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral | :: |
| quadrangle {n} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral | :: |
| quadrilateral {n} (polygon having four sides) | :: pembenne |
| quail {n} (any of several small game birds) | :: tombo |
| quake {n} (earthquake) SEE: earthquake | :: |
| qualify {v} (to describe or characterize something by listing its qualities) | :: fuzu, fuzu |
| qualify {v} (to make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task) | :: fuzu |
| qualify {v} (to certify or license someone for something) | :: fuzu |
| qualify {v} (to modify, limit, restrict or moderate something) | :: fuzu |
| qualify {v} (to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage) | :: fuzu |
| quarter {n} (one of four equal parts) | :: robo |
| quarter bottle {n} (piccolo) SEE: piccolo | :: |
| quarter-final {n} (quarter-final) SEE: quarterfinal | :: |
| quarterfinal {n} (competition in a tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals) | :: robo fainali |
| quartz {n} (mineral) | :: kwatsi, shondo |
| Quebec {prop} (province) | :: Kwebeki |
| queen {n} (female monarch) | :: malkia |
| queen {n} (wife of a king) | :: malkia |
| queen {n} (chess piece) | :: malkia |
| queen {n} (playing card) | :: mzungu wa pili |
| quell {n} (transitive: to take the life of; to kill) SEE: kill | :: |
| question {n} (talk; conversation; speech) SEE: talk | :: |
| question {n} (sentence, phrase or word) | :: swali |
| question {n} (subject or topic) | :: swali |
| question {n} (doubt or challenge) | :: swali |
| question {n} | :: swali |
| question {v} (ask questions of) | :: kuuliza |
| quincunx {n} (coin) SEE: coin | :: |
| quiver {n} (arrow container) | :: podo, ziaka, pongono |
| Qur'an {prop} (the Islamic holy book) | :: Kurani |
| Qur'an {n} (a copy of the Qur'an) | :: Kurani |
| rabbit {n} (mammal) | :: sungura |
| race {n} (contest) | :: resi |
| race {v} (to take part in a race) | :: mbio |
| race {v} (to move or drive at high speed) | :: mbio |
| race {v} (of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission) | :: mbio |
| racecourse {n} ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) | :: kapplöpningsbana |
| racialism {n} (racism) SEE: racism | :: |
| racism {n} (racial prejudice or discrimination) | :: ubaguzi wa rangi |
| radio {n} (technology) | :: redio |
| radio {n} (receiver) | :: redio |
| radix {n} (biology: root) SEE: root | :: |
| ragout {n} (stew of meat and vegetables mixed together) | :: raguu |
| raid {n} (attack for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering) | :: uvamizi |
| railroad station {n} (place where trains stop for passengers) SEE: railway station | :: |
| railway station {n} (place where trains stop) | :: stesheni ya treni |
| rain {n} (condensed water from a cloud) | :: mvua, manyunyu |
| rain {n} (any matter falling) | :: mvua |
| rain {n} (an instance of particles falling) | :: mvua |
| rain {n} | :: mvua |
| rain {v} (of rain: to fall from the sky) | :: kunyesha |
| rain {v} (to fall in large quantities) | :: mvua |
| rain {v} (to issue in large quantities) | :: kunyesha |
| rainbow {n} (multicoloured arch in the sky) | :: upinde wa mvua {c11} {c12} |
| rainy season {n} (portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest) | :: majira ya mvua |
| Rajab {prop} (month) | :: Rajabu |
| rake {n} (garden tool) | :: reki |
| Ramadan {prop} (holy ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar) | :: Ramadhani |
| rand {n} (currency of South Africa) | :: randi |
| random {adj} | :: baghala, ovyoovyo |
| range {n} (distance to the object) | :: masafa |
| rank {n} (level of one's position in a class-based society) | :: cheo {c7} {c8} |
| ransom {n} (money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | :: fidia |
| ransom {v} (to pay a price to set someone free) | :: fidia |
| rape {n} (act of forcing sexual activity) | :: ubakaji |
| rape {v} (force sexual intercourse) | :: -baka |
| raping {n} (rape) SEE: rape | :: |
| rapist {n} (someone who rapes someone else) | :: mbakaji |
| rash {n} (of skin) | :: upele |
| raspberry {n} (plant) | :: mrasiberi |
| raspberry {n} (fruit) | :: rasiberi |
| raspberry {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya rasiberi |
| raspberry {adj} (the colour) | :: rangi ya rasiberi |
| rat {n} (rodent) | :: panya |
| rate {n} (speed) SEE: speed | :: |
| ratel {n} (Mellivora capensis) SEE: honey badger | :: |
| ratio {n} (number representing comparison) | :: uwiano |
| rattle {n} (sound) | :: kayamba |
| raven {n} (bird) | :: kunguru {c9} {c10} |
| ravish {v} (rape) SEE: rape | :: |
| raw material {n} | :: mali ghafi {s} {p} |
| ray {n} (beam of light or radiation) | :: kianga |
| razor blade {n} (razor blade) | :: wembe |
| reaction {n} (action in response to an event) | :: mmenyuko |
| read {v} (look at and interpret letters or other information) | :: kusoma |
| read {v} (speak aloud words or other information that is written) | :: soma, kusomea |
| reader {n} (person who reads a publication) | :: msomaji |
| reader {n} (lecturer) SEE: lecturer | :: |
| readership {n} (collected readers of a publication) | :: usomaji |
| real {adv} (really) SEE: really | :: |
| really {adv} (actually) | :: kweli |
| reap hook {n} (sickle) SEE: sickle | :: |
| reaping hook {n} (sickle) SEE: sickle | :: |
| reason {n} | :: sababu; sababu |
| reason {v} (to arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine, debate, discuss) SEE: debate | :: |
| reason {n} (math: ratio, proportion) SEE: ratio | :: |
| rebel {v} (to resist or become defiant towards) | :: kuasi (+ direct object) |
| rebuke {v} (to criticise harshly; to reprove) | :: kukemea, kulaumu |
| receipt {n} (written acknowledgement) | :: resiti |
| receive {v} (take what is offered, accept from another) | :: pokea |
| receive {v} (take possession of) | :: pokea |
| recent {adj} (having happened a short while ago) | :: karibuni |
| recently {adv} (in the recent past) | :: majuzi |
| recognize {v} (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter) | :: kutambua |
| reconcile {v} (to restore a friendly relationship) | :: kupatanisha |
| reconciliation {n} (reestablishment of friendly relations) | :: suluhu {c9} {c10} |
| record {n} (information put into a lasting physical medium) | :: rekodi |
| record {n} (phonograph record) | :: rekodi |
| record {n} (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) | :: rekodi |
| record {n} (most extreme known value of some achievement) | :: rekodi |
| record {v} (make a record of) | :: rekodi |
| record {v} (make an audio or video recording of) | :: rekodi |
| record {v} ((intransitive) make audio or video recording) | :: rekodi |
| recruit {v} (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) | :: sajili |
| rectangle {n} (quadrilateral) | :: mstatili |
| rectify {v} (to heal) SEE: heal | :: |
| red {n} (colour) | :: -ekundu |
| red {adj} (having red as its colour) | :: nyekundu |
| red beet {n} (beetroot) SEE: beetroot | :: |
| red blood cell {n} (haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates) | :: seli nyekundu ya damu |
| red currant {n} (plant) | :: mtunda bukini mwekundu |
| red currant {n} (fruit) | :: tunda bukini jekundu |
| red pepper {n} (red colored pepper) | :: pilipili hoho |
| Red Sea {prop} (sea between Africa and Arabia) | :: Bahari ya Shamu |
| reed {n} | :: tete |
| reefer {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| refrigerator {n} (appliance) | :: jokofu, friji, mashine ya barafu |
| refugee {n} (person seeking political asylum) | :: mkimbizi |
| refugee {n} (person seeking economic asylum) | :: mkimbizi |
| refugee {n} (person seeking refuge from natural disaster) | :: mkimbizi |
| refugee {n} (person granted formal asylum) | :: mkimbizi |
| refuse {v} ((transitive) decline (request, demand)) | :: -dinda, -kanusha |
| regret {n} (instance of such an emotion) | :: juto, sikitiko |
| regulate {v} (control) SEE: control | :: |
| reindeer {n} (Rangifer tarandus) | :: kulungu aktiki {m}, mbawala aktiki {f} |
| rejoice {v} (be happy) | :: kushangilia |
| relate {v} (to narrate) SEE: narrate | :: |
| relational {adj} (relative) SEE: relative | :: |
| relationship {n} (connection or association) | :: uhusiano, husiano |
| relative {n} (someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption) | :: ndugu {c9/10}, jamaa, akraba |
| relief {n} (removal of stress or discomfort) | :: faraja |
| relief {n} (humanitarian aid or assistance) | :: faraja |
| religion {n} (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death) | :: dini |
| remain {n} (That which is left of a being after its life is gone) SEE: remains | :: |
| remains {n} (what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse) | :: mabaki |
| remains {n} (relic of an ancient building or other structure) | :: saliyo |
| remains {n} (all that is left of the stock of some things; remnants) | :: mabaki |
| remember {v} (to recall from one's memory) | :: -kumbuka |
| remember {v} ((obsolete) to remind) SEE: remind | :: |
| remind {v} (Cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice) | :: -kumbusha |
| remission {n} (pardon of a sin) | :: ondoleo {c5} |
| ren {n} (a kidney) SEE: kidney | :: |
| renovation {n} (act or process of renovating) | :: ukarabati |
| rep {n} (representative) SEE: representative | :: |
| repair {v} (to restore to good working order) | :: rekebisha |
| repay {v} (pay back) SEE: pay back | :: |
| repent {v} (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness) | :: kutubu |
| repentance {n} (condition of being penitent) | :: kitubio |
| report {n} (information describing events) | :: ripoti |
| reporter {n} (journalist) | :: mwanahabari |
| represent {v} (to portray by pictorial or plastic art) | :: wakilisha |
| represent {v} (to portray by mimicry or action of any kind) | :: wakilisha |
| represent {v} (to stand in the place of, act on behalf of) | :: wakilisha |
| represent {v} (to serve as a sign or symbol of) | :: wakilisha |
| representative {adj} (typical) | :: wajumbe |
| representative {n} (one who speaks for another) | :: wajumbe |
| representative {n} (member of the House of Representatives) | :: wajumbe |
| republic {n} (a type of state) | :: jamhuri |
| republic {n} | :: jamhuri |
| Republic of Ireland {prop} (country) | :: Ueire, Ayalandi |
| Republic of South Africa {prop} (official name of South Africa) | :: Jamhuri ya Afrika Kusini |
| Republic of the Congo {prop} (country) | :: Jamhuri ya Kongo |
| request {n} (act of requesting) | :: ombi |
| request {n} (formal message requesting something) | :: ombi |
| require {v} (ask) SEE: ask | :: |
| rescue {v} (to save from any danger or violence) | :: okoa |
| research {n} (inquiry or examination) | :: utafiti |
| research {n} (piece of research) | :: utafiti |
| resemble {v} (compare) SEE: compare | :: |
| reserve {v} (to reserve) SEE: hold | :: |
| reserve bank {n} (reserve bank as a central bank) SEE: central bank | :: |
| residence {n} (place where one lives) | :: makao |
| residence {n} (place where a corporation is established) | :: makao |
| residence {n} (building used as a home) | :: makao |
| resident {n} (person living at a location or an area) | :: makao, mwenyeji |
| resignation {n} (state of uncomplaining acceptance) | :: mucsidjr |
| resource {n} (something that one uses to achieve an objective) | :: raslimali |
| resource {n} (personal capacity) | :: raslimali |
| respect {n} (admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit) | :: adabu |
| respect {n} (polite greetings) | :: adabu |
| respect {v} (to have respect for) | :: heshimu, taadhima |
| respect {v} (to have regard for the rights of others) | :: taadhima, heshimu |
| respond {v} (to say in reply, to respond) SEE: return | :: |
| responsibility {n} (the state of being responsible) | :: daraka |
| responsibility {n} (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible) | :: jukumu, majukumu, madaraka |
| result {v} (to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence) | :: tokeo |
| result {n} (that which results) | :: tokeo |
| result {n} (fruit, beneficial or tangible effect) | :: tokeo |
| Øresund {prop} (strait) SEE: Oresund | :: |
| resurrection {n} (the act of arising from the dead) | :: ufufuo |
| retort {v} (to retort; to throw back) SEE: return | :: |
| retreat {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet | :: |
| retreat {n} (to turn back, retreat) SEE: return | :: |
| return {n} (answer) SEE: answer | :: |
| return {v} (to come or go back) | :: kurudi, kurudia [prepositional form] |
| return {v} | :: [1,2] regesha, [3] regea |
| reveal {v} (to uncover) | :: dhihirisha |
| reveal {v} (to communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction) | :: kufunulia |
| revelation {n} (the act of revealing or disclosing) | :: ufunuo |
| Revelation {prop} (book of Bible) | :: Ufunuo |
| revenge {n} (retaliatory action) | :: kisasi |
| reverse dowry {n} (bride price) SEE: bride price | :: |
| revolution {n} (political upheaval) | :: mapinduzi, mageuzi |
| revolution {n} (removal and replacement of a government) | :: mapinduzi |
| revolution {n} (turning of an object around an axis) | :: geuza |
| revolution {n} (sudden, vast change in a situation or discipline) | :: mapinduzi |
| revolutionary {n} (A revolutionist; a person who revolts) | :: mpinduzi |
| rhea {n} (flightless bird) | :: nandu |
| Rhea {prop} (goddess) | :: Rea |
| rhinoceros {n} (herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)) | :: kifaru {c7} {c8} |
| rhombus {n} (A parallelogram having all sides of equal length) | :: almasi |
| rhyme {n} (verse, poetry) | :: kina |
| rhyme {n} (word that rhymes with another) | :: kina |
| rhythm {n} (variation of strong and weak elements of sounds over time) | :: mahadhi |
| rial {n} (currency in Middle East) | :: riali |
| rice {n} (plants) | :: mpunga |
| rice {n} (seeds used as food) | :: mpunga [raw seed in husk], mchele [husked seed], wali [cooked] |
| rich {adj} (having wealth) | :: tajiri |
| riddle {n} (sieve) SEE: sieve | :: |
| riddle {n} (verbal puzzle) | :: fumbo |
| rider {n} (robber) SEE: robber | :: |
| right {adj} (of direction, opposite of left) | :: -a kuume |
| right {n} (legal or moral entitlement) | :: haki |
| right {n} (right, not left, side) | :: kulia |
| right {n} (right hand) | :: mkono wa kulia {3} {4}, mkono wa kuume {c3} {c4} |
| right {n} (right-wing politicians and parties) | :: kulia |
| right {v} (to set upright) | :: kulia |
| right now {adv} (immediately) SEE: immediately | :: |
| ring {n} (circumscribing object) | :: pete |
| ring {n} (round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger) | :: bizimu |
| ring {n} (resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it) | :: kengele |
| ring {n} (telephone call) | :: kengele |
| ring down the curtain {v} (stop) SEE: stop | :: |
| ring up the curtain {v} (start) SEE: start | :: |
| rip {v} (to fart) SEE: fart | :: |
| rip {n} (tear) SEE: tear | :: |
| rise {v} (to assume an upright position after lying down or sitting) | :: kuondoka |
| river {n} (large stream which drains a landmass) | :: mto |
| river {n} (any large flow of a liquid) | :: mto |
| river {n} (poker: last card dealt) | :: mto |
| river {n} | :: mto {c3} {c4} |
| river horse {n} (hippopotamus) SEE: hippopotamus | :: |
| riyal {n} (currency) | :: riali |
| roach {n} (US: cockroach) SEE: cockroach | :: |
| road {n} (a way for travel) | :: njia {c9/10}, barabara |
| road {n} (a path in life) | :: barabara |
| roan antelope {n} (Hippotragus equinus) | :: korongo |
| robber {n} (one who robs) | :: mnyang'anyi |
| rock {n} (mass of projecting rock) | :: mwamba {c3} {c4} |
| rock {n} | :: [2] jiwe {c5} {c6} pl |
| rocket {n} (rocket engine) | :: roketi {cn} |
| rocket {n} (military: non-guided missile) | :: roketi |
| rock maple {n} (sugar maple) SEE: sugar maple | :: |
| rod {n} (slang: pistol) SEE: pistol | :: |
| rogue {n} (a scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person) | :: ayari {c9} {c10}, laghai {c9} {c10}, mlaghai {c9} {c10} |
| rogue {n} (a mischievous scamp) | :: mhuni {c1} {c2} |
| rogue {n} (a vagrant) | :: mhuni {c1} {c2} |
| rogue {n} (deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself) | :: ya shari |
| rogue {n} (an aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant) | :: mshari {c1} {c2} |
| rogue {adj} ((animal) vicious and solitary) | :: mshari |
| rogue {adj} (large, destructive and unpredictable) | :: ya balaa, yenye balaa |
| rogue {adj} (deceitful, unprincipled) | :: ya kilaghai |
| Rojava {prop} (region in northern and northeastern Syria) | :: Urojava {cU} {cU} |
| Roman {n} (a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire) | :: Mrumi |
| Romania {prop} (South-Eastern European country) | :: Romania |
| Romans {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Waroma {c2} |
| Romans {prop} (30th sura of the Qur'an) | :: Waroma {c2} |
| Rome {prop} (city) | :: Roma |
| Romeo {n} (boyfriend) SEE: boyfriend | :: |
| roof {n} (the cover at the top of a building) | :: paa {c5} {c6} |
| roof {n} (the upper part of a cavity) | :: paa |
| room {n} (division in a building) | :: chumba |
| rooster {n} (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) | :: jogoo |
| root {n} (part of a plant) | :: mzizi |
| root {n} (of a tooth) | :: mzizi |
| rope {n} (thick, strong string) | :: kamba |
| rorqual {n} (whale with long skin folds below mouth) | :: nyangumi mwenye mifuo ya kooni |
| Rosa {prop} (female given name) SEE: Rose | :: |
| rose {n} (shrub) | :: mwaridi |
| rose {n} (flower) | :: waridi |
| rose {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya waridi |
| Rose {prop} (female given name) | :: Waridi, Roza |
| rosebush {n} (rose plant) | :: mwaridi |
| rostrum {n} (zoology: beak) SEE: beak | :: |
| rostrum {n} (dais, pulpit, or similar platform) | :: jukwaa |
| rottol {n} (unit of dry weight) | :: ratili {9} {10} |
| round {n} (segment of a sport event) | :: raundi |
| roundworm {n} (invertebrate of the phylum Nematoda) SEE: nematode | :: |
| row {n} (line of objects) | :: safu, mstari |
| row {n} (in a table) | :: safu |
| rowboat {n} (small boat that is rowed) | :: mtumbwi |
| rowing boat {n} (rowboat) SEE: rowboat | :: |
| royal {n} (old English gold coin) SEE: rial | :: |
| rubber {n} (eraser) SEE: eraser | :: |
| rubberneck {n} (tourist) SEE: tourist | :: |
| rubbish bin {n} (garbage can) SEE: garbage can | :: |
| rubble {n} (the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry) | :: fusi |
| rubeola {n} (measles) SEE: measles | :: |
| ruby {n} (type of gem) | :: yakuti {c9} {c10} |
| ruby {n} (5½-point type) SEE: agate | :: |
| rudder {n} (underwater vane used to steer a vessel) | :: usukani |
| rude {adj} (bad-mannered) | :: jeuri |
| rude {adj} (obscene, pornographic, offensive) | :: jeuri |
| rude {adj} (tough, robust) | :: jeuri |
| ruff {v} (play a trump card) SEE: trump | :: |
| rugby {n} (a sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball) | :: raga |
| ruin {n} (remains of destroyed construction) | :: gofu |
| rule {n} (regulation) | :: masharti |
| rule {v} (to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over) | :: sharti |
| rule {n} (straight-edge) SEE: ruler | :: |
| ruler {n} (measuring or drawing device) | :: masharti |
| run {v} (to move quickly on two feet) | :: kukimbia |
| rupee {n} (monetary currency) | :: rupia |
| Russia {prop} (country in Asia and Europe) | :: Urusi |
| Russian {adj} (of or pertaining to Russia) | :: mrashia |
| Russian {adj} (of or pertaining to Rus) | :: mrashia |
| Russian {n} (person from Russia) | :: mrashia |
| Russian {n} (Russian (language)) | :: Kirusi |
| Ruth {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Ruth, Ruthu |
| Ruth {prop} (female given name) | :: Ruth, Ruthu |
| Rwanda {prop} (country) | :: Rwanda |
| Rwanda {prop} (language) SEE: Kinyarwanda | :: |
| Rwandan {n} (a person from Rwanda or of Rwandan descent) | :: Mnyarwanda, Mrwanda |
| Rwandan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Rwanda, the Rwandan people or language) | :: Kinyarwanda |
| Rzeczpospolita {prop} (Poland) SEE: Poland | :: |
| Rzeczpospolita {prop} (republic) SEE: republic | :: |
| sable antelope {n} (Hippotragus niger) | :: mbarapi, palahala |
| sack {n} (bag for commodities or items) | :: gunia |
| sacrifice {v} (to offer as a gift to a deity) | :: kuchinja |
| saddle {n} (seat on an animal) | :: saruji |
| sadness {n} (state/emotion) | :: huzuni {c9} |
| sadness {n} (event causing sadness) | :: huzuni {c9} |
| safari {n} (a trip into any undeveloped area) | :: safari |
| safari park {n} (zoo-like attraction) | :: mbuga wa safari |
| safe {adj} (not in danger) | :: uganda |
| safe {adj} (free from risk) | :: uganda |
| safe {adj} (providing protection from danger) | :: uganda |
| safe {adj} (properly secured) | :: uganda |
| safe {adj} (slang: wicked - cool - awesome) | :: uganda |
| safe {n} (box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping) | :: uganda |
| safety {n} (condition or feeling of being safe) | :: usalama {c14} |
| saffron {n} (plant) | :: mzafarani |
| saffron {n} (spice) | :: zafarani |
| saffron {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya zafarani |
| Sagittarius {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Mshale, Kausi |
| Sahara {prop} (desert) | :: Sahara |
| sailboat {n} (a boat propelled by a sail) | :: dhau |
| sailor {n} (worker on a ship, seaman, seawoman) | :: baharia |
| saint {n} (person proclaimed as saint) | :: mtakatifu |
| Saint Lucia {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Santalusia |
| Saint Lucian {adj} (Of, or pertaining to, Saint Lucia or its culture or people) | :: Kisantalusia |
| Saint Lucian {n} (Someone from Saint Lucia or of Saint Lucian descent) | :: Msantalusia |
| Saint Petersburg {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Sankt Peterburg |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Santavisenti na Grenadini |
| sakura {n} (cherry) SEE: cherry | :: |
| salaam {interj} (a Muslim greeting) | :: salaam, salamu |
| salad {n} (food) | :: saladi |
| salami {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
| salary {n} (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) | :: mshahara |
| salat {n} (Islamic prayer) | :: swala |
| sale {n} | :: mnada, lilamu, uguzi |
| saliva {n} (liquid secreted into the mouth) | :: mate |
| sally {n} (willow) SEE: willow | :: |
| salpinx {n} (Fallopian tube) SEE: Fallopian tube | :: |
| salt {adj} (salty) | :: chumvi |
| salt {adj} (saline) | :: chumvi |
| salt {v} (to add salt to) | :: chumvi |
| salt {v} (to add filler bytes before encryption) | :: chumvi |
| salt {n} (compound of an acid and a base) | :: chumvi |
| salt {n} (additional bytes inserted into an encryption) | :: chumvi |
| Salvadoran {n} (a person from El Salvador) | :: Mwelsavado |
| Salvadoran {adj} (of or pertaining to El Salvador) | :: Kielsavado |
| Salvadorian {n} (Salvadoran) SEE: Salvadoran | :: |
| Salvadorian {adj} (Salvadoran) SEE: Salvadoran | :: |
| same {adj} (not different as regards self; identical) | :: sawa |
| same {adj} (similar, alike) | :: sawa |
| same {pron} (the identical thing) | :: sawa |
| same {pron} (something similar, something of the identical type) | :: sawa |
| samogon {n} (moonshine) SEE: moonshine | :: |
| samosa {n} (Indian snack) | :: sambusa |
| Samuel {prop} (male given name) | :: Samweli |
| Samuel {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Samweli |
| Samuel {prop} (biblical person) | :: Samweli |
| -san {suffix} (Mrs) SEE: Mrs | :: |
| sanction {n} (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid) | :: kwazo |
| sanction {n} (penalty, coercive measure) | :: kwazo |
| sanction {n} (stipulation specifying the above) | :: kwazo |
| sanction {v} (to give authorization or approval to) | :: kwazo |
| sanction {v} (to penalize a state, especially for violating international law) | :: kwazo |
| sand {n} (finely ground rock) | :: mchanga {c3} {c4} |
| sandal {n} (type of footwear) | :: kiatu {c7} {c8} |
| sandal {n} (sandalwood) SEE: sandalwood | :: |
| sandalwood {n} (any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum) | :: msanduku |
| sandalwood {n} (the aromatic heartwood of the trees of the genus Santalum) | :: msanduku |
| sandpaper {n} (paper coated with abrasive material) | :: msasa |
| sane {adj} (mentally healthy) | :: razini |
| sane {adj} (mentally sound; possessing a rational mind) | :: razini |
| Sanskrit {n} (language) | :: Kisanskrit |
| sap {n} (juice of plant) | :: utomvu |
| sapphire {n} (gem) | :: yakuti samawi |
| sash {n} (decorative length of cloth) | :: shuka |
| sasquatch {n} (a hairy humanoid creature) | :: Saskwachi (noun 9) |
| Satan {prop} (the Devil) | :: Shetani, Ibilisi |
| Saturday {n} (day of the week) | :: Jumamosi |
| Saturn {prop} (planet) | :: Sarateni, Zohali |
| Saturn {prop} (god) | :: Sarateni |
| saucepan {n} (deep cooking vessel) | :: sufuria |
| Saudi {prop} (Saudi Arabia) SEE: Saudi Arabia | :: |
| Saudi Arabia {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: saudi arabia |
| sausage {n} (a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing) | :: soseji |
| sausage tree {n} (Kigelia africana) | :: mwegea, mbungati, mranaa, mvongonya, mnyegea |
| savanna {n} (tropical grassland with scattered trees) | :: savana |
| save {v} (to help someone to survive, or rescue someone) | :: kuokoa |
| save {v} (theology: to redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation) | :: kuokoa |
| saving {n} (something that is saved) | :: akiba |
| saw {n} (tool) | :: msumeno |
| saxophone {n} (a musical instrument of the woodwind family) | :: saksofoni |
| say {v} (to say) SEE: tell | :: |
| saying {n} (proverb or maxim) | :: msemo |
| scab {n} (scabies) SEE: scabies | :: |
| scabies {n} (an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei) | :: upele |
| scale {n} (ladder) SEE: ladder | :: |
| scale {n} (device) SEE: scales | :: |
| scales {n} (device for weighing goods for sale) | :: mizani |
| scaly anteater {n} (pangolin) SEE: pangolin | :: |
| scandal {n} (incident that brings disgrace) | :: kashfa |
| Scandinavian {n} (someone from Scandinavia) | :: Mskandinavi |
| Scandinavian {adj} (of Scandinavia) | :: -a Uskandinavi |
| Scandinavian {adj} (of the North Germanic family of languages) | :: -a Kiskandinavi |
| scar {n} (permanent mark on the skin) | :: kovu |
| scarce {adj} | :: nadra |
| scarcity {n} (the condition of something being scarce or deficient) | :: uchache, uhaba |
| scarcity {n} (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage) | :: uchache, uhaba |
| scare {n} (minor fright) | :: ukalili |
| scare {n} (something that inspires fear) | :: ukalili |
| scare {v} (to frighten) | :: ukalili |
| scarf {n} (headscarf) SEE: headscarf | :: |
| scarlet {n} (colour) | :: nyekundu |
| scary {adj} (causing, or able to cause, fright) | :: inatisha |
| scene {n} ((theater) the stage) SEE: stage | :: |
| scene {n} (landscape, scenery) SEE: scenery | :: |
| scenery {n} (view, natural features, landscape) | :: mandhari |
| scent {n} (distinctive odour or smell) | :: harufu |
| sceptre {n} (ornamental staff) | :: fimbo ya kifalme |
| schizophrenia {n} (mental disorder) | :: skizofrenia |
| scholar {n} (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) | :: mwanachuoni |
| scholar {n} (learned person) | :: mwanachuoni |
| school {n} (a group of fish) | :: shule |
| school {n} (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) | :: shule |
| school {n} (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) | :: shule |
| school {n} (college or university) | :: shule |
| school {n} (a department/institute at a college or university) | :: shule |
| school {n} ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) | :: shule |
| school {v} (to educate, teach, or train) | :: shule |
| schoolie {n} (schoolteacher) SEE: teacher | :: |
| schoolteacher {n} (schoolteacher) SEE: teacher | :: |
| science {n} (collective discipline of learning acquired through the scientific method) | :: sayansi {cn} |
| science {n} | :: sayansi |
| science fiction {n} (fiction) | :: sayansi ya kubuniwa |
| scientist {n} (one whose activities make use of the scientific method) | :: mwanasayansi |
| scimitar {n} (sword with curved blade) | :: kitara |
| scissors {n} (tool used for cutting) | :: mkasi {c3} {c4}, mikasi {p} |
| score {v} (to score) SEE: strike | :: |
| score {n} (number of points earned) | :: funga |
| score {v} (to earn points in a game) | :: funga |
| scorer {n} (one who scores) | :: mfungaji |
| scores {pron} (many) SEE: many | :: |
| Scorpio {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Akarabu, Nge |
| scorpion {n} (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones) | :: nge {c9} {c10}, kisusuli |
| Scorpius {prop} (astrological sign) SEE: Scorpio | :: |
| Scot {n} (a person born in or native to Scotland) | :: Mskoti |
| Scotch tape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape | :: |
| Scotland {prop} (country in northwest Europe to the north of England) | :: Uskoti |
| scream {n} (loud exclamation) | :: nduru |
| scream {v} (to make the sound of a scream) | :: kulia |
| screech owl {n} (Megascops) | :: mtiti |
| screen printing {n} (printing method) | :: uchapishaji skrini |
| screw {n} (fastener) | :: parafujo {9} {10} |
| scribe {n} (one who writes; a draughtsman) | :: mwandishi |
| scribe {n} (writer and doctor of the law) | :: mwandishi {c1} {c2} |
| Scripture {prop} (Bible) SEE: Bible | :: |
| scrofula {n} (form of tuberculosis) | :: mlezi |
| scrotum {n} (the bag of the skin and muscle that contains the testicles) | :: korodani |
| sculpture {n} (work of art created by sculpting) | :: kinyago |
| scumbag {n} (condom) SEE: condom | :: |
| scythe {n} (farm tool) | :: fyekeo |
| sea {n} (body of water) | :: bahari {c9} {c10} |
| seafarer {n} (sailor) SEE: sailor | :: |
| sea horse {n} (walrus) SEE: walrus | :: |
| sea horse {n} (fish) | :: mbuzi-bahari |
| seal {n} (pinniped) | :: sili |
| sea lion {n} (member of the Otariidae family) | :: simba wa bahari {c9} {c10} |
| seaman {n} (mariner or sailor) SEE: sailor | :: |
| Sea of Japan {prop} (the sea between Japan and the rest of Asia) | :: Bahari ya Japani |
| search {v} (to search) SEE: look | :: |
| season {n} (quarter of a year) | :: msimu |
| season {n} (part of year with something special) | :: msimu |
| seat {n} (piece of furniture) | :: kiti {c7} {c8} |
| sea turtle {n} (any turtle that inhabits oceans) | :: kasa |
| seaweed {n} (marine plants and algae) | :: mwani |
| second {adj} (second (numeral), see also: 2nd) | :: ya pili |
| second {n} (another chance to achieve what should have been done the first time) | :: sekunde |
| second {n} (one-sixtieth of a minute; SI unit of time) | :: sekunde |
| second {n} (unit of angular measure) | :: sekunde |
| second {n} (short, indeterminate amount of time) | :: sekunde |
| secondary school {n} (school) | :: sekondari |
| Second World War {prop} (World War II) SEE: World War II | :: |
| secrecy {n} (concealment) | :: siri |
| secret {n} (knowledge that is hidden) | :: siri |
| secretary {n} (person keeping records and handling clerical work) | :: karani |
| section {n} (cutting, part cut out) | :: kifungu |
| section {n} (part of a document) | :: kifungu |
| sector {n} (section) | :: sekta |
| sector {n} (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage) | :: sekta |
| sector {n} (military operation area) | :: sekta |
| sector {n} (a field of economic activity) | :: sekta |
| secure {adj} (free from attack or danger; protected) | :: salamu |
| secure {adj} (free from the danger of theft; safe) | :: salamu |
| secure {adj} (free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret) | :: salamu |
| secure {adj} (free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid) | :: salamu |
| secure {adj} (Firm and not likely to fail; stable) | :: salamu |
| secure {adj} (Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable) | :: salamu, salamu |
| secure {v} (To make secure) | :: usalamu |
| security {n} (condition of not being threatened) | :: usalama {c14} |
| see {v} (perceive with the eyes) | :: kuona |
| seed {n} (fertilized grain) | :: mbegu |
| seed {n} (amount of fertilized grain) | :: mbegu {c10} |
| seed {n} (offspring, descendants, progeny) | :: uzao |
| seedpod {n} (pouch-like form on a plant) SEE: pod | :: |
| seek {v} (to try to find) | :: kutafuta |
| seel {v} (To blind) SEE: blind | :: |
| seem {v} (to appear, to seem) SEE: look | :: |
| see off {v} (to defeat) SEE: defeat | :: |
| see-through {adj} (transparent) SEE: transparent | :: |
| seizure {n} (sudden attack or convulsion) | :: kifafa |
| seldom {adv} (infrequently, rarely) | :: nadra |
| sell {v} (to agree to transfer goods or provide services) | :: kuuza |
| seller {n} (someone who sells) | :: mwuzaji |
| sellotape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape | :: |
| Sellotape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape | :: |
| semantics {n} (science of the meaning of words) | :: semantiki |
| semantics {n} (study of the relationship between words and their meanings) | :: semantiki |
| semen {n} (male reproductory fluid) | :: shahawa, manii |
| semicolon {n} (punctuation mark ';') | :: alama ya nuktamkato |
| semifinal {n} (competition) | :: nusu fainali |
| seminar {n} (class held for advanced studies) | :: warsha |
| seminar {n} (meeting held for the exchange of useful information) | :: warsha |
| senate {n} (the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems) | :: seneti |
| Senegal {prop} (Republic of Senegal) | :: Senegali |
| Senegalese {adj} (pertaining to Senegal) | :: Kisenegali |
| Senegalese {n} (person from Senegal) | :: Msenegali |
| sentence {n} (decision of a jury) | :: kifungo |
| sentence {n} (grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate) | :: sentensi |
| sentence {v} (declare a sentence on a convicted person) | :: kifungo |
| sepulchre {n} (burial chamber) | :: kaburi {c5} {c6} |
| sequoia {n} (tree) | :: sekwoya |
| Serbian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) | :: kiserbia |
| series {n} (a number of things that follow on one after the other) | :: msururu {3/4} |
| serigraphy {n} (printing method) SEE: screen printing | :: |
| serpent {n} (snake) | :: joka |
| serval {n} (medium-sized African wild cat) | :: mondo, mondo {c9/10} |
| servant {n} (one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation) | :: mtumishi |
| servant {n} | :: utumishi |
| serve {v} (to be a servant) | :: kutumika |
| Servian {adj} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian | :: |
| Servian {n} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian | :: |
| Servian {prop} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian | :: |
| service {n} (practice of providing services as economic activity) | :: huduma |
| service {n} (computing: function provided by one program or machine for another) | :: huduma |
| service {n} (religious rite or ritual) | :: huduma |
| service {n} (legal: delivery of a summons or writ) | :: huduma |
| service {v} (to serve) | :: hudumia |
| service {v} (to perform maintenance) | :: hudumia |
| serviceman {n} (man who serves in the armed forces) | :: mwanajeshi |
| set {v} (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) | :: kutua |
| set {v} (to sit) SEE: sit | :: |
| set forth {v} (to start) SEE: start | :: |
| set free {v} (release, free, give freedom to) | :: kuweka huru |
| set sail {v} (to embark on a voyage by boat) | :: kutweka matanga |
| Setswana {prop} (Tswana) SEE: Tswana | :: |
| seven {num} (cardinal number 7) | :: saba |
| seven {n} (the figure seven) | :: saba |
| sevennight {n} (period of seven consecutive days and nights) SEE: week | :: |
| seventh {adj} (ordinal form of the number seven, see also: 7th) | :: ya saba |
| seventy {num} (cardinal number) | :: sabini |
| sex {n} (act of sexual intercourse) | :: ngono |
| sext {n} (noon) SEE: noon | :: |
| sexually transmitted disease {n} (disease contracted through sexual contact) | :: maradhi ya zinaa |
| Seychelles {prop} (country in East Africa) | :: Shelisheli |
| Seychellois {adj} (from, or pertaining to, the Seychelles) | :: Kishelisheli |
| Seychellois {n} (Someone from the Seychelles of Seychellois descent) | :: Mshelisheli |
| Sha'aban {prop} (eighth month of the Islamic calendar) | :: Shaabani |
| shadow {n} (dark image projected onto a surface) | :: uvuli {c11} {c12} |
| shadow {n} (spirit, ghost) SEE: ghost | :: |
| shahada {n} (Islamic declaration of belief) | :: shahada |
| shaitan {n} (Iblis, Satan in Islam) | :: shetani |
| shake {n} (beverage made of ice cream and carbonated drink) SEE: float | :: |
| shake off {v} (to remove by shaking) | :: kukung'uta |
| shalwar {n} (garment) | :: suruali |
| shame {n} (uncomfortable or painful feeling) | :: aibu |
| shame {n} (something to regret) | :: aibu, fedheha |
| shame {v} (to cause to feel shame) | :: -aibisha |
| shape {n} (appearance or outline) | :: umbo |
| shapeshifter {n} (creature capable of changing its appearance) SEE: shape-shifter | :: |
| shape-shifter {n} (a person who can transform) | :: mgeuzi (noun 1/2), kibadilishaumbo |
| sharbat {n} (sherbet) SEE: sherbet | :: |
| share {n} (portion of something) | :: hisa |
| share {n} (financial instrument) | :: hisa |
| share {v} (to give) | :: hisa |
| share {v} (to have in common) | :: hisa |
| share {v} (to divide and distribute) | :: hisa |
| shareholder {n} (one who owns shares of stock) | :: mweyehisa |
| shareowner {n} (shareholder) SEE: shareholder | :: |
| shark {n} (fish) | :: papa {9} {10} |
| shatter {v} (to violently break something into pieces) | :: kuvunja |
| shaver {n} (boy) SEE: boy | :: |
| shaver {n} (barber) SEE: barber | :: |
| shawl {n} (a square piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders) | :: kikoi |
| she {pron} (person) | :: [both male and female] yeye |
| sheaf {n} (bundle of grain or straw) | :: mganda |
| sheath {n} (condom) SEE: condom | :: |
| sheep {n} (animal) | :: kondoo |
| sheepherder {n} (shepherd) SEE: shepherd | :: |
| sheet {n} (thin bed cloth) SEE: bedsheet | :: |
| sheik {n} (Islamic religious clergy) | :: shehe |
| shelf {n} (structure) | :: rafu {c9} {c10} |
| shelve {v} (to place on a shelf) | :: daka |
| shepherd {n} (a person who tends sheep) | :: mchungaji |
| sherbet {n} (frozen fruit juice) | :: sharubati |
| shh {interj} (requesting silence) | :: usu |
| shield {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet | :: |
| shield {n} (armor) | :: ngao {c9} {c10} |
| shield {n} (figuratively, one who protects or defends) | :: ngao |
| shilling {n} (currency) | :: shilingi |
| shine {n} (slang: moonshine) SEE: moonshine | :: |
| ship {n} (large water vessel) | :: meli, jahazi |
| shirt {n} (article of clothing) | :: shati |
| shit happens {phrase} (expression of acceptance of misfortune) SEE: such is life | :: |
| shithole {n} (anus) SEE: asshole | :: |
| shithole {n} (unpleasant person) SEE: asshole | :: |
| shitter {n} (coarse slang for the anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| shitty {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| shoal {n} (group of fish) SEE: school | :: |
| shoe {n} (protective covering for the foot) | :: kiatu |
| shoe {v} (to put horseshoes on a horse) | :: kiatu |
| shoe polish {n} (product used to make shoes shine) | :: dawa ya viatu |
| Shona {prop} (language) | :: Kishona |
| shoot {v} (to fire a shot) | :: kupiga risasi |
| shoot {v} (to fire multiple shots) | :: kupiga risasi |
| shoot {v} (to hit with a shot) | :: kupiga risasi |
| shop {n} (establishment that sells goods) | :: duka |
| shop {n} | :: duka {c5}, maduka {c6} |
| shoppe {n} (shop) SEE: shop | :: |
| shore {n} (land adjoining a large body of water) | :: ukingo wa bahari |
| short {adj} (having a small distance between ends or edges) | :: -fupi |
| short {adj} (of a person, of comparatively small height) | :: -fupi |
| shortage {n} (lack or deficiency) | :: uhaba |
| shortcoming {n} (deficiency) | :: dosari |
| shortcut {n} (path) | :: mkato |
| shortcut {n} (method) | :: mkato |
| shortcut {n} (symlink) | :: mkato |
| short of {phrase} (except) SEE: except | :: |
| shorts {n} (plural of short) SEE: short | :: |
| shorts {n} (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees) | :: kaptula |
| shot {adj} (worn out) | :: kaptula |
| shot {adj} (woven from warp and weft strands of different colours) | :: kaptula |
| shot {adj} (tired, weary) | :: kaptula |
| shot {n} (result of launching a projectile) | :: kaptula |
| shot {n} (launching of a ball or similar object toward a goal) | :: kaptula |
| shot {n} (heavy iron ball used for the shot put) | :: kaptula |
| shot {n} (small metal balls used as ammunition) | :: kaptula |
| shot {n} (opportunity or attempt) | :: kaptula |
| shot {n} (measure of alcohol) | :: kaptula |
| shot {n} (payment (of a bill), scot or shout) | :: kaptula |
| Shota {prop} (male given name) | :: Shota |
| shoulder {n} (joint between arm and torso) | :: bega {cma} |
| shout {n} (a loud burst of voice) | :: yowe |
| shout {v} (to utter a sudden and loud outcry) | :: kupiga kilele |
| shovel {n} (spade) SEE: spade | :: |
| show {v} (to display) | :: -onyesha |
| show {n} (entertainment) | :: shoo |
| show {n} (exhibition) | :: maonyesho |
| show {n} (demonstration) | :: maonyesho |
| shower {v} (to bathe using a shower) | :: kupiga bafu |
| shrike {n} (Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae) | :: mbwigu |
| shroom {n} (mushroom) SEE: mushroom | :: |
| shrub {n} (woody plant) | :: miraa |
| shrub {n} (drink) | :: miraa |
| shvitz {n} (sweat) SEE: sweat | :: |
| shyness {n} (quality of being shy) | :: soni |
| sib {n} (sibling) SEE: sibling | :: |
| sib {n} (kinsman) SEE: kinsman | :: |
| sibling {n} (person who shares same parents) | :: ndugu {c9} {c0} |
| Sicily {prop} (island) | :: Sisilia |
| sick {adj} (ill) SEE: ill | :: |
| sickle {n} (agricultural implement) | :: mundu |
| sickness {n} (the quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady) | :: ugonjwa |
| siege {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet | :: |
| Sierra Leone {prop} (Republic of Sierra Leone) | :: Siera Leoni |
| Sierra Leonean {adj} (from or of Sierra Leone) | :: Kisieraleoni |
| Sierra Leonean {n} (someone from Sierra Leone) | :: Msieraleoni |
| sieve {n} (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids) | :: kichujio, mafumbo |
| sight {n} (eyesight) SEE: eyesight | :: |
| sign {n} (visible indication) | :: ishara |
| signal {n} (sign made to give notice) | :: ishara |
| signature {n} (person’s autograph name) | :: saini |
| sign of the cross {n} (gesture) | :: ishara ya msalaba |
| silence {n} (lack of any sound) | :: kimya |
| silk {n} (fiber) | :: hariri |
| silk-screen printing {n} (screen printing) SEE: screen printing | :: |
| sill {n} (base of a window) | :: bado |
| sill {n} (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame) | :: bado |
| silver {n} (metal) | :: fedha {c9} {c10} |
| silver fir {n} (European silver fir Abies alba) | :: mberoshi fedha |
| silvern {adj} (made from silver) SEE: silver | :: |
| SIM card {n} (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) | :: kadi ya SIM |
| simile {n} (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | :: tashbihi |
| sin {n} (violation of religious law) | :: dhambi |
| sin {n} (misdeed) | :: dhambi |
| since {prep} (from (time)) | :: tangu |
| since {conj} (from the time that) | :: tangu |
| sinful {adj} (evil) SEE: evil | :: |
| sing {v} (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) | :: kuimba |
| sink {v} (descend into liquid, etc) | :: -zamisha |
| sinner {n} (person who has sinned) | :: mwenye dhambi {c1} {c2} |
| siren {n} (device for making a sound alarm) | :: kingora |
| sisal {n} (plant) | :: mkatani |
| sisal {n} (fiber) | :: katani |
| sister {n} (woman or girl having the same parents) | :: dada, umbu {c5} {c6} |
| sit {v} (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported) | :: kukaa |
| sit {v} (move oneself into such a position) | :: kuketi |
| sit {v} | :: kukaa |
| sit down {v} (to assume a sitting position from a standing position) | :: kukaa kitako |
| sitting room {n} (living room) SEE: living room | :: |
| six {num} (cardinal number) | :: sita |
| sixth {adj} (ordinal form of the number six, see also: 6th) | :: ya sita |
| sixty {num} (cardinal number) | :: sitini |
| skeeter {n} (mosquito) SEE: mosquito | :: |
| skeleton {n} (system that provides support to an organism) | :: kiunzi cha mifupa |
| skimble-skamble {n} (gibberish, mumbo-jumbo, nonsense) SEE: nonsense | :: |
| skin {n} (outer protective of the body of a person or animal) | :: ngozi {c9} {c10} |
| skin {n} (skin and fur of an animal used by humans) | :: ngozi {c9} {c10} |
| skin {n} (congealed layer on the surface of a liquid) | :: gamba {5/6} |
| skin {n} (rolling paper for cigarettes) | :: gamba {5/6} |
| skin {n} | :: ngozi {c9} {c10} |
| skink {n} (lizard) | :: mijusi-islamu {c3} {c4} |
| skirt {n} (clothing) | :: sketi |
| skull {n} (bones of the head: cranium and mandible) | :: fuvu la kichwa |
| skunk {n} (animal) | :: kinyegere {c7} {c8} |
| skunk {n} (skunkweed) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| sky {n} (atmosphere above a point) | :: mbingu {c9} {c10}, anga |
| sky {n} (specific view, condition) | :: anga |
| sky {n} (heaven) | :: anga |
| skyscraper {n} (tall building) | :: kikunawingu {c7} {c8} |
| slander {n} (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement) | :: kashfa {c9} |
| slanderer {n} (One who slanders) | :: mzushi |
| slang {n} (jargon) SEE: jargon | :: |
| slap {n} (A blow dealt with the open hand) | :: kibare, kibao |
| slap {n} (The sound of such a blow.) | :: kibare |
| slave {n} (person owned by another) | :: mtumwa |
| slave {n} (person forced to work for another) | :: mtumwa |
| slavery {n} (institution or practice of owning human beings) | :: utumwa {11} |
| slavery {n} (condition of servitude endured by a slave) | :: utumwa {11} |
| sleep {v} (to rest in state of reduced consciousness) | :: kulala |
| sleep {n} (state of reduced consciousness) | :: usingizi |
| sleeper {n} (someone who sleeps) | :: mlalaji |
| sleeping sickness {n} (infectious disease) | :: malale |
| sleep with {v} (have sex with) | :: -lala na |
| sling {n} (instrument for throwing, see also: slingshot) | :: kombeo, teo |
| slipperiness {n} (property of being slippery) | :: utelezi |
| slogan {n} (phrase associated with a product, used in advertising) | :: kauli mbiu |
| slope {n} (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) | :: mteremko |
| sloth {n} (laziness) | :: uvivu {cu} {czi} |
| sloth {n} (mammal) | :: mwendapole, slothi |
| slothful {adj} (lazy, sluggish) | :: -vivu |
| Slovak {n} (native of Slovakia) | :: Mslovakia, Mslovaki |
| Slovak {n} (language of Slovakia) | :: Kislovakia, Kislovaki |
| Slovakia {prop} (Slovakia) | :: Slovakia, Uslovaki |
| Slovakian {adj} (of or pertaining to Slovakia) SEE: Slovak | :: |
| Slovakian {n} (a person from Slovakia or of Slovakian descent) SEE: Slovak | :: |
| Slovenia {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Slovenia |
| slow {adj} (not quick in motion) | :: pole, aste |
| slow {adj} (spread over a comparatively long time) | :: pole, aste |
| slow {adj} (of reduced intellectual capacity) | :: pole, aste |
| slow {adj} (lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation) | :: pole, aste |
| slow {adj} (behind in time) | :: pole, aste |
| slow {adj} (lacking spirit; boring) | :: pole |
| slow {v} (to reduce the speed of) | :: pole, aste |
| slow {v} (to keep from going quickly, to delay) | :: pole, aste |
| slow {v} (to become slow) | :: pole, aste |
| slum {n} (dilapidated neighborhood) | :: kitongoji duni |
| slut {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute | :: |
| smack {n} ((slang) heroin) SEE: horse | :: |
| small {adj} (not large) | :: -dogo |
| small {adj} (young) | :: -changa |
| smallest room {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| smallpox {n} (disease) | :: ndui |
| smaragdine {n} (emerald) SEE: emerald | :: |
| smegma {n} (sebaceous secretion) | :: pumba |
| smell {n} (sensation) | :: harufu |
| smell you later {interj} (see you later; goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| smile {n} (a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice) | :: kicheko {c7} {c8} |
| smile {v} (to have a smile on one's face) | :: tabasamu |
| smoke {n} (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material) | :: moshi |
| smokestack {n} (a conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out) SEE: chimney | :: |
| smooth {adj} (lacking friction, not rough) | :: laini |
| smooth {adj} (without difficulty) | :: laini |
| smooth {adj} (bland; glib) | :: laini |
| smooth {adj} (suave; sophisticated) | :: laini |
| smooth {adj} (action: natural; unconstrained) | :: laini |
| smooth {adj} (motion: unbroken) | :: laini |
| smooth {adj} (placid, calm) | :: laini |
| smooth {adj} (edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated) | :: laini |
| smooth {adj} (food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture) | :: laini |
| smooth {adj} (beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent) | :: laini |
| smooth {adj} (mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain) | :: laini |
| smooth {adj} (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel: lacking marked aspiration) | :: laini |
| smooth {n} (something which is smooth or easy) | :: laini |
| smooth {n} (smoothing action) | :: laini |
| smooth {n} (domestic animal having a smooth coat) | :: laini |
| smooth {n} (member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain) | :: laini |
| smooth {n} (statistics: analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure) | :: laini |
| smooth {v} (make smooth) | :: laini |
| smooth {v} (statistics: capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise) | :: laini |
| snail {n} (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) | :: konokono {c5} {c6} |
| snake {n} (legless reptile) | :: nyoka {c9} |
| snore {n} (act and noise of snoring) | :: mkoromo |
| snoring {n} (action or sound) | :: mkoromo |
| snow {n} (precipitation) | :: theluji {c9} {c10} |
| soap {n} (substance) | :: sabuni |
| soap {v} (apply soap in washing) | :: sabuni |
| soap {v} (cover with soap as a prank) | :: sabuni |
| soccer {n} (game) | :: soka, kandanda |
| Sochi {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Sochi |
| socialism {n} (political philosophy of social and economic equality) | :: ujamaa {c14} |
| society {n} (group of people sharing culture) | :: jamii |
| society {n} (group of persons who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest) | :: chama |
| Socinian {adj} (pertaining to the Socinians) | :: sociniani |
| sociolinguistics {n} (the study of social and cultural effects on language) | :: isimu jamii |
| sociology {n} (study of society, human social interactions, etc.) | :: sosholojia |
| sock {n} (covering for the foot) | :: soksi |
| socket {n} (mechanical opening) | :: soketi |
| soda {n} (carbonated water) | :: soda |
| soda {n} (sweet, carbonated drink) | :: soda |
| sodium {n} (reactive metal) | :: natiri, sodiamu |
| sodomise {v} (to perform anal sex) | :: fira |
| sodomise {v} (to perform anal sex with an animal) | :: fira |
| sodomise {v} | :: kufira |
| soil {n} (mixture of sand and organic material) | :: mchanga |
| solanum {n} (East African traditional vegetable) | :: mnavu |
| soldier {n} (member of an army) | :: askari |
| solitaire {n} (patience) SEE: patience | :: |
| Solomon Islands {prop} (A country in Melanesia) | :: Solomoni |
| solution {n} (liquid mixture) | :: suluhu {9/10} |
| solution {n} (answer to a problem (mathematics)) | :: suluhu {9/10} |
| solution {n} (satisfaction of a claim or debt) | :: suluhu {9/10} |
| Somali {n} (a language) | :: Kisomali |
| Somali {n} (a person from Somalia or of Somali descent) | :: Msomali |
| Somali {adj} (pertaining to Somalia) | :: Kisomali |
| Somalia {prop} (country in the Horn of Africa) | :: Somalia, Usomali |
| Somalian {adj} (pertaining to Somalia) SEE: Somali | :: |
| Somalian {n} (someone from Somalia) SEE: Somali | :: |
| some {pron} (indefinite quantity or number) | :: baadhi |
| some {pron} (indefinite amount, part) | :: baadhi |
| some {determiner} (certain proportion of) | :: baadhi ya |
| sometime {adv} (obsolete: sometimes) SEE: sometimes | :: |
| sometimes {adv} (on certain occasions, but not always) | :: pengine |
| son {n} (a male person in relation to his parents) | :: mwana, auladi, mtoto wa kiume {c1} {c2} |
| song {n} (music with words) | :: wimbo |
| Song of Solomon {prop} (book of the Bible) SEE: Song of Songs | :: |
| Song of Songs {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Wimbo Ulio Bora |
| Son of God {prop} | :: Mwana wa Mungu |
| Son of Man {prop} (Jesus Christ) | :: Mwana wa Mtu {c1} |
| Sophia {prop} (female given name) | :: Sofia |
| sore {n} (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin) | :: kidonda |
| sorghum {n} (cereal) | :: mtama |
| Sotho {prop} (group of Bantu lects) | :: Kisuthu |
| Sotho {prop} (Sotho language) | :: Kisuthu |
| São Tomé and Príncipe {prop} (Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe) | :: Sao Tome na Principe |
| soul {n} (the spirit or essence of a person that is often believed to live on after the person's death) | :: roho, nafsi {c9} {c10} |
| sound {n} (sensation perceived by the ear) | :: sauti |
| sound effect {n} (artificially created or enhanced sound in films, plays or video games) | :: athari ya sauti |
| soup {n} (dish) | :: supu |
| souped-up {adj} (drunk, intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| soupçon {n} (very small amount) SEE: modicum | :: |
| soup spoon {n} (spoon for eating soup) SEE: soupspoon | :: |
| soupspoon {n} (spoon for eating soup) | :: kijiko cha supu |
| soursop {n} (tree) | :: mstafeli |
| soursop {n} (fruit) | :: stafeli |
| south {n} (compass point) | :: kusini |
| South Africa {prop} (country) | :: Afrika Kusini |
| South African {n} (person) | :: Mwafrika Kusini |
| South African {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) | :: Kiafrika Kusini |
| South America {prop} (continent that is the southern part of the Americas) | :: Amerika ya Kusini |
| South Asia {prop} (South Asia) | :: Asia ya Kusini |
| Southeast Asia {prop} (a subregion of Asia) | :: Asia ya Kusini-Mashariki |
| Southern Africa {prop} (southern part of the continent of Africa) | :: Afrika ya Kusini |
| Southern Sesotho {prop} (Sotho) SEE: Sotho | :: |
| South Korea {prop} (country in East Asia) | :: Korea ya Kusini, Korea Kusini |
| South Sudan {prop} (country in Africa) | :: Sudan Kusini |
| South West Africa {prop} (former province of South Africa) | :: Afrika ya Kusini Magharibi |
| soviet {adj} (relating to the Soviet Union) SEE: Soviet | :: |
| Soviet {adj} (pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics) | :: Kisovyeti |
| Soviet Russia {prop} (Russia) SEE: Russia | :: |
| Soviet Russia {prop} (Soviet Union) SEE: Soviet Union | :: |
| Soviet Union {prop} (USSR, see also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR) | :: Muungano wa Sovieti {cm} {cmi} |
| space {n} (physical extent in two or three dimensions) | :: nafasi |
| space {n} (area beyond atmosphere of planets) | :: nafasi |
| space {n} (personal freedom) | :: nafasi, uhuru |
| space {n} (bounded or specific physical extent) | :: nafasi |
| space {n} (gap between written characters, lines etc.) | :: nafasi |
| space {n} (piece of type used to separate words) | :: nafasi |
| space {n} (geometry: set of points) | :: nafasi, nafasi |
| space {n} (mathematics: generalized construct or set) | :: nafasi |
| space {v} (to set some distance apart) | :: nafasi |
| space {v} (to eject into outer space) | :: nafasi |
| spade {n} (one of the black suits in a deck of cards) | :: shupaza |
| spades {n} (spade) SEE: spade | :: |
| spades {n} (suit of playing cards) | :: shupaza, jembe |
| spaghetti {n} (pasta) | :: spageti |
| Spain {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Hispania |
| span {n} (space from thumb to little finger) | :: shibiri |
| Spaniard {n} (somebody from Spain) | :: Mhispania |
| Spanish {prop} (Romance language of Spain and the Americas) | :: Kihispania |
| spanner {n} (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts) | :: spana |
| sparrow {n} (bird of the family Passeridae) | :: shomoro |
| sparrow {n} | :: shomoro |
| speak {v} (to communicate with one's voice using words) | :: ongea |
| speaker {n} (loudspeaker) | :: spika |
| spear {n} (long stick with a sharp tip) | :: mkuki |
| spear {n} (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish) | :: chusa |
| special {adj} (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality) | :: maalum |
| species {n} (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) | :: aina |
| species {n} (rank in a taxonomic classification) | :: spishi |
| spectacle {n} (optical instrument) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| spectacles {n} (a pair of lenses set in a frame) | :: miwani {p} [noun 4] |
| spectator {n} (observer) | :: mshabiki |
| speech {n} (dialect or language) SEE: dialect | :: |
| speed {n} (luck, success, prosperity) SEE: luck | :: |
| speed {n} (rapidity) | :: kasi |
| spelling {n} (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) | :: imla, tahajia, otografia |
| spelling {n} (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) | :: imla |
| spelling {n} (a specific spelling of a word) | :: tahajia, imla |
| sperm whale {n} (sperm whale) | :: nyangumi-shahawa |
| spew {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| sphere {n} (spherical physical object) | :: mviringo |
| spice {n} (Yorkshire dialect: sweets, candy) SEE: sweet | :: |
| spice {n} (plant matter used to season or flavour food) | :: kiungo |
| spice {n} (any variety of spice) | :: kiungo |
| spider {n} (arthropod) | :: buibui |
| spigot {n} (faucet) SEE: tap | :: |
| spill one's guts {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| spin {v} (to make yarn) | :: kusokota |
| spine pig {n} (porcupine) SEE: porcupine | :: |
| spiny anteater {n} (common name for echidna) SEE: echidna | :: |
| spirit {n} (soul) | :: roho |
| spirit {n} (supernatural being) | :: pepo {9} {10}, roho |
| spitting cobra {n} (cobra that spits venom) | :: swila |
| spleen {n} (organ) | :: wengu {c5} {c6} |
| splice {v} (to unite in marriage) SEE: marry | :: |
| split {v} (divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach) SEE: peach | :: |
| spokesman {n} (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) | :: msemi |
| sponsor {n} (person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)) | :: mfadhili |
| sponsor {n} (One that pays all or part of the cost of an event) | :: mfadhili |
| spontaneous {adj} (random) SEE: random | :: |
| spoon {n} (scooped utensil for eating (or serving)) | :: kijiko {c7} {c8} [Western-style metal spoon], mwiko {3/4} [African-style large wooden spoon] |
| spoon {n} (metal lure for fishing) | :: kijiko {c7} {c8} |
| spoon {v} (to lie together) | :: kijiko |
| spoon {v} (sailing terminology) | :: kijiko {7/8} |
| spoon {v} (to flirt) SEE: flirt | :: |
| sport {n} (any athletic activity that uses physical skills) | :: spoti {?}, riadha {9/10} |
| sport {n} (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship) | :: spoti {?} |
| sport {n} (somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner) | :: spoti {?} |
| sport {n} (toy) | :: spoti {?} |
| sport {n} (gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing) | :: spoti {?} |
| sport {n} (abnormal plant or animal) | :: spoti {?} |
| sport {n} (slang: sportsman; gambler) | :: spoti {?} |
| sport {n} (amorous dalliance) | :: spoti {?} |
| spotted hyena {n} (Crocuta crocuta) | :: kingugwa |
| spouse {n} (husband) SEE: husband | :: |
| spouse {n} (wife) SEE: wife | :: |
| spread {v} (to stretch out, expand) | :: enea |
| spread {v} (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) | :: enea |
| spread {v} (to disperse, scatter) | :: enea, sambaa |
| spread {v} ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) | :: kueneza |
| spread {v} ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) | :: enea |
| spread {n} (act of spreading) | :: eneza |
| spread {n} (something that has been spread) | :: eneza |
| spread {n} (expanse of land) | :: eneza |
| spread {n} (piece of material used as a cover) | :: eneza |
| spread {n} (large meal, especially one laid out on a table) | :: eneza |
| spread {n} (food designed to be spread) | :: eneza |
| spread {n} (item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page) | :: eneza |
| spread {n} (numerical difference) | :: eneza |
| spring {n} (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) | :: masika, majira ya chipuko, kipindi cha demani |
| spring {n} (water springing from the ground) | :: kisima {c7} {c8} |
| spring {n} (device made of flexible material) | :: kosa |
| spring {n} (people sharing the same origin) SEE: race | :: |
| spring {n} (shoot) SEE: shoot | :: |
| spring {n} (youth) SEE: youth | :: |
| sprite {n} (an elf; a fairy; a goblin) | :: kizimwi |
| spruce {n} (tree from the genus Picea) | :: msprusi |
| spurge {n} (any plant of the genus Euphorbia) | :: mkweche |
| sputum {n} (matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth) | :: balaghamu, kohozi |
| spy {n} (person who secretly watches) | :: jasusi {c5} {c6}, mpelelezi {c1} {c2} |
| spy {v} (to act as a spy) | :: majasusi |
| spy {v} (to spot at a distance) | :: majasusi |
| squid {n} (sea animal) | :: pweza |
| squirrel {n} (rodent) | :: kindi {9/10} |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte {prop} (the administrative capital of Sri Lanka) | :: Sri Jayawardenapura |
| Sri Lanka {prop} (a country in South Asia) | :: Sirilanka |
| stabilize {v} (to make stable) | :: imarisha |
| stabilize {v} (to become stable) | :: imarisha |
| stable {n} (building for animals with hoofs) | :: imarika |
| stable {n} (building for horses) | :: imarika |
| stable {n} (stable for oxen, cows, cattle) | :: imarika |
| stable {v} (rail transport: park) | :: imarika |
| stable {adj} (relatively unchanging) | :: imarika |
| staff {n} (long, straight, thick rod or stick) | :: fimbo |
| stage {n} (phase) | :: ukumbi {11/12} |
| stage {n} (in theatre) | :: ukumbi {11/12} |
| stage {n} (number of an electronic circuit’s block) | :: ukumbi {11/12} |
| stage {n} (place on a microscope) | :: ukumbi {11/12} |
| stage {v} (to produce on a stage) | :: ukumbi |
| stage {v} (to demonstrate in a deceptive manner) | :: ukumbi |
| stakeholder {n} (person or organisation with a legitimate interest) | :: mshikadau |
| stall {n} (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) | :: kibanda |
| stall {n} (small open-fronted shop) | :: vibanda |
| stall {n} (seat in a theatre) | :: vibanda |
| stall {n} (aeronautics: loss of lift) | :: vibanda |
| stall {v} (To come to a standstill) | :: vibanda |
| stall {v} (To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in total loss of lift) | :: vibanda |
| stall {v} (To employ delaying tactics against) | :: vibanda |
| stall {v} (To employ delaying tactics) | :: vibanda |
| stamp {n} (postage stamp) SEE: postage stamp | :: |
| stand {v} (to support oneself on the feet in an erect position) | :: kusimama |
| stand {v} (to rise to one’s feet) | :: msimamo |
| stand {v} (to remain motionless) | :: msimamo |
| stand {v} (to act as an umpire) | :: msimamo |
| stand {v} (to undergo; withstand; hold up) | :: msimamo |
| stand {v} (to tolerate) | :: msimamo |
| stand {v} (to place in an upright or standing position) | :: msimamo |
| stand {v} (to seek election) | :: msimamo |
| stand {v} | :: kusimama |
| stand {n} (resolute, unwavering position) | :: msimamo {3/4} |
| stand {n} (device to hold something upright or aloft) | :: msimamo {3/4} |
| stand {n} (platform on which a witness testifies in court) | :: msimamo {3/4} |
| stand {n} (particular grove or other group of trees) | :: msimamo {3/4} |
| stand {n} (small building or booth) | :: msimamo {3/4} |
| stand {n} (designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait) | :: msimamo {3/4} |
| stand {n} (cricket: partnership) | :: msimamo {3/4} |
| stand {n} (grandstand) SEE: grandstand | :: |
| standard {adj} (falling within an accepted range) | :: sanifu |
| star {n} (luminous celestial body) | :: nyota {c9} {c10} |
| star {n} (talented or famous person) | :: nyota |
| star {n} (quality rating symbol) | :: nyota |
| starring {v} (present participle of "to star") SEE: star | :: |
| start {v} (to begin) | :: -anza |
| state {n} (any sovereign polity) | :: nchi, dola |
| state {n} (a political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy) | :: nchi |
| state {n} (a condition) | :: hali |
| state {n} (computing: the set of all parameters relevant to a computation) | :: hali |
| state {n} (computing: the values of all parameters at some point in a computation) | :: hali |
| state {v} (declare to be a fact) | :: hali |
| state {v} (make known) | :: hali |
| statement {n} | :: neno |
| station {n} (place where a vehicle may stop) | :: kituo |
| station {n} (place where one stands or stays) | :: kituo |
| station {n} (place used for broadcasting) | :: kituo |
| station {n} (broadcasting entity) | :: kituo |
| statue {n} (three-dimensional work of art) | :: sanamu {c9} {c10} |
| statue {n} (portrait) SEE: portrait | :: |
| Statue of Liberty {prop} (large statue in New York harbor) | :: sanamu ya Uhuru |
| stay {v} (to remain in a particular place) | :: kukaa |
| steak {n} (slice of beef) | :: steki |
| steam {n} (water vapor) | :: mvuke {c3} {c4} |
| steam {n} (steam-powered vehicle) SEE: steamer | :: |
| steamer {n} (cooking appliance) | :: stima |
| steel {n} (metal produced from iron) | :: feleji, chuma cha pua |
| steep {adj} (expensive) SEE: expensive | :: |
| steering wheel {n} (wheel-shaped control) | :: usukani |
| stem {n} (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant) | :: shina |
| step- {prefix} (prefix used to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative) | :: kambo |
| step {n} (pace) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (running board) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (small space or distance) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (footstep) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (manner of walking) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (proceeding; measure; action; act) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (plural: walk; passage) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (plural: portable framework of stairs) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (nautical: framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (machinery: one of a series of offsets, resembling the steps of stairs) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (machinery: bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (music: interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale) | :: hatua |
| step {n} (kinematics: change of position effected by a motion of translation) | :: hatua |
| step {v} (intransitive: to move the foot in walking) | :: hatua |
| step {v} (intransitive: to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance) | :: hatua |
| step {v} (intransitive: to walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely) | :: hatua |
| step {v} (intransitive, figuratively: to move mentally) | :: hatua |
| Stephen {prop} (biblical martyr) | :: Stefano |
| Stephen {prop} (male given name) | :: Stefano |
| step in {v} (To act) SEE: act | :: |
| steven {n} (command) SEE: command | :: |
| steven {n} (a prayer) SEE: prayer | :: |
| steven {n} (voice) SEE: voice | :: |
| Steven {prop} (male given name) SEE: Stephen | :: |
| steward {n} (any administrator of the property or affairs of another) | :: wakili {c5} {c6} |
| stick {n} (twig or small branch) | :: fimbo |
| sticky tape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape | :: |
| stiletto {n} (awl) SEE: awl | :: |
| stink {v} (have a strong bad smell) | :: nuka |
| stir up {v} (to cause (trouble etc)) | :: chochea |
| stockholder {n} (one who owns stock) SEE: shareholder | :: |
| stomach {n} (digestive organ) | :: utumbo {c5} {c6} |
| stomach {n} (belly) | :: tumbo |
| stompie {n} (cigarette butt) SEE: butt | :: |
| stone {n} (substance) | :: jiwe |
| stone {n} (small piece of stone) | :: jiwe |
| stone {n} (gem stone) | :: jiwe |
| stone {n} (unit of mass) | :: jiwe |
| stone {n} (centre of some fruits) | :: jiwe |
| stone {n} (medical: hard, stone-like deposit) | :: jiwe |
| stone {n} (piece of hard material used in board games) | :: jiwe |
| stone {n} (colour) | :: jiwe |
| stone {n} (curling stone) | :: jiwe |
| stone {v} (To pelt with stones) | :: jiwe |
| stone {v} (to remove stone from) | :: jiwe |
| stone {v} (to form a stone) | :: jiwe |
| stone {v} (to intoxicate, especially with narcotics) | :: jiwe |
| stone {adj} (constructed of stone) | :: jiwe |
| stone {adj} (having the appearance of stone) | :: jiwe |
| stone {adv} (absolutely, completely) | :: jiwe |
| stoned {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| stony {adj} (broke) SEE: broke | :: |
| stool {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| stool {n} (footstool) SEE: footstool | :: |
| stool {n} (a seat) | :: kiroto |
| stool {n} | :: kiroto |
| stool {n} (a decoy) | :: kiroto |
| stool {n} | :: kiroto |
| stop {v} (to not continue) | :: kukoma |
| stop {v} (nautical: to make fast) SEE: stopper | :: |
| stopper {n} (bung or cork) | :: kizibo |
| store {n} (in computing) SEE: memory | :: |
| store {n} (shop) SEE: shop | :: |
| storehouse {n} (building for keeping goods of any kind) | :: ghala |
| storeroom {n} (room used for storage) | :: ghala |
| storey {n} (floor, level) | :: sakafu |
| stork {n} (large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae) | :: kongoti |
| storm {n} (disturbed state of the atmosphere) | :: dhoruba, tufani |
| storm cellar {n} (underground structure) | :: stormkällare {c} |
| story {n} (account of events) | :: hadithi, ngano, khabari {c9} {c10}, habari {c9} {c10} |
| story {n} (storey) SEE: storey | :: |
| stove {n} (device for heating food) | :: jiko |
| straight {adj} (not crooked or bent) | :: -nyofu |
| straight {adj} (direct, truthful, frank) | :: -nyofu |
| straightforward {adj} (not deviating; honest; frank) | :: -nyofu |
| strange {adj} (not normal) | :: geni |
| stranger {n} (outsider or foreigner, see also: foreigner) | :: mgeni {c1} {c2} |
| strangle {v} (to kill someone by strangulation) | :: nyonga |
| strangle {v} (to stifle or suppress) | :: nyonga |
| strategy {n} (plan of action) | :: mbinu |
| strawberry {n} (fruit) | :: strouberi |
| strawberry {n} (plant) | :: mstrouberi |
| strawberry {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya strouberi |
| stream {n} (small river) | :: kijito |
| street {n} (paved part of road in a village or a town) | :: barabara, njia |
| strength {n} (quality of being strong) | :: nguvu |
| strength {n} (intensity of a force or power) | :: nguvu |
| strengthen {v} (to animate) | :: kuimarisha |
| strike {v} (to delete) | :: migomo |
| strike {v} (to hit) | :: migomo |
| strike {v} (to manufacture by stamping) | :: migomo |
| strike {v} (to stop working to achieve better working conditions) | :: mgomo |
| strike {v} (to impress, seem, appear) | :: migomo |
| strike {v} (nautical: to take down) | :: migomo |
| strike {v} (nautical: to surrender) | :: migomo |
| strike {n} (in bowling) | :: migomo |
| strike {n} (work stoppage) | :: migomo |
| string {n} (long, thin structure made from twisted threads) | :: uzi |
| stripe {n} (long straight region of a colour) | :: mlia {c3} {c4} |
| stroke {n} (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted) | :: kiharusi |
| strong {adj} (capable of producing great physical force) | :: imara |
| strong {adj} (capable of withstanding great physical force) | :: imara |
| strong {adj} (highly stimulating to the senses) | :: imara |
| strong {adj} (having an offensive or intense odor or flavor) | :: imara |
| strong {adj} (having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient) | :: imara |
| strong {adj} (military: not easily subdued or taken) | :: imara |
| strong {adj} (slang: impressive) | :: imara |
| strongbox {n} (sturdy box with a lock) SEE: safe | :: |
| student {n} (person who studies a subject) | :: mwanafunzi, mwanachuo, mwanagenzi, mwanafunzi |
| student {n} (person enrolled at a university) | :: mwanafunzi, mwanachuo |
| stump {n} (remains of something that has been cut off) | :: kisiki |
| stupidity {n} (property of being stupid) | :: ujinga |
| sty {n} (ladder) SEE: ladder | :: |
| sty {v} (to rise up) SEE: ascend | :: |
| subject {n} (citizen in a monarchy) | :: raia |
| subject {v} (to cause to undergo) | :: somo |
| submarine {n} (undersea boat) | :: nyambizi, sabmarini |
| substantive {n} (noun) SEE: noun | :: |
| suburb {n} (area on the periphery of a city or large town) | :: kiunga |
| succeed {v} (To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful) | :: fanikiwa |
| succeed {v} (To support; to prosper; to promote) | :: fanikiwa |
| such as {prep} (for example) SEE: for example | :: |
| such is life {phrase} (used to express the acceptance of misfortune) | :: hivyo ndivyo maisha yalivyo |
| suck {n} (instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling) | :: fyonza |
| suck {v} (to put the mouth or lips to a breast... to draw in milk) | :: kunyonya |
| Sudan {prop} (Republic of Sudan) | :: Sudan, Sudani |
| Sudanese {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language) | :: Kisudani |
| Sudanese {n} (person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent) | :: Msudani |
| sudden {adj} (happening quickly and with little or no warning) | :: ghafla |
| sudden death {n} (instantaneous death) | :: fajaa |
| suddenly {adv} (happening quickly and with little or no warning) | :: ghafula |
| Suez Canal {prop} (canal) | :: Mfereji wa Suez |
| suffer {v} (undergo hardship) | :: teseka |
| suffer {v} (feel pain) | :: teseka |
| suffer {v} (become worse) | :: teseka |
| suffer from {v} (have a disease or condition) | :: teseka |
| suffice {v} (be enough, sufficient, adequate) | :: -tosha |
| Sufi {n} (a Sufi muslim) | :: sufii |
| Sufism {n} (Islamic mysticism) | :: usufii |
| sufuria {n} (deep cooking pot) | :: sufuria |
| sugar {n} (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink) | :: sukari |
| sugar {n} (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) | :: sukari |
| sugar {n} (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) | :: sukari |
| sugar apple {n} (sweetsop) | :: mtopetope |
| sugar cane {n} (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar) | :: muwa |
| sugar daddy {n} (slang: man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) | :: buzi |
| sugar maple {n} (Acer saccharum) | :: mwaramoni sukari |
| suicide {n} (instance of killing oneself) | :: jiua |
| Sukuma {n} (people) | :: Msukuma |
| sulfur {n} (element) | :: salfa, kiberiti |
| sultan {n} (ruler) | :: sultani |
| sum {n} (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) | :: jumla |
| sumac {n} (shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.) | :: mchengele |
| summer {n} (hottest season) | :: kiangazi, majira ya joto, kipindi cha kiangazi |
| sun {prop} (the star around which the Earth revolves, see also: Sun) | :: jua |
| sun {n} (a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system) | :: jua |
| sun {n} (light and warmth received from the sun) | :: miyale |
| sun {n} (something like the sun in brightness or splendor) | :: miyale |
| sun {n} (sunrise or sunset) | :: chomoza |
| sun {n} | :: jua |
| sun {v} (to expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun) | :: miale ya jua |
| sun {v} (to warm or dry in the sunshine) | :: kauka |
| sun {v} (to be exposed to the sun) | :: jua |
| Sun {prop} (star) | :: Jua |
| sunbeam {n} (narrow, intense ray of sunlight) | :: kianga |
| Sunday {n} (day of the week) | :: Jumapili |
| sundial {n} (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow) | :: bonyeza |
| sunflower {n} (flower) | :: alizeti |
| sunray {n} (sunbeam) SEE: sunbeam | :: |
| superhero {n} (a fictional crime-fighting character with superpowers) | :: shujaa wa ajabu {m} |
| superhuman {adj} (beyond what is possible for a human being) | :: -a binadamu wa ajabu |
| supermarket {n} (store) | :: supamaketi |
| supernatural {adj} (above nature) | :: -si- -a dunia hii [literally, "not of this world"] |
| superpower {n} (fictional extraordinary ability) | :: uwezo wa ajabu |
| sura {n} (chapter of the Qur'an) | :: sura |
| Suriname {prop} (country) | :: Surinamu |
| Surinamese {n} (person from Suriname) | :: Msurinamu |
| surname {n} | :: kwa jina lingine, jina la familia, majina ya familia, jina la ukoo |
| surveillance {n} (observation of individuals or groups of individuals) | :: ulinzi |
| survivor {n} (one who survives) | :: nusura |
| sushi {n} (Japanese dish) | :: sushi |
| suspect {n} (person suspected of something) | :: mshukiwa |
| Swahili {n} (language) | :: Kiswahili |
| swallow {v} (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach) | :: kumeza |
| swallow {v} (to take in, to consume) | :: meza |
| swallow {v} (to make muscular contractions of the oesophagus) | :: meza |
| swallow {v} (to believe or accept) | :: meza |
| swallow {n} (a chasm or abyss) | :: meza |
| swallow {n} (amount swallowed) | :: meza |
| swallow {n} (bird) | :: mbayuwayu |
| swamp {n} (type of wetland) | :: bwawa |
| swampy {adj} (wet like a swamp) | :: chepechepe |
| swan {n} (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus) | :: bata-maji |
| swarm {n} (large number of insects) | :: jana |
| swarm {n} (a mass of people or animals in turmoil) | :: jana |
| Swazi {n} (person from Swaziland) | :: Mswazi |
| Swazi {n} (person of Swazi descent) | :: Mswati |
| Swazi {prop} (Bantu language) | :: Kiswazi |
| Swazi {adj} (pertaining to Swaziland) | :: Kiswazi, Kiswati |
| Swaziland {prop} (Kingdom of Swaziland, see also: eSwatini) | :: Uswazi |
| swear {v} (to take an oath) | :: kuapa |
| sweat {n} (fluid that exits the body through pores) | :: jasho {5} {6}, hari {c9} {c10} |
| sweat {v} (to emit sweat) | :: -toa jasho |
| sweat {v} (to solder together) | :: -ungana |
| sweater {n} (similar garment worn for warmth) | :: sweta |
| Swede {n} (person from Sweden or of Swedish descent) | :: Mswidi |
| Sweden {prop} (Scandinavian country) | :: Uswidi |
| Swedish {prop} (language) | :: Kiswidi |
| sweep {v} (to clean using a broom or brush) | :: -fagia |
| sweet {adj} (having a pleasant taste) | :: tamu |
| sweet {adj} (having a taste of sugar) | :: tamu |
| sweet {adj} (containing a sweetening ingredient) | :: tamu |
| sweet {adj} (not having a salty taste) | :: peremende |
| sweet {adj} (having a pleasant smell) | :: tamu |
| sweet {adj} (not decaying, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale) | :: tamu |
| sweet {n} (sugary confection) | :: tamu, pipi |
| sweet {n} (sweetheart) SEE: sweetheart | :: |
| sweet dreams {phrase} (sweet dreams) | :: ndoto njema |
| sweetheart {n} (a person very much liked or loved by someone) | :: tamu, pipi |
| sweet potato {n} (yam) SEE: yam | :: |
| sweet potato {n} (tuber) | :: kiazi kitamu |
| sweetsop {n} (sugar apple) SEE: sugar apple | :: |
| swell {v} (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged) | :: fura, vimba |
| swell {n} (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased) | :: kivimbe |
| swell {n} (music: gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo) | :: kivimbe |
| swell {n} (music: device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ) | :: kivimbe |
| swell {n} (music: division in pipe organ) | :: kivimbe |
| swim {v} (move through water) | :: kuogelea |
| swine {n} (pig) SEE: pig | :: |
| Swiss {n} (Swiss person) | :: Mswisi |
| switch {n} (device to turn electric current on and off) | :: swichi |
| Switzerland {prop} (sovereign country) | :: Uswisi |
| sword {n} (weapon) | :: upanga |
| swordfish {n} (Xiphias gladius) | :: mchumbururu |
| sycamore {n} (Platanus) | :: mwela |
| sycamore {n} (Ficus sycomorus) | :: mkuyu |
| syconium {n} (collective fleshy fruit) | :: kuyu {c5} {c6} |
| syllable {n} (unit of speech) | :: silabi |
| symbolically {adv} (in a symbolic manner) | :: mfano |
| sympathy {n} (feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another) | :: juruma |
| synagogue {n} (Jewish place of worship) | :: sunagogi |
| synod {n} (ecclesiastic council or meeting) | :: sinodi |
| synonym {n} (word with same meaning as another) | :: kisawe, sinonimu |
| synonym {n} (in zoological nomenclature) | :: sinonimu |
| synonym {n} (in botanical nomenclature) | :: sinonimu |
| syntax {n} (set of rules that govern how words are combined) | :: sintaksia |
| syntax {n} (study of the structure of phrases and sentences) | :: sintaksia |
| syntaxis {n} (syntax) SEE: syntax | :: |
| syphilis {n} (sexual disease caused by Treponema pallidum) | :: kaswende |
| Syracuse {prop} (city in New York state) | :: Syracuse |
| Syria {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: Siria |
| Syrian {n} (a person from Syria or of Syrian descent) | :: Msiria |
| syrup {n} (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) | :: asali |
| system {n} (collection of organized things; whole composed of relationships among its members) | :: mfumo |
| ta {interj} (thanks) SEE: thanks | :: |
| tab {n} (cigarette) SEE: cigarette | :: |
| table {n} (item of furniture) | :: meza |
| table {n} (flat tray that can be used as a table) | :: meza |
| table {n} (grid of data in rows and columns) | :: meza |
| table {n} (collection of arithmetic calculations) | :: meza |
| table {n} (computing: a lookup table) | :: meza, meza |
| table {n} (music: the top of a stringed instrument) | :: meza |
| table {v} (to put on a table) | :: meza |
| table {v} (to propose for discussion) | :: meza |
| table {v} (to postpone a motion) | :: meza |
| table {v} (to postpone) | :: meza |
| table {v} (to tabulate) | :: meza |
| table of contents {n} (organized list summarizing book or document) | :: yaliyomo |
| tablet {n} (pill) SEE: pill | :: |
| taboo {n} (inhibition or ban) | :: tambiko |
| taboo {n} (in Polynesia: something which may not be used) | :: tambiko |
| taboo {adj} (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention) | :: tambiko |
| taboo {v} (mark as taboo) | :: tambiko |
| taboo {v} (ban) | :: tambiko |
| taboo {v} (avoid) | :: tambiko |
| tack {n} (nautical: distance between these maneuvers) SEE: board | :: |
| tail {n} (appendage of an animal) | :: mkia {c3} {c4} |
| tailfin {n} (fin at the tail of fish) | :: pezi la mkia |
| tailor {n} (person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing as profession) | :: mshonaji |
| tailor's chalk {n} (chalk-like material used for marking alterations on fabric) | :: chaki |
| Taiwan {prop} (East Asian country) | :: Taiwani |
| Taiwanese {adj} (relating to Taiwan) | :: Kitaiwani |
| Taiwanese {n} (person from Taiwan) | :: Mtaiwani |
| Taiwanese {prop} (language) | :: Kitaiwani |
| Tajik {prop} (language) | :: Kitajiki |
| Tajiki {prop} (dialect of Persian) SEE: Tajik | :: |
| Tajikistan {prop} (Republic of Tajikistan) | :: Tajikistan |
| Tajikistani {adj} (person of Tajik origin) SEE: Tajik | :: |
| Tajikistani {adj} (of or pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Tajik language) SEE: Tajik | :: |
| takbir {n} (takbir) | :: takbiri |
| take a bath {v} (to bathe) SEE: bathe | :: |
| take apart {v} (defeat) SEE: defeat | :: |
| take care {v} (be cautious, careful) | :: linda |
| take care {v} (to be in charge of something) | :: linda |
| take care of {v} (look after) | :: kutunza |
| take off {v} (to imitate) SEE: imitate | :: |
| take on {v} (To obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job) SEE: employ | :: |
| takin {n} (goat-antelope) | :: takini |
| talent {n} (unit of weight and money) | :: talanta |
| talent {n} (marked ability or skill) | :: kipaji, talanta |
| talisman {n} (magical protective charms) | :: talasimu |
| talk {v} (to communicate by speech) | :: kuzungumza |
| tall {adj} (of a person) | :: refu |
| tall {adj} (of a building) | :: refu |
| Tallinn {prop} (Capital of Estonia) | :: Tallinn |
| tamarind {n} (tropical tree) | :: mkwaju |
| tamarind {n} (fruit) | :: ukwaju |
| tambour {n} (drum) SEE: drum | :: |
| tang {n} (tongue) SEE: tongue | :: |
| Tanganyika {prop} (lake) | :: Tanganyika |
| Tanganyika {prop} (territory, former country) | :: Tanganyika |
| tangerine {n} (fruit) | :: chenza |
| tangerine {n} (tree) | :: mchenza |
| tank {n} (closed container for fluids) | :: tangi |
| tank {n} (armoured fighting vehicle) | :: kifaru |
| tanked {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| Tanzania {prop} (United Republic of Tanzania) | :: Tanzania |
| Tanzanian {n} (a person from Tanzania or of Tanzanian descent) | :: Mtanzania |
| Taoism {n} (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu) | :: Utao |
| Taos {prop} (ethnic group) | :: Wataosi |
| tap {n} (device to dispense liquid) | :: mfereji |
| tape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape | :: |
| tarantula {n} (spider of the family Theraphosidae) | :: bui |
| tarboosh {n} (fez) SEE: fez | :: |
| tardigrade {n} (water bear) SEE: water bear | :: |
| target {n} (butt or mark to shoot at) | :: lengwa |
| target {n} (kind of small shield) | :: lengwa |
| target {n} (shield resembling the Roman scutum) | :: lengwa |
| target {v} (to aim something (especially a weapon) at a target) | :: lengwa |
| tarmac {n} (bituminous road surface) | :: lami |
| taste {n} (one of the sensations produced by the tongue) | :: dhuku |
| tasty {adj} (having a pleasant or satisfying flavor) SEE: delicious | :: |
| Taurus {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Thauri, Ng'ombe |
| tax {n} (money paid to government) | :: ushuru, kodi |
| tax collector {n} (one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes) | :: mtoza ushuru {c1} {c2} |
| taxi {n} (vehicle) | :: teksi |
| taxi rank {n} (taxi stand) SEE: taxi stand | :: |
| taxi stand {n} (place for taxicabs to wait) | :: stendi ya teksi |
| Tbilisi {prop} (the capital city of Georgia (the country)) | :: Tbilisi |
| tea {n} (dried leaves of tea plant) | :: chai |
| tea {n} (drink made from leaves of tea plant) | :: chai {9} |
| teach {v} (to pass on knowledge) | :: kufundisha |
| teacher {n} (index finger) SEE: forefinger | :: |
| teacher {n} (person who teaches) | :: mwalimu, maalim |
| teacher's desk {n} (pulpit) SEE: pulpit | :: |
| teacher's desk {n} (rostrum) SEE: rostrum | :: |
| teaching {n} (something taught) | :: fundisho {c5} {c6} |
| tea leaf {n} (thief) SEE: thief | :: |
| team {n} (group of people) | :: timu |
| tea plant {n} (Camellia sinensis) | :: mchai |
| tear {n} (drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes) | :: chozi {c5} {c6} |
| tear up {v} (To damage) SEE: damage | :: |
| teaspoon {n} (small spoon) | :: kijiko cha chai |
| teaspoon {n} (unit of measure) | :: kijiko cha chai |
| tea tree {n} (Camellia sinensis) SEE: tea plant | :: |
| technocracy {n} (a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise) | :: teknokrasia {cn} |
| technology {n} (the study of or a collection of techniques) | :: teknolojia, tekinolojia |
| technology {n} (a particular technological concept) | :: teknolojia, tekinolojia |
| technology {n} (body of tools) | :: teknolojia, tekinolojia |
| tectonic plate {n} (large piece of Earth's lithosphere) | :: bonde la ufa |
| teen {adj} (teenager) SEE: teenager | :: |
| teenager {n} (person aged between thirteen and nineteen) | :: kijana |
| Teheran {prop} (Tehran) SEE: Tehran | :: |
| Tehran {prop} (capital of Iran) | :: Tehran |
| telekinesis {n} (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) | :: telekinesi |
| telepathic {adj} (of, relating to, or using telepathy) | :: kitelepathia |
| telepathy {n} (communication by psychic means) | :: telepathia |
| telephone {n} (a device used for two-way talking with other people) | :: simu |
| telephone {v} (to call someone) | :: piga simu |
| telescope {n} (optical instrument that magnifies) | :: darubini |
| television {n} (medium) | :: televisheni, runinga |
| television {n} (device for receiving television signals) | :: runinga, televisheni |
| television {n} (program broadcasting) | :: televisheni |
| television series {n} (series) SEE: series | :: |
| television set {n} (television) SEE: television | :: |
| tell {v} (to say) | :: kuambia |
| tell {v} (narrate) SEE: narrate | :: |
| temblor {n} (earthquake) SEE: earthquake | :: |
| temperance {n} (state with regard to heat or cold) SEE: temperature | :: |
| temperature {n} (a measure of cold or heat) | :: halijoto |
| tempest {n} (storm) | :: dhoruba |
| temple {n} (place of worship, see also: church; mosque; synagogue) | :: hekalu |
| Temple {prop} (the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem) | :: Hekalu |
| ten {n} | :: kumi |
| ten {num} (the cardinal number occurring after 9 and before 11) | :: kumi |
| Ten Commandments {prop} (religious ten commandments) | :: Amri Kumi |
| tennis {n} (sport played by two or four players with strung racquets) | :: tenisi |
| tense {n} (verb forms distinguishing time) | :: wakati |
| tent {n} (portable lodge) | :: hema |
| tenth {adj} (ordinal form of ten, see also: 10th) | :: ya kumi |
| termes {n} (a termite) SEE: termite | :: |
| terminology {n} (terms used in any business, art, etc) | :: istilahi |
| termite {n} (insect) | :: mchwa |
| Terra {prop} (the Planet Earth) SEE: Earth | :: |
| territory {n} (large tract of land) | :: wilaya, eneo |
| terror {n} | :: kikuli {c7} {c8} |
| terrorist {n} (person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle) | :: adui {s}, maadui pl (noun 5/6) |
| terrorist {adj} (of or relating to terrorism) | :: ugaidi |
| test {n} (challenge, trial) | :: jaribio |
| test {v} (to challenge) | :: -jaribu |
| testament {n} (part of the Bible) | :: agano |
| testicle {n} (male sex gland) | :: pumbu |
| testimonial {n} (statement given under oath) SEE: testimony | :: |
| testimony {n} (witness, evidence proof of some fact) | :: ushuhuda |
| tetanus {n} (disease) | :: pepopunda {9}, tetanasi |
| tetragon {n} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral | :: |
| text {n} (a written passage) | :: nakala |
| Thai {n} (person from Thailand or of Thai origin) | :: Mthai {s}, Wathai {p} |
| Thai {n} (language) | :: Kithai {c7} |
| Thailand {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: Uthai |
| than {prep} (Introduces a comparison) | :: kuliko |
| thank {v} (express gratitude or appreciation to someone) | :: -shukuru |
| thanks {interj} (used to express appreciation or gratitude) | :: asante |
| thanks a lot {interj} | :: [when sarcastic] asante sana |
| thank you {interj} (an expression of gratitude) | :: asante, shukrani |
| thank you very much {interj} (greater gratitude than "thank you") | :: asante sana |
| that {conj} (connecting a noun clause) | :: kwamba, kuwa |
| that {conj} (connecting a clause indicating purpose ("final")) | :: ili |
| that's life {phrase} (expression of acceptance of misfortune) SEE: such is life | :: |
| the {article} (article) | :: ya |
| theater {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema | :: |
| theater {n} (place or building) | :: ukumbi, thiata |
| theatre {n} (theater) SEE: theater | :: |
| thede {n} (nation) SEE: nation | :: |
| theft {n} (act of stealing property) | :: wizi |
| The Hague {prop} (Dutch city) | :: Den Haag |
| their {determiner} (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular)) | :: -ake |
| then {adv} (soon afterward) | :: kisha |
| the other day {adv} (lately) | :: juzijuzi |
| there {adv} (in or at that place) | :: humo |
| there is {v} (third-person singular simple present indicative form of there be) | :: pana |
| thermometer {n} (apparatus used to measure temperature) | :: kipimajoto |
| these days {adv} (currently) | :: siku hizi |
| Thessalonians {prop} (books of the Bible) | :: Wathesaloniki {c2} |
| they {pron} (third-person plural pronoun) | :: wao |
| they {pron} (third-person singular, of unknown, irrelevant or non-binary gender) | :: yeye |
| thick-tailed bushbaby {n} (primate of the genus Otolemur) | :: komba mkubwa |
| thief {n} (one who carries out theft) | :: mwizi, mnyang'anyi {c1} {c2} |
| thigh {n} (upper leg) | :: paja |
| thimble {n} (a protective cap for the finger) | :: kastabini, kustabani |
| thing {n} (that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept) | :: kitu {c7} {c8}, vitu {c8} |
| think {v} (to ponder, to go over in one's head) | :: -fikiri |
| think nothing of it {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| think of {v} (think) SEE: think | :: |
| third {adj} (the ordinal form of the cardinal number three, see also: 3rd) | :: ya tatu |
| thirtieth {adj} (the ordinal form of the number thirty, see also: 30th) | :: thelathini |
| thirty {num} (cardinal number) | :: thelathini |
| thole {v} (to suffer) SEE: suffer | :: |
| thorn {n} (sharp protective spine of a plant) | :: mwiba {c3} {c4} |
| thorn {n} (letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ)) | :: ba |
| though {adv} (however) | :: ijapokuwa, hata hivyo |
| thought {n} (form created in the mind) | :: dhana, wazo {c5} {c6}, gezo |
| thought {n} (process) | :: dhana, fikira |
| thousand {num} (cardinal number 1000) | :: elfu |
| threat {n} (expression of intent to injure or punish another) | :: tisho |
| threat {n} (indication of imminent danger) | :: tisho |
| threat {n} (person regarded as a danger) | :: tisho |
| throat {n} (gullet or windpipe) | :: koo |
| throne {n} (ornate seat) | :: kiti cha enzi {c7} {c8} |
| throne room {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| through {prep} (to or up to, until (and including)) SEE: to | :: |
| throw {v} (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air) | :: kutupa |
| throw up {v} (to vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| thumb {n} (digit) | :: kidole gumba |
| thunder {n} (sound caused by lightning) | :: [nc 9/10] radi |
| Thursday {n} (day of the week) | :: Alhamisi |
| Thursday {n} | :: alahamisi |
| Tibetan {n} (a language) | :: kitibeti |
| tick {n} (arachnid) | :: kupe |
| tie {v} (to attach or fasten with string) | :: -funga |
| tie {v} (to secure something by tying a string or the like) | :: -funga |
| tie {n} (sleeper) SEE: sleeper | :: |
| tie {n} (necktie) SEE: necktie | :: |
| tiger {n} (The mammal Panthera tigris) | :: chui-milia, simba marara {c9} {c10} |
| Tigris {prop} (river in Southwest Asia) | :: Hidekeli, Tigri |
| tiller {n} (part of the rudder) | :: ujari |
| timber {n} (trees considered as a source of wood) | :: mbao |
| timber {n} (wood that has been cut ready for construction) | :: mbao |
| timber {n} (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship) | :: mbao |
| timber {interj} (warning shout used by loggers) | :: mbao |
| time {n} (inevitable passing of events) | :: wakati {c11} {c12} |
| time {n} (quantity of availability in time) | :: wakati, muda, nafasi |
| time {n} (measurement of a quantity of time) | :: muda |
| time {n} (time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc) | :: saa |
| time {n} (instance or occurrence) | :: mara |
| time {n} (era) | :: umri; (past era) zama |
| time of day {n} (time according to the clock) SEE: time | :: |
| timetable {n} (a structured schedule of events) | :: ratiba {c9} {c10} |
| timing {n} (time when something happens) | :: wakati, muda |
| Timor-Leste {prop} (East Timor) SEE: East Timor | :: |
| Timothy {prop} (books in the New Testament) | :: Timotheo |
| Timothy {prop} (companion of Paul) | :: Timotheo |
| Timothy {prop} (male given name) | :: Timotheo |
| tin {n} (airtight container) | :: mkebe |
| tip {n} (small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation) | :: bakshishi |
| tip over {v} (cause something to be in a tilted position) | :: kiinua mgongo |
| tire {n} (rubber covering on a wheel) SEE: tyre | :: |
| Titan {n} (mythological giant) | :: Titani |
| titanium {n} (chemical element) | :: titani |
| titfer {n} (hat) SEE: hat | :: |
| tit for tat {n} (hat) SEE: hat | :: |
| tithe {n} (tenth) SEE: tenth | :: |
| titin {n} (protein) | :: Titini |
| Titus {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Tito |
| Titus {prop} (biblical character) | :: Tito |
| Titus {prop} (male given name) | :: Tito |
| to {particle} (infinitive-marker) | :: ku- |
| toad {n} (amphibian similar to a frog) | :: chura, chula |
| tobacco {n} (any plant of the genus Nicotiana) | :: mtumbaku |
| tobacco {n} (leaves of certain varieties of tobacco plant) | :: tumbaku |
| tobacco pipe {n} (smoking tool) | :: kiko |
| today {adv} (on the current day) | :: leo |
| toe {n} (each of the five digits on the end of the foot) | :: kidole {c7} {c8} |
| together {adv} (at the same time, in the same place) | :: pamoja |
| Togo {prop} (Togolese Republic) | :: Togo {?} |
| Togolese {n} (A person from Togo or of Togolese descent) | :: Mtogo |
| Togolese {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people) | :: Kitogo |
| toilet {n} (personal grooming) | :: choo |
| toilet {n} (dressing room) | :: choo, choo |
| toilet {n} (room used for urination and defecation, see also: bathroom; men's room; ladies' room; outhouse; portable toilet; latrine; shitter) | :: choo {c7} {c8} |
| toilet {n} (fixture used for urination and defecation, see also: flush toilet; squat toilet; chemical toilet; urinal; latrine) | :: choo, kibakuli cha choo |
| toilet {n} (place resembling a filthy toilet) | :: choo |
| toilet paper {n} (paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination) | :: karatasi ya choo |
| tom {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute | :: |
| tom {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| tomato {n} (tomato plant) | :: mnyanya |
| tomato {n} (fruit) | :: nyanya |
| tomorrow {adv} (on the day after the present day) | :: kesho |
| ton {n} (unit of weight) | :: tani |
| Tonga {prop} (country) | :: Tonga |
| tongs {n} (an instrument) | :: koleo, makoleo |
| tongue {n} (organ) | :: ulimi |
| tongue {n} (flap in a shoe) | :: ulimi |
| tongue {n} (language) SEE: language | :: |
| too {adv} (likewise) | :: pia |
| too {adv} (more than enough; as too much) | :: sana |
| toodeloo {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| tool {n} (mechanical device intended to make a task easier) | :: kifaa {7} {8} |
| tool {n} (equipment used in a profession) | :: kifaa {7} {8} |
| toon {n} (town) SEE: town | :: |
| tooth {n} (biological tooth) | :: jino {s}, meno {p} [noun 5/6] |
| toothbrush {n} (brush for cleaning the teeth and tongue) | :: mswaki |
| top {n} (gay sexual slang: gay man who likes to penetrate in sex) | :: basha |
| topaz {n} (gem) | :: topazi, yakuti manjano |
| topaz {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya topazi |
| tor {n} (hill) SEE: hill | :: |
| torch {n} (flashlight) SEE: flashlight | :: |
| torch {n} (stick with flame at one end) | :: mwenge |
| torment {v} (to cause severe suffering) | :: kutesa |
| tornado {n} (violent windstorm) | :: tufani {m} |
| tortoise {n} (land-dwelling reptile) | :: kobe |
| total {n} (amount) | :: idadi |
| total {n} (sum) | :: jumla |
| touch {v} (make physical contact with) | :: kugusa |
| tourist {n} (someone who travels for pleasure) | :: mtalii |
| tovarish {n} (comrade) SEE: comrade | :: |
| towel {n} (cloth used for wiping) | :: taulo |
| tower {n} (structure) | :: mnara {c1} {c2} |
| town {n} (settlement) | :: mji |
| tractor {n} (farm vehicle) | :: trekta |
| trade {n} (buying and selling) | :: biashara |
| trade {n} (instance of buying or selling) | :: biashara |
| trader {n} (one who earns a living by trading) | :: mfanyabiashara |
| tradition {n} (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation) | :: tamaduni, itikadi, utamaduni, tabia, desturi |
| traditional {adj} (of or pertaining to tradition) | :: kienyeji, -a kidesturi |
| traditional {adj} (observant of tradition) | :: kienyeji |
| traffic jam {n} (situation in which all road traffic is stationary or very slow) | :: mfungamano wa magari |
| tragedy {n} (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury) | :: mkasa |
| train {n} (line of connected cars or carriages) | :: garimoshi, treni |
| train station {n} (place where trains stop for passengers) SEE: railway station | :: |
| transcend {v} (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel) | :: shinda |
| transformer {n} (something that transforms) | :: kigeuzi {?} |
| transformer {n} (device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity) | :: transfoma {9/10} |
| transfuge {n} (turncoat) SEE: turncoat | :: |
| transgender {n} (a transgender person) | :: msenge |
| translate {v} (to change text from one language to another) | :: tafsiri |
| translation {n} (act of translating between languages) | :: tafsiri |
| translation {n} (result of translating between languages) | :: tarjuma |
| translation {n} (of forces in a gearbox) | :: fasiri |
| translation {n} (math, physics: motion without deformation or rotation) | :: fasiri |
| translator {n} (someone who translates) | :: mfasiri (nc 1/2), mfumbua (nc 1/2), mtapta (nc 1/2) |
| transparent {adj} | :: anga |
| transpire {v} (to happen, take place) SEE: happen | :: |
| transport {v} (carry or bear from one place to another) | :: safirisha |
| transport {n} (public transport) SEE: public transport | :: |
| transportation {n} (act of transporting) | :: usafiri |
| transportation {n} (deportation to a penal colony) | :: usafiri |
| transportation {n} (means of conveyance) | :: usafiri |
| trap {n} (device designed to catch or kill animals) | :: mtego |
| trap {n} (device used to hold and suddenly release an object) | :: mtego |
| trap {v} (to provide with a trap) | :: tega |
| trap {v} (to set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game) | :: tega |
| trash can {n} (garbage can) SEE: garbage can | :: |
| travel {v} (be on a journey) | :: safiri |
| travel {n} (act of traveling) | :: safari |
| traveler {n} (one who travels) SEE: traveller | :: |
| traveller {n} (one who travels) | :: msafiri, wasafiri {p} |
| travel sickness {n} (motion sickness) SEE: motion sickness | :: |
| tray {n} (object on which things are carried) | :: uteo |
| treasury {n} (place where treasure is stored safely) | :: hazina |
| treasury {n} (place where state or royal money and valuables are stored) | :: hazina |
| treatment {n} (medical care for an illness or injury) | :: matibabu |
| tree {proverb} (large woody plant) | :: mti {c3} {c4} |
| tree {proverb} (shoe tree) | :: mti |
| tree {proverb} (frame of a saddle) | :: mti |
| tree {proverb} ((graph theory) graph tree with no cycles) | :: mti |
| tree {proverb} ((computing theory) recursive data structure) | :: mti |
| tree {proverb} ((graphical user interface) tree list) | :: mti |
| trench {n} (long, narrow ditch or hole) | :: mtaro, handaki |
| trend {n} (an inclination in a direction) | :: mwelekeo mkuu |
| trespass {n} (sin) SEE: sin | :: |
| triangle {n} (polygon) | :: pembetatu |
| tribe {n} (group of people) | :: kabila |
| tribe {n} (collective noun (see at the relevant animal entry)) | :: kabila |
| tribute {n} (payment made by one nation to another in submission) | :: kodi |
| trichotillomania {n} (disorder) | :: trikotilomania |
| trickster {n} (fraud) SEE: fraud | :: |
| trident {n} (three-pronged spear) | :: tridenti |
| trigger finger {n} (forefinger) SEE: forefinger | :: |
| trillion {num} (a million million, 1012, see also: billion) | :: trilioni |
| Trinidad and Tobago {prop} (country) | :: Trinidadi na Tobago |
| Trinidadian {n} (a person from Trinidad) | :: Mtrinidadi |
| Trinidadian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Trinidad or to the people or language of that country) | :: Mtrinidadi |
| trinity {n} (group or set of three people or things) | :: utatu |
| Trinity {prop} (Christianity: three persons of the Godhead) | :: utatu |
| triumph {n} (trump card) SEE: trump | :: |
| trombone {n} (a musical instrument in the brass family) | :: tromboni |
| troop {n} (collection of people) | :: kikosi |
| troop {n} (detachment of soldiers or police) | :: vikosi |
| troop {n} (military forces) | :: kikosi |
| troop {n} (particular roll of the drum) | :: vikosi |
| troposphere {n} (lower levels of the atmosphere) | :: tabakatropo |
| troth {n} (truth) SEE: truth | :: |
| trouble {n} | :: vurugu, gaya |
| trouble {v} (to bother; to annoy) | :: kusumbua |
| troublemaker {n} (one who causes trouble, especially deliberately) | :: mfitini |
| troublemaker {n} (complainer) | :: mfitini |
| trousers {n} (article of clothing for the lower body) SEE: pants | :: |
| Troy {prop} (an ancient city) | :: Troia |
| truck {v} (trade) SEE: trade | :: |
| truck {n} (vehicle designed for carrying cargo) | :: lori |
| trump {n} (playing card of that suit) | :: turufu |
| trump card {n} (trump) SEE: trump | :: |
| trumpet {n} (brass instrument) | :: tarumbeta |
| trunk {n} (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car) | :: buti |
| trust {n} (confidence in or reliance on some person or quality) | :: muamana |
| trust {n} (dependence upon something in the future; hope) | :: muamana |
| trust {n} (confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit) | :: muamana |
| trust {n} (trustworthiness, reliability) | :: muamana |
| truth {n} (state or quality of being true to someone or something) | :: ukweli |
| truth {n} (pledge of loyalty or faith) | :: ukweli |
| truth {n} (conformity to fact or reality) | :: ukweli |
| truth {n} (true facts) | :: ukweli |
| truth {n} (that which is real) | :: ukweli |
| truth {n} (something acknowledged to be true) | :: kweli {9} {10} |
| truth {n} | :: kweli {9} {10} |
| try {v} (to attempt) | :: kujaribu |
| tsar {n} (an emperor) | :: czar |
| tsetse {n} (fly of the genus Glossina) | :: chafuo |
| tsunami {n} (large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean) | :: tsunami |
| Tswana {prop} (language) | :: Kitswana |
| tuba {n} (a large brass musical instrument) | :: tuba |
| tube {n} (a pipe) | :: mrija |
| tube {n} (cylindrical container) | :: tyubu |
| tube {n} (a tin can) | :: mrija |
| tube {n} (the London underground) SEE: Tube | :: |
| Tube {prop} (informal: the London underground) | :: mrija |
| Tuesday {n} (day of the week) | :: Jumanne |
| tug {n} (tugboat) SEE: tugboat | :: |
| tugboat {n} (small, powerful boat) | :: tishari |
| tuition {n} (sum of money paid for instruction) | :: masomo ya ziada |
| Tunisia {prop} (Republic of Tunisia) | :: Tunisia |
| Tunisian {n} (person from Tunisia) | :: Mtunisi |
| Tunisian {adj} (pertaining to Tunisia) | :: Kitunisi |
| tup {v} (fuck) SEE: fuck | :: |
| turban {n} (man's head-dress) | :: kilemba {c7} {c8} |
| Turk {n} (a person from Turkey) | :: Mturuki |
| Turk {n} (Muslim) SEE: Muslim | :: |
| turkey {n} (bird) | :: bata mzinga {c5} {c6} |
| Turkey {prop} (country at intersection of Europe and Asia) | :: Uturuki {c11}, Uturuki |
| turkey vulture {n} (a common North American vulture, Cathartes aura) | :: tai mzoga |
| Turkman {n} (person from Turkmenistan) | :: Mturukimeni |
| Turkmen {n} (language spoken in Turkmenistan) | :: Kiturukimeni |
| Turkmen {n} (Turkman) SEE: Turkman | :: |
| Turkmenistan {prop} (Central Asian country) | :: Turukimenistani, Uturukimeni |
| Turkmenistani {adj} (person of Turkmen origin) SEE: Turkmen | :: |
| turmeric {n} (plant) | :: njano |
| turmeric {n} (spice) | :: manjano |
| turn {v} (move around an axis through itself) | :: kugeukia [prepositional form] |
| turn {n} (one's chance to make a move in a game) | :: zamu |
| turn back {v} (to turn back, retreat) SEE: return | :: |
| turncoat {n} (a traitor) | :: popo |
| turpentine {n} (volatile essential oil) | :: terafini |
| turquoise {n} (gemstone) | :: feruzi |
| turquoise {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya feruzi |
| turtle {n} (land or marine reptile with a shell) | :: kobe |
| turtle {n} (sea turtle) | :: kasa |
| turtle {n} (turtle dove) SEE: turtle dove | :: |
| turtle dove {n} (bird in the genus Streptopelia) | :: hua |
| tusk {n} (pointed tooth) | :: pembe {s} (elephant's), upamba {p} (boar's) |
| tussis {n} (cough) SEE: cough | :: |
| Tuvalu {prop} (country in Oceania) | :: Tuvalu |
| TV series {n} (series) SEE: series | :: |
| tweak {n} (promiscuous person) SEE: prostitute | :: |
| twelfth {adj} (ordinal form of twelve) | :: kumi na mbili |
| twelveth {adj} (twelfth) SEE: twelfth | :: |
| twentieth {adj} (ordinal form of twenty, see also: 20th) | :: ishirini |
| twenty {num} (cardinal number) | :: ishirini |
| twin {n} (either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects) | :: pacha |
| twin {n} (hotel room with two beds) | :: pacha |
| twin {adj} (forming a pair of twins) | :: pacha |
| twin {adj} (forming a matched pair) | :: pacha |
| two {num} (numerical value) | :: wili |
| two {num} | :: mbili |
| two hundred {num} (cardinal number 200) | :: miateini |
| -ty {suffix} (-ity) SEE: -ity | :: |
| Tyap {prop} (language) | :: Kityap |
| typhoon {n} (hurricane in the Pacific) | :: taifuni |
| tyre {n} (wheel covering) | :: gurudumu, tairi |
| Tyre {prop} (an ancient sea port and city state of Phoenicia) | :: Tiro |
| ubuntu {n} (ubuntu) | :: utu {c14} |
| udder {n} (organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals) | :: kiwele |
| Uganda {prop} (Republic of Uganda) | :: Uganda |
| Ugandan {n} (A person from Uganda or of Ugandan descent) | :: Mganda (class 1/2) |
| Ugandan {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Uganda, the Ugandan people or the Ugandan language) | :: Kiganda |
| Ukraine {prop} (Eastern European country) | :: Ukraini |
| Ukrainian {n} (ethnic/citizen) | :: Mkraini |
| Ukrainian {n} (language) | :: Kikraini |
| umbilical cord {n} (cord between foetus and placenta) | :: kitovu |
| umbilical cord {n} (line connecting an astronaut to the spacecraft during spacewalk) | :: kitovu |
| umbilical cord {n} (any line connecting a rocket to its launch pad) | :: kitovu |
| umbilicus {n} (navel) SEE: navel | :: |
| umbra {n} (a shadow) SEE: shadow | :: |
| umbrella {n} (cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun) | :: mwavuli {c3} {c4} |
| ume {n} (Japanese apricot) | :: mzambarau |
| uncle {n} | :: baba mkubwa, [1] mdogo, [2] mjomba |
| unclean {adj} (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit) | :: -chafu, najisi |
| underhair {n} (pubic hair) SEE: pubic hair | :: |
| under one's hat {prep} (secret) SEE: secret | :: |
| understand {v} (to grasp the meaning of) | :: elewa |
| understand {v} (to believe one grasps the meaning of) | :: elewa |
| understand {v} (to believe) | :: elewa |
| understand {v} | :: -fahamiana |
| understanding {n} (informal contract, mutual agreement) | :: masikizano |
| underwear {n} (clothes worn next to the skin) | :: chupi |
| undress {v} ((intransitive) remove one's clothing) | :: kuvua |
| ungodly {adj} (immoral, sinful, or wicked) SEE: immoral | :: |
| unguent {n} (cream applied to the skin for a therapeutic purpose) SEE: ointment | :: |
| ungulate {adj} (having hooves) | :: -enye kwato |
| ungulate {n} (hooved mammal) | :: mnyama mwenye kwato |
| unicorn {n} (mythical beast) | :: farasi-pembemoja |
| uniform {n} (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) | :: sare, yunifomu |
| union {n} (that which is united; something formed by a combination of parts or members) | :: shirikisho |
| United Arab Emirates {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: Falme za Kiarabu |
| United Kingdom {prop} (Kingdom in Europe, see also: Great Britain) | :: Ufalme wa Muungano |
| United Nations {prop} (international coalition) | :: Umoja wa Mataifa |
| United Republic of Tanzania {prop} (official name of Tanzania) | :: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania |
| United States of America {prop} (country in North America) | :: Muungano wa Madola ya Amerika, Marekani |
| unity {n} (state of being one or undivided) | :: umoja |
| universe {n} (the Universe) | :: ulimwengu |
| university {n} (institution of higher education) | :: chuo kikuu |
| unjustice {n} (injustice) SEE: injustice | :: |
| until {prep} (up to the time of) | :: mpaka |
| until {prep} | :: mpaka |
| unvisible {adj} (invisible) SEE: invisible | :: |
| up {adv} (away from earth’s surface) | :: juu |
| up {adv} (north) | :: juu |
| up {adv} (higher, louder) | :: juu |
| up {adv} (higher in pitch) | :: juu |
| up {prep} (toward the top) | :: juu |
| up {prep} (further along) | :: mbali |
| up {adj} (awake) | :: amka |
| up {adj} (finished) | :: maliza |
| up {adj} (in a good mood) | :: tabamu |
| up {adj} (ready, willing) | :: kubali |
| up {adj} (next) | :: ingine |
| up {adj} (facing upwards) | :: juu |
| up {adj} (standing) | :: simama |
| up {adj} (on a higher level) | :: juu |
| up {adj} (available) | :: patikana |
| up {adj} (informed about) | :: juu |
| up {adj} (functional) | :: juu |
| up {adj} (rail transport: traveling towards a major terminus) | :: juu |
| up {n} (direction opposed to the pull of gravity) | :: juu |
| up {v} (increase) | :: juu |
| up {v} (promote) | :: juu |
| upper arm {n} (section of an arm) | :: mkono |
| Uranian {adj} (homosexual) SEE: homosexual | :: |
| uranium {n} (uranium (element)) | :: urani {?} |
| Uranus {prop} (god of the sky and heavens) | :: Uranu, Yurenasi |
| Uranus {prop} (planet) | :: Uranus, Zohali |
| urchin {n} (hedgehog) SEE: hedgehog | :: |
| Urdu {n} (the Indo-Iranian language) | :: Kiurdu |
| urge {n} (a strong desire; an itch to do something) | :: hanjamu |
| urinal {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet | :: |
| urine {n} | :: mkojo {c3} {c4} |
| Uruguay {prop} (country) | :: Urugwai |
| Uruguayan {n} (a person from Uruguay) | :: Mrugwai |
| Uruguayan {adj} (of Uruguay) | :: Kirugwai |
| use {n} (act of using) | :: matumizi |
| useful {adj} (having a practical or beneficial use) | :: faida |
| user {n} (one who uses something, a consumer) | :: mtumiaji |
| user {n} (one who uses drugs) | :: mlanguzi |
| user {n} (person who uses a computer) | :: mtumiaji |
| user {n} (exploiter) | :: mtumizi |
| use the bathroom {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet | :: |
| use the restroom {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet | :: |
| use the toilet {v} (to use facilities to urinate or defecate) | :: -jisaidia |
| use the washroom {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet | :: |
| Usonia {prop} (Words for the country that are distinct from "America" or the "United States of America") | :: Marekani |
| Usonian {adj} (of the USA) | :: Kimarekani |
| Usonian {n} (a citizen of the USA, as opposed to an inhabitant of America as a whole) | :: Mmarekani {c1} {c2} |
| usually {adv} (most of the time) | :: kwa kawaida |
| uterine tube {n} (Fallopian tube) SEE: Fallopian tube | :: |
| uterus {n} (womb) SEE: womb | :: |
| uvula {n} (appendage that hangs from the palate) | :: kilimi |
| Uzbek {n} (person) | :: Mzibeki |
| Uzbek {n} (language) | :: Kizibeki |
| Uzbekistan {prop} (Republic of Uzbekistan) | :: Uzibekistani, Uzibeki |
| Uzbekistani {adj} (of or pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Uzbek language) SEE: Uzbek | :: |
| vaccine {n} (substance meant to stimulate production of antibodies) | :: chanjo |
| vacuüm {n} (vacuum) SEE: vacuum | :: |
| vacuum {n} (region of space that contains no matter) | :: ombwe |
| vagina {n} (anatomical sense) | :: kuma |
| vagina {n} (vulva) SEE: vulva | :: |
| valley {n} (elongated depression between hills or mountains) | :: bonde |
| valor {n} (value, worth) SEE: value | :: |
| valour {n} (value) SEE: value | :: |
| value {n} (quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable) | :: thamani |
| value {n} (degree of importance given to something) | :: thamani |
| value {n} (amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else) | :: thamani |
| value {n} | :: bao |
| value added tax {n} (tax levied on added value of an exchange) | :: kodi ya nyongeza |
| valve {n} (device that controls flow of gas or fluid) | :: valvu {c9} {c10} |
| vampire {n} (mythological creature) | :: mumiani {9} {10}, vampiri {?}, mnyonya-damu {?} |
| Vanuatu {prop} (Republic of Vanuatu) | :: Vanuatu |
| vapour {n} (steam) SEE: steam | :: |
| varicella {n} (chicken pox) SEE: chicken pox | :: |
| varsity {n} (university) SEE: university | :: |
| Vatican {adj} (Relating to the Vatican City state) | :: vatikani |
| Vaticanian {adj} (Vatican) SEE: Vatican | :: |
| vegetable {n} (any plant) | :: mmea |
| vegetable {n} (a plant raised for some edible part of it) | :: mboga |
| vegetable {n} (edible part of such a plant) | :: mboga |
| vehicle {n} (conveyance) | :: gari |
| veil {n} (something to hide an object) | :: veli, shela, pazia {c5} {c6} |
| veil {n} (covering for a person or thing) | :: veli, shela |
| vein {n} (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart) | :: mshipa |
| Vela {prop} (constellation) | :: Tanga |
| venereal disease {n} (disease contracted through sexual contact) SEE: sexually transmitted disease | :: |
| Venezuela {prop} (country) | :: Venezuela |
| Venezuelan {n} (person from Venezuela or of Venezuelan descent) | :: Mvenezuela |
| Venezuelan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Venezuela or the Venezuelan people) | :: Kivenezuela |
| venison {n} (the meat of a deer) | :: nyama ya kulungu |
| venturi {n} (throat of a carburetor) SEE: throat | :: |
| Venus {prop} (planet) | :: Zuhura |
| Venus {prop} (goddess) | :: Venusi |
| verb {n} ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state) | :: kitenzi |
| verily {adv} (truly, doubtlessly) | :: kweli |
| version {n} (a specific form or variation of something) | :: insha |
| vertical bar {n} (vertical bar) SEE: pipe | :: |
| Vesta {prop} (Roman goddess) | :: Vesta |
| Vesta {prop} (asteroid) | :: Vesta |
| vestment {n} (clothing) SEE: clothing | :: |
| veteran {n} (person with long experience) | :: mkale |
| vexillum {n} (sign of the cross) SEE: sign of the cross | :: |
| vial {n} (a small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical) | :: chupa |
| vice {n} (screw apparatus) SEE: vise | :: |
| victory {n} (an instance of having won a competition or battle) | :: ushidi |
| video {n} (television show, movie) | :: filamu |
| video {n} (motion picture stored on VHS) | :: video |
| video {n} (VHS) | :: video |
| video game {n} (game controlled by software) | :: mchezo wa video |
| videotape {n} (tape used to record videos) | :: kideo |
| Vietnam {prop} (country in Southeast Asia) | :: Vietinamu, Uvieti |
| Vietnamese {n} (Vietnamese person) | :: Mvietinamu, Mvieti |
| Vietnamese {n} (language) | :: Kivietinamu, Kivieti |
| view {n} (mental image) | :: maoni |
| view {n} (way of understanding) | :: maoni |
| view {n} (intention) | :: maoni |
| viewer {n} (someone who views a spectacle) | :: mtazamaji |
| viewer {n} (someone who watches television) | :: mtazamaji |
| viewer {n} (optical device) | :: mtazamaji |
| Viking {n} (One of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors) | :: Mvikingi |
| village {n} (a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town) | :: kijiji |
| villager {n} (person who lives in, or comes from, a village) | :: mwanakijiji |
| villain {n} (scoundrel) | :: mhalifu |
| villain {n} (bad person in a stage or screen play) | :: mhalifu |
| vine {n} (climbing plant that produces grapes) | :: mzabibu {3} {4} |
| vinegar {n} (condiment) | :: siki |
| viola {n} (music: stringed instrument of the violin family) | :: viola |
| violation {n} (rape) SEE: rape | :: |
| violation {n} (act or instance of violating) | :: ukiukwaji |
| violent {adj} | :: dhalimu |
| violin {n} (string instrument) | :: fidla |
| violoncello {n} (cello) SEE: cello | :: |
| virgin {n} (person who has never had sexual intercourse) | :: bikira, mwanamwali {c1} {c2} |
| virgin {adj} (of a person, in a state of virginity) | :: bikira |
| virgin {adj} (of an object, untouched) | :: bikira |
| virgin {adj} (of olive oil) | :: bikira |
| Virgo {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Sumbula, Mashuke |
| virus {n} (infectious organism) | :: virusi |
| vise {n} (two-jawed instrument for holding work) | :: jiriwa |
| vision {n} (something imaginary one thinks one sees) | :: jazanda |
| vision {n} (religious or mystical experience) | :: kizuka |
| visiting card {n} (business card) SEE: business card | :: |
| visitor {n} (guest) | :: mgeni |
| visitor {n} (sightseer) | :: mgeni |
| visor {n} (mask) SEE: mask | :: |
| vitamin {n} (organic compound essential to human health) | :: vitamini |
| vixen {n} (attractive woman) SEE: fox | :: |
| vocabulary {n} (list of words) | :: misamiati |
| vocabulary {n} (set of words a person knows) | :: misamiati |
| vocabulary {n} (stock of words used in a particular field) | :: misamiati |
| vocabulary {n} (words of a language collectively) | :: misamiati |
| vocal {adj} (of or pertaining to the voice or speech) | :: mwimbaji |
| vodka {n} (clear distilled alcoholic liquor) | :: vodka |
| voetsek {interj} (go away) SEE: go away | :: |
| voice {n} (sound uttered by the mouth) | :: sauti |
| volcano {n} (mountain containing a magma chamber) | :: volkano {c9} {c10}, volkeno {c9} {c10}, zaha |
| volleyball {n} (game) | :: voliboli |
| volleyball {n} (ball used to play the game) | :: voliboli |
| vomit {v} (to regurgitate the contents of a stomach) | :: -tapika |
| vote {v} (assert a formalised choice) | :: -piga kura |
| voter {n} (one who votes) | :: mpigakura |
| vow {n} (A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner) | :: nadhiri {c9} {c10} |
| voyager {n} (traveller) SEE: traveller | :: |
| Vulpecula {prop} (autumn constellation) | :: Mbweha |
| vulture {n} (bird) | :: tai, gushu, tumbusi |
| vulva {n} (collectively the external female sexual organs) | :: uke {c14}, kuma {c9} |
| wage {n} (money paid to a worker) | :: mshahara |
| waist {n} (part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach) | :: kiuno |
| wait {v} (transitive: delay until) SEE: await | :: |
| waiter {n} (a server in a restaurant or similar) | :: mhudumu |
| wait for {v} (await) SEE: await | :: |
| wake {v} (to stop sleeping) | :: kuamka |
| wake {v} (to make somebody stop sleeping) | :: kuamsha |
| Wales {prop} (a constituent nation of the UK) | :: Welisi |
| walk {v} (to move on the feet) | :: kutembea |
| walkout {n} (stoppage of work) SEE: strike | :: |
| wall {n} (structure built for defense surrounding an area) | :: ukuta, kiambaza, ua |
| wall {n} (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building) | :: kuta |
| wall {n} (impediment to free movement) | :: kuta |
| wall {n} (butterfly Lasiommata megera) | :: kuta |
| wall {n} (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure) | :: kuta |
| wall {v} (to enclose by surrounding with walls) | :: kuta |
| wallet {n} (case for keeping money) | :: kipochi |
| walnut {n} (tree) | :: mjozi |
| walnut {n} (nut) | :: jozi |
| walrus {n} (large Arctic marine mammal) | :: walarasi |
| war {n} (conflict involving organized use of arms) | :: vita |
| war {n} | :: vita {c8} |
| warbler {n} (bird of the Parulidae family) | :: kucha |
| wardrobe {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet | :: |
| wardrobe {n} | :: kabati |
| warlock {n} (male magic-user) | :: mchawi |
| warn {v} (to make someone aware of impending danger) | :: onya |
| warn {v} (to notify someone of something) | :: ashiria |
| warning {n} (something spoken or written that is intended to warn) | :: ilani |
| warship {n} (ship built or armed for naval combat) | :: manowari |
| warthog {n} (a species of wild pig) | :: ngiri |
| wash {v} (to clean with water) | :: -osha [objects], -fua [clothes], -nawa [hands or face] |
| wash {v} (to clean oneself) | :: -oga |
| Washington, D.C. {prop} (federal capital of the United States of America) | :: Washington, D.C. |
| washroom {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| wastebasket {n} (garbage can) SEE: garbage can | :: |
| watch {n} | :: saa |
| watch {v} (to observe) | :: kutazama |
| watch {v} (to be vigilant) | :: kukesha |
| watch {v} | :: kuangalia |
| watcher {n} (guard) SEE: guard | :: |
| watchman {n} (guard) | :: mlinzi, mabawabu |
| water {n} (mineral water) SEE: mineral water | :: |
| water {n} (clear liquid H₂O) | :: maji {p} |
| water bear {n} (A member of the phylum Tardigrada) | :: kidudu-dubu {c5} {c6} |
| waterbuck {n} (species of antelope) | :: kuro, ndogoro |
| water buffalo {n} (large ungulate) | :: nyati {9/10} {1/2} |
| water carrier {n} (Aquarius) SEE: Aquarius | :: |
| water closet {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| water closet {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| waterfall {n} (flow of water over the edge of a cliff) | :: maanguko {c5} {c6} |
| water lily {n} (Any members of Nymphaeaceae) | :: yungiyungi |
| watermelon {n} (plant) | :: mtikiti |
| watermelon {n} (fruit) | :: tikiti {c5} {c6} |
| wave {n} (moving disturbance, undulation) | :: wimbi |
| wax {n} (earwax) SEE: earwax | :: |
| way {n} (road, direction, path) | :: mamna |
| way {n} (means to enter or leave) | :: mamna |
| way {n} (method or manner) | :: mamna, njia |
| we {pron} (the speakers, or the speaker(s) and other person(s) not being addressed (exclusive we: he or she or they and I)) | :: sisi |
| weaken {v} (to make weaker) | :: dhii |
| weakness {n} (condition of being weak) | :: ajizi |
| weapon {n} (instrument of attack or defense in combat) | :: silaha |
| weapon {n} (means of harming or exerting control) | :: vilaha |
| wear {v} (to have on (clothes)) | :: kuvaa |
| weather {n} (state of the atmosphere) | :: hali ya hewa |
| weather forecast {n} (prediction of future weather) | :: utabiri wa hali ya anga {11} |
| website {n} (a collection of pages on the World Wide Web) | :: tovuti |
| wedding {n} (marriage ceremony) | :: harusi |
| Wednesday {n} (day of the week) | :: Jumatano |
| weed {n} (cigar) SEE: cigar | :: |
| weed {n} (the weed) SEE: tobacco | :: |
| weed {n} (unwanted plant) | :: kwekwe |
| weed {n} | :: kwekwe |
| weed {v} (to remove weeds from) | :: kwekwe |
| week {n} (period of seven days) | :: wiki, juma |
| weekend {n} (break in the working week) | :: wikendi |
| weighing machine {n} (a mechanical device for determing the weight of an object or person) | :: mizani |
| weight {n} (physics: mass) SEE: mass | :: |
| weight {n} (force due to gravity) | :: uzani |
| welcome {interj} (greeting given upon someone's arrival) | :: karibu! |
| welcome {n} | :: [1] makaribisho, salamu, [2] maamkizi |
| welcome {v} (affirm or greet the arrival of someone) | :: kukaribisha |
| welkin {n} (sky) SEE: sky | :: |
| well {adj} (prudent) | :: kisima |
| well {n} (hole sunk into the ground) | :: kisima |
| well {n} (cockpit of a sailing boat) SEE: cockpit | :: |
| well-established {adj} (well-known) SEE: well-known | :: |
| well-known {adj} (familiar, widely known) | :: maalum |
| werebear {n} (shapeshifter) | :: mtu-dubu |
| werewolf {n} (wolflike human) | :: nusumbwa, mtu-mbwa |
| wergeld {n} (reparative payment) | :: diya {c9} |
| west {n} (compass point) | :: magharibi |
| West Africa {prop} (An area of west Africa, spanning 16 African countries) | :: Afrika ya Magharibi |
| Western Africa {prop} (West Africa) SEE: West Africa | :: |
| western cattle egret {n} (Bubulcus ibis) | :: yangeyange |
| Western Europe {prop} (Western Europe) | :: Ulaya ya Magharibi |
| western osprey {n} (Pandion haliaetus) SEE: osprey | :: |
| Western Sahara {prop} (a territory in northern Africa) | :: Sahara Magharibi |
| Western Wall {prop} (ancient wall in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple) | :: Ukuta wa Maombolezo {cu} |
| West Germany {prop} (former European country) | :: Ujerumani Magharibi |
| wet {adj} (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) | :: kimaji |
| wet season {n} (rainy season) SEE: rainy season | :: |
| whale {n} (large sea mammal) | :: nyangumi |
| what is your name {phrase} (what is your name?) | :: jina lako nani? |
| what languages do you speak {phrase} (what languages do you speak?) | :: unaongea lugha zipi? |
| what time is it {phrase} (what is the time of day?) | :: ni saa ngapi? |
| wheat {n} (grain) | :: ngano {c9} {c10} |
| wheat {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya ngano |
| wheat flour {n} (flour from wheat) | :: unga wa ngano |
| wheel {n} (a circular device facilitating movement or transportation) | :: gurudumu {c5} {c6} |
| wheel {n} (steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle) SEE: steering wheel | :: |
| wheelbarrow {n} (small cart) | :: ngolofimo |
| when {adv} (at what time, as a direct question) | :: lini |
| whenever {conj} (when) SEE: when | :: |
| where {adv} (at what place; to what place; from what place) | :: wapi |
| where are you from {phrase} (in which country or region were you born or raised) | :: unatoka wapi? |
| where is the toilet {phrase} (where is the toilet?) | :: choo kiko wapi? |
| whetstone {n} (stone used to hone tools) | :: suguo |
| which {determiner} ((interrogative) what, of those mentioned or implied) | :: -pi |
| while {conj} (until) SEE: until | :: |
| whip {n} (rod or rope) | :: kambaa {c5} {c6}, mjeledi |
| whiskey {n} (alcoholic drink) | :: wiski |
| whisky {n} (whiskey) SEE: whiskey | :: |
| whistle {n} (device used to make a whistling sound) | :: kipenga, firimbi, filimbi |
| white {n} (color/colour) | :: weupe |
| white {n} (Caucasian person) | :: mzungu |
| white {adj} (bright and colourless) | :: -eupe |
| white ant {n} (white ant) SEE: termite | :: |
| white bear {n} (polar bear) SEE: polar bear | :: |
| white blood cell {n} (cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response) | :: seli nyeupe ya damu |
| white currant {n} (shrub) | :: mtunda bukini mweupe |
| white currant {n} (berry) | :: tunda bukini jeupe |
| White House {prop} (the official residence of the President of the United States of America) | :: Nyumba Nyeupe |
| white lightning {n} (illegally distilled whiskey) SEE: moonshine | :: |
| White Russian {n} (Belarusian language) SEE: Belarusian | :: |
| who are you {phrase} (who are you?) | :: wewe ni nani |
| whole {adj} (entire) | :: -ote, -zima |
| whooping cough {n} (a contagious disease) | :: kifaduro |
| whore {n} | :: malaya, kahaba |
| whore {v} (to pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| whoremaster {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| why {adv} (for what reason) | :: kwaje, mbona |
| wick {n} (the porous cord that draws up liquid fuel for burning) | :: utambi, ukope |
| wicked {adj} (evil or mischevous) | :: -baya |
| wide {adv} (extensively) | :: pana |
| wide {adv} (completely (with awake)) | :: pana |
| wide {adv} (away from the given goal) | :: pana |
| widow {n} (woman whose spouse has died) | :: mjane {1/2} |
| widow {n} (woman whose husband is often away) | :: mjane {1/2} |
| widow {n} (single line of type carried over to the next page) | :: mjane {1/2} |
| width {n} (state of being wide) | :: upana |
| width {n} (measurement of something from side to side) | :: upana |
| wife {n} (married woman) | :: mke (1/2) |
| Wikipedia {prop} (online encyclopedia) | :: Wikipedia |
| Wiktionarian {n} (A person who contributes to Wiktionary) | :: mbuni wikamusi |
| Wiktionary {prop} (the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language) | :: Wikamusi |
| wild animal {n} (animal living in a natural, undomesticated state) | :: mnyama wa porini |
| wild boar {n} (Sus scrofa) | :: jivi |
| wildebeest {n} (gnu) SEE: gnu | :: |
| wilderness {n} (uncultivated tract of land) | :: pori, jangwa {c5} {c6} |
| wild turkey {n} (Meleagris gallopavo) | :: kalkon |
| will {v} (indicating future action) | :: -ta- |
| will {n} (legal document) | :: wosia |
| willow {n} (tree) | :: mwerebi {s}, mierebi {p} |
| wind {n} (movement of air) | :: upepo |
| wind {n} (the force developed by the movement of air) | :: upepo |
| wind {n} | :: upepo |
| Windhoek {prop} (capital of Namibia) | :: Windhoek |
| window {n} (opening for light and air) | :: dirisha |
| windpipe {n} (anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| windy {n} (fart) SEE: fart | :: |
| wine {n} (alcoholic beverage made from grapes) | :: divai, mvinyo |
| wine {n} (alcoholic beverage made from other fruit or vegetables) | :: divai |
| wine {n} (serving of wine) | :: divai |
| wine {n} (wine colour) | :: divai |
| wine {v} (entertain with wine) | :: divai |
| wine {v} (drink wine) | :: divai |
| wing {n} (part of an animal) | :: ubawa, bawa |
| wing {v} (to fly) SEE: fly | :: |
| wing {v} (to throw) SEE: throw | :: |
| winged {adj} (having wings) | :: -enye mabawa |
| winner {n} (one who has won or often wins) | :: mshindi |
| winnower {n} (a form of fan used for winnowing) | :: ungo, uteo |
| winter {n} (fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures) | :: kipupwe, majira ya baridi, kipindi cha baridi |
| wintry {adj} (suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy) | :: -a baridi sana |
| wire {n} (thin thread of metal) | :: waya |
| wire {n} (metal conductor that carries electricity) | :: waya |
| wire {n} (fence made of usually barbed wire) | :: waya |
| wire {n} (sports: finish line of a racetrack) | :: waya |
| wire {n} (slang: hidden listening device on the person) | :: waya |
| wire {v} (to fasten with wire) | :: waya |
| wire {v} (to string on a wire) | :: waya |
| wire {v} (to equip with wires for use with electricity) | :: waya |
| wire {v} (to add something into an electrical system by means of wiring) | :: waya |
| wire {v} (to make someone tense or psyched-up) | :: waya |
| wire {v} (slang: to install eavesdropping equipment) | :: waya |
| wisdom {n} (element of personal character) | :: mwanafalsafa |
| wisdom {n} (discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good) | :: hekima |
| wisdom {n} (ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way) | :: hekima {c9} |
| wisdom {n} (ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding) | :: hekima |
| wisdom {n} (ability to know and apply spiritual truths) | :: hekima |
| wise {adj} (showing good judgement) | :: -staarabu |
| witch {n} (person who uses magic) | :: mchawi |
| witch {n} (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman) | :: mchawi |
| witchcraft {n} (the practice of witches) | :: uganga, urogi |
| witch doctor {n} (person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic) | :: mganga |
| with {prep} (in addition to) | :: na |
| wither {v} ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up) | :: kukauka |
| without a doubt {prep} (certainly) SEE: certainly | :: |
| witness {n} (attestation of a fact or event) | :: shahidi |
| witness {n} (one who has a personal knowledge of something) | :: shahidi |
| witness {n} (someone called to give evidence in a court) | :: shahidi |
| wizard {n} (person skilled with magic) | :: mchawi {c1} |
| wolf {n} (animal) | :: mbwa mwitu {c9} {c10} |
| wolf {v} (to devour) | :: -akia, -la, -sakata |
| Wolfgang {prop} (male given name) | :: Wolfgang |
| wolfsbane {n} (herbs of the genus Aconitum) SEE: aconite | :: |
| Wolof {prop} (people) | :: Mwolofu |
| Wolof {prop} (language) | :: Kiwolofu |
| wolverine {n} (Gulo gulo) | :: fisi-milima, wolverini |
| woman {n} (wife) SEE: wife | :: |
| woman {n} (adult female person) | :: mwanamke |
| womb {n} (uterus) | :: uzazi, tumbo {c5} {c6} |
| wombat {n} (marsupial) | :: wombati |
| wonder {n} (something that causes amazement or awe, a marvel) | :: maajabu |
| wonder {n} (informal: thought) | :: maajabu |
| wonder {v} (to ponder about something) | :: maajabu |
| wonderland {n} (Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels) | :: nchi ya ajabu |
| woodpecker {n} (bird in Picinae) | :: kigong'ota |
| woods {n} (forest) SEE: forest | :: |
| wool {n} (hair of sheep, etc.) | :: sufu |
| word {n} (unit of language) | :: neno |
| word {n} (proverb) SEE: proverb | :: |
| wordbook {n} (dictionary) SEE: dictionary | :: |
| word-hoard {n} (vocabulary) SEE: vocabulary | :: |
| word-stock {n} (vocabulary) SEE: vocabulary | :: |
| work {n} (labour, employment, occupation, job) | :: kazi |
| work {n} (place where one is employed) | :: kazi |
| work {n} (effort expended on a particular task) | :: kazi |
| work {n} (literary, artistic, or intellectual production) | :: kazi |
| work {n} (measure of energy expended in moving an object) | :: kazi |
| work {n} | :: kazi {c9} {c10} |
| work {v} (to do a specific task) | :: kufanya kazi |
| workers of the world, unite {phrase} (workers of the world, unite) | :: wafanyakazi wa dunia, ungana! |
| workstead {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory | :: |
| world {n} (the universe) | :: ulimwengu {c11} |
| world cup {n} (event; competition) | :: kombe la dunia |
| world record {n} (the world's best score or time) | :: muda bora |
| World War I {prop} (war) | :: Vita Kuu ya Kwanza ya Dunia |
| World War II {prop} (war from 1939 to 1945) | :: Vita Kuu ya Pili ya Dunia |
| World War One {prop} (World War I) SEE: World War I | :: |
| World War Two {prop} (World War II) SEE: World War II | :: |
| worry {n} (strong feeling of anxiety) | :: dukuduku {cma} |
| worry {v} (strangle) SEE: strangle | :: |
| worship {n} (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) | :: ibada |
| worship {n} (the religious ceremonies that express this devotion) | :: ibada |
| worship {v} (to participate in religious ceremonies) | :: abudu |
| worth {adj} (obsolete: valuable, worthwhile) SEE: worthwhile | :: |
| worth {adj} (equal in value to) | :: dhamana |
| worthwhile {adj} | :: dhamana |
| wound {n} (injury) | :: uvimbe, jeraha {c9} {c10} |
| wound {n} (an injury to a person by which the skin is divided) | :: uvimbe |
| wound {v} (hurt or injure) | :: vimbe |
| wound {v} (hurt (someone's feelings)) | :: vimbe |
| wrath {n} (great anger) | :: ghadhabu |
| wreath {n} (ornamental circular band) | :: taji la maua |
| wrench {n} (screw) SEE: screw | :: |
| wrestling {n} (sport) | :: mieleka |
| wristlet {n} (handcuff) SEE: handcuff | :: |
| write {v} (to form letters, etc.) | :: kuandika |
| writer {n} (person who writes; an author) | :: mwandishi |
| writing {n} (written letters or symbols) | :: andiko {cma} |
| writing {n} (something written) | :: maandiko {cma} |
| writing {n} (process of representing a language) | :: maandiko {cma} |
| writing {n} (work of an author) | :: maandiko {cma} |
| writing {n} (style of writing) | :: maandiko {cma} |
| writing {n} (made for or used in writing) | :: maandiko {cma} |
| WSC {prop} (Mandarin) SEE: Mandarin | :: |
| WW1 {prop} (World War I) SEE: World War I | :: |
| Xhosa {n} (Xhosa language) | :: Kixhosa |
| Xhosa {n} (Xhosa people) | :: Waxhosa |
| Xianggang {prop} (Hong Kong) SEE: Hong Kong | :: |
| xiphias {n} (xiphias) SEE: swordfish | :: |
| xylophone {n} (musical instrument) | :: zilofoni, marimba ya kizungu |
| yah {adv} (yes) SEE: yes | :: |
| Yahweh {prop} (Jehovah) SEE: Jehovah | :: |
| yam {n} (potato) SEE: potato | :: |
| yam {n} (any Dioscorea vine) | :: nduma |
| yam {n} (its edible root) | :: nduma |
| yam {n} (sweet potato) SEE: sweet potato | :: |
| Yang-tzŭ {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze | :: |
| Yangtze {prop} (river) | :: Yangtze |
| Yaoundé {prop} (capital of Cameroon) | :: Yaounde |
| yard {n} (three feet) | :: yadi |
| Yard {prop} (Jamaica) SEE: Jamaica | :: |
| yawn {v} (open the mouth and take a deep breath) | :: -piga miayo, -enda miayo |
| yawn {n} (the action of yawning) | :: mwayo |
| year {n} (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun) | :: mwaka |
| year {n} (a scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity) | :: mwaka |
| yeast {n} (fungus) | :: hamira |
| yellow {adj} (having yellow as its colour) | :: -a manjano |
| yellow {n} (colour) | :: manjano |
| yellow bristle grass {n} (Pennisetum glaucum) SEE: pearl millet | :: |
| yellow fever {n} (illness) | :: homa ya manjano |
| Yemen {prop} (Republic of Yemen) | :: Yemen |
| Yerevan {prop} (the capital and largest city of Armenia) | :: Yerevan |
| yes {particle} (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance) | :: ndiyo |
| yes {particle} | :: ndiyo, sawa |
| yes-man {n} (Noun) | :: ndiyo-mtu |
| yes-no {particle} (particle used to form yes-no questions) | :: je [initial, optional] |
| yes-no question {n} (type of question) | :: ndiyo-hakuna swali |
| yesterday {n} (day before today) | :: jana |
| yesterday {n} (the recent past) | :: jana |
| yesterday {adv} (on the day before today) | :: jana |
| Yiddish {adj} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish | :: |
| yin-yang {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina | :: |
| yogurt {n} (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process) | :: maziwa ya mgando |
| yoke {n} (wooden bar) | :: nira |
| Yoruba {prop} (a sub-Saharan language) | :: Kiyoruba |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: ninyi |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: wewe |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: ninyi |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: wewe |
| you {determiner} (the individual or group spoken/written to) | :: wewe |
| you are welcome {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| young {adj} (in the early part of life or growth) | :: -changa, -dogo |
| young {n} (people who are young) | :: dogo |
| young {n} (offspring (plural)) | :: dogo |
| young man {n} (youth) SEE: youth | :: |
| your {determiner} (belonging to you (plural; more owners)) | :: -enu |
| you're welcome {phrase} (reply to thanks) | :: karibu |
| yours {pron} (sincerely) | :: wako |
| yours {pron} | :: wako |
| youth {n} (young person) | :: kijana |
| youth {n} (young man) | :: kijana |
| youth {n} (young persons, collectively) | :: kijana |
| Zachariah {prop} (Zechariah) SEE: Zechariah | :: |
| Zachariah {prop} (male given name) SEE: Zachary | :: |
| Zacharias {prop} (Zechariah) SEE: Zechariah | :: |
| Zacharias {prop} (male given name) SEE: Zachary | :: |
| Zachary {prop} (male given name) | :: Zakaria |
| Zambia {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Zambia |
| Zambian {n} (A person from Zambia or of Zambian descent) | :: Mzambia |
| Zambian {adj} (Of or pertaining to Zambia or its people or language) | :: Kizambia |
| Zanzibar {prop} (island region) | :: Unguja |
| Zebedee {prop} (biblical character) | :: Zebedayo |
| zebra {n} (African animal) | :: punda milia {c9} {c10} |
| Zechariah {prop} (king of Israel) | :: Zekaria |
| Zechariah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Zekaria |
| Zechariah {prop} (Hebrew prophet traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah) | :: Zekaria |
| Zechariah {prop} (father of John the Baptist) | :: Zakariya, Zekaria |
| Zephaniah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Sefania |
| zero {num} (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) | :: sifuri |
| zero {adj} (informal: virtually none) | :: ziro |
| zero {adj} (meteorology: of a cloud ceiling: limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less) | :: ziro |
| zero {adj} (meteorology: of horizontal visibility: limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less) | :: ziro |
| zero {adj} (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data) | :: ziro |
| zero {v} (to set to zero) | :: ziro |
| Zeus {prop} (supreme ruler of all Greek gods) | :: Zeu |
| zikr {n} (dhikr) SEE: dhikr | :: |
| Zimbabwe {prop} (Republic of Zimbabwe) | :: Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwean {n} (а person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) | :: Mzimbabwe |
| Zimbabwean {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) | :: Kizimbabwe |
| zinc {n} (element) | :: zinki {c9} {c10} |
| zonked {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| zoo {n} (park where live animals are exhibited) | :: bustani ya wanyama |
| zorille {n} (Ictonyx striatus) | :: kicheche |
| Zulu {adj} (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) | :: Kizulu |
| Zulu {n} (member of the Zulu people) | :: Mzulu |
| Zulu {n} (language) | :: Kizulu |