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writer mwandishi
written article makala
wrong mbaya
X-Ray exsirei
yawn* kupiga miayo
year mwaka
years miaka
yellow manjano
yes ndiyo
yesterday jana
young changa
young man kijana
young woman msichana
youth kijana
youth, the vijana
zero sifuri
zone kanda
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STUDENT’S ENGLISH-SWAHILI/SWAHILI-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Dr. Thomas Wilson SESS Project/VSO Tanzania
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Preface
Student’s English – Kiswahili Lexicon Version 4.0
September 12, 2005
One of the things I have noticed about our students is that, although they may be able to identify vocabulary in subject use, terminology, etc., they have a hard time actually conversing. They can tell you how to multiply using logarithms, define biological and chemical processes, but few of them can tell you what they did over the weekend. Typically, they will give one-word answers to questions. This lexicon is intended for Tanzanian secondary school students. The curriculum for Tanzanian secondary schools is set in English. However, most students’ command of spoken English, even in upper Forms, is weak. Students’ comfort level in spoken English is quite low. Few students possess the wherewithal to purchase dictionaries. Some schools, which do have libraries, may possess a few copies of one of the common English-Kiswahili dictionaries e.g. Kirkby, TUKI, e.g. Kondoa Girls’. However, copies are few, where they do exist, and students are largely unfamiliar with their use. The aim of this lexicon is to provide students with a device whereby they may look up the Kiswahili equivalents of about 3000 English words. With practice, they may become familiar with the method of looking up equivalents of words on a one-to-one
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why kwa nini
wide ya pana
widen* kupanua
wife mke
win* kushinda
wind upepo
window dirisha
wing bawa
winter majira ya baridi
wipe* kufuta
wise ya hekima
witchcraft uchawi
with kwa, na, pamoja na
withdraw* kutoa
without bila
woman mwanamke
wood ubao
woodland msitu
word neno
work kazi
work* kufanya kazi
worker mfanyakazi
workshift zamu
world dunia
worry wasiwasi
worship* kuabudu
wound jeraha
wrap* kufungia
wrapped ya jifunika
write kuandika
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Wednesday Jumatano
weed gugu
weed* kupalilia
week wiki
weep* kulia
weigh* kupima
weight uzito
weightless sio na uzito
welcome (someone)* kukaribisha
well (adj) nzima
well (good) vizuri
well (water) kisima
well get* kupona
west magharibi
wet ya majimaji
what is wrong? inashida gani?
wheat ngano
wheel gurudumu
when lini
where wapi
where is (a person) iko wapi
which gani
which day siku gani
while wakati wa
whisper* kunong'ona
whistle* kupiga mluzi
white ya eupe
who nani
whole ya zima
whose ya nani
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basis. Over time, as they become knowledgeable about the equivalents, they may become more comfortable with English words. At that point they may branch out and be confident enough to learn to use the detailed dictionaries that do exist. I have chosen the vocabulary by consulting Peter Wilson’s book “Simplified Swahili”. Wilson presents a core vocabulary of about 3500 words, which he considers necessary for an English speaker to know and use in order to survive using Kiswahili. I used this logic in reverse in selecting about 3000 words, which when mastered, would permit students to survive in English. I have taken some of the words from Wilson’s book, others from Joan Russell’s “Teach Yourself Swahili”, and added more that I have noticed in common use in everyday speech, and in the media. I used the TUKI dictionary to verify the correctness of the equivalents. I also consulted a number of English and Kiswahili teachers to verify usages. My aim was to keep the number of entries to a minimum, but at the same time provide a “critical mass” of words, to permit one to acquire a cogent vocabulary. Research indicates that once such a critical vocabulary mass is attained, ease and familiarity, and therefore, proficiency, in another language mushroom in a self-sustaining, self-nurturing process of learning. Put simply, one learns more words because one knows more words, and because one knows more words, one can “learn” to know more.
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Educational technology refers to this as a self-sustaining positive feedback loop. Buckminster Fuller used the analogy of flight to describe the process. Once speed is increased to the point where lift is attained over the wings, an aircraft can leave the ground. In learning, once the loop is engaged, the learning process “takes off”, and “flight” is attained. In terms of a second language, once a critical vocabulary mass is learnt to the point of proficiency, a loop is engaged whereby one is able to learn more using that critical mass, and add to it in the process. In practice this would be seen and felt by the learner when they are functioning in the second language, and using it to acquire more vocabulary, which they can use to learn more. We recognize the phenomenon when we become aware that we are no longer translating, but using the other language as a device in itself. The point of this lexicon, therefore, is the provision and induction of the linguistic tool of that critical vocabulary mass. I would like to thank the following people who assisted me in the preparation of this document. Walimu Omari and Tagalile, Kondoa Girls Secondary, for help with the translations and spelling, Mrs. Karen Yunus, SESS Project, for her constant and unflagging encouragement from the beginning of this idea. Thanks also to Mr. F. Habili, Head Master of Kigwe Secondary, for his final corrections. I would also like to thank VSO-Tanzania, for supporting the project, our final, and most sincere thanks must go to Barclays
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wake (up)* kuamka
walk (stroll) matembezi
walk* kutembea
wall ukuta
wander around (someplace)* kuvinjari
wander* kuzurura
want* kutaka
war vita
warm ya vuguvugu
warn* kuonya
warning onyo
wash (clothes)* kufua
wash (hands)* kunawa
waste takataka
waste* kupoteza
wasteful ya potevu
watch* kuangalia
water maji
waterfall maporomoko ya maji
waterproof siopenya maji
watertight siopitisha maji
way njia
weak dhaifu
weakness udhaifu
wealth mali
weapons silaha
wear* kuvaa
weather hali ya hewa
weave* kufuma
wedding harusi
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valid halali
valley bonde
value thamani
vanish* kutokomea
various mbalimbali
vegetables mboga
vehicle gari
vein mshipa wa damu
verb kitenzi
vertical wima
very sana
veterinarian (vet) mganga wa mifugo
victims majeruhi
village kijiji
villages kijiji
visible be * kuonekana
visit* kutembelea
visit* kuzuru
visitor mgeni
vital ya lazima
vocabulary msamiati
voice sauti
volunteer* kujitolea
vomit* kutapika
vote* kupiga kura
wait for* kungojea
wait for* kusubiria
wait* kungoja
wait* kusubiri
waiter mhudumu
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Bank, who funded the VSO small grants which allowed this project to succeed. Dr. Thomas Wilson, VSO September 12, 2005 Dodoma
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ENGLISH - SWAHILI abandon kuacha
abdomen tumbo
ability uwezo
able hodari
able be* kuweza
about (approx.) kama
about (concerning) kuhusu, juu ya
above juu ya
absolute(ly) kamili
accelerate* kuzidisha mwendo
accept* (agree) kukubali
accident ajali
according to kufuatana na
accurate adj. angalifu
accurate adj. sahihi
accuse* kushitaki
accustomed be* kuzoea
acid asidi
acidic ya asidi*
acquire* kupata
acre eka
act (an) tendo
act* kutenda
act* (on stage) kucheza
act* (take action) kutenda
acute ya kali
add* (count) kuhesabu
add* (increase) kuongeza
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under chini ya
understand* kuelewa
underwear chupi
undress* kuvua
unfold* kukunjua
unity umoja
universal ya ote
university chuo kikuu
unload* kupakua
unravel* kufumua
untangle* kutatua
untie* kufungua
until mpaka
until now mpaka sasa
until, up to mpaka
up juu
up to mpaka
upper ya juu
upright ya mwima
us sisi
USA Marekani
use matumizi
use* kutumia
useful* be kufaa
usefulness manufaa
useless bure
usually kwa kawaida
vacant ntupu
vacation likizo
vaccuum ombwe
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train garimoshi
training mafunzo
transfer* kuhamisha
translate* kutafsiri
trap mtego
travel* kusafiri
traveller msafiri
treat (medically) * kutibu
treatment (medical) matibabu
treatment (medical) tiba
tree mti
tremble* kutetemka
tribe kabila
trick* kudanganya
trim* kupunguza
trouble shida
truly kweli
trust* kuamini
trustworthy kuaminifu
truth ukweli
try* kujaribu
tsetse fly mbung'o
Tuesday Jumanne
turn (car, bike) * kupinda
turn over* kupindua
type aina
type* kupiga chapa
umbrella mwavuli
uncle mjomba
uncover* kufunua
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address (postal) anwani
address (sermon) hotuba
adequate ya kutosha
adjective kivumishi
adjust* kurekebisha
administer* kutawala
administration utawala
adult mtu mzima
advantage faida
adverb kielezi
advice ushauri
advise* kushauri
aeroplane ndege
affair shauri
afix* kuimarisha
afraid be* kuogopa
after baada ya
afternoon alasiri
afterwards baadaye
again tena
age umri
ago zamani
agree to* kukubali
agreement maafikiano
agriculture kilimo
ahead (in the future) ijayo
aid msada
aid* kusaidia
aim shabaha
aim, to kupiga shabaha
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air hewa
alike sawa na
alive hai
all (any at all) yo yote
all (completely, totally) kabisa
all (every) yote
all (of us) sisi sote
allow* kuruhusu
almost karibu
alone peke y(angu)
already kwisha
already tayari
also pia
alter* kubadilisha
although ingawa
always sikuzote
among kati ya
amongst katikati ya
amount kiasi
angry be* kukasirika
animal mnyama
animal (wild) mnyama mwitu
announce* kutangaza
announcement tangazo
annoy* kusumbua
annul* kubatilisha
another nyingine
answer jibu
answer (math) jawabu
answer* kujibu
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ticket tiketi
ticket tikiti
tidy nadhifu
tie* kufunga
tighten* kukaza
time (hour) saa
time (instance) wakati
timetable ratiba
tin (can) kopo
tired be* kuchoka
title anwani
toe kidole
together pamoja
tongue ulimi
too pia
too much mno
tool chombo
tooth jino
top (of) kilele
top, on juu ya
topic mada
total jumla
touch* kugusa
tourist mtalii
tow* kuvuta
toward kuelekea
towards kuelekea
towards upande wa
tower mnara
trade biashara
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theme wazo
then halafu
theory nadharia
there (close) pale
there (far) kule
there is kuna
thereabouts kule
therefore kwahiyo
thick mnene
thickness unene
thief mwizi
thigh paja
thin ya embamba
thing kitu
thirst kiu
thirsty be * kusikia kiu
thorough kamili
thoroughly kabisa
though ingawa
thought wazo
thoughtful mwangalifu
thread uzi
threat tishio
threaten* kutisha
thrive* kusitawi
throat koo
throw away kutupa
throw* kurusha
Thursday Alhamisi
thus hivyo
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antenna (insect) kipapasio
antenna (radio/telephone) antena
any yo yote
anyone yeyote
anything kitu cho chote
apart (far) mbali
apologize* kuomboradhi
appear* kuonekana
apply* (spread upon) kupaka
approve* kukubali
area eneo
arm mkono
arrange* kuandaa
arrange* kupanga
arrangement mpango
arrest* kukamata
arrive* kufika
as (like) kama
as (since, because) kwa sababu
as long as almradi
as well as vilevile
as yet bado
ask for* kuomba
ask* question) kuuliza
assembly (school) baraza
assist* kusaidia
association chama
attach* kuambatisha
attempt* kujaribu
authentic halisi
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author mwandishi
average wastani
average ya wastani
awake* kuamka
awaken (someone)* kuamsha
aware be* kufahamu
away (adv) mbali
back (person´s) mgongo
back(wards) nyuma
bad mbaya
bad(ness) ubaya
badly vibaya
bag mfuko
baggage mizigo
bake* kuoka
balance (scales) mizani
baloon puto
base msingi
bathe* kuoga
battery betri
be* kuwa
beach pwani
beautiful nzuri
beauty uzuri
because kwa sababu
become* kuwa
bed kitanda
beef nyama ya ng'ombe
before kabla ya
begin* kuanza
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take a photograph* kupiga picha
take a picture* kupiga picha
take care of* kutunza
take care* kujali
take hold* kushika
take out* kutoa
take precaution* kuhadhari
take* kuchukua
talent kipawa
talk (chat) * kuzungumza
tame wa kufuga
tank (water) hodhi
tap* kugonga
target shabaha
taste ladha
taste* kuonja
tax kodi
teach* kufundisha
team timu
tear* kupasua, kurarua
tear (weep) kulia chozi
teeth meno
telephone* kupiga simu
tell* kuambia
term muda
term (school) muhala
test* kupima
than kuliko
thank* kushukuru
that kwamba
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supplies vifaa
supply* kutoa
support* kutegemeza
sure (adj) ya hakika
sure, make* kuhakikisha
surely bila shaka
surface uso
surgery upasuaji
surpass kushinda
surprise mshangao
surprised be * kushangaa
surround* kuzingira
survive* kuendalea kuishi
swallow* kumeza
sweep* kufagia
sweet tamu
sweet ya tamu
swell* kuvimba
swerve* kuchepuka
swift epesi
swim* kuogelea
switch swichi
symbol alama
sympathy huruma
symptom dalili
synonym kisawe
system mfumo
table meza
tablet kidonge
tail mkia
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behave* kutenda
behaviour tabia
behind nyuma ya
belief imani
believe* kuamini
below chini ya
bend* kupinda
beneath chini ya
benefit faida
benefit mafaa
beside kando ya
besides vilevile
best bora
better (than) bora (kuliko)
between kati ya
beyond mbele ya
big mkubwa
bill hesabu
bird ndege
birth uzazi
bishop askofu
bite* kuuma
bitter mchungu
bitterness uchungu
black neusi
blank tupu
bleed* kutoa damu
bleed* (be bleeding) kutoka damu
blend* kuchanganya
bless* kubariki
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blessing baraka
blind (adj) mpofu
blind person kipofu
blood damu
blue kibluu
board ubao
board* (bus, etc) kupanda
boast* kujisifu
boat chombo
boat (large) meli
body mwili
boil* kuchemsha
bond kifungo
bone mfupa
book kitabu
boost* kusukuma juu
boot kiatu
border mpaka
born to be kuzaliwa
borrow* kukopa
bother* kusumbua
bottle chupa
bottom chini
boundary mpaka
bowel (large) matumbo
bowel (small) uchegelele
box sanduku
boy mvulana
brain ubongo
branch (all senses) tawi
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strange (odd) ya ajabu
strangle* kukaba
street mtaa
strength uwezo
strength nguvu
strike* kupiga
string kamba
stroll about* kuvinjari
strong imara
study* kusoma, kujifunza
stuff vitu
stumble* kukwaa
stupid mpumbavu
stupid ya wajinga
style mtindo
subject somo
succeed in a task* kufaulu
succeed in life* kufanikiwa
success mafanikio
success (a) fanaka
suddenly ghafula
sugar sukari
suggest* kupendekeza
suggestion pendekezo
sum jumla
summer majira ya joto
summon* kuita
sun jua
Sunday Jumapili
sunlight mwanga wa jua
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steal* kuiba
steam mvuke
steel chuma
steep ya mwinuko mkali
steer* kuongoza
stem kikonyo
step hatua
steps daraja
stick onto* kubandika
still mtulivu
still bado
stir* kukoroga
stitch* kushona
stomach tumbo
stone jiwe
stop bring someone (thing) to a * kusimamisha
stop it* kuacha
stop* kusimama
stopper kizibo
store akiba
store* kuweka
storey ghorofa
storm dhoruba
story hadithi
story (the reason) kisa
straight sawa
straighten* kunyosha
straightforward waziwazi
strange mgeni
strange (foreign) ya kigeni
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brand chapa
bread mkate
breadth upana
break* kuvunja
breathe* kuvuta pumzi
bribe rushwa
bribe* kutoa rushwa
brick tofali
bridge daraja
brief mfupi
briefly kwa kifupi
bring* kuleta
broad mpana
broom ufagio
brother (elder) kaka
brother (younger) ndugu
brotherhood udugu
bruise vilio la dama
brush* kufagia
bucket ndoo
bug mdudu
build* kujenga
bump* kugonga
bundle bahasha
burden mzigo
burglar mwizi
burn* (be burning) kuwaka
burn* something kuchoma
bury* kuzika
bus basi
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business biashara
businessman mfanyabiashara
busy mashughuli
but lakini
butter siagi
butterfly kipepeo
button kifungo
buy* kununua
by karibu na
calculate* kukokotoa
calendar kalenda
calf ndama
call* kuita
calm ntulivu
camera kamera
camp kambi
can kopo
canal mfereji
cancel* kufuta
candle mshumaa
canoe mtumbwi
cap (bottle, lens) kifuniko
cap (hat) kofia
capable (person) hodari
capacity (fullness) nafasi
capture* kukamata
car gari
carcass mzoga
cards (playing) karata
care (attention) uangalifu
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split* kupasua
spoil* kuharibu
spoon kijiko
spot doa
spray* kunyunyizia
spread * kueneza
spread out* kutandika
spring (water) chemchemi
square ya mraba
squeeze* kubana
stab* kuchoma
stable imara
stable be * kuimarika
staff wafanyakazi
stain* kutia waa
staircase daraja
stamp stempu
stand* kusimama
standard sanifu
standard (a) kipimo
star nyota
starlight mwanga wa nyota
start* kuanza
startle* kushtuka
startle* kurupua
state (condition) hali
state or province jimbo
statistics takwimu
status hali
stay* kukaa
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son mwana
song wimbo
soon karibu
soon mapema
sore be* kuumwa
sorry samahani
sort jinsi, namna, aina
soul roho
sound sauti
sound (adj) nzima
soundless bila sauti
sour chachu
source asili
space anga
space (a place) nafasi
spank* kutandika matakoni
spark cheche
speak* kusema
special pekee
species aina
specimen mfano
speech usemi
speed mwendo
spell a word* kuendeleza
spend* kutumia
sphere tufe
spill* kumwaga
spirit roho
splash kurushia
splinter (glass) kigeregenza
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carefully taratibu
carpenter seremala
carpet zulia
carry on* kuendelea
carry* kuchukua
case (affair) swala
cat paka
catch* (something thrown, drift of) kushika
catholic katoliki
cattle ng'ombe
cause asili
cause surprise* kushangaza
cause* kusababisha
cause* kusababisha
caution tahadhari
cease* kukoma
ceiling dari
centre kati
certain baadhi ya
certain(ty) hakika
certainly bila shaka
certificate cheti
chain mnyororo
chair kiti
chairperson mwenyekiti
chalk chaki
challenge kushindana
chance (a) nafasi
channel (TV/radio) idhaa
channel (water) mfereji
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charcoal makaa
chart ramani
cheap rahisi
cheat* kudanganya
cheese chizi
chemical dawa
chest (human) kifua
chew* kutafuna
chicken kuku
child mtoto
childhood utoto
childish wa kitoto
choose* kuchagua
christen* kubatiza
Christian Mkristo
Christianity Ukristo
church kanisa
cigarette sigara
cinema sinema
circle duara
circumstances hail ya mambo
citizen raia
city mji mkubwa
clap* kupiga makofi
clarity uwazo
class tabaka
classroom darasa
claw kucha
clay towe
clean safi
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smooth laini
snake nyoka
sneeze* kupiga chafya
snow theluji
so basi
so as to ili
soak be* kulowa
soap sabuni
soap powder sabuni ya unga
society (a) chama
society (in the general sense) jamii
soft laini
soil udongo
solar ya jua, ya sola
soldier askari
solid mango
solve* kutafuta jibu
solve* kutoa jawabu
solve* kutatua
some (people) baadhi ya (watu)
some eg. people baadhi ya watu
somebody mtu fulani
somehow kwa namna fulani
someplace mahali fulani
something kitu (moja)
sometime siku fulani
sometimes pengine
sometimes mara kwa mara
somewhat kidogo
somewhere mahali fulani
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sin dhambi
since tangu
sing* kuimba
sink* kuzama
sister dada
sit* kukaa
situation hali
size ukubwa
skid* kuteleza
skilled worker fundi
sky anga
slaughter (animal) * kuchinja
sleep like a log* kulala fofofo
sleep* kulala usingizi
sleeve mkono
slice kipande
slide* kuteleza
slightly kidogo
slip* kuteleza
slope mtelemko
slowly polepole
small kidogo
smart kuerevu
smart (adj) nadhifu
smear* kupaka
smell bad* kunuka
smell good* kunukia
smell* (sniff) kunusa
smile* kuchekelea
smoke moshi
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clean* (something) kusafisha
cleanliness usafi
clear meupe
clear, be* kuelea
clerk karani
climb* kupanda
clock saa
close by karibu na
close* kufunga
cloth kitambaa
clothes nguo
cloud wingu
cloves karafuu
club chama
coast pwani
coat koti
cob (maiza) gunzi
cock (male chicken) jogoo
cockroach mende
coconut nazi
coffee kahawa
cold baridi
cold (adj) ya baridi
collapse* kuanguka
collect* kukusanya
collide* kugongana
colour rangi
comb kitana
combine* kuchanganya
come back* kurudi
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come down* kushuka, kutelemka
come from* (be from a place) kutoka
come in| kuingia
come* kuja
comfort fariji
command amri
commerce biashara
commit* kutenda
compare* kulinganisha
compass (directional) dira
compass (geometrical drawing) bikari
compel* kulazimisha
compelled be* kulazimika
compelled be* kulazimishwa
compete* kushindana
competition mashindano
complain* kulalamika
complete kamili
completely kabisa
complex changamani
compose* (book, music, various other senses) kutunga
compress* kubana
compress* (ideas) kufupisha
compulsory ya lazima
concerning (about) kuhusu
conclusion (ending) mwisho
condition hali
confidential ya siri
congratulations! hongera!
connect* kuunganisha
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share* kubadilishana
share* (divide up) kugawanyika
sharpen (blade)* kunoa
sharpen* kuchonga
shave* kunyoa
shed kibanda
shield ngao
shift* kusogeza
shine* kung'aa
ship meli
shoes viatu
shop duka
short fupi
shorten* kufupisha
shoulder bega
shoulders mabega
shout* kupiga kelele
shovel sepetu
show, a maonesho
shower bafu
shrink (clothes)* kuridi
shut* kufunga
shy mwenye haya
side upande
sign alama
sign* kutia sahihi
signature sahihi
silence kimya
similarly vilevile
simple sahili
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season majira
season msimu
seat kiti
secret siri
section sehemu
security salama
seize* kukamata
seldom mara chache
self nafsi
self-confidence kujiamini
self-discipline kujiongoza
sell* kuuza
semicircle nusuduara
send (by third party) * kutuma
send* kupeleka
separate mbalimbali
separate* kutenga
sequence mfuatano
series mfuatano
servant mtumishi
serve* kuhudumia
service huduma
set table* kupanga meza
several baadhi ya
severe kali, hali ngumu
sew* kushona
sewing machine cherehani
shade kivuli
shake* kutetemeka
shape umbo
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conquer* kushinda
consequence(s) matokeo
consider* (think over) kufikiria
consider* (think) kufikiri
constantly daima
contain* wa na vitu ndani
container (any vessel) chombo
content kadiri
continue* kuendelea
contradict* kukanusha
conversation mazugumzo
converse* kuongea
convey* kupeleka
convince* kuridhisha
convince* kuthibitisha
cook mpishi
cooker jiko
cool ya baridi
cool (slang) poa
cooperate* kushirikiana
co-operative society chama
coordinate* kuuratibu
copper shaba (nyekundu)
copy nakala
copy* kunakili
cord kamba
core kiini
cork kizibo
corn nafaka
corner pembe
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corpse maiti
correct sahihi
correct* kusahihisha
cost bei
cotton pamba
cough* kukohoa
council halmashauri
count* kuhesabu
country nchi
cousin binamu
cover* kufunika
cow(s) ng'ombe
crack ufa
crack* kupasua
craftsman fundi
crafty merevu
create* kuhuluku
cripple kiwete
crop mmea
cross msalaba
crossroads njia panda
cry* kulia
cultivate* kulima
culture utamaduni
cupboard kabati
cure* kuponya
curry bizari
curtain pazia
curve (bend) kizingo
curve (math) mchirizo
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run* kukimbia
rust kutu
sad kuhuzuni
safe salama
safely salama
safety usamala
sail tanga
salary mshahara
salt chumvi
salvation wokovu
same sawa
same, just the vile vile
sand mchanga
sane ya akili timamu
sanity akili timamu
Saturday Jumamosi
sauce mchuzi
saucer kisahani
save* kuokoa
say good bye* kuaga
say* kusema
scale kipimo
scale(s) mizani
scarce adimu
scared be * kuogopa
schedule ratiba
scissors mkasi
scratch* kukuna
sea bihari
seacost pwani
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ring a bell* kupiga kengele
ring someone* kupigia simu
ripe bivu
ripen* kuiva
rise* kupanda
river mto
road barabara
roast* kuchoma
robber mwizi
rock mwamba
roof paa
room chumba
root mzizi
rope kamba
rose waridi
rotate* kuzunguka
rotten bovu
rough ya kuparuza
round duara
route njia
routine (adj) ya kawaida
row mstari
rub* kufikicha
rub* kufuta
rubber usukani
rubbish takataka
ruin* kuharibifu
rule amri
rule that* kuamua
rule* kutawala
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cushion mto
custom kawaida
customarily kwa kawaida
cut* kukata
daily kila siku
damage* kuharibu
dance ngoma
dance* kucheza
danger hatari
dangerous ya hatari
dark(ness) giza
date tarehe
daughter binti
dawn alfajiri
day siku
day after tomorrow kesho kutwa
day before yesterday juzi
daytime mchana
dead, the wafu
deaf kuwa kiziwi
death kifo
debt deni
deceive* kudanganya
decelerate* kupunguza mwendo
decide* kuamua
decision uamuzi
decompose kuoza
decorate* kupamba
decrease* kupunguza
deep mrefu
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defeat ushinde
defecate* kunya
defect hitilafu
defend* kulinda
define* kufasili
delete* kuondoa
delicious ya utamu
deny* kukana
deny* kukanusha
depart* kuondoka
department idara
depend (upon)* kutegemea
depth urefu
descend* kutelemka
describe* kuelezea
design* kuchora
despair* kukata tamaa
despise* kudharau
destroy* kuharibu
detail kwa kina
detect* kugundua
development maendeleo
device chombo
devil shetani
devise* kutunga
diarrhoea tumbo la kuhara
die* kufariki
died, he (just now) amekufa
died, he (some time ago) alikufa
different tofauti
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required be* kutakiwa
rescue* kuokoa
research uchunguzi
resemble* kufanana
reserve akiba
reside* kuishi
residence makao
resident mwenyeji
resource mali
respect heshima
responsibility madaraka
rest* kupumzika
result matokeo
retain* kushika
return something* kurudisha
return* kurudi
reveal* kufanua
reverse kugeuza
reverse* kupindua
revision masahihisho, marudio
revoke kubatilisha
revolve* kuzunguka
rhino faru
rib ubavu
rich tajiri
ride* kupanda
right kulia
rights haki
rigid mara
ring pete
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reduce* kupunguza
refine* kusafisha
refresh* kuburudisha
refuse* kukataa
region mkoa
regret* kusikitika
regular ya kawaida
regulate* kurekebisha
reinforce* kuimarisha
reject* kukataa
rejoice* kufarahi
relationship uhusiano
reliable aminifu
religion dini
rely on* kutegemea
remain* kubaki
remember* kukumbuka
remind* kukumbusha
remote ya mbali
remove* kuondoa
renovate* kukarabati
rent* kukodisha
repair* kukarabati
repair* kutengeneza
repairs marekebisho
repeat* kurudia
replace* kubadilisha
reply* kujibu
report taarifa
request* kuomba
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difficult gumu
difficulty shida
dig* kuchimba
dignity daraja
diminish* kupungua
direct ya moja kwa moja
dirty ya chafu
disappoint* kusikitisha
disappointment masikitiko
discover* kuokota
discover* kugundua
discrimination ubaguzi
disease ugonjwa
dispensary zahanati
dissolve* kuyeyuka
dissolve* kuyeyusha
distance umbali
distinct wazi
district wilaya
ditch mfereji
diverse mbalimbali
divide* kugawa
do* kufanya
doctor daktari
doctor mganga
dog mbwa
domestic animal mnyama wa kufuga
don* kuvaa
door mlango
doubt shaka
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doubt* kuona shaka
down(wards) chini
drag* kuvuta
draw kuchora
draw a line* kupiga mstari
draw* (pull, attract) kuvuta
dream kuota
dream, a ndoto
dress* kuvaa
drink* kunywa
drive* kuendesha
driver dereva
drug dawa
dry mkavu
dry in the sun* kuanika
dry land bara
dry* (off something) kukausha
dump* kutupa
duration muda
dust vumbi
dust* (do dusting) kupangusa
dwell* kukaa
each kila
ear sikio
early mapema
earn* kuchuma
ears masikio
earth (soil) ardhi
earth (world) dunia
earthquake tetemeko
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rainy season masika
raise* kuinua
range safu (milima)
rank daraja
rare adimu
rat panya
rate kiasi
rather afadhali
rather kidogo
rational kirazini
reach* kufika
read* kusoma
ready tayari
ready get* kutayarisha
real halisi
realise* kutambua
really kweli
rear nyuma
reason sababu
reasonable nafuu
rebel* kuasi
receive* kupokea
recently juzijuzi
reception mapokezi
recognize* kutambua
recommend* kupendekeza
record taarifa
recover* kupona
rectify* kusahihisha
red ya ekundu
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purchase* kununua
pure safi
purity usafi
purple zambarau
purpose azma
purpose sudi
pus usaha
push* kusukuma
put on stove* injika
put* kuweka
puzzle fumbo
quake tetemeko
quantity kiasi
quarrel ugomvi
quarrel* kugombana
quarter robo
queen malkia
query* kuuliza
question swali
queue fuleni
queue mstari
quickly kwa haraka
quickly upesi
quiet ya tulivu
quiet be* kunyamaza
quiet person mkimya
quit* kuacha
race shindano
rain mvua
rain* kunyesha mvua
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east mashariki
easy ya rahisi
eat* kula
eccentric chizi
echo mwangwi
edge (of) kando (ya)
edit* kuhariri
editor mhariri
educate* kuelimisha
education elimu
effect athari
effect* athiri
efficient hodari
effort bidii
egg yai
either...or ama...ama
elbow kiwiko
elder mzee
election uchaguzi
electricity umeme
elephant tembo(TZ)
elsewhere pengine
embassy ubalozi
emergency dharura
employee mtumishi
employment ajira
empty mtupu
empty tupu
encircle* kuzunguka
end mwisho
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enemy adui
energetic hodari
energy nguvu
engine injini
enjoy* kufurahia
enough be * kutosha
enquire* kuuliza
enquiry ulizo
ensure* kuhakikisha
enter* kuingia
entertainment burudani
entire mzima
entire zima
entirely kabisa
envelope bahasha
epidemic ugonjwa wa mlipuko
equal (with) sawa (na)
equalize* kusawazisha
erase* kufuta
erect wima
erect* kusimamisha
err* kukosa
escort* kusindikiza
especially hasa
etc. nakadhalika
eternally milele
evade* kuepuka
even hata
evening jioni
event tukio
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problem tatizo
proceed* kuendalea
proclaim* kutangaza
procure* kupata
professional mtaalamu
profit faida
progress maendeleo
progress* kuendelea
projects miradi
prolong* kurefusha
promise ahadi
promise* kuahidi
pronounce* kutamka
pronounce* kutamka
pronunciation matamshi
proof ushahidi
proper sanifu
property mali
prosecute* kushtaki
protect* kuhifadhi
protect* kulinda
protest* kulalamika
provide* kutoa
pull out* kung'oa
pull* kuvuta
pump bomba
punctual be* kuwahi
punish* kuadhibu
punishment adhabu
pupil mwanafunzi
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poverty umaskini
powder unga
power nguvu
practice mazoezi
practise* kufanya mazoezi
praise sifa
praise* kusifu
pray* kuomba
prayer sala
preach* kuhubiri
precede* kutangulia
precise sahihi
prefer* kupendelea
preferable afadhali
pregnant be* kuwa na mimba
preliminary a mwanzo
prepare* kutayarisha
present zawadi
preserve* kuhifadhi
president rais
pretend* kujifanya
prevent kuzuia
price bei
priest kasisi
primary msingi
print* kupiga chapa
prior to kabla ya
prison gereza
private binafsi
probably yumkini
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eventually hatimaye
every day kila siku
evident* kuonekana
evil ubaya
exact kamili
examination (medical) kutibu
examine carefully* kuchungulia
examine* kupima
example mfano
exams mitihani
exceed* kuzidi
except isipokuwa
except ila
exchange* kubadilishana
exchange* kubadilisha
exchange* (money) kubadilisha
exchange* (most other senses) kubadilishana
excitement msisimko
excitement machachari
excuse me samahani
exercise mazoezi
exist* kuishi
exit* kutoka
expand* kupanua
expect* kutazamia
expensive ghali
experience ujuzi
experience uzoefu
experiment jarabio
explain* kueleza
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explanation maelezo
explicitly kinaganaga
express oneself* kujieleza
extinguish* kuzima
extra zaidi
extremely kabisa
eye jicho
eyes macho
face uso
fact tendo
fail* kukosa
fail* (exam) kushindwa
fail* (to do something) kushindwa
faint* kuzimia
faintly kidogo
fair ya haki
faith imani
faithful kuaminifu
fall* kuanguks
false bandia
family familia
far mbali
far kubali
fare(bus) nauli
fast upesi
fasten* kufunga
fat nene
fat (oil, animal fat) mafuta
father baba
fear hofu
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pleasure furaha
plenty wingi
plow* kulima
pocket mfuko
poetry ushairi
point out* kuonyesha
point* kuelekeza
poison sumu
polar ya ncha za dunia
police polisi
policeman askari
polite enye adabu
politeness adabu
politics siasa
politics siasa
ponder* kutafikiri
poor maskini
pork nguruwe
port bandari
portion sehemu
position mahali
possess* kuwa na
possible be* kuwezekana
possibly labda
postage ada ya posta
poster tangazo
postpone* kuahirisha
pot chombo
pour away* kumwaga
pour* kumimina
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petrol petroli
phone (someone or someplace)* kupigia simu
pick up* kuokota
pick* kuchuma
piece kipande
pierce* kuchoma
pig nguruwe
pile fungu
pillow mto
pistol bastola
pit shimo
pity huruma
place mahali
plain wazi
plan mpango
plan* kupanga
plane* kupiga randa
planet sayari
plank ubao
planning mpango
plant mmea
plant* kupanda
plantation shamba
plaster dressing plasta
plate sahani
play mchezo
player mchezaji
playing field uwanja
pleasant ya kupendeza
please* kupendeza
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fear* kuogopa
feast karamu
feather nyoya
fee ada
feed* kulisha
feel* kusikia
fetch* kuleta
fever homa
few mchache
fiancée mchumba
fierce mkali
fight* kupigana
figure (number) tarakimu
fill* kujaza
film (motion picture) filamu
filter chujio
final ya mwisho
finally mwishoni
find* kuona
fine* kutoza
finger kidole
finish* kumaliza
finished, to be kwisha
fire moto
firewood kuni
firm imara
first ya kwanza
firstly kwanza
fish samaki
fisherman mvuvi
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fisherman mvuvi
fix (plan) kupanga
flag bendera
flat mpana
flawlessly barabara
flight kuruka
float* kuelea
floor sakafu
flour unga
flourish* kusitawi
flower ua
fly (insect) inzi
fly* kuruka
fog ukungu
fold* kukunja
follow* kufuata
food chakula
foot mguu
for ever daima
forbid* kukataza
force* kulazimisha
foreigner mgeni
forest msitu
forever daima
forget* kusahau
forgive* kusamehe
fork uma
form (school) kidato
former ya zamani
forward mbele
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patient mgonjwa
pay* kulipa
peace amani
peak kilele
peas njegere
peel* kumenya
pen kalamu
penalty adhabu
people watu
pepper pilipili
per kwa
percent asilimia
perfect kamili
perfection ukmilifu
perfectly kabisa
perhaps labda
peril hatari
period kipindi
period (of time) muda
permanent ya kudumu
permission ruhusa
permit ruhusa
permit* kuruhusu
permit* kuruhusu
perpetually daima
persevere* kuvumilia
perseverence uvumilivu
person mtu
perspiration jasho
persuade* kushawishi
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overseas ng´ambo
overturned* be kupinduka
owe to* kuwia deni
own* kumiliki
owner mwenyewe
owner mwenye
oxygen oksigeni
page ukurasa
pail ndoo
pain maumivu
pain* feel kuumwa
paint rangi
pair jozi
paper karatasi
paraffin mafuta ya taa
parcel kifurishi
parent mzazi
parents wazazi
park* kuegesha
parliament bunge
part sehemu
particularly hasa
party karamu
pass* (going or walking) kupita
pass* an exam kufaulu
passengers abiria
past* yaliopita
paternal aunt shangazi
path njia
patience uvumilivu
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foundation msingi
fraction sehemu
fragile ya kuvunjika upesi
frail dhaifu
frank kusema kweli, waziwazi
free huru
free ya bure
freedom uhuru
freeze* kuganda
fresh mbichi
Friday Ijumaa
friend rafiki
friendly mwema
friendship urafiki
frighten* kuogoyfa
frog chura
from (place) toka
from (time) tangu
front, in mbele ya
fruit tunda
fry* kukaanga
full liojaa
full be* kujaa
fun furaha, raha
function shughuli
function (math) numba tegemezi
funeral maziko
funeral mazishi
gain faida
game mchezo
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gap nafasi
garage geregi
garden bustani
gate lango
gather* kusanya
general ya jumla
generate* kufanyiza
generous karimu
gentle person mpole
gently taratibu
genuine halisi
geography jiografia
get cool* kupoa
get out! toka!
get used to* kuzoea
get* kupata
gift zawadi
giraffe twiga
girl msichana
give an injection* kupiga sindano
give birth* kujifungua
give me nipe
give* kupa
glass kioo
glasses miwani
go ahead* kuendalea
go around* kuzunguka
go fishing* kuvua samaki
go out| kutoka
go* kuenda
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on time* be kuwahi
once mara moja
only ya pekee
only tu
only (the **** something) pekee
open wazi
open (clear) wazi (maana mengi)
open (eg. door), it is imefungua
open* kufungua
openness uwazo
operation operesheni
opinion oni
opportunity nafasi
oppose* kupinga
or au
order mpango
order (command) amri
order (place)* kuagiza
ordinary ya kawaida
origin asili
originally mwanzoni
orphan yatima
other nyingine
other nyingine
other ya ingine
otherwise (if not) ama sivyo
outcome matokeo
outdo* kushinda
outside nje ya
over here huka
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now sasa
nowadays siku hizi
nuclear ya nuklia
number namba
nurse mwuguzi
obey* kutii
object kitu
object* kupinga
objection kipingamizi
objective shabaha
oblige* kulazimisha
observe* kuangalia
obstacle kizuizi
obstruct* kupinga
obtain* kupata
obvious dhahiri (wazi)
occasionally mara kwa mara
occur* kutokea
ocean bahari
o'clock kamili
odour harufu
offer* kutoa
office ofisi
often mara nyingi
oil mafuta
old (former) ya, au wa zamani
old (worn out) mkuukuu
old age uzee
on juu ya
on the way njiani
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good nzuri (many senses)
gossip (a) mbeya
govern* kutawala
government serikali
grain nafaka
grammar sarufi
grant* kujalia
grasp* kushika
grass majani
grave kaburi
graves makaburi
great mkubwa
green kijani
greet* kusalimia
grey kijivu
ground ardhi
ground kiwonja
group kundi
grow up* kukua
grow* kukua
guard mlinzi
guess* kukisia
guide kiongozi
guide* kuongoza
habit tabia
hair nywele
half nusu
halt* kusimama
hammer nyundo
hand mkono
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handle mpini
hang* kutundika
happen* kutokea
happy ya furaha
harbour bandari
hard ngumu
hardship shida
harm dhuru
harm* kudhuru
harvest* kuvuna
hat kofia
have finished, we tumemaliza
have you met? umekutana
have* kuwa na
having kuenye
head kichwa
health afya
heap fungu
hear* kusikia
heart moyo
heat joto
heavy ya zito
height urefu
help msaada
help* kusaidia
here hapa
hereabouts huku
herein humu
hide* kuficha
high njuu
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net wavu
never asilani
never asilan
new mpya
new ya pya
news habari
newspaper gazeti
next ijayo
next to kando ya
next year mwaka ujao
nice nzuri
nicely vizuri
night usiku
no sound, there is haina sauti
noise kilele
none hakuna (hakina...)
nonsense upuuzi
noon adhuhuri
normal ya kawaida
normally wa kawaida
north kazkazini
nose pua
not at all hata kidogo
not so sivyo
not yet bado
nothing hakuna kiti
notice tangazo
notify* kuarifu
notion wazo
noun nomino
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must lazima (plus subjunctive)
mystery muujiza
myth kikasili
nail msumari
name jina
namely yaani
narrate* kusimulia
narrow nyembamba
nation taifa
native asili ya
natural ya asili
naturally bila shaka
nature aina
nature jinsi
nature tabia
nature ulimwengu
nausea kichefuchefu
navigate* kuongoza (gari, boti, ndege)
near karibu na
necessary lazima
necessities mahitaji
neck shingo
need* kuhitaji
need, a uhitaji
needed* be kutakiwa
needle sindano
needlessly bure
neighbour jirani
neither wala (plus negative)
nervous wasiwasi
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hill kilima
hip paja
hippo viboko
hit* kupiga
hoe jembe
hold* kukamata
hold* kushika
hole tundu
holiday likizo
holy mtakatifu
home nyumbani
honest aminifu
honour heshima
hook kulabu
hope* kutumaini
horse faraasi
hostile ya uadui
hour saa
house nyumba
how vipi
how do you cook unapikaje
how do you say unasemaje
how long muda gani
how many times mara ngapi
how much kiasi gani
human being binadamu
hungry be* kuwa na njaa
hungry* be kuwa na njaa
hunt* kuwinda
hunter mwindaji
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hurry haraka
hurt* uumiza
hurting be* kuuma
husband mume
hut kibanda
hyena fisi
hymn wimbo
hypocrite mnafiki
I am informed... Nimesikia...
I am lost nimepotea
I am not well siwezi
I cannot siwezi
i.e. yaani
ice barafu
idea wazo
identify* kutambua
if kama
ignite kuwasha
ill mgonjwa
illegal haramu
illness ugonjwa
image sanamu
imagine* kufikiria
immediate ya mara moja
immediately sasa hivi
impact (result) matokeo
impact (touch) mgongano
impair* kuharibu
imperil* kuhatarisha
importance maana
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mistake make a* kukosea
mix* kuchanganya
modern ya kisasa
Monday Jumatatu
money pesa
monkey kima
month mwezi
month, this mwezi huu
moon mwezi
mop* kupiga deki
more zaidi
more than zaidi ya
moreover aidha
morning asubuhi
Moslem Mwislamu
mosque mskiti
mosquito mbu
mosquito net chandalua
most (people) karibu watu wote
mother mama
motorbike pikipiki
mount* kupanda
mourning kilio
mouse panya
mouth mdomo
move* kosogea
movement mwendo
mud matope
museum jumba la makumbusho
music muziki
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mathematics hisabati
matter jambo
mattress godoro
maybe labda
meal chakula
meal mlo
meaning maana
means (ability) uwezo
means it maana yake ni
meanwhile kwa sasa
measure* kupima
meat nyama
medical treatment tiba
medicine dawa
meet* kukutana na
meeting mkutano
melt* kuyeyuka
mention* kutaja
message ujumbe
messenger tarishi
method mbinu
metre mita
middle (in the) katikati
mild ndogo
milk maziwa
minister waziri
ministry wizara
minute dakika
mirror kioo
mistake kosa
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important muhimu
impossible siowezekana
impossible, it is haiwezikani
impound* kukamata kisheria
impound* kukamata
improve* kuboresha
in katika
in katika
in case endapo
in front of mbele ya
in most cases mara nyingi
in the centre (of) katikati ya
in the classroom darasani
in the middle katikati
increase* kuongeza
inexact sio sahihi
infection ambukizo
infer* kufahamu
infinite (math) isiyokoma
inflate* kujaza upepo
influence athari
influence* athiri
inform* kuarifu
information habari
ingenuity akili
inhabitant mwenyeji
injection sindana
injured (be)* kuumia
injury jeraha
ink wino
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insect mdudu
insert* kuingiza
inside ndani ya
inspect* kukagua
instead of badala ya
instruct* kufundisha
instruction agizo
instructions (directions) maelekezo
instrument chombo
intact kamili
intelligence akili
intend* kukusudia
intention kusudi
intentionally kwa kusudi
interesting ya kupendeza
interrupt* kudakiza
invalid batili
invalidate* kubatilisha
invent* kubuni
invert* kupindua
invite* kukaribisha
invite* kualika
iron* kupiga pasi nguo
Islam Uislamu
island kisiwa
isolate* kutenga
it depends inategemea
it was ilikuwa
jacket koti
jealous mwivu
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lose (something)* kupoteza
lower ya chini
luck bahati
luggage mizigo
lunar ya mwezi
luxury fahari
magazine gazeti
mail barua
main (adj) kuu
maintain* kutunza
maize mahindi
make a mistake* kukosea
make a phone call (to someone or somewhere)* kupigia simu
make a phone call* kupiga simu
make noise* kupiga kelele
make sure* kuhakikisha
make* kufanya
man, a mwanaume
manage* kuwahi, kuweza
manners adabu
map ramani
margin ukingo
mark alama
market soko
marriage ndoa
marry* (by priest) kuoza
marry* (man) kuoa
marry* (woman) kuolewa
matches kibiriti
maternal aunt mama mdogo
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lie (a) uwongo
lie* (tell lies) kudanganya
life maisha
lift* kuinua
light mwanga
light (up)* kuwasha
light, easy mepesi
lightning umeme
like kama
like* kupenda
likewise vilevile
lime ndimu
limit mpaka
line mstari
lip mdomo
list orodha
listen* kusikiliza
litter takataka
live* (reside) kukaa
liver ini
livestock mnyama wa kufuga
lizard mjusi
load mzigo
lock kufuli
long time ago, ya zamani
look after* kutunza
look at* kuangalia
look for* kutafuta
look like* kufanana na
loose* be kulegea
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jewels kito
job kazi
join (with)* kujiunga
journal jarida
journalist mwandishi wa habari
journey safari
joy furaha
judge hakimu
judge* kuhukumu
judgement hukumu
jump* kuruka
just now sasa hivi
justice haki
kebab mshiskaki
keep livestock* kufuga
keep* kutunza
key ufunguo
kick* kupiga teke
kickstart* kupiga kiki
kill* kuua
kind (a) namna
kindness hisani
king mfalme
kiss* kubusu
kiss* kukisi
kitchen jiko
kitchen stuff vyombo
knee goti
kneel* kupiga magoti
knife kisu
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knit* kufuma
knock * kugonga
know kujua
knowledge maarifa
labour kazi
labourer kibarua
lack ukosefu
ladder ngazi
lady bibi
lake ziwa
lame (person) kiwete
lamp taa
land ardhi
language lugha
large mkubwa
last ya mwisho
last year mwaka iliopita
late liochelewa
late be* kuchelewa
late* be kuchelewa
lately siku hizi
later (on) baadaye
laugh* kucheka
lavatory choo
law sheria
lazy ya vivu
lazy person mvivu
lead (metal) risasi
lead* kuongoza
leader kiongozi
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leaf jani
leak* kuvuja
lean* kuinama
lean* (toward) kuegemea
leap* kuruka
learn* kujifunza
least (not in the) hata kidogo
leave (vacation) likizo
leave* a place kuondoka
leave* something or someone kuacha
lecture mhadhara
lecture* kuhutubia
left kushoto
leg mguu
leg mgu
lemon limau
lend* kuazima
lend* kukopesha
length urefu
leopard chui
less kasoro
lesson somo
let* kuruhusu
letter barua
letter of the alphabet herufi
level sawasawa
level* kusawazisha
liar muongo
library maktaba
lid kifuniko