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a : no indefinite article in Swahili
a few = -chache
a little = kidogo
a lot = -ingi, -engi
a lot of = -ingi, -engi
abandon [vt] = kuacha
abbreviate [vt] = kufupisha
abbreviation [n] = kifupi Ki/Vi
ability [n] = uwezo U
able [adj] = -enye kuweza
aboard [prep] = kwenye
abolish [vt] = kupiga marufuku
abort [vt/vi: med] = kutoa mimba
abortion [n: med] = kutoa mimba Ku
about¹ [prep: concerning] = kuhusu
about² [adv: approximately] = kama
above¹ [prep] = juu ya
above² [adv] = juu
abroad [adv] = ng'ambo
abrupt [adj] = -a ghafla
abruptly [adv] = ghafla
absent [adj: he/she is absent] = [hayupo]
absolute(ly) [adj/adv] = kabisa
abundance [n] = wingi U
abuse [vt: to offend] = kutukana
accelerate [vt] = kuharakisha
acceleration [n] = mchapuko M/Mi
accept [vt] = kukubali
acceptable [adj] = -enye kukbalika
accident [n] = ajali N/N
accidentally [adv] = kwa bahati
accommodation [n] = malazi -/Ma
accompany [vi: to go with someone] = kusindikiza
according to = kufuatana na
account [n: bank ...] = akaunti N/N
accumulate [vi] = kurundikana
accuracy [n] = usahihi U
accurate [adj] = sahihi
accurately [adv] = kisahihi
accuse = kushitaki
ache [vi] = kuuma
achieve [vt] = kufikia
achievement [n] = mafanikio -/Ma
acid [n] = asidi N/N
acquire [vt] = kujipatia
acquit [vt] = kuachilia
across¹ [prep: crossing] = kuvuka
across² [prep: everywhere in] = kila mahali
act¹ [vi] = kutenda
act² [n] = kitendo Ki/Vi
action [n] = kitendo Ki/Vi
activate [vt] = kuamilisha
active [adj] = amilifu
actively [adv] = kwa kushiriki
activity [n] = shughuli N/N
actor [n] = mchezaji M/Wa
actress [n] = mchezaji M/Wa
actual [adj] = -enyewe
actually [adv] = hasa, kwa kweli
adapt¹ [vt] <to>= kurekebisha <kufuata>
adapt² [vi] = kujirekebisha
adapter [n: device] = adapta N/N
add [vt] = kuongeza
addition [n] = kuongeza Ku
additional [adj] = -a ziada
address [n: postal] = anwani N/N
adequate [adj] = -a kufaa
adequately [adv] = ifaavyo
adjourn [vt] = kuahirsiha
adjust [vt] = kurekebisha
admire [vt] = kuvutiwa na
administration [n: pol] = utawala U
admit¹ [vt/vi: acknowledge] = kukubali
admit² [vt: to hospital] = kulaza
adopt [vt] = kuchukua
adult [n] = mtu mzima M/Wa [pl: watu wazima]
adultery [n] = uzinzi U
advance¹ [vi] = kuendelea
advance² [vt] = kuendeleza
advance³ [n: salary] = advansi N/N
advancement [n] = maendeleo -/Ma
advantage [n] = uzuri U
adventure [n] = kituko Ki/Vi
advertise [vt] = kutangaza
advertisement [n] = tangazo -/Ma
advice [n] = ushauri U
advise [vt] = kushauri
aerial¹ [n] = erio N/N
aerial² [adj] = -a hewani
aeroplane [n] = ndege N/N
affair [n] = jambo -/Ma
affect [vt] = kuathiri
affection [n] = upendo U
afford [vt] = kuweza
afraid [adj] = -oga
Africa [n] = Afrika N/N
African¹ [n: person] = Mwafrika M/Wa [pl: Waafrika]
African² [adj] = -a Kiafrika
African Union [n] = Umoja wa Afrika U
after¹ [prep] = baada ya
after² [adv] = baadaye
after that = baadaye
afternoon [n: in the ...] = mchana, adhuhuri
afterwards [adv] = baadaye
again [adv] = tena
against [prep: opposing] = dhidi ya
age [n] = umri U
aggression [n] = uchokozi U
aggressive [adj] = -chokozi
ago [adv] [two days ...] = [siku mbili zilizopita]
agree [vi/vt] = kukubali
agreement [n] = makubaliano
agriculture [n] = kilimo Ki/Vi, ukulima U
ahead [adv] <of> = mbele <ya>
aid¹ [n] = msaada M/Mi
aid² [vt] = kusaidia
AIDS [n] = ukimwi U
aim¹ [n] = nia N/N, lengo -/Ma
aim² [vt/vi] = kulenga
air [n] = hewa N/N
air-conditioner [n] = eakondisheni N/N
air-conditioning [n] = eakondisheni N/N
aircraft [n] = ndege N/N
air force [n] = jeshi la wanaanga -/Ma
airline [n] = shirika la ndege -/Ma
air mail [by ...] = [kwa ndege]
airplane [n] = ndege N/N
airport [n] = kiwanja cha ndege Ki/Vi
alarm¹ [vt:] = kutahadharisha
alarm² [n] = tahadhari N/N
alarm clock [n] = saa ya kuamsha watu N/N
album [n] = albamu N/N
alcohol [n] = pombe N/N
alcoholic¹ [adj] = -enye pombe
alcoholic² [n: person] = mlevi M/Wa
alight [vi] = kushuka
alike [adj/adv] = sawa
alive [adj] = hai
all [adj] = -ote
all-in-one = kila kitu pamoja
all right = sawa
all the same = hata hivyo
all the time = saa zote
allergic [adj] = -enye mzio
allergy [n] = mzio M/Mi
alley [n] = kichochoro Ki/Vi
alliance [n] = muungano M/Mi
allocate [vt] = kugawa
allow [vt] = kuruhusu
allowance [n: money] = ruzuku N/N
ally [n] = mwenzi M/Wa [pl: wenzi]
almost [adv] = karibu
alone [adj/adv] = pekee
along [prep] = kufuata
aloud [adv] = kwa sauti
alphabet [n] = alfabeti N/N
alphabetical [adj] = -a kufuata alfabeti
alphabetically [adv] = kufuata alfabeti
already [adv] = tayari
alright [adv/adj] = sawa
also [adv] = pia
altar [n] = altare N/N
alternate¹ [vi] = kubadilishana
alternate² [adj] = -ingine
alternative¹ [adj] = -ingine
alternative² [n] = namna nyingine N/N
alternatively [adv] = vingine
altogether [adv] = kwa ujumla
although [conj] = ingawa
altitude [n] = urefu U
alumin(i)um [n] = aluminiamu N/N
always [adv] = saa zote
amateur [n] = amecha
amaze [vt] = kushangaza
amazement [n] = mshangao M/Mi
amazing [adj] = -a kushangaza
ambassador [n] = balozi M/Wa [pl: mabalozi]
ambition [n] = nia N/N
ambitious [adj] = -a nia kubwa
ambulance [n] = gari la wagonjwa -/Ma
ambush [vt] = kuvizia
America [n] = Amerika N/N
American¹ [n] = Mmarekani M/Wa
American² [adj] = -a Kimarekani
American football = mpira wa Kimarekani M/Mi
ammunition [n] = risasi N/N
amnesty [n] = msamaha M/Mi
among [prep] = kati ya
amount [n] = kiasi Ki/Vi
amuse [vt] = kufurahisha
amusement [n] = raha N/N
amusement park [n] = pahali pa burudani Pa
ancestors [n] = mababu M/Wa
anchor¹ [n] = nanga N/N
anchor² [vt/vi] = kutia nanga
ancient [adj] = -a zamani sana
and [conj] = na
angel [n] = malaika M/Wa [pl: malaika]
anger¹ [n] = hasira N/N
anger² [vt] = kukasirisha
angle [n: geometric] = pembe N/N
angling [n: fishing] = kuvua samaki Ku
angry [adj] = -kasirikaji
animal [n] = mnyama M/Wa
ankle [n] = kifundo cha mguu Ki/Vi
anniversary [n] = maadhimisho -/Ma
announce [vt] = kutangaza
announcement [n] = tangazo -/Ma
annoy [vt] = kuudhi
annoying [adj] = -a kuudhi
another [adj/pron] = -ingine
annual [adj] = -a kila mwaka
annually [adv] = kwa mwaka
answer¹ [n] = jibu -/Ma
answer² [vt/vi] = kujibu
answer the phone = kupokea simu
ant [n] = mchwa M/Wa
antelope [n] = swala M/Wa
antenna [n] = erio N/N, antena N/N
antibiotic [n] = kiuavijasumu Ki/Vi
anticipate [vt] = kutarajia
anticlockwise [adv] = kinyume saa
anxious [adj] = -enye wasiwasi
anxiously [adv] = kwa shauku
anxiety [n] = wasiwasi U
any [adj/pron] = -o ote
anybody [pron] = mtu ye yote
anyhow [adv] = hata hivyo
anyone [pron] = mtu ye yote
anything [pron] = kitu cho chote
anyway [adv] = hata hivyo
anywhere [adv] = ko kote
apart [adv] = mbali mbali
apart from = kuacha
apartment [n] = fleti N/N
apologize [vi] = kuomba msamaha
apology [n] = ombi la msamaha -/Ma
apostrophe [n] = apostrofi N/N
apparatus [n] = vifaa Ki/Vi
appeal¹ [vi: legally] = kukata rufaa
appeal² [n: legal] = rufaa N/N
appeal³ [vi: request] = kuomba
appear¹ [vi: manifest] = kutokea
appear² [vi: seem] = kuonekana
appearance [n: looks] = muonekano M/Mi
appease [vt] = kutuliza
applaud [vt] = kushangilia
appetite [n] = hamu ya chakula N/N
apple [n] = tofaa -/Ma
appliance [n] = kifaa Ki/Vi, chombo Ki/Vi
applicant [n] = mwombaji M/Wa [pl: waombaji]
application¹ [n: use] = matumizi -/Ma
application² [n: request] = ombi -/Ma
apply¹ [vt: use] = kutumia
apply for = kuomba
appoint [vt] = kuteua
appointment [n: for meeting] = miadi M/Mi
appreciate [vt] = kuthamini
apprentice [n] = mkufunzi M/Wa
approach [vt/vi] = kukaribia
appropriate [adj] = -a kufaa
appropriately [adv] = vinavyotakiwa
approve [vt] (of) = kukubali
approximate¹ [adj] = -a kukadiriwa
approximate² [vt] = kukadiria
approximately [adv] = kama
apricot [n] = aprikoti N/N
April [n] = Aprili N/N
apron [n: garment] = aproni N/N
Arab¹ [n] = Mwarabu
Arab² [adj] = -a Kiarabu
Arabic [n] = Kiarabu Ki/Vi
archbishop [n] = askofu mkuu M/Wa [maaskofu wakuu]
architect [n] = msanifu majengo M/Wa
architecture [n] = usanifu majengo U
area [n] = eneo -/Ma
argue <about> = kubishana <kuhusu>
argument [n] = ubishi U
arithmetic [n] = hesabu N/N
arm [n: anat] = mkono M/Mi
armpit [n] = kwapa
arms [n: mil] = silaha N/N
armpit [n] = kwapa -/Ma
army [n] = jeshi -/Ma
aroma [n] = harufu nzuri N/N
around [prep: encircling] = kuzunguka
arrange [vt] = kupanga
arrangement [n] = mpango M/Mi
arrest [vt] = kushika, kukamata
arrival [n] = kufika Ku
arrive [vi] = kufika
arrow [n] = mshale M/Mi
arse [n] = kundu M/Mi
art [n] = sanaa N/N
artery [n] = ateri N/N
article¹ [n: in newspaper] = makala N/N
article² [n: object] = kitu Ki/Vi
artificial [adj] = -a bandia
artist [n] = msanii M/Wa
as [pron, adv] = kama
as expensive as = ghali kama
as soon as = mara tu
ash [n] = majivu -/Ma
ashame [vt] = kuaibisha
ashore [adv] = ufukoni
ashtray [n] = kisahani cha majivu Ki/Vi
Asia [n] = Asia N/N
Asian¹ [n] = Mwasia M/Wa
Asian² [adj] = -a Kiasia
aside [adv] = pembeni
ask¹ [vt/vi: a question] = kuuliza
ask² [vt: request] = kuomba
asleep [adj: he/she is asleep] = [amelala]
asparagus [n] = asparagasi N/N
assemble [vi] = kukusanyika
assembly [n] = baraza -/Ma
assert [vt] = kudai
assess [vt] = kukadiria
assets [n] = mali N/N
assignment [n] = jukumu -/Ma
assist [vt: help] = kusaidia
assistance [n] = msaada M/Mi
assume [vt: take for granted] = kuchukulia
assure [vt] = kuhakikishia
astonish [vt] = kushangaza
astonishing [adj] = -a kushangaza
astonishment [n] = mshangao M/Mi
astrology [n] = unajimu U
at [prep] = -ni, kwa
at 2 o'clock = saa nane
at home = nyumbani
at last = mwishowe
at least = haidhuru
at most = sana sana
at once = papo hapo
at the bottom = chini
at the doctor's = kwa daktari
at the market = sokoni
at the moment = kwa sasa
at the top = juu
athlete [n] = mwanariadha M/Wa [pl: wanariadha]
athletics [n] = riadha N/N
Atlantic Ocean [n] = Bahari ya Atlantiki N/N
atlas [n: geo] = atlasi N/N
ATM [n] = ATM N/N
atmosphere [n: phys] = angahewa N/N
atom [n] = atomu N/N
attach [vt] = kuambatisha
attachment [n] = kiambato Ki/Vi
attack¹ [vt] = kushambulia
attack² [n] = shambulio -/Ma
attempt¹ [vi] = kujaribu
attempt² [n] = jaribio -/Ma
attend [vt] = kuhudhuria
attendance [n] = mahudhurio -/Ma
attention [n] = mzingatio M/Mi
attitude [n] = mwelekeo M/Mi
attorney [n] = mwanasheria M/Wa [pl: wanasheria]
attract [vt] = kuvutia
attraction [n] = mvuto M/Mi
attractive [adj] = -a kuvutia
aubergine [n] = biringanya -/Ma
audience [n] = wasikilizaji M/Wa
August [n] = Agosti N/N
aunt¹ [n: father's sister, uncle's wife] = shangazi M/Wa [pl: shangazi]
aunt² [n: mother's younger sister] = mama mdogo M/Wa
aunt³ [n: mother's elder sister] = mama mkubwa M/Wa
Australia [n] = Australia
Australian¹ [n] = Mwaustralia M/Wa [pl: Waaustralia]
Australian² [adj] = -a Australia
author [n] = mwandishi M/Wa [pl: waandishi]
authority [n] = mamlaka -/Ma
authorize [vt] = kuidhinisha
auto [n] = gari -/Ma
automatic [adj] = otomatiki
automatically [adv] = kwa kujiendesha
available [adj] = patikanaji
average¹ [n] = wastani U
average² [adjectival] = -a wastani
avenue [n] = barabara N/N
avoid [vt] = kuepuka
await [vt] = kutegemea
awake(n)¹ [vt] = kuamsha
awake(n)² [vi] = kuamka
awake³ [adj: he/she is awake] = [yuko macho]
aware [adj: he is aware of ...] = [anajua kwamba kuna ...]
away [adv] = kwingine
awful [adj] = -baya sana
ax(e) [n] = shoka -/Ma
axle [n] = ekseli N/N
baby [n] = mtoto mchanga M/Wa
bachelor [n] = mseja M/Wa
back¹ [adv: at the ...] = nyuma
back² [n: anat] = mgongo m/Mi
backbone [n] = uti wa mgongo U
back door [n] = mlango wa nyuma M/Mi
backache [n] = maumivu ya mgongo -/Ma
backbite [vt] = kuteta, kusengenya
background [n] = sehemu ya nyuma N/N
backwards [adv] = kurudi nyuma
backyard [n] = uani Pa
bacon [n] = bekoni N/N
bad [adj] = -baya
badly [adv] = vibaya
bag [n] = mfuko M/Mi
baggage [n] = mizigo M/Mi
bait [n] = chmbo Ki/Vi
bake [vt] = kuoka
baker's [n] = duka la mikate -/Ma
bakery [n] = duka la mikate -/Ma
balcony [n] = roshani N/N
baldhead [n] = kipara M/Wa [pl: vipara]
ball [n] = mpira M/Mi
ballet [n] = baleti N/N
balloon [n] = pulizo -/Ma
ball-point pen [n] = bolpeni N/N
ban [vt] = kupiga marufuku
banana [n] = ndizi N/N
band [n: musical group] = bendi N/N
bandage¹ [n] = bandeji N/N
bandage² [vt] = kufunga bandeji
bank¹ [n: financial] = benki N/N
bank² [n: geo] = ufuko U
bank account [n] = akaunti ya benki N/N
banknote [n] = noti N/N
bankrupt(cy) [adj/n] = muflisi
baptize [vt] = kubatiza
baptism [n] = ubatizo U
bar¹ [n: pub] = bar N/N
bar² [vt: prevent] = kuzuia
barbecue [vt] = kubanika
barber [n] = kinyozi M/Wa [pl: vinyozi]
bare [adj] = -tupu
bargain [vi] = kubishana
bark¹ [vi] = kubweka
bark² [n: bot] = gome -/Ma
barley [n] = shayiri N/N
barrier [n] = kizuizi Ki/Vi
base [n: site] = kituo Ki/Vi
basement [n] = ghorofa ya chini N/N
basic [adj] = -a kimsingi
basin [n: vessel] = beseni -/Ma
basket [n] = kikapu Ki/Vi
basketball [n] = basketiboli N/N
bass [n] = besi N/N
bastard [n] = mwanaharamu M/Wa
bat¹ [n: zool] = popo M/Wa [pl: popo]
bat² [n: for games] = kipigio Ki/Vi
bath¹ [n: container] = bafu -/Ma
bath² [n: activity] = kuoga Ku
bathe¹ [vt] = kuogesha
bathe² [vi] = kuoga
bathroom [n] = bafu N/N
batik [n] = batiki N/N
battery [n: electrical] = betri N/N
battle [n] = mapigano -/Ma
beach [n] = bichi N/N, ufuko U
beans [n] = maharagwe -/Ma
bear¹ [vt: endure] = kustahimili
bear² [vt: give birth] = kuzaa
bear³ [n: animal] = dubu M/Wa [pl: dubu]
beard [n] = ndevu N/N
beat [vt/vi] = kupiga
beautiful [adj] = -zuri
beautifully [adv] = vizuri
beauty¹ [n: quality] = urembo U, uzuri U
beauty² [n: a woman] = mrembo M/Wa
because [conj] = kwa sababu
because of = kwa ajili ya
become [vi] = kuwa
bed [n] = kitanda Ki/Vi
beddings [n] = matandiko -/Ma
bedroom [n] = chumba cha kulala Ki/Vi
bee [n] = nyuki M/Wa [pl: nyuki]
beef [n] = nyama ya ng'ombe N/N
beer [n] = bia N/N
before¹ [prep] = kabla ya
before(hand)² [adv] = kabla
before that = kabla ya hapo
beg [vt] = kuomba
beggar [n] = maskini M/Wa
begin [vi/vt] = kuanza
beginning [n] = mwanzo M/Mi
behave [vi] = kutenda
behaviour [n] = mwenendo M/Mi
behind¹ [prep] = nyuma ya
behind² [adv] = nyuma
Belgian [n] = Mbelgiji M/Wa
Belgium [n] = Ubelgiji N/N
believe [vt] = kuamini
bell [n] = kengele N/N
belly [n] = tumbo -/Ma
belong to = kuwa mali ya
below¹ [prep] = chini ya
below² [adv] = chini
belt [n] = mkanda M/Mi
bench [n] = dawati -/Ma
bend¹ [vt/vi] = kupinda
bend² [n: in road] = kona N/N
beneath¹ [prep] = chini ya
beneath² [adv] = chini
benefit¹ [n] = faida N/N, manufaa -/Ma
benefit² [vi] = kunufaika, kufaidika
benefit³ [vt] = kunufaisha
beside [prep] = kando ya
besides¹ [prep: in addition to] = licha ya
besides² [adv: in addition] = tena
best¹ [adj] = -zuri kabisa
best² [adv] = vizuri kabisa
better [adj/adv] = bora
between [prep] = kati ya
beware [vi] <of>= kujitahadhari <->
bewitch [vt] = kuloga
beyond [prep] = kupita
Bible [n] = Biblia N/N
bicycle [n] = baskeli N/N
big [adj] = -kubwa
bill [n: document] = bili N/N
billiards [n] = biliadi N/N
billion [adj, n] = bilioni N/N
bind [vt] = kufunga
biography [n] = biografia N/N
biology [n] = biolojia N/N
binoculars [n] = darubini N/N
bird [n] = ndege M/MWa
birth [n] = kuzaliwa Ku
birthday [n] = siku ya kuzaliwa N/N
biscuit [n] = biskuti N/N
bishop [n: person] = askofu M/Wa [pl: maaskofu]
bite [vt] = kuuma
bitter [adj: of taste] = -chungu, -kali
black [adj] = -eusi
blackboard [n] = ubao U
bladder [n: anat] = kibofu Ki/Vi
blame¹ [vt] = kulaumu
blame² [n] = lawama N/N
blanket [n] = blanketi -/Ma
bleed [vi: med] = kutokwa damu
bless [vt] = kubariki
blind [adj: med] = -pofu
blindly [adv] = bila kuangalia
block¹ [n: of flats] = bloki N/N
block² [vt] = kuzuia
blond(e) [adj] = blondi
blood [n] = damu N/N
blood pressure [n] = BP N/N, kanieneo ya damu N/N
blouse [n] = blauzi N/N
blow¹ [vi] = kuvuma
blow² [n: hit] = pigo -/Ma
blue [adj] = -a bluu
blunt [adj: phys] = butu
board¹ [n: wooden etc] = bao -/Ma
board² [vt] = kupanda
boast [vi] = kujigamba
boat [n] = boti N/N
body¹ [n: anat] = mwili M/Mi [pl: miili]
body² [n: tech] = bodi -/Ma
bodyguard [n] = mpambe M/Wa
boil¹ [vt] = kuchemsha
boil² [vi] = kuchemka
boil³ [n: med] = jipu -/Ma
boiled egg [n] = yai la kuchemshwa -/Ma
boiled potatoes [n] = viazi vya kuchemshwa Ki/Vi
bomb [n] = bomu -/Ma
bone [n] = mfupa M/Mi
bonnet [n: Brit.] = boneti N/N
book¹ [n: literature] = kitabu Ki/Vi
book² [vt: hotel room etc] = kubuku
bookshop [n] = duka la vitabu -/Ma
boot [n] = buti -/Ma
booze¹ [n] = tembo -/Ma
booze² [vi] = kukata tembo
border [n] = mpaka M/Mi
bore [vt] = kuchosha
boredom = uchofu U
boring [adj] = -a kuchosha
borrow¹ [vt: sth] = kuazima
borrow² [vt: money] = kukopa
boss [n] = bosi M/Wa
both [adj/pron] = -ote mbili/-wili
bother [vt] = kusumbua
bottle [n] = chupa N/N
bottom¹ [adv: at the ...] = chini
bottom² [n] = chini Ku
boundary [n] = mpaka M/Mi
bow¹ [n] = upinde U
bow² [vi] = kuinama
bowel movement [n] = haja kubwa N/N
bowels [n] = matumbo -/Ma
bowl [n] = bakuli -/Ma
box [n] = boksi -/Ma
boy [n] = mvulana M/Wa
boycott [vt] = kususia
boyfriend [n] = mpenzi wa kiume M/Wa
bracelet [n] = bangili N/N
brackets [n: text] = mabano -/Ma
brain [n] = ubongo U
brake¹ [n] = breki N/N
brake² [vi] = kupiga breki
branch [n] = tawi -/Ma
brain [n] = ubongo U
brandy [n] = brandi N/N
brave [adj] = -jasiri
Brazil [n] = Brazili N/N
bread [n] = mkate M/Mi
break¹ [vt] = kuvunja
break² [vi] = kuvunjika
break³ [n: pause] = mapumziko -/Ma
break down [vi: of a vehicle etc] = kuharibika
breakfast¹ [n] = chai N/N, staftahi N/N
breakfast² [vi] = kunywa chai
breast [n] = titi -/Ma
breast-feed [vt/vi] = kunyonyesha
breath [n] = pumzi N/N
breathe [vt/vi] = kupumua
breed¹ [vt] = kuzalisha
breed² [vi] = kuzaliana
breeze [n] = upepo mwororo U
brewery [n] = kiwanda cha bia Ki/Vi N/N
bribe¹ [n] = hongo N/N, rushwa N/N
bribe² [vt] = kuhonga
brick [n] = tofali -/Ma
bride [n] = bibi harusi M/Wa
bridegroom [n] = bwana harusi M/Wa
bridge [n: tech] = daraja -/Ma
brief [adj] = -fupi
bright [n: of illumination] = -eupe
bring [vt] = kuleta
bring about [vt] = kuleta
British [adj] = -a Kiingereza
brochure [n] = brosha N/N
broom [n] = ufagio U
brother [n] = kaka M/Wa [pl: makaka]
brother-in-law [n] = shemeji M/Wa [pl: mashemeji]
brow [n] = ukope U [pl: kope]
brown [adj] = -a kahawia
bruise¹ [n] = mchubuko M/Mi
bruise² [vt] = kuchubua
broke [adj] [I'm broke] = [nimeishiwa]
brush¹ [n] = brashi N/N
brush² [vt] = kupiga brashi
bucket [n] = ndoo N/N
budget [n] = bajeti N/N
buffalo [n] = nyati M/Wa [pl: nyati]
buffet [n: meal] = bafe N/N
build [vt] = kujenga
building [n] = jengo -/Ma
bulb [n: tech] = balbu N/N
bull [n] = dume -/Ma
bullet [n: mil] = risasi N/N
bully [vt] = kunyanyasa
bumper [n] = bampa -/Ma
bun [n] = andazi -/Ma
bunch [n] = kicha(ne) Ki/Vi
bundle [n] = mzigo M/Mi
burden [n] = mzigo M/Mi
burglar [n] = jambazi -/Ma
burglary [n] = wizi U
burial [n] = mazishi -/Ma
burn¹ [vt] = kuunguza, kuchoma
burn² [vi] = kuungua
burst [vi] = kupasuka
Burundi [n] = Burundi N/N
Burundian¹ [n: person] = Mrundi M/Wa
Burundian² [n: language] = Kirundi Ki/Vi
Burundian³ [adj] = -a Burundi
bury [vt] = kuzika
bus [n] = basi -/Ma
bus stop [n] = kituo cha basi Ki/Vi
bush [n] = msitu M/Mi
business [n] = biashara N/N
businessperson [n] = mfanya biashara M/Wa
busy: [adj: I am busy] = [nina shughuli]
but [conj] = lakini
butcher's [n] = bucha
butchery [n: facility] = machinjioni -/Ma
butter¹ [n] = siagi N/N
butter² [vt] = kupaka siagi
butterfly [n] = kipepeo M/Wa [pl: vipepeo]
button [n] = kifungo Ki/Vi
buy [vt] = kununua
buyer [n] = mnunuzi M/Wa
by¹ [prep: means] = kwa
by² [prep: near] = karibu na
by³ [prep: agent] = na
by air = kwa ndege
by all means = kwa vyo vyote vile
by bus = kwa basi
by no means = la hasha
by the way = hivi
by train = kwa treni
Bye-bye!¹ [interj: addressing one person] = Kwaheri!
Bye-bye!² [interj: addressing several people] = Kwaherini!
bypass [vt] = kuzunguka
cab [n: taxi] = teksi N/N
cabbaret [n] = kabareti N/N
cabbage [n] = kabichi N/N
cabin [n] = kebini N/N
cabinet¹ [n: cupboard] = kabati -/Ma
cabinet² [n: pol] = baraza la mawaziri -/Ma
cable [n] = kebo N/N
cable television [n] = televisheni ya kebo N/N
cafe [n] = mkahawa M/Mi
cafeteria [n] = mkahawa M/Mi
cage [n] = kizimba Ki/Vi
cake [n] = keki N/N
calculate [vt] = kupiga hesabu
calculator [n] = kikokotoo Ki/Vi
calendar [n] = kalenda N/N
calf [n: zool] = ndama [pl: ndama]
call¹ [vt: gen] = kuita
call² [vt: to phone] = kupigia simu
call³ [n: phone call] = simu N/N
call-box [n] = kibanda cha simu Ki/Vi
caller [n: telephone ...] = mpiga simu M/Wa
calm¹ [adj] = -tulivu
calm² (down) [vt] = kutuliza
calm³ (down) [vi] = kutulia
camera [n] = kamera N/N
camouflage [n] = kamoflaji N/N
camp [n] = kambi N/N
campaign¹ [n] = kampeni N/N
campaign² [vi] <for> = kufanya kampeni <ya>
camping [n] = kuishi hemani Ku
can¹ [n: container] = kopo -/Ma
can² [vi]: I can ... = naweza ...
Canada [n] = Kanada N/N
Canadian¹ [n] = Mkanada M/Wa
Canadian² [adj] = -a Kanada
candle [n] = mshumaa M/Mi
cancel [vt] = kufuta
cancer [n] = kansa N/N, saratani N/N
candidate [n] = mgombea M/Wa
candy [n] = peremende N/N
canteen [n] = kantini N/N
canvas [n] = turubai -/Ma
cap [n: head gear] = kibandiko Ki/Vi
capability [n] = uwezo U
capable [adj] = -enye uwezo
capacity¹ [volumetric] = ujazo U
capacity² [ability] = uwezo U
cape [n: geo] = rasi N/N
capital¹ [n: funds] = mtaji M/Mi
capital² [n: city] = mji mkuu M/Mi
capital letter [n] = herufi kubwa N/N
captain [n] = nahodha M/Wa
capture¹ [vt: mil] = kuteka
capture² [vt: gen] = kukamata
car [n] = gari -/Ma
car park [n] = maegesho ya magari -/Ma
card [n] = kadi N/N
card phone [n] = simu ya kadi N/N
care¹ [n] = matunzo -/Ma
caravan¹ [n: home] = karavani N/N
caravan² [n: procession] = msafara M/Mi
caraway [n] = kisibiti Ki/Vi
carbon [n] = kaboni N/N
carburet(t)or [n] = kabureta N/N
card [n] = kadi N/N
cardboard [n] = kadibodi N/N
care¹ [n] = matunzo -/Ma
care² [vi] = kujali
career [n: professional] = kazi N/N
careful [adj] = -angalifu
carefully [adv] = kwa uangalifu
careless [adj] = -zembe
carelessly [adv] = kizembe
cargo [n] = shehena N/N
carpet [n] = zulia -/Ma
carriage¹ [n: railway ...] = behewa -/Ma
carriage² [n: transportation] = uchukuzi U
carrier [n] = keria N/N
carrot [n] = karoti N/N
carry [vt] = kubeba
carving [n: object] = kinyago Ki/Vi
case¹ [n: box] = sanduku -/Ma
case² [n: legal] = kesi N/N
case³ [n: circumstance] = jambo -/Ma
cash¹ [n] = pesa taslimu N/N
cash² [vt: a cheque/check] = kukeshi
cash dispenser [n] = mashine ya kutolea fedha N/N
cashier [n] = keshia M/Wa [pl: makeshia]
casino [n] = kasino N/N
cassava [n] = muhogo M/Mi
cassette [n] = kaseti N/N
castle [n] = kasri N/N
casual [adj] = -a starehe
cat [n] = paka M/Wa [pl: paka]
catalog(ue) [n] = katalogi N/N
catch [vt] = kukamata
cathedral [n] = kanisa kuu -/Ma
Catholic¹ [n] = Mkatoliki M/Wa
Catholic² [adj] = -a Kikatoliki
cattle [n] = ng'ombe M/Wa
cauliflower [n] = koliflawa N/N
cause¹ [n] = sababu N/N
cause² [vt] = kusababisha
caution [n] = uangalifu U
cautious [adj] = -a tahadhari
cautiously [adv] = kwa tahadhari
cave [n] = pango -/Ma
CD [n] = CD N/N
cease [vi] = kuacha
ceiling [n] = dari N/N
celebrate [vt/vi] = kusherekea
celebration [n] = sherehe N/N
celery [n] = figili N/N
cell [n] = seli N/N
cellar [n] = sela N/N
cellphone [n] = simu ya mkononi N/N
cellular phone [n] = simu ya mkononi N/N
Celsius = Selsiasi
cement [n] = sementi N/N, saruji N/N
cemetery [n] = makaburini Pa
census [n] = sensa N/N
cent [n] = senti N/N
center¹ [n] = katikati Pa
center² [vt] = kuweka katikati
Centigrade = Sentigredi
centimetre [n] = sentimita N/N
centipede [n] = jongoo -/Ma
central [n] = -a kati
Central Africa [n] = Afrika ya Kati N/N
Central Europe [n] = Ulaya ya Kati N/N
centre¹ [n] = katikati Pa
centre² [vt] = kuweka katikati
century [n] = karne N/N
ceremony [n] = tamasha -/Ma
certain¹ [some] = fulani
certain² [sure: I am ...] = [Nina uhakika]
certainly [adv] = bila shaka
certainty [n] = uhakika U
certificate [n] = stakabadhi N/N
chain [n] = mnyororo M/Mi
chair [n] = kiti Ki/Vi
chairperson [n] = mwenyekiti M/Wa [pl: wenyekiti]
chalk [n] = chaki N/N
challenge¹ [n] = changamoto -/Ma
challenge² [vt] = kupa changamoto
champion [n] = bingwa M/Wa [pl: mabingwa]
championship [n] = ubingwa U
chance¹ [n] = fursa N/N
chance² [vt] = kubahatisha
Chancellor of the Exchequer [n] = waziri wa fedha M/Wa
change¹ [n: transformation] = badiliko -/Ma
change² [vt] = kubadilisha
change³ [vi] = kubadilika
change money [vt] = kuchenji hela
change [n: small change] = chenji N/N
change one's mind = kubadili kauli
channel [n: TV] = idhaa N/N
chapatti [n] = chapati N/N
chapter [n: in book] = mlango M/Mi
character(istic) [n] = tabia N/N
charcoal [n] = mkaa M/Mi
charge [vt: electrically, financially] = kuchaji
charming [adj] = -cheshi
chart [n] = chati N/N
chase [vt] = kufukuza
chat¹ [vi] = kupiga gumzo
chat² [n] = gumzo -/Ma
chatroom [n] = chumba cha gumzo Ki/Vi
cheap [adj] = rahisi
cheaply [adv] = kwa bei rahisi
cheat [vt/vi] = kudanganya
check¹ [vt: to examine] = kucheki
check² [vt: Am.: to mark] = kutiki
check³ [n: Am.: financial] = cheki N/N, hundi N/ni
cheek [n: anat] = shavu -/Ma
cheeky [adj] = -fidhuli
cheer¹ [vt] = kushangilia, kuchangamsha
cheer up [vi] = kuchangamka
cheese [n] = chizi N/N, jibini N/N
cheetah [n] = duma M/Wa [pl: duma]
chemical¹ [n] = kemikali N/N
chemical² [adj] = -a kemikali
chemist's (shop) [n] = duka la dawa -/Ma
chemistry [n] = kemia N/N
cheque [n: Brit: financial] = hundi N/N, cheki N/N
cherry [n] = cheri N/N
chess [n] = sataranji N/N
chest [n] = kifua Ki/Vi
chew [vt] = kutafuna
chewing gum [n] = peremende ubani N/N
chicken [n] = kuku N/N [pl: kuku]
chief [n] = mkuu M/Wa
child [n] = mtoto M/Wa
childhood [n] = utoto U
childish [adj] = -a mambo ya kitoto
chilli [n] = pili pili N/N
chilly [adj] = baridi
chimney [n] = dohani N/N
chin [n] = kidevu Ki/Vi
China¹ [n: nation] = China N/N
china² [dishes] = vyombo vya udongo Ki/Vi
Chinese¹ [n: person] = Mchina M/Wa
Chinese² [n: language] = Kichina Ki/Vi
chips [n: food item] = chipsi N/N
chocolate [n] = chokoleti N/N
choice [n] = chaguo Ki/Vi
choir [n] = kwaya N/N
choose [vt] = kuchagua
chop¹ [vt] = kukatakata
chop² [n: food item] = chapsi N/N
Christian¹ [n: person] = Mkristo M/Wa
Christian² [adj] = -a Kikristo
Christianity [n] = Ukristo U
Christmas [n] = Krismasi N/N
Christmas Eve [n] = mkesha wa Krismasi M/Mi
Christmas tree [n] = mti wa Krismasi M/Mi
church [n] = kanisa -/Ma
church service [n] = ibada N/N
cigar [n] = sigaa N/N
cigarette [n] = sigara N/N
cinema [n] = sinema N/N
circle¹ [n] = duara -/Ma
circle² [vi] = kuzunguka
circular [adj] = mviringo
circumstances [n] = hali halisi N/N
circus [n] = sarakasi N/N
citizen [n] = raia M/Wa [pl: raia]
city [n] = jiji -/Ma
city council [n] = halmashauri ya jiji N/N
civilian¹ [n] = raia M/Wa [pl: maraia]
civilian² [adj] = -a kiraia
civilization [n] = ustaarabu U
civilized [adj] = staarabu
claim¹ [vi] = kudai
claim² [n] = dai -/Ma
clap [vt/vi] = kupiga makofi
clash [vi] = kupambana
class¹ [n: on train etc] = daraja -/Ma
class² [n: in school] = darasa -/Ma
classroom [n] = darasa -/Ma
clay [n] = udongo wa mfinyanzi U
clean¹ [vt] = kusafisha
clean² [adj] = safi
cleaner [n] = msafishaji M/Wa
clear¹ [adj: not dark or cloudy] = -eupe
clear² [adj: evident] = dhahiri, wazi
clear³ [vt: remove] = kuondosha
clearly [adv] = kiwazi
clerk [n] = karani M/Wa [pl: makarani]
clever [adj] = -erevu
click [vi; comput] = kubofya
client = mteja M/Wa
cliff [n] = jabali -/Ma
climate [n] = hali ya hewa N/N
climb [vt/vi] = kupanda
cling (to) [vi] = kung'ang'ania
clinic [n] = kliniki N/N
clock [n] = saa N/N
clockwise [adv] = kufuata saa
close¹ [vt] = kufunga
close² [prep] <to>= karibu <na>
close³ [vi] = kufungwa
cloth [n] = kitambaa Ki/Vi
clothes [n] = nguo N/N
cloud [n] = wingu -/Ma
cloudy [adj: geo] = -a mawingu
club¹ [n: association] = klabu N/N
club² [n: for hitting with] = gongo -/Ma
clue [n] = dokezo -/Ma
clumsy [adj] = -a kufurunda kazi
coach¹ [n: carriage] = behewa -/Ma
coach² [n: person] = kocha M/Wa [pl: makocha]
coach³ [vt] = kufunza
coal [n] = makaa ya mawe -/Ma
coast [n: also: at the coast] = pwani
coat [n: clothing] = koti -/Ma
cobra [n] = swila M/Wa [pl: swila]
cocaine [n] = kokeni N/N
cock [n: zool] = jogoo -/Ma
cocktail [n] = kokteli N/N
cocoa [n] = kokoa N/N
coconut [n] = nazi N/N
coffee [n] = kahawa N/N
coin [n] = sarafu N/N
coin-box [n] = simu ya sarafu N/N
coincidence [n] = bahati N/N
cold [n, adj] = baridi
collaborate [vi] = kushirikiana
collapse¹ [vi: of a building etc] = kubomoka
collapse² [vi: of a person] = kuzimia
collar [n: on clothing] = ukosi U
colleague [n] = mwenzi M/Wa [pl: wenzi]
collect [vt] = kukusanya
collection¹ [n: set of items] = mkusanyo M/Mi
collection² [n: money in church] = sadaka N/N
college [n] = chuo Ki/Vi [pl: vyuo]
collide [vi] = kugongana
collision [n] = mgongano M/Mi
colloquial [adj] = -a mitaani
colo(u)r¹ [n] = rangi N/N
colo(u)r² [vt] = kuwekea rangi
colo(u)rful [adj] = -a rangi nyingi
column¹ [n: of table] = safu N/N
column² [n: architectural] = nguzo N/N
comb¹ [n] = chanuo N/N
comb² [vt: hair] = kuchana
combination [n] = muungano M/Mi
combine [vt] = kuunganisha
come [vi] = kuja
come back [vi] = kurudi
Come in!¹ [interj: addressing one person] = Karibu ndani!
Come in!² [interj: addressing several people] = Karibuni ndani!
comedy [n] = futuhi N/N
comfort¹ [n] = raha N/N
comfort² [vt] = kufariji
comfortable [adj] = -a raha
command¹ [vt: mil] = kuamrisha
command² [n] = amri N/N
commemorate [vt] = kuadhimisha
commence [vi/vt] = kuanza
comment¹ [n] = tamko -/Ma
comment² [vi] = kutamka
commerce [n] = biashara N/N
commercial [adj] = -a biashara
commercially [adv] = kibiashara
commission¹ [n: payment] = ujira U
commission² [n: body] = tume N/N
commissioner [n] = kamishna M/Wa [pl: makamishna]
committee [n] = kamati N/N
commodity [n] = bidhaa N/N
commotion [n] = vurugu N/N
common [n] = -a kawaida
commonly [adv] = kikawaida
communicate [vi] = kuwasiliana
communication [n] = mawasiliano -/Ma
communion [n] = komunyo N/N
community [n] = jumuiya N/N
Comoros [n] = Ngazija N/N
company [n: commercial] = kampuni
compare [n] = kufananisha
comparison [n] = mfananisho M/Mi
compartment [n]= sehemu N/N
compass [n: directional] = dira N/N
compensate [vt] = kufidia
compensation [n] = fidia N/N
compete [vi] <against>= kushindana <na>
competition [n] = mashindano -/Ma
complain [vi] = kulalamika
complaint [n] = lalamiko -/Ma
complete¹ [adj] = kamili(fu)
complete² [vt] = kukamilisha
complex¹ [adj] = -enye utata
complex² [n: premises] = majengo -/Ma
complex³ [n: psychological] = hisia mbovu N/N
compose [vt] = kutunga
compromise¹ [vi] = kuafikiana
compromise² [n] = maafikiano -/Ma
computer [n] = kompyuta N/N
concentrate on = kuzingatia
concentration¹ [n: mental] = kuzingatia Ku
concentration² [n: chem] = kuzingatia Ku
concern [vt] = kuhusu
concerning [prep] = kuhusu
concert [n] = konsati N/N
concoction [n] = mchanganyiko maalum M/Mi
condemn¹ [vt: legally] = kuhukumu
condemn² [vt: to disapprove of] = kulaani
condition¹ [n: requirement] = sharti -/Ma
condition² [n: state] = hali N/N
condom [n] = kondomu N/N
conduct¹ [vt] = kuendesha
conduct² [n] = tabia N/N
conductor [n: person] = kondakta M/Wa [pl: makondakta]
conference [n] = mkutano M/Mi
confess [vt/vi] = kukiri
cofidence [n] = kujiamini Ku
confidential [adj] = -a siri
confirm [vt] = kuthibitisha
confirmation [n] = thibitisho -/Ma
conflict [n] = mgogoro M/Mi
confuse [vt] = kuchanganya
confusion [n] = vurugu N/N
Congo [n]= Kongo N/N
Congolese¹ [n] = Mkongomani M/Wa
Congolese² [adj] = -a Kongo
congratulate [vt] = kupongeza
congratulation [n] = pongezi N/N
conman [n] = mlanguzi M/Wa
connect [vt] = kuunganisha
connection [n] = muunganisho M/Mi
conquer [vt] = kushinda
conscious [adj] = -enye fahamu
consciousness [n] = fahamu N/N
consent [n] = idhini N/N
consequence [n] = tokeo -/Ma
conserve [vt] = kuhifadhi
consider [vt] = kutafakari
consist of = kutokana na
console [vt] = kufariji
conspiracy [n] = njama N/N
conspire [vi] = kufanya njama
constant [adj] = -a kubakia hivyo hivyo
constantly [adv] = hivyo hivyo
constitution¹ [n: pol] = katiba N/N
constitution² [physical] = hali N/N
construct [vt] = kujenga
construction [n] = ujenzi U
consult [vt] = kushauriana na
consume [vt] = kutumia
consumer [n] = mtumiaji M/Wa
consumption [n] = matumizi -/Ma
contact¹ [vt: a person] = kuwasiliana na
contact² [n: relationship] = kuwasiliana Ku
contain [vt: volumetrically] = kuwa na
container¹ [n: gen] = chombo Ki/Vi
container² [n: for shipping] = kontena -/Ma
content¹ [n: what is inside] = kilichomo Ki/Vi
content² [adj] = -enye kuridhika
context [n] = muktadha M/Mi
continent [n: geo] = bara -/Ma
continue¹ [vi] = kuendelea
continue² [vt] = kuendeleza
continuous [adj] = -a kuendelea
continuously [adv] = kwa kuendelea
contract [n] = mkataba M/Mi
contraception [n] = kuzuia mimba Ku
contraceptive [n] = dawa ya kuzuia mimba N/N
contribute [vt] = kuchangia
contribution [n] = mchango M/Mi
control¹ [n] = udhibiti U
control² [vt] = kudhibiti
controversial [adj] = -a ubishi mwingi
controversy [n] = ubishi U
convenience [n] = raha N/N
convenient [adj] = -a raha
conversation [n] = maongezi -/Ma
converse [vi] = kuongea
convert [vt] = kubadilisha
convince [vt] = kushawishi
cook¹ [vt] = kupika
cook² [n] = mpishi M/Wa
cooker [n] = jiko -/Ma
cookery [n] = upishi U
cookie [n] = biskuti N/N
cool [adj] = -a baridi
cool¹ down [vt] = kupoza
cool¹ down [vi] = kupoa
co-operate [vi] = kushirikiana
co-operation [n] = ushirikiano U
co-ordinate [vt] = kuratibu
co-ordination [n] = uratibu U
coordinator [n] = mratibu
cope [vi] (with) = kumudu
copper [n] = shaba N/N
copy¹ [n] = kopi N/N, nakala N/N
copy² [vt] = kukopi, kunakili
copyright [n] = hati miliki N/N
corkscrew [n] = kizibuo Ki/Vi
corn [n] = mahindi -/Ma
corner [n] = kona N/N
corpse [n] = maiti N/N
correct¹ [adj] = sawa
correct² [vt] = kusahihisha
correction [n] = sahihisho -/Ma
correspond with [by letters/e-mail] = kuandikiana na
correspondence [n] = barua N/N
corridor [n] = korido N/N
corrupt [adj] = -potofu
corruption [n] = upotofu U
cosmetics [n] = vipodozi Ki/Vi
cost¹ [n] = gharama N/N
cost² [vt] = kugharimu
costume [n] = vazi -/Ma
cotton [n] = pamba N/N
cotton wool [n] = pamba N/N
couch [n] = kochi -/Ma
cough¹ [vi/vt] = kukohoa
cough² [n] = kikohozi Ki/Vi
cough mixture [n] = dawa ya kikohozi N/N
council [n] = halmashauri N/N
counselling [n] = ushaurinasaha U
count [vt/vi] = kuhesabu
counter¹ [n: location in pub etc] = kaunta N/N
counter¹ [n: device] = kihesabio Ki/Vi
counterfeit [adj] = -a bandia
counterpart [n] = mwenzi M/Wa [pl: wenzi]
country [n: nation] = nchi N/N
countryside [n] = nje ya mji Pa
couple¹ [n: few] = kadha
couple² [n: husband and wife] = waliooana M/Wa
courage [n] = ujasiri U
courageous [adj] = -jasiri
courageously [adv] = kijasiri
course [n: of instruction] = kozi N/N
court¹ [n: legal] = korti N/N
court² [n: area for tennis etc] = kiwanja Ki/Vi
court² [vt: a woman ] = kutongoza
courtesy [n] = ukarimu U
cousin [n] = binamu M/Wa [pl: mabinamu]
cover¹ [vt] = kufunika
cover² [n] = mfuniko M/Mi
cow [n: animal] = ng'ombe (jike) M/Wa [pl: ng'ombe]
coward [n] = mwoga M/MWa
cowardly [adj] = -a kuonea
crack¹ [n] = ufa U [pl: nyufa]
crack² [vi] = kupasuka
crack³ [vt] = kupasua
craftsman = fundi M/Wa [pl: mafundi]
crane¹ [n: bird] = korongo M/Wa
crane² [n: tech] = kreni N/N
crash¹ [vi: gen] = kupinduka
crash² [vi: comput] = kukwama, kuvurugika
crash into = kuparamia
crash course [n] = kozi ya haraka haraka N/N
crazy [adj: person] = -enye kichaa
cream [n] = kirimu N/N
create¹ [gen] = kuunda
create² [vt: relig] = kuumba
creature [n] = kiumbe M/Wa [pl.: viumbe]
credible [adj] = aminifu
credit [n: balance] = salio -/Ma
credit card [n] = kadi ya mkopo N/N
crew [n] = watumishi M/Wa
cricket [n: game] = kriketi N/N
crime [n] = uhalifu U
criminal¹ [adj] = -a uhalifu
criminal² [n] = mhalifu M/Wa
crisis [n] = mgogoro M/Mi
crisps [n] = kau kau N/N
criticism [n] = ukosoaji U
criticize [vt] = kukosoa
crockery [n] = vyombo Ki/Vi
crocodile [n] = mamba M/Wa [pl: mamba]
crook [n: person] = mhuni M/Wa
crops [n] = mazao -/Ma
cross¹ [n: relig] = msalaba M/Mi
cross² [vt] = kuvuka
crossing [n] = mavuko -/Ma
crossroads [n] = makutano -/Ma
crossword puzzle [n] = fumbo la maneno
crowd [n] = umati U
cruel [n] = -katili
cruelty [n] = ukatili U
crush [vt] = kuponda
crust [n] = gamba -/Ma, gome -/Ma
crutch [n] = gongo -/Ma
cry [vi] = kulia
cucumber [n] = tango -/Ma
cultural [adj] = -a kitamaduni
culture [n: ethnological] = utamaduni U
cunning¹ [adj] = -janja
cunning² [n] = ujanja U
cup [n] = kikombe Ki/Vi
cupboard [n] = kabati -/Ma
cure¹ [vt] = kutibu
cure² [n] = dawa N/N
curiosity [n] = udadisi U
curious [adj] = -dadisi
curiously [adv] = kwa udadisi
currency [n: financial] = sarafu N/N
current¹ [adj] = -a sasa
current² [n] = mkondo M/Mi
current account [n] = akaunti ya kutoatoa fedha N/N
current affairs [n] = mambo ya sasa -/Ma
curry [n] = bi(n)zari N/N
curse¹ [vt] = kulaani
curse² [n] = laana N/N
cursor [n] = kasa N/N
curtain [n] = pazia -/Ma
curve [n] = mpindo M/Mi
cushion [n] = mto M/Mi
custom [n] = desturi N/N
customer [n] = mteja M/Mi
customs [n: station] = forodha N/N
customs duty [n] = ushuru U
cut [vt] = kukata
cutlery [n] = vyombo vya kulia Ki/Vi
cutlet [n] = chapsi N/N
cycle [vi] = kuendesha baiskeli
cylinder [n] = silinda N/N
dad [n] = baba M/Wa [pl: mababa]
daily¹ [adj] = -a kila siku
daily² [adv] = kila siku
dairy [n] = biashara ya maziwa N/N
dam [n: geo] = bwawa -/Ma
damage¹ [n] = madhara -/Ma
damage² [vt] = kudhuru
dance¹ [vi] = kucheza dansi
dance² [n] = dansi N/N
danger [n] = hatari N/N
dangerous [adj] = -a hatari
dare [vi] = kuthubutu
dark [adj] = -eusi
darkness [n] = giza -/Ma
darling [n] = kipenzi Ki/Vi
darts [n] = dati N/N
dash¹ [vi: to run] = kutimka
dash² [n: symbol] = deshi N/N
data [n] = data N/N
database [n] = hifadhi data N/N
date¹ [n: calendar] = tarehe N/N
date² [vt: calendar] = kuwekea tarehe
date³ [vi: amorously] = kukutana kimapenzi
daughter [n] = binti M/Wa [pl: mabinti]
daughter-in-law [n] = mkwe M/Wa
dawn¹ [vi] = kupambazuka
dawn² [n: at ..] = mapambazuko
day [n] = siku N/N
daybreak [n] = mapambazuko M/Mi
daylight [n: also: during ...] = mchana M/Mi
dead [adj] = -fu
deadly [adj] = -baya sana
deaf [adj] = kiziwi
deal [n] = muafaka M/Mi
deal with = kushughulikia
Dear ... [form of address] = Mpendwa ...
death [n] = kifo Ki/Vi
debate¹ [vi] = kujadiliana
debate² [n] = mjadala M/Mi
deceive [vt] = kudanganya
December [n] = Disemba, Desemba N/N
deception [n] = udanganyifu U
decency [n] = heshima N/N
decent [adj] = -a heshima
decently [adv] = kiheshima
decide [vi/vt] = kuamua
decision [n] = uamuzi U
declare [vt] = kutamka
declaration [n] = azimio -/Ma
decline¹ [vt/vi: to reject] = kukataa
decline² [vi: to decrease] = kupunguka
decorate [vt] = kupamba
decoration [n] = pambo -/Ma
decrease¹ [vt] = kupunguza
decrease² [vi] = kupungua
decrease³ [n] = kupungua Ku
deduct [vt] = kukata
deduction [n: a reduction] = mkato M/Mi
deep [n] = -refu
deep freezer [n] = dipfriza N/N
defeat¹ [vt] = kushinda
defeat² [n] = kushindwa Ku
defect [n] = hitilafu N/N
defence [n] = ulinzi U
defend [vt] = kulinda
define [vt] = kufafanua
definition [n] = ufafanuzi U
degree [n: academic, of temperature] = digrii N/N
delay¹ [vi] = kuchelewa
delay² [vt] = kuchelewesha
delay³ [n] = kuchelewa Ku
delegate [n] = mjumbe M/Wa
deliberate [adj] = -a makusudi
deliberately [adv] = makusudi
delicious [adj] = -tamu
delight [vt] = kufurahisha
deliver [vt: take/bring] = kufikisha
delivery¹ [n: conveyance] = kufikisha Ku
delivery² [n: med] = kujifungu Ku
demand¹ [vt] = kudai
demand² [n] = dai -/Ma
democracy [n] = demokrasia N/N
democratic [adj] = -a demokrasia
democratically [adv] = kidemokrasia
Democratic Republic of Congo [n] = Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo N/N
demolish [vt] = kubomoa
demonstrate¹ [vt: show] = kuonyesha
demonstrate² [vi: pol] = kuandamana
demonstration¹ [n: display] = onyesho -/Ma
demonstration² [n: pol] = maandamano -/Ma
Denmark [n] = Denimaki N/N
dentist [n] = daktari wa meno M/Wa
deny [vt] = kukana
deodorant [n] = diodoranti N/N
depart [vi] = kuondoka
department [n] = idara N/N
department store [n] = duka kubwa -/Ma
departure [n] = kuondoka Ku
depend [vi] <on> = kutegemea <->
deposit¹ [vt] = kuweka
deposit² [n: financial] = akiba N/N
depressed [adj] = -enye manung'uniko
depth [n] = kina Ki/Vi, urefu U
deputy [n] = msaidizi
dermatologist [n] = daktari wa ngozi M/Wa
describe [vt] = kuelezea
description = maelezo -/Ma
desert¹ [n: geo] = jangwa -/Ma
desert² [n: food item] = kitindamlo Ki/Vi
desert³ [vt] = kuacha
deserve [vt] = kustahili
design¹ [n: of a product] = muundo M/Mi
design² [vt] = kuunda
desire¹ [n] = shauku N/N
desire² [vt] = kutaka
desk [n] = deski -/Ma
despair [vi] = kukata tamaa
desperate [adj] = -a kujarijaribu
despise [vt] = kudharau
despite [prep] = licha ya
dessert [n] = kitindamlo Ki/Vi
destination [n: my ... is] = [nataka kufika ...]
destiny [n] = kudura N/N
destroy [vt] = kuteketeza
destruction [n] = kuteketeza Ku
details [n] = maelezo kamili -/Ma
detect [vt] = kuvumbua
detective [n] = mpelelezi M/Wa
detention [n] = mahabusu N/N
detergent [n] = sabuni ya kufulia N/N
deteriorate [vi] = kuharibika
determination [n: drive] = ushupavu U
determine [vt] = kupata
detour [n] = njia ya kuzunguka N/N
develop¹ [vt] = kuendeleza
develop² [vi] = kuendelea
development [n] = maendeleo -/Ma
device [n] = kifaa Ki/Vi
devil [n] = shetani M/Wa
dew [n] = umande U
dialect [n] = lahaja N/N
dialog(ue) [n] = maongezi -/Ma
diamond [n] = almasi N/N
diaper [n] = nepi N/N
diarrh(o)ea [n] = kuharisha Ku
diary [n] = shajara N/N
dice [n] = dadu N/N
dictation [n] [exercise] = imla N/N
dictator [n] = dikteta M/Wa [pl: madikteta]
dictionary [n] = kamusi N/N
die [vi] = kufa
diet [n] = mlo M/Mi
differ [vi] = kutofautiana
difference [n] = tofauti N/N
different [adj] = tofauti
difficult [adj] = -gumu
difficulties [n] = matata
difficulty [n] = ugumu U
dig [vt] = kuchimba
digest [vt: med] = kumeng'enya
dignity [n] = hadhi N/N
dining room [n] = chumba cha kulia Ki/Vi
dinner [n] = chakula kikuu Ki/Vi
diplomacy [n] = diplomasia N/N
diplomat [n] = mjumbe M/Wa
direct¹ [adj] = -a moja kwa moja
direct² [vt] = kuelekeza, kuongoza
direction [n: geo] = upande U
directly [adv] = moja kwa moja
director [n] = mkurugenzi M/Wa
directory [n: phone ...] = kitabu cha orodha ya simu Ki/Vi
dirt [n] = uchafu U
dirty [adj] = -chafu
disabled [adj] = -enye kilema
disadvantage [n] = ubaya U
disagree [vi] = kutokubali
disappear [vi] = kutoweka
disappoint [vt] = kuangusha
disapprove [n] (of) = kupinga
disaster [n] = balaa N/N
disconnect [vt] = kuchomoa
discount [n] = nafuu ya bei N/N
discover [vt] = kugundua
discuss [vt] = kujadili
discussion [n] = majadiliano -/Ma
disease [n] = ugonjwa U [pl: magonjwa]
disembark [vi] = kushuka
disgust [vt] = kuchukiza
disgusting [adj] = -a kuchukiza
dish¹ [n: food] = chakula
dish² [n: china etc] = sahani N/N
dish³ [n: satellite ... etc] = dishi N/N
dishes [n] = vyombo Ki/Vi
disinfect [vt] = kutakasa
dishwasher [n] = mashine ya kuoshea vyombo N/N
diskette [n] = disketi N/N
dislike [vt] = kuchukia
dismiss [vt: to sack] = kufukuza kazi
disobey [vt] = kutotii
disorder [n] = hitilafu N/N
display¹ [vt] = kuonyesha
display² [n: component] = kionyesheo Ki/Vi
disposable [adj] = -a kutumika mara moja
dispose of [vt] = kutupa
dispute [n] = ubishi U
disregard [vt] = kutojali
disrupt [vt] = kuvuruga
dissatisfied [adj] = -a kutoridhika
distance [n] = umbali U
distant [adj] = -a mbali
distinguish [vt] = kutofautisha
distract [vt] = kupoteza mawazo
distribute [vt] = kugawanya
distribution [n] = mgawanyo M/Mi
district [n] = wilaya N/N
District Commissioner [n: abbr.: DC] = Mkuu wa Wilaya M/Wa
distrust [vt] = kutoamini
disturb [vt] = kubughudhi
disturbance [n] = bughudha N/N
ditch [n] = mtaro M/Mi
diversion [n] = mchepuko M/Mi
divide [vt] = kugawa
division¹ [n: math] = kugawa Ku
division² [n: admin] = idara N/N
divorce¹ [n] = talaka N/N
divorce² [vt] = kuacha
djin [n] = jini -/Ma
dizzy [adj] = -enye kizunguzungu
do [vt] = kufanya
docks [n] = gati -/Ma
doctor [n] = daktari M/Wa [pl: madaktari]
doctor's office [n: Am.] = ofisi ya daktari N/N
document [n] = hati N/N
dog [n] = mbwa M/Wa [pl: mbwa]
doll [n] = mwanasesere M/Wa [pl: wanasesere]
dollar [n] = dola N/N
domestic¹ [adj: domiciliary] = -a nyumbani
domestic² [adj: of flights etc] = -a nchini
domestic animal [n] = mnyama wa nyumbani M/Wa
donkey [n] = punda M/Wa [pl: punda]
donate [vt] = kutoa
donor [n] = mhisani M/Wa
door [n] = mlango M/Mi
doorkeeper [n] = mlinzi M/Wa
dose [n] = kiasi Ki/Vi
dot [n] = doti -/Ma
double¹ [adj] = mbili
double² [vi] = kuwa mara mbili
double³ [vt] = kufanya kuwa mara mbili
double-cross [vt] = kugeuka
double room [n] = chumba cha watu wawili Ki/Vi
doubt¹ [n] = shaka -/Ma
doubt² [vi/vt] = kushuku
dove [n] = njiwa M/Wa [pl: njiwa]
down [adv] = chini
downhill [adv] = kwenda chini
download [vt] = kupakia
downstairs [adv, n] = (ghorofa ya) chini
downtown [n, adv] = mjini M/Mi
downward¹ [adj] = -a kwenda chini
downward(s)² [adv] = kwenda chini
doze [vi] = kusinzia
dozen = dazeni N/N
drag [vt] = kuburuta
drama [n] = drama N/N
draw [vt: a diagram] = kuchora
drawer [n] = mtoto wa meza M/Wa
drawing [n] = mchoro M/Mi
dream¹ [vi] = kuota ndoto
dream² [n] = ndoto N/N
dress¹ [vt] = kuvaa
dress² [n: woman's garment] = gauni -/Ma
drill [vt: tech] = kutoboa
drink¹ [vt] = kunywa
drink² [n] = kinywaji Ki/Vi
drinking water [n] = maji ya kunywa -/Ma
drive [vt] = kuendesha
driver¹ [n: person] = dereva M/Wa [pl: madereva]
driver² [n: software etc] = kiendeshi Ki/Vi
driving licence [n] = leseni ya kuendesha N/N
driving school [n] = shule ya kuendesha N/N
drop¹ [n: of water etc] = tone -/Ma
drop² [vt] = kudondosha
drop³ [vi] = kudondoka
drought [n] = ukame
drown [vi] = kufa maji
drug¹ [n: medicine] = dawa N/N
drug² [n: narcotic] = dawa ya kulevya N/N
drugstore [n] = duka la dawa -/Ma
drum¹ [n] = ngoma N/N
drum² [vi] = kupiga ngoma
drunk [adj: he/she is drunk] = [amelewa]
dry¹ [adj] = -kavu
dry² [vt] = kukausha
dry³ [vi] = kukauka
dry-cleaner's [n] = duka la dobi -/Ma
dubious [adj] = -a mashaka
duck¹ [n: zool] = bata M/Wa [pl: bata]
duck² [vt/vi] = kukwepa
due to = kwa ajili ya
dumb [adj] = bubu
duplicate¹ [n] = nakala N/N
duplicate² [vt] = kunakili
durable [adj] = -a kudumu
during [prep] = wakati wa
dust¹ [n] = vumbi -/Ma
dust² [vt] = kupukuta
dustbin [n] = pipa la taka -/Ma
dusty [adj] = -enye vumbi
Dutch [n: language] = Kiholanzi Ki/Vi
Dutchman, -woman [n] = Mholanzi M/Wa
DVD [n] = DVD N/N
duty [n: assignment] = wajibu U
duty free [adjectival] = -a bila ushuru
each¹ [adj] = kila
each² [pron] = kila -moja
eager = -enye shauku
eagerly [adv] = kwa shauku
eagle [n] = tai M/Wa [pl: tai]
ear [n] = sikio -/Ma
early¹ [adv] = mapema
early² [adj] = -a mapema
earn [vt] = kupata, kuchuma
earth¹ [n: world] = dunia N/N
earth² [n: ground] = udongo U
earthquake [n] = tetemeko la ardhi -/Ma
ease [n] = urahisi U
easily [adv] = kirahisi
east [adj/adv/n] = mashariki Pa
East Africa [n] = Afrika (ya) Mashariki N/N
Easter [n] = Pasaka N/N
Easter Monday [n] = Jumatatu ya Pasaka N/N
eastern [adj] = -a mashariki
easy [adj] = rahisi
eat [vt] = kula
eatery [n] = hoteli N/N
economic [adj] = -a kiuchumi
economy [n] = uchumi U
edge [n] = ukingo U
edible [adj] = -enye kulika
edit [vt] = kuhariri
edition = toleo -/Ma
editor [n: person] = mhariri M/Wa
educate [vt] = kuelimisha
education [n] = elimu N/N
effect [n] = athari N/N
effective [adj] = -enye kuleta matokeo
effort [n] = juhudi N/N
e.g. = k.m. [= kwa mfano]
egg [n] = yai -/Ma
Egypt [n] = Misri N/N
eight [adj/n] = (-)nane
eighty [adj/n] = themanini
either ... or ... = ama ... au ...
elbow [n] = kisugodi Ki/Vi
elect [vt] = kuchagua
election(s) [n] = uchaguzi U
electric(al) [adj] = -a umeme
electricity [n] = umeme U
electronic [adj] = -a elektroniki
electronics [n] = elektroniki N/N
element [n: chem] = elementi N/N
elephant [n] = tembo M/Wa [pl: tembo]
elevator [n] = lifti N/N
else [adv] = la sivyo
elsewhere [adv] = kwingine
e-mail¹ [n] = barua pepe N/N, barau e- N/N
e-mail² [vt] = kutumia barua pepe
embark [vi] = kupanda
embarrass [vt] = kutia aibu
embarrassing [adj] = -a aibu
embarrassment [n] = aibu N/N
embassy [n] = ubalozi U
emerge [vi] = kutokea
emergency [n] = dharura N/N
emergency call [n] = simu ya dharura N/N
emergency exit [n] = mlango wa dharura M/Mi
emotion [n] = hemko N/N
emotional [adj] = -a hisia nyingi
employ [vt] = kuajiri
employee [n] = mwajiriwa M/Wa [pl: waajiriwa]
employer [n] = mwajiri M/Wa [pl: waajiri]
employment [n] = kazi N/N
empty [adj] = -tupu
enable [vt] = kuwezesha
encircle [vt] = kuzingira, kuzunguka
enclose [vt] = kuweka ndani
encourage [vt] = kupa moyo
encyclop(a)edia [n] = ensaiklopedia M/Mi
end¹ [n] = mwisho M/Mi [pl.: miisho]
end² [vi] = kuisha, kumalizika
end³ [vt] = kumaliza
endanger [vt] = kuhatarisha
endurance [n] = uvumilivu U
endure [vi] = kuvumilia
enemy [n] = adui M/Wa [pl: maadui]
energy [n] = nishati N/N
engage [vt: a fiancee] = kuchumbia
engaged¹ [adj: I (a woman) am ...] = [Niemechumbiwa]
engaged² [adj: I (a man) am ...] = [Nimechumbia]
engaged³ [adj: the phone is ...] = [simu inatumika]
engagement [n] = uchumba U
engine [n] = injini N/N
engine oil [n] = mafuta ya injini -/Ma
engineer [n] = injinia, mhandisi M/Wa
engineering [n] = uhandisi U
England [n] = Uingereza N/N
English¹ [n: langauge] = Kiingereza Ki/Vi
English² [n: the English (people)] = Waingereza M/Wa
English³ [adj] = -a Kiingereza
Englishman, -woman [n] = Mwingereza M/Wa
enjoy [vt] = kufaidi
enlarge [vt] = kukuza
enormous = -kubwa sana
enormously [adv] = sana sana
enough¹ [adj] = -a kutosha
enough² [adv] = kiasi cha kutosha
enquire about = kuulizia
enquiries [n] = maulizo -/Ma
enter¹ [vi] = kuingia
enter² [vt] = kuingiza
entertain [vt] = kuburudisha
entertainment [n] = burudani N/N
enthusiasm [n] = shauku N/N
enthusiastic [adj] = -enye shauku
enthusiastically [adv] = kwa shauku
entire [adj] = -ote kabisa
entirely [adv] = kabisa kabisa
entrance [n] = pa kuingilia Pa
entrepreneur [n] = mjasiriamali M/Wa
entry [n: action] = kuingia Ku
entry visa [n] = viza ya kuingia N/N
envelope [n] = bahasha N/N
environment [n] = mazingira -/Ma
envious [adj] = -enye wivu
envy¹ [vt] = kuonea wivu
envy² [n] = wivu U
epedemic [n] = epidemia N/N
equal [adj] = sawa
equality [n] = usawa U
equator [n] = ikweta N/N
equipment [n] = vifaa Ki/Vi
equivalent¹ [adjectival] <to> = -enye kulingana <na>
equivalent² [n] = kisawe Ki/Vi
era [n] = enzi N/N
emergency [n] = dharura N/N
emergency number [n] = namba ya dharura N/N
emergency door [n] = mlango wa dharura M/Mi
err [vi] = kukosea
error [n] = kosa -/Ma
escalator [n] = eskaleta N/N
escape [vi/vt] = kutoroka
especially [adv] = hasa
essay [n] = insha N/N
essential [adj] = muhimu
essentially [adv] = hasa hasa
essentials [n] = mambo muhimu -/Ma
estate [n] = shamba -/Ma
estate agent [n] = waka wa nyumba M/Wa
estate car [n] = stesheni wagoni N/N
estimate¹ [vt] = kukadiria
estimate² [n] = makadirio -/Ma
eternal [adj] = -a milele
eternity [n] = milele N/N
ethnic group [n] = kabila -/Ma
Euro [n] = Yuro N/N
Europe [n] = Ulaya U
European¹ [adj] = -a Ulaya
European² [n] = Mzungu, mtu wa Ulaya M/Wa
European Union [n] = Jumuiya ya Ulaya N/N
evade [vt] = kukwepa
evaporate [vi] = kuwa mvuke
even¹ [adv: including] = hata
even² [adj: level] = tambarare
evening [n: also: in the ...] = jioni
event [n] = tukio -/Ma
ever [adv: Have you ever ...] = [Umewahi ...]
every [adj] = kila
every day [adv] = kila siku
everybody [pron] = kila mtu
everyday [adj] = -a kila siku
everyone [pron] = kila mtu
everything [pron] = kila kitu
everywhere [adv] = kila mahali
evidence [n] = ushahidi U
evil¹ [adj] = -ovu
evil² [n] = uovu U
exact [adj] = sahihi
exactly [adv] = kamili
exaggerate [vt] = kutia chumvi, kuzidisha
exaggeration [n] = chumvi N/N
examination¹ [n: gen] = uchunguzi U
examination² [n: academic] = mtihani M/Mi
examine [vt] = kuchunguza
example [n] = mfano M/Mi
exceed [vt] = kuzidi
excellent [adj] = bora kabisa
except [prep] = kasoro
exception [n] = jambo la pekee -/Ma
excess baggage [n] = mizigo ya kuzidi M/Mi
excessive [adj] = -a kuzidi
excessively [adv] = kuzidi
exchange¹ [n: gen] = mabadilishano -/Ma
exchange² [vt] = kubadilisha
exchange rate [n] = kima cha kubadilisha Ki/Vi
excite [vt] = kusisimua
excitement [n] = msisimko M/Mi
exciting [adj] = -a kusisimua
exclude [vt] = kutenga
excluding [prep] = kuacha
excursion [n] = matembezi _/Ma
excuse¹ [n] = sababu N/N
excuse² [vt] = kusamehe
Excuse me! = Samahani!
exercise¹ [n] = zoezi -/Ma
exercise² [vi] = kufanya mazoezi
exhaust [vt: to tire] = kuchosha
exaust pipe [n] = ekizosi N/N
exhibit¹ [vt] = kuonyesha
exhibit² [n] = kizibiti Ki/Vi
exhibition [n] = maonyesho -/Ma
exist [vi] = kuwepo
existence[n] = kuwepo Ku
exit [n] = mahali pa kutokea Pa
expand¹ [vt: phys] = kutanua
expand² [vi: phys] = kizibiti Ki/Vi
expand³ [vt: to extend] = kueneza
expansion [n: phys] = mtanuko M/Mi
expatriate [n] = mtaalam mgeni M/Wa
expect [vt/vi] = kutegemea
expectation [n] = tegemeo -/Ma
expel [vt] = kufukuza
expense [n] = gharama N/N
expensive [adj] = ghali
experience¹ [n: professional etc] = uzoefu U
experience² [n: incident] = tukio -/Ma
experience³ [vt] = kupatwa na
experiment [n] = jaribio -/Ma
expert [n] = mtaalam M/Wa
expire [vi] = kuisha
explain [vt] = kuelezea
explanation [n] = maelezo -/Ma
explode² [vi] = kulipuka
explode² [vt] = kulipua
exploit¹ [vt: profitably] = kutumia
exploit² [vt: to abuse] = kuonea
explore [vt] = kuchunguza
explosion [n] = mlipuko M/Mi
explosive [n] = baruti N/N
export [vt] = kusafirisha nje ya nchi
exports [n] = bidhaa zinazouzwa nje ya nchi N/N
expose [vt] = kufunua
express¹ [adj] = -a haraka
express² [vt] = kutamka
extend¹ [vt] = kuongezea
extend² [vi] = kuenea
extension¹ [n: extending] = kuongezea Ku
extension² [n: tel number] = simu ya binafsi N/N
extent [n] = kiwango Ki/Vi
extinguish [vt] = kuzima
extra [adjectival] = -a ziada
extraordinary [adj] = -a ajabu
extreme [adj] = -kali
extremely [adv] = sana sana
eye [n] = jicho -/Ma [pl.: macho]
eyebrow [n] = nyusi N/N
eyelash [n] = ukope [pl: kope]
eyewitness [n] = shahidi M/Wa [pl: mashahidi]
face¹ [n] = uso U
face² [vt] = kuangalia
facilities [n] = fursa N/N
fact [n] = kitu cha kweli Ki/Vi
factory [n] = kiwanda Ki/Vi
faculty [n: at university] = kitivo Ki/Vi
fade [vi] = kupungua
fail¹ [vi: not make it] = kushindwa
fail² [vt: an exam etc] = kufeli, kushindwa
fail³ [vi: of a machine etc] = kuharibika
failure [n] = kushindwa Ku
faint¹ [vi] = kuzimia
faint² [adj] = hafifu
fair¹ [adj] = -a haki
fair² [n] = maonyesho -/Ma
faith [n] = imani N/N
faithful [adj] = -aminifu
fake [adj] = feki
fall [vi] = kuanguka
false [adj] = bandia
fame [n] = umashuhuri U
family [n] = familia N/N
familiar [adj] = -enye kujulikana
famous [adj] = mashuhuri
fan¹ [n: tech] = feni /N/
fan² [n: person] = mshabiki M/Wa
fanatic [n] = mshabiki M/Wa
far¹ [adv] = mbali
far² [adj] = -a mbali
fare [n] = nauli N/N
farm [n] = shamba -/Ma
farmer [n] = mkulima
farming [n] = ukulima U
farther [adj] = mbali zaidi
fascinate [vt] = kuvutia
fashion [n: attire etc] = fasheni N/N
fast¹ [adj] = -a kwenda haraka
fast² [adv] = haraka
fast³ [vi] = kufunga
fast asleep [he/she is fast asleep] = [amelala fofofo]
fasten [vt] = kufunga
fat¹ [adj: corpulent] = -nene
fat² [n] = mafuta -/Ma
fate [n] = jaala N/N
father [n] = baba M/Wa
father-in-law [n] = baba mkwe M/Wa
faucet [n: Am] = bomba N/N
fault [n] = kosa -/Ma
faulty [n] = -bovu
favour¹ [vt] = kupendelea
favour² [n] = jamala N/N, fadhila N/N
favourite [adj: my favourite food is ...] = [chakula ninachokipenda ni ...]
fax¹ [n] = faksi N/N
fax² [vt] = kutum(i)a faksi
fear¹ [vt] = kuogopa
fear² = uoga U
feasible [adj] = -enye kuweza kufanyika
February [n] = Februari N/N
fee [n] = ada N/N
feed [vt] = kulisha
feel [vi/vt] = kusikia
fellow¹ [n: guy] = jamaa M/Wa [pl: majamaa]
fellow² [adj: my fellow passenger] = [abiria mwenzangu]
female¹ [adj] = -a kike
female² [n] = mwanamke M/Wa [pl: wanawake]
feminine [adj] = -a kike
fence [n] = senyenge N/N
ferry [n] = feri N/N, kivuko Ki/Vi
fertile [adj] = -enye rutuba
fertility [n] = rutuba N/N
fertilize [vt] = kurutubisha
fertilizer [n] = mbolea N/N
festival [n] = tamasha -/Ma
fetch [vt] = kuleta
fever [n] = homa N/N
few [adj] = -chache
fiance(e) [n] = mchumba M/Wa
field¹ [n: gen] = uga U
field² [n: for football etc] = uwanja U
fierce [adj] = -kali
fiercely [adv] = vikali
fifty [adj/n] = hamsini
fight¹ [vi] = kupigana
fight² [n: physical] = mapigano -/Ma
figure¹ [n: number] = tarakimu N/N
figure² [n: shape] = umbo -/Ma
file¹ [n: stationery] = faili -/Ma
file² [n: tech] = tupa N/N
fill [vt] = kujaza
filling station [n] = kituo cha mafuta Ki/Vi
film¹ [n: movie] = filamu N/N, sinema N/N
film² [n: layer] = utando U
film³ [vi/vt] = kupiga picha za sinema
filter¹ [n] = filta N/N, kichujio Ki/Vi
filter² [vt] = kuchuja
filth [n] = uchafu U
filthy [adj] = -chafu
final¹ [adj] = -a mwisho
final² [n] = fainali N/N
finally [adv] = mwishowe
finance¹ [n] = fedha N/N
finance² [vt] = kugharimia
financial [adj] = -a fedha
find [vt] = kupata
fine¹ [adj; refined] = maridadi
fine² [n] = faini N/N
fine³ [vt] = kutoza faini
finger [n] = kidole Ki/Vi
finish [vt: end] = kumaliza
fire¹ [n] = moto M/Mi
fire² [vt: dismiss] = kufukuza kazi
fire³ [vt: gun etc] = kufyatua
fire brigade [n] = zima moto N/N
firewood [n] = kuni N/N
firm¹ [adj] = thabiti
firm² [n] = kampuni N/N
first¹ [adj: ordinal number] = -a kwanza
first² [adv: to start with] = kwanza
first aid [n] = huduma ya kwanza N/N
first floor¹ [n: Brit] = ghorofa ya kwanza N/N
first floor² [n: Am] = ghorofa ya chini N/N
first name [n] = jina la kwanza -/Ma
firstly [adv] = kwanza
fish¹ [n] = samaki M/Wa
fish² [vi] = kuvua samaki
fish and chips [n] = samaki na chipsi
fisherman [n] = mvuvi M/Wa
fishing [n] = uvuvi U
fist [n] = ngumi N/N
fit¹ [adj] = -enye kufaa
fit² [vi] = kutosha
fitness [n] = ukakamavu U
fix¹ [vt: to attach] = kupachika
fix² [vt: repair] = kutengeneza
fizzy drink [n] = soda N/N
flag [n] = bendera N/N
flame [n] = (ulimi wa) moto M/Mi
flash [n: of a camera] = flashi N/N, mmweko M/Mi
flashlight [n: torch] = tochi N/N
flat¹ [n: dwelling] = fleti N/N
flat² [adj: even] = tambarare
flat tyre/tire [n] = pancha N/N
flavo(u)r [n] = ladha N/N
flea [n] = kiroboto Ki/Vi
flee [vi] = kutoroka
flesh [n] = nyama N/N
flexible [adj: phys] = -a kupindika
flight [n: in aviation] = ndege N/N
flip [vt: to turn] = kupindua, kugeuza
flip-flop [n] = ndala N/N, kandambili N/N
flirt [vi] = kufanya mahaba
float [vi] = kuelea
flood [n] = mafuriko -/Ma
floor¹ [n: of a room] = sakafu N/N
floor² [n: storey] = ghorofa N/N
floppy [n] = flopi N/N
flour [n] = unga U
flourish [vi] = kustawi
flow [vi] = kumiminika
flower [n] = ua -/Ma
flu [n] = flu N/N
fluent [adj] = -a fasaha
fluently [adv] = kwa fasaha
fly¹ [vi/vt: of aircraft] = kupaa, kuruka
fly² [vi: of passengers] <to>= kusafiri kwa ndege <kwenda>
fly³ [n: insect] = nzi M/Wa [pl: nzi]
foam [n] = povu -/Ma
focus¹ [n] = fokasi N/N
focus² [vt] = kufokasi
fog [n] = ukungu U
fold¹ [vt] = kukunja
fold² [n] = mkunjo M/Mi
folk [n] = watu M/Wa
follow [vt/vi] = kufuata
food [n] = chakula Ki/Vi [pl: vyakula]
fool¹ [n] = mjinga M/Wa
fool² [vt] = kudanganya
foolish [adj] = -jinga
foot [n: anat] = mguu M/Mi
football¹ [n: soccer] = mpira M/Mi
football² [n: American] = mpira wa Kimarekani M/MiM/Mi
for [prep] = kwa
for example = kwa mfano
forbid [vt] = kupiga marufuku
force¹ [vt] = kulazimisha
force² [n] = nguvu N/N
forecast [vt] = kutabiri
forehead [n] = paji la uso -/Ma
foreign [adj] = -geni
foreign currency/exchange [n] = fedha za kigeni N/N
foreigner [n] = mgeni M/Wa
forest [n] = msitu M/Mi
forge [vt: documents etc] = kughushi
forgery [n] = ughushi U
forget [vt] = kusahau
forgive [vt] = kusamehe
fork [n] = uma U
form¹ [n: document] = fomu N/N
form² [n: shape] = umbo -/Ma
form³ [vt: create] = kuunda
formal(ly) [adj/adv] = rasmi
formality [n] = jambo la urasimu -/Ma
format [n] = fomati N/N
former [adj] = -a zamani
forthcoming [adj] = -enye kuja
fortnight [n] = wiki mbili
fortunate [adj] = -enye bahati
fortunately [adv] = kwa bahati
fortune [n: good luck] = bahati N/N
forty [adj, n] = arobaini
forward¹ [adj] = -a. mbele
forward² [vt] = kupeleka
forwards [adv] = kwenda mbele
foul [n] = faulo N/N
found [vt] = kuanzisha
foundation¹ [n: institution] = taasisi N/N
foundation² [n: of building] = msingi M/Mi
fox [n] = mbweha M/Wa [pl: mbweha]
fraction [n] = sehemu N/N
fracture [n] = mvunjiko M/Mi
fragile [adj] = laini
frame [n] = fremu N/N
France [n] = Ufaransa N/N
fraud [n] = udanganyifu U
free¹ [adj: independent] = huru
free² [adj: free of charge] = -a bure
free³ [vt] = kuachilia huru
free of charge = bure
freedom [n] = uhuru U
freely [adv] = bila kizuizi
freeze¹ [vi] = kuganda
freeze² [vt] = kugandisha
freezer [n] = friza
freight [n] = shehena N/N
French¹ [n: language] = Kifaransa Ki/Vi
French² [adj] = -a Kifaransa
French fries [n] = chipsi N/N
Frenchman, -woman [n] = Mfaransa M/Wa
frequent [adj] = -a mara nyingi
frequently [adv] = mara nyingi
fresh [adj: of vegetables etc] = freshi, -bichi
friction [n] = msuguano M/Mi
Friday [n: also: on Friday] = Ijumaa
fridge [n] = friji N/N
fried egg [n] = yai la kukaangwa -/Ma
friend [n] = rafiki M/Wa
friendly [adj] = -pole
friendship [n] = urafiki U
frighten [vt] = kuogopesha
frog [n] = chura M/Wa [pl: vyura]
from [prep] = kutoka
front¹ [n] = mbele Ku
front² [adv: in front, at the front] = mbele
front³ [adj] = -a mbele
front door [n] = mlango wa mbele M/Mi
frozen food [n] = chakula kilichogandishwa Ki/Vi
fruit [n] = tunda -/Ma
fry [vt] = kukaanga
frying pan [n] = frampeni N/N
fuck [vt] = kutomba
fuel [n] = mafuta -/Ma
fulfil(l) [vt] = kutimiza
full [adj] = nomi
fully [adv] = kabisa
fun [n] = raha N/N
function¹ [n: tech] = kazi N/N
function² [vi] = kufanya kazi
funeral [n] = mazishi -/Ma
funny [adj] = -a kuchekesha
furious [adj] = -enye ghadhabu
furnished house [n] = nyumba yenye kila kitu N/N
furniture [n] = fenicha N/N, samani N/N
further [adv] = zaidi
furious [adj] = -enye ghadhabu
fury [n] = ghadhabu N/N
fuse [n] = fyuzi N/N
fuss¹ [vi] = kuleta sokomoko
fuss² [n] = sokomoko N/N
future¹ [n] = wakati ujao U
future² [adj] = -a mbeleni
gain [vt] = kupata
gamble [vi] = kucheza kamari
gambling [n] = kamari N/N
game [n: play] = mchezo M/Mi
gang [n] = genge -/Ma
gangster [n] = jambazi -/Ma
gap [n] = uwazi U
garage [n] = gereji N/N
garbage [n] = takataka N/N
garden [n] = bustani N/N
gardening [n] = kulima bustani Ku
garlic [n] = vitunguu saumu Ki/Vi
garment [n] = nguo N/N
gas [n] = gesi N/N
gasoline [n] = petroli N/N
gate [n] = lango -/Ma, geti -/Ma
gather¹ [vt] = kukusanya
gather² [vi] = kukusanyika
gathering [n] = mkutano M/Mi
gay¹ [adj: happy] = -enye furaha
gay² [adj: homosexual] = -a kupenda jinsia yake
gaze at = kukodolea macho
gear [n] = gia N/N
gear lever [n] = gia N/N
gearbox [n] = giaboksi N/N
gem [n] = kito Ki/Vi
gender [n] = jinsia N/N
general¹ [adj] = -a kawaida
general² [n: mil] = jenerali M/Wa [pl: majenerali]
general practitioner [n] = daktari wa kawaida M/Wa
generation [n: ethnological] = kizazi Ki/Vi
generator [n] = jenereta N/N
genius [n: person] = bingwa M/Wa
gentle [adj] = -a taratibu
gentleman [n] = mwungwana M/Wa [pl: waungwana]
gently [adv] = taratibu
genuine [adj] = halisi
geography [n] = jiografia N/N
germ [n: med] = kidudu Ki/Vi
German¹ [n: language] = Kijerumani Ki/Vi
German² [n: person] = Mjerumani
German³ [adj] = -a Kijerumani
Germany [n] = Ujerumani N/N
gesture [n] = kitendo Ki/Vi
get¹ [vt: to receive] = kupata
get² [vi: to become] = kuwa
get married = kuoana
get rid of = kuachana na
get out = kutoka
get together [vi] = kukusanyika
ghost [n] = zimwi -/Ma
giant [n] = jitu -/Ma
gift [n] = zawadi N/N
girl [n] = msichana M/Wa
girlfriend [n] = mpenzi wa kike M/Wa
give [vt] = kupa
give birth <to> = kujifungua <->
give up = kukata tamaa
glad [adj: I'm glad] = [nimefurahi]
glance at = kutupia macho
gland [n] = tezi N/N
glass¹ [n: container] = glasi N/N
glass² [n: material] = kioo Ki/Vi
glasses [n] = miwani M/Mi
globe [n] = tufe -/Ma
gloomy [adj] = -baya -baya
glory [n] = utukufu U
glove [n] = glavu N/N
glue¹ [n] = gundi N/N
glue² [vt] = kunatisha
go [vi] = kwenda
go ahead [vi] = kuendelea
go for a walk = kwenda kutembea
go on [vi] = kuendelea
goal¹ [n: in football/soccer] = goli -/Ma
goal² [n: aim] = lengo -/Ma
goalkeeper [n] = (goli)kipa M/Wa
goat [n] = mbuzi M/Wa [pl: mbuzi]
God [n] = Mungu M/Wa
goggles [n] = miwani ya kukinga M/Mi
gold [n] = dhahabu N/N
gold medal [n] = medali ya dhahabu N/N
golden [adj] = -a dhahabu
golf [n] = gofu N/N
good [adj] = -zuri
Good afternoon! = Habari za mchana!
Good evening! = Habari za jioni!
Good Friday [n] = Ijumaa Kuu N/N
Good morning! = Habari za asubuhi!
Good-bye!¹ [interj: addressing one person] = Kwaheri!
Good-bye!² [interj: addressing several people] = Kwaherini!
goods [n] = bidhaa N/N, shehena N/N
goose [n] = bata bukini M/Wa [pl: bata bukini]
gossip [vi] = kutetateta
goulash [n] = gulashi N/N
govern [vt] = kutawala
governer [n: person] = gavana M/Wa [pl: magavana]
government [n] = serikali N/N
grab [vt] = kunyakua
grade [n] = gredi N/N
gradual [adj] = -a taratibu
gradually [adv] = taratibu
graduate¹ [vi: at university] = kuhitimu
graduate² [n] = mwenye digrii M/Wa
grain [n: agricultural] = nafaka N/N
gram [n] = gramu N/N
grammar [n] = sarufi N/N
gramme [n] = gramu N/N
grandchild, -daughter, -son [n] = mjukuu M/Wa
grandfather [n] = babu M/Wa [pl: mababu]
grandmother [n] = bibi, nyanya M/Wa [pl: bibi, nyanya]
grape [n] = zabibu N/N
graph [n] = grafu N/N
grasp [vt] = kukamata
grass [n] = majani -/Ma
grateful [adj] = -enye shukrani
gratefully [adv] = kwa shukrani
gratitude [n] = shukrani N/N
grave¹ [n] = kaburi -/Ma
grave² [adj] = -baya sana
gravity [n: phys] = graviti N/N
gravy [n] = mchuzi M/Mi
gray [adj: Am.: of color] = -a kijivu
graze¹ [vt: animals] = kuchunga
graze² [vt: med] = kuchubua
grease¹ [n: tech] = grisi N/N
grease² [vt: tech] = kupaka grisi
great [adj] = -kuu
Great Britain [n] = Uingereza N/N
Great Lakes [n] = Maziwa Makuu -/Ma
Great Lakes Region [n] = Eneo la Maziwa Makuu -/Ma
Greece [n] = Ugiriki U
Greek¹ [n: language] = Kigiriki Ki/Vi
Greek² [n: person] = Mgiriki M/Wa
Greek³ [adj] = -a Kigiriki
greed [n] = tamaa N/N
greedy [adj] = -enye tamaa
Greek¹ [n: person] = Mgiriki M/Wa
Greek² [n: language] = Kigiriki Ki/Vi
green [adj] = -a kijani
greengrocer's [n] = duka la mboga -/Ma
greet [vt] = kusalimu
greetings [n] = salamu N/N
grey [adj] = -a kijivu
grill [vt] = kubanika
grind [vt] = kusaga
grip [vt] = kukamata
grocery [n: shop] = duka la vyakula -/Ma
groceries [n] = vyakula Ki/Vi
ground [n] = ardhi N/N
ground floor [n: Brit] = ghorofa ya chini N/N
groundnut [n] = karanga N/N
group [n] = kundi -/Ma
grow¹ [vi: of plants] = kuota
grow² [vi: of children] = kukua
grow³ [vt] = kupanda
growth [n] = kuongezeka Ku
grudge [n] = kinyongo Ki/Vi
grumble [vi] = kulalamikalalamika
guarantee¹ [n] = dhamana N/N
guarantee¹ [vi/vt] = kudhamini
guard¹ [vt] = kulinda
guard² [n] = mlinzi M/Wa
guava [n] = pera -/Ma
guess [vi] = kubuni
guest [n] = mgeni M/Wa
guest house [n] = gesti N/N
guide¹ [vt] = kuongoza
guide² [n: person] = mwangozaji M/Wa [pl: waongozaji]
guide³ [n: booklet etc] = kiongoza Ki/Vi
guideline [n] = mwongozo M/Mi
guilt [n] = hatia N/N
guilty [adj] = -enye hatia
guitar [n] = gita -/Ma
gulf [n] = ghuba N/N
gum [n] = gundi N/N
gun [n] = bunduki N/N
guy [n] = jamaa M/Wa [pl: jamaa]
gyn(a)ecologist [n] = daktari wa wanawake M/Wa
habit [n] = mazoea -/Ma, kawaida N/N
haggle [vi] <over>= kubishana bei <ya>
hail [n: precipitation] = mvua ya mawe N/N
hair [n] = nywele N/N
hairdo [n] = mtindo wa nywele M/Mi
hair dresser [n] = mtengeneza nywele M/Wa
hair dryer [n] = mashine ya kukaushia nywele N/N
half [adj, n] = nusu
half-time [n] = hafutaimu N/N
hall [n] = holi -/Ma
halve [vt] = kufanya nusu
ham [n] = hemu N/N
hamburger [n] = hambaga N/N
hammer [n] = nyundo N/N
hand [n] = mkono M/Mi
hand over [vt] = kukabidhi
handbag [n] = begi -/Ma
handcuffs [n] = pingu N/N
handicap [n] = kizuizi Ki/Vi
handicapped [adj] = -enye kizuizi
handkerchief [n] = leso N/N, kitambaa Ki/Vi
handle¹ [n] = mpini M/Mi
handle² [vt] = kushughulikia
handsome [adj] = -zuri
handwriting [n] = mwandiko M/Mi
hang¹ [vt: suspend] = kuning'iniza
hang² [vt: kill] = kunyonga
hangover [n] = hengova N/N
happen [vi] = kutukia
happiness [n] = furaha N/N
happy [adj] = -enye furaha
Happy New Year! = Heri na Baraka za Mwaka Mpya!
harbo(u)r [n] = bandari N/N
hard¹ [adj] = -gumu
hard² [adv] = kwa bidii
hardly [adv] = kwa nadra, kwa tabu
hardship [n] = tabu N/N
hardware [n] = hadiwea N/N
hare [n] = sungura M/Wa [pl: sungura]
harm¹ [vt] = kudhuru
harm² [n] = madhara -/Ma
harmful [adj] = -a kudhuru
harmless = -zuri
harsh [adj] = -kali
harvest¹ [vt] = kuvuna
harvest² [n] = mavuno -/Ma
haste [n] = haraka N/N
hasten [vt] = kuharakisha
hat [n] = kofia N/N
hate [vt] = kuchukia
hatred [n] = chuki N/N
have [vt] = kuwa na
have a shower = kuoga
have breakfast = kunywa chai
hazard [n] = hatari N/N
hazardous [adj] = -a hatari
haze [n] = ukungu U
he [personal pron] = yeye
head [n] = kichwa
headache [n] = maumivu ya kichwa -/Ma
heading [n] = kichwa cha habari Ki/Vi
headlight [n] = taa ya mbele N/N
headline [n] = kichwa cha habari Ki/Vi
headquarters [n] = hedikota N/N
heal¹ [vt] = kuponya, kutibu
heal² [vi] = kupona
health [n] = afya N/N
healthy [adj] = -enye afya
heap [n] = rundo -/Ma
hear [vt/vi] = kusikia
heart [n] = moyo M/Mi
heat¹ [n] = joto -/Ma
heat² [vt] = kupasha moto
heater [n] = kipasha joto Ki/Vi
heating [n] = upashaji joto U
heaven [n] = mbingu(ni)
heavy [adj] = -zito
hedge [n] = mzingo wa mimea M/Mi
heel [n] = kisigino Ki/Vi
height [n] = urefu U
heir [n] = mrithi M/Wa
helicopter [n] = helikopta N/N
hell [n] = jehanamu N/N
Hello! = Jambo!
helmet [n] = helmeti N/N
help¹ [vt/vi] = kusaidia
help² [n] = msaada
helper [n] = msaidizi M/Wa
hem [n] = mpindo M/Mi
hen [n] = kuku M/Wa [pl: kuku]
her¹ [personal pron] = yeye
her² [poss pron] = -ake
herb = mmea M/Mi
herd [n] = kundi -/Ma
here [adv] = hapa
hero [n] = shujaa M/Wa [pl: mashujaa]
hers [poss pron] = -ake mwenyewe
herself [pron] = yeye mwenyewe
hero [n] = shujaa M/Wa [pl: mashujaa]
hesitate [vi] = kusita
hiccup [n] = kwikwi N/N
hide¹ [vt] = kuficha
hide² [vi] = kujificha
Hi! = Jambo!
high [adj] = -refu
highly [adv] = sana sana
highway [n] = barabara kuu N/N
hijack [vt] = kuteka
hike [vi] = kuzurura
hill [n] = kilima Ki/Vi
hilly [adj] = -enye vilima vilima
him [object pron] = yeye
himself [pron] = yeye mwenyewe
hindrance [n] = kizuizi Ki/Vi
hint¹ [n] = dokezo -/Ma
hint² [vt/vi] = kudokeza
hip [n] = nyonga N/N
hire [vt: vehicle etc] = kukodi
his [poss pron] = -ake
history [n] = historia N/N
hit¹ [n: blow] = pigo
hit² [vt] = kugonga, kupiga
hit³ [n: chart music] = kibao Ki/Vi
hitchhike [vi] = kusafiri kwa kuomba lifti
HIV [n] = VVU
hobby [n] = hobi N/N
hold [vt] = kushika
holder [n] = kishikio Ki/Vi
hole [n] = shimo -/Ma
holiday [n] = sikukuu N/N
Holland [n] = Uholanzi N/N
hollow [adj] = -enye uwazi
holy [adj] = -takatifu
Holy Ghost [n] = Roho Mtakatifu M/Wa
home¹ [n] = nyumba N/N
home² [n: at home] = [nyumbani]
homework [n] = kazi ya nyumbani N/N
honest [adj] = -aminifu
honey [n] = asali N/N
honour¹ [vt] = kuheshimu
honour² [n] = heshima N/N
hood¹ [n: gen] = funiko -/Ma
hood² [n: Am.: engine cover] = boneti N/N
hook¹ [n: gen] = ngoeko N/N
hook² [n: for fishing] = ndoano N/N
hope¹ [n] = matumaini -/Ma
hope² [vi] = kutumaini
horizon [n] = upeo U
horn¹ [n: acoustic] = honi N/N
horn² [n: zool] = pembe N/N
horoscope [n] = nyota N/N
horrible [adj] = -baya sana
horse [n] = farasi M/Wa [pl: farasi]
hospitable [adj] = -karimu
hospital [n] = hospitali N/N
hospitalize [vt] = kulaza hospitalini
host [n] = mwenyeji M/Wa
hostel [n] = hosteli N/N
hostile [adj] = -hasama
hostility [n] = uhasama U
hot [adj] = (-a) moto
hot dog [n] = hoti dogi N/N
hotel [n] = hoteli N/N
hour [n] = saa N/N
hourly¹ [adj] = -a kila saa
hourly² [adv] = kila saa
house [n] = nyumba N/N
household [n] = nyumba N/N
housekeeper [n] = mtunza nyumba M/Wa
housewife [n] = mke wa nyumbani M/Wa
housing estate [n] = eneo la nyumba -/Ma
how [adv] = namna gani, vipi
How are you?¹ [you: sing] = Hujambo?
How are you?² [you: pl] = Hamjambo?
how come = inakuwaje
how long = muda gani
how many = -ngapi
how much = kiasi gani
however [adv] = hata hivyo
hug [vt] = kukumbatia
huge [adj] = -kubwa
human [adj] = -a kiutu
human being [n] = binadamu M/Wa [pl: binadamu]
humble [adj] = -nyenyekevu
humid [adj] = nyevunyevu
humidity [n] = unyevunyevu U
humiliate [vt] = kudhalilisha
humiliation [n] = udhalilifu U
humour [n: attitude] = uchesi U
humorous [adj] = -a kuchesha
hump [n] = nundu N/N
hundred [adj, n] = mia
hunger [n] = njaa N/N
hungry¹ [adj] = -enye njaa
hungry² [adj: I'm ...] = [nina njaa]
hunt [vt] = kuwinda
hunt(ing) [n] = mawindo -/Ma
hurricane [n] = tufani N/N
hurry¹ [vi/vt] = kuharakisha
hurry² [n] = haraka N/N
hurry³ [n: I am in a hurry!] = [Nina haraka!]
hurt¹ [vt] = kuumiza
hurt² [vi] = kuuma
hurry (up) [vi/vt] = kuharakisha
husband [n] = mume M/Wa [pl: waume]
hut [n] = tembe N/N
hydrogen [n] = haidrojeni N/N
hygiene [n] = usafi U
hygienic [adj] = safi
hymn [n] = wimbo U [pl: nyimbo]
I [personal pron] = mimi
ice [n] = barafu N/N
ice-cream [n] = aiskrimu N/N
ice-cube [n] = kipande cha barafu Ki/Vi
idea [n] = wazo -/Ma
ideal [adj] = -zuri kabisa
ideally [adv] = vizuri kabisa
identical [adj] = sawa kabisa
identification [n] = utambulishi U
identify [vt] = kutambulisha
identity [n] = utambulishi U
identity card [n] = kitambulisho Ki/Vi
idiom [n] = nahau N/N
idle [adj: he/she is idle] = [hafanyi kitu]
i.e. = yaani
if [conj] = kama, ikiwa, iwapo
ignorance [n] = kutokujua Ku
ignore [vt] = kutozingatia
ill [adj] = -gonjwa
illegal [adj] = haramu
illegitimate [adj] = haramu
illiterate [adj: he/she is illiterate] = [hawezi kusoma wa kuandika]
illness [n] = ugonjwa U [pl: magonjwa]
illusion [n] = njozi N/N
illustrate [vt] = kuonyesha kwa picha
illustration [n: image] = picha N/N
image [n] = picha N/N
imagination [n] = mawazo -/Ma
imagine [vt] = kufikiri
imitate [vt] = kuiga
immediate [adj] = -a papo hapo
immediately [adv] = papo hapo
immerse [vt] = kuzamisha
immigrant [n] = mhamiaji M/Wa
immigration [n] = uhamiaji U
impatient [adj: he/she is impatient] = [hana subira]
imperative [adj, n] = lazima (N/N)
impetus [n] = ari N/N, nguvu N/N
implement¹ [vt] = kutekeleza
implement² [n] = kifaa Ki/Vi
implementation [n] = utekelezaji U
impolite [adj] = -kaidi
import [vt] = kuingiza nchini
important [adj] = muhimu
importance [n] = umuhimu U
imports [n] = bidhaa zinazoingizwa nchini N/N
impossible [adj: It is impossible] = [Haiwezekani ]
impress [vt] = kuvutia
imprison [vt] = kufunga
improper [adj] = -baya
improve¹ [vt] = kuboresha
improve² [vi] = kuwa bora
improvement [n] = ubora U
improvise [vi/vt] = kushikiza
in [prep] = katika
in addition = tena
in any case = kwa vyo vyote vile
in between = katikati
in case ... = iwapo ...
in front = mbele
in front of = mbele ya
in March = Machi
in 2012 = mwaka 2012
in order to = ili
in spite of = licha ya
in time = mapema kutosha
in writing = kwa maandishi
inability [n] = kushindwa Ku
inaccurate [adj] = so sahihi
inadequate [adj] = -baya
inappropriate [adj] = -a kutofaa
incense [n] = ubani U
incident [n] = tukio