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# English :: Swahili dictionary extracted from http://en.wiktionary.org/
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# Version :: 20171020
# Size :: 8612 English glosses; 8202 Swahili translations
# URL :: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Matthias_Buchmeier
| açai {n} (South American palms of the genus Euterpe) | :: mwasaiberi |
| açai {n} (fruit) | :: asaiberi |
| aardvark {n} (mammal) | :: [nc 1/2] mhanga |
| abbreviation {n} | :: kifupi |
| abbreviature {n} (abbreviation) SEE: abbreviation | :: |
| ABC {n} (alphabet) SEE: alphabet | :: |
| Abdullah {prop} (Muslim given name) | :: Abdullah |
| Abidjan {prop} (the largest city of Côte d'Ivoire) | :: 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 {n} (miscarriage) | :: aviya |
| abort {n} (product of a miscarriage) | :: aviya |
| abort {n} (function used to abort a process) | :: aviya |
| abort {v} (to miscarry) | :: aviya |
| abort {v} (to cause a premature termination) | :: aviya |
| abort {v} (biology: to become checked in normal development) | :: aviya |
| abort {v} (computing: to terminate a process prior to completion) | :: aviya |
| about {prep} (concerned with, engaged in) | :: kuhusu |
| about {prep} (concerning) | :: 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} |
| acacia {n} (shrub or tree) | :: mshita |
| acajou {n} (cashew tree) SEE: cashew | :: |
| acajou {n} (cashew nut) SEE: cashew nut | :: |
| accept {v} (to receive with consent) | :: kiri |
| 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 |
| accident {n} (law: unforeseen interference) | :: ajali |
| accident {n} (military: unplanned event resulting in injury) | :: ajali |
| accident {n} (philosophy: appearance, manifestation) | :: 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 |
| 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} (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 | :: |
| 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 |
| adamant {n} (magnet or loadstone) SEE: magnet | :: |
| Adam's apple {n} (lump in the throat) | :: kikoromeo |
| address {n} (direction for letters) | :: anwani |
| address {n} (act of addressing oneself to a person) | :: anuani |
| address {n} (manner of speaking to another) | :: anuani |
| address {n} (attention in the way one addresses a lady) | :: anuani |
| address {n} (skill) | :: anuani |
| address {n} | :: anuani |
| address {v} (to prepare oneself) | :: anuani |
| address {v} (to direct speech) | :: anuani |
| address {v} (to aim) | :: anuani |
| address {v} (to prepare) | :: anuani |
| address {v} (reflexively: to prepare oneself) | :: anuani |
| address {v} (to clothe or array) | :: anuani |
| address {v} (to direct, as words) | :: anuani |
| address {v} (to direct speech to) | :: anuani |
| address {v} (to direct in writing) | :: anuani |
| address {v} (to make suit to as a lover) | :: anuani |
| address {v} (to consign or intrust to the care of another) | :: 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 |
| advice {n} (opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel) | :: ushauri |
| adviser {n} (advisor) SEE: advisor | :: |
| advisor {n} (one who offers advice) | :: mshauri |
| aegis {n} (mythological shield) | :: egida, egisi |
| aeroplane {n} (airplane) SEE: airplane | :: |
| a few {determiner} (a small number of) | :: uchache wa |
| 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} (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} (part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time) | :: umri |
| age {n} (latter part of life) | :: umri |
| age {n} (time of life when one attains full person rights) | :: 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 at a particular period) | :: umri |
| age {n} (generation (see also generation)) | :: umri |
| age {n} (a long time) | :: umri |
| age {v} (transitive: cause to grow old) | :: umri |
| age {v} (intransitive: become old) | :: umri |
| agency {n} (agent) SEE: agent | :: |
| agent {n} (one who exerts power) | :: wakala |
| agent {n} (one who acts in place of another) | :: wakala |
| agent {n} (computing: part of the system that performs action on behalf of a client or server) | :: wakala |
| agitator {n} (one who agitates) | :: mchochezi |
| agnus castus {n} (chaste tree) SEE: chaste tree | :: |
| agony {n} (extreme pain of mind or body) | :: 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) | :: UKIMWI |
| aim {n} | :: lengo, gharadhi |
| aim {v} | :: kulenga |
| 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 |
| air {v} (to bring into contact with the air) | :: hawa |
| air {v} (to ventilate) | :: 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} |
| 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} (an alarm) | :: tahadhari |
| alert {n} (a notification) | :: chonjo, tahadhari |
| alert {v} (to give warning to) | :: chonjo, tahadhari |
| 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 |
| 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) | :: idhinisha |
| allow {v} (to take into account as a deduction or an addition) | :: idhinisha |
| allow {v} (to permit) | :: idhinisha |
| allow {v} (to let something happen, to admit, to concede) | :: idhinisha |
| allow {v} (to make allowance) | :: idhinisha |
| 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 {n} (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} (color/ dye) | :: 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 |
| 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 citizen of the USA) | :: Wamarekani |
| American English {prop} (English of the United States) | :: Kiingereza cha Kimarekani |
| Americas {prop} (North and South America) | :: marekiana, Marekani |
| amethyst {n} (gem) | :: amethisto |
| amethyst {n} (colour) | :: rangi ya amethisto |
| Amharic {prop} (language) | :: Kiamhara |
| amigo {n} (friend) SEE: friend | :: |
| among {prep} (mingling or intermixing) | :: miongoni mwa |
| 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 |
| analog {adj} (represented by a continuously variable physical quantity) | :: Mfano |
| analogue {n} (analog) SEE: analog | :: |
| anal sex {n} (sex involving the anus) | :: kufira |
| 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 |
| Andrew {prop} | :: Andalea |
| 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 | :: |
| Angola {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Angola |
| animal {n} (organism) | :: mnyama, wanyama pl (noun 1/2) |
| animal {n} (organism other than man) | :: mnyama |
| animal {n} (person who behaves wildly) | :: nunda |
| animal {adj} (of animals) | :: kinyama, mifugo |
| animal {adj} (unhindered by social codes) | :: kinyama, mifugo |
| 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) | :: baada ya Kristo |
| announce {v} (to give public notice, or first notice of) | :: 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 e-mail) | :: 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) | :: kishugu |
| 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 |
| 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) | :: ghorofa, fleti |
| aphrodisiac {n} (food or drug) | :: mkuyati |
| Apollo {prop} (the son of Zeus) | :: Apolo |
| apostle {n} (missionary or leader of a mission) | :: mtume {c3} {c4} |
| Apostle {n} (one 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 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} (obsolete: set apart for a particular use or person) | :: mwafaka |
| appropriate {adj} (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper) | :: mwafaka |
| appropriate {adj} (suitable to social situation) | :: mwafaka |
| appropriate {v} (To take to oneself in exclusion of others) | :: mwafaka |
| appropriate {v} (To set apart for) | :: mwafaka |
| appropriate {v} (To make suitable) | :: mwafaka |
| appropriate {v} (Law: To annex) | :: mwafaka |
| apron {n} (clothing) | :: aproni |
| apron {n} (the paved area of an airport) | :: aproni |
| 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 |
| Arabian {adj} (related to Arabia) | :: Waarabu |
| Arabian {n} (person) | :: mwaarabu |
| Arabian {n} (horse) | :: Waarabu |
| Arabian tea {n} (khat) SEE: khat | :: |
| Arabic {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour) | :: kiarabu |
| Arabic {prop} (language) | :: kiarabu |
| Arabic {prop} (alphabet) | :: kiarabu |
| archaeologian {n} (archaeologist) SEE: archaeologist | :: |
| archaeologist {n} (someone who is skilled, professes or practices archaeology) | :: mwanaakiolojia |
| archaeology {n} (scientific study of past remains) | :: akiolojia |
| archaic {adj} (old-fashioned or antiquated) | :: dinari |
| 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) | :: majenzi, ujenzi |
| are {v} (be) SEE: be | :: |
| 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} (Argentinian) SEE: Argentinian | :: |
| Argentine {n} (Argentinian) SEE: Argentinian | :: |
| Argentinean {adj} (Argentinian) SEE: Argentinian | :: |
| Argentinean {n} (Argentinian) SEE: Argentinian | :: |
| Argentinian {n} (person from Argentina) | :: Mwajentina |
| Argentinian {adj} (pertaining to Argentina) | :: Kiajentina |
| 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} (upper appendage from shoulder to wrist) | :: mkono |
| arm {n} (part of object) | :: mkono |
| arm {n} (bay or inlet) | :: mkono |
| 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 | :: |
| armadillo {n} (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates) | :: kakakuona |
| Armenia {prop} (ancient kingdom and country in West Asia) | :: Armenia |
| Armenian {n} (person) | :: Mwarmenia |
| 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 {n} (condition of being stopped) | :: nasa |
| arrest {n} (act 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} (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 |
| 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 {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 |
| 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} (competitive activities) | :: riadha |
| Atlantic {prop} (the Atlantic Ocean) | :: Atlantiki |
| atmosphere {n} (gases surrounding the Earth) | :: angahewa |
| at night {adv} (during the night) | :: usiku |
| atom {n} (chemistry, physics: smallest possible amount of matter retaining its chemical properties) | :: atomi |
| at once {adv} (immediately) | :: mara |
| attribute {n} (characteristic or quality) | :: sifa |
| aubergine {n} (eggplant) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| auction {n} (public sales event) | :: mnada |
| auction {v} (to sell at an auction) | :: mnada |
| auctioneer {n} (one who conducts an auction) | :: dalali |
| auctioneer {v} (to sell at 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 {prop} (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 {n} (decision of arbitrators) | :: tunikwa |
| award {n} (trophy or medal) | :: tunikwa |
| award {v} (to give by judicial determination) | :: tunikwa |
| award {v} (to make an award) | :: tunikwa |
| award {v} | :: tunikwa |
| 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 |
| axe {n} (rejection) | :: shoka |
| axe {v} (fell or chop) | :: shoka |
| axe {v} (terminate or reduce tremendously in a rough or ruthless manner) | :: shoka |
| axle {n} (the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel) | :: ekseli |
| Azerbaijan {prop} (country in the Caucasus) | :: Azerbaijan |
| Azerbaijani {prop} (language of Azerbaijan) SEE: Azeri | :: |
| Azerbaijani Turkic {prop} (Azeri) SEE: Azeri | :: |
| Azeri {n} (Azeri person) | :: Mwazabaijani, Mwazeri |
| Azeri {prop} (Azeri language) | :: Kiazabaijani, Kiazeri |
| Azeri Turkic {prop} (Azeri) SEE: Azeri | :: |
| 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 {1} {2}, 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, migongo pl (noun 3/4) |
| 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 | :: |
| Baku {prop} (the capital of Azerbaijan) | :: Baku |
| balalaika {n} (Russian instrument) | :: balalaika |
| balance {n} (astrology: Libra) SEE: Libra | :: |
| balcony {n} (structure extending from a building) | :: roshani |
| bald {adj} (having no hair) | :: kipara |
| bald {adj} ((of tyre) whose surface is worn away) | :: kipara |
| 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 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 |
| 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, plasta |
| bandage {v} (to apply a bandage to something) | :: bendeji |
| 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 | :: |
| 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} |
| 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 |
| 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} (An owl of the genus Tyto) | :: 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 |
| basin {n} (bowl for washing) | :: karai, beseni |
| basin {n} (area of land that drains into a river) | :: 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 |
| 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) | :: -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 |
| 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 {s}, maharagwe {p} [noun 5/6] |
| bean {n} (pod) | :: maharagwe |
| bean {n} (other bean-like seed) | :: maharagwe |
| 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} (aquatic rodent) | :: biva |
| because of {prep} (on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of) | :: kwa ajili 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 Fagus family) | :: mfune |
| beef {n} (cow, bull) SEE: cow | :: |
| beef {n} (meat) | :: nyama ya ng'ombe |
| 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} (a normally deep red coloured cultivar of the beet) | :: tini |
| befool {v} (to fool, trick or deceive someone) | :: pumbaza |
| before {prep} (in front of in space) | :: mbele ya |
| before {prep} (at a higher or greater position in a subjective ranking) | :: 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 |
| behaviour {n} (the way matter moves or acts) | :: tabia |
| 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 {prop} (language) | :: Kibelarus, Kibelorusia (noun 7) |
| 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 |
| bellybutton {n} (the navel or umbilicus) SEE: navel | :: |
| below {adv} (in a lower place) | :: chini |
| 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) | :: pinda, kunja |
| bend {v} (to tie a line) | :: pinda |
| bend {v} (to change the pitch) | :: pinda |
| bend {v} (to swing the body when rowing) | :: pinda |
| bend {n} (curve) | :: pinda |
| bend {n} (knot) | :: pinda |
| bend {n} (decompression sickness) | :: pinda |
| bend {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries) | :: pinda |
| 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 {prop} (language) | :: Kibengali |
| Bengal tiger {n} (Panthera tigris tigris) | :: chui-milia wa Bungala |
| Benin {prop} (country) | :: Benini |
| 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 |
| 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} (a 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 {n} (weapon of infantry) | :: mswada |
| bill {n} (cutting instrument) | :: mswada |
| bill {n} (somebody armed with a bill) | :: mswada |
| bill {n} (extremity of the arm of an anchor) | :: mswada |
| bill {v} (to work with a bill) | :: mwsada |
| bill {n} (bird's beak) | :: mwsada |
| bill {n} (beaklike projection) | :: mwsada |
| bill {v} (to stroke bill against bill) | :: mwsada |
| bill {n} (written inventory) | :: mswada |
| bill {n} (official statement) | :: mswada |
| bill {n} (draft of a law) | :: mswada |
| bill {n} (law: declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant) | :: mswada |
| bill {n} (invoice) | :: mswada |
| bill {n} (advertisement) | :: mswada |
| bill {n} (bill of exchange) | :: mswada |
| 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 {num} (a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; a milliard) | :: bilioni |
| billy goat {n} (male goat) | :: beberu |
| 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 {n} (time in prison) | :: ndege |
| birdlime {n} (serving of a prison sentence) SEE: time | :: |
| birdlime {n} (sticky substance to catch birds) | :: ulimbo |
| 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) | :: biskuti |
| biscuit {n} (ship's "bread") | :: biskuti |
| biscuit {n} (form of earthenware) | :: biskuti |
| bishop {n} (church official, supervisor of priests and congregations) | :: askofu |
| bison {n} (A wild ox, Bison bonasus) | :: baisani {c9} {c10} |
| bison {n} (A similar 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) | :: 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) SEE: coin | :: |
| bitch {n} (complaint) SEE: complaint | :: |
| bitch {n} (playful variation on dog (sense "man")) SEE: dog | :: |
| bite {v} (to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth) | :: mdundo |
| bite {v} (to hold something by clamping one’s teeth) | :: mdundo |
| bite {v} (to attack with the teeth) | :: mdundo |
| bite {v} (to take hold) | :: mdundo |
| bite {v} (to bite a baited hook or other lure) | :: mdundo |
| bite {v} (to fall for a deception) | :: mdundo |
| bite {v} (to sting) | :: mdundo |
| bite {n} (act of biting) | :: mdundo |
| bite {n} (wound left behind after having been bitten) | :: mdundo |
| bite {n} (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) | :: mdundo |
| bite {n} (mouthful) | :: mdundo |
| blab {n} (gossip) SEE: gossip | :: |
| black {adj} (absorbing all light) | :: eusi |
| black {adj} (without light) | :: eusi |
| black {adj} (relating to persons of African descent) | :: eusi, mweusi |
| black {adj} (illegitimate, illegal or disgraced) | :: eusi |
| black {adj} (overcrowded) | :: jaa |
| blackberry {n} (fruit) | :: forosadi nyeusi |
| blackberry {n} (blackcurrant) SEE: blackcurrant | :: |
| blackcurrant {n} (shrub) | :: mtunda bukini mweusi |
| blackcurrant {n} (berry) | :: tunda bukini jeusi |
| black elder {n} (Sambucus nigra) SEE: elder | :: |
| black-eyed pea {n} (cowpea plant) | :: mkunde |
| black-eyed pea {n} (cowpea bean) | :: 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 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 air) | :: 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 {n} (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies) | :: damu |
| blood {n} (blood test or blood sample) | :: damu |
| blood {n} | :: damu |
| blood {v} (to cause to be covered with blood) | :: damu |
| blood money {n} (blood money) | :: diya {c9} |
| 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 | :: |
| blow {v} (to create or shape by blowing) | :: panchi |
| blow {v} ((of a cetacean) exhale visibly through the spout the seawater) | :: panchi |
| blow {v} (to explode) | :: panchi |
| blow {v} (be very undesirable) | :: panchi |
| blow {v} (to squander) | :: panchi |
| blow {v} (to fellate) | :: panchi |
| blow {v} (to leave) | :: panchi |
| blow {n} (strong wind) | :: panchi |
| blow {n} (chance to catch one’s breath) | :: panchi |
| blow {n} (act of striking or hitting) | :: panchi |
| blow {n} (damaging occurrence) | :: panchi |
| blow {n} (cocaine) SEE: snow | :: |
| blower {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone | :: |
| blue {n} (sky, literally or figuratively) SEE: sky | :: |
| blue {adj} (blue-colored) | :: bluu |
| 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 |
| 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} (piece of wood or other material) | :: bao |
| board {n} (device containing electrical switches) | :: bao |
| board {n} (blackboard, whiteboard, etc.) | :: bao |
| board {n} (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} |
| Boche {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| bodkin {n} (dagger) SEE: dagger | :: |
| body {n} (physical structure of a human or animal) | :: mwili, kiwiliwili |
| body {n} (fleshly or corporeal nature of a human) | :: kiwiliwili |
| body {n} (corpse) | :: kiwiliwili |
| body {n} (torso) | :: kiwiliwili |
| body {n} (largest or most important part of anything (e.g. car bodywork)) | :: kiwiliwili |
| body {n} (section of a dress) | :: kiwiliwili |
| body {n} (organisation, company or other authoritative group) | :: kiwiliwili |
| body {n} (group having a common purpose or opinion) | :: kiwiliwili |
| body {n} (collection of knowledge) | :: kiwiliwili |
| body {n} (any physical object or material thing) | :: kiwiliwili |
| body {n} (substance, material presence) | :: kiwiliwili |
| body {n} (comparative viscosity, solidity or substance) | :: kiwiliwili |
| body {n} (code of a subroutine) | :: 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 {interj} (used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat) | :: karibu chakula |
| bond {n} (documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract) | :: fungo |
| bone {n} (material) | :: mfupa |
| bone {n} (component of a skeleton) | :: mfupa |
| bone {n} (fishbone) | :: mfupa |
| bone {n} (corset part) | :: mfupa |
| bone {v} (to remove bones) | :: mfupa |
| bone {v} (slang: have sexual intercourse with) | :: 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} (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material) | :: kitabu, vitabu {p} |
| book {n} (record of betting) | :: kitabu |
| book {n} (convenient collection of small paper items, such as stamps) | :: kitabu |
| book {n} (major division of a published work, larger than a chapter) | :: kitabu |
| book {n} (script of a musical) | :: kitabu |
| book {n} (usually in plural: records of the accounts of a business) | :: kitabu |
| book {v} (to reserve) | :: kitabu |
| book {v} (to write down, register, record) | :: kitabu |
| book {v} (to record the details of an offender) | :: kitabu |
| book {v} (slang: to travel very fast) | :: kitabu |
| book {n} (ebook) SEE: e-book | :: |
| 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 | :: |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| boundary {n} (dividing line or location between two areas) | :: mpaka |
| bounty {n} (generosity) SEE: generosity | :: |
| bow {n} (weapon used for shooting arrows) | :: upinde [nc 11/10], uta [nc 11/10] |
| bowl {n} (container) | :: bakuli |
| 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 container) | :: sanduku {cma} |
| boxer {n} (participant in a boxing match) | :: bondia |
| boxing {n} (the sport of boxing) | :: ndondi |
| boy {n} (male servant) | :: mvulana |
| boy {n} (non-white male) | :: mvulana |
| boy {n} (lower-class or disreputable man) | :: mvulana |
| boy {n} (young male) | :: kijana |
| boy {n} (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive) | :: mvulana |
| boy {n} (male friend) | :: mvulana |
| boy {interj} (surprise or pleasure) | :: mvulana |
| boyfriend {n} (male partner in a romantic relationship) | :: mpenzi |
| bra {n} (brassiere) | :: sindiria, 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 |
| 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} (location of an organization with several locations) | :: tanzu |
| branch {n} (line of family descent) | :: mlango {c2} {c3} |
| branch {n} (Mormonism: small congregation) | :: tanzu |
| branch {n} | :: tawi |
| branch {v} (to arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree) | :: tanzu |
| branch {v} (to produce branches) | :: tanzu |
| 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} (female 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 |
| brew {n} (beer) SEE: beer | :: |
| brew {v} (to be in a state of preparation) | :: chebuka |
| brew {n} (something brewed) | :: chebuka |
| brew {n} (hill) SEE: hill | :: |
| bribe {n} (inducement to dishonesty) | :: hongo |
| bribe {v} (to give a bribe) | :: -honga |
| brick {n} | :: tofali, matofali {p} [noun 5/6] |
| bride {n} (bride) | :: 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 |
| brinjal {n} (an aubergine) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| briny {n} (sea) SEE: sea | :: |
| britches {n} (pants) SEE: pants | :: |
| British English {prop} (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} (a longsword with a broad cutting blade) | :: upanga mpana |
| broke {adj} (lacking money; bankrupt) | :: msoto |
| broker {n} (mediator between a buyer and seller) | :: madalali |
| broker {n} (computing: agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions) | :: madalali |
| broker {v} (to mediate in a sale or transaction) | :: udalali |
| 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 |
| bruise {n} (medical: mark on the skin) | :: chubuko |
| 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 |
| 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} (bulb-shaped root) | :: glopu |
| bulb {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| Bulgaria {prop} (country) | :: Bulgaria |
| Bulgarian {prop} (language) | :: Kibulgaria |
| bull {n} (uncastrated adult male bovine) | :: fahali |
| bullet {n} (projectile) | :: risasi |
| bully {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| bumfodder {n} (toilet paper) SEE: toilet paper | :: |
| bunch {n} (a group of a number of similar things) | :: fungu |
| bunch {n} (an informal body of friends) | :: fungu |
| bunch {n} (a considerable amount) | :: fungu |
| bunch {v} (to gather into a bunch) | :: fungu |
| bundle {n} (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) | :: furushi |
| bundle {n} (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) | :: furusi |
| bundle {n} (biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres) | :: furusi |
| bundle {n} (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) | :: furusi |
| bundle {v} (to tie or wrap together) | :: furushi |
| bundle {v} (to hustle, dispatch quickly) | :: furusi |
| bundle {v} (to dress someone warmly) | :: furushi |
| bundle {v} (intransitive: to dress warmly) | :: furushi |
| bundle {v} (computing: to sell hardware and software as single product) | :: kifurushi |
| bundle {v} (intransitive: to hurry) | :: furusha |
| bung {n} (bribe) SEE: bribe | :: |
| bung {n} (stopper) | :: kizibo |
| buoy {n} (nautical: a moored float) | :: boya |
| burden {n} (heavy load) | :: mzigo |
| bureau {n} (office (room)) SEE: office | :: |
| burial {n} (interment) | :: mziko |
| Burkina Faso {prop} (country) | :: Bukinafaso |
| Burma {prop} (Southeast Asian country (former name), see also: Myanmar) | :: Bama, Myama |
| burn {n} (physical sensation in the muscles) | :: choma |
| burn {n} (intense non-physical sting) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (cause to be consumed by fire) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (be consumed by fire) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (overheat) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (become overheated) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (injure (a person or animal) with heat or caustic chemicals) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (feel hot) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (write data) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (curling: accidentally touch a moving stone) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (waste (time)) | :: choma |
| burn {v} (pontoon: swap a pair of cards for another pair; deal a dead card) | :: choma |
| Burundi {prop} (a country in Eastern Africa) | :: Burundi |
| Burundian {n} (person from Burundi) | :: Mrundi |
| bus {n} (vehicle) | :: basi |
| bus {n} (electrical conductor) | :: basi |
| bus {n} (medical slang: ambulance) SEE: ambulance | :: |
| bush {n} (category of woody plant) | :: kichaka |
| bush {n} (pubic hair) | :: kichaka |
| bush antelope {n} (bushbuck) SEE: bushbuck | :: |
| bushbaby {n} (galago) SEE: galago | :: |
| bushbuck {n} (Tragelaphus scriptus) | :: pongo, kulungu, mbawala |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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} (knob or small disc serving as a fastener) | :: kitufe |
| 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 |
| button {n} (a badge worn on clothes) | :: kitufe |
| button {n} (botany: a bud) | :: kitufe |
| button {n} (slang: clitoris) | :: kitufe |
| button {n} (curling: bullseye) | :: kitufe |
| button {n} (fencing: a soft tip of the foil) | :: kitufe |
| button {n} (poker: dealer's button) | :: kitufe |
| button {v} (to fasten with a button) | :: kitufe |
| buy {v} (to obtain something with money) | :: kununua |
| buy {v} (to accept as true) | :: nunua |
| buzzard {n} (scavenging bird) SEE: vulture | :: |
| by chance {prep} (Accidental(ly) or unexpected(ly)) | :: kwa nasibu |
| by dint of {prep} (because of) SEE: because of | :: |
| by the time {prep} (when) SEE: when | :: |
| Byzantine Empire {prop} (an ancient Greek-speaking empire of Eastern Europe) | :: 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} (a vine grown for its fruit) | :: mbuyu |
| calabash {n} (that fruit) | :: mabuyu |
| calabash {n} (utensil made from it) | :: buyu |
| calamari {n} (as mollusk) SEE: squid | :: |
| calcium {n} (chemical element of atomic number 20) | :: kalisiamu |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| camp {v} (to live in a tent) | :: kambi |
| camp {v} (to stay in an advantageous location) | :: kambi |
| camp {n} (style) | :: 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 |
| Canada {prop} (country in North America) | :: Kanada |
| Canadian {n} (person from Canada) | :: Mkanada |
| Canadian {prop} (Canadian English) | :: Kiingereza cha Kanada |
| Canadian {adj} (of or pertaining to Canada) | :: Kikanada |
| canal {n} (artificial waterway) | :: mfereji |
| canal {n} | :: njia ya maji, mfereji |
| canary {n} (bird from the Canary Islands) | :: chiriku |
| canary {n} (dance) | :: chiriku |
| canary {n} (soprano) | :: chiriku |
| canary {n} (small yellow bird in general) | :: chiriku |
| canary {adj} (of a light yellow colour) | :: chiriku |
| canary {v} (to dance nimbly) | :: chiriku |
| cancel {v} (cross out) | :: ghairi |
| cancel {v} (invalidate, annul) | :: ghairi |
| cancel {v} (offset, equalize) | :: ghairi |
| cancel {v} (remove a common factor) | :: ghairi |
| cancel {n} (cancellation) | :: ghairi |
| cancel {n} (mark cancelling a sharp or flat) | :: ghairi |
| cancer {n} (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation) | :: saratani, kansa |
| Cancer {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Saratani, Kaa |
| candle {n} (a light source) | :: mshumaa {c3} |
| 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} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| cannon {n} (artillery piece) | :: mzinga |
| cannot but {v} (cannot but) | :: siwezi lakini |
| canon {n} (group of literary works accepted as representative) | :: kanoni |
| canon {n} (eucharistic prayer) | :: kanoni |
| canon {n} (religious law) | :: kanoni |
| canon {n} (member of cathedral chapter) | :: kanoni |
| canon {n} (piece of music) | :: kanoni |
| canon {n} (fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe) | :: kanoni |
| 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) | :: Kepuvede |
| 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 {adj} (supporting or endorsing capitalism) | :: bepari |
| 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 {n} (act of capturing) | :: nasa |
| capture {n} (something that has been captured) | :: nasa |
| capture {v} (take control of) | :: nasa |
| capture {v} (store, record) | :: nasa |
| capture {v} (reproduce convincingly) | :: 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 | :: |
| caramel {n} (confection) | :: karmeli |
| carbohydrate {n} (organic compounds; sugar, starch or cellulose) | :: hamirojo |
| carbon {n} (chemical element) | :: kaboni |
| 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 | :: |
| cardinal {adj} (of fundamental importance) | :: kadinoli |
| cardinal {adj} (of or relating to the cardinal directions) | :: kadinoli |
| cardinal {adj} (describing a number that indicates quantity) | :: kadinoli |
| cardinal {adj} (having a bright red color) | :: kadinoli |
| cardinal {n} (number indicating quantity) | :: kadinoli |
| cardinal {n} (official of the Catholic Church) | :: kadinoli |
| cardinal {n} (bird of the genus Cardinalis) | :: kadinoli |
| cardinal {n} (any bird in family Cardinalidae) | :: kadinoli |
| cardinal {n} (colour) | :: kadinoli |
| 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 shark {n} (ferret) SEE: ferret | :: |
| carriage {n} (railroad car) | :: behewa |
| carrier {n} (person or object that carries someone or something else) | :: mchukuzi |
| carrier {n} (company in the business of shipping freight) | :: mchukuzi |
| carrier {n} (signal modulated to transmit information) | :: mchukuzi |
| carrier {n} (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) | :: mchukuzi |
| carrot {n} (Daucus carota ssp. sativus) | :: karoti {9/10} |
| 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 |
| cart {n} (small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go cart) | :: mkokoteni |
| cart {v} (To carry goods) | :: mkokoteni |
| 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} (a 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 |
| cassette {n} (set of sprockets on a bicycle) | :: kaseti |
| cassette {n} (modular segment of DNA encoding genes for a single function) | :: kaseti |
| cassowary {n} (a large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius) | :: kasowari |
| Catalan {prop} (The 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 {n} (the act of catching a ball) | :: 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) | :: kabare |
| cathode {n} (electrode through which current flows outward) | :: kathodi |
| Catholic {n} (member of a Catholic church) | :: Mkatoliki |
| Catholic Church {n} (Roman Catholic Church) SEE: Roman Catholic Church | :: |
| 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} (social gathering for entertainment and fun) | :: sherehe |
| celebration {n} (act or process of showing gratitude, appreciation or remembrance) | :: sherehe |
| celery {n} (the stalks of this herb) | :: figili mwitu |
| 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 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 the most 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 |
| Ceres {prop} (Roman goddess) | :: Seresi |
| Ceres {prop} (dwarf planet) | :: Seresi |
| certain {adj} (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite) | :: fulani |
| certainly {adv} (without doubt, surely) | :: maalum |
| certainty {n} (state of being certain) | :: bainisha |
| certificate {n} (a document containing a certified statement) | :: hati |
| cerumen {n} (earwax) SEE: earwax | :: |
| cervix {n} (neck) SEE: neck | :: |
| c'est la vie {phrase} (such is life) SEE: such is life | :: |
| Ceylon {prop} (Sri Lanka) SEE: Sri Lanka | :: |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| champion {n} (defender of a cause) | :: bingwa |
| champion {adj} (something very positive) | :: bingwa |
| champion {v} (to advocate) | :: 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) | :: mabaliko |
| change {v} (to make something into something different) | :: mabaliko |
| change {v} (to replace) | :: mabaliko |
| change {n} (the process of becoming different) | :: mabadiliko |
| change {n} (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination) | :: badilisha |
| change {n} (a replacement) | :: mabadiliko |
| change {n} (baseball: a change-up pitch) | :: mabaliko |
| change {n} (money given back) | :: mabaliko |
| 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, shtaka |
| charge {n} (basketball: offensive foul) | :: 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} | :: rahisi |
| check {n} (bank order) SEE: cheque | :: |
| checkers {n} (draughts) SEE: draughts | :: |
| cheek {n} (part of face) | :: shavu |
| cheerful {adj} (happy) | :: damisi |
| cheerful {adj} (bright) | :: damisi |
| 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 |
| chess {n} (two-player board game) | :: chesi, sataranji |
| 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 |
| 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} (the 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 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 |
| 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 | :: |
| 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 |
| chromosome {n} (structure in the cell nucleus) | :: chembeuzi |
| chrysoprase {n} (variety of quartz) | :: krisopraso |
| 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 |
| circumcision {n} (removal of foreskin from penis) | :: tohara |
| 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} (tool) | :: mbano |
| clamp {v} (to fasten in place or together) | :: mbano |
| clamp {v} (to hold or grip) | :: 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} (classification below Phylum and above Order) | :: darasa |
| class {n} ((mathematics) collection of sets definable by a shared property) | :: darasa |
| class {n} ((programming, object-oriented) 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} (a form of attire) | :: nguo |
| clothing {n} (clothes) | :: nguo {9} {10}, mavazi {5} {6} p |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| clouded leopard {n} (medium sized arboreal cat) | :: chui-mawingu |
| clove {n} (spice) | :: karafuu |
| clown {n} (performance artist working in a circus) | :: mcheshi |
| 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} (here) SEE: here | :: |
| c'mere {contraction} (come) SEE: come | :: |
| coach {n} (trainer) | :: mkufunzi, kocha |
| coach {v} (sports: train) | :: kocha |
| coach {v} (instruct) | :: 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 | :: |
| coast {n} (edge of land meeting ocean, sea, gulf, bay) | :: pwani, ufuko, mapwa, mapwaji |
| coast {v} (to sail along a coast) | :: puani |
| 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} (a hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon) | :: nembo |
| cock {n} (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) SEE: rooster | :: |
| cockerel {n} (young male chicken) | :: jimbi |
| cockpit {n} (the 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 for the dead) | :: 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 |
| cohesion {n} (the growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant) | :: mshikamano |
| cohesion {n} (the degree to which functionally related elements belong together) | :: mshikamano |
| cohort {n} (associate) SEE: associate | :: |
| coin {n} ((currency) a piece of currency) | :: sarafu |
| coinage {n} (currency) SEE: currency | :: |
| cola {n} (plant) | :: mkola |
| 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} (treasonous cooperation) | :: kolabo |
| collar {n} (fabric garment part fitting around throat) | :: kola |
| collar {v} (to arrest) SEE: arrest | :: |
| collarbone {n} (clavicle) SEE: clavicle | :: |
| collateral {adj} (corresponding, accompanying) | :: dhamana |
| 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 |
| colour {n} (colour) SEE: color | :: |
| colour {adj} (colour) SEE: color | :: |
| colour {v} (colour) SEE: color | :: |
| comb {n} (toothed implement for grooming the hair) | :: kitana |
| combat {n} (a battle; a fight; a struggle for victory) | :: 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 |
| commander {n} (One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization) | :: kamanda |
| commandment {n} (a command or edict) | :: kanuni |
| 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) | :: 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 |
| communication {n} (concept of exchanging information) | :: mawasiliano |
| communication {n} (body of data exchange) | :: mawasiyano |
| communication {n} (instance of data transfer) | :: mawasiyano |
| communication {n} (passageway or opening) | :: mawasiyano |
| communication {n} (connection between tissues) | :: mawasiliano |
| 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 of people sharing a common understanding) | :: jamii, jamaa |
| community {n} (commune or residential/religious collective) | :: jamii |
| community {n} (condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common) | :: jamii |
| community {n} ((ecology) group of interdependent organisms) | :: 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 |
| comparable {adj} (similar) SEE: similar | :: |
| 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 |
| compare {v} (to be similar) | :: 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} (proportion of different parts to make a whole) | :: insha |
| composition {n} (general makeup of something) | :: insha |
| composition {n} (mixture or compound) | :: insha |
| composition {n} (work of music, literature or art) | :: insha |
| comprador {n} (intermediary) SEE: intermediary | :: |
| computer {n} (device) | :: kompyuta {c9} {c10}, tarakilishi |
| computer virus {n} (program) SEE: virus | :: |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| condolence {n} (comfort, support or sympathy) | :: fariji |
| condolence {n} (sympathy when someone has died) | :: fariji |
| condom {n} (flexible sleeve worn on the penis) | :: kondomu, ndomu |
| conductor {n} (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble) | :: utingo |
| conductor {n} (person who takes tickets on public transportation) | :: utingo, kondakta |
| conductor {n} (something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound) | :: utingo |
| 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 |
| congratulate {v} (to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for) | :: heko |
| congratulation {n} (act of congratulating) | :: hongera |
| conjunction {n} (grammar: word used to join words or phrases) | :: kiunganishi |
| conlang {n} (constructed language) SEE: constructed language | :: |
| conscious {adj} | :: jifahamu |
| conserve {v} (to save) | :: 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 |
| constipation {n} (state of bowels) | :: vimbizi |
| constitution {n} (act or process of setting something up, or establishing something; composition, structure, makeup) | :: katiba |
| 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 |
| constitution {n} (general health of a person) | :: 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 |
| contest {n} (competition, see also: competition) | :: shindano |
| contest {v} (to contend) | :: shindana |
| contest {v} (to oppose) | :: mashindano |
| 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 |
| control {n} | :: kontroli |
| convent {n} (religious community of especially nuns) | :: konventi |
| conversation {n} (talking) | :: mazungumzo |
| cook {n} (a person who prepares food for a living) | :: mpishi, wapishi {p} |
| cook {v} (to prepare (food) for eating) | :: kupika |
| cookery {n} (art and practice of preparing food for consumption) | :: upikaji |
| cookie {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: biscuit) | :: biskuti |
| cooking {n} (the process of preparing food by using heat) | :: mapishi |
| cooking {n} (the style or genre of food preparation; cookery) | :: mapishi |
| cootie {n} (louse) SEE: louse | :: |
| cooze {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina | :: |
| copper {n} (chemical element) | :: shaba |
| copper {n} (something made of copper) | :: shaba |
| copper {n} (colour/color 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/color 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) SEE: bed | :: |
| copulate {v} (to have sexual intercourse with someone, something) SEE: mount | :: |
| copy {n} (text of a newspaper article) | :: nakala |
| cor anglais {n} (woodwind instrument) | :: baragumu ya kiingereza |
| Corinthians {prop} (the name of the book of Acts in the Bible) | :: Wakorinto, Wakorintho |
| cork {n} (bottle stopper) | :: kizibo |
| corn {n} (maize) 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 |
| corpse {n} (dead body) | :: maiti, mfu |
| corpus {n} (body) SEE: body | :: |
| correct {adj} (free from error) | :: timamu |
| correct {adj} (with good manners) | :: timamu |
| correct {v} (To make something that was not valid become right) | :: timamu |
| correction {n} (act of correcting) | :: marekebisho |
| correction {n} (substitution for an error or mistake) | :: marekebisho |
| correction {n} (punishment) | :: marekebisho |
| correction {n} (amount or quantity added or subtracted so as to correct) | :: marekebisho |
| correction {n} (decline in a stock market price) | :: marekebisho |
| corrupt {adj} (in a depraved state) | :: paramidi |
| corrupt {adj} (with lots of errors in it) | :: paramidi |
| corrupt {v} (to change from good to bad) | :: paramidi |
| cost {n} (amount of money, time, etc.) | :: gharama |
| cost {n} (negative consequence or loss) | :: gharama |
| cost {v} (to incur a charge, a price) | :: gharimu |
| Costa Rica {prop} (country) | :: Kostarika |
| Costa Rican {n} (person from Costa Rica) | :: Mkostarika |
| Costa Rican {adj} (pertaining to Costa Rica) | :: Kikostarika |
| cotton {n} (plant) | :: 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 that causes one to cough) | :: 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- (noun prefix 11/14), nchi |
| country {n} (nation state) | :: U- (noun prefix 11/14), dola sg/pl (noun 9/10), inchi sg/pl (noun 9/10) |
| country {n} (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city) | :: shamba {s}, mashamba {p} (noun 5/6) |
| 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 | :: |
| 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 |
| co-wife {n} (Co-wife) | :: mke mwenza |
| cowrie {n} (cowry) SEE: cowry | :: |
| cowry {n} (any mollusc of the genus Cypraea) | :: kauri |
| crack {n} (attempt at something) SEE: try | :: |
| craft {n} (strength; power; might) SEE: strength | :: |
| 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 {n} (machinery) | :: jeki |
| 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} (act violating 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 | :: |
| Croatia {prop} (Country in Europe) | :: Korasia |
| Croatian {prop} (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 |
| 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 |
| crown {n} (representation of such a headdress) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (wreath or band for the head) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (reward) | :: taji, kirauni |
| crown {n} (imperial or regal power) | :: taji |
| crown {n} (topmost part of of the head) | :: kirauni |
| 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 |
| crown {adj} (of, related to, or pertaining to a crown) | :: kirauni |
| crown {v} (to place a crown on the head of) | :: kirauni |
| crown {v} (to formally declare one a king or emperor) | :: kirauni |
| crown {v} (to declare one a winner) | :: kirauni |
| cruel {adj} (not nice; mean; heartless) | :: dhalimu |
| crux {n} ((heraldry) cross on a coat of arms) SEE: cross | :: |
| cry {v} (intransitive: to weep) | :: kiliyo |
| cry {v} (intransitive: to shout, scream, yell) | :: kiliyo |
| cry {v} (transitive: to shout, to scream (words)) | :: kiliyo |
| cry {n} (shedding of tears) | :: kiliyo |
| cry {n} (shout or scream) | :: kiliyo |
| cry {n} (words shouted or screamed) | :: kiliyo |
| cry {n} | :: kulia |
| crystal {n} (mineral) | :: fuwele |
| Côte d'Ivoire {prop} (the Ivory Coast) | :: Kodivaa |
| Cuba {prop} (country and largest island in Caribbean) | :: Kuba |
| Cuban {n} (a person from Cuba) | :: Mkuba |
| Cuban {adj} (of or pertaining to Cuba) | :: Kikuba |
| cuckoo {n} (the bird) | :: kekeo |
| cuff {v} (to handcuff) SEE: handcuff | :: |
| 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 |
| currency {n} (money or other item used to facilitate transactions) | :: fulusi |
| current {n} (part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction) | :: 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 {n} (vulgar epithet) | :: laana |
| curse {v} (to place a curse upon) | :: kulaani |
| curse {v} (to utter a vulgar curse) | :: laani |
| curse {v} (to use offensive language) | :: laani |
| 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 |
| custom {n} (long-established practice) | :: desturi |
| customer {n} (one who purchases or receives a product or service) | :: mteja {c1} {c2}, wateja {p} |
| 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 |
| cycle {n} (vehicle) SEE: bicycle | :: |
| cycling {n} (The sport of riding and racing bicycles) | :: baiskeli |
| cyclone {n} (rotating system of winds) | :: saikloni {m} |
| cyclops {n} (giant of mythology) | :: siklopsi |
| cypress {n} (an evergreen coniferous tree) | :: mvinje |
| Czech {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language) | :: Kicheki |
| Czech {n} (person) | :: Mcheki |
| Czech {prop} (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 |
| dagger {n} (a stabbing weapon) | :: jambia |
| dagger {n} (a text character) | :: nyambuo |
| 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) | :: jaja |
| 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 liable harm) | :: hatari |
| danger {n} (instance or cause of liable harm) | :: hatari |
| dangerous {adj} (causing danger, ready to do harm or injury) | :: na hatari |
| 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 Judah) | :: Daudi |
| 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 - 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) | :: gali |
| 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} (a period of ten years) | :: muungo, mwongo |
| decade {n} (a series of ten things) | :: muungo |
| decade {n} (a series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary) | :: muungo |
| 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} (act of adorning) | :: pambo |
| decoration {n} (that which adorns) | :: pambo |
| decoration {n} (any mark of honor to be worn upon the person) | :: pambo |
| deductible {n} (excess) SEE: excess | :: |
| deed {n} (action) | :: tendo {c5} {c6} |
| 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} (the act of defeating or being defeated) | :: ushinde |
| defect {n} (fault or malfunction) | :: kasoro |
| defender {n} (someone who defends) | :: mtetezi |
| defender {n} (a lawyer) | :: 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) | :: -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 |
| delete {v} (to delete) SEE: strike | :: |
| 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 |
| denarius {n} (silver coin) | :: dinari {c9} {c10} |
| Denmark {prop} (country in Western 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} (rely on support) | :: tegemea |
| depend {v} (trust) | :: tegemea |
| depend {v} (serve) | :: tegemea |
| depend {v} (hang down) | :: tegemea |
| depend {v} (be pending) | :: tegemea |
| depth {n} (vertical distance below a surface) | :: kina, kiini |
| depths {n} (plural of depth) SEE: depth | :: |
| deputy {n} (representative) | :: naibu |
| 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 | :: |
| desecrate {v} (to profane or violate sacredness) | :: -najisi |
| desire {v} (wish for earnestly) | :: kutamani |
| desire {v} (want emotionally or sexually) | :: ari |
| 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, jarari |
| despair {v} (to be hopeless) | :: kukata tamaa |
| despise {v} (to regard with contempt or scorn) | :: dharau |
| destiny {n} (predetermined condition; fate; fixed order of things) | :: majaliwa |
| destitution {n} (extreme state of poverty) | :: ufukara |
| destruction {n} (act of destroying) | :: uharibifu |
| detain {v} (to detain) SEE: hold | :: |
| detect {v} (to detect) SEE: notice | :: |
| dette {n} (debt) SEE: debt | :: |
| development {n} (process of developing) | :: khuendelea, maendeleo |
| devil {n} (dust devil) SEE: dust devil | :: |
| devil {n} (a creature of hell) | :: ibilisi, shetani |
| diabetes {n} (A group of metabolic diseases) | :: kisukari |
| diabetes mellitus {n} (medical disorder) | :: kisukari, bolisukari |
| dial {n} (sundial) SEE: sundial | :: |
| dial {n} (graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves) | :: bonyeza |
| dial {n} (panel on a radio; knob that is turned to change the wavelength) | :: bonyeza |
| dial {n} (clock face) SEE: clock face | :: |
| dialect {n} (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 |
| 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 |
| dictator {n} (tyrannical boss, or authority figure) | :: dikteta |
| 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 | :: |
| dill {n} (fool) SEE: fool | :: |
| dingleberry {n} (cranberry) SEE: cranberry | :: |
| diocese {n} (region administered by a bishop) | :: dayosisi |
| Dionysus {prop} (Greek god of wine) | :: Dioniso |
| 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 |
| dipper {n} (bird) | :: dila |
| dipper {n} (vessel) | :: dila |
| direction {n} (indication of the point toward which an object is moving) | :: mwelekeo |
| direction {n} (work of the director (manager)) | :: mwelekeo |
| direction {n} (work of the director in cinema or theater) | :: mwelekeo |
| directions {n} (direction) SEE: direction | :: |
| director {n} (supervisor, manager, see also: film director) | :: mkurugenzi |
| dirham {n} (unit of currency) | :: dirhamu |
| dirt {n} (soil or earth) | :: takataka, uchafu |
| dirt {n} (stain or spot (on clothes etc)) | :: takataka, chafu |
| dirt {n} (previously unknown negative information) | :: takataka, uchafu |
| disable {v} (to deactivate a function of an electronical or mechanical device) | :: kuzima |
| disagree {v} | :: chokochoko |
| 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} (an active follower or adherent of someone, or some philosophy) | :: 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 |
| 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 |
| distressed {adj} (anxious or uneasy) | :: sononeka |
| distressed {adj} (damaged) | :: sononeka |
| distressed {adj} (offered for sale after foreclosure) | :: sononeka |
| distressed {adj} (faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique) | :: sononeka |
| 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} (calculate quotient) | :: gawa |
| divide {v} (separate into two or more parts) | :: gawa |
| divide {v} (of a cell) | :: 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 |
| division {n} (each of the parts resulting from division) | :: ugavi, farakano |
| division {n} (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another) | :: ugavi, farakano |
| division {n} (arithmetic: calculation involving this process) | :: ugavi, farakano |
| division {n} (large military unit) | :: farakano |
| division {n} (section of a large company) | :: farakano |
| division {n} (biology: taxonomic classification of plants) | :: ugavi, farakano |
| division {n} (disagreement; a difference of viewpoint) | :: ugavi, farakano |
| division {n} (law: concept of separate responsibility) | :: ugavi |
| 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) | :: Jibuti |
| Djiboutian {n} (person) | :: Mjibuti |
| Djiboutian {adj} (pertaining to Djibouti) | :: Kijibuti |
| doctor {n} (physician) | :: daktari, dokta |
| doctor {n} (person who has attained a doctorate) | :: daktari, dokta |
| doctor {v} (act as a medical doctor to) | :: daktari |
| doctrine {n} (belief) | :: maadili |
| doctrine {n} (body of beliefs or teachings) | :: maadili |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| dormitory {n} (room for sleeping) | :: bweni |
| doubt {n} (uncertainty) | :: 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} (fat person) | :: 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 |
| 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 |
| Dr {n} (Doctor) | :: Dkt. |
| draft {n} (early version of a written work) | :: mpepea |
| draft {n} (preliminary sketch) | :: mpepea |
| draft {n} (depth of water needed to float ship) | :: mpepea |
| draft {n} (current of air) | :: mpepea |
| draft {n} (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) | :: 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} (to force or convince a person to do a job) | :: 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 |
| dream {n} (imaginary events seen while sleeping) | :: ndoto |
| dream {v} (see imaginary events while sleeping) | :: -ota |
| dress {n} (garment) | :: rinda |
| dress {v} (to clothe (something or somebody)) | :: rinda |
| dress {v} (to clothe oneself) | :: rinda |
| dress {v} (to prepare the surface of (something)) | :: rinda |
| dress {v} (to bandage (a wound)) | :: rinda |
| dress {v} (to prepare (food)) | :: rinda |
| drill {n} (activity done as an exercise or practice) | :: kwata |
| drink {v} (consume liquid through the mouth) | :: kunywa |
| drink {v} | :: kunywa |
| drink {n} (served beverage) | :: kinywaji |
| drink {n} (served alcoholic beverage) | :: kinywaji |
| drink {n} (action of drinking) | :: kunywa |
| drink {n} (type of beverage) | :: kinywaji |
| drink {n} (alcoholic beverages in general) | :: kinywaji |
| drink {n} ("the drink"- colloquially, any body of water) | :: kinywaji |
| drive {v} (operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)) | :: kuendesha |
| drive off {v} (force to leave or go away) | :: kufukuza |
| driver {n} (one who drives something) | :: 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} (a period of unusually low rain fall) | :: kiangazi, ukame |
| drug {n} (substance used as a medical treatment) SEE: medicine | :: |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| dulcimer {n} (musical instrument) | :: santuri |
| dumbledore {n} (beetle) SEE: beetle | :: |
| dung {n} (manure) | :: kinyezi |
| dung {v} (to fertilize with dung) | :: kinyezi |
| Durex {prop} (condom) SEE: condom | :: |
| Durex {prop} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape | :: |
| durian {n} (fruit) | :: duriani |
| 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 {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} (organ of hearing) | :: sikio |
| ear {n} (slang: police informant) | :: sikio |
| ear {n} (fruiting body of a grain plant) | :: suke {c5} {c6} |
| ear {v} (archaic: to plough) | :: sikio |
| 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) | :: arthi |
| 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 |
| earthworm {n} (death (fig.)) | :: 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 |
| Eastern Europe {prop} (Eastern Europe) | :: Ulaya ya Mashariki |
| East Sea {prop} (Sea of Japan) SEE: Sea of Japan | :: |
| easy {adj} (requiring little skill or effort) | :: rahisi |
| easy {adj} (consenting readily to sex) | :: rahisi |
| eat {v} (consume) | :: kula |
| eater {n} (one who eats) | :: mla |
| 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 | :: |
| 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) | :: Ekwado |
| Ecuadorian {n} (person from Ecuador) | :: Mwekwado |
| Ecuadorian {adj} (pertaining to Ecuador) | :: Kiekwado |
| 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) | :: 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 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} (movie and television industries term) | :: 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 {n} (body housing an embryo) | :: yai |
| egg {n} (egg of domestic fowl as food item) | :: yai |
| egg {n} (ovum) | :: yai |
| egg {n} | :: yai, mayai pl (noun 5/6) |
| egg {v} (to throw eggs at) | :: yai |
| egg {v} (to dip in or coat with beaten egg) | :: yai |
| egg {v} (to encourage) | :: 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 |
| 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 |
| eland {n} (antelope) | :: pofu, mbungu |
| elbow {n} (joint between upper arm and forearm) | :: kisigino |
| 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 {v} (to choose or make decision) | :: uteuzi |
| elect {v} (to choose in election) | :: uteuzi |
| 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} (pertaining to electrons) | :: ektroniki |
| electronic {adj} (operating on behavior of electrons) | :: ektroniki |
| electronic {adj} (generated by electronic device) | :: ektroniki |
| electronic {adj} (of or pertaining to the Internet) | :: ektroniki |
| 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 |
| 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) | :: Elsavado |
| 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 | :: |
| 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 electronical 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} |
| end {n} (death) | :: mwisho |
| end {n} (period in curling) | :: tamati |
| end {v} (ergative, intransitive: be finished, be terminated) | :: mwisho, dali |
| 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 |
| enemy {n} (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation) | :: maadui |
| enemy {n} (an alliance of hostile forces) | :: maadui |
| enemy {adj} (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy) | :: maadui |
| energy {n} (impetus behind activity) | :: kani |
| energy {n} (capacity to do work) | :: kani |
| energy {n} (physics) | :: kani |
| 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 {prop} (the English language) | :: Kiingereza [noun 7] |
| English {prop} | :: [noun 1/2] Waingereza {p}, Mwingereza {s} |
| 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 {v} (to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) | :: kujivinjari |
| enjoy {v} (to have the use or benefit of something) | :: kujivinjari |
| enjoy your meal {phrase} (bon appétit) SEE: bon appétit | :: |
| enmity {n} (hostile or unfriendly disposition) | :: uadui |
| 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} |
| Ephesians {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Waefeso |
| Ephesus {prop} (a city of ancient Anatolia, in what is now Turkey) | :: Efeso |
| epilepsy {n} (medical condition) | :: kifafa |
| 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 |
| -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 {n} (A person from Eritrea or of Eritrean descent) | :: Mweritrea |
| Eritrean {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Eritrea, the Eritrean people or the Eritrean culture) | :: Kieritrea |
| 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} (key on most modern computer keyboards) | :: kwepa |
| escape {n} ((programming) ASCII character 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal)) | :: 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 |
| essence {n} (inherent nature) | :: mchakato |
| essence {n} (significant feature) | :: mchakato |
| essence {n} (concentrate) | :: mchakato |
| essence {n} (true nature of something) | :: mchakato |
| Esther {prop} (female given name) | :: Esta |
| Esther {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Esta |
| Estonia {prop} (country) | :: Estonia |
| eternal life {n} (immortality) SEE: immortality | :: |
| eternal life {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| 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 | :: |
| 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 |
| exchange {n} (act of exchanging or trading) | :: ubadilishaji |
| exchange {n} (place for conducting trading) | :: ubadilishaji |
| exchange {v} (To trade or barter) | :: ubadilishaji |
| exchange {v} (To replace with a similar item) | :: ubadilishaji |
| exchequer {n} (treasury) SEE: treasury | :: |
| excite {v} (to stir the emotions of) | :: kusisimua |
| excite {v} (to arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate) | :: kusisimua |
| excite {v} (to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state) | :: kusisimua |
| excitement {n} (state of being excited) | :: bambika, 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) | :: 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 {adj} (designed for execution) | :: mtendaji |
| 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 |
| exercise {v} (to set into action) | :: mazoezi |
| exercise {v} (to perform activities to develop skills) | :: mazoezi |
| exercise {v} (to take action, enforce) | :: mazoezi |
| expect {v} (to expect) SEE: look | :: |
| 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} (event(s) of which one is cognizant) | :: tajiriba, uzoefu |
| experience {n} (activity which one has performed) | :: tajriba, uzoefu |
| experience {n} (collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge) | :: tajriba, uzoefu |
| experience {n} (the knowledge thus gathered) | :: tajriba, uzoefu |
| experience {v} (to observe or undergo) | :: tajiriba, uzoefu |
| 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) | :: 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 {adj} (beyond what is due, usual) | :: ziada |
| extra {adj} (extraordinarily good) | :: ziada |
| extra {n} (extra edition of a newspaper) | :: ziada |
| extra-natural {adj} (supernatural) SEE: supernatural | :: |
| eye {n} (organ) | :: jicho |
| eye {v} (to view narrowly) | :: jicho |
| eye {v} (to look as if intending to do sthg) | :: jicho |
| eyeball {n} (ball of the eye) | :: mboni |
| 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 |
| fable {n} (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | :: hadithi |
| face {v} (to face) SEE: look | :: |
| 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} |
| face {v} (have its front closest to) | :: kuelekea |
| facsimile {v} (fax) SEE: fax | :: |
| factory {n} (manufacturing place) | :: karakana |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| fame {n} (state of being famous) | :: fora, umaarufu |
| family {n} (rank in a taxonomic classification, above both genus and species) | :: familia |
| family name {n} (surname) SEE: surname | :: |
| fan {n} (hand-held device) | :: shabiki |
| fan {n} (electrical device) | :: shabiki |
| fan {n} (anything resembling a hand-held fan) | :: shabiki |
| fan {v} (to blow air on by means of a fan) | :: shabiki |
| fan {v} (move or spread in multiple directions from one point) | :: shabiki |
| fan {n} (admirer) | :: shabiki |
| fang {n} (canine tooth) | :: chonge |
| fantasy {n} (literary genre) | :: fantasia |
| fare {n} (paying passenger) | :: abiria |
| farewell {interj} (Goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| 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 {prop} (Persian language) SEE: Persian | :: |
| fart {v} (to emit flatulent gases) | :: -shuta, -jamba |
| fart {n} (an emission of flatulent gases) | :: shuzi {s}, mashuzi {p} [noun 5/6] |
| fast {adj} (of a dye: not running or fading) | :: haraka |
| fast {adj} (capable of moving with great speed) | :: 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 |
| fate {n} | :: majaliwa |
| father {n} (male parent) | :: baba, mzee |
| father {n} (term of address for an elderly man) | :: 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 | :: |
| favorite {adj} (preferred) | :: kipenzi |
| favourite {n} (person who enjoys special regard or favour) | :: kipenzi |
| favourite {n} (person who is preferred or trusted above all others) | :: kipenzi |
| favourite {n} (contestant or competitor thought most likely to win) | :: kipenzi |
| favourite {adj} (favorite) SEE: favorite | :: |
| fax {n} (document transmitted by telephone) | :: faksi |
| fax {v} (send document) | :: faksi |
| fear {n} (uncountable: emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat) | :: woga, hofu |
| fear {v} (feel fear about (something)) | :: -ogopa, -hofu |
| fear {v} (venerate; to feel awe towards) | :: kucha |
| feast {n} (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) | :: nyoya |
| 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} (digested waste material discharged from the bowels) | :: mavi pl (nc 6) |
| fee {n} (monetary payment charged for professional services) | :: karo, ada |
| feeder {n} (baseball:pitcher) SEE: pitcher | :: |
| felicitate {v} (congratulate) SEE: congratulate | :: |
| felicitation {n} (congratulation) SEE: congratulation | :: |
| felicity {n} (happiness) SEE: happiness | :: |
| female {adj} (belonging to the sex that produces eggs and/or has XX chromosomes) | :: kike, jike |
| female {adj} (having an internal socket) | :: jike |
| feminine {n} (woman) SEE: woman | :: |
| fence {n} (barrier) | :: ua |
| fence {n} (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods) | :: ua |
| fence {v} (toenclose 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 |
| fern {n} (plant) | :: mkangaga {c3/4} |
| ferret {n} (the mammal Mustela putorius furo) | :: fereti |
| ferry {n} (boat) | :: feri |
| festival {n} (celebration) | :: 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} (clothing) | :: 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) | :: 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} (Republic of the Fiji Islands) | :: Fiji |
| 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 |
| film {n} (motion picture) SEE: movie | :: |
| filter {n} (device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance) | :: kichungi |
| filter {n} (electronics or software to separate unwanted signal) | :: kichungi |
| filter {n} (any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate) | :: kichungi |
| 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} (test or examination given at the end of a term or class) | :: finali |
| final {n} (sports: last round in a contest) | :: finali |
| final {n} (contest that narrows a field of contestants) | :: finali |
| final {adj} (last; ultimate) | :: finali |
| fine {adj} (of superior quality) | :: faini |
| fine {adj} (of a particular grade of quality, usually between "very good" and "very fine", and below "mint") | :: faini |
| fine {adj} (of weather: sunny and not raining) | :: faini |
| fine {adj} (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) | :: faini |
| fine {adj} (good-looking, attractive) | :: faini |
| fine {adj} (made up of particularly small pieces) | :: faini |
| fine {adj} (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) | :: faini |
| fine {adj} (made of slender or thin filaments) | :: faini |
| fine {adv} (expression of agreement) | :: faini |
| fine {v} (to make finer, purer, or cleaner) | :: faini |
| fine {v} (to become finer, purer, or cleaner) | :: faini |
| fine {v} (clarify by filtration) | :: faini |
| 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 {prop} (language) | :: Kifini, Kifinlandia, Kifinlandi, 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 extinguisher {n} (fire extinguisher) | :: kizima moto |
| firefighter {n} (a person who puts out fires and saves lives) | :: mzimamoto |
| fireman {n} (someone skilled in fighting fire) SEE: firefighter | :: |
| firewood {n} (wood intended to be burned, typically for heat) | :: kuni |
| first {adj} (numeral first) | :: -a kwanza |
| first cousin {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin | :: |
| 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 |
| fist {n} ((ham radio) the characteristic signaling rhythm) | :: ndumi |
| fist {v} (to strike with the fist) | :: ndumi |
| fit {v} (make ready) SEE: prepare | :: |
| 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 |
| flag {v} (lay down flagstones) | :: benbera |
| flagellum {n} (whip) SEE: whip | :: |
| flamingo {n} (bird) | :: heroe |
| flange {n} (slang:vulva) SEE: vulva | :: |
| flashlight {n} (battery-powered hand-held lightsource) | :: tochi |
| flask {n} (container for a small amount of beverage) | :: chupa |
| flat {n} (palm of the hand) SEE: palm | :: |
| flat {n} (apartment) SEE: apartment | :: |
| flatuency {n} (flatulence) SEE: flatulence | :: |
| flatulence {n} (state of having gas in digestive system) | :: vimbiwa |
| 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} (mammal's wide limb for swimming) | :: kikono |
| flittermouse {n} (bat) SEE: bat | :: |
| 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) | :: mafuriko, gharika |
| flood {v} (to overflow) | :: mafuriko, gharika |
| flood {v} (to cover as if by a flood) | :: gharika |
| flood {v} (to provide with a large number of quantity) | :: mafuriko, 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} {s}, maua pl (noun 6) |
| flower {v} (to put forth blooms) | :: -sitawi, -bariki, -chaunua |
| fluke {n} (lobe of whale's tail) | :: mkia wa nyangumi |
| fluorine {n} (chemical element) | :: florini |
| flute {n} (woodwind instrument) | :: digali, 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 |
| 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 |
| follow {v} (to follow) SEE: observe | :: |
| follower {n} (one who follows) | :: wafauasi |
| follower {n} (thing that comes after another thing) | :: wafauasi |
| follower {n} (one who is a part of a master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer) | :: wafauasi |
| follower {n} (one who adheres to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another) | :: wafauasi |
| follower {n} (imitator) | :: wafauasi |
| follower {n} (pursuer) | :: wafauasi |
| follower {n} (man courting a maidservant) | :: wafauasi |
| 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 |
| fool {n} (jester) | :: fala, mjinga |
| fool {n} (dessert) | :: fala, mjinga |
| fool {n} (tarot card) | :: fala |
| fool {v} (to trick; to make a fool of someone) | :: fala, mjinga |
| foot {n} (part of animal’s body ) | :: mgu |
| foot {n} (part of human body ) | :: mguu {c7} {c8} |
| foot {n} (unit of measure ) | :: futi |
| foot {v} (kick) | :: mgu |
| foot {v} (pay) | :: mgu |
| 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 |
| 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} (physical quantity) | :: mabavu |
| force {n} (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain) | :: mabavu |
| force {n} (ability to attack, control, or constrain) | :: mabavu |
| force {n} (type of magic trick) | :: mabavu |
| force {n} (law: legal validity) | :: mabavu |
| force {n} (law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion) | :: mabavu |
| force {v} (compel (someone to do something)) | :: mabavu |
| force {v} (cause to occur, overcoming resistance) | :: mabavu |
| force {v} (baseball To create an out by touching a base) | :: mabavu |
| force {n} (waterfall) SEE: waterfall | :: |
| force field {n} (science fiction) | :: ngao ya nishati (noun 9) |
| 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} (foreskin) SEE: prepuce | :: |
| forest {n} (dense collection of trees) | :: msitu, porini |
| forest {n} (any dense collection) | :: msitu, porini |
| forest {n} (graph theory: union of trees) | :: msitu, porini |
| forest {v} (to cover an area with trees) | :: msitu, porini |
| 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 |
| forever {n} (mythical time in the infinite future) | :: milele |
| for example {prep} (as an example) | :: kwa mfano |
| forget {v} (to lose remembrance of) | :: -sahau |
| forgive {v} (transitive, to pardon) | :: -samehe |
| 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 |
| 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) | :: 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 {v} (put together the structural elements) | :: fremu |
| frame {v} (add a decorative border to a picture) | :: fremu |
| frame {v} (position visually within a fixed boundary) | :: fremu |
| frame {v} (establish a context in words) | :: fremu |
| frame {v} (cause a person to appear guilty) | :: fremu |
| frame {n} (structural elements of a building or other constructed object) | :: fremu |
| frame {n} (structure of a person's body) | :: fremu, fremu |
| frame {n} (rigid, generally rectangular mounting) | :: fremu |
| frame {n} (piece of photographic film containing an image) | :: fremu |
| frame {n} (complete game of snooker) | :: fremu |
| France {prop} (country) | :: Ufaransa |
| francium {n} (chemical element) | :: fransi |
| frankincense {n} (incense) | :: uvumba |
| fraud {n} (an act of deception) | :: ghashi, sakata |
| fraud {n} (assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end) | :: ghashi, sakata |
| fraud {n} (one who performs fraud) | :: 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 |
| 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} (Romance language spoken in France) | :: 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} |
| Friday {n} (day of the week) | :: Ijumaa |
| fridge {n} (refrigerator) SEE: refrigerator | :: |
| 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 |
| fright {n} (A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger) | :: pigano |
| fright {n} (Anything strange, ugly or shocking) | :: pigano |
| frighten {v} (to disturb with fear) | :: -ogofya, -ogofisha |
| frog {n} (amphibian) | :: chura {c7} {c8} |
| frog {n} (end of a string instrument’s bow) | :: chura |
| frog {n} (organ in a horse’s foot) | :: chura |
| frog {n} (part of a railway) | :: chura |
| frog {n} (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop) | :: chura |
| from time to time {adv} (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 |
| fun {n} (enjoyment or amusement) | :: fani |
| fun {n} (playful, often noisy, activity) | :: fani |
| fun {adj} (enjoyable, amusing) | :: fani |
| 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 | :: |
| 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 |
| gaffer {n} (baby) SEE: baby | :: |
| gage {v} (to measure) SEE: gauge | :: |
| gage {v} (gauge) SEE: gauge | :: |
| galago {n} (primate) | :: komba |
| galah {n} (fool) SEE: fool | :: |
| 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 | :: |
| gam {n} (group of whales) | :: ufizi |
| 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, 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 |
| gap {n} (vacant space or time) | :: mwanya |
| gap {n} (mountain pass) | :: 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 |
| gas {n} ((uncountable, chemistry) state of matter) | :: gesi |
| 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 |
| gauge {n} (distance between the rails of a railway) | :: geji |
| gauge {n} (a semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space) | :: geji |
| gay {adj} (happy, joyful and lively) | :: shoga |
| gay {adj} (festive, bright, colorful) | :: shoga |
| gay {n} (homosexual person, especially male, see also: lesbian) | :: 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 | :: |
| geld {n} (ransom) SEE: ransom | :: |
| geld {n} (tribute) SEE: tribute | :: |
| 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} (grammar: voice (of verbs)) SEE: voice | :: |
| gender {n} (biological sex of persons or animals) | :: jinsia |
| 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 give one's money and/or time) | :: 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 invisible Muslim spirit) | :: jini |
| genie {n} (a fictional magical being) | :: jini |
| genie {n} | :: kijini |
| 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 (noun 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) | :: [noun 7/8] kivuli, mzuka |
| 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} (state of being giddy) 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 |
| 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) | :: nyumbu, mbogo |
| gnu goat {n} (Budorcas taxicolor) SEE: takin | :: |
| go {v} (die) SEE: die | :: |
| go {v} (lead (tend or reach in a certain direction)) SEE: lead | :: |
| go {v} (to move through space (especially from one place to another) ) | :: gura |
| 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} (urinate, defecate) SEE: pee | :: |
| 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} (deity) | :: bwana {s}, mabwana {p} [noun 5/6], rabi {s} {p} [noun 9/10] , mungu {c3} {c4} |
| God {n} (impersonal, universal, spiritual presence) | :: Jalali |
| God {n} (omnipotent being) | :: Jalali |
| God {prop} (single deity of monotheism) | :: Allah, Mungu |
| God {prop} (single male deity of duotheism) | :: Jalali |
| God {prop} | :: Allah (noun 1) |
| godly {adj} (of or pertaining to a god) | :: uungu |
| godly {adj} (devoted to a god or God) | :: uungu |
| godly {adj} (gloriously good) | :: uungu |
| goer {n} (foot) SEE: foot | :: |
| gold {n} (element) | :: dhahabu |
| 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) | :: mzuri |
| 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) | :: uzuri {11} {14} |
| good {n} (good result) | :: mzuri |
| good afternoon {phrase} (greeting said in the afternoon) | :: masalkheri [used by Muslims] |
| goodbye {interj} (farewell) | :: kwaheri, tuonane tena, majaliwea |
| goodbye {n} (an utterance of goodbye) | :: baibai, majaliwea |
| 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 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 night {phrase} (a farewell) | :: usiku mwema |
| goods {n} (that which is produced, traded, bought or sold) | :: mali {9} {10}, bidhaa |
| goose {n} (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae) | :: bata bukini |
| gooseberry {n} (fruit) | :: tunda bukini |
| gorilla {n} (ape) | :: ngagi {c9} {c10} |
| gospel {n} (first section of New Testament) | :: injili |
| gossip {n} (person) | :: tetesi, fitina |
| gossip {n} (idle talk) | :: tetesi, fitina |
| gossip {v} (to talk about someone else's private or personal business) | :: fakachi, fitina |
| gossip {v} (to talk idly) | :: fakachi, fitina |
| go to work {v} (work) SEE: work | :: |
| 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 |
| grammar {n} (rules for speaking and writing a language) | :: sarufi |
| grammarian {n} (person who studies grammar) | :: mwanasarufi |
| grammary {n} (grammar) SEE: grammar | :: |
| 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} (a large, round tart fruit) | :: balungi |
| grapevine {n} (the plant on which grapes grow) | :: mzabibu |
| graph {n} (mathematical diagram) | :: jedwali |
| graph {n} (an ordered pair in graph theory) | :: jedwali |
| graph {v} (draw a graph of) | :: jedwali |
| grasp {v} (to grasp) SEE: hold | :: |
| grass {n} (ground cover plant) | :: nyasi |
| grass {n} (lawn) | :: nyasi |
| grass {n} (marijuana) | :: unyasi |
| grass {n} (informer) | :: nyasi |
| grass {v} (to inform on) | :: nyasi |
| grasshopper {n} (an insect of the order Orthoptera) | :: panzi |
| grate {v} (shred) | :: kuna |
| grate {v} (rub against) | :: kuna |
| grate {v} (irritate) | :: 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) | :: girisi |
| grease {n} (oily or fatty matter) | :: girisi |
| grease {n} (shorn but not yet cleansed wool) | :: girisi |
| grease {n} (inflammation of a horse's heels) | :: girisi |
| grease {v} (put grease or fat on something) | :: girisi |
| grease {v} (to bribe) | :: girisi |
| grease {v} (to perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly) | :: girisi |
| grease {v} (to kill) | :: girisi |
| 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 |
| greed {n} (selfish desire for more than is needed) | :: tamaa |
| Greek {n} (inhabitant, etc., of Greece) | :: Mgiriki |
| Greek {prop} (language of the Greek people) | :: Kigiriki |
| green {adj} (having green as its colour) | :: kijani, chanikiwiti |
| greenery {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| 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 {prop} (language) SEE: Greenlandish | :: |
| Greenlandish {prop} (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 |
| 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} ((intransitive) to become bigger) | :: kukuza |
| grow {v} ((intransitive) to appear or sprout) | :: kukuza |
| grow {v} ((transitive) to cause something to become bigger) | :: kukuza |
| growth {n} (increase in size) | :: ukuaji |
| growth {n} (act of growing) | :: ukuaji |
| growth {n} (something that grows or has grown) | :: ukuaji |
| growth {n} (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) | :: 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) | :: mwelekezi |
| guide {n} (document, book) | :: mwelekezi |
| guide {n} (sign) | :: mwelekezi |
| guide {n} (any marking or object that provides quick reference) | :: mwelekezi |
| guide {n} (device) | :: mwelekezi |
| guide {n} (occultism: spirit who speaks through a medium) | :: mwelekezi |
| guide {n} (military: one who sets the pattern in a formation) | :: mwelekezi |
| guide {v} (to serve as a guide person) | :: mwelekezi |
| guide {v} (to steer or navigate a ship) | :: mwelekezi |
| guide {v} (to supervise education) | :: mwelekezi |
| guideline {n} (non-specific rule or principle) | :: kielelezo |
| guideline {n} (plan or explanation) | :: kielelezo |
| guideline {n} (light line to help align the text) | :: kielelezo |
| guilt {n} (responsibility for wrongdoing) | :: hatia |
| Guinea {prop} (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 {prop} (language) | :: Kigujarati |
| Gujarati {prop} (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 |
| gumbo {n} (gumbo) SEE: okra | :: |
| 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 |
| Guyanese {n} (person from Guyana) | :: Mguyana |
| Guyanese {adj} (pertaining to Guyana) | :: Kiguyana |
| habit {n} (addiction) | :: zoevu |
| habit {v} (clothe) | :: zoevu |
| Hades {prop} (from Greek mythology) | :: Hade, Hadesi |
| Hades {prop} (the Greek translation of Sheol) | :: kuzimu |
| 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 |
| hairless {adj} (bald) SEE: bald | :: |
| 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} (fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs) | :: halali |
| halal {adj} (in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do) | :: halali |
| half {n} (one of two equal parts into which anything may be divided) | :: nusu |
| half {n} (math: fraction) | :: nusu |
| half past {n} ("half past one" as example of usage in other languages) | :: saa saba na nusu (literally 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 |
| 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 | :: |
| 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 | :: |
| haste makes waste {proverb} (being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes) | :: haraka haraka haina baraka |
| hat {n} (a head covering) | :: kofia [nc 9/10], 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 {prop} (Hawaiian language) | :: Kihawai |
| hawk {n} (predatory bird) | :: 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 {determiner} (personal pronoun "he") | :: [both male and female] yeye |
| head {n} (part of the body) | :: kichwa {c7} {c8} |
| head {n} (leader or chief) | :: mkuu [c 1/2] |
| 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 |
| healing {n} (healing process, see also: recovery) | :: kuponya |
| health {n} (state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction) | :: afya |
| heart {n} (an organ) | :: moyo {s}, mioyo {p} |
| heart {n} (a suit of cards) | :: kopa |
| heart attack {n} (acute myocardial infarction) | :: mshtuko wa moyo |
| hearth {n} (floor of fireplace) | :: meko |
| hearts {n} (plural of "heart") SEE: heart | :: |
| hearts {n} (the card suit (♥)) | :: kopa, moyo |
| 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 |
| Hebrew {n} (Jew) SEE: Jew | :: |
| Hebrew {adj} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish | :: |
| Hebrew {n} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish | :: |
| Hebrew {prop} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish | :: |
| 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 |
| 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, mwera |
| hen {n} (hen-like woman) | :: 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} | :: hapa |
| here {n} (this place) | :: 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} (The 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 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 delay or impede movement) | :: zuia, pinga |
| hinder {v} (to make a task difficult) | :: kinga, kinza |
| Hindi {prop} (language) | :: Kihindi |
| Hindu {n} (religious adherent) | :: Mhindu |
| Hinduism {prop} (religion) | :: Uhindu |
| Hindustan {prop} (India) SEE: India | :: |
| hip {n} (joint) | :: unyonga, nyonga |
| hippopotamus {n} (large African mammal) | :: kiboko |
| 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} (a box or basket for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees) SEE: beehive | :: |
| hoe {n} (agricultural tool) | :: jembe |
| hold {n} (cargo area) | :: falka |
| 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 by an employee for leisure) | :: likizo |
| holiday {n} (period during which pupils and students do not attend their school or university) | :: likizo |
| holiday {n} (period taken off work or study for travel) | :: likizo |
| holiday {n} (unintentional gap) | :: likizo |
| Holland {prop} (the Netherlands, see also: Netherlands) | :: Uholanzi |
| 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- |
| hook {n} (attention-getting opening statement) | :: ndowani |
| hook {n} (type of cricket shot) | :: ndowani |
| hook {v} (to attach a hook) | :: ndowani |
| hook {v} (to catch with a hook) | :: ndowani |
| hook {v} (to make addicted) | :: ndowani |
| hook {v} (slang: to engage in prostitution) | :: ndowani |
| hooter {n} (owl) SEE: owl | :: |
| hoover {v} (vacuum) SEE: vacuum | :: |
| 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 |
| hope {v} (to want something to happen, with expectation that it might) | :: tumaini |
| 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} (hard or bony) | :: nyege |
| horny {adj} (sexually aroused) | :: nyege |
| horse {n} (members of the species Equus ferus) | :: farasi |
| horse {n} (related or similar species) | :: farasi |
| horse {n} (cavalry soldiers) | :: farasi |
| horse {n} (gymnastic equipment) | :: farasi |
| horse {n} (knight in chess (see also knight)) | :: farasi |
| horse {n} (slang: heroin) | :: farasi |
| 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 {n} (human abode) | :: nyumba {c9} {c10} |
| 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 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 | :: |
| how many {determiner} (what number) | :: -ngapi |
| 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 {n} (a human being) | :: binadamu |
| human being {n} (a human being) SEE: human | :: |
| human being {n} (person) | :: mwanadamu, binadamu |
| human rights {n} (the basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed) | :: haki za kibinadamu |
| humidity {n} (dampness, especially that of the air) | :: unyevuanga |
| hummock {n} (small hill) SEE: hillock | :: |
| hump {n} (rounded fleshy mass) | :: 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 with hanging additions or appendages) | :: anika |
| hung {adj} (having a large penis) | :: anika |
| hung {adj} (of a jury that is unable to reach a verdict) | :: anika |
| hunger {n} (need for food) | :: njaa, unenge |
| hunger {n} (strong desire) | :: njaa, unenge |
| hunger {v} (need food) | :: njaa, unenge |
| hunger {v} (desire) | :: njaa, unenge |
| hunt {v} (to chase down prey) | :: kuwinda |
| hunter {n} (person who hunts game) | :: msasi, mwindaji |
| hunting {n} (chasing and killing animals for sport or to get food) | :: 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) | :: kilemba |
| 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 |
| hyena {n} (mammal) | :: fisi {c9} {c10} sg & pl |
| hymn {n} (a song of praise or worship) | :: wimbo |
| hypocrite {n} (person practising hypocrisy) | :: kabwela |
| hyrax {n} (mammal of the order Hyracoidea) | :: pelele, kwanga, wibari, pimbi |
| I am blind {phrase} (I'm blind) SEE: I'm blind | :: |
| ibis {n} (Threskiornithid) | :: kwarara |
| Iblis {prop} ((Islam) Satan; the Devil) | :: Ibilisi |
| ice {n} (water in frozen form) | :: barafu |
| ice {n} (diamond) SEE: diamond | :: |
| 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} (a person from Iceland or of Icelandic descent) | :: Mwaisilandi {s}, Waaisilandi {p}, Mwisilandi |
| Icelandic {prop} (language) | :: Kiaisilandi |
| Icelandic {n} (Icelander) SEE: Icelander | :: |
| Icelandish {prop} (Icelandic) SEE: Icelandic | :: |
| Icelandish {adj} (Icelandic) SEE: Icelandic | :: |
| idea {n} (image formed in the mind) | :: wazo |
| idiot {n} (person of low general intelligence) | :: mjinga, kichwamaji |
| idle {adj} (not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity) | :: zembea |
| idle {adj} (not engaged in any occupation or employment) | :: zembea |
| idle {adj} (averse to work or labor) | :: zembea |
| idle {adj} (of no importance, worthless, useless) | :: zembea |
| idle {v} (to spend in idleness, to waste) | :: zembea |
| idle {v} (to lose or spend time doing nothing) | :: zembea |
| idle {v} (to run at a slow speed, or out of gear) | :: 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} (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 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 |
| I'm fine {phrase} (response) | :: njema, nzuri, vyema, sijambo, safi [colloquial], poa [colloquial], freshi [slang] |
| imitate {v} (to follow as a model) | :: kuiga |
| immigration {n} (the act of immigrating) | :: uhamisho |
| 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} (to put in or as if in prison; confine) | :: -funga |
| improve {v} (to become better) | :: boresha |
| in {prep} (within a certain elapsed time) | :: kwa |
| in {prep} | :: m-, [noun class 18] 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 |
| inclusion {n} (defect in precious stone) | :: 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 |
| 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 |
| indigence {n} (poverty) | :: ufukara |
| individuality {n} (person) SEE: person | :: |
| 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 wa bei |
| inflation {n} (increase in prices) | :: mfumuko wa bei |
| inflation {n} (inflation of the universe) | :: mfumuko wa bei |
| information {n} (communicable knowledge) | :: habari |
| inhabitant {n} (Someone or thing who lives in a place) | :: mwenyeji {c1} {c2} |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 {adv} (within the interior) | :: ndani |
| inside {adj} (within) | :: ndani |
| insist {v} (to hold up a claim emphatically) | :: shinikizo |
| inspect {v} (examine critically, scrutinize) | :: usoro |
| inspect {v} (view and examine officially) | :: usoro |
| inspector {n} (person employed to inspect something) | :: kachero |
| 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} (that which instructs, or with which one is instructed) | :: magizo |
| instruction {n} (order or command) | :: agizo {c5} {c6} |
| instruction {n} (single operation of a processor) | :: agizo |
| insult {v} (to offend) | :: kutukana |
| insult {n} (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude) | :: tusi |
| insult {n} (anything that causes offence/offense by being of an unacceptable quality) | :: 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 |
| intentional {adj} (intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily) | :: makusudi |
| intentional {adj} (done with intent) | :: makusudi |
| intercourse {n} (communication, conversation) | :: uhusiano |
| interfere {v} | :: kinga, kinza |
| interjection {n} (an 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 ceremonially install into office) | :: wekeza |
| invest {v} (to formally give power) | :: wekeza |
| invest {v} (to lay siege to) | :: wekeza |
| invest {v} (to make investments) | :: wekeza |
| investigate {v} (to inquire into, study) | :: ukale, chunguza |
| investigate {v} (to examine) | :: ukale, chunguza |
| investigate {v} (to conduct an inquiry or examination) | :: ukale, 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) | :: Iraki |
| 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 |
| iron {n} (element) | :: chuma {c7} {c8} |
| ironsmith {n} (blacksmith) SEE: blacksmith | :: |
| ironware {n} (articles made of iron) | :: chuma |
| 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 |
| isle {n} (isle) SEE: island | :: |
| Israel {prop} (the state) | :: Israeli |
| Israeli {n} (person from Israel or of Israeli descent) | :: wayahudi |
| issue {n} (act of flowing out) | :: suala |
| issue {n} (small incision etc. to drain excess bodily fluid) | :: suala |
| issue {n} (conclusion) | :: suala |
| issue {n} (contested point in a dispute or debate) | :: swala |
| issue {v} (to flow out; to proceed from) | :: suala |
| issue {v} (to sally forth) | :: suala |
| issue {v} (to come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue) | :: suala |
| issue {v} (to send out; to put into circulation) | :: suala |
| issue {v} (to deliver for use) | :: suala |
| issue {v} (to deliver by authority) | :: 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} (person) | :: Mwitalia, Mwitali |
| Italian {prop} (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 |
| it's a pleasure {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| -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 |
| jacket {n} (piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse) | :: jaketi |
| jacket {n} (piece of a person's suit) | :: kabuti |
| jacket {n} (removable or replaceable protective or insulating cover for an object) | :: kabuti |
| 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 {v} (to block or confuse a broadcast signal) | :: msongamano |
| Jamaica {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: 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} (fruit) | :: zambarau |
| 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 {prop} (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 |
| jealousy {n} | :: wivu, wizu |
| Jehovah {prop} (transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton) | :: Yehova |
| Jehovah's Witnesses {n} (denomination) | :: Mashahidi wa Yehova |
| Jerry {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| jerrycan {n} (pressed-steel fuel container) | :: ndege |
| jersey {n} (garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body) | :: jezi |
| 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} (stream of fluid) | :: jeti |
| jet {n} (spout or nozzle) | :: jeti |
| jet {n} (engine) | :: mtambo, |
| jet {n} (carburetor part) | :: jeti |
| 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} (a person with a Jewish cultural or ancestral connection) | :: wayahudi |
| jewel {n} (gemstone) | :: johari {c9} {c10} |
| jewel {n} (valuable object for ornamentation) | :: johari {c9} {c10} |
| jewel {n} (anything considered 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} (biblical and qur'anic character) | :: Ayubu |
| John {prop} (male given name - the standard or most popular form) | :: Yohana |
| John {prop} (biblical persons) | :: Yohana |
| John the Baptist {prop} (biblical prophet) | :: Yohane Mbatizaji |
| joke {n} (amusing story) | :: kasheshe |
| joke {n} (something said or done for amusement) | :: kasheshe |
| joke {n} (worthless thing or person) | :: kasheshe |
| joke {v} (do for amusement) | :: mzaha, kasheshe |
| joker {n} (jester) SEE: fool | :: |
| Jonah {prop} (prophet) | :: 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 |
| 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 |
| judgment {n} (act of judging) | :: hukumu |
| judgment {n} ((law) act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice) | :: 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] |
| jungle {n} (large, undeveloped, humid forest) | :: mwitu |
| juniper {n} (shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus) | :: mreteni |
| juniper berry {n} (the 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 |
| jurist {n} (judge) SEE: judge | :: |
| 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 |
| Kampuchea {prop} (Former name for Cambodia) | :: Kampuchia |
| kangaroo {n} (marsupial) | :: kangaruu |
| kanji {n} (Chinese characters in Japanese context) | :: kanji |
| Kanji {prop} (kanji) SEE: kanji | :: |
| katana {n} (a type of Japanese longsword) | :: katana |
| Kazakh {n} (a person of Kazakh descent) | :: Mkazaki |
| Kazakh {prop} (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 |
| 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 {prop} (English dialect of Kenya) | :: kiingereza cha kenya |
| 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} (the leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964) | :: Krushchov |
| kid {n} (young goat) | :: mwanambuzi |
| kidnap {v} (to seize and detain a person unlawfully) | :: teka nyara |
| kidnap {n} (an instance of kidnapping) | :: teka nyara |
| 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} (put to death) | :: kuua |
| killer {n} (person who kills) | :: mwuaji |
| killer {n} (murderer) | :: mwuaji |
| kilo {n} (short form of kilogram) | :: 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} (nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen) | :: ufalme |
| kinsman {n} (male relative) | :: ndugu |
| Kinyarwanda {prop} (Rwanda) SEE: Rwanda | :: |
| 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) | :: mwewe |
| klipspringer {n} (Oreotragus oreotragus) | :: mbuzi mawe |
| 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 |
| knife {n} | :: kisu |
| knife {v} (to use a knife to cut) | :: makali ya kisu |
| knife {v} (to use a knife to injure or kill) | :: makali ya kisu |
| knife {v} (to cut through as if with a knife) | :: makali ya kisu |
| knot {n} (looping) | :: fundo |
| knot {n} (tangled clump) | :: fundo |
| knot {n} (maze-like pattern) | :: fundo |
| knot {n} (mathematics closed curve) | :: fundo |
| knot {n} (difficult situation) | :: fundo |
| knot {n} (whorl in wood left by branch) | :: fundo |
| knot {n} (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) | :: fundo |
| knot {n} (nautical unit of speed) | :: fundo |
| knot {v} (form into a knot; tie with knot(s)) | :: funda |
| knot {v} (form wrinkles in forehead) | :: funda |
| knot {n} (variety of wading bird) | :: fundo |
| know {v} (be certain or sure about (something)) | :: kujua |
| knowledge {n} (fact of knowing about something; understanding, familiarity with information) | :: maarifa |
| 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 {prop} (language) | :: Kikorea |
| Korean {n} (person) | :: Mkorea |
| 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 |
| 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} (something that resembles this tool) | :: ngazi |
| lady {n} (mistress of a household) | :: msichana |
| lake {n} (body of water) | :: jito {c5} {c6}, majito {p}, ziwa |
| lake {n} (coloring agent) | :: ziwa |
| Lake Victoria {prop} (African lake) | :: Ziwa Victoria |
| lakh {num} (one hundred thousand) | :: laki, lakhi |
| lamb {n} (young sheep) | :: mwanakondoo |
| 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 {s} {p} |
| land {n} (real estate or landed property) | :: ardhi |
| land {n} (country or region) | :: ardhi |
| land {n} (ground that is suitable for farming) | :: ardhi |
| land {n} (fright) SEE: fright | :: |
| 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) | :: 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 |
| laugh {v} | :: kucheka |
| laughing hyena {n} (spotted hyena) SEE: spotted hyena | :: |
| laurel {n} (evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus) | :: mbei {s} (noun 3) |
| laurel {n} (crown of laurel) | :: taji la mbei (noun 5) |
| lava {n} (melted 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 from the legislative authority) | :: sheria |
| law {n} (body of rules and standards to be applied by courts) | :: sheria |
| law {n} (written or understood rule) | :: kanuni |
| law {n} (observed physical behavior) | :: 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) | :: mlegevu |
| 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 |
| leadership {n} (office of leader) | :: 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} (a group or association of cooperating members) | :: ligi |
| league {n} (organization of sports teams) | :: ligi |
| league {v} (to form an association) | :: 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} (collection of accounting entries) | :: leja |
| leech {n} (annelid) | :: mruba |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| lend {v} (to allow to be used temporarily) | :: kukopesha |
| length {n} (distance from end to end) | :: 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 female homosexuality) | :: shoga |
| lesbian {n} (female homosexual) | :: shoga |
| Lesbian {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| Lesbian {adj} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| lesbo {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian | :: |
| Lesotho {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Lesoto |
| -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 |
| letter {n} (letter of the alphabet) | :: herufi |
| letter {n} (written message) | :: barua |
| lettuce {n} (an edible plant, Lactuca) | :: saladi |
| Levite {n} (member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi) | :: Mlawi |
| lexicographer {n} (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) | :: mwanaleksikografia |
| lexicography {n} (art or craft of writing 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 Liber |