| aardvark {n} (mammal)
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:: mhanga
|
| aardwolf {n} (the mammal species Proteles cristatus)
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:: fisi mdogo {c9} {c10}
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| abbreviation {n}
|
:: kifupi
|
| abbreviature {n} (abbreviation) SEE: abbreviation
|
::
|
| ABC {n} (alphabet) SEE: alphabet
|
::
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| Abdullah {prop} (Muslim given name)
|
:: Abdullah
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| abearance {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior
|
::
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| Abidjan {prop} (the largest city of Ivory Coast)
|
:: Abidjan
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| ability {n} (quality or state of being able)
|
:: uwezo
|
| ability {n} (a skill or competence)
|
:: uwezo
|
| a bit {adv} (a little) SEE: a little
|
::
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| able {v} (enable) SEE: enable
|
::
|
| abort {v} (to miscarry)
|
:: -avya mimba
|
| abort {v} (to cause a premature termination)
|
:: -avya mimba
|
| abort {v} (to stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages)
|
:: -avya
|
| about {prep} (concerning)
|
:: kuhusu
|
| about {prep} (concerned with, engaged in)
|
:: kuhusu
|
| about {adv} (nearly, approximately)
|
:: kadiri ya
|
| Abraham {prop} (prophet in the Old Testament)
|
:: Abrahamu, Ibrahimu
|
| absorb {v} (to suck up or drink in)
|
:: kufyonza
|
| abstract {n} (an abridgement or summary)
|
:: ikisiri
|
| abundance {n} (ample sufficiency)
|
:: wingi
|
| abysm {n} (abyss) SEE: abyss
|
::
|
| abyss {n} (hell, bottomless pit)
|
:: shimo {c5} {c6}, kuzimu {c9}
|
| Abyssinian {prop} (Amharic) SEE: Amharic
|
::
|
| acacia {n} (shrub or tree)
|
:: mshita
|
| acai {n} (South American palms of the genus Euterpe)
|
:: mwasaiberi
|
| acai {n} (fruit)
|
:: asaiberi
|
| acajou {n} (cashew tree) SEE: cashew
|
::
|
| acajou {n} (cashew nut) SEE: cashew nut
|
::
|
| accept {v} (to receive with consent)
|
:: kukubali
|
| accept {v} (to agree to)
|
:: kiri
|
| accept {v} (to agree to pay)
|
:: kiri
|
| accept {v} (to receive officially)
|
:: kiri
|
| accident {n} (unexpected event with negative consequences)
|
:: ajali
|
| accident {n} (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
|
:: ajali
|
| accordion {n} (A small, portable, keyed wind instrument)
|
:: kodiani, harimuni
|
| account {n} (a registry of pecuniary transactions)
|
:: akaunti, hesabu
|
| account {n} ((archaic) reckoning, calculation)
|
:: akaunti
|
| Accra {prop} (capital of Ghana)
|
:: Accra
|
| accurate {adj} (exact or careful conformity to truth)
|
:: sanifu
|
| accusation {n} (act of accusing or charging with a crime)
|
:: madai
|
| accusation {n} (that of which one is accused)
|
:: madai, mashitaka {c6}
|
| accusation {n} (declaration of fault or blame against another)
|
:: madai
|
| accused {n} (defendant)
|
:: mshtakiwa
|
| accuser {n} (one who accuses)
|
:: mshtaki
|
| ace {n} (card with a single spot)
|
:: ree
|
| aconite {n} (herb wolfsbane)
|
:: sumu ya mbwa-mwitu
|
| acre {n} (unit of surface area)
|
:: ekari
|
| act {n} (deed)
|
:: kitendo
|
| act {n} (state of existence)
|
:: tenda
|
| act {n} (statute)
|
:: tenda
|
| act {n} (process of doing)
|
:: tenda
|
| act {n} (formal record of something done)
|
:: tenda
|
| act {n} (drama: division of theatrical performance)
|
:: sehemu
|
| act {n} (display of behaviour)
|
:: tenda
|
| act {v} (to do something)
|
:: tenda
|
| act {v} (to perform a theatrical role)
|
:: tenda
|
| act {v} (to behave in a certain way)
|
:: tenda
|
| act {v} (to respond to information)
|
:: tenda
|
| action word {n} (verb) SEE: verb
|
::
|
| activate {v} (to activate a software functionality) SEE: enable
|
::
|
| activist {n} (one who is politically active)
|
:: mwanaharakati
|
| activistic {adj} (activist) SEE: activist
|
::
|
| actor {n} (person who performs in a theatrical play or film, see also: actress)
|
:: mwigaji
|
| Acts {prop} (Book of Acts) SEE: Acts of the Apostles
|
::
|
| Acts of the Apostles {prop} (fifth book of the New Testament)
|
:: Matendo ya Mitume {c6}
|
| Adam {prop} (first man in Abrahamic religions)
|
:: Adamu
|
| Adam {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Adamu
|
| Adam's apple {n} (lump in the throat)
|
:: kikoromeo
|
| address {n} (direction for letters)
|
:: anwani, anuani
|
| Adele {prop} (language spoken in Ghana and Togo)
|
:: Kiadele {cki-vi}
|
| adhan {n} ((Islam) The call to prayer)
|
:: adhana
|
| adhesive tape {n}
|
:: kanda
|
| ad hoc {adj} (special) SEE: special
|
::
|
| adieu {interj} (farewell, goodbye) SEE: goodbye
|
::
|
| adios {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye
|
::
|
| adjectival {adj} (functioning as an adjective)
|
:: tashbihi
|
| adjective {n} ((grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent)
|
:: kivumishi, sifa
|
| adjective {adj} (adjectival) SEE: adjectival
|
::
|
| admiration {n} (adoration; appreciation)
|
:: abos
|
| admission {n} (the act or practice of admitting)
|
:: ruhusa ya kuingia
|
| adult {n} (fully grown human)
|
:: mtu mzima
|
| adultery {n} (sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse)
|
:: zinaa
|
| adverb {n} (lexical category)
|
:: kielezi, kisifa
|
| advertently {adv} (on purpose) SEE: on purpose
|
::
|
| advice {n} (opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel)
|
:: ushauri
|
| adviser {n} (advisor) SEE: advisor
|
::
|
| advisor {n}
|
:: mshauri
|
| aegis {n} (mythological shield)
|
:: egida, egisi
|
| aeroplane {n} (airplane) SEE: airplane
|
::
|
| a few {determiner} (a small number of)
|
:: uchache wa
|
| affine {n} (in-law) SEE: in-law
|
::
|
| affix {n} (that which is affixed)
|
:: kiambishi
|
| affix {n} (mathematics: the complex number associated to a point)
|
:: kiambishi
|
| Afghan {n} (person from Afghanistan)
|
:: Mwafugani
|
| Afghani {n} (citizen or native of Afghanistan) SEE: Afghan
|
::
|
| Afghani {adj} (relating to Afghanistan) SEE: Afghan
|
::
|
| Afghanistan {prop} (country)
|
:: Afghanistan, Afuganistani
|
| Africa {prop} (continent south of Europe)
|
:: Afrika
|
| African {adj} (language) SEE: Afrikaans
|
::
|
| African {adj} (of or pertaining to Africa)
|
:: mwafrika
|
| African {n} (a native of Africa)
|
:: Mwafrika
|
| African hunting dog {n} (Lycaon pictus)
|
:: mbwa mwitu
|
| African Union {prop} (multinational organisation)
|
:: Umoja wa Afrika
|
| African wild dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog
|
::
|
| Afrikaans {prop} (language)
|
:: Kiafrikaans
|
| Afrikaans {prop}
|
:: Kiafrikans, Kiafrikaans, Kiafrikana
|
| after {adv} (behind; later in time; following)
|
:: baada
|
| afterlife {n} (life after death)
|
:: ahera
|
| against {prep} (in a contrary direction to)
|
:: dhidi ya
|
| against {prep} (in opposition to)
|
:: juu ya, dhidi ya
|
| agate {n} (mineral)
|
:: kalkedoni
|
| age {n} (whole duration of a being)
|
:: umri
|
| age {n} (time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested)
|
:: umri
|
| age {n} (particular period of time in history)
|
:: umri
|
| age {n} (great period in the history of the Earth)
|
:: umri
|
| age {n} (people who live during a particular period)
|
:: umri
|
| age {n} (generation, see also: generation)
|
:: umri
|
| age {n} (a long time)
|
:: umri
|
| age {n} (part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time)
|
:: umri
|
| age {n} (advanced period of life; latter part of life)
|
:: umri
|
| age {n} (time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities)
|
:: umri
|
| age {v} (transitive: cause to grow old)
|
:: umri
|
| age {v} (intransitive: become old)
|
:: umri
|
| agent {n} (one who acts in place of another)
|
:: wakala
|
| agitator {n} (one who agitates)
|
:: mchochezi
|
| agnus castus {n} (chaste tree) SEE: chaste tree
|
::
|
| agony {n} (extreme pain)
|
:: dhiki
|
| agreement {n} (understanding to follow a course of conduct)
|
:: mkataba
|
| agreement {n} (state whereby several parties share a view)
|
:: maagano
|
| agreement {n} (legally binding contract)
|
:: maagano
|
| agreement {n} (grammatical agreement)
|
:: maagano
|
| agriculture {n} (the art or science of cultivating the ground)
|
:: kilimo
|
| ague {n} (malaria) SEE: malaria
|
::
|
| aide {n} (assistant) SEE: assistant
|
::
|
| AIDS {n} (acquired immune deficiency syndrome, see also: acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
|
:: UKIMWI
|
| aim {n}
|
:: lengo, gharadhi
|
| aim {v}
|
:: kulenga
|
| air {v} (to bring into contact with the air)
|
:: hawa
|
| air {v} (to ventilate)
|
:: hawa
|
| air {n} (historical: one of the basic elements)
|
:: hewa
|
| air {n} (mixture of gases making up the atmosphere of the Earth)
|
:: hewa
|
| air {n} (music: a song, an aria)
|
:: hawa
|
| airfoil {n} (wing of an aircraft) SEE: wing
|
::
|
| airline {n} (company that flies airplanes)
|
:: kampuni ya ndege
|
| airplane {n} (powered aircraft)
|
:: ndege, eropleni {c9} {c10}
|
| airport {n} (place designated for airplanes)
|
:: uwanja wa ndege {cu}
|
| akhirah {n} (afterlife)
|
:: ahera
|
| albino {adj} (congenitally lacking melanin)
|
:: zeruzeru
|
| albino {n} (one congenitally lacking melanin)
|
:: zeruzeru
|
| alcohol {n} (organic chemistry sense)
|
:: pombe kali
|
| alert {adj} (attentive)
|
:: chonjo, tahadhari
|
| alert {n} (a notification)
|
:: chonjo
|
| alert {v} (to give warning to)
|
:: chonjo
|
| Alexandria {prop} (city in Egypt)
|
:: Aleksandria
|
| algebra {n} (system for computation)
|
:: aljebra
|
| Algeria {prop} (country)
|
:: Algeria, Aljeria
|
| Algerian {n} (person from Algeria)
|
:: Kialjeria, Kialjeri
|
| Algonquin {n} (people)
|
:: Mwalgonkwini
|
| Algonquin {prop} (language)
|
:: Kialgonkwini
|
| Ali {prop} (male given name from Arabic)
|
:: Ali
|
| Alice {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Elisi
|
| a little {adv} (to a small extent or degree)
|
:: kidogo
|
| alive {adj} (having life)
|
:: hai
|
| alliance {n} (state of being allied)
|
:: fungamano
|
| alligator {n} (large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator)
|
:: aligatori, aligeita
|
| alligator pear {n} (avocado) SEE: avocado
|
::
|
| allow {v} (to grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have)
|
:: idhinisha
|
| allow {v} (to acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion)
|
:: dhini
|
| allow {v} (to permit)
|
:: dhini
|
| allow {v} (to let something happen, to admit, to concede)
|
:: dhini
|
| all the best {interj} (good luck)
|
:: kila la kheri
|
| almond {n} (nut)
|
:: lozi
|
| almond {n} (tree)
|
:: mlozi
|
| alms {n} (something given to the poor as charity)
|
:: sadaka
|
| aloha {interj} (hello) SEE: hello
|
::
|
| aloha {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye
|
::
|
| a lot {pron} (a large amount)
|
:: sana
|
| a lot {adv} (very much)
|
:: mengi
|
| alphabet {n} (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
|
:: alfabeti
|
| Alpha Centauri {prop} (brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus)
|
:: Alpha Centauri
|
| al-Quds {prop} (Jerusalem) SEE: Jerusalem
|
::
|
| also {adv} (in addition; besides; as well; further; too)
|
:: pia
|
| altar {n} (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
|
:: altare
|
| although {conj} (in spite of the fact that)
|
:: ingawa
|
| altitude {n} (absolute height)
|
:: kimo
|
| aluminium {n} (silvery metal)
|
:: alumini
|
| aluminum {n} (aluminium) SEE: aluminium
|
::
|
| always {adv} (at all times)
|
:: sikuzote
|
| always {adv} (constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals)
|
:: sikuzote
|
| amaranth {n} (purplish-red colour)
|
:: rangi ya amarantho
|
| amazing {adj} (very good) SEE: good
|
::
|
| ambassador {n} (minister)
|
:: balozi
|
| ambassador {n} (representative)
|
:: balozi
|
| amber {n} (fossil resin)
|
:: kaharabu
|
| amber {n} (ambergris) SEE: ambergris
|
::
|
| ambergris {n} (waxy substance produced by sperm whales)
|
:: ambari
|
| ambulance {n} (emergency vehicle)
|
:: ambyulensi
|
| amendment {n} (that which is added)
|
:: rekebisho, badiliko
|
| amerce {v} (to make an exaction) SEE: punish
|
::
|
| amerce {v} (to impose a fine on) SEE: fine
|
::
|
| America {prop} (United States of America) SEE: United States of America
|
::
|
| America {prop} (Americas) SEE: Americas
|
::
|
| American {n} (inhabitant of the Americas)
|
:: Waamerika
|
| American {n} (person born in, or a citizen of, the U.S.)
|
:: Wamarekani
|
| American English {prop} (English of the United States)
|
:: Kiingereza cha Kimarekani
|
| American Indian {n} (a member of some indigenous peoples of the Americas) SEE: Indian
|
::
|
| Americas {prop} (North and South America)
|
:: Amerika
|
| Amerindian {n} (an American Indian) SEE: Indian
|
::
|
| amethyst {n} (gem)
|
:: amethisto
|
| amethyst {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya amethisto
|
| Amharic {prop} (language)
|
:: Kiamhara
|
| amice {n} (hood, or cape with a hood, formerly worn by the clergy)
|
:: amikto
|
| amigo {n} (friend) SEE: friend
|
::
|
| a mite {adv} (to a small extent) SEE: a little
|
::
|
| am I under arrest {phrase} (am I under arrest?)
|
:: Je, unanikamata?
|
| among {prep} (mingling or intermixing)
|
:: miongoni mwa
|
| Amos {prop} (figure mentioned in the Old Testament)
|
:: Amosi
|
| Amos {prop} (book of the Old Testament)
|
:: Amosi
|
| amount {n} (number of elements in a set) SEE: number
|
::
|
| amount {n}
|
:: kiasi
|
| amperage {n} (electric current) SEE: current
|
::
|
| ampersand {n} (the symbol &)
|
:: ampasendi
|
| amulet {n} (protective charm)
|
:: hirizi
|
| an {article} (indefinite article)
|
:: Not used in Swahili
|
| analog {adj} (represented by a continuously variable physical quantity)
|
:: Mfano
|
| analogue {n} (analog) SEE: analog
|
::
|
| ananas {n} (pineapple) SEE: pineapple
|
::
|
| ancestor {n} (one from whom a person is descended)
|
:: mhenga {cm} {cwa}
|
| anchor {n} (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom)
|
:: nanga
|
| anchor {n} (anchoring gear as a whole)
|
:: nanga
|
| ancient {adj} (existent or occurring in time long past)
|
:: -a kale
|
| and {conj} (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)
|
:: na
|
| Andorra {prop} (country)
|
:: Andorra
|
| Andrew {prop}
|
:: Andalea
|
| Andromeda {prop} (spiral galaxy)
|
:: Andromeda {cn} {cn}
|
| and so forth {phrase} (indicating a list continues similarly)
|
:: kadhalika
|
| and so on {phrase} (indicating a list continues) SEE: and so forth
|
::
|
| anemia {n} (medical condition with decreased oxygen transport)
|
:: safura
|
| anemone {n} (any plant of genus anemone)
|
:: shufari, uapepo
|
| angel {n} (messenger from a deity)
|
:: malaika
|
| angel {n} (in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels)
|
:: malaika
|
| Anglo-Saxon {prop} (Old English) SEE: Old English
|
::
|
| ang moh {n} (white person) SEE: white
|
::
|
| Angola {prop} (country in Southern Africa)
|
:: Angola
|
| animal {adj} (of animals)
|
:: kinyama, mifugo
|
| animal {adj} (unhindered by social codes)
|
:: kinyama, mifugo
|
| animal {n} (organism)
|
:: mnyama {c1} {c2}
|
| animal {n} (organism other than man)
|
:: mnyama
|
| animal {n} (person who behaves wildly)
|
:: nunda
|
| anise {n} (fennel) SEE: fennel
|
::
|
| anniversary {n} (day an exact number of years since an event)
|
:: maadhimisho ya miaka
|
| anno Domini {n} (in the year of our Lord) SEE: Anno Domini
|
::
|
| Anno Domini {adv} (in the year of our Lord)
|
:: baada ya Kristo
|
| announce {v} (give public notice)
|
:: kutangaza
|
| announcement {n} (act)
|
:: tangazo
|
| announcement {n} (that which conveys what is announced)
|
:: tangazo
|
| anoda {determiner} (another) SEE: another
|
::
|
| anode {n} (the electrode of an electrochemical cell at which oxidation occurs)
|
:: anodi
|
| another {determiner} (one more, in addition to a former number)
|
:: -ingine
|
| another {determiner} (not the same; different)
|
:: -ingine
|
| another {determiner} (any or some)
|
:: -ingineo
|
| answer {n} (response)
|
:: jibu, jawabu
|
| answer {n} (solution)
|
:: jibu
|
| answer {n} (reply to email)
|
:: jibu
|
| answer {v} (to make a reply or response to)
|
:: -jibu
|
| ant {n} (insect)
|
:: sisimizi {c9} {c10}, mchwa
|
| antagonism {n} (strong dislike)
|
:: uadui
|
| Antarctica {prop} (southernmost continent)
|
:: Antaktika
|
| anteater {n} (mammal)
|
:: kiharara {?}, loma {?}
|
| antelope {n} (mammal of the family Bovidae)
|
:: pofu, kulungu, pala hala, paa
|
| ant-hill {n} (anthill) SEE: anthill
|
::
|
| anthill {n} (home of ants and termites)
|
:: kichuguu
|
| anthropomorphism {n} (the attribution or ascription of human characteristics to something not human)
|
:: tashihisi
|
| anticathode {n} (anode) SEE: anode
|
::
|
| Antigua and Barbuda {prop} (country)
|
:: Antigua na Barbuda
|
| Antiguan {n} (person)
|
:: Mwantigua
|
| Antiguan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Antigua, or the Antiguan people)
|
:: Kiantigua
|
| antler {n} (bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk)
|
:: pembe-tawi
|
| anus {n} (lower opening of the digestive tract)
|
:: mkundu
|
| anvil {n} (block used in blacksmithing)
|
:: fuawe
|
| any {determiner} (no matter what kind)
|
:: yoyote
|
| anything {pron} (any thing of any kind)
|
:: kitu {c7}
|
| anytime {interj} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome
|
::
|
| apartment {n} (domicile occupying part of a building)
|
:: fleti {c9}
|
| aphrodisiac {n} (food or drug)
|
:: mkuyati
|
| Apocalypse {prop} (the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet)
|
:: Ufunuo
|
| Apocalypse {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Ufunuo
|
| Apollo {prop} (the son of Zeus)
|
:: Apolo
|
| apostle {n} (missionary or leader of a mission)
|
:: mtume {c3} {c4}
|
| Apostle {n} (any of the group of twelve disciples)
|
:: mtume {c3} {c4}
|
| appear {v} (to appear, to seem) SEE: look
|
::
|
| appease {v} (to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify)
|
:: afiki
|
| apple {n} (fruit)
|
:: tofaa {c5} {c6}
|
| apple {n} (tree) SEE: apple tree
|
::
|
| apple juice {n} (the juice of apples, often used as a drink)
|
:: maji ya matofaa
|
| apple of Sodom {n} (Solanum incanum)
|
:: ndulele
|
| apple tree {n} (tree that bears apples)
|
:: mtofaa {c3} {c4}
|
| applewood {n} (apple) SEE: apple
|
::
|
| apply {v} (employ, apply) SEE: use
|
::
|
| apportion {v} (to apportion) SEE: distribute
|
::
|
| approach {v} (To come near to in place, time, or character)
|
:: kukaribia
|
| appropinquation {n} (approach) SEE: approach
|
::
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| appropriate {adj} (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper)
|
:: mwafaka
|
| apron {n} (clothing)
|
:: aproni
|
| apurpose {adv} (on purpose) SEE: on purpose
|
::
|
| Aquarian {n} (Aquarius) SEE: Aquarius
|
::
|
| Aquarius {prop} (astrological sign)
|
:: Dalu, Ndoo
|
| Arab {n} (Semitic person)
|
:: Mwarabu
|
| Arabia {prop} (a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf;)
|
:: Uarabuni {14}
|
| Arabian {adj} (related to Arabia)
|
:: Waarabu
|
| Arabian {n} (person)
|
:: mwaarabu
|
| Arabian {n} (horse)
|
:: Waarabu
|
| Arabic {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour)
|
:: kiarabu
|
| Arabic {prop} (language)
|
:: kiarabu
|
| Arabic {prop} (alphabet)
|
:: kiarabu
|
| Arab Spring {prop} (movement)
|
:: Vuguvugu la Uarabuni
|
| archaeologian {n} (archaeologist) SEE: archaeologist
|
::
|
| archaeologist {n} (someone who studies or practises archaeology)
|
:: mwanaakiolojia
|
| archaeology {n} (scientific study of past remains)
|
:: akiolojia
|
| archaic {adj} (old-fashioned or antiquated)
|
:: dinari
|
| archangel {n} (angel who leads other angels)
|
:: överängel {c}
|
| archbishop {n} (senior bishop)
|
:: askofu mkuu
|
| archeology {n} (archaeology) SEE: archaeology
|
::
|
| archfiend {n} (Satan) SEE: Satan
|
::
|
| archipelago {n} (group of islands)
|
:: funguvisiwa
|
| architecture {n} (art and science of designing buildings and other structures)
|
:: ujenzi {c14}
|
| are {v} (be) SEE: be
|
::
|
| area {n} (maths: measure of extent of a surface)
|
:: eneo
|
| area {n} (particular geographic region)
|
:: eneo
|
| areca {n} (plant in the genus Areca)
|
:: mpopoo
|
| areca nut {n} (betel nut) SEE: betel nut
|
::
|
| areca palm {n} (betel palm) SEE: betel palm
|
::
|
| Ares {prop} (the god of war, son of Zeus and Hera)
|
:: Aresi
|
| Argentina {prop} (Argentine Republic)
|
:: Argentina, Ajentina
|
| Argentine {prop} (Argentina) SEE: Argentina
|
::
|
| Argentine {adj} (pertaining to Argentina)
|
:: Kiajentina
|
| Argentine {n} (person from Argentina)
|
:: Mwajentina {1/2}
|
| Argentinian {n} (Argentine) SEE: Argentine
|
::
|
| Argentinian {adj} (Argentine) SEE: Argentine
|
::
|
| Ariadne {prop} (daughter of King Minos)
|
:: Ariadina, Ariana
|
| Arian {n} (someone whose star sign is in Aries) SEE: Aries
|
::
|
| Aries {prop} (astrological sign)
|
:: Hamali, Kondoo
|
| ark {n} (Noah's ship)
|
:: safina
|
| arm {n} (weapon)
|
:: mkono
|
| arm {n} (heraldic bearings)
|
:: mkono
|
| arm {v} (to supply with armour or weapons)
|
:: mkono
|
| arm {v} (to prepare for action)
|
:: mkono
|
| arm {n} (upper limb from shoulder to elbow) SEE: upper arm
|
::
|
| arm {n} (baseball: pitcher) SEE: pitcher
|
::
|
| arm {n} (upper appendage from shoulder to wrist)
|
:: mkono
|
| arm {n} (part of object)
|
:: mkono
|
| arm {n} (bay or inlet)
|
:: mkono
|
| armadillo {n} (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
|
:: kakakuona
|
| armed police {n} (police) SEE: police
|
::
|
| Armenia {prop} (ancient kingdom and country)
|
:: Armenia
|
| Armenian {n} (person)
|
:: Mwarmenia {1/2}
|
| Armenian {prop} (language)
|
:: Kiarmenia
|
| armhole {n} (armpit) SEE: armpit
|
::
|
| armor {n} (tank) SEE: tank
|
::
|
| armor-piercing shot {n} (solid metal armor-piercing projectile)
|
:: kaptula
|
| armour {n} (tank) SEE: tank
|
::
|
| armpit {n} (cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder)
|
:: kwapa
|
| arm up {v} (arm) SEE: arm
|
::
|
| army {n} (military force concerned mainly with ground operations)
|
:: jeshi
|
| army {n} (government agency in charge of a state's army)
|
:: jeshi
|
| army {n} (large group of people working towards the same purpose)
|
:: jeshi
|
| army {n} (large group of social animals working towards the same purpose)
|
:: jeshi
|
| army {n} (any multitude)
|
:: jeshi
|
| army ant {n} (tropical nomadic ant)
|
:: siafu
|
| arrangement {n} (act of arranging)
|
:: orodha
|
| arrangement {n} (manner of being arranged)
|
:: orodha, orodha
|
| arrangement {n} (collection of things that have been arranged)
|
:: orodha
|
| arrangement {n} (agreement)
|
:: orodha
|
| arrangement {n} (music: adaptation of a piece of music)
|
:: orodha
|
| arrest {v} (to stay, remain) SEE: stay
|
::
|
| arrest {n} (condition of being stopped)
|
:: nasa
|
| arrest {n} (legal: process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc)
|
:: nasa
|
| arrest {n} (confinement, as after an arrest)
|
:: nasa
|
| arrest {n}
|
:: nasa
|
| arrest {v} (to take into legal custody)
|
:: kukamata
|
| arrival {n} (act of arriving or something that has arrived)
|
:: ujaji
|
| arrogantly {adv} (in an arrogant manner)
|
:: shashimamishi
|
| arrow {n} (projectile)
|
:: mshale
|
| art {n}
|
:: usanifu
|
| Artemis {prop} (Greek goddess)
|
:: Artemi
|
| arthritis {n} (inflammation of a joint)
|
:: jongo
|
| article {n} (story, report, or opinion piece)
|
:: makala
|
| article {n} (member of a group or class)
|
:: makala
|
| article {n}
|
:: makala
|
| article {n} (part of speech that specifies a noun)
|
:: makala
|
| article {n} (section of a legal document)
|
:: makala
|
| artist {n} (person who creates art)
|
:: msanii, mwanasanaa
|
| artist {n} (person who creates art as an occupation)
|
:: msanii
|
| artist {n} (skilled person)
|
:: msanii
|
| artmaker {n} (artist) SEE: artist
|
::
|
| artwork {n} (piece of creative work)
|
:: sanaa
|
| Arusha {prop} (city in Tanzania)
|
:: Arusha
|
| as {conj} (in the same way that)
|
:: kama
|
| as {conj} (relative conjunction) SEE: that
|
::
|
| as {conj} (expressing concession) SEE: though
|
::
|
| as {conj} (than) SEE: than
|
::
|
| as {adv} (for example) SEE: for example
|
::
|
| ascend {v} (to fly, to soar)
|
:: kupanda
|
| ASEAN {prop} (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
|
:: ASEAN, Umoja wa Nchi za Asia ya Kusini-Mashariki
|
| ash {n} (solid remains of a fire)
|
:: majivu
|
| Asia {prop} (the continent of Asia)
|
:: Asia
|
| ask {v} (request an answer)
|
:: kuuliza
|
| ask {v} (make a request)
|
:: kuomba
|
| askari {n} (member of local African military or police)
|
:: askari
|
| aspheterism {n} (view that all property should be in common ownership)
|
:: ujamaa {cu} {cu}
|
| assessment {n} (act of assessing a tax)
|
:: upimaji
|
| assessment {n} (appraisal)
|
:: upimaji
|
| asset {n} (something or someone of any value)
|
:: mali
|
| asset {n} (software: any component, etc. that can be leveraged or reused)
|
:: mali
|
| asshole {n} (anus)
|
:: m'kundu
|
| asshole {n} (mean or rude person)
|
:: m'kundu
|
| assistant {n} (an auxiliary software tool) SEE: wizard
|
::
|
| assistant {adj} (having a subordinate or auxiliary position)
|
:: naibu
|
| assistant {n} (person who assists)
|
:: msaidizi
|
| associate {n} (partner)
|
:: mshirika
|
| associate {n} (companion; comrade)
|
:: mshirika
|
| associate {n} (one that habitually accompanies or is associated with another)
|
:: mshirika
|
| associate {n} (member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges)
|
:: mshirika
|
| astrologer {n} (one who studies astrology)
|
:: mnajimu
|
| astrologist {n} (astrologer) SEE: astrologer
|
::
|
| astrology {n} (star divination)
|
:: unajimu, falaki
|
| astronaut {n} (member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose)
|
:: mwanaanga
|
| astronomy {n} (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
|
:: falaki
|
| at {prep} (in or very near a particular place)
|
:: karibu na
|
| a tad {adv} (a little) SEE: a little
|
::
|
| atheist {n} (a person who believes that no deities exist)
|
:: mkanamungu {1} {2}, mkana-mungu {1} {2}, mkana mungu {1} {2}
|
| atheist {n} (a person who rejects belief that any deities exist, whether or not that person believes that deities do not exist)
|
:: mkanamungu {1} {2}, mkana-mungu {1} {2}, mkana mungu {1} {2}
|
| Athena {prop} (Greek goddess)
|
:: Athena
|
| Athens {prop} (capital city of Greece)
|
:: Athene
|
| athlete {n} (participant in one of several sporting activities)
|
:: mwanariadha
|
| athlete {n} (person who actively participates in physical sports)
|
:: mwanariadha
|
| athletics {n} (physical activities)
|
:: riadha
|
| Atlantic {prop} (the Atlantic Ocean)
|
:: Atlantiki
|
| atmosphere {n} (gases surrounding the Earth)
|
:: angahewa
|
| at night {adv} (during the night)
|
:: usiku
|
| at no time {prep} (never) SEE: never
|
::
|
| atom {n} (chemistry, physics: smallest possible amount of matter retaining its chemical properties)
|
:: atomi {9/10}
|
| at once {adv} (immediately)
|
:: mara
|
| at one stroke {prep} (at once) SEE: at once
|
::
|
| attribute {n} (characteristic or quality)
|
:: sifa
|
| aubergine {n} (eggplant) SEE: eggplant
|
::
|
| auction {n} (public sales event)
|
:: mnada
|
| auctioneer {n} (one who conducts an auction)
|
:: dalali
|
| auger {n} (plumber's snake) SEE: plumber's snake
|
::
|
| aunt {n} (a parent’s sister or sister-in-law)
|
:: shangazi
|
| Australia {prop} (Commonwealth of Australia)
|
:: Australia
|
| Australian {n} (a person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent)
|
:: waustralia
|
| Australian {adj} (of or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or languages)
|
:: waustralia
|
| Australian English {n} (English language used in Australia)
|
:: Kiingereza cha Australia
|
| Austria {prop} (country in Central Europe)
|
:: Austria
|
| author {n} (writer) SEE: writer
|
::
|
| author {n} (originator or creator of a work)
|
:: mwandishi
|
| authority {n} (power to enforce rules or give orders)
|
:: mamlaka
|
| authority {n} (persons in command; specifically, government)
|
:: mamlaka
|
| automobile {n} (passenger vehicle)
|
:: motakari bus, motokari bus, motokaa {c9} {c10}, gari {c5} {c6}
|
| autumn {n} (season)
|
:: vuli, majira ya pukutiko, kipindi cha bubujiko
|
| aviation {n} (art or science of flying)
|
:: elimu ya rubani
|
| avocado {n} (fruit)
|
:: Mparachichi
|
| avocado {n} (tree)
|
:: mparachichi
|
| Avraham {prop} (given name) SEE: Abraham
|
::
|
| await {v} (transitive: to wait for)
|
:: kungojea
|
| award {v} (give an award/prize for merit)
|
:: tunukia
|
| awareness {n} (the state or quality of being aware of something)
|
:: uamsho
|
| awl {n} (pointed instrument)
|
:: maharazi
|
| axe {n} (tool)
|
:: shoka {c5} {c6}
|
| axe {n} (weapon)
|
:: shoka {c5} {c6}
|
| axe {n} (rejection)
|
:: shoka {c5} {c6}
|
| axe {v} (fell or chop)
|
:: shoka
|
| axe {v} (terminate or reduce tremendously in a rough or ruthless manner)
|
:: shoka
|
| axis {n} (Axis axis) SEE: chital
|
::
|
| axis deer {n} (Axis axis) SEE: chital
|
::
|
| axle {n} (the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel)
|
:: ekseli
|
| Azerbaijan {prop} (country)
|
:: Azerbaijan
|
| Azerbaijani {n} (Azerbaijani person)
|
:: Mwazabaijani, Mwazeri
|
| Azerbaijani {prop} (language of Azerbaijan)
|
:: Kiazabaijani, Kiazeri
|
| Azeri {n} (Azerbaijani) SEE: Azerbaijani
|
::
|
| Azeri {prop} (Azerbaijani) SEE: Azerbaijani
|
::
|
| Aztec {prop} (the Nahuatl language)
|
:: Kiazteki
|
| babby {n} (baby) SEE: baby
|
::
|
| babe {n} (baby or infant) SEE: baby
|
::
|
| babe {n} (darling) SEE: baby
|
::
|
| baboon {n} (primate)
|
:: nyani
|
| baby {n} (very young human being)
|
:: mtoto mchanga {c1} {c2}, mwana
|
| baby {n} (young animal)
|
:: mtoto
|
| baby {n} (immature or infantile person)
|
:: mtoto
|
| baby {n} (form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive)
|
:: mtoto
|
| baby {n} (lastborn of a family)
|
:: mtoto
|
| babysitter {n} (baby or child caretaker)
|
:: mlezi wa muda, mlei, yaya
|
| back {n} (the rear of body)
|
:: mgongo {c3} {c4}
|
| back {n} (the reverse side)
|
:: mgongo
|
| back {n} (that which is farthest away from the front)
|
:: mgongo
|
| bacteria {n} (bacteria)
|
:: bakteria
|
| bacterium {n} (single celled organism with no nucleus or organelles)
|
:: bakteria
|
| bad {n} (slang: error, mistake)
|
:: bozu
|
| badger {v} (fart) SEE: fart
|
::
|
| badger {n} (mammal)
|
:: melesi
|
| bag {n} (flexible container)
|
:: mfuko
|
| bag {n} (breathalyzer device)
|
:: mfuko
|
| bag {n}
|
:: mfuko
|
| baggage {n} (luggage) SEE: luggage
|
::
|
| bagpipe {n} (bagpipes) SEE: bagpipes
|
::
|
| bagpipes {n} (musical wind instrument)
|
:: bagpipes, gaida
|
| Bahamas {prop} (country in the Caribbean)
|
:: Bahama
|
| Bahamian {adj} (pertaining to the Bahamas)
|
:: Kibahama
|
| Bahamian {n} (person from the Bahamas)
|
:: Mbahama
|
| Bahrain {prop} (country in the Middle East)
|
:: Bahrain
|
| Bahraini {n} (a person from Bahrain or of Bahraini descent)
|
:: Mbahareni
|
| Bahraini {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Bahrain or the Bahraini people)
|
:: Kibahareni
|
| bailiff {n} (steward) SEE: steward
|
::
|
| Bajan {prop} (Barbadian) SEE: Barbadian
|
::
|
| Bajan {adj} (Barbadian) SEE: Barbadian
|
::
|
| baker's dozen {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin
|
::
|
| baksheesh {n} (bribe or tip)
|
:: bakshishi
|
| Baku {prop} (the capital city of Azerbaijan)
|
:: Baku
|
| balalaika {n} (Russian instrument)
|
:: balalaika
|
| balance {n} (astrology: Libra) SEE: Libra
|
::
|
| balcony {n} (structure extending from a building)
|
:: roshani
|
| baleen {n} (plates in mouth of baleen whale)
|
:: mfupanyangumi
|
| baleen whale {n} (whale of the Mysticeti suborder)
|
:: nyangumi mwenye mfupanyangumi
|
| ball {n} (solid or hollow sphere)
|
:: mpira {c3} {c4}
|
| ball {n} (object, generally spherical, used for playing games)
|
:: mpira {c3} {c4}
|
| ball {n} (quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape)
|
:: mpira {c3} {c4}
|
| ball {n} (baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone)
|
:: mpira {c3} {c4}
|
| ball {n} (pinball: an opportunity to launch the ball into play)
|
:: mpira {c3} {c4}
|
| ball {n} (ballistics: a solid nonexplosive missile)
|
:: mpira {c3} {c4}
|
| ball {n} (mathematics: set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance of a given point)
|
:: mpira {c3} {c4}
|
| ball {n} (testicle)
|
:: mpira {c3} {c4}
|
| ball {n} (in plural - mildly vulgar slang - nonsense)
|
:: mpira {c3} {c4}
|
| ball {n} (in plural — slang — courage)
|
:: mpira {c3} {c4}
|
| ball {n} (cricket: a single delivery)
|
:: mpira {c3} {c4}
|
| ball {n} (anatomy: ball of a foot)
|
:: mpira {c3} {c4}
|
| ball {v} (vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with)
|
:: mpira {c3} {c4}
|
| balloon {n} (inflatable and buoyant object)
|
:: mabofu
|
| balloon {n} (child’s toy)
|
:: puto
|
| ball pen {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen
|
::
|
| ballpoint pen {n} (pen)
|
:: kalamu
|
| balls {n} (follow the translations in the entry "ball") SEE: ball
|
::
|
| Bambara {prop} (language)
|
:: Kibambara
|
| bamboo {n} (plant)
|
:: mwanzi {3/4}
|
| banana {n} (fruit)
|
:: ndizi
|
| banana {n} (plant)
|
:: mgomba
|
| band {n} (strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together)
|
:: bendi
|
| band {n} (strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached)
|
:: bendi
|
| band {n} (part of radio spectrum)
|
:: bendi
|
| band {n} (group of energy levels in a solid state material)
|
:: bendi
|
| band {v} (to fasten with a band)
|
:: bendi
|
| band {v} (ornithology: to fasten an identifying band around the leg of)
|
:: bendi
|
| band {n} (group of musicians)
|
:: bendi
|
| band {n} (orchestra originally playing janissary music)
|
:: bendi
|
| band {n} (group of people loosely united for a common purpose)
|
:: bendi
|
| band {n} (anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society)
|
:: bendi
|
| band {n} (Canada: recognized group of aboriginals)
|
:: bendi
|
| band {v} ((intransitive) to group together for a common purpose)
|
:: bendi
|
| bandage {n} (medical binding)
|
:: bendeji {c9} {c10}, plasta
|
| banded anteater {n} (numbat) SEE: numbat
|
::
|
| bandit {n} (one who robs others)
|
:: haramia
|
| bandit {n} (an outlaw)
|
:: haramia
|
| bane {v} (to (kill by) poison) SEE: poison
|
::
|
| bane {n} (killer) SEE: killer
|
::
|
| banger {n} (woman's breast) SEE: breast
|
::
|
| Bangla {prop} (Bengali) SEE: Bengali
|
::
|
| Bangladesh {prop} (country)
|
:: Bangladesh
|
| Bangladeshi {n} (person from Bangladesh or of Bangladeshi descent)
|
:: Mbangladesh
|
| bangle {n} (a rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp)
|
:: bangili {c9} {c10}
|
| banjo {n} (a musical instrument)
|
:: banjo, zeze la kizungu
|
| bank {n} (institution)
|
:: benki
|
| bank account {n} (fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank)
|
:: akaunti ya benki
|
| banknote {n} (paper currency)
|
:: noti, mwsada
|
| banquet {n} (a large celebratory meal; a feast)
|
:: hafla
|
| banyan {n} (Indian trader, merchant)
|
:: baniani
|
| baobab {n} (Adansonia digitata)
|
:: mbuyu {c3} {c4}
|
| baptise {v} (baptise) SEE: baptize
|
::
|
| baptism {n} (Christian sacrament)
|
:: ubatizo
|
| baptize {v} (To perform the Christian sacrament of baptism)
|
:: -batiza
|
| bar {n} (vertical bar mark) SEE: pipe
|
::
|
| bar {prep} (with the exception of) SEE: except
|
::
|
| barb {n} (bit for a horse) SEE: bit
|
::
|
| barb {n} (beard or something that resembles a beard) SEE: beard
|
::
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| Barbadian {n} (person from Barbados)
|
:: Mbabadosi
|
| Barbadian {adj} (of or relating to Barbados)
|
:: Kibabadosi
|
| Barbados {prop} (country in the Caribbean)
|
:: Barbados
|
| barbarous {adj}
|
:: shenzi
|
| barbecue {v} (grill) SEE: grill
|
::
|
| barber {n} (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards)
|
:: kinyozi
|
| bard {n} (professional poet and singer)
|
:: malenga
|
| barf {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
|
| barf {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
|
| bark {v}
|
:: -bwekea
|
| bark {n} (exterior covering of a tree)
|
:: chamba {s}, vyamba {p}, gome {s}, magome {p}
|
| barley {n} (Hordeum vulgare or its grains)
|
:: shayiri
|
| barn {n} (child) SEE: child
|
::
|
| barn owl {n} (Tyto alba)
|
:: bundi
|
| barracuda {n} (predatory competitor) SEE: shark
|
::
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| barrel {n} (tube) SEE: tube
|
::
|
| barrel {n} (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
|
:: pipa
|
| barrier {n} (structure that bars passage)
|
:: kizuizi
|
| barrier {n} (obstacle or impediment)
|
:: kizuizi
|
| barrier {n} (boundary or limit)
|
:: kizuizi
|
| base {n} (something from which other things extend)
|
:: uanzishaji, uanzishaji
|
| base {n} (apron) SEE: apron
|
::
|
| baseball {n} (ball game)
|
:: besiboli
|
| basil {n} (plant)
|
:: mrehani
|
| basin {n} (wide bowl for washing)
|
:: karai, beseni
|
| basket {n} (container)
|
:: kikapu
|
| basket {n} (notional place to store items before ordering them online)
|
:: kikapu
|
| basket {n} (basketball: hoop from which a net is suspended)
|
:: kikapu
|
| basket {n} (basketball: act of putting the ball through the basket)
|
:: kikapu
|
| basketball {n} (the sport)
|
:: mpira wa kikapu
|
| Basse-Terre {prop} (capital city of Guadeloupe)
|
:: Basse-Terre
|
| bassoon {n} (musical instrument in the woodwind family)
|
:: basuni
|
| bastard {n} (longsword) SEE: longsword
|
::
|
| bastille {n} (prison) SEE: prison
|
::
|
| bat {n} (small flying mammal)
|
:: popo {c9} {c10}
|
| bate {v} (simple past of beat) SEE: beat
|
::
|
| bath {n} (tub)
|
:: bafu
|
| bath {n} (room)
|
:: bafu
|
| bathe {v} (to clean oneself with water)
|
:: -oga
|
| bathe {v}
|
:: kuoga
|
| bathos {n} (depth) SEE: depth
|
::
|
| bathroom {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| battery {n} (device storing electricity)
|
:: betri
|
| battle {n} (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
|
:: vita
|
| bay {n} (body of water)
|
:: ghuba
|
| Bay of Bengal {prop} (Large bay in the northeastern Indian Ocean)
|
:: Ghuba ya Bungala
|
| bayonet {n} (weapon)
|
:: singe
|
| bazaar {n} (marketplace)
|
:: soko
|
| be {v} (occupy a place)
|
:: kuwa
|
| be able to {v} (have ability to)
|
:: kuweza
|
| beach {n} (sandy shore)
|
:: pwani {9} {10}
|
| beak {n} (structure projecting from a bird's face)
|
:: mdomo {cm} {cmi}
|
| beam {n} (transverse member of a ship's frame)
|
:: boriti
|
| bean {n} (seed)
|
:: haragwe {5/6}
|
| bean {n} (pod)
|
:: haragwe {5/6}
|
| bean {n} (other bean-like seed)
|
:: haragwe {5/6}
|
| bear {n} (large mammal of family Ursidae)
|
:: dubu
|
| beard {n} (facial hair)
|
:: ndevu {p}
|
| beard {n} (woman accompanying a gay male)
|
:: ndevu
|
| beast {n} (non-human animal)
|
:: nunda {c9} {c10}
|
| beast {n} (domestic animal)
|
:: mnyama {c1} {c2}
|
| beast {n} (violent/antisocial person)
|
:: nunda {c9} {c10}
|
| beat {v} (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike)
|
:: chapa
|
| beau {n} (boyfriend) SEE: boyfriend
|
::
|
| beautiful {adj} (possessing charm and attractive)
|
:: zuri
|
| beauty {n} (quality of pleasing appearance)
|
:: urembo, uzuri, jamala
|
| beauty spot {n} (birthmark) SEE: mole
|
::
|
| beaver {n} (semiaquatic rodent)
|
:: biva
|
| because of {prep} (on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of)
|
:: kwa ajili ya, kwa sababu ya
|
| bed {n} (piece of furniture)
|
:: kitanda
|
| bed {n} (prepared spot to spend the night in)
|
:: kitanda
|
| bedbug {n} (small nocturnal insect)
|
:: kunguni
|
| bedroom {n} (room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping)
|
:: chumba cha kulala, pakulalia
|
| bedsheet {n} (a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen)
|
:: shuka
|
| bee {n} (insect)
|
:: nyuki
|
| beech {n} (tree of genus Fagus)
|
:: mfune
|
| beef {n} (meat)
|
:: nyama ya ng'ombe
|
| beef {n} (cow, bull) SEE: cow
|
::
|
| beef up {v} (to strengthen or reinforce) SEE: strengthen
|
::
|
| beehive {n} (home of bees)
|
:: mzinga
|
| beer {n} (alcoholic drink made of malt)
|
:: bia, pombe
|
| beer {n} (drink made from roots)
|
:: pombe
|
| beer {n} (solution produced by steeping plant materials)
|
:: pombe
|
| beer {n} (glass of beer)
|
:: pombe
|
| beetle {n} (insect)
|
:: mende
|
| beetroot {n} (normally deep red coloured root vegetable)
|
:: tini
|
| befool {v} (to fool, trick or deceive someone)
|
:: pumbaza
|
| before {prep} (earlier than)
|
:: kabla ya
|
| before {prep} (in front of in space)
|
:: mbele ya
|
| before {prep} (at a higher or greater position in a subjective ranking)
|
:: awali
|
| before {adv} (at an earlier time)
|
:: kabla, awali
|
| beg {v}
|
:: -ng'ang'ania, -omba
|
| beggar {n} (person who begs)
|
:: mwombaji
|
| beggary {n} (The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty)
|
:: ufukara
|
| begin {v} (to start, to initiate or take the first step into something.)
|
:: kuanza
|
| behavior {n} (way matter or systems behave)
|
:: tabia
|
| behaviour {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior
|
::
|
| behest {n} (vow) SEE: vow
|
::
|
| behest {n} (promise) SEE: promise
|
::
|
| behind {prep} (at the back of)
|
:: nyuma
|
| behind {prep} (to the back of)
|
:: nyuma
|
| behind {prep} (after, time- or motion-wise)
|
:: nyuma
|
| behind {prep} (in support of)
|
:: nyuma
|
| behind {prep}
|
:: baada
|
| behind {adv} (at the back part; in the rear)
|
:: nyuma
|
| behind {n} (rear, back-end)
|
:: nyuma
|
| Belarus {prop} (country)
|
:: Belarusi
|
| Belarusian {n} (language)
|
:: Kibelarus, Kibelorusia {c7}
|
| Belgian {n} (Belgian, person from Belgium)
|
:: Mbelgiji
|
| Belgium {prop} (country in Europe)
|
:: Ubelgiji, Ubelgiji
|
| belief {n}
|
:: imani
|
| believer {n} (person who believes)
|
:: muumini
|
| Belize {prop} (country)
|
:: Belize
|
| Belizean {n} (person from Belize)
|
:: Mbelize
|
| Belizean {adj} (Pertaining to Belize)
|
:: Kibelize
|
| Belizian {n} (Belizean) SEE: Belizean
|
::
|
| Belizian {adj} (Belizean) SEE: Belizean
|
::
|
| bell {n} (percussive instrument)
|
:: kengele
|
| bell {n} (informal: telephone call)
|
:: kengele
|
| bell {n} (signal at a school)
|
:: kengele
|
| bell {n} (the flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument)
|
:: kengele
|
| bellows {n} (air blower)
|
:: mvukuto, mifua
|
| bellybutton {n} (the navel or umbilicus) SEE: navel
|
::
|
| below {adv} (in a lower place)
|
:: chini
|
| belt {n} (band worn around the waist)
|
:: mkanda {c3} {c4}
|
| benchlet {n} (stool) SEE: stool
|
::
|
| bend {v} (to cause to shape into a curve)
|
:: pinda, kunja
|
| bend {v} (to become curved)
|
:: pinda
|
| bend {v} (to change direction)
|
:: pinda
|
| bend {v} (to force to submit)
|
:: kunja
|
| Benedictine {n} (monk or nun)
|
:: Mbenedikto
|
| benefit {n} (advantage, help or aid)
|
:: manufaa
|
| Bengal {prop} (region in South Asia)
|
:: Bungala
|
| Bengal fox {n} (Vulpes bengalensis)
|
:: mbweha wa Bungala
|
| Bengali {adj} (of or pertaining to Bengal)
|
:: -a kibengali
|
| Bengali {n} (person from Bengal)
|
:: Mbengali
|
| Bengali {n} (language)
|
:: Kibengali
|
| Bengal tiger {n} (Panthera tigris tigris)
|
:: chui-milia wa Bungala
|
| Benin {prop} (country)
|
:: Benin
|
| bequeath {v} (to give or leave by will)
|
:: -rithisha
|
| be quiet {interj} (remain silent) SEE: silence
|
::
|
| Berlin {prop} (capital city of Germany)
|
:: Berlin
|
| Berlin Wall {prop} (wall that parted Berlin)
|
:: ukuta wa Berlin
|
| beryl {n} (gem)
|
:: zabarajadi
|
| beryl {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya zabarajadi
|
| beryllium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: berili
|
| beseech {v} (to beg)
|
:: kuomba, kusihi
|
| be sick {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
|
| besides {prep} (in addition to)
|
:: aidha
|
| betel nut {n} (An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm)
|
:: popoo
|
| betel palm {n} (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm)
|
:: mpopoo
|
| Bethlehem {prop} (City)
|
:: Bethlehemu
|
| betray {v} (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
|
:: kusaliti
|
| better {adj} (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
|
:: bora
|
| better {adv} (comparative form of the adverb well)
|
:: bora
|
| better {v} (to improve)
|
:: bora
|
| beverage {n} (drink)
|
:: kinywaji
|
| bewail {v} (to wail over)
|
:: kuombolezea
|
| bewitch {v} (to cast a spell)
|
:: roga
|
| beyond {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife
|
::
|
| Bharat {prop} (India) SEE: India
|
::
|
| Bhutan {prop} (Himalayan country)
|
:: Butani
|
| Bhutanese {n} (person from Bhutan)
|
:: Mbutani
|
| Bhutanese {adj} (pertaining to Bhutan)
|
:: Kibutani
|
| Bible {prop} (Christian holy book)
|
:: Biblia, Neno la Mungu {c5}
|
| bicycle {n} (vehicle)
|
:: baisikeli {c9} {c10}, baiskeli, baiskili
|
| bier {n} (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person)
|
:: jeneza
|
| big {adj} (of a great size, see also: large)
|
:: kubwa
|
| big {adj} (adult)
|
:: pevu, kubwa
|
| big eater {n} (glutton) SEE: glutton
|
::
|
| bile {n} (secretion produced by the liver)
|
:: nyongo
|
| bill {v} (to work with a bill)
|
:: mwsada
|
| bill {n} (bird's beak)
|
:: mwsada {3} {4}
|
| bill {n} (beaklike projection)
|
:: mwsada {3} {4}
|
| bill {v} (to stroke bill against bill)
|
:: mwsada
|
| bill {n} (written inventory)
|
:: mswada {3} {4}
|
| bill {n} (official statement)
|
:: mswada {3} {4}
|
| bill {n} (draft of a law)
|
:: mswada {3} {4}
|
| bill {n} (law: declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant)
|
:: mswada {3} {4}
|
| bill {v} (to advertise by a bill)
|
:: mwsada
|
| bill {v} (to charge or enter in a bill)
|
:: mwsada
|
| bill {n} (piece of paper money) SEE: banknote
|
::
|
| billfold {n} (wallet) SEE: wallet
|
::
|
| billion {n} (a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; a milliard)
|
:: bilioni
|
| billy goat {n} (male goat)
|
:: beberu
|
| bind {v} (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
|
:: kufunga
|
| biochemistry {n} (the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism)
|
:: biokemia
|
| biology {n} (study of living matter)
|
:: biolojia, elimuviumbe
|
| birch {n} (tree)
|
:: mbetula
|
| birch {n} (wood)
|
:: ubao wa mbetula
|
| bird {n} (animal)
|
:: ndege {c9} {c10}
|
| bird {n} (person)
|
:: ndege
|
| bird {n} (woman)
|
:: ndege
|
| bird {v} (to bring into prison, to roof)
|
:: ndege
|
| birdlime {n} (sticky substance to catch birds)
|
:: ulimbo
|
| birdlime {n} (serving of a prison sentence) SEE: time
|
::
|
| biro {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen
|
::
|
| birth {n} (process of childbearing; beginning of life)
|
:: zaa
|
| birth {n} (instance of childbirth)
|
:: zaliwa
|
| birth {n} (beginning or start; a point of origin)
|
:: zaliw
|
| birth {n} (circumstances of one's background)
|
:: zaliwa
|
| birth {v} (to give birth (to))
|
:: kuzaa
|
| birthday {n} (anniversary)
|
:: siku ya uzalishi
|
| biscuit {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: cookie; cracker)
|
:: biskuti {9} {10}
|
| bishop {n} (church official, supervisor of priests and congregations)
|
:: askofu
|
| bison {n} (wild ox, Bison bonasus)
|
:: baisani {c9} {c10}
|
| bison {n} (North American animal, Bison bison)
|
:: baisani wa Marekani {c9} {c10}
|
| bit {n} (metal in horse's mouth)
|
:: charaza
|
| bit {n} (rotary cutting tool)
|
:: charaza
|
| bit {n} (eighth of a dollar)
|
:: charaza
|
| bit {n} (small amount of something, see also: a little)
|
:: charaza
|
| bit {n} (portion)
|
:: charaza
|
| bit {n} (math: binary digit)
|
:: charaza
|
| bit {n} (computing smallest unit of storage)
|
:: charaza
|
| bit {n} (datum that may take on one of exactly two values)
|
:: charaza
|
| bit {n} (coin of a specified value) SEE: coin
|
::
|
| bitch {n} (complaint) SEE: complaint
|
::
|
| bitch {n} (playful variation on dog (sense "man")) SEE: dog
|
::
|
| bite {v} (to cut into by clamping the teeth)
|
:: -uma
|
| bite {v} (to sting)
|
:: -uma
|
| blab {n} (gossip) SEE: gossip
|
::
|
| black {adj} (absorbing all light)
|
:: eusi
|
| black {adj} (without light)
|
:: eusi
|
| black {adj} (relating to people with dark skin)
|
:: eusi, mweusi
|
| black {adj} (illegitimate, illegal or disgraced)
|
:: eusi
|
| black {adj} (overcrowded)
|
:: jaa
|
| blackberry {n} (fruit)
|
:: forosadi nyeusi
|
| black currant {n} (shrub)
|
:: mtunda bukini mweusi
|
| black currant {n} (berry)
|
:: tunda bukini jeusi
|
| black elder {n} (Sambucus nigra) SEE: elder
|
::
|
| black-eyed pea {n} (cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata)
|
:: mkunde
|
| black-eyed pea {n} (cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant)
|
:: ukunde
|
| Black Forest {prop} (German forest and mountain range)
|
:: Msitu Mweusi {cm} {cmi}
|
| black hole {n} (celestial body)
|
:: shimo jeusi
|
| blacking {n} (shoe polish) SEE: shoe polish
|
::
|
| black nightshade {n} (Solanum nigrum)
|
:: mnavu, mnafu
|
| black pepper {n} (spice)
|
:: pilipili manga
|
| Black Sea {prop} (an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor)
|
:: Bahari Nyeusi
|
| blacksmith {n} (iron forger, see also: smith)
|
:: mhunzi
|
| blame {n} (responsibility) SEE: responsibility
|
::
|
| Blanche {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Blanchi
|
| blanket {n} (fabric)
|
:: blanketi
|
| blanket {n} (layer of anything)
|
:: blanketi
|
| blasphemy {n} (Irreverence toward something sacred)
|
:: kufuru
|
| blast {n} (violent gust of wind)
|
:: kilipuzi
|
| blast {n} (forcible stream of fluid)
|
:: kilipuzi
|
| blessing {n} (divine or supernatural aid or reward)
|
:: baraka
|
| blessing {n} (good fortune)
|
:: baraka
|
| blessing {n} (act of declaring, seeking or bestowing favor)
|
:: baraka
|
| blessing {n} (prayer before a meal) SEE: grace
|
::
|
| blind {adj} (unable to see)
|
:: kipofu
|
| blogger {n} (contributor to a blog)
|
:: mwanablogu
|
| blood {v} (to cause to be covered with blood)
|
:: damu
|
| blood {n} (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies)
|
:: damu
|
| blood {n} (blood test or blood sample)
|
:: damu
|
| blood {n}
|
:: damu
|
| bloodbath {n} (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
|
:: umwagaji wa damu
|
| blood money {n} (money paid to the family of someone killed) SEE: wergeld
|
::
|
| bloodsucker {n} (vampire) SEE: vampire
|
::
|
| bloodsucker {n} (one who attempts to take as much from others as possible)
|
:: mnyonya-damu
|
| bloom {n} (flower) SEE: flower
|
::
|
| blotto {adj} ((very) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| blow {v} (to produce an air current)
|
:: -puliza
|
| blow {n} (act of striking or hitting)
|
:: panchi
|
| blow {n} (damaging occurrence)
|
:: panchi
|
| blow {n} (cocaine) SEE: snow
|
::
|
| blower {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone
|
::
|
| blue {adj} (blue-colored, see also: dark blue; light blue)
|
:: buluu , bluu
|
| blue {adj} (depressed)
|
:: bluu
|
| blue {adj} (pornographic)
|
:: bluu
|
| blue {adj} (of or pertaining to US Democratic Party)
|
:: bluu, bluu
|
| blue {n} (colour)
|
:: bluu
|
| blue {v} (to make blue)
|
:: bluu
|
| blue {v} (to turn blue)
|
:: bluu
|
| blue {v} (to passivate steel)
|
:: bluu
|
| blue {n} (sky, literally or figuratively) SEE: sky
|
::
|
| blueberry {n} (fruit)
|
:: buluuberi, beri ya buluu
|
| blueberry {n} (plant)
|
:: mbuluuberi
|
| blueberry {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya buluuberi
|
| blue monkey {n} (species of African monkey)
|
:: kima
|
| boar {n} (wild boar) SEE: wild boar
|
::
|
| board {n} (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material)
|
:: bao
|
| board {n} (device containing electrical switches)
|
:: bao
|
| board {n} (short for blackboard, whiteboard, etc.)
|
:: bao
|
| board {n} (managing committee)
|
:: bao
|
| board {n} (side of a ship)
|
:: bao
|
| board {n} (wall surrounding ice hockey rink)
|
:: bao
|
| board {n} (basketball: a rebound)
|
:: bao
|
| board game {n} (game played on a board)
|
:: bao
|
| boat {n} (water craft)
|
:: chombo, mashua {c9} {c10}
|
| bob {n} (bobber) SEE: float
|
::
|
| bobber {n} (buoyant fishing device) SEE: float
|
::
|
| Boche {n} (German) SEE: German
|
::
|
| bodkin {n} (dagger) SEE: dagger
|
::
|
| body {n} (physical structure of a human or animal)
|
:: mwili
|
| body {n} (torso)
|
:: kiwiliwili
|
| Boer {n} (South African of Dutch descent)
|
:: Kaburu
|
| bogie {n} (cigarette) SEE: cigarette
|
::
|
| bogie {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost
|
::
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| boil {n} (accumulation of pus)
|
:: uvimbe, jipu
|
| boil {n} (collective noun for hawks)
|
:: uvimbe
|
| boil {v} (heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)
|
:: uvimbe
|
| boil {v} (cook in boiling water)
|
:: chemsha
|
| boil {v} (begin to turn into a gas)
|
:: uvimbe
|
| boil {v} (colloquial: of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot)
|
:: uvimbe
|
| boil {v} (colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot)
|
:: uvimbe
|
| boiled {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| Bolivia {prop} (country in South America)
|
:: Bolivia
|
| Bolivian {n} (Bolivian person)
|
:: Mbolivia
|
| Bolivian {adj} (pertaining to Bolivia)
|
:: Kibolivia
|
| bomb {n} (device filled with explosives)
|
:: bomu
|
| bomb {n} (unpopular commercial product)
|
:: bomu
|
| bomb {n} (car in poor condition)
|
:: bomu
|
| bon appétit {phrase} (used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat)
|
:: karibu chakula
|
| Bonaventure {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Bonaventura
|
| bond {n} (documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract)
|
:: fungo
|
| bone {v} (to remove bones)
|
:: mfupa
|
| bone {v} (slang: have sexual intercourse with)
|
:: mfupa
|
| bone {n} (material)
|
:: mfupa
|
| bone {n} (component of a skeleton)
|
:: mfupa
|
| bone {n} (fishbone)
|
:: mfupa
|
| bone {n} (corset part)
|
:: mfupa
|
| bonjour {interj} (hello) SEE: hello
|
::
|
| bonnet {n} (cover over the engine of a motor car)
|
:: boneti
|
| bon voyage {interj} (wish of good journey)
|
:: safari njema
|
| book {n} (ebook) SEE: e-book
|
::
|
| book {n} (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
|
:: kitabu, vitabu {p}
|
| bookshop {n} (shop that sells books)
|
:: duka la vitabu
|
| bookstore {n} (bookshop) SEE: bookshop
|
::
|
| boot {n} (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg)
|
:: buti
|
| boot {n} (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car) SEE: trunk
|
::
|
| bootstrap {v} (to load the operating system) SEE: boot
|
::
|
| boot up {v} (to start computer by bootstrap procedure) SEE: boot
|
::
|
| bordello {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel
|
::
|
| border {n} (the line or frontier area separating regions)
|
:: mpaka
|
| boron {n} (chemical element)
|
:: boroni
|
| borough {n} (administrative district)
|
:: manispaa
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina {prop} (country on the Balkan peninsula)
|
:: Bosnia na Herzegovina
|
| Bosphorus {prop} (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
|
:: Bosporus
|
| boss {n} (person in charge)
|
:: bwana
|
| botany {n} (scientific study of plants)
|
:: botania, elimumime
|
| Botswana {prop} (Republic of Botswana)
|
:: Botswana
|
| Botswanan {n} (person from Botswana)
|
:: Mtswana, Mbotswana
|
| Botswanian {n} (Botswanan) SEE: Botswanan
|
::
|
| Botswanian {adj} (Botswanan) SEE: Botswanan
|
::
|
| bottle {n} (container)
|
:: chupa
|
| bottle gourd {n} (calabash) SEE: calabash
|
::
|
| bottom {n} (abyss) SEE: abyss
|
::
|
| bottom {n} (gay sexual slang: penetrated partner in sex)
|
:: msenge
|
| bouillabaisse {n} (mixture) SEE: mixture
|
::
|
| boundary {n} (dividing line or location between two areas)
|
:: mpaka
|
| bounty {n} (abundance or wealth) SEE: abundance
|
::
|
| bounty {n} (generosity) SEE: generosity
|
::
|
| bow {n} (weapon used for shooting arrows)
|
:: upinde {c11} {c10}, uta {c11} {c10}
|
| bowl {n} (container for food)
|
:: bakuli {5/6}
|
| bowl {n} (haircut) SEE: bowl cut
|
::
|
| bowl cut {n} (haircut)
|
:: bakuli
|
| bowler {n} (pitcher) SEE: pitcher
|
::
|
| bowsprit {n} (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel)
|
:: dasturi
|
| box {n} (cuboid space; container)
|
:: sanduku {cma}
|
| boxer {n} (participant in a boxing match)
|
:: bondia
|
| boxing {n} (the sport of boxing)
|
:: ndondi
|
| boy {n} (young male)
|
:: kijana
|
| boy {interj} (surprise or pleasure)
|
:: mvulana
|
| boyfriend {n} (male partner in a romantic relationship)
|
:: mpenzi
|
| bra {n} (brassiere)
|
:: sidiria, kanchiri
|
| brachium {n} (upper arm) SEE: upper arm
|
::
|
| brain {n} (organ)
|
:: ubongo
|
| brain {n} (intelligent person)
|
:: bongo
|
| brain {n} (person providing intelligence)
|
:: bongo
|
| brain {n} (brains: intellect)
|
:: bongo
|
| brain {n} (part of computer)
|
:: bongo
|
| brain {v} (to strike on the head)
|
:: bongo, bongo
|
| brain {v} (to kill a person by smashing the skull)
|
:: bongo
|
| brainteaser {n} (brainteaser)
|
:: chemsha bongo
|
| brain-teaser {n} (a complex riddle or puzzle)
|
:: chemsha bongo
|
| brainwash {v} (to affect one's mind)
|
:: fua bongo
|
| bramble {n} (diverse Rubus shrubs) SEE: blackberry
|
::
|
| branch {n} (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk)
|
:: tanzu
|
| branch {n} (part that divides like the branch of a tree)
|
:: tanzu
|
| branch {n} (line of family descent)
|
:: mlango {c2} {c3}
|
| branch {n}
|
:: tawi
|
| brassiere {n} (bra) SEE: bra
|
::
|
| brave {adj} (strong in the face of fear)
|
:: jasiri
|
| bravery {n} (being brave)
|
:: ujasiri
|
| Brazil {prop} (Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
|
:: Brazili
|
| Brazilian {n} (person from Brazil)
|
:: Mbrazili
|
| Brazilian {adj} (pertaining to Brazil)
|
:: Kibrazili
|
| Brazilian Portuguese {prop} (Portuguese spoken and written in Brazil)
|
:: Kireno cha Kibrazili
|
| bread {n} (baked dough made from cereals)
|
:: mkate {3} {4}
|
| bread {n} (countable: any variety of bread)
|
:: kipande cha mkate
|
| bread {n} (slang: money)
|
:: mkati
|
| bread {n} (food, sustenance, support of life, in general)
|
:: riziki {c9} {c10}
|
| bread {v} (to bread)
|
:: mkati
|
| breadbasket {n} (stomach) SEE: stomach
|
::
|
| breadth {n} (width) SEE: width
|
::
|
| break {v} (intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether)
|
:: kuvunjika
|
| break {v} (transitive: to cause to stop functioning)
|
:: kuvunja
|
| breakfast {n} (first meal of the day)
|
:: chakula cha asubuhi
|
| break one's fast {v} (to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food)
|
:: kufungua kinywa
|
| breast {n} (milk-producing organ)
|
:: titi {c5} {c6}
|
| breast {n} (seat of emotions)
|
:: kifua {c7} {c8}
|
| breast {n}
|
:: titi, matiti , titi, maziwa
|
| breastplate {n} (armor)
|
:: kinga ya kifuani
|
| breaststrap {n} (breastplate) SEE: breastplate
|
::
|
| breathe {v} (to draw air in and out)
|
:: -pumua
|
| breezefly {n} (horsefly) SEE: horsefly
|
::
|
| brew {n} (beer) SEE: beer
|
::
|
| brew {n} (hill) SEE: hill
|
::
|
| bribe {n} (inducement to dishonesty)
|
:: hongo
|
| bribe {v} (to give a bribe)
|
:: -honga
|
| brick {n} (hardened block used for building)
|
:: tofali {c5} {c6}
|
| brick {n}
|
:: tofali {c5} {c6}
|
| bride {n} (woman in the context of her own wedding)
|
:: biarusi, biharusi
|
| bridegroom {n} (bridegroom, groom)
|
:: bwana harusi, bwana arusi
|
| bride price {n} (sum paid to the family of the bride)
|
:: mahari
|
| bridge {n} (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)
|
:: daraja
|
| bridge {n} (nautical)
|
:: daraja
|
| bridge {n} (communications)
|
:: daraja
|
| bridge {n} (card game)
|
:: daraja
|
| brim {n} (a projecting rim, especially of a hat)
|
:: ukingo
|
| brimstone {n} (sulfur) SEE: sulfur
|
::
|
| bring {v} (to transport toward somebody/somewhere)
|
:: kuleta, kuletea
|
| brinjal {n} (an aubergine) SEE: eggplant
|
::
|
| briny {n} (sea) SEE: sea
|
::
|
| Britain {prop} (United Kingdom) SEE: United Kingdom
|
::
|
| britches {n} (pants) SEE: pants
|
::
|
| British English {n} (English language as in Britain, especially in England)
|
:: Kiingereza cha Uingereza
|
| bro {n} (a male sibling) SEE: brother
|
::
|
| broad {adj} (wide) SEE: wide
|
::
|
| broad {n} (whore) SEE: whore
|
::
|
| broadsword {n} (longsword with a broad cutting blade)
|
:: upanga mpana
|
| broke {adj} (lacking money; bankrupt)
|
:: msoto
|
| broker {n} (mediator between a buyer and seller)
|
:: dalali
|
| broker {v} (to mediate in a sale or transaction)
|
:: udalali
|
| Bronx cheer {n} (synonym of raspberry) SEE: raspberry
|
::
|
| brook {n} (a small stream)
|
:: kijito
|
| broom {n} (domestic utensil)
|
:: ufagio
|
| broom {n}
|
:: fagio, mafagio pl {c5}{c6}
|
| brothel {n} (house of prostitution)
|
:: danguro, madanguro, madangro, dangro
|
| brother {n} (male sibling)
|
:: ndugu, kaka
|
| brown {n} (colour)
|
:: kahawia
|
| brubru {n} (Nilaus afer)
|
:: kicheba
|
| bruise {n} (medical: mark on the skin)
|
:: chubuko
|
| brumous {adj} (wintry) SEE: wintry
|
::
|
| Brunei {prop} (a country in Southeast Asia)
|
:: Brunei
|
| Bruneian {n} (person from Brunei)
|
:: Mbrunei
|
| Bruneian {adj} (pertaining to Brunei)
|
:: Kibrunei
|
| brush {n} (implement)
|
:: burashi, brashi
|
| Brussels {prop} (capital of Belgium)
|
:: Brussels
|
| brute {n} (brutal person)
|
:: nunda {c9} {c10}
|
| bubble {n} (Greek) SEE: Greek
|
::
|
| bucket {n} (container)
|
:: ndoo
|
| bucket {n} (amount held in this container)
|
:: ndoo
|
| bucket {n} (part of piece of machinery)
|
:: ndoo
|
| bucket {n} (old car)
|
:: ndoo
|
| bucket {n} (basketball: basket)
|
:: ndoo
|
| buddha {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana
|
::
|
| Buddhism {n} (religion and philosophy)
|
:: Ubudha
|
| Buddhist {adj} (of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism)
|
:: Kibudha
|
| Buddhist {n} (practitioner of Buddhism)
|
:: Mbudha
|
| Buddhist {n} (follower of Buddha)
|
:: Mbudha
|
| buffalo {n} (Old World mammals)
|
:: mbogo, nyati
|
| bugle {n} (music: simple brass instrument)
|
:: buruji
|
| build {v} ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
|
:: kujenga
|
| builder {n} (a person who builds or constructs things)
|
:: mjenzi, mjengaji
|
| building {n} (act or process of building)
|
:: jenga
|
| building {n} (closed structure with walls and a roof)
|
:: jengo
|
| bulb {n} (rounded solid object)
|
:: glopu
|
| bulb {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb
|
::
|
| Bulgaria {prop} (country)
|
:: Bulgaria
|
| Bulgarian {n} (language)
|
:: Kibulgaria
|
| bull {n} (uncastrated adult male bovine)
|
:: fahali {5} {6}
|
| bulldozer {n} (tractor)
|
:: buldoza
|
| bullet {n} (projectile)
|
:: risasi
|
| bully {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp
|
::
|
| bumfodder {n} (toilet paper) SEE: toilet paper
|
::
|
| bunch {n} (a group of similar things)
|
:: fungu
|
| bunch {n} (an informal body of friends)
|
:: fungu
|
| bunch {n} (a considerable amount)
|
:: fungu
|
| bundle {n} (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying)
|
:: furushi
|
| bung {n} (bribe) SEE: bribe
|
::
|
| bung {n} (stopper)
|
:: kizibo
|
| buoy {n} (moored float)
|
:: boya
|
| burden {n} (heavy load)
|
:: mzigo
|
| burial {n} (interment)
|
:: mziko
|
| Burkina Faso {prop} (country)
|
:: Burkina Faso
|
| Burma {prop} (Southeast Asian country (former name), see also: Myanmar)
|
:: Bama, Myama
|
| burn {n} (intense non-physical sting)
|
:: choma
|
| burn {n} (physical sensation in the muscles)
|
:: choma
|
| burn {v} (to cause to be consumed by fire)
|
:: choma
|
| burn {v} (to be consumed by fire)
|
:: choma
|
| burn {v} (to overheat so as to make unusable)
|
:: choma
|
| burn {v} (to become overheated)
|
:: choma
|
| burn {v} (to injure with heat or chemicals)
|
:: choma
|
| burn {v} (to feel hot due to embarrassment)
|
:: choma
|
| burn {v} (computing: to write data)
|
:: choma
|
| burn {v} (to waste)
|
:: choma
|
| burn {v} (curling: to accidentally touch a moving stone)
|
:: choma
|
| burn {v} (pontoon: to swap a pair of cards for another pair; deal a dead card)
|
:: choma
|
| burst {v} (to cause to burst)
|
:: kukata
|
| Burundi {prop} (a country in Eastern Africa)
|
:: Burundi
|
| Burundian {n} (person from Burundi)
|
:: Mrundi
|
| bus {n} (medical slang: ambulance) SEE: ambulance
|
::
|
| bus {n} (vehicle)
|
:: basi
|
| bus {n} (electrical conductor)
|
:: basi
|
| bush {n} (category of woody plant)
|
:: kichaka
|
| bush antelope {n} (bushbuck) SEE: bushbuck
|
::
|
| bushbaby {n} (galago) SEE: galago
|
::
|
| bushbuck {n} (Tragelaphus scriptus or sylvaticus)
|
:: pongo, kulungu, mbawala
|
| bush pig {n} (pig of the genus Potamochoerus)
|
:: nguruwe
|
| business {n} (commercial enterprise or establishment)
|
:: biashara
|
| business {n} (occupation, work or trade of a person)
|
:: biashara
|
| business {n} (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
|
:: biashara
|
| business {n} (volume or amount of commercial trade)
|
:: biashara
|
| business {n} (private commercial interests taken collectively)
|
:: biashara
|
| business {n} (management of commercial enterprises)
|
:: biashara
|
| business {n} (business class)
|
:: biashara
|
| business {n} (collective noun for a group of ferrets)
|
:: biashara
|
| business card {n} (small card)
|
:: kadi kazi
|
| bustard {n} (any of several birds of the family Otididae)
|
:: tandawala
|
| busy {adj} (doing a great deal)
|
:: bizi
|
| but {conj} (rather)
|
:: bali, lakini, walakini
|
| butcher {n} (a person who prepares and sells meat)
|
:: mchinjaji
|
| butt {n} (buttocks)
|
:: matako
|
| butter {n} (soft foodstuff made from milk)
|
:: siagi
|
| buttercup {n} (flower of the genus Narcissus) SEE: daffodil
|
::
|
| butterfly {n} (insect)
|
:: kipepeo {c7} {c8}
|
| butterfly {n} (butterfly tape)
|
:: kipepeo
|
| butterfly {n} (swimming stroke) SEE: butterfly stroke
|
::
|
| butterfly stroke {n} (swimming stroke)
|
:: kipepeo
|
| butthole {n} (anus) SEE: anus
|
::
|
| butt-naked {adj} (naked) SEE: naked
|
::
|
| buttock {n} (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body)
|
:: tako
|
| button {n} (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger)
|
:: kitufe
|
| button {n} (in computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected)
|
:: kitufe
|
| buy {v} (to obtain something with money)
|
:: kununua
|
| buy {v} (to accept as true)
|
:: nunua
|
| buzzard {n} (scavenging bird) SEE: vulture
|
::
|
| by {prep} (indicates the agent of a passive verb)
|
:: na
|
| by chance {prep} (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly))
|
:: kwa nasibu
|
| by dint of {prep} (because of; by reason of) SEE: because of
|
::
|
| by the time {prep} (when) SEE: when
|
::
|
| Byzantine Empire {prop} (Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region)
|
:: Ufalme wa Byzantini
|
| Byzantium {prop} (Byzantine Empire) SEE: Byzantine Empire
|
::
|
| cab {n} (taxi) SEE: taxi
|
::
|
| cabinet {n} (group of ministers)
|
:: kabati
|
| Cabo Verde {prop} (Cape Verde) SEE: Cape Verde
|
::
|
| cachalot {n} (sperm whale) SEE: sperm whale
|
::
|
| cactus {n} (member of the Cactaceae)
|
:: cactus
|
| café {n} (coffee shop)
|
:: mkahawa
|
| cafe {n} (café) SEE: café
|
::
|
| cafeteria {n} (restaurant)
|
:: mikahawa
|
| cafeteria {n} (dining area)
|
:: mikahawa
|
| cake {n} (a sweet dessert)
|
:: keki
|
| calabash {n} (Lagenaria siceraria)
|
:: mbuyu
|
| calabash {n} (fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria)
|
:: mabuyu
|
| calabash {n} (container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants)
|
:: buyu
|
| calaboose {n} (prison) SEE: prison
|
::
|
| calamari {n} (as mollusk) SEE: squid
|
::
|
| calamus {n} (fistula) SEE: fistula
|
::
|
| calcium {n} (chemical element of atomic number 20)
|
:: kalisiamu
|
| calculator {n} (electronic device that performs mathematical calculations)
|
:: kikokotozi
|
| calendar {n} (system by which time is divided)
|
:: kalenda
|
| calender {v} (to press between rollers)
|
:: kalenda
|
| calf {n} (young cow or bull)
|
:: ndama
|
| calf {n} (young deer, elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals))
|
:: ndama
|
| calf {n} (chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg)
|
:: ndama
|
| calf {n} (anatomy: back of the leg below the knee)
|
:: ndama
|
| calf {n} (muscle in the back of the leg below the knee)
|
:: ndama
|
| calico {n} (kind of cloth)
|
:: kaniki
|
| call {n} (cry or shout)
|
:: kilio
|
| call {n} (beckoning or summoning)
|
:: mwito
|
| call {v} (to request, summon, or beckon)
|
:: kuita
|
| call {v} (to cry or shout)
|
:: kuita
|
| call {v} (to contact by telephone)
|
:: kupiga simu
|
| calling {n} (strong urge to become religious)
|
:: wito
|
| calling card {n} (printed card identifying the bearer) SEE: business card
|
::
|
| calling name {n} (nickname) SEE: nickname
|
::
|
| calm {n} (period without wind)
|
:: shwari
|
| cam {n} (camera) SEE: camera
|
::
|
| Cambodia {prop} (country in Southeast Asia)
|
:: Kamboja
|
| camel {n} (beast of burden)
|
:: ngamia {9} {10}
|
| camelopard {n} (giraffe) SEE: giraffe
|
::
|
| camera {n} (still camera)
|
:: kamera
|
| camera {n} (movie camera)
|
:: kamera
|
| Cameroon {prop} (country in Central Africa)
|
:: Kameruni
|
| Cameroonian {n} (person from Cameroon)
|
:: Mkameruni
|
| camouflage {n}
|
:: kamaflaji; majificho
|
| camp {n} (outdoor place)
|
:: kambi
|
| camp {n} (organized event)
|
:: kambi
|
| camp {n} (base)
|
:: kambi
|
| camp {n} (group)
|
:: kambi
|
| campaign {n} (series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal)
|
:: kampeni
|
| camphor {n} (white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone)
|
:: kafuri
|
| can {n} (a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)
|
:: kopo
|
| Canaan {prop} (historic region)
|
:: Kanaani
|
| Canada {prop} (country in North America)
|
:: Kanada
|
| Canadian {adj} (of or pertaining to Canada)
|
:: Kikanada
|
| Canadian {n} (person from Canada)
|
:: Mkanada
|
| Canadian {prop} (Canadian English)
|
:: Kiingereza cha Kanada
|
| canal {n} (artificial waterway)
|
:: mfereji
|
| canal {n}
|
:: njia ya maji, mfereji
|
| cancel {v} (invalidate, annul)
|
:: ghairi
|
| cancer {n} (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
|
:: saratani, kansa
|
| Cancer {prop} (astrological sign)
|
:: Saratani, Kaa
|
| candle {n} (a light source)
|
:: mshumaa {c3}
|
| candlenut {n} (tree)
|
:: mkaa
|
| candlewick {n} SEE: candle
|
::
|
| cane {n} (slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo)
|
:: kiboko, fimbo, ufito
|
| cane {n} (plant itself)
|
:: mmea
|
| cane {n} (a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment)
|
:: kiboko
|
| cane {n} (long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people)
|
:: fimbo, ufito
|
| cane {n} (sugar cane) SEE: sugar cane
|
::
|
| cannabis {n} (plant)
|
:: mbangi
|
| cannabis {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana
|
::
|
| cannon {n} (artillery piece)
|
:: mzinga
|
| cannot but {v} (cannot but)
|
:: siwezi lakini
|
| canon {n} (member of cathedral chapter)
|
:: kanoni
|
| Canticle of Canticles {prop} (Song of Songs) SEE: Song of Songs
|
::
|
| Canticles {prop} (Song of Songs) SEE: Song of Songs
|
::
|
| canvass {v} (to campaign) SEE: campaign
|
::
|
| cap {n} (head covering)
|
:: kofia
|
| cape {n} (headland)
|
:: rasi
|
| cape gooseberry {n} (fruit)
|
:: kepguzbari {c9} {c10}
|
| Cape of Good Hope {prop} (a cape in southwestern South Africa)
|
:: Rasi ya Tumaini Jema
|
| caper {n} (crime) SEE: crime
|
::
|
| Cape Verde {prop} (country in Western Africa)
|
:: Cabo Verde
|
| Cape Verdean {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, its people or their language)
|
:: Kikepuvede
|
| Cape Verdean {n} (a person from Cape Verde or of Cape Verdean descent)
|
:: Mkepuvede
|
| capitalism {n} (socio-economic system based on private property rights)
|
:: ubepari
|
| capitalist {n} (supporter of capitalism)
|
:: bepari
|
| capitalist {n} (owner of capital)
|
:: bepari
|
| Capricorn {prop} (astrological sign)
|
:: Jadi, Mbuzi
|
| Capricornus {prop} (astrological sign) SEE: Capricorn
|
::
|
| captain {n} (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
|
:: kapteni
|
| captain {n} (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral)
|
:: kapteni
|
| captain {n} (the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)
|
:: nahodha
|
| captain {n} (one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)
|
:: kapteni
|
| captain {v} (to act as a captain)
|
:: unahodha
|
| captain {v} (to exercise command)
|
:: amrisha
|
| caption {n} (capture) SEE: capture
|
::
|
| capture {v} (take control of)
|
:: nasa
|
| capture {v} (remove or take control of opponent’s piece)
|
:: nasa
|
| Capuchin {n} (a member of the Roman Catholic order)
|
:: Mkapuchini
|
| car {n} (automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver)
|
:: gari {5} {6}, motokaa {c9} {c10}
|
| car {n} (passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not)
|
:: gari
|
| car {n} (moving, load-carrying component of an elevator)
|
:: gari
|
| car {n}
|
:: gari
|
| car {n} (railway car, railroad carriage) SEE: carriage
|
::
|
| caracal {n} (Caracal caracal)
|
:: simba mangu {c9/10}
|
| caramel {n} (confection)
|
:: karmeli
|
| carbohydrate {n} (organic compounds such as sugar, starch or cellulose)
|
:: hamirojo
|
| carbon {n} (chemical element)
|
:: kaboni
|
| carbonado {v} (to cut or hack) SEE: cut
|
::
|
| carbon dioxide {n} (CO₂)
|
:: kaboni dioksidi
|
| carburetor {n} (a device in an internal combustion engine)
|
:: kabureta
|
| carburettor {n} (motor car part) SEE: carburetor
|
::
|
| carcass {n} (body of a dead animal)
|
:: mzoga, jifu
|
| carcass {n} (frame)
|
:: kirimba
|
| carcass {n} (body of a dead human) SEE: corpse
|
::
|
| card {n} (flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.)
|
:: kadi
|
| card {n} ((informal) amusing person)
|
:: kadi
|
| card {n} ((cricket) tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match)
|
:: kadi
|
| card {v} (to check IDs)
|
:: kadi
|
| card {n} (device to raise the nap on a fabric)
|
:: kadi
|
| card {n} (machine for disentagling the fibres of wool prior to spinning)
|
:: kadi
|
| card {v} (to use carding device)
|
:: kadi
|
| card {n} (playing card) SEE: playing card
|
::
|
| cardamom {n} (its seed or seed capsule)
|
:: iliki
|
| cardiac {adj} (pertaining to the cardia)
|
:: -a moyo
|
| cardinal {n} (official of the Catholic Church)
|
:: kadinali
|
| carefully {adv} (in a careful manner)
|
:: taratibu
|
| careless {adj}
|
:: pumbaa
|
| cargo {n} (freight carried by a ship)
|
:: shehena
|
| Caribbean {adj} (pertaining to the sea and region bounded by the American continent and the West Indies)
|
:: Kikaribiani
|
| Caribbean {prop} (countries)
|
:: Karibiani
|
| carnelian {n} (reddish brown chalcedony)
|
:: akiki
|
| carnivore {n} (meat-eating animal)
|
:: mla-nyama
|
| carpenter {n} (carpentry person)
|
:: seremala
|
| carpet {n} (a fabric used as a floor covering)
|
:: zulia
|
| carpet bugle {n} (plant of the genus Ajuga) SEE: bugle
|
::
|
| carpet shark {n} (ferret) SEE: ferret
|
::
|
| carriage {n} (railroad car)
|
:: behewa
|
| carrier {n} (person or object that carries someone or something else)
|
:: mchukuzi
|
| carrot {n} (Daucus carota ssp. sativus)
|
:: karoti {c9} {c10}
|
| carrot cake {n} (sweet cake)
|
:: keki ya karoti
|
| carry {v} (to carry) SEE: bear
|
::
|
| cart {n} (small, open, wheeled vehicle, see also: wagon)
|
:: mkokoteni, rukwama
|
| carte de visite {n} (business card) SEE: business card
|
::
|
| Carthage {prop} (ancient city in North Africa)
|
:: Karthago
|
| cartilage {n} (dense connective tissue)
|
:: gegedu
|
| cartoon {n} (animated cartoon)
|
:: katuni {c9} {c10}
|
| case {n} (instance or event as a topic of study)
|
:: kesi
|
| case {n} (legal proceeding)
|
:: kesi
|
| cashew {n} (tree)
|
:: mkorosho
|
| cashew {n} (cashew nut) SEE: cashew nut
|
::
|
| cashew nut {n} (the seed of the cashew tree)
|
:: korosho
|
| cash in {v} (to die) SEE: die
|
::
|
| casino {n} (public building or room for entertainment, especially gambling)
|
:: kasino
|
| casket {n} (coffin) SEE: coffin
|
::
|
| cassava {n} (manioc, the source of tapioca)
|
:: muhogo
|
| cassette {n} (small flat case containing magnetic tape)
|
:: kaseti
|
| cassowary {n} (a large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius)
|
:: kasowari
|
| Castilian {prop} (Spanish) SEE: Spanish
|
::
|
| cat {n} (type of fish) SEE: catfish
|
::
|
| cat {n} (domestic species)
|
:: paka {c9} {c10}
|
| Catalan {prop} (language of Catalonia)
|
:: Kikatalan
|
| catalogue {n} (a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.)
|
:: katalogi
|
| catalogue {n} (a complete list of items)
|
:: katalogi
|
| Catalonian {adj} (Catalan) SEE: Catalan
|
::
|
| Catalonian {n} (Catalan) SEE: Catalan
|
::
|
| catch {v} (to intercept an object in the air etc.)
|
:: daka
|
| catechism {n} (book summarizing the principles of Christianity)
|
:: katekisimu
|
| caterpillar {n} (larva of a butterfly)
|
:: kiwavi {c7} {c8}
|
| caterpillar {n}
|
:: kiwavi (nc 7/8)
|
| catfish {n} (type of fish, see also: sheatfish)
|
:: kambare
|
| cathode {n} (electrode through which current flows outward)
|
:: kathodi
|
| Catholic {n} (member of a Catholic church)
|
:: Mkatoliki
|
| Catholic Church {n} (24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome)
|
:: Kanisa Katoliki
|
| Catholicism {n} (faiths, practices and doctrines of a Catholic Church)
|
:: Ukatoliki
|
| catholicity {n} (Catholicism) SEE: Catholicism
|
::
|
| cattle {n} (domesticated bovine animals)
|
:: ng'ombe
|
| cattle chamois {n} (Budorcas taxicolor) SEE: takin
|
::
|
| cauliflower {n} (vegetable)
|
:: koliflawa
|
| cauliflower {n} (edible head of a cauliflower plant)
|
:: mkoliflawa
|
| cease {v} (transitive)
|
:: kuacha
|
| cedar {n} (coniferous tree in genus Cedrus)
|
:: mwerezi
|
| ceil {n} (ceiling) SEE: ceiling
|
::
|
| ceiling {n} (upper limit of room)
|
:: dari
|
| celebration {n} (formal performance of a solemn rite)
|
:: sherehe
|
| celebration {n} (act or process of showing gratitude, appreciation or remembrance)
|
:: sherehe
|
| celebration {n} (social gathering for entertainment and fun)
|
:: sherehe
|
| cell {n} (component of an electrical battery)
|
:: seli
|
| cell {n} (room in a prison for containing inmates)
|
:: seli
|
| cell {n} (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)
|
:: seli
|
| cell {n} (small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
|
:: seli
|
| cell {n} (small thunderstorm that forms ahead of a storm front)
|
:: seli
|
| cell {n} (basic unit of a living organism)
|
:: seli
|
| cell {n} (biological cavity)
|
:: seli
|
| cell {n} (minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior)
|
:: seli
|
| cell {n} (a short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode)
|
:: seli
|
| cell {n} (region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network)
|
:: seli
|
| cell {n} (geometry: a three-dimensional facet of a polytope)
|
:: seli
|
| cell {n} (informal: a cellular telephone, see also: mobile phone)
|
:: seli
|
| cell nucleus {n} (cytology: large organelle found in cells) SEE: nucleus
|
::
|
| cello {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: chelo
|
| cell phone {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone
|
::
|
| cellular {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone
|
::
|
| cellular phone {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone
|
::
|
| cement {n} (a powdered substance)
|
:: simiti, sementi
|
| cement {n} (the paste-like substance)
|
:: simiti, sementi
|
| cement {n} (any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties)
|
:: simiti
|
| cement {v} (to affix with cement)
|
:: simiti
|
| cement {v} (to make permanent)
|
:: simiti
|
| cemetery {n} (a place where the dead are buried) SEE: graveyard
|
::
|
| census {n} (official count of members of a population)
|
:: sensa
|
| cent {n} (subunit of currency in US and elsewhere)
|
:: senti
|
| cent {n} (one-hundredth of a euro)
|
:: senti
|
| cent {n} (coin)
|
:: senti
|
| centaur {n} (mythical half-man, half-horse)
|
:: kentauro
|
| centimetre {n} (one-hundredth of a metre)
|
:: sentimita
|
| centipede {n} (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
|
:: tandu
|
| central {adj} (being in the centre)
|
:: katikati
|
| central {adj} (being very important)
|
:: katikati
|
| central {adj} (having or containing the centre of something)
|
:: katikati
|
| Central African Republic {prop} (country in Central Africa)
|
:: Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
|
| central bank {n} (the principal monetary authority of a polity)
|
:: benki kuu
|
| Cerberus {prop} (mythological three-headed dog)
|
:: Serbero {m}
|
| cereal {n} (type of grass)
|
:: nafaka
|
| cerebral palsy {n} (group of non-contagious conditions)
|
:: kupooza kwa ubongo
|
| Ceres {prop} (Roman goddess)
|
:: Seresi
|
| Ceres {prop} (dwarf planet)
|
:: Seresi
|
| certain {adj} (not specifically named, indeterminate, indefinite)
|
:: fulani
|
| certainly {adv} (without doubt, surely)
|
:: maalum
|
| certificate {n} (document containing a certified statement)
|
:: hati
|
| cerumen {n} (earwax) SEE: earwax
|
::
|
| cervix {n} (neck) SEE: neck
|
::
|
| cervix {n} (neck-like part) SEE: neck
|
::
|
| c'est la vie {phrase} (such is life) SEE: such is life
|
::
|
| Chad {prop} (country)
|
:: Chadi
|
| Chadian {n} (person from Chad)
|
:: Mchadi
|
| chaff {n} (inedible parts of grain plant)
|
:: wishwa
|
| chaff {n} (excess or unwanted material)
|
:: wishwa
|
| chain {n} (series of interconnected rings or links)
|
:: bangili, mnyororo {c3} {c4}
|
| chain {n} (series of interconnected things)
|
:: ushanga
|
| chain {n} (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
|
:: ushanga
|
| chain {n} (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)
|
:: ushanga
|
| chain {v} (to link together)
|
:: mikufu
|
| chair {n} (furniture)
|
:: kiti
|
| chair {n}
|
:: kiti
|
| chair {n} (chairperson) SEE: chairperson
|
::
|
| chairman {n} (person presiding over a meeting)
|
:: mwenyekiti
|
| chairman {n} (head of a corporate or governmental board)
|
:: mwenyekiti
|
| chairperson {n} (a person who presides over a meeting, a board)
|
:: mwenyekiti
|
| chalcedony {n} (form of fine-grained quartz)
|
:: kalkedoni
|
| Chaldean Catholic Church {prop} (an Eastern Catholic particular church)
|
:: Kanisa Katoliki la Wakaldayo
|
| chalk {n} (a soft, white, powdery limestone)
|
:: chaki
|
| chalk {n} (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)
|
:: chaki
|
| chalk {n} (tailor's chalk) SEE: tailor's chalk
|
::
|
| challenge {n} (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
|
:: changa moto
|
| challenge {n} (difficult task)
|
:: changa moto
|
| challenge {n} (judge's interest in the result of the case for which they should not be allowed to sit)
|
:: changa moto
|
| challenge {v} (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
|
:: changa moto
|
| challenge {v} (to dare someone)
|
:: changa moto
|
| challenge {v} (to dispute something)
|
:: changa moto
|
| challenge {v} (to make a formal objection to a juror)
|
:: changa moto
|
| chameleon {n} (reptile)
|
:: kinyonga, lumbwi, kigeugeu
|
| champian {n} (field of inquiry or study) SEE: field
|
::
|
| champion {n} (someone who has been winner in a contest)
|
:: bingwa
|
| chance {n} (an opportunity or possibility)
|
:: nafasi
|
| chance {v} (to try or risk)
|
:: nafasi
|
| chance {v} (to discover by chance)
|
:: nafasi
|
| change {v} (to become something different)
|
:: kubadili
|
| change {v} (to make something into something different)
|
:: kubadili
|
| change {v} (to replace)
|
:: kubadilisha
|
| change {n} (the process of becoming different)
|
:: mabadiliko
|
| change {n} (a replacement)
|
:: mabadiliko
|
| Chang Jiang {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze
|
::
|
| chaos {n} (state of disorder)
|
:: kesheshe
|
| chapati {n} (an unleavened flatbread)
|
:: chapati
|
| chapel {n} (place of worship)
|
:: chapeli
|
| chapter {n} (section in a book)
|
:: sura
|
| chapter {n} (an administrative division of an organization)
|
:: sura
|
| character {n} (moral strength)
|
:: sifa
|
| charcoal {n} (substance)
|
:: kaa
|
| charcoal drawing {n} (charcoal drawing) SEE: charcoal
|
::
|
| charge {n} (accusation)
|
:: shtaka
|
| chart {n} (map) SEE: map
|
::
|
| chart {n} (graph) SEE: graph
|
::
|
| chart {n} (table) SEE: table
|
::
|
| Charybdis {prop} (Greek mythological monster)
|
:: Kharibdi
|
| chase {n} (hunt) SEE: hunt
|
::
|
| chase {v} (to hunt) SEE: hunt
|
::
|
| chase {n} (action of the verb "to chase")
|
:: kimbiza
|
| chasten {v} (purify) SEE: purify
|
::
|
| chaste tree {n} (shrub)
|
:: mti safi
|
| cheap {adj} (low and/or reduced in price)
|
:: rahisi
|
| check {n} (bank order) SEE: cheque
|
::
|
| checkers {n} (draughts) SEE: draughts
|
::
|
| cheek {n} (part of face)
|
:: shavu
|
| cheek {n} (colloquial: buttock)
|
:: tako
|
| cheers {interj} (toast when drinking)
|
:: maisha marefu, afya, vifijo
|
| cheese {n} (dairy product)
|
:: jibini, chizi
|
| cheese {n} (countable: any particular variety of cheese)
|
:: chizi, jibini
|
| cheesecake {n} (dessert food)
|
:: keki ya jibini
|
| cheetah {n} (Acinonyx jubatus)
|
:: duma
|
| chemical {n} (any specific element or chemical compound)
|
:: kemikali
|
| chemical {n} (an artificial chemical compound)
|
:: kemikali
|
| chemist {n} (person working in chemistry)
|
:: mwanakemia
|
| chemistry {n} (branch of natural science)
|
:: kemia
|
| cheque {n} (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)
|
:: cheki
|
| Cherokee {prop} (indigenous North American people)
|
:: Mcherokii
|
| Cherokee {prop} (language)
|
:: Kicherokii
|
| Cherokee {prop} (syllabary)
|
:: Kicherokii
|
| cherry {n} (fruit)
|
:: cheri
|
| cherry {n} (tree)
|
:: mcheri
|
| cherry {n} (color)
|
:: rangi ya cheri
|
| cherub {n} ((biblical) winged creature attending on God)
|
:: kerubi
|
| chess {n} (two-player board game)
|
:: chesi {c9} {c10}, sataranji {c9} {c10}
|
| chest {n} (treasury)
|
:: kifua
|
| chest {n} (chest of drawers)
|
:: kifua
|
| chest {n} (thorax)
|
:: kifua
|
| chest {n} (coffin) SEE: coffin
|
::
|
| chestnut {n} (nut of the chestnut tree)
|
:: aramoni
|
| chestnut {n} (chestnut tree) SEE: chestnut tree
|
::
|
| chestnut tree {n} (tree that bears chestnuts)
|
:: mwaramoni
|
| chevy {v} (to chase or hunt) SEE: chase
|
::
|
| Chicago {prop} (large US city)
|
:: chichago
|
| Chichewa {prop} (language)
|
:: Kinyanja
|
| chicken {n} (bird)
|
:: kuku
|
| chicken {n} (meat)
|
:: nyama ya kuku
|
| chicken pox {n} (childhood disease)
|
:: tetekuwanga
|
| chief {n} (leader of group, etc.)
|
:: chifu, jumbe
|
| child {n} (a female or male child, a daughter or son)
|
:: mtoto, mwana
|
| child {n} (a minor)
|
:: mtoto
|
| child {n} ((computing) object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object)
|
:: mwana
|
| childhood {n} (state of being a child)
|
:: uana, utoto
|
| chile {n} (chili) SEE: chili
|
::
|
| Chile {prop} (country in South America)
|
:: Chile
|
| Chilean {adj} (pertaining to Chile)
|
:: Kichile
|
| Chilean {n} (person from Chile)
|
:: Mchile
|
| chili {n} (spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum)
|
:: pili pili
|
| chilli {n} (chili) SEE: chili
|
::
|
| chimney {n} (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue)
|
:: dohani
|
| chimpanzee {n} (ape)
|
:: sokwe, sokwe mtu
|
| chin {n} (bottom of a face)
|
:: tawa, kidevu
|
| China {prop} (country in east Asia)
|
:: Uchina, China
|
| Chinese {prop} (any language spoken in China, see also: Literary Chinese; Mandarin; Cantonese; Wu; Min Nan)
|
:: Kichina {c7}
|
| Chinese {prop} (writing system of Chinese)
|
:: Kichina
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| Chinese {n} (the people of China)
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:: Mchina
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| Chinese {n} (all people of Chinese descent or self-identity)
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:: Mchina
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| Chinese {n} (person born in China)
|
:: Mchina
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| Chinese {n} (Chinese food or meal)
|
:: chakula cha kichina
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| Chinese {adj} (relating to China)
|
:: Kichina
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| Chinese {prop} (Mandarin) SEE: Mandarin
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::
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| chisel {n} (tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal)
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:: patasi
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| chital {n} (deer)
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:: chitali
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| chlamydia {n} (sexually transmitted disease)
|
:: klamidia
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| chlorine {n} (chemical element)
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:: klorini
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| chloroplast {n} (photosynthetic organelle)
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:: chembeumbijani
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| chocolate {n} (food made from ground roasted cocoa beans)
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:: chokoleti
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| chocolate {n} (colour)
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:: rangi ya chokoleti
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| choir {n} (singing group)
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:: kwaya
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| cholera {n} (infectious disease)
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:: kipindupindu
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| chopper {n} (helicopter (formal translations)) SEE: helicopter
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::
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| chopper {n} (axe/ax) SEE: axe
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::
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| Chorasmia {prop} (large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia)
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:: Khorezmia
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| Christ {prop} (title for Jesus of Nazareth)
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:: Kristo
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| Christian {n} (member of the Christian religion)
|
:: Mkristo
|
| Christian {adj} (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)
|
:: Kikristo
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| Christianity {prop} (monotheistic religion)
|
:: Ukristo
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| Christmas {prop} (Christian holiday)
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:: Krismasi
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| Christmas Island {prop} (non self-governing territory of Australia)
|
:: Kisiwa cha Krismasi {c7} {c8}
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| chromosome {n} (structure in the cell nucleus)
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:: chembeuzi
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| Chronicles {prop} (book of the Bible)
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:: Mambo ya Nyakati {c6}
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| chrysoprase {n} (variety of quartz)
|
:: krisopraso
|
| chur {interj} (voicing of thanks) SEE: thanks
|
::
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| church {n} (house of worship)
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:: kanisa {cma}
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| church {n} (a religious organization)
|
:: kanisa {cma}
|
| church {n} (a group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs)
|
:: kanisa {cma}
|
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints {prop} (major denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement)
|
:: Kanisa La Yesu Kristo la Watakatifu wa Siku za Mwisho
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| Chuukese {n} (member of an ethnic group)
|
:: kichuuk
|
| ciao {interj} (hello) SEE: hello
|
::
|
| ciao {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye
|
::
|
| cicatrice {n} (scar) SEE: scar
|
::
|
| cicatrix {n} (scar that remains after the development of new tissue) SEE: scar
|
::
|
| cigar {n}
|
:: kwekwe, biri, siga
|
| cigarette {n} (cigarette)
|
:: sigara
|
| cigarette lighter {n} (lighter) SEE: lighter
|
::
|
| Cinderella {prop} (main character in this fairy tale)
|
:: Bibi Majivu
|
| cinema {n} (movie) SEE: movie
|
::
|
| cinema {n} (a film/movie theatre)
|
:: sinema
|
| cinnamon {n} (Cinnamomum verum)
|
:: mdalasini
|
| cinnamon {n} (spice)
|
:: dalasini
|
| cipher {n} (obsolete: zero) SEE: zero
|
::
|
| circle {n} (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
|
:: duara
|
| circle {n} (orbit) SEE: orbit
|
::
|
| circumcision {n} (removal of foreskin from penis)
|
:: tohara
|
| cirque {n} (something in the shape of a circle) SEE: circle
|
::
|
| citizen {n} (legal member of a state)
|
:: mwananchi
|
| citizenship {n} (state of being a citizen)
|
:: uraia
|
| city {n} (large settlement)
|
:: mji
|
| civet {n} (cat-like animal)
|
:: ngawa
|
| civet {n} (perfume)
|
:: zabadi
|
| claim {v} (to demand ownership of something)
|
:: -dai
|
| clamp {n} (woodworking tool)
|
:: mbano
|
| clarinet {n} (woodwind musical instrument)
|
:: nzumari
|
| class {n} (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes)
|
:: darasa
|
| class {n} (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.)
|
:: darasa
|
| class {n} (division of society into classes)
|
:: darasa
|
| class {n} (admirable behavior; elegance)
|
:: darasa
|
| class {n} (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher)
|
:: darasa
|
| class {n} (series of classes covering a single subject)
|
:: darasa
|
| class {n} (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year)
|
:: darasa
|
| class {n} (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation)
|
:: darasa
|
| class {n} (taxonomy: classification below Phylum and above Order)
|
:: darasa
|
| class {n} (set theory: collection of sets definable by a shared property)
|
:: darasa
|
| class {n} (object-oriented programming: set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior)
|
:: darasa
|
| class {v} (to assign to a class)
|
:: darasa
|
| classroom {n} (room in a school)
|
:: darasa
|
| clavicle {n} (collar bone)
|
:: mtulinga
|
| claw {n} (curved horny nail)
|
:: kucha
|
| claw {n}
|
:: kucha
|
| clean {adj} (not dirty)
|
:: nadhifu, safi
|
| clean {v} ((transitive) to remove dirt from a place or object)
|
:: -safisha
|
| clean {adj} (empty) SEE: empty
|
::
|
| cleanliness {n} (the property of being cleanly)
|
:: usafi
|
| cleaver {n} (a squarish knife used for hacking)
|
:: pambazua
|
| clerk {n} (one working with records etc.)
|
:: karani
|
| clever {adj} (nimble with hands or body)
|
:: erevu
|
| clever {adj} (skillful)
|
:: erevu
|
| clever {adj} (mentally quick or sharp)
|
:: erevu
|
| clever {adj} (showing inventiveness or originality)
|
:: erevu
|
| clever {adj} (possessing magical abilities)
|
:: erevu
|
| climate {n} (long-term atmospheric conditions)
|
:: tabianchi
|
| clinic {n} (medical facility)
|
:: kliniki
|
| clitoris {n} (elongated erectile organ)
|
:: kinembe {c7} {c8}
|
| cloaca {n} (anatomical feature of birds etc)
|
:: kiloaka
|
| cloakroom {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| clock {n} (instrument to measure or keep track of time)
|
:: saa {9} {10}
|
| clock face {n} (the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands)
|
:: bonyeza
|
| close {v} (obstruct (an opening))
|
:: funga
|
| close {v} (move (a door))
|
:: funga
|
| close {v} (put an end to)
|
:: funga
|
| close {v} (to make smaller)
|
:: funga
|
| close {v} (surveying: to have a vector sum of 0)
|
:: funga
|
| close {v} (to make a sale)
|
:: funga
|
| close {n} (end or conclusion)
|
:: funga
|
| close {adj} (at a little distance)
|
:: fungu
|
| close {adj} (intimate)
|
:: fungu
|
| closet {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| cloth {n} (woven fabric)
|
:: nguo, vazi
|
| cloth {n} (piece of cloth)
|
:: nguo
|
| cloth {n} (form of attire)
|
:: nguo
|
| clothing {n} (clothes)
|
:: nguo {9} {10}, mavazi {5} {6}
|
| cloud {v} (to become foggy or gloomy, to become obscured from sight)
|
:: wingu
|
| cloud {v} (to make obscure (e.g. to cloud the issue))
|
:: wingu
|
| cloud {n} (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)
|
:: wingu {c5} {c6}
|
| cloud {n} (mass of dust, steam or smoke)
|
:: wingu
|
| cloud {n} (anything which makes things foggy or gloomy)
|
:: wingu
|
| cloud {n}
|
:: wingu
|
| clouded leopard {n} (medium sized arboreal cat)
|
:: chui-mawingu
|
| clove {n} (spice)
|
:: karafuu
|
| clown {n} (person acting in a silly fashion)
|
:: mcheshi
|
| club {n} (weapon)
|
:: rungu
|
| club {n} (association of members)
|
:: klabu
|
| club {n} (nightclub)
|
:: klabu
|
| club {n} (playing card symbol, ♣)
|
:: pau
|
| clubs {n} (plural of club) SEE: club
|
::
|
| clubs {n} (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣)
|
:: pao, mavi ya mbuzi, karanga
|
| clumsy {adj}
|
:: dole
|
| clutch {n} (A device to interrupt power transmission)
|
:: klachi
|
| c'mere {contraction} (come) SEE: come
|
::
|
| c'mere {contraction} (here) SEE: here
|
::
|
| coach {n} (trainer)
|
:: mkufunzi, kocha
|
| coach driver {n} (driver of a horse-drawn coach)
|
:: saisi
|
| coachman {n} (male coach driver) SEE: coach driver
|
::
|
| coachwoman {n} (female coach driver) SEE: coach driver
|
::
|
| coadjutor {n} (assistant) SEE: assistant
|
::
|
| coal {n} (uncountable: carbon rock)
|
:: kaa {c5} {c6}, mkaa {c3} {c4}
|
| coast {n} (edge of land meeting ocean, sea, gulf, bay)
|
:: pwani, ufuko, mapwa, mapwaji
|
| coat {n} (outer garment covering the upper torso and arms)
|
:: koti
|
| coat {n} (covering of material, such as paint)
|
:: koti
|
| coat {n} (fur or feathers)
|
:: koti
|
| coat {n} (canvas secured around mast)
|
:: koti
|
| coat {v} (to cover with a coat of some material)
|
:: koti
|
| coat {v} (to cover as a coat)
|
:: koti
|
| coat of arms {n} (hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon)
|
:: nembo
|
| cock {n} (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird) SEE: rooster
|
::
|
| cockerel {n} (young male chicken)
|
:: jimbi
|
| cockeyed {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| cockpit {n} (space for pilot and crew in an aircraft)
|
:: dungu
|
| cockroach {n} (type of insect)
|
:: mende {c9} {c10}, kombamwiko
|
| coconut {n} (fruit of coco palm)
|
:: nazi, dafu
|
| coconut {n} (coconut palm) SEE: coconut palm
|
::
|
| coconut milk {n} (the liquid from inside the seed of the coconut)
|
:: tui
|
| coconut palm {n} (Cocos nucifera)
|
:: mnazi
|
| coconut water {n} (clear liquid found inside immature coconuts)
|
:: maji ya madafu
|
| coffee {n} (beverage)
|
:: kahawa
|
| coffee {n} (beans)
|
:: kahawa
|
| coffee {n} (plant)
|
:: mbuni, mkahawa
|
| coffee {n} (colour)
|
:: kahawa
|
| coffee {adj} (of a pale brown colour)
|
:: kahawa
|
| coffee bar {n} (establishment that sells coffee) SEE: café
|
::
|
| coffeehouse {n} (café) SEE: café
|
::
|
| coffee pot {n} (pot for coffee)
|
:: dele
|
| coffee shop {n} (café) SEE: café
|
::
|
| coffin {n} (box in which a dead person is buried)
|
:: kifua
|
| cohesion {n} (the state of cohering, or of sticking together)
|
:: mshikamano
|
| cohesion {n} (the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together)
|
:: mshikamano
|
| cohort {n} (associate) SEE: associate
|
::
|
| coin {n} ((currency) a piece of currency)
|
:: sarafu
|
| coinage {n} (currency) SEE: currency
|
::
|
| cola {n} (plant or nut) SEE: kola
|
::
|
| cold {adj} (having a low temperature)
|
:: baridi
|
| cold {adj} (of the weather)
|
:: baridi
|
| cold {n} (low temperature)
|
:: baridi
|
| cold {n} (illness)
|
:: mafua
|
| collaboration {n} (act of collaborating)
|
:: kolabo
|
| collaboration {n} (joint production or creation)
|
:: kolabo
|
| collar {n} (fabric garment part fitting around throat)
|
:: kola {c9}
|
| collar {v} (to arrest) SEE: arrest
|
::
|
| collarbone {n} (clavicle) SEE: clavicle
|
::
|
| collateral {n} (security or guarantee)
|
:: dhamana {9/10}
|
| Colombia {prop} (country in South America)
|
:: Kolombia
|
| Colombian {n} (A person from Colombia)
|
:: Mkolombia
|
| Colombian {adj} (pertaining to Colombia)
|
:: Kikolombia
|
| colon {n} (punctuation mark)
|
:: nukta mbili, koloni
|
| colonialism {n} (colonial domination policy)
|
:: ukoloni, beberu
|
| colonialism {n} (colonial linguistic expression)
|
:: beberu
|
| colonialism {n} (colonial life)
|
:: beberu
|
| color {n} (spectral composition of visible light)
|
:: michezo, rangi
|
| colorful {adj} (possessing prominent and varied colors)
|
:: ya rangi nyingi
|
| Colossians {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Wakolosai {c2}
|
| comb {n} (toothed implement for grooming the hair)
|
:: kitana
|
| combat {n} (a battle; a fight)
|
:: mashindano
|
| combust {v} (be consumed by fire) SEE: burn
|
::
|
| come {v} (to move nearer)
|
:: kuja
|
| come in {v} (to enter) SEE: enter
|
::
|
| comfort {n}
|
:: anasa
|
| comma {n} (punctuation mark ',')
|
:: alama ya mkato, koma
|
| command {v} (to order)
|
:: kuamuru
|
| commander {n} (one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization)
|
:: kamanda
|
| commandment {n} (a command or edict)
|
:: kanuni
|
| commemoration {n} (act of commemorating)
|
:: adhimisho
|
| comment {v} (to comment) SEE: observe
|
::
|
| commerce {n} (large scale trade)
|
:: biashara
|
| commie {n} (communist) SEE: communist
|
::
|
| commission {n} (fee charged)
|
:: kodi
|
| commission {v} (put into active service)
|
:: kodisha
|
| commissioner {n} (member of a commission)
|
:: kamishna
|
| commissioner {n} (someone commissioned to perform certain duties, see also: assignee)
|
:: kamishna
|
| committee {n} (group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose)
|
:: kamati
|
| commo {n} (communist) SEE: communist
|
::
|
| commo {n} (communication) SEE: communication
|
::
|
| common sense {n} (ordinary understanding)
|
:: akili
|
| Commonwealth of Independent States {prop} (alliance of former Soviet republics)
|
:: Jumuiya ya Nchi Huru
|
| communication {n} (concept of exchanging information)
|
:: mawasiliano
|
| communion {n} (Holy Communion) SEE: Holy Communion
|
::
|
| communism {n} (philosophy)
|
:: ukomunisti
|
| communist {adj} (of or relating to communism)
|
:: ukomunisti
|
| communist {n} (person who follows a communist philosophy)
|
:: mkomunisti
|
| communist {n} (revolutionary or subversive radical)
|
:: mpinduzi
|
| Communist {n} (communist) SEE: communist
|
::
|
| Communist {adj} (communist) SEE: communist
|
::
|
| community {n} (group sharing a common understanding)
|
:: jamii, jamaa
|
| community {n} (residential or religious collective)
|
:: jamii
|
| community {n} ((ecology) group of interdependent organisms)
|
:: jamii
|
| community {n} (condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common)
|
:: jamii
|
| community college {n} (secondary school) SEE: secondary school
|
::
|
| Comoran {adj} (Comorian) SEE: Comorian
|
::
|
| Comoran {n} (Comorian) SEE: Comorian
|
::
|
| Comorian {n} (person)
|
:: Mngazija, Mkomoro
|
| Comorian {prop} (language)
|
:: Kingazija, Kikomoro
|
| Comoros {prop} (country in Eastern Africa)
|
:: Visiwa vya Ngazija, Visiwa vya Komoro
|
| companion {n} (someone with whom one spends time or keeps company)
|
:: rafiki
|
| company {n} (in legal context, a corporation)
|
:: kampuni
|
| company {n} (in non-legal context, any business, without respect to incorporation)
|
:: kampuni
|
| company {n} (group of individuals with a common purpose)
|
:: kampuni
|
| company {n} (companionship)
|
:: kampuni
|
| compare {v} (to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another)
|
:: linganisha
|
| compare {v} (to form the three degrees of comparison of)
|
:: linganisha
|
| compass {n} (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
|
:: dira
|
| compass {n} (pair of compasses) SEE: pair of compasses
|
::
|
| compassion {n} (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
|
:: rehema, huruma
|
| compete {v} (to contend)
|
:: wania
|
| competitor {n} (person against whom one is competing)
|
:: mshindani
|
| complain {v} (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
|
:: lalamika
|
| complain {v} (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
|
:: lalamika
|
| complainant {n} (plaintiff)
|
:: mlalamishi
|
| complaint {n} (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
|
:: lawama
|
| complete {adj} (with everything included)
|
:: kamili
|
| complex {n} (problem) SEE: problem
|
::
|
| composition {n} (essay) SEE: essay
|
::
|
| composition {n} (work of music, literature or art)
|
:: insha
|
| comprador {n} (intermediary) SEE: intermediary
|
::
|
| computer {n} (device)
|
:: kompyuta {9} {10}, tarakilishi {9} {10}
|
| comrade {n} (mate, companion, or associate)
|
:: rafiki {cma}
|
| comrade {n} (fellow socialist or communist)
|
:: rafiki {cma}
|
| comrade {n} (title used in leftist circles)
|
:: ndugu
|
| conceal {v} (to hide something)
|
:: kuficha
|
| conclude {v} (to end)
|
:: kwisha
|
| concord {n} ((grammar) Agreement of words with one another) SEE: agreement
|
::
|
| concordance {n} (agreement) SEE: agreement
|
::
|
| concubine {n} (a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife)
|
:: suria
|
| condensed milk {n} (milk that has been reduced to syrup)
|
:: kufupishwa maziwa
|
| condom {n} (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)
|
:: kondomu {9/10}
|
| conductor {n} (person who takes tickets on public transportation)
|
:: kondakta
|
| confidentiality {n} (something told in confidence) SEE: secret
|
::
|
| confine {v} (arrest) SEE: arrest
|
::
|
| confine {v} (imprison) SEE: imprison
|
::
|
| Congo {prop} (country with Brazzaville as capital)
|
:: Jamhuri ya Kongo
|
| Congo {prop} (country with Kinshasa as capital)
|
:: Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo
|
| Congo-Brazzaville {prop} (Congo) SEE: Congo
|
::
|
| Congo-Kinshasa {prop} (Congo) SEE: Congo
|
::
|
| Congolese {n} (person from either of the Congos)
|
:: Mkongo
|
| Congolese {n} (person from Republic of Congo)
|
:: Mkongo
|
| Congolese {n} (person from Democratic Republic of Congo)
|
:: Mkongo
|
| Congolese {adj} (people or language of Republic of Congo)
|
:: Kikongo
|
| Congolese {adj} (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo)
|
:: Kikongo
|
| congratulation {n} (act of congratulating)
|
:: hongera
|
| congratulations {interj} (expressing approbation)
|
:: hongera
|
| conjunction {n} (grammar: word used to join words or phrases)
|
:: kiunganishi
|
| conjunctivitis {n} (inflammation)
|
:: kikope
|
| conlang {n} (constructed language) SEE: constructed language
|
::
|
| conscience {n} (moral sense)
|
:: dhamiri
|
| conscious {adj}
|
:: jifahamu
|
| conserve {v} (to save for later use)
|
:: ifadhi
|
| conserve {v} (to protect)
|
:: ifadhi
|
| constellation {n} (formation of stars perceived as figure)
|
:: kundinyota
|
| constellation {n} (image associated with a group of stars)
|
:: kundinyota
|
| constellation {n} (modern astronomy: any of 88 officially recognized regions)
|
:: kundinyota
|
| constellation {n} (astrology: configuration of planets)
|
:: kundinyota
|
| constitution {n} (formal or informal system of primary principles and laws regulating a government or other institutions)
|
:: katiba
|
| constitution {n} (legal document describing such a formal system)
|
:: katiba
|
| constructed language {n} (an artificially created language)
|
:: lugha ya kuundwa
|
| construe {v} (to translate) SEE: translate
|
::
|
| contain {v} (to contain) SEE: hold
|
::
|
| contents {n} (table of contents) SEE: table of contents
|
::
|
| contest {n} (controversy)
|
:: mashindano {6}
|
| contest {n} (competition, see also: competition)
|
:: shindano {5/6}
|
| contest {v} (to contend)
|
:: shindana
|
| contest {n} (combat) SEE: combat
|
::
|
| continent {n} (each of main land-masses on earth's surface)
|
:: bara
|
| continue {v} (transitive: proceed)
|
:: endelea
|
| continue {v} (intransitive: resume)
|
:: endelea
|
| contract {n} (agreement that is legally binding)
|
:: kandarasi
|
| contract {n} (job governed by a specific agreement)
|
:: kandarasi
|
| contract {n} (part of legal studies)
|
:: makandarasi
|
| contract {v} (intransitive: draw together; shorten; lessen)
|
:: kandarasi
|
| contrary to {prep} (despite) SEE: despite
|
::
|
| control {n}
|
:: kontroli
|
| convent {n} (religious community of especially nuns)
|
:: konventi
|
| conversation {n} (expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people)
|
:: mazungumzo
|
| cook {n} (person who prepares food)
|
:: mpishi, wapishi {p}
|
| cook {v} (to prepare (food) for eating)
|
:: kupika
|
| cooked rice {n} (rice cooked by either steaming or boiling)
|
:: wali
|
| cookie {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: biscuit)
|
:: biskuti
|
| cooking {n} (the process of preparing food by using heat)
|
:: mapishi {6}, upishi {c11}
|
| cooking {n} (the style or genre of food preparation; cookery; cuisine)
|
:: mapishi {6}, upishi {c11}
|
| Cook Islands {prop} (self-governing country in Oceania)
|
:: Visiwa vya Cook
|
| cootie {n} (louse) SEE: louse
|
::
|
| cooze {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina
|
::
|
| copper {n} (chemical element Cu)
|
:: shaba
|
| copper {n} (something made of copper)
|
:: shaba
|
| copper {n} (colour of copper)
|
:: shaba
|
| copper {n} (copper coin)
|
:: shaba
|
| copper {n} (large pot for hot water)
|
:: shaba
|
| copper {adj} (made of copper)
|
:: shaba
|
| copper {adj} (having the colour of copper)
|
:: shaba
|
| copper {n} (slang: a policeman)
|
:: shaba
|
| coppern {adj} (made of copper) SEE: copper
|
::
|
| copra {n} (dried kernel of coconut)
|
:: nguta
|
| copulate {v} (to have sexual intercourse with someone, something) SEE: mount
|
::
|
| copulate {v} (to have sexual intercourse with) SEE: bed
|
::
|
| copy {n} (text of newspaper articles)
|
:: nakala
|
| cor anglais {n} (woodwind instrument)
|
:: baragumu ya kiingereza
|
| Corinthians {prop} (book in the Bible)
|
:: Wakorinto, Wakorintho
|
| cork {n} (bottle stopper)
|
:: kizibo
|
| corn {n} (grain crop of species Zea mays) SEE: maize
|
::
|
| corner {n} (space in the angle between converging lines or walls)
|
:: kona
|
| corner {n} (projection into space of an angular solid)
|
:: kona
|
| corner {n} (intersection of two streets)
|
:: kona
|
| corner {n} (part or region farthest from the center)
|
:: kona
|
| corner {n} (secret or secluded place)
|
:: kona
|
| corner {n} (business: interest that is sufficient for price manipulation)
|
:: kona
|
| corner {v} (to drive into a corner)
|
:: kona
|
| corner {v} (to trap in a difficult position)
|
:: kona
|
| corner {v} (business: to get sufficient command of a stock or commodity to be able to manipulate prices)
|
:: kona
|
| corner {v} (automotive: to handle while turning)
|
:: kona
|
| corner {n} (football: corner kick) SEE: corner kick
|
::
|
| corner kick {n} (in soccer)
|
:: kona
|
| cornet {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: tarumbeta ndogo
|
| coronavirus {n} (member of the family Coronaviridae)
|
:: virusi vya corona
|
| corpse {n} (dead body)
|
:: maiti, mfu
|
| corpus {n} (body) SEE: body
|
::
|
| correction {n} (act of correcting)
|
:: marekebisho
|
| correction {n} (substitution for an error or mistake)
|
:: marekebisho
|
| correction {n} (amount or quantity added or subtracted so as to correct)
|
:: marekebisho
|
| cost {v} (to incur a charge, a price)
|
:: gharimu
|
| cost {n} (amount of money spent for a purpose)
|
:: gharama
|
| Costa Rica {prop} (country)
|
:: Kostarika
|
| Costa Rican {n} (person from Costa Rica)
|
:: Mkostarika
|
| Costa Rican {adj} (pertaining to Costa Rica)
|
:: Kikostarika
|
| cotton {n} (any plant yielding fiber like that of Gossypium)
|
:: pamba
|
| cotton {n} (fiber)
|
:: pamba
|
| cougar {n} (Puma concolor)
|
:: puma {c9} {c10}
|
| cough {v} (push air from the lungs)
|
:: kohoa
|
| cough {v} (make a noise like a cough)
|
:: kohoa
|
| cough {n} (expulsion of air from the lungs)
|
:: kikohozi
|
| cough {n} (condition)
|
:: kohozi
|
| council {n} (committee that leads or governs)
|
:: kikao, baraza {c9} {c10}
|
| counterfeit {adj} (intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine)
|
:: bandia
|
| counterfeit {adj} (unauthentic)
|
:: bandia
|
| counterfeit {n} (fake)
|
:: bandia
|
| counterfeit {v} (To produce something that appears to be official or valid)
|
:: bandia
|
| country {n} (region of land)
|
:: U- {c11} {c14}, nchi
|
| country {n} (nation state)
|
:: U- {c11} {c14}, dola {c9} {c10}, inchi {c9} {c10}
|
| country {n} (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city)
|
:: shamba {c5} {c6}
|
| country {adj} (of, from or pertaining to the countryside (adjective))
|
:: -a kimashamba
|
| countryside {n} (a rural area, or the rural part of a larger area)
|
:: mashamba
|
| courage {n} (quality of a confident character)
|
:: ujasiri
|
| courage {n} (ability to do frightening things)
|
:: udjasiri {c11}
|
| courageous {adj} (brave) SEE: brave
|
::
|
| course {n} (racecourse) SEE: racecourse
|
::
|
| court {n} (enclosed space; a courtyard)
|
:: korti
|
| court {n} (residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary)
|
:: korti
|
| court {n} (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority)
|
:: korti
|
| court {n} (formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign)
|
:: korti
|
| court {n} (attention directed to a person in power)
|
:: korti
|
| court {n} (hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered)
|
:: korti, mahakama {cn}
|
| court {n} (persons officially assembled under authority of law)
|
:: korti
|
| court {n} (tribunal established for the administration of justice)
|
:: korti, mahakama
|
| court {n} (judge or judges)
|
:: korti
|
| court {n} (session of a judicial assembly)
|
:: korti
|
| court {n} (jurisdiction)
|
:: korti
|
| court {n} (place for playing the game of tennis and some other ball games)
|
:: korti
|
| cousin {n} (nephew or niece of a parent)
|
:: binamu
|
| cousin {n} (any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant, and more distantly related than an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, etc.)
|
:: binamu
|
| cow {n} (female domesticated ox or other bovine)
|
:: ng'ombe
|
| cow {n} (any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age)
|
:: ng'ombe
|
| cow {n} (derogatory: despicable woman)
|
:: ng'ombe
|
| cowabunga {interj} (expression of joy) SEE: yes
|
::
|
| co-wife {n} (Co-wife)
|
:: mke mwenza
|
| cowpea {n} (cowpea) SEE: black-eyed pea
|
::
|
| cowrie {n} (any member of the genus Cypraea)
|
:: kauri
|
| crab {n} (crustacean)
|
:: kaa
|
| crack {n} (attempt at something) SEE: try
|
::
|
| craft {n} (strength; power; might; force) SEE: strength
|
::
|
| cramp {n} (clamp for carpentry or masonry) SEE: clamp
|
::
|
| cranberry {n} (shrub)
|
:: mkranberi
|
| cranberry {n} (berry)
|
:: kranberi
|
| cranberry juice {n} (the unfermented juice of squeezed cranberries)
|
:: maji ya kranberi
|
| crane {n} (bird)
|
:: korongo
|
| crane {v} (to extend (one's neck))
|
:: songeza
|
| cranium {n} (skull) SEE: skull
|
::
|
| crate {n} (box or basket)
|
:: sanduku {cma}
|
| crease {n} (mark made by folding)
|
:: mkunjo
|
| create {v} (to put into existence)
|
:: kuumba
|
| creation {n} (something created such as an invention or artwork)
|
:: kiumbe
|
| creature {n} (living being)
|
:: kiumbe
|
| creditor {n} (a person to whom a debt is owed)
|
:: mdai, mkopeshaji {c1} {c2}
|
| creole {n} (lect formed from two languages)
|
:: krioli
|
| cricket {n} (game)
|
:: kriketi
|
| crime {n} (specific act committed in violation of the law)
|
:: uhalifu
|
| criminal {adj} (being against the law)
|
:: mhalifu
|
| criminal {adj} (guilty of breaking the law)
|
:: mhalifu
|
| criminal {adj} (of or relating to crime)
|
:: mhalifu
|
| criminal {adj} (abhorrent or very undesirable)
|
:: mhalifu
|
| criminal {n} (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
|
:: mhalifu {1} {2}
|
| criminal offence {n} (crime) SEE: crime
|
::
|
| crimson tide {n} (menstruation) SEE: menstruation
|
::
|
| Croat {n} (language) SEE: Croatian
|
::
|
| Croatia {prop} (country in Europe)
|
:: Korasia
|
| Croatian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian)
|
:: Kikroashia
|
| crocodile {n} (reptile)
|
:: mamba, ngwena {c9} {c10}
|
| crocus {n} (plant of genus Crocus)
|
:: karkomu
|
| Cronus {prop} (youngest of the twelve Titans)
|
:: Krono
|
| cross {n} (geometrical figure)
|
:: msalaba
|
| cross {n} (wooden post with a perpendicular beam, used for crucifixion)
|
:: msalaba
|
| cross {n} (definite: the cross on which Christ was crucified)
|
:: msalaba
|
| cross {n} (gesture made by Christians)
|
:: msalaba
|
| cross {adj} (opposite, opposed to)
|
:: msalaba
|
| cross {adj} (angry, annoyed)
|
:: misalaba
|
| crosscut {n} (shortcut) SEE: shortcut
|
::
|
| crow {n} (any bird of the genus Corvus)
|
:: kunguru
|
| crow {v} (to make the sound of a rooster)
|
:: kuwika
|
| crowd {n} (group of people)
|
:: umati
|
| crown {n} (royal headdress)
|
:: taji, kirauni
|
| crown {n} (representation of such a headdress)
|
:: taji, kirauni
|
| crown {n} (wreath or band for the head)
|
:: taji
|
| crown {n} (reward)
|
:: taji
|
| crown {n} (imperial or regal power)
|
:: taji
|
| crown {n} (highest part of a hill)
|
:: taji
|
| crown {n} (top of a hat)
|
:: taji
|
| crown {n} (highest part of an arch)
|
:: taji
|
| crown {n} (splendor, culmination, acme)
|
:: taji
|
| crown {n} (any currency issued by the crown)
|
:: taji
|
| crown {n} (former British coin worth five shillings)
|
:: taji
|
| crown {n} (anatomy: part of tooth)
|
:: taji
|
| crown {n} (dentistry: prosthetic covering for a tooth)
|
:: taji
|
| crown {n} (part of an anchor)
|
:: taji
|
| cruel {adj} (that intentionally causes pain and suffering)
|
:: dhalimu
|
| crux {n} ((heraldry) cross on a coat of arms) SEE: cross
|
::
|
| cry {v} (intransitive: to shout, scream, yell)
|
:: kulia
|
| cry {n} (shedding of tears)
|
:: kiliyo
|
| cry {n} (shout or scream)
|
:: kiliyo
|
| cry {n} (words shouted or screamed)
|
:: kiliyo
|
| cry {n}
|
:: kulia
|
| cry out {v} (to shout in a loud voice due to pain, fear, or unhappiness)
|
:: kupiga yowe
|
| crystal {n} (mineral)
|
:: fuwele
|
| Côte d'Ivoire {prop} (the Ivory Coast)
|
:: Kodivaa
|
| Cuba {prop} (country and largest island in Caribbean)
|
:: Cuba, Kuba
|
| Cuban {n} (a person from Cuba)
|
:: Mkuba
|
| Cuban {adj} (of or pertaining to Cuba)
|
:: Kikuba
|
| cubit {n} (unit of length)
|
:: dhiraa, mkono
|
| cuckoo {n} (the bird)
|
:: kekeo
|
| cucumber {n} (edible fruit)
|
:: tango
|
| cucumber tree {n} (Kigelia africana) SEE: sausage tree
|
::
|
| cuff {v} (to handcuff) SEE: handcuff
|
::
|
| cuisine {n} (culinary art) SEE: culinary art
|
::
|
| culinary art {n} (art of cooking)
|
:: upikaji
|
| culture {n} (arts, customs and habits)
|
:: utamaduni
|
| cumin {n} (plant Cuminum cyminum)
|
:: mjira
|
| cumin {n} (its seed used as spice)
|
:: jira {9} {10}
|
| cup {n} (drinking vessel)
|
:: kikombe
|
| cup {n} (trophy)
|
:: kombe
|
| cup {n} (contest)
|
:: kombe
|
| cupboard {n} (enclosed storage)
|
:: kabati
|
| cupcake {n} (small cake)
|
:: keki za vikombe
|
| curlew sandpiper {n} (Calidris ferruginea)
|
:: chokowe domo-sululu
|
| currency {n} (money or other item used to facilitate transactions)
|
:: fulusi
|
| current {n}
|
:: mkondo
|
| current {n} (time rate of flow of electric charge)
|
:: mkondo
|
| current {adj} (existing or occurring at the moment)
|
:: kisasa
|
| current {adj} (generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment)
|
:: kisasa
|
| curse {n} (supernatural detriment)
|
:: laana
|
| curse {v} (to place a curse upon)
|
:: kulaani
|
| curse {v} (to call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon)
|
:: kulaani
|
| curtain {n} (piece of cloth covering a window)
|
:: pazia
|
| curtain {n} (piece of cloth in a theater)
|
:: pazia
|
| curtain {v} (to cover with a curtain)
|
:: pazia
|
| custard apple {n} (Annona muricata) SEE: soursop
|
::
|
| custard apple {n} (Annona squamosa) SEE: sugar apple
|
::
|
| custom {n} (long-established practice)
|
:: desturi
|
| customer {n} (one who purchases or receives a product or service)
|
:: mteja {c1} {c2}, wateja {p}
|
| custom house {n} (official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit)
|
:: jengo la forodha
|
| customs {n} (custom house) SEE: custom house
|
::
|
| cut {v} (to perform an incision)
|
:: kukata
|
| cutlass {n} (machete) SEE: machete
|
::
|
| cutlass {n} (a short sword with a curved blade)
|
:: mundu
|
| cyan {n} (a colour between blue and green)
|
:: cyan
|
| cycling {n} (The sport of riding and racing bicycles)
|
:: baiskeli
|
| cyclone {n} (rotating system of winds)
|
:: saikloni {m}
|
| cyclops {n} (giant of mythology)
|
:: siklopsi
|
| Cygnus {prop} (constellation)
|
:: Dajaja
|
| cypress {n} (an evergreen coniferous tree)
|
:: mvinje
|
| Cyprus {prop} (country)
|
:: Kupro, Kuprosi
|
| Czech {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to the country, people, culture or language)
|
:: Kicheki
|
| Czech {n} (person)
|
:: Mcheki
|
| Czech {n} (language)
|
:: Kicheki
|
| Czechia {prop} (country in Europe)
|
:: Ucheki
|
| Czechoslovakia {prop} (former country in Central Europe)
|
:: Chekoslovakia, Uchekoslovaki
|
| Czecho-Slovakia {prop} (dated form of Czechoslovakia)
|
:: Cheko-Slovakia, Ucheko-Slovaki
|
| Czech Republic {prop} (country in Central Europe)
|
:: Jamhuri ya Ucheki, Ucheki
|
| daffodil {n} (flower)
|
:: nasisa
|
| dagga {n} (cement) SEE: cement
|
::
|
| dagger {n} (a stabbing weapon)
|
:: jambia
|
| daily {adv} (every day)
|
:: kila siku
|
| daily bread {n} (things needed to sustain physical life)
|
:: riziki
|
| dairy {n} (corner-store, superette or 'mini-mart' of some description)
|
:: shajara
|
| dairy {adj} (referring to products produced from milk)
|
:: shajara
|
| dairy {adj} (referring to the milk production and processing industries)
|
:: shajara
|
| dairy {adj} (on food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources)
|
:: shajara
|
| daisy {n} (Bellis perennis)
|
:: kibibimlima
|
| daisy {n} (commonly used term for related flowers)
|
:: jaja
|
| damage {v}
|
:: afa
|
| dance {n} (movements to music)
|
:: ngoma, dansi, densi
|
| dance {v} (move rhythmically to music)
|
:: -cheza ngoma
|
| dandruff {n} (skin flakes)
|
:: mba {11} {10}
|
| Dane {n} (person from Denmark or of Danish descent)
|
:: Mdeni {s}, Wadeni {p}
|
| danger {n} (exposure to likely harm)
|
:: hatari
|
| danger {n} (instance or cause of liable harm)
|
:: hatari
|
| dangerous {adj} (causing danger, ready to do harm or injury)
|
:: na hatari
|
| Daniel {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Danieli
|
| Daniel {prop} (biblical person)
|
:: Danieli
|
| Daniel {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Danieli
|
| Danish {prop} (language)
|
:: Kideni, Kidenishi
|
| Danish {n} (native of Denmark) SEE: Dane
|
::
|
| dare {v} (to have courage)
|
:: -thubutu
|
| Dar es Salaam {prop} (city)
|
:: Dar es Salaam
|
| dark red {adj} (dark red - translation entry)
|
:: nyekundu iliyokoza
|
| dassie {n} (rock hyrax)
|
:: pelele, kwanga
|
| date {n} (fruit of the date palm)
|
:: tende
|
| date {n} (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)
|
:: tarehe
|
| date {n} (date palm) SEE: date palm
|
::
|
| date of birth {n} (birthday) SEE: birthday
|
::
|
| date palm {n} (Phoenix dactylifera)
|
:: mtende
|
| date tree {n} (date palm) SEE: date palm
|
::
|
| Datooga {n} (people)
|
:: Wataturu, Wamang'ati
|
| daughter {n} (female offspring)
|
:: binti
|
| David {prop} (king of Israel)
|
:: Daudi
|
| daw {v} (dawn) SEE: dawn
|
::
|
| dawn {n} (morning twilight period)
|
:: alfajiri
|
| day {n} (period of 24 hours)
|
:: siku
|
| day {n} (period between sunrise and sunset)
|
:: mchana
|
| day {n}
|
:: siku
|
| day after tomorrow {adv} (on the day after tomorrow; in two days - translation entry)
|
:: kesho kutwa
|
| daybook {n} (A daily chronicle; a diary) SEE: diary
|
::
|
| deacon {n} (a clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
|
:: shemasi
|
| deaf {n} (deaf people considered as a group)
|
:: viziwi
|
| dear {adj} (high in price; expensive) SEE: expensive
|
::
|
| dear {adj} (sore) SEE: sore
|
::
|
| death {n} (cessation of life)
|
:: kifo
|
| death {n} (personification of death)
|
:: kifo
|
| debate {n} (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
|
:: mdahalo
|
| debate {n} (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
|
:: mdahalo
|
| debate {n} (discussion of opposing views)
|
:: mdahalo
|
| debate {n} (type of literary composition)
|
:: mdahalo
|
| debate {v} (participate in a debate)
|
:: mdahalo
|
| debt {n} (action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another)
|
:: deni
|
| debtor {n} (a person or firm that owes money)
|
:: mdeni {c1} {c2}
|
| decade {n} (period of ten years)
|
:: mwongo
|
| Decalogue {prop} (the Ten Commandments) SEE: Ten Commandments
|
::
|
| decimal {adj} (concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal)
|
:: -a miongo
|
| decision {n}
|
:: hukumu
|
| decoration {n} (that which adorns)
|
:: pambo
|
| deductible {n} (excess) SEE: excess
|
::
|
| deed {n} (action)
|
:: tendo {c5} {c6}, jambo {c5} {c6}
|
| deem {n} (an opinion, judgment) SEE: opinion
|
::
|
| deen {n} (religion) SEE: religion
|
::
|
| deen {n} (Islam) SEE: Islam
|
::
|
| deen {n} ((Islam) religion; religiosity; the way of life of a pious Muslim)
|
:: dini {cn}
|
| deep {adj} (having its bottom far down)
|
:: refu
|
| deer {n} (animal of the family Cervidae)
|
:: kulungu
|
| deer {n} (meat from the animal) SEE: venison
|
::
|
| deer meat {n} (venison) SEE: venison
|
::
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| defeat {n}
|
:: ushinde
|
| defect {n} (fault or malfunction)
|
:: kasoro
|
| defender {n} (someone who defends)
|
:: mtetezi
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| defender {n} (a fighter)
|
:: mtetezi
|
| defender {n} (sports term)
|
:: mtetezi
|
| deficiency {n} (inadequacy or incompleteness)
|
:: athari
|
| deficiency {n} (insufficiency)
|
:: athari
|
| deficit {n} (deficiency) SEE: deficiency
|
::
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| defile {v} (to make impure or dirty)
|
:: kutia najisi
|
| defy {n} (challenge) SEE: challenge
|
::
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| degree {n} (unit of temperature)
|
:: digrii
|
| degree {n} (academic award)
|
:: digrii
|
| degree {n} (in graph theory: the number of edges that a vertex takes part in)
|
:: digrii
|
| delicious {adj} (pleasing to taste)
|
:: -tamu sana
|
| dell {n} (valley) SEE: valley
|
::
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| Demeter {prop} (Greek goddess of the harvest)
|
:: Demetra, Demita
|
| demigod {n} (a half-god or hero)
|
:: nusumungu
|
| demigod {n} (a lesser deity)
|
:: nusumungu
|
| democracy {n} (rule by the people)
|
:: demokrasia
|
| democracy {n} (government under the rule of its people)
|
:: demokrasia
|
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea {prop} (country in East Asia (official name))
|
:: Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Watu wa Korea
|
| Democratic Republic of the Congo {prop} (large central African nation, formerly called Zaire)
|
:: Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo
|
| demon {n} (evil spirit)
|
:: pepo
|
| demon {n} (false god, Satanic divinity)
|
:: pepo
|
| demon {n} (inner spirit or genius)
|
:: pepo
|
| demon {n} (person with great energy or skill, enthusiast)
|
:: shetani
|
| demonstrator {n} (forefinger) SEE: forefinger
|
::
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| denarius {n} (silver coin)
|
:: dinari {c9} {c10}
|
| Denmark {prop} (country in Northern Europe)
|
:: Denmaki, Udeni
|
| denomination {n} (class or society with the same name, a sect)
|
:: dhehebu
|
| deodorant {n} (odor-controlling cosmetic for the underarm)
|
:: kuondoa harufu
|
| depend {v} (trust)
|
:: tegemea
|
| depth {n} (vertical distance below a surface)
|
:: kina
|
| depths {n} (plural of depth) SEE: depth
|
::
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| deputy {n} (representative)
|
:: naibu
|
| dernier {adj} (final, last) SEE: final
|
::
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| descend {v} (to pass from a higher to a lower place)
|
:: kushuka
|
| descendant {n} (one who is the progeny of someone)
|
:: mzao {c1} {c2}
|
| description word {n} (adjective) SEE: adjective
|
::
|
| descry {v} (see) SEE: see
|
::
|
| desecrate {v} (to profane or violate sacredness)
|
:: -najisi
|
| desert {n} (barren area)
|
:: jangwa
|
| desire {v} (wish for earnestly)
|
:: kutamani
|
| desire {n} (something wished for)
|
:: ari
|
| desire {n} (strong attraction)
|
:: ari
|
| desire {n} (feeling of desire)
|
:: ari
|
| desk {n} (table for writing and reading)
|
:: dawati
|
| despair {v} (to be hopeless)
|
:: kukata tamaa
|
| despise {v} (to regard with contempt or scorn)
|
:: dharau
|
| despite {prep} (in spite of)
|
:: licha ya
|
| destiny {n} (predetermined condition; fate; fixed order of things) SEE: fate
|
::
|
| destitution {n} (extreme state of poverty)
|
:: ufukara
|
| destroy {v} (to damage beyond use or repair)
|
:: -haribu
|
| destruction {n} (act of destroying)
|
:: uharibifu
|
| detain {v} (to detain) SEE: hold
|
::
|
| detect {v} (to detect) SEE: notice
|
::
|
| dette {n} (debt) SEE: debt
|
::
|
| Deuteronomy {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Kumbukumbu la Sheria {c15}
|
| developing country {n} (poorer country)
|
:: nchi inayoendelea
|
| development {n} (process of developing)
|
:: khuendelea, maendeleo
|
| devil {n} (dust devil) SEE: dust devil
|
::
|
| devil {n} (a creature of hell)
|
:: ibilisi, shetani
|
| devil {n} (the devil: the chief devil)
|
:: Ibilisi, Shetani
|
| dew {n} (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc)
|
:: umande
|
| dhikr {n} ((Islam) an Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is repeated continually)
|
:: dhikiri
|
| diabetes {n} (A group of metabolic diseases)
|
:: kisukari
|
| diabetes mellitus {n} (medical disorder)
|
:: kisukari, bolisukari
|
| dial {n} (sundial) SEE: sundial
|
::
|
| dial {n} (clock face) SEE: clock face
|
::
|
| dialect {n} (particular variety of a language)
|
:: lahaja
|
| diameter {n} (line)
|
:: kipenyo
|
| diameter {n} (length of this line)
|
:: kipenyo
|
| diamond {n} (rhombus) SEE: rhombus
|
::
|
| diamond {n} (uncountable: mineral)
|
:: almasi {c9} {c10}
|
| diamond {n} (gemstone)
|
:: almasi
|
| diamond {n} (card games: card of the diamonds suit)
|
:: uru
|
| diamonds {n} (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦)
|
:: uru
|
| diarrhea {n} (medical condition)
|
:: harisha
|
| diary {n} (daily log of experiences)
|
:: tarihi, shajara
|
| dice {n} (polyhedron used in games of chance) SEE: die
|
::
|
| dictator {n} (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
|
:: dikteta {5/6}
|
| dictator {n} (tyrannical boss, or authority figure)
|
:: dikteta {5/6}
|
| dictatorship {n} (a government led by a dictator)
|
:: udikteta {?}
|
| dictionary {n} (publication that explains the meanings of an ordered list of words)
|
:: kamusi {c5}
|
| dictionary {n} (an associative array)
|
:: kamusi
|
| die {v} (to stop living)
|
:: kufa
|
| die {v} (to be cut off from family or friends)
|
:: kufa
|
| die {v} (to become spiritually dead)
|
:: kufa
|
| die {v} (to be mortified or shocked)
|
:: kufa
|
| die {v} (to break down)
|
:: kufa
|
| die {n} (polyhedron used in games of chance)
|
:: dadu
|
| diesel {n} (fuel)
|
:: dizeli
|
| differ {v} (to have diverging opinions, disagree)
|
:: kukhitalifiana
|
| difference {n} (quality of being different)
|
:: tofauti
|
| different {adj} (not the same)
|
:: tofauti
|
| digger {n} (spade (playing card)) SEE: spade
|
::
|
| dik-dik {n} (antelope of the genus Madoqua)
|
:: digidigi
|
| dill {n} (fool) SEE: fool
|
::
|
| diocese {n} (region administered by a bishop)
|
:: dayosisi
|
| Dionysus {prop} (Greek god of wine)
|
:: Dioniso
|
| dioxide {n} (any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule)
|
:: dioksidi
|
| dip {n} (tank or trough to kill parasites in cattle)
|
:: josho
|
| diploma {n} (certificate)
|
:: diploma
|
| diplomacy {n} (art of conducting international relations)
|
:: diplomasia
|
| diplomacy {n} (tact and subtle skill in dealing with people)
|
:: diplomasia
|
| diplomat {n} (person who is accredited to represent a government)
|
:: mwanadiplomasia
|
| diplomatist {n} (diplomat) SEE: diplomat
|
::
|
| dipper {n} (vessel)
|
:: dila
|
| direction {n} (indication of the point toward which an object is moving)
|
:: mwelekeo
|
| directions {n} (direction) SEE: direction
|
::
|
| directly {adv} (immediately) SEE: immediately
|
::
|
| director {n} (supervisor, manager, see also: film director)
|
:: mkurugenzi
|
| dirham {n} (unit of currency)
|
:: dirhamu
|
| dirt {n} (soil or earth)
|
:: takataka
|
| dirt {n} (stain or spot (on clothes etc))
|
:: takataka
|
| dirt {n} (previously unknown negative information, kompromat)
|
:: takataka
|
| disable {v} (to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
|
:: kuzima
|
| disappear {v} (to vanish)
|
:: kutoweka
|
| disaster {n} (unexpected catastrophe causing physical damage, etc.)
|
:: janga, afa
|
| disaster {n} (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
|
:: janga, afa
|
| disciple {n} (active follower or adherent)
|
:: mwanafunzi {c1} {c2}
|
| discussion {n} (conversation or debate)
|
:: maneno, mazungumzo
|
| discussion {n} (text giving further detail on a subject)
|
:: majadiliano
|
| disease {n} (an abnormal condition of the body causing discomfort or dysfunction)
|
:: ugonjwa, maradhi
|
| dish {n} (vessel for holding/serving food)
|
:: bakuli {c5} {c6}
|
| dismiss {v} (to order to leave)
|
:: kuaga
|
| disobey {v} (to refuse to obey)
|
:: kuasi
|
| distance {n} (amount of space between two points)
|
:: umbali
|
| distasteful {adj} (having a bad or foul taste)
|
:: karaha
|
| distasteful {adj} (unpleasant)
|
:: karaha
|
| distasteful {adj} (offensive)
|
:: karaha
|
| distress {n} ((cause of) discomfort)
|
:: dhiki
|
| distribute {v} (to divide into portions and dispense)
|
:: kugawanya
|
| distributor {n} (one who distributes, a thing that distributes)
|
:: msambazaji
|
| distributor {n} (device that distributes current to the spark plugs)
|
:: msambazaji
|
| district {n} (area or region)
|
:: wilaya
|
| disturbance {n} (act of disturbing, being disturbed)
|
:: utundu
|
| ditto {adv} (likewise) SEE: likewise
|
::
|
| divest {v} (undress) SEE: undress
|
::
|
| divide {v} (split into two or more parts)
|
:: -gawa
|
| divide {v} (divide up; share by dividing)
|
:: -gawa
|
| divide {v} (separate into two or more parts)
|
:: -gawa
|
| divination {n} (act of divining)
|
:: ramli
|
| divination {n} (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means)
|
:: ramli
|
| divine {adj} (of or pertaining to a god)
|
:: -a kimungu
|
| division {n} (act or process of dividing anything)
|
:: ugavi, farakano
|
| divorce {n} (legal dissolution of a marriage)
|
:: talaka
|
| divorce {n} (separation of connected things)
|
:: talaka
|
| divorce {v} (to legally dissolve a marriage)
|
:: talaka
|
| divorce {v} (to end one's own marriage)
|
:: talaka
|
| divorce {v} (to separate something that was connected)
|
:: talaka
|
| divorce {v} (to obtain a legal divorce)
|
:: talaka
|
| divvy up {v} (divide) SEE: divide
|
::
|
| dizziness {n} (state of being dizzy)
|
:: kizunguzungu
|
| dizzyness {n} (dizziness) SEE: dizziness
|
::
|
| Djibouti {prop} (Republic of Djibouti)
|
:: Djibouti, Jibuti
|
| Djiboutian {n} (person)
|
:: Mjibuti
|
| Djiboutian {adj} (pertaining to Djibouti)
|
:: Kijibuti
|
| doctor {n} (person who has attained a doctorate)
|
:: daktari, dokta
|
| doctor {v} (act as a medical doctor to)
|
:: daktari
|
| doctor {n} (medical doctor) SEE: physician
|
::
|
| document {n} (original or official paper)
|
:: waraka
|
| dodo {n} (Raphus cucullatus)
|
:: doda
|
| Dodoma {prop} (capital of Tanzania)
|
:: Dodoma
|
| dog {n} (animal)
|
:: mbwa {c9} {c10}
|
| dog {n} (male canine)
|
:: mbwa
|
| dog {n} (dull, unattractive girl or woman)
|
:: mbwa
|
| dog {n} (morally reprehensible person, See also scoundrel)
|
:: mbwa
|
| dogwood {n} (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus)
|
:: msese
|
| dollar {n} (designation for specific currency)
|
:: dola
|
| dolphin {n} (aquatic mammal)
|
:: pomboo
|
| Dominic {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Dominiko
|
| Dominica {prop} (Commonwealth of Dominica)
|
:: Dominika
|
| Dominican {n} (person from Dominican Republic)
|
:: Mdominika
|
| Dominican {n} (person from Dominica)
|
:: Mdominika
|
| Dominican {adj} (from the Dominican Republic)
|
:: Kidominika
|
| Dominican {adj} (from Dominica)
|
:: Kidominika
|
| Dominican Republic {prop} (country in the Caribbean)
|
:: Jamhuri ya Dominika
|
| don {n} (professor) SEE: professor
|
::
|
| donation {n} (a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause)
|
:: mchango
|
| donkey {n} (a domestic animal, see also: ass)
|
:: punda
|
| donkey {n} (a stubborn person)
|
:: punda
|
| donkey {n} (a fool)
|
:: punda
|
| donkey {n} (a small auxiliary engine)
|
:: punda
|
| donut {n} (deep-fried piece of dough) SEE: doughnut
|
::
|
| door {n} (portal of entry into a building, room or vehicle)
|
:: mlango
|
| doorman {n} (man who holds open the door at the entrance to a building)
|
:: bawabu
|
| dopamine {n} (the neurotransmitter)
|
:: dopamini
|
| dormitory {n} (room for sleeping)
|
:: bweni
|
| doubt {v} (to lack confidence in)
|
:: -shuku
|
| doubt {n} (disbelief or uncertainty (about something))
|
:: shaka
|
| dough {n} (mix of flour and other ingredients)
|
:: mahamri, kinyunya {c7} {c8}
|
| dough {n} (money (slang))
|
:: mahamri
|
| doughnut {n} (deep-fried piece of dough or batter)
|
:: andazi
|
| doughnut {n} (anything in the shape of a torus)
|
:: mandazi
|
| doughnut {n} (peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of a doughnut)
|
:: mandazi
|
| doughnut {n} (tire)
|
:: mandazi
|
| doum palm {n} (Hyphaene thebaica)
|
:: mkoma
|
| dove {n} (bird of the family Columbidae)
|
:: njiwa {c9} {c10}
|
| down {adv} (from a high to a low position, downwards)
|
:: chini, chini, chini
|
| down {adv} (in a lower position)
|
:: chini
|
| down {adv} (into a state of non-operation)
|
:: chini
|
| down {adv} (sentence substitute for "get down")
|
:: chini
|
| downhill {adj} (easy) SEE: easy
|
::
|
| downing {n} (defeat) SEE: defeat
|
::
|
| dowry {n} (property or payment given at time of marriage)
|
:: mahari
|
| doxology {n} (expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn)
|
:: doksolojia
|
| do you speak English {phrase} (do you speak English? (English specifically))
|
:: unasema Kiingereza?
|
| do you speak English {phrase} (do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language))
|
:: unasema Kiswahili?
|
| dozen {n} (twelve)
|
:: dazani
|
| DPRK {prop} (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) SEE: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
|
::
|
| Dr {n} (Doctor)
|
:: Dkt.
|
| draft {n} (current of air coming in)
|
:: mpepea
|
| draft {n} (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow)
|
:: mpepea
|
| draft {n} (depth of water needed to float ship)
|
:: mpepea
|
| draft {n} (early version of a written work)
|
:: mpepea
|
| draft {n} (preliminary sketch or outline)
|
:: mpepea
|
| draft {n} (order for money to be paid)
|
:: mpepea
|
| draft {n} (conscription)
|
:: mpepea
|
| draft {n} (system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams)
|
:: mpepea
|
| draft {v} (to write a law)
|
:: mpepea
|
| draft {v} (to conscript a person)
|
:: mpepea
|
| draft {v}
|
:: mpepea
|
| drag {n} (street) SEE: street
|
::
|
| drag {v} (to pull along a surface)
|
:: kuburuta
|
| dragon {n} (mythical creature)
|
:: joka, dragoni
|
| drama {n} (theatrical plays)
|
:: tamthilia
|
| drape {n} (curtain, drapery) SEE: curtain
|
::
|
| draughts {n} (game for two players)
|
:: dama, drafti
|
| draw {v}
|
:: kuchora
|
| drawing {n} (picture, likeness, diagram or representation)
|
:: mchoro
|
| drawing {n} (act of producing a picture)
|
:: mchoro
|
| drawing {n} (graphic art form)
|
:: mchoro
|
| drawing {n} (action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw)
|
:: mchoro
|
| draw near {v} (to approach)
|
:: kukaribia
|
| dream {n} (imaginary events seen while sleeping)
|
:: ndoto
|
| dream {v} (see imaginary events while sleeping)
|
:: -ota
|
| dress {n} (item of clothing worn by a woman)
|
:: rinda
|
| drill {n} (activity done as an exercise or practice)
|
:: kwata
|
| drink {v} (consume liquid through the mouth)
|
:: -nywa
|
| drink {v} (consume alcoholic beverages)
|
:: -piga maji
|
| drink {n} (served beverage)
|
:: kinywaji
|
| drink {n} (type of beverage)
|
:: kinywaji
|
| drink {n} (action of drinking)
|
:: kunywa
|
| drink {v} (consume liquid through the mouth)
|
:: -nywa
|
| drink {v} (consume alcoholic beverages)
|
:: -piga maji
|
| drive {v} (operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle))
|
:: kuendesha
|
| drive off {v} (force to leave or go away)
|
:: kufukuza
|
| driver {n} (one who drives something, e.g. cattle)
|
:: dereva, mwendeshaji
|
| driver {n} (something that drives something)
|
:: dereva
|
| driver {n} (person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus)
|
:: dereva
|
| driver {n} (person who drives some other vehicle)
|
:: dereva
|
| driver {n} (program acting as interface between an application and hardware)
|
:: dereva
|
| driver {n}
|
:: dereva
|
| drop {v} (to allow to fall from one's grasp)
|
:: kuangusha
|
| drought {n} (period of unusually low rain fall)
|
:: kiangazi, ukame
|
| drum {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: ngoma
|
| drum {n} (hollow, cylindrical object)
|
:: ngoma
|
| drum {n} (barrel etc. for liquid)
|
:: ngoma
|
| drum {v} (to beat a drum)
|
:: ngoma
|
| drum {v} (to beat with a rapid succession of strokes)
|
:: ngoma
|
| drum {v} (to review to establish memorization)
|
:: ngoma
|
| drunk {adj} (intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol)
|
:: mlevi
|
| drunk {n} (habitual drinker)
|
:: mlevi {1/2}
|
| drunkard {n} (person who is habitually drunk) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| dry {adj} (free from liquid or moisture)
|
:: -kavu
|
| duck {n} (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
|
:: bata
|
| duck {n} (a batsman's score of zero after getting out)
|
:: bata
|
| dud {n} (loser) SEE: loser
|
::
|
| dugong {n} (Dugong dugon)
|
:: nguva
|
| dugout canoe {n} (a canoe made from a tree trunk)
|
:: mtumbwi
|
| duiker {n} (One of any species of small antelope)
|
:: paa {cIX} {cX}
|
| dulcimer {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: santuri
|
| dumbledore {n} (beetle) SEE: beetle
|
::
|
| Durex {n} (condom) SEE: condom
|
::
|
| Durex {prop} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape
|
::
|
| durian {n} (fruit)
|
:: duriani
|
| dust {n} (fine, dry particles)
|
:: kivumbi
|
| dustbin {n} (container for trash) SEE: garbage can
|
::
|
| dust devil {n} (a swirling dust in the air)
|
:: kimbunga
|
| duster {n} (object used for dusting)
|
:: dasta
|
| Dutch {adj} (of the Netherlands, people, or language)
|
:: kiholanzi
|
| Dutch {prop} (the Dutch language)
|
:: Kiholanzi
|
| Dutchman {n} (a Dutch man)
|
:: Mholanzi
|
| duty {n} (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
|
:: zamu
|
| dwarf {n} (being from folklore, underground dwelling nature spirit)
|
:: kijeba
|
| dweller {n} (inhabitant) SEE: inhabitant
|
::
|
| dye {n} (die) SEE: die
|
::
|
| dynamite {n} (class of explosives)
|
:: baruti
|
| dynasty {n} (A series of rulers or dynasts from one family)
|
:: nasaba
|
| each {determiner} (every)
|
:: kila
|
| eagle {n} (any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae)
|
:: tai
|
| eagle {n} (a gold coin with a face value of $10.00)
|
:: tai
|
| eagle {n} (in golf, a score of two under par for a hole)
|
:: tai
|
| eagle owl {n} (large owl of genus Bubo)
|
:: kungwi
|
| ear {n} (fruiting body of a grain plant)
|
:: suke {c5} {c6}
|
| ear {v} (archaic: to plough)
|
:: sikio
|
| ear {n} (organ of hearing)
|
:: sikio
|
| ear {n} (slang: police informant)
|
:: sikio
|
| ear lobe {n} (a part of the ear)
|
:: ndewe {cn} {cn}
|
| early {adj} (at a time in advance of the usual)
|
:: mapema
|
| early {adj} (arriving at a time before expected)
|
:: mapema
|
| early {adj} (near the start or beginning)
|
:: mapema
|
| early {adv} (at a time before expected)
|
:: mapema
|
| earring {n} (piece of jewelry)
|
:: hereni {c9} {c10}
|
| earth {n} (soil)
|
:: udongo
|
| earth {n} (any general rock-based material)
|
:: udongo
|
| earth {n} (the ground, land)
|
:: nchi kavu {c9}
|
| earth {n} (fox's lair)
|
:: dunia
|
| earth {n} (one of the four basic elements)
|
:: dunia
|
| earth {n} (one of the five basic elements)
|
:: dunia
|
| earth {v} (connect electrically to the earth)
|
:: dunia
|
| earth {v} (to bury)
|
:: dunia
|
| earth {prop} (our planet, third out from the Sun) SEE: Earth
|
::
|
| Earth {prop} (third planet of the Solar System)
|
:: dunia, nchi {c9} {c10}
|
| earth pig {n} (aardvark) SEE: aardvark
|
::
|
| earthquake {n} (shaking of the surface of a planet)
|
:: tetemeko {c5} {c6}
|
| earthworm {n} (worm (animal))
|
:: choo
|
| earthworm {n} (person)
|
:: choo
|
| earwax {n} (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
|
:: nta za sikio
|
| east {n} (compass point)
|
:: mashariki
|
| East Africa {prop} (eastern part of the continent of Africa)
|
:: Afrika ya Mashariki
|
| Easter Island {prop} (Island in the Pacific)
|
:: Kisiwa cha Pasaka
|
| Eastern Europe {prop} (Eastern Europe)
|
:: Ulaya ya Mashariki
|
| East Germany {prop} (former European country)
|
:: Ujerumani Mashariki
|
| East Sea {prop} (Sea of Japan) SEE: Sea of Japan
|
::
|
| East Timor {prop} (Country in Oceania)
|
:: Timor ya Mashariki
|
| easy {adj} (requiring little skill or effort)
|
:: rahisi
|
| easy {adj} (consenting readily to sex)
|
:: rahisi
|
| eat {v} (to ingest, see also: consume; ingest)
|
:: kula
|
| eater {n} (one who eats)
|
:: mla
|
| eating {n} (the act of consuming food)
|
:: kula
|
| Ebola {n} (Ebola fever) SEE: Ebola fever
|
::
|
| Ebola fever {n} (illness caused by the Ebola virus)
|
:: Maradhi ya virusi ya ebola
|
| ebony {n} (wood)
|
:: abunusi
|
| ebony {n} (tree)
|
:: mpingo
|
| ebony {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya abunusi
|
| ebony {adj} (made of ebony wood)
|
:: -a abunusi
|
| ebony {adj} (deep, dark black colour)
|
:: -a rangi ya abunusi
|
| e-book {n} (electronic book)
|
:: kitabu
|
| ecchymosis {n} (skin discoloration) SEE: bruise
|
::
|
| Ecclesiastes {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Mhubiri
|
| echidna {n} (any of the four species of small spined monotremes)
|
:: mhanganungu
|
| echo {n} (reflected sound)
|
:: mwangwi
|
| ecology {n} (branch of biology)
|
:: ikolojia
|
| economics {n} (study)
|
:: uchumi
|
| economy {n} (effective management of the resources of a community or system)
|
:: uchumi
|
| Ecuador {prop} (country in South America)
|
:: Ecuador
|
| Ecuadorian {n} (person from Ecuador)
|
:: Mwekwado
|
| Ecuadorian {adj} (pertaining to Ecuador)
|
:: Kiekwado
|
| ecumenism {n} (ecumenical doctrines and practices)
|
:: ekumeni
|
| Eden {prop} (garden)
|
:: Edeni
|
| edifice {n} (building)
|
:: jengo
|
| Edinburgh {prop} (capital of Scotland)
|
:: Edinburgh
|
| edition {n} (literary work)
|
:: toleo
|
| edition {n} (whole set of copies, print run)
|
:: toleo
|
| editor {n} (person who edits)
|
:: mhariri
|
| editor {n} (person who edited a specific document)
|
:: mhariri
|
| editor {n} (newspaper editor)
|
:: mhariri
|
| editor {n} (machine for editing film)
|
:: mhariri
|
| editor {n} (program for modifying text files)
|
:: mhariri
|
| editor {n} (someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order)
|
:: mhariri
|
| Edmonton {prop} (city in Alberta, Canada)
|
:: Edmonton
|
| educate {v} (to instruct or train)
|
:: elimisha
|
| education {n} (process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment)
|
:: elimu
|
| education {n} (facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally)
|
:: elimu
|
| education {n}
|
:: elimu
|
| educator {n} (teacher) SEE: teacher
|
::
|
| eel {n} (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
|
:: mkunga
|
| effect {n} (result of an action)
|
:: madhara
|
| effect {n} (special effect in film)
|
:: madhara
|
| effect {n} (sound engineering: alteration in sound)
|
:: madhara
|
| effect {n} (state of being binding and enforceable)
|
:: madhara
|
| effect {v} (to make or bring about; to implement)
|
:: madhara
|
| effort {n} (the amount of work involved in achieving something)
|
:: juhudi
|
| egg {v} (to throw eggs at)
|
:: yai
|
| egg {v} (to dip in or coat with beaten egg)
|
:: yai
|
| egg {v} (to encourage)
|
:: yai
|
| egg {n} (body housing an embryo)
|
:: yai
|
| egg {n} (egg of domestic fowl as food item)
|
:: yai
|
| egg {n} (ovum)
|
:: yai
|
| eggplant {n} (plant)
|
:: mbilingani
|
| eggplant {n} (edible fruit)
|
:: bilingani
|
| Egypt {prop} (country in North Africa)
|
:: Misri
|
| Egyptian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Egypt)
|
:: Kimisri
|
| Egyptian {n} (person from Egypt)
|
:: Mmisri
|
| Egyptian {prop} (language)
|
:: Kimisri
|
| Egyptian Arabic {prop} (Egyptian Arabic)
|
:: kiarabu cha Misri {cki} {cvi}
|
| Eid al-Fitr {prop} (religious celebration)
|
:: siku kuu
|
| Eiffel Tower {prop} (tower in Paris)
|
:: Mnara wa Eiffel
|
| eight {num} (cardinal number 8)
|
:: nane
|
| eighty {num} (80)
|
:: themanini
|
| eke {adv} (also) SEE: also
|
::
|
| eland {n} (genus of antelope)
|
:: pofu, mbungu
|
| elbow {n} (joint between upper arm and forearm)
|
:: kisugudi, kiwiko
|
| elbow {n} (pipe fitting)
|
:: kisigino
|
| elbow {v} (to push with the elbow)
|
:: kisigino
|
| elder {n} (leader of a community)
|
:: mzee {c1} {c2}
|
| elder {n} (officer of the church)
|
:: mzee {c1} {c2}
|
| elder {n} (title in Mormonism)
|
:: mzee {c1} {c2}
|
| elder {n}
|
:: wazee
|
| elderberry {n} (elder tree) SEE: elder
|
::
|
| elect {adj} (who has been elected)
|
:: uteuzi
|
| election {n} (process of choosing a new leader or representatives)
|
:: uchaguzi
|
| electricity {n} (form of energy)
|
:: umeme
|
| electrode {n} (the terminal through which electric current passes)
|
:: elektrodi
|
| electronic {adj} (operating on behavior of electrons)
|
:: -a elektroniki
|
| electronic {adj} (generated by electronic device)
|
:: -a elektroniki
|
| electronic {adj} (of or pertaining to the Internet)
|
:: -a elektroniki
|
| electronic book {n} (e-book) SEE: e-book
|
::
|
| electronics {n} ((physics))
|
:: elektroniki
|
| electronics {n} (device)
|
:: elektroniki
|
| electrum {n} (fossil resin) SEE: amber
|
::
|
| element {n} (simplest or essential part or principle of anything)
|
:: elementi
|
| element {n} (chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
|
:: elementi
|
| element {n} (alchemy: one of the four basic building blocks)
|
:: elementi
|
| element {n} (something small)
|
:: elementi
|
| element {n} (place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards)
|
:: elementi
|
| element {n} (law: component of a cause of action)
|
:: elementi
|
| element {n} (set theory: object in a set)
|
:: elementi
|
| element {n} (group of people with a common characteristic)
|
:: elementi
|
| element {n} (heating element)
|
:: elementi
|
| element {n} (computing: conceptual object in a markup language)
|
:: elementi
|
| elephant {n} (mammal)
|
:: ndovu, tembo
|
| elephant {n} (anything huge and ponderous)
|
:: kubwa
|
| elephantiasis {n} (disease)
|
:: matende
|
| elephant seal {n} (mammal of the genus Mirounga)
|
:: tembo wa bahari
|
| elephant shrew {n} (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
|
:: sengi
|
| elevator {n} (permanent construction) SEE: lift
|
::
|
| elf {n} (mythical, supernatural being)
|
:: kibwengo
|
| elf {n} (very diminutive person) SEE: dwarf
|
::
|
| elk {n} (Alces alces) SEE: moose
|
::
|
| eloquence {n} (the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing)
|
:: usemaji
|
| El Salvador {prop} (country in Central America)
|
:: El Salvador
|
| embassy {n} (organization representing a foreign state)
|
:: ubalozi
|
| emerald {n} (gemstone)
|
:: zumaridi
|
| emerald {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya zumaridi
|
| emotional {adj} (of or relating to the emotions)
|
:: simikwa
|
| emotional {adj} (characterised by emotion)
|
:: simikwa, simikwa
|
| emotional {adj} (determined by emotion rather than reason)
|
:: simikwa
|
| emotional {adj} (appealing to or arousing emotion)
|
:: simikwa
|
| emotional {adj} (easily affected by emotion)
|
:: simikwa
|
| emotional {adj} (readily displaying emotion)
|
:: simikwa
|
| emperor {n} (ruler of an empire)
|
:: kaisari
|
| employ {v} (employ, apply) SEE: use
|
::
|
| employ {v} (to give someone work)
|
:: -ajiri
|
| employee {n} (individual who provides labor to a company or another person)
|
:: mwajiriwa
|
| employer {n} (person or entity which employs others)
|
:: mwajiri
|
| employment {n} (the work or occupation for which one is paid)
|
:: ajira
|
| empty {adj} (devoid of content)
|
:: -tupu
|
| empty space {n} (vacuum) SEE: vacuum
|
::
|
| enable {v} (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
|
:: kuwasha
|
| encyclopaedia {n} (encyclopedia) SEE: encyclopedia
|
::
|
| encyclopedia {n} (comprehensive reference with articles on a range of topics)
|
:: kamusi elezo, ensaiklopidia
|
| end {n} (extreme part)
|
:: mwisho, ncha {c9} {c10}, tamati
|
| end {n} (death)
|
:: mwisho
|
| end {v} (ergative, intransitive: be finished, be terminated)
|
:: mwisho
|
| end {v} (transitive: finish, terminate (something))
|
:: mwisho
|
| endure {v} (endure, undergo) SEE: suffer
|
::
|
| enemy {n} (someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else)
|
:: adui {5/6}
|
| enemy {n} (a hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation)
|
:: maadui {6}
|
| enemy {n} (an alliance of hostile forces)
|
:: maadui {6}
|
| enemy {adj} (of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy)
|
:: maadui
|
| energy {n} (impetus behind activity)
|
:: kani
|
| engaged {adj} (busy or employed) SEE: busy
|
::
|
| engagement {n} (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
|
:: uchumba
|
| engine {n} (mechanical device)
|
:: injini
|
| engineering {n} (application of science to the needs of humanity)
|
:: uhandisi
|
| England {prop} (region of Great Britain)
|
:: Uingereza
|
| english {n} (spinning or rotary motion around the vertical axis)
|
:: zunguka
|
| English {adj} (of or pertaining to England)
|
:: -ingereza
|
| English {adj}
|
:: -ingereza
|
| English {n}
|
:: Waingereza {p}, Mwingereza {s}
|
| English {prop} (the English language)
|
:: Kiingereza {c7}
|
| English horn {n} (cor anglais) SEE: cor anglais
|
::
|
| Englishman {n} (male native or inhabitant of England)
|
:: Mwingereza
|
| engraver {n} (person who engraves)
|
:: mchoraji
|
| enjail {v} (put in jail) SEE: imprison
|
::
|
| enjoy your meal {phrase} (bon appétit) SEE: bon appétit
|
::
|
| enmity {n} (hostile or unfriendly disposition)
|
:: uadui
|
| ennead {n} (the number nine) SEE: nine
|
::
|
| enough {determiner} (sufficient)
|
:: basi
|
| enough {interj} (stop!)
|
:: basi!
|
| enter {v} (to go into (a room, etc.))
|
:: kuingia
|
| entertain {v} (to amuse)
|
:: tumbuiza
|
| entertainment {n} (activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation)
|
:: burudani
|
| entertainment {n} (show for enjoyment)
|
:: burudani
|
| envelope {n} (wrapper for mailing)
|
:: bahasha
|
| environment {n} (area around something)
|
:: mazingira {cm} {cma}
|
| envy {n} (resentful desire of something possessed by another)
|
:: wivu
|
| Ephesians {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Waefeso
|
| Ephesus {prop} (ancient city)
|
:: Efeso
|
| epidemic {n} (widespread disease)
|
:: epidemiki
|
| epilepsy {n} (medical condition)
|
:: kifafa
|
| epistemology {n} (branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge)
|
:: epistemolojia {c9} {c10}
|
| equality {n} (mathematics: fact of having the same value)
|
:: usawa
|
| equality {n} (equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences)
|
:: usawa
|
| equation {n} (mathematics: assertion)
|
:: mlinganyo
|
| equator {n} (circle around the earth)
|
:: ikweta
|
| Equatorial Guinea {prop} (country in Western Africa)
|
:: Guinea ya Ikweta
|
| Equatorial Guinean {n} (A person from Equatorial Guinea or of Equatorial Guinean descent)
|
:: Mginekweta
|
| Equatorial Guinean {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Equatorial Guinea, the Equatorial Guinean people or the Equatorial Guinean culture)
|
:: Kiginekweta
|
| equipment {n} (whatever is used in equipping)
|
:: vifaa {p}
|
| -er {suffix} ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
|
:: m-
|
| eraser {n} (thing used to erase something written or drawn)
|
:: kifutio
|
| Eritrea {prop} (country in Eastern Africa)
|
:: Eritrea
|
| Eritrean {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Eritrea, the Eritrean people or the Eritrean culture)
|
:: Kieritrea
|
| Eritrean {n} (A person from Eritrea or of Eritrean descent)
|
:: Mweritrea
|
| Eros {prop} (God of love)
|
:: Erosi
|
| err {v} (sin) SEE: sin
|
::
|
| error {n} (mistake)
|
:: kasoro
|
| Erythraean Sea {prop} (Red Sea) SEE: Red Sea
|
::
|
| erythrocyte {n} (red blood cell) SEE: red blood cell
|
::
|
| escape {v} (to get free)
|
:: kuponyoka
|
| escape {v} (to elude)
|
:: kwepa
|
| escape {v} (to avoid capture)
|
:: kwepa
|
| escape {v} (to elude observation)
|
:: kwepa
|
| escape {v} (to prefix a special key in order to make it an ordinary key)
|
:: kwepa
|
| escape {v} (to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys)
|
:: kwepa
|
| escape {n} (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
|
:: kwepa
|
| escape {n} (computing: escape key)
|
:: kwepa
|
| escape {n} (programming: ASCII character)
|
:: kwepa
|
| Eskimo {prop} (group of native peoples)
|
:: Waeskimo
|
| Eskimo {prop} (language)
|
:: Kieskimo
|
| Eskimo {n} (member of the Eskimo people(s))
|
:: Mweskimo, Waeskimo
|
| Eskimo {adj} (of, or relating to an Eskimo, Eskimos or their language, languages)
|
:: Kieskimo
|
| Esperanto {prop} (auxiliary language)
|
:: Kiesperanto
|
| essay {n} (written composition)
|
:: insha
|
| Esther {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Esta
|
| Esther {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Esta
|
| Esther {prop} (the heroine of the Book of Esther)
|
:: Esta
|
| Estonia {prop} (country)
|
:: Estonia
|
| etc. {phrase} (and so on, see also: and so forth)
|
:: n.k.
|
| et cetera {phrase} (noting the omission of the remainder of a list) SEE: etc.
|
::
|
| eternal {adj} (lasting forever)
|
:: -a milele
|
| eternal life {n} (immortality) SEE: immortality
|
::
|
| eternal life {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife
|
::
|
| ether {n} (sky, heavens) SEE: heavens
|
::
|
| Ethiopia {prop} (country in Eastern Africa)
|
:: Uhabeshi, Habeshi, Ethiopia
|
| Ethiopian {n} (person)
|
:: Mhabeshi
|
| Ethiopian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia)
|
:: Kihabeshi
|
| etymology {n} (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
|
:: etimolojia
|
| eucalyptus {n} (any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus)
|
:: mkalitusi
|
| Euphrates {prop} (river in the Middle East)
|
:: Frati
|
| Eurasia {prop} (the largest landmass on Earth, consisting of Europe and Asia)
|
:: Urasia
|
| Europe {prop} (European Union) SEE: European Union
|
::
|
| Europe {prop} (continent)
|
:: Ulaya, Uropa
|
| European Union {prop} (European supranational organisation)
|
:: Umoja wa Ulaya
|
| Euxine Sea {prop} SEE: Black Sea
|
::
|
| Eve {prop} (the first woman)
|
:: Hawa
|
| evening {n} (time of day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight)
|
:: jioni
|
| evening {n} (figurative: concluding time period)
|
:: jioni
|
| event {n} (occurrence)
|
:: kisa, tukio
|
| event {n} (point in spacetime (physics))
|
:: tukio
|
| event {n} (computing: action which triggers an event handler)
|
:: kisa, tukio
|
| Everest {prop} (Mount Everest) SEE: Mount Everest
|
::
|
| every {determiner} (all of a countable group)
|
:: kila
|
| every day {adv} (daily) SEE: daily
|
::
|
| everywhere {adv} (at all places)
|
:: kila mahali
|
| evil {adj} (intending to harm)
|
:: -baya
|
| evildoer {n} (person who performs evil acts)
|
:: mpotovu {c1} {c2}
|
| example {n} (something representative of a group)
|
:: mifano, mfano
|
| example {n} (something serving to explain or illustrate a rule)
|
:: mifano
|
| example {n} (something serving as a pattern of behaviour)
|
:: mifano
|
| example {n} (person punished as a warning to others)
|
:: mifano
|
| example {n} (parallel or closely similar case)
|
:: mifano
|
| example {n} (instance as a problem to be solved)
|
:: mifano
|
| Excellency {n} (Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries)
|
:: Mheshimiwa
|
| except {prep} (with the exception of)
|
:: ila
|
| excess {n} (state of surpassing limits)
|
:: zaidi
|
| excess {n} (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
|
:: zaidi
|
| excess {n} (undue indulgence of the appetite)
|
:: zaidi
|
| excess {n} (geometry: spherical excess)
|
:: zaidi
|
| exchequer {n} (treasury) SEE: treasury
|
::
|
| excite {v} (to stir the emotions of)
|
:: sisimua
|
| excite {v} (to arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate)
|
:: sisimua
|
| excitement {n} (state of being excited)
|
:: msisimuko
|
| exclamation {n} (exclamation mark) SEE: exclamation mark
|
::
|
| exclamation mark {n} (punctuation “!”)
|
:: alama ya mshangao
|
| exclamation point {n} (exclamation mark) SEE: exclamation mark
|
::
|
| excuse me {phrase} (request to repeat, see also: come again)
|
:: samahani rudia
|
| excuse me {phrase} (request to pass)
|
:: tafadhali naomba unipishe
|
| execution {n}
|
:: ufanyaji
|
| executioner {n} (the person who carries out the execution)
|
:: mchinja, mchinjaji, mnyongaji
|
| executive {n} (title of a chief officer or administrator)
|
:: mtendaji
|
| executor {n} (one who carries out some task)
|
:: mfanya, mfanyi, mrithisha, mrithishi, mtekelezaji, wasii
|
| exercise {n} (any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability)
|
:: mazoezi
|
| exercise {n} (physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness)
|
:: mazoezi
|
| exit {n} (act of departing from life) SEE: death
|
::
|
| exit {v} (to depart from life) SEE: die
|
::
|
| Exodus {prop} (departure of Hebrew slaves)
|
:: Kutoka {c8}
|
| Exodus {prop} (book of Torah and Old Testament)
|
:: Kutoka {c8}
|
| expect {v} (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
|
:: kutazamia
|
| expect {v}
|
:: tazamia
|
| expectation {n} (act or state of expecting)
|
:: kusudio
|
| expectation {n} (that which is expected or looked for)
|
:: tarajio
|
| expensive {adj} (having a high price or cost)
|
:: gali
|
| experience {n} (collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge)
|
:: tajiriba, uzoefu
|
| experience {n} (the knowledge thus gathered)
|
:: tajiriba, uzoefu
|
| experiment {n} (test under controlled conditions)
|
:: jaribio
|
| experiment {v} (to conduct an experiment)
|
:: -jaribu
|
| expert {n} (person with extensive knowledge or ability)
|
:: mtaalam, mtaalamu
|
| expiation {n} (an act of atonement)
|
:: kafara {c9} {c10}
|
| expire {v} (die) SEE: die
|
::
|
| expiry {n} (death) SEE: death
|
::
|
| exploitation {n} (act of exploiting)
|
:: unyonyaji
|
| explosion {n} (violent release of energy)
|
:: mlipuko
|
| explosion {n} (bursting due to pressure)
|
:: mlipuko
|
| explosion {n} (sound of an explosion)
|
:: mlipuko
|
| explosion {n} (sudden increase)
|
:: mlipuko
|
| explosion {n} (sudden outburst)
|
:: mlipuko
|
| expose {v} (to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to)
|
:: kufunua
|
| extinguish {v} (to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench)
|
:: kuzima
|
| extra {n} (extra edition of a newspaper)
|
:: ziada
|
| extra-natural {adj} (supernatural) SEE: supernatural
|
::
|
| eye {v} (to view narrowly)
|
:: jicho
|
| eye {v} (to look as if intending to do sthg)
|
:: jicho
|
| eye {n} (organ)
|
:: jicho
|
| eyeglasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles
|
::
|
| eyelash {n} (hair growing on the edge of an eyelid)
|
:: kope {5} {6}
|
| eyelid {n} ((anatomy) a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye)
|
:: kope {c5} {c6}
|
| eyesight {n} (faculty of sight)
|
:: taswira
|
| Ezekiel {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Ezekieli
|
| Ezekiel {prop} (prophet)
|
:: Ezekieli
|
| Ezekiel {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Ezekieli
|
| Ezra {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Uzeri {c14}
|
| Ezra {prop} (Jewish high priest)
|
:: Uzeri {c14}
|
| Ezra {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Uzeri {c14}
|
| fable {n} (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
|
:: hadithi
|
| face {v} (to face) SEE: look
|
::
|
| face {v} (have its front closest to)
|
:: kuelekea
|
| face {n} (one's complete facial cosmetic application) SEE: makeup
|
::
|
| face {n} (front part of head)
|
:: uso
|
| face {n} (facial expression)
|
:: uso {c11} {c12}
|
| face {n} (surface, especially a front or outer one)
|
:: uso {c11} {c12}
|
| facsimile {v} (fax) SEE: fax
|
::
|
| factory {n} (manufacturing place)
|
:: karakana
|
| factual {adj} (of facts)
|
:: ukweli
|
| fag-end {n} (cigarette butt) SEE: butt
|
::
|
| failure {n} (state or condition opposite of success)
|
:: ushinde
|
| fairy {n} (mythical being)
|
:: kichimbakazi
|
| fairy cake {n} (cupcake) SEE: cupcake
|
::
|
| fairy tale {n} (folktale)
|
:: hadithi ya vichimbakazi
|
| faith {n} (feeling that something is true)
|
:: imani
|
| faithful {adj} (reliable; worthy of trust)
|
:: -aminifu
|
| fake {adj} (not real)
|
:: bandia
|
| fake {n} (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
|
:: bandia
|
| fall {n} (season) SEE: autumn
|
::
|
| fall {n} (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point)
|
:: anguko, maanguko
|
| fall {n} (loss of greatness or status)
|
:: anguko
|
| fall {v} (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity)
|
:: -anguka
|
| fall down {v} (to fall to the ground)
|
:: -anguka
|
| Fallopian tube {n} (duct)
|
:: futuza
|
| falooda {n} (dessert)
|
:: faluda
|
| fame {n} (state of being famous)
|
:: fora, umaarufu
|
| family {n} (rank in a taxonomic classification, above both genus and species)
|
:: familia
|
| family law {n} (area of private law pertaining to family matters and domestic relations)
|
:: sheria ya jamaa {cn}
|
| family name {n} (surname) SEE: surname
|
::
|
| fan {n} (admirer)
|
:: shabiki
|
| fang {n} (canine tooth)
|
:: chonge
|
| fantasy {n} (literary genre)
|
:: fantasia
|
| fare {n} (paying passenger)
|
:: abiria
|
| farm {n} (a place where agricultural activities take place)
|
:: shamba
|
| farmer {n} (person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock)
|
:: mkulima {c1} {c2}
|
| farming {n} (agriculture) SEE: agriculture
|
::
|
| Faroe Islands {prop} (group of islands between Scotland and Iceland)
|
:: Visiwa vya Faroe
|
| Farsi {n} (Persian language) SEE: Persian
|
::
|
| fart {v} (to emit flatulent gases)
|
:: -shuta, -jamba
|
| fart {n} (an emission of flatulent gases)
|
:: shuzi {c5} {c6}
|
| fast {adj} (moving or capable of moving with great speed)
|
:: haraka
|
| fast {adj} (of a dye: not running or fading)
|
:: haraka
|
| fast {adj} (of photographic film: more sensitive to light than average)
|
:: haraka
|
| fast {adv} (ahead of the correct time or schedule)
|
:: haraka
|
| fast {v} (to abstain from food)
|
:: kufunga
|
| fast {n} (fasting) SEE: fasting
|
::
|
| faster {n} (one who fasts)
|
:: mfunga
|
| fast food {n} (type of meal that is often pre-prepared and served quickly)
|
:: chakula cha kununua
|
| fasting {n} (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
|
:: funga
|
| fasting {n} (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
|
:: funga, saumu
|
| fat {n} (specialized animal tissue)
|
:: mafuta
|
| fat {n} (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat)
|
:: mafuta
|
| fat {n} (that part of an organization deemed wasteful)
|
:: mafuta
|
| fate {n} (that which predetermines events)
|
:: majaliwa
|
| fate {n} (inevitable events)
|
:: majaliwa
|
| fate {n} (destiny)
|
:: majaliwa
|
| father {n} (male parent)
|
:: baba, mzee
|
| father {n} (term of address for an elderly man)
|
:: baba
|
| Father {prop} (God, the father of Creation)
|
:: Baba
|
| Father {prop} (term of address for a Christian priest)
|
:: baba
|
| fatherhood {n} (being a father)
|
:: ubaba
|
| father-in-law {n} (one's spouse's father)
|
:: babamkwe
|
| faucet {n} (tap) SEE: tap
|
::
|
| favourite {n} (person who is preferred or trusted above all others)
|
:: kipenzi
|
| fax {n} (document transmitted by telephone)
|
:: faksi
|
| fear {n} (uncountable: emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)
|
:: woga, hofu
|
| fear {n} (a phobia; sense of fear induced by something or someone)
|
:: kicho {c7} {c8}
|
| fear {v} (feel fear about (something))
|
:: -ogopa, -hofu
|
| fear {v} (venerate; to feel awe towards)
|
:: kucha
|
| feast {n} (large, often ceremonial meal)
|
:: karamu
|
| feast {n} (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary)
|
:: sikukuu {c9} {c10}
|
| feather {n} (branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds)
|
:: unyoya
|
| feather {v} (to cover with feathers)
|
:: nyoya
|
| feather {v} (to arrange in the manner of feathers)
|
:: nyoya
|
| feather {v} (rowing: to rotate the oars while they are out of the water)
|
:: nyoya
|
| feather {v} (aeronautics: to streamline an aircraft's propeller blades when shut down)
|
:: nyoya
|
| feather {v} (carpentry, engineering: to finely shave or bevel an edge)
|
:: nyoya
|
| February {prop} (second month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars)
|
:: februari
|
| feces {n}
|
:: mavi pl (nc 6)
|
| Federative Republic of Brazil {prop} (official name of Brazil)
|
:: Shirikisho la Jamhuri ya Brazil
|
| fee {n} (monetary payment charged for professional services)
|
:: karo, ada
|
| feeder {n} (baseball:pitcher) SEE: pitcher
|
::
|
| feijoa {n} (shrub)
|
:: feijoa {cn} {cn}
|
| felicitation {n} (congratulation) SEE: congratulation
|
::
|
| felicity {n} (happiness) SEE: happiness
|
::
|
| feline {n} (cat) SEE: cat
|
::
|
| female {adj} (belonging to the sex that typically produces eggs, or the gender typically associated with it)
|
:: kike
|
| female {n} (one of the feminine sex or gender)
|
:: jike
|
| feminine {n} (woman) SEE: woman
|
::
|
| fence {n} (barrier)
|
:: ua
|
| fence {n} (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
|
:: ua
|
| fence {v} (to enclose by building a fence)
|
:: ua
|
| fence {v} (to trade with stolen goods)
|
:: ua
|
| fence {v} (to engage in (the sport) fencing)
|
:: ua
|
| fennel {n} (Foeniculum vulgare, the plant)
|
:: mshamari
|
| fennel {n} (spice used in cooking)
|
:: shamari
|
| fenugreek {n} (spice)
|
:: uwatu
|
| fern {n} (plant)
|
:: mkangaga {c3/4}
|
| ferret {n} (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
|
:: fereti
|
| ferry {n} (boat)
|
:: feri
|
| festival {n} (event or community gathering)
|
:: tamasha
|
| fever {n} (higher than normal body temperature)
|
:: homa, harara
|
| fever {n} (usually in combination: any of various diseases)
|
:: homa
|
| fever {n} (state of excitement (of a person or people))
|
:: homa
|
| fez {n} (type of hat)
|
:: tarbushi
|
| fiancé {n} (man who is engaged to be married)
|
:: mchumba
|
| fiancé {n} (person engaged to be married)
|
:: mchumba
|
| fiancée {n} (woman who is engaged to be married)
|
:: mchumba
|
| fictional {adj} (invented, as opposed to real)
|
:: -a kubuniwa
|
| field {n} (wide, open space used to grow crops or to hold farm animals)
|
:: shamba {c5} {c6}
|
| fifteen {num} (cardinal number)
|
:: kumi na tano
|
| fifth {adj} (Ordinal form of the number 5, see also: 5th)
|
:: ya tano
|
| fifty {num} (cardinal number)
|
:: hamsini
|
| fig {n} (tree or shrub)
|
:: mtini {c3} {c4}
|
| fig {n} (fruit)
|
:: tini {c5} {c6}
|
| fight {v} ((intransitive) to contend in physical conflict)
|
:: vita
|
| fight {v} (to strive for)
|
:: vita
|
| fight {v} ((transitive) to engage in (a physical conflict))
|
:: vita
|
| fight {v} ((transitive) to contend in physical conflict against)
|
:: vita
|
| fight {v} (to counteract)
|
:: vita
|
| fight {n} (occasion of fighting)
|
:: vita
|
| fight {n} (battle)
|
:: vita
|
| fight {n} (physical confrontation)
|
:: vita
|
| fight {n} (conflict of will, strife)
|
:: vita
|
| fight {n} (will or ability to fight)
|
:: vita
|
| fighter {n} (boxer) SEE: boxer
|
::
|
| fig tree {n} (fig tree) SEE: fig
|
::
|
| Fiji {prop} (Fiji - a country in Oceania comprising over 300 islands)
|
:: Fiji
|
| filbert {n} (shrub) SEE: hazel
|
::
|
| filling {adj} (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
|
:: muhu
|
| filling {n} (anything used to fill something)
|
:: muhu
|
| filling {n} (contents of a pie, etc.)
|
:: muhu
|
| filling {n} (in dentistry)
|
:: muhu
|
| fillip {v} (to strike or tap smartly) SEE: strike
|
::
|
| fillip {v} (to drive as if by a fillip) SEE: excite
|
::
|
| film {n} (motion picture) SEE: movie
|
::
|
| filter {n} (device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance)
|
:: kichungi
|
| filter {n} (any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate)
|
:: kichujio
|
| filter {v} (to sort, sift, or isolate)
|
:: chungi
|
| filter {v} (to diffuse)
|
:: chunga
|
| filter {v} (to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter)
|
:: chunga
|
| filter {v} (to come or go a few at a time)
|
:: chunga
|
| final {n} (sports: last round in a contest)
|
:: fainali
|
| final {n} (contest that narrows a field of contestants)
|
:: fainali
|
| fine {n} (payment for breaking the law)
|
:: faini
|
| fine {v} (to issue a fine as punishment)
|
:: faini
|
| finger {n} ((anatomy) extremity of the hand)
|
:: kidole, dole
|
| finger millet {n} (a plant grown as a cereal)
|
:: mwimbi, mbege
|
| fingernail {n} (covering near the tip of finger)
|
:: kucha
|
| finish off {v} (to kill) SEE: kill
|
::
|
| Finland {prop} (Nordic country)
|
:: Ufini
|
| Finn {n} (person from Finland)
|
:: Mfini, Mfinlendi
|
| Finnic {adj} (Finnish) SEE: Finnish
|
::
|
| Finnish {n} (language)
|
:: Kifinishi
|
| fir {n} (conifer of the genus Abies)
|
:: mberoshi
|
| fire {v} (to heat pottery, etc.)
|
:: moto
|
| fire {v} (to terminate the employment of)
|
:: kupiga risasi, moto
|
| fire {v} (transitive: to shoot)
|
:: kupiga risasi, moto
|
| fire {v} (intransitive: to shoot)
|
:: moto
|
| fire {v} (physiology: to cause action potential in a cell)
|
:: moto
|
| fire {n} (oxidation reaction)
|
:: moto
|
| fire {n} (alchemy: one of the basic elements)
|
:: moto
|
| fire extinguisher {n} (device for putting out a fire)
|
:: kizima moto
|
| firefighter {n} (person who puts out fires)
|
:: mzimamoto
|
| firefly {n} (Lampyridae)
|
:: kimetameta {c7} {c8}
|
| fireman {n} (someone skilled in fighting fire) SEE: firefighter
|
::
|
| firewood {n} (wood intended to be burned, typically for heat)
|
:: kuni
|
| first {adj} (numeral first, see also: 1st)
|
:: -a kwanza
|
| first cousin {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin
|
::
|
| first light {n} (dawn) SEE: dawn
|
::
|
| First World War {prop} (World War I) SEE: World War I
|
::
|
| fish {n} (vertebrate animal)
|
:: samaki
|
| fish {n} (collective plural of fish)
|
:: samaki
|
| fish {n} (archaic: any vertebrate that lives in water and cannot live outside it)
|
:: samaki
|
| fish {n} (flesh of fish as food)
|
:: samaki
|
| fish {n} (period of time spent fishing)
|
:: samaki
|
| fish {n} (instance of seeking something)
|
:: samaki
|
| fish {n} (card game)
|
:: samaki
|
| fish {n} (derogatory slang: woman)
|
:: samaki
|
| fish {n} (slang: easy victim for swindling)
|
:: samaki
|
| fish {n} (nautical: makeshift brace)
|
:: samaki
|
| fisherman {n} (person catching fish)
|
:: mvuvi
|
| fist {n} (clenched hand)
|
:: ngumi
|
| fistula {n} (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
|
:: nasuri
|
| fit {v} (make ready) SEE: prepare
|
::
|
| five {num} (cardinal number)
|
:: tano
|
| fivescore {n} (hundred) SEE: hundred
|
::
|
| fizz {n} (carbonated beverage) SEE: soda
|
::
|
| fizzy drink {n} (fizzy drink) SEE: soda
|
::
|
| flag {n} (piece of cloth or often its representation)
|
:: bendera
|
| flag {n} (use of a flag)
|
:: bendera
|
| flag {n} (true-or-false variable)
|
:: bendera
|
| flag {n} (computer science: notation for optional behaviour)
|
:: bendera
|
| flag {n}
|
:: bendera
|
| flag {v} (to mark with a flag)
|
:: bendera
|
| flag {v} (to signal to)
|
:: bendera
|
| flag {v} (computing: to signal)
|
:: bendera
|
| flag {v} (computing: to set a programming variable to true)
|
:: bendera
|
| flag {v} (weaken)
|
:: bendera
|
| flag {n} (plant with sword-shaped leaves)
|
:: bendera
|
| flag {n} (flagstone)
|
:: bendera
|
| flagellum {n} (whip) SEE: whip
|
::
|
| flamingo {n} (bird)
|
:: heroe
|
| flange {n} (slang:vulva) SEE: vulva
|
::
|
| flashlight {n} (battery-powered hand-held light source)
|
:: tochi
|
| flask {n} (container for a small amount of beverage)
|
:: chupa
|
| flat {n} (palm of the hand) SEE: palm
|
::
|
| flat {n} (apartment) SEE: apartment
|
::
|
| flea {n} (parasitic insect)
|
:: kiroboto {c7} {c8}
|
| flesh {n} (body tissue)
|
:: chembechembe
|
| flesh {n} (skin)
|
:: ngozi
|
| flesh {n} (animal tissue as food)
|
:: kinofu
|
| flesh {n} (human body entity)
|
:: ngozi
|
| flesh {n} (edible part of fruit/vegetable)
|
:: ngozi
|
| flesh {v} (to put flesh on)
|
:: ngozi
|
| flesh {v} (To add details)
|
:: jazia
|
| flesh {v} (to remove the flesh)
|
:: bambua
|
| flick {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema
|
::
|
| flight deck {n} (aircraft cockpit) SEE: cockpit
|
::
|
| flipper {n} (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)
|
:: kikono
|
| flirt {v} (to play at courtship)
|
:: kijiko
|
| flittermouse {n} (bat) SEE: bat
|
::
|
| float {v} (to be supported by a liquid)
|
:: -elea
|
| flock {n} (group of sheep or goats)
|
:: ng'ombe
|
| flog {v} (to sell) SEE: sell
|
::
|
| flog {v} (to defeat) SEE: defeat
|
::
|
| flood {n} (overflow of water)
|
:: mafuriko, gharika
|
| flood {n} (large number or quantity)
|
:: gharika
|
| floor {n} (bottom part of a room)
|
:: sakafu
|
| floor {n} (storey of a building) SEE: storey
|
::
|
| flow {v} (to flow) SEE: run
|
::
|
| flow {n} (the movement of a fluid)
|
:: mkondo
|
| flow {n} (the rising movement of the tide)
|
:: mkondo
|
| flow {n} (smoothness or continuity)
|
:: mkondo
|
| flow {v} (to flow) SEE: stream
|
::
|
| flower {n} (reproductive structure in angiosperms)
|
:: ua {c5} {c6}
|
| flower {v} (to put forth blooms)
|
:: -sitawi, -bariki, -chaunua
|
| fluke {n} (lobe of whale's tail)
|
:: mkia wa nyangumi {c3}
|
| fluorine {n} (chemical element)
|
:: florini {c9} {c10}
|
| flute {n} (woodwind instrument)
|
:: filimbi
|
| fluted {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| fly {n} (insect of the order Diptera)
|
:: nzi
|
| fly {n} (insect of the family Muscidae)
|
:: nzi
|
| fly {n} (fishing lure)
|
:: mfano wa inzi
|
| fly {v} (to travel through air)
|
:: kuruka
|
| fly {v} (to flee)
|
:: kukimbia
|
| fly {v} (to cause to travel through the air)
|
:: kurusha
|
| fly {n} (type of small, fast carriage)
|
:: gari
|
| fly {v} (to hit a flyball)
|
:: nzi
|
| fly {n} (fly ball) SEE: fly ball
|
::
|
| fly ball {n} ((baseball) a batted ball)
|
:: nzi
|
| flycatcher {n}
|
:: shore
|
| flying fox {n} (bat of the family Pteropodidae) SEE: megabat
|
::
|
| foam {n} (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
|
:: povu
|
| foam {n} (foam rubber)
|
:: povu
|
| foam rubber {n} (foam rubber) SEE: foam
|
::
|
| foe {n} (enemy) SEE: enemy
|
::
|
| fog {n} (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)
|
:: ukungu {c11} {c10}
|
| folder {n} (organizer)
|
:: folda
|
| folklore {n} (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
|
:: hadithi za kale
|
| follow {v} (to go or come after in physical space)
|
:: kufuata
|
| follower {n} (one who follows)
|
:: mfuasi
|
| follower {n} (one who adheres to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another)
|
:: mfuasi
|
| follower {n} (pursuer)
|
:: mfuasi
|
| fond {v} (be fond of, like) SEE: like
|
::
|
| food {n} (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)
|
:: chakula
|
| food {n} (anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of other forms)
|
:: chakula
|
| food {n} (foodstuff)
|
:: chakula
|
| fool {n} (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
|
:: fala, mjinga, juha
|
| foolishness {n} (state of being foolish)
|
:: upumbavu
|
| foot {n} (part of animal’s body)
|
:: mguu
|
| foot {n} (part of human body)
|
:: mguu {c7} {c8}
|
| foot {n} (unit of measure)
|
:: futi
|
| foot {v} (kick)
|
:: mgu
|
| foot {v} (pay)
|
:: mgu
|
| football {n} (Association football)
|
:: mipira wa miguu {c4} {cnone}, Swahili: soka, kandanda
|
| footprint {n} (the impression of the foot)
|
:: nyayo
|
| footstep {n} (mark left by a foot)
|
:: nyayo
|
| footstep {n} (signs of a course taken)
|
:: nyayo
|
| footstool {n} (a low stool)
|
:: kibao {c7} {c8}
|
| foppery {n} (stupidity) SEE: stupidity
|
::
|
| for {conj} (because)
|
:: kwani, maana
|
| for {prep} (over (a period of time))
|
:: kwa
|
| force {n} (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
|
:: mabavu
|
| force {n} (waterfall) SEE: waterfall
|
::
|
| force field {n} (science fiction)
|
:: ngao ya nishati (noun 9)
|
| forefinger {n} (first finger next to the thumb)
|
:: kidole cha shahada
|
| forego {v} (precede) SEE: precede
|
::
|
| foreign {n} (foreigner) SEE: foreigner
|
::
|
| foreigner {n} (person in a foreign land)
|
:: ajinabi
|
| foreign policy {n} (government's policy)
|
:: sera za kigeni
|
| forenoon {n} (morning) SEE: morning
|
::
|
| foreskin {n} (prepuce / foreskin)
|
:: govi
|
| forest {n} (dense collection of trees)
|
:: msitu, porini
|
| forest {n} (any dense collection)
|
:: msitu
|
| forest {n} (graph theory: union of trees)
|
:: msitu
|
| forest {v} (to cover an area with trees)
|
:: msitu
|
| for ever {adv} (forever) SEE: forever
|
::
|
| forever {adv} (for all time, for all eternity; for an infinite amount of time)
|
:: milele
|
| forever {adv} ((colloquially) for a very long time)
|
:: milele
|
| forever {adv} ((colloquially) for an excessively long time)
|
:: milele
|
| forever {adv} ((colloquially) constantly or frequently)
|
:: milele
|
| for example {prep} (as an example)
|
:: kwa mfano
|
| forget {v} (to lose remembrance of)
|
:: -sahau
|
| forgive {v} (transitive, to pardon)
|
:: -samehe
|
| forgiveness {n} (the action of forgiving)
|
:: ghofira
|
| for instance {adv} (as an example) SEE: for example
|
::
|
| fork {n} (eating utensil)
|
:: uma
|
| form {n} (level of pre-collegiate education) SEE: grade
|
::
|
| Formosa {prop} (Taiwan) SEE: Taiwan
|
::
|
| forty {num} (the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine)
|
:: arobaini, arubaini
|
| foundation {n} (that upon which anything is founded)
|
:: msingi
|
| foundation {n} (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall)
|
:: msingi
|
| fountain {n} (spring) SEE: spring
|
::
|
| four {num} (the cardinal number 4)
|
:: nne
|
| four by two {n} (Jew) SEE: Jew
|
::
|
| fourth {n} (quarter) SEE: quarter
|
::
|
| fourth {adj} (ordinal form of the number four, see also: 4th)
|
:: ya nne
|
| fowl {n} (bird) SEE: bird
|
::
|
| fox {n} (Vulpes)
|
:: mbweha mwekundu, thalabu
|
| fox {n} (any of the species in the tribe Vulpini)
|
:: mbweha
|
| fox {n} (cunning person)
|
:: mbweha
|
| fox {n} (attractive woman)
|
:: mbweha
|
| fox {v} (to trick)
|
:: mbweha
|
| fox {v} (to confuse)
|
:: mbweha
|
| fox {v} (to act slyly)
|
:: mbweha
|
| frame {n} (structural elements of a building or other constructed object)
|
:: fremu
|
| frame {n} (structure of a person's body)
|
:: fremu
|
| frame {n} (rigid, generally rectangular mounting)
|
:: fremu
|
| France {prop} (country)
|
:: Ufaransa
|
| francium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: fransi
|
| frankincense {n} (incense)
|
:: uvumba
|
| fraud {n} (an act of deception)
|
:: ghashi, sakata
|
| free {adj} (not imprisoned)
|
:: huru
|
| free {adj} (obtainable without payment) SEE: free of charge
|
::
|
| freedman {n} (person who has been released from slavery)
|
:: huru
|
| freedom {n} (not being imprisoned or enslaved)
|
:: uhuru {c11} {c12}
|
| freedom {n} (The lack of a specific constraint)
|
:: uhuru {c11}
|
| freedom {n}
|
:: uhuru
|
| freedom of speech {n} (right to speak without fear of harm) SEE: free speech
|
::
|
| free of charge {adj} (not requiring any payment - adjective)
|
:: bure
|
| free speech {n} (right to express an opinion in public)
|
:: uhuru wa maoni
|
| French {prop} (principal language of France and other related countries)
|
:: Kifaransa
|
| French horn {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: baragumu ya kifaransa
|
| French letter {n} (condom) SEE: condom
|
::
|
| Frenchman {n} (man of French birth or nationality)
|
:: Mfaransa {cm-wa}
|
| Frenchwoman {n} (a French woman)
|
:: Mfaransa {cm-wa}
|
| fret {v} (to bind, tie) SEE: bind
|
::
|
| Friday {n} (day of the week)
|
:: Ijumaa
|
| friend {n} (person whose company one enjoys)
|
:: rafiki
|
| friend {n} (boyfriend or girlfriend)
|
:: rafiki
|
| friend {n} (person with whom you are acquainted)
|
:: rafiki
|
| friend {n} (person who provides assistance)
|
:: rafiki
|
| friend {n} (person who backs something)
|
:: rafiki
|
| friend {n} (object or idea that can be used for good)
|
:: rafiki
|
| friend {n} ((sarcastic) form of address used to warn someone)
|
:: rafiki
|
| friend {n}
|
:: (noun 9/10) rafiki, mwenzi
|
| friendship {n} ((uncountable) condition of being friends)
|
:: urafiki
|
| frigatebird {n} (bird of the family Fregatidae)
|
:: mnandi-pwani
|
| frighten {v} (to disturb with fear)
|
:: -ogofya, -ogofisha
|
| frog {n} (amphibian)
|
:: chura {c7} {c8}
|
| from time to time {prep} (occasionally)
|
:: mara kwa mara
|
| frosh {n} (frog) SEE: frog
|
::
|
| fruit {n} (part of plant)
|
:: tunda, matunda {p}
|
| fruit {n} (food)
|
:: tunda
|
| fruit {n} (figuratively: positive end result or reward of labour or effort)
|
:: tunda
|
| fruit {n} (figuratively: child of a marriage)
|
:: tunda
|
| fruit {n} (offensive slang: homosexual or effeminate man)
|
:: shoga {c5} {c6}
|
| fruit {n}
|
:: zao {c5} {c6}, mazao {p}
|
| fruit bat {n} (bat of the family Pteropodidae) SEE: megabat
|
::
|
| fruit tree {n} (a tree that bears a crop of edible fruit on a regular basis)
|
:: mti wa matunda {c3} {c4}
|
| fuck {v} (to have sexual intercourse-obscene or vulgar)
|
:: kutomba
|
| functional group {n} (characteristic grouping of elements)
|
:: kundi
|
| fundament {n} (anus) SEE: anus
|
::
|
| fundament {n} (foundation) SEE: foundation
|
::
|
| funeral {n} (ceremony to honour a deceased person)
|
:: maziko, mazishi
|
| funnel {n} (smoke flue, chimney) SEE: chimney
|
::
|
| fur {n} (hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick)
|
:: unyoya
|
| fur {n} (hairy skin processed to serve as clothing)
|
:: unyoya
|
| fur {n} (pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel)
|
:: unyoya
|
| fur {n} (coating resembling fur)
|
:: unyoya
|
| fur {n} (layer of epithelial debris)
|
:: unyoya
|
| fur {v} (to cover with fur)
|
:: unyoya
|
| furniture {n} (large movable items)
|
:: fanicha
|
| furthermore {adv} (In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information)
|
:: aidha
|
| furuncle {n} (boil) SEE: boil
|
::
|
| fuzz {n} (police) SEE: police
|
::
|
| gabardine {n} (type of woolen cloth)
|
:: gabadini {c9}
|
| Gabon {prop} (Gabonese Republic)
|
:: Gaboni
|
| Gabonese {n} (A person from Gabon or of Gabonese descent)
|
:: Mgaboni
|
| Gabonese {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Gabon or the Gabonese people)
|
:: Kigaboni
|
| gadfly {n} (fly of the family Tabanidae) SEE: horsefly
|
::
|
| gaffer {n} (baby) SEE: baby
|
::
|
| gage {v} (gauge) SEE: gauge
|
::
|
| galago {n} (primate)
|
:: komba
|
| galah {n} (fool) SEE: fool
|
::
|
| Galatians {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Wagalatia {c2}
|
| gall {n} (bile) SEE: bile
|
::
|
| galligaskins {n} (shalwar) SEE: shalwar
|
::
|
| gallon {n} (a unit of volume used for liquids)
|
:: galoni
|
| galpal {n} (close female friend) SEE: girlfriend
|
::
|
| Gambia {prop} (The Republic of The Gambia)
|
:: Gambia
|
| gambling {n} (activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance)
|
:: kamari
|
| game {n} (playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime)
|
:: mchezo
|
| gameness {n} (courage) SEE: courage
|
::
|
| Ganda {prop} (Luganda) SEE: Luganda
|
::
|
| gangster {n} (street gang member)
|
:: jangili
|
| gannet {n} (glutton) SEE: glutton
|
::
|
| gap {n} (opening made by breaking or parting)
|
:: mwanya
|
| gap {n} (opening allowing passage or entrance)
|
:: mwanya
|
| gap {n} (opening that implies a breach or defect)
|
:: mwanya
|
| garbage can {n} (waste receptacle)
|
:: pipa
|
| garden {n} (piece of land outside with flowers and plants)
|
:: shamba, bustani
|
| garden {v} (grow plants)
|
:: shamba
|
| garden {v} (in cricket)
|
:: shamba
|
| Garden of Eden {prop} (place where Adam and Eve first lived)
|
:: bustani ya Edeni {c9}
|
| garlic {n} (plant)
|
:: kitunguu saumu, somu, thumu
|
| garment {n} (single item of clothing)
|
:: nguo {c9} {c10}
|
| gas {n} ((uncountable, chemistry) state of matter)
|
:: gesi {9/10}
|
| gas giant {n} (large planet of gas)
|
:: pandikizi la gesi
|
| gash {n} (vulva) SEE: vulva
|
::
|
| gasoline {n} (motor fuel)
|
:: petroli
|
| gate {n} (door-like structure outside)
|
:: lango
|
| gatekeeper {n} (A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate)
|
:: bawabu
|
| gather {v} (—to congregate)
|
:: kukutanika
|
| gauge {n} (a measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard)
|
:: geji
|
| gauge {n} (any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge)
|
:: geji
|
| gay {adj} (happy, joyful and lively)
|
:: shoga
|
| gay {adj} (festive, bright, colorful)
|
:: shoga
|
| gay {n} (homosexual person, especially male, see also: lesbian; homosexual; fairy; fag; poof; bender; bugger)
|
:: msenge, basha, shoga
|
| Gaza {prop} (city)
|
:: Gaza
|
| Gaza {prop} (Gaza Strip) SEE: Gaza Strip
|
::
|
| Gaza Strip {prop} (Gaza Strip)
|
:: ukanda wa Gaza
|
| gazelle {n} (antelope)
|
:: swala, swara
|
| gecko {n} (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
|
:: mjusi kafiri
|
| geek {n} (Australian: look) SEE: look
|
::
|
| geezer {n} (device for boiling water) SEE: geyser
|
::
|
| geezer {n} (male person)
|
:: manaume
|
| geezer {n} (informal: old person, especially male)
|
:: kikaramba
|
| geld {n} (money) SEE: money
|
::
|
| gem {n} (precious stone)
|
:: johari {c9} {c10}
|
| gem {n} (precious or highly valued thing or person)
|
:: johari {c9} {c10}
|
| Gemini {prop} (astrological sign)
|
:: Mapacha, Jauza
|
| gender {n} (biological sex)
|
:: jinsia
|
| gender {n} (grammar: voice (of verbs)) SEE: voice
|
::
|
| general {adj} (involving every part or member, not specific or particular)
|
:: jumla
|
| general {adj} (not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category)
|
:: majenerali
|
| general {n} (military rank)
|
:: jenerali
|
| generation {n} (single step in the succession of natural descent)
|
:: kizazi {c7} {c8}
|
| generator {n} (apparatus: electrical generator)
|
:: jenereta
|
| generosity {n} (the trait of being willing to donate)
|
:: ukarimu
|
| generous {adj} (willing to give and share unsparingly)
|
:: karimu
|
| Genesis {prop} (the book of the Bible)
|
:: Mwanzo {c3}
|
| genet {n} (mammal of the genus Genetta)
|
:: kanu
|
| geneticist {n} (scientist who studies genes)
|
:: mwanajenetiki {c1} {c2}, mtaalamu wa chembe za urithi {c1} {c2}
|
| genie {n} (an unseen being in Muslim theology)
|
:: jini
|
| genie {n} (a fictional magical being)
|
:: jini
|
| genie {n}
|
:: kijini
|
| Genoa {prop} (Italian city)
|
:: Genova
|
| genus {n} (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
|
:: jenasi
|
| geographer {n} (a specialist in geography)
|
:: mwanajiografia
|
| geography {n} (study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth)
|
:: jiografia
|
| geology {n} (the study of the earth)
|
:: jiolojia
|
| geometry {n} (branch of mathematics)
|
:: jiometri
|
| geometry {n} (type of geometry)
|
:: jiometri
|
| geometry {n} (spatial attributes)
|
:: jiometri
|
| Georgia {prop} (country)
|
:: Jojia
|
| Georgia {prop} (state of the USA)
|
:: Jojia
|
| gerenuk {n} (Litocranius walleri)
|
:: swala twiga
|
| German {n} (native or inhabitant of Germany; person of German citizenship or nationality)
|
:: Mjerumani
|
| German {prop} (the German language)
|
:: kijerumani
|
| German Democratic Republic {prop} (East Germany from 1949-1990)
|
:: Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kijerumani
|
| Germanic {prop} (early language, see also: Ur-Germanic)
|
:: Kijerumaniki {7}
|
| Germanic {prop} (group of Indo-European languages)
|
:: Kijerumaniki (noun 7)
|
| Germanic {adj} (relating to the Germanic peoples)
|
:: Mjerumaniki
|
| Germanic {adj} (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic)
|
:: -a Kijerumaniki
|
| Germanic {adj} (having German characteristics)
|
:: -a Kijerumaniki
|
| Germany {prop} (country in Central Europe)
|
:: Ujerumani {c6}
|
| get {v} (to obtain)
|
:: wahi, pata
|
| get {v} (to receive)
|
:: wahi, pata
|
| get {v} (to become)
|
:: wahi, pata
|
| get {v} (colloquial: to understand)
|
:: wahi, pata
|
| get {v} (colloquial: to be)
|
:: wahi, pata
|
| get away {v} (to avoid capture; to escape (from)) SEE: escape
|
::
|
| get up {v} (to rise from one's bed)
|
:: kuondoka
|
| get used {v} (to get accustomed (to))
|
:: zoea
|
| geyser {n} (boiling spring)
|
:: gaiza
|
| Ghana {prop} (The Republic of Ghana)
|
:: Ghana
|
| Ghanaian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people)
|
:: Kighana
|
| Ghanaian {n} (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent)
|
:: Mghana
|
| Ghanan {adj} (Ghanaian) SEE: Ghanaian
|
::
|
| Ghanan {n} (Ghanaian) SEE: Ghanaian
|
::
|
| ghee {n} (South Asian style clarified butter)
|
:: samli
|
| ghost {n} (spirit appearing after death)
|
:: kivuli {c7/8}, mzuka {c3/4}, mzimu {c3/4}
|
| ghost {n} (faint shadowy semblance)
|
:: mizuka, jini
|
| ghost {n} (false image in an optical device)
|
:: mizuka
|
| ghost {n} (false image on a television screen)
|
:: mizuka
|
| ghost {n} (soul) SEE: soul
|
::
|
| giant {n} (mythical human)
|
:: jitu
|
| giant {n} (very tall person)
|
:: njemba
|
| giant anteater {n} (species)
|
:: mhanga mkubwa
|
| Gibraltar {prop} (British overseas territory)
|
:: Gibraltar
|
| giddiness {n} (dizziness) SEE: dizziness
|
::
|
| gift {n} (something given to another voluntarily, without charge)
|
:: zawadi {c9} {c10}, kipawa {c7} {c8}
|
| gin {n} (alcoholic beverage)
|
:: jini
|
| ginger {n} (plant)
|
:: mtangawizi
|
| ginger {n} (spice)
|
:: tangawizi
|
| ginger ale {n} (ginger beer) SEE: ginger beer
|
::
|
| ginger beer {n} (drink flavoured with ginger)
|
:: tangawizi
|
| ginkgo {n} (tree)
|
:: mginko
|
| ginkgo {n} (seed)
|
:: ginko
|
| gippo {n} (Egyptian) SEE: Egyptian
|
::
|
| giraffe {n} (mammal)
|
:: twiga
|
| girl {n} (young female person)
|
:: msichana, mwari
|
| girlfriend {n} (a female partner in a romantic relationship)
|
:: mpenzi, chuma
|
| girlfriend {n} (a female friend)
|
:: shoga
|
| give {v} (transfer the possession of something to someone else)
|
:: kupa
|
| given {adj} (particular, specific)
|
:: fulani
|
| giver {n} (one who gives)
|
:: mpaji
|
| gladiator {n} (a professional boxer) SEE: boxer
|
::
|
| glass {n} (substance)
|
:: glasi
|
| glass {n} (drinking vessel)
|
:: glasi
|
| glass {n} (mirror) SEE: mirror
|
::
|
| glasses {n} (plural of "glass") SEE: glass
|
::
|
| glasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles
|
::
|
| glove {n} (item of clothing)
|
:: glavu {c9} {c10}
|
| glue {n} (sticky adhesive substance)
|
:: gundi, gluu
|
| glue {n} (birdlime) SEE: birdlime
|
::
|
| glutton {n} (wolverine) SEE: wolverine
|
::
|
| glutton {n} (one who eats voraciously)
|
:: mlafi
|
| glutton {n} (one who gluts himself)
|
:: walafi
|
| gnu {n} (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
|
:: nyumbu, mbogo
|
| gnu goat {n} (Budorcas taxicolor) SEE: takin
|
::
|
| go {v} (to move through space (especially from one place to another))
|
:: gura , kuenda
|
| go {v} (of a machine, to work)
|
:: gura
|
| go {v} (to take a turn)
|
:: gura
|
| go {v} (to become)
|
:: gura
|
| go {v} (to disappear)
|
:: gura
|
| go {v} (to be destroyed)
|
:: gura
|
| go {v} (to say)
|
:: gura
|
| go {v} (to make (a specified sound))
|
:: gura
|
| go {v} (to fit)
|
:: gura
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| go {v} (to belong; to have as its/their proper place)
|
:: gura
|
| go {v} (to date)
|
:: gura
|
| go {n} (turn at something)
|
:: gura
|
| go {n} (attempt)
|
:: gura
|
| go {n} (approval)
|
:: gura
|
| go {v} (leave) SEE: leave
|
::
|
| go {v} (change) SEE: change
|
::
|
| go {v} (walk) SEE: walk
|
::
|
| go {v} (lead (tend or reach in a certain direction)) SEE: lead
|
::
|
| go {v} (die) SEE: die
|
::
|
| goal {n} (in many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object)
|
:: bao
|
| goal {n} ((sport) act of placing the object into the goal)
|
:: bao
|
| goal {n} (point(s) scored)
|
:: bao
|
| goat {n} (animal)
|
:: mbuzi {c9} {c10}
|
| go away {v} (to depart or leave a place)
|
:: kuondoka
|
| go back {v} (to return to a place)
|
:: kurejea
|
| goblin {n} (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature)
|
:: zimwi
|
| god {n}
|
:: bwana {c5}, mabwana {c6}, rabi {c9} {c10}, mungu {c3} {c4}
|
| God {prop}
|
:: Mungu, Allah ; Allah (noun 1)
|
| God {n} (an omnipotent being)
|
:: Mungu
|
| godhead {n} (God) SEE: God
|
::
|
| God's house {n} (church) SEE: church
|
::
|
| godwit {n} (Bird)
|
:: msese
|
| goer {n} (foot) SEE: foot
|
::
|
| gold {adj} (made of gold, golden)
|
:: dhahabu
|
| gold {n} (element)
|
:: dhahabu {c9} {c10}
|
| goldenberry {n} (cape gooseberry) SEE: cape gooseberry
|
::
|
| golden eagle {n} (large bird of prey)
|
:: tai-mfalme, tai wa dhahabu
|
| golf {n} (ball game)
|
:: gofu
|
| gonorrhea {n} (STD)
|
:: kisonono
|
| good {adj} (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions)
|
:: nzuri
|
| good {adj} (useful for a particular purpose)
|
:: mzuri
|
| good {adj} (of food, edible; not stale or rotten)
|
:: mzuri
|
| good {adj} (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste)
|
:: mzuri
|
| good {adj} (healthful)
|
:: mzuri
|
| good {adj} (pleasant; enjoyable)
|
:: mzuri
|
| good {adj} (of people, competent or talented)
|
:: mzuri
|
| good {adj} (effective)
|
:: mzuri
|
| good {adj} (favourable)
|
:: mzuri
|
| good {adj} (beneficial; worthwhile)
|
:: mzuri
|
| good {adj}
|
:: -zuri
|
| good {n} (the forces of good)
|
:: mara moja {11} {14}
|
| good {n} (good result)
|
:: mzuri
|
| good afternoon {phrase} (greeting said in the afternoon)
|
:: masalkheri
|
| goodbye {interj} (farewell, see also: bye)
|
:: kwaheri, tuonane tena
|
| good day {phrase} (greeting between sunrise and sunset)
|
:: habari za mchana (noon or afternoon), habari za leo
|
| good-den {interj} (good evening) SEE: good evening
|
::
|
| good evening {n} (greeting said in the evening)
|
:: habari ya jioni
|
| good fortune {n} (good luck) SEE: good luck
|
::
|
| Good Friday {prop} (The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified)
|
:: Ijumaa Kuu
|
| good luck {interj} (wish of fortune or encouragement)
|
:: kila la kheri
|
| good morning {interj} (when seeing someone for the first time in the morning)
|
:: habari ya asubuhi, subulkheri
|
| goodness {n} (state or characteristic of being good)
|
:: uzuri
|
| good news {n} (the message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful)
|
:: Habari Njema {c9}
|
| good night {phrase} (a farewell)
|
:: usiku mwema
|
| goods {n} (that which is produced, traded, bought or sold)
|
:: mali {9} {10}, bidhaa
|
| good sense {n} (common sense) SEE: common sense
|
::
|
| goose {n} (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)
|
:: bata bukini
|
| gooseberry {n} (fruit)
|
:: tunda bukini
|
| go out {v} (to be turned off or extinguished)
|
:: kuzimika
|
| go potty {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet
|
::
|
| gorilla {n} (ape)
|
:: ngagi {c9} {c10}
|
| gospel {n} (first section of New Testament)
|
:: injili
|
| gossip {n} (idle talk)
|
:: tetesi
|
| go to the bathroom {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet
|
::
|
| go to the restroom {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet
|
::
|
| go to the toilet {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet
|
::
|
| go to the washroom {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet
|
::
|
| go to work {v} (work) SEE: work
|
::
|
| gound {n} (mucus produced by the eyes during sleep) SEE: sleep
|
::
|
| governess {n} (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
|
:: mlezi
|
| government {n} (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)
|
:: serikali
|
| governor {n} (leader of a region or state)
|
:: liwali {c5} {c6}
|
| gown {n} (woman's dress)
|
:: gauni
|
| grace {n} (free and undeserved favour, especially of God)
|
:: neema
|
| grade {n} (level of pre-collegiate education)
|
:: kidato
|
| grain {n} (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
|
:: nafaka
|
| grain {n} (single seed of grain)
|
:: nafaka
|
| grain {n} (unit of weight)
|
:: kilo
|
| grain {v} (to feed grain to)
|
:: lisha
|
| gram {n} (unit of mass)
|
:: gramu
|
| gramarye {n} (mystical learning) SEE: magic
|
::
|
| grammar {n} (rules for speaking and writing a language)
|
:: sarufi
|
| grammarian {n} (person who studies grammar)
|
:: mwanasarufi
|
| grammary {n} (grammar) SEE: grammar
|
::
|
| grammatician {n} (grammarian) SEE: grammarian
|
::
|
| grammaticist {n} (grammarian) SEE: grammarian
|
::
|
| gram molecule {n} (mole) SEE: mole
|
::
|
| gramophone {n} (record player)
|
:: gramafoni
|
| granary {n} (storage facility)
|
:: ghala
|
| grandchild {n} (child of someone’s child)
|
:: mjukuu
|
| grandfather {n} (grandfather (from either side))
|
:: babu
|
| grandfather {n} (male forefather)
|
:: babu
|
| grandmother {n} (mother of someone's parent)
|
:: bibi
|
| grandstand {n}
|
:: msimamo
|
| grape {n} (fruit)
|
:: zabibu
|
| grape {n} (vine)
|
:: mzabibu
|
| grapefruit {n} (tree)
|
:: mbalungi
|
| grapefruit {n} (fruit)
|
:: balungi
|
| grapevine {n} (the plant on which grapes grow)
|
:: mzabibu
|
| graph {n} (mathematical diagram)
|
:: jedwali
|
| grasp {v} (to grasp) SEE: hold
|
::
|
| grass {n} (ground cover plant)
|
:: nyasi {c5} {c6}
|
| grass {n} (lawn)
|
:: nyasi
|
| grass {n} (marijuana)
|
:: bangi
|
| grass {v} (to inform on)
|
:: nyasi
|
| grasshopper {n} (an insect of the order Orthoptera)
|
:: panzi
|
| grate {v} (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
|
:: kuna
|
| grate {v} (to grate on one's nerves, irritate)
|
:: kuna
|
| grate {v}
|
:: kuna
|
| gratis {adj} (free of charge) SEE: free of charge
|
::
|
| gratitude {n} (state of being grateful)
|
:: ushukuru
|
| grave {n} (excavation for burial)
|
:: kaburi
|
| grave {adj} (to be checked)
|
:: kaburi
|
| graveyard {n} (tract of land in which the dead are buried)
|
:: makaburi
|
| gravity {n} (resultant force on Earth's surface)
|
:: graviti
|
| gray {adj} (having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember)
|
:: kijivu
|
| grease {n} (animal fat)
|
:: grisi
|
| grease {n} (oily or fatty matter)
|
:: grisi
|
| great {adj} (important) SEE: important
|
::
|
| greater galago {n} (primate of the genus Otolemur) SEE: thick-tailed bushbaby
|
::
|
| great haste makes great waste {proverb} (haste makes waste) SEE: haste makes waste
|
::
|
| Greece {prop} (country in Southeastern Europe)
|
:: Ugiriki
|
| Greek {prop} (language of the Greek people)
|
:: Kigiriki
|
| Greek {n} (inhabitant, etc., of Greece)
|
:: Mgiriki
|
| green {adj} (having green as its colour)
|
:: kijani, chanikiwiti
|
| greenery {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana
|
::
|
| green gram {n} (Bean from the seed of Vigna radiata) SEE: mung bean
|
::
|
| Greenland {prop} (a large self-governing island in North America)
|
:: Grinlandi
|
| Greenlandic {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) SEE: Greenlandish
|
::
|
| Greenlandic {n} (language) SEE: Greenlandish
|
::
|
| Greenlandish {n} (language)
|
:: Kigrinlandi
|
| greeting {n} (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival)
|
:: salamu
|
| Grenada {prop} (Caribbean country)
|
:: Grenada
|
| grenade {n} (pomegranate) SEE: pomegranate
|
::
|
| Grenadian {n} (A person from Grenada)
|
:: Mgrenada
|
| Grenadian {adj} (pertaining to Grenada)
|
:: Kigrenada
|
| grey {adj} (having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember)
|
:: kijivu
|
| grief {n} (sadness)
|
:: ghamu
|
| grieve {v} (to experience grief)
|
:: kuhuzunika
|
| griffin {n} (mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle)
|
:: grifoni
|
| griffon {n} (legendary creature) SEE: griffin
|
::
|
| grill {n} (barbecue)
|
:: uma {c11} {c10a}
|
| gripe {n} (Gyps fulvus) SEE: griffin
|
::
|
| groom {n} (bridegroom) SEE: bridegroom
|
::
|
| gross national product {n} (economics)
|
:: jumla ya pato la taifa
|
| ground pine {n} (Ajuga, Ajuga chamaepitys) SEE: bugle
|
::
|
| group {n} (number of things or persons being in some relation to each other)
|
:: kundi
|
| group {n} (in group theory)
|
:: kundi
|
| group {n} (people who perform music together)
|
:: kundi
|
| group {n} (small number of galaxies)
|
:: kundi
|
| group {n} (column in the periodic table)
|
:: kundi
|
| group {n} (subset of a culture or of a society)
|
:: makundi
|
| group {n} (air force formation)
|
:: makundi
|
| group {n} (collection of formations or rock strata)
|
:: kundi, makundi
|
| group {n} (in Unix)
|
:: makundi
|
| group {v} (put together to form a group)
|
:: kundi
|
| group {n} (functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule) SEE: functional group
|
::
|
| grow {v} ((transitive) to cause something to become bigger)
|
:: kuza
|
| grown-up {n} (adult) SEE: adult
|
::
|
| growth {n} (increase in size)
|
:: ukuaji
|
| growth {n} (act of growing)
|
:: ukuaji
|
| guard {n} (person who or thing that protects something)
|
:: askari, mlinzi, walinzi {p}
|
| guard {v} (to protect from some offence)
|
:: kulinda
|
| Guatemala {prop} (country in Central America)
|
:: Guatemala
|
| Guatemalan {n} (person)
|
:: Mgwatemala
|
| Guatemalan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people)
|
:: Kigwatemala
|
| guava {n} (tree or shrub)
|
:: mpera
|
| guava {n} (fruit)
|
:: pera
|
| guest {n} (recipient of hospitality)
|
:: mgeni {cm-wa}
|
| guide {n} (someone who guides)
|
:: kiongozi
|
| guide {n} (document, book)
|
:: mwongozo
|
| guideline {n} (plan or explanation)
|
:: kielelezo
|
| guilt {n} (responsibility for wrongdoing)
|
:: hatia
|
| Guinea {prop} (short form of the Republic of Guinea)
|
:: Gine
|
| Guinea-Bissau {prop} (Republic of Guinea-Bissau)
|
:: Ginebisau
|
| guinea fowl {n} (bird)
|
:: kanga, kororo
|
| Guinean {adj} (from Guinea)
|
:: Kigine
|
| Guinean {adj} (from Guinea-Bissau)
|
:: Kigine
|
| Guinean {n} (someone from Guinea or of Guinean descent)
|
:: Mgine
|
| guitar {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: gitaa
|
| Gujarati {n} (language)
|
:: Kigujarati
|
| Gujarati {n} (person)
|
:: kigujarati
|
| gulch {n} (glutton) SEE: glutton
|
::
|
| gulf {n} (geography)
|
:: ghuba
|
| Gulf of Guinea {prop} (part of the Atlantic Ocean)
|
:: Ghuba ya Guinea
|
| gum arabic {n} (substance from acacia trees)
|
:: sandarusi
|
| gun {n} (a very portable, short weapon, for hand use)
|
:: bunduki
|
| gun {n} (a less portable, long weapon)
|
:: bunduki {c9} {c10}
|
| gun {n}
|
:: bunduki {c9} {c10}
|
| gunpowder {n} (explosive mixture)
|
:: baruti
|
| Guoyu {prop} (Mandarin) SEE: Mandarin
|
::
|
| gut {n}
|
:: kitambi, vitambi pl (noun 7/8)
|
| Guyana {prop} (country)
|
:: Guyana
|
| Guyanan {adj} (Guyanese) SEE: Guyanese
|
::
|
| Guyanan {n} (Guyanese) SEE: Guyanese
|
::
|
| Guyanese {n} (person from Guyana)
|
:: Mguyana
|
| Guyanese {adj} (pertaining to Guyana)
|
:: Kiguyana
|
| gynecomastia {n} (development of breasts in males)
|
:: jinekomastia
|
| Habacuc {prop} (Habakkuk) SEE: Habakkuk
|
::
|
| Habakkuk {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Habakuki
|
| Habakkuk {prop} (prophet)
|
:: Habakuki
|
| Habakkuk {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Habakuki
|
| Hades {prop} (from Greek mythology)
|
:: Hade, Hadesi
|
| Hades {prop} (the Greek translation of Sheol)
|
:: kuzimu
|
| Haggai {prop} (book of The Bible)
|
:: Hagai
|
| hair {n} (a pigmented keratinaceous growth on the human head)
|
:: unywele {11} {12}
|
| hair {n} (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
|
:: nywele {12}
|
| hair {n} (one of the above-mentioned filaments)
|
:: nywele
|
| hair {n}
|
:: nywele
|
| Haiti {prop} (a country in the Caribbean)
|
:: Haiti
|
| Haitian {n} (person from Haiti)
|
:: Mhaiti
|
| Haitian {adj} (pertaining to the country, people, or language)
|
:: Kihaiti
|
| hajib {n} (headscarf) SEE: hijab
|
::
|
| hajj {n} (pilgrimage to Mecca)
|
:: haji
|
| hajji {n} (one who has participated in a hajj)
|
:: alhaji, haji
|
| halal {adj} (in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do)
|
:: halali
|
| halal {adj} (fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs)
|
:: halali
|
| half {n} (one of two equal parts into which anything may be divided)
|
:: nusu
|
| half {n} (math: fraction)
|
:: nusu
|
| half-line {n} (ray) SEE: ray
|
::
|
| half past {n} ("half past one" as example of usage in other languages)
|
:: saa saba na nusu (hour seven and a half)
|
| halyard {n} (rope)
|
:: jarari
|
| ham {n} (thigh of a hog cured for food)
|
:: hemu
|
| hamartia {n} (sin) SEE: sin
|
::
|
| hammer {n} (tool)
|
:: nyundo {c9} {c10}
|
| hammer {n} (part of a firearm)
|
:: nyundo
|
| hammer {n} (bone of the middle ear; see also malleus)
|
:: nyundo
|
| hammer {n} (curling: last rock in an end)
|
:: nyundo
|
| hammer {n} (frisbee throwing style)
|
:: nyundo
|
| hammer and sickle {n} (symbol of communism)
|
:: nyundo na mundu
|
| hand {n} (part of the fore limb)
|
:: mkono
|
| handball {n} (team sport)
|
:: mpira
|
| handcuff {n} (ring of a locking fetter for the hand)
|
:: pingu
|
| handicap {v} (to encumber)
|
:: kilema
|
| handicap {v} (to place at disadvantage)
|
:: kilema
|
| handicap {v} (to estimate betting odds)
|
:: kilema
|
| handkerchief {n} (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
|
:: leso
|
| haply {adv} (perhaps) SEE: perhaps
|
::
|
| happen {v} (to occur)
|
:: kutukia, kutokea
|
| happiness {n} (emotion of being happy)
|
:: raha
|
| happy birthday {interj} (good wishes for a birthday)
|
:: Pongezi kwa siku ya kuzaliwa
|
| happy New Year {phrase} (Happy New Year)
|
:: Heri Za Mwaka Mpya
|
| haram {adj} (forbidden by Islam)
|
:: haramu
|
| harbor {n} (for ships)
|
:: bandari
|
| harbour {n} (harbor) SEE: harbor
|
::
|
| hard {adj} (resistant to pressure)
|
:: -gumu
|
| hard {adj} (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand)
|
:: -gumu
|
| hard {adj} (demanding a lot of effort to endure)
|
:: -gumu
|
| hard {adj} (severe)
|
:: -gumu
|
| hard drive {n} (device used for storing large amounts of data)
|
:: kiendeshi diski kuu
|
| hard maple {n} (sugar maple) SEE: sugar maple
|
::
|
| hare {n} (animal)
|
:: sungura
|
| harmonica {n} (wind instrument)
|
:: kinanda cha mdomo
|
| harp {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: kinubi
|
| harsh {adj} (rough)
|
:: mkali
|
| harsh {adj} (severe or cruel)
|
:: mkali
|
| harsh {v} (negatively criticize)
|
:: mkali
|
| harsh {v} (put a damper on someone's mood)
|
:: mkali, mkali
|
| hartebeest {n} (Alcelaphus bucelaphus)
|
:: kongoni
|
| harvest {n} (autumn, fall) SEE: autumn
|
::
|
| hashish {n} (marijuana generally) SEE: cannabis
|
::
|
| hashish {n} (dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant)
|
:: hashishi
|
| haste makes waste {proverb} (being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes)
|
:: haraka haraka haina baraka
|
| hat {n} (a head covering)
|
:: kofia {c9} {c10}, chapeo
|
| hate {v} (to dislike intensely)
|
:: kuchukia
|
| hate {n} (hatred) SEE: hatred
|
::
|
| hatred {n} (strong aversion)
|
:: chuki
|
| haunt {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost
|
::
|
| Hausa {n} (people)
|
:: Mhausa
|
| Hausa {prop} (language)
|
:: Kihausa
|
| have eyes on {v} (observe) SEE: observe
|
::
|
| have one's eye on {v} (watch) SEE: watch
|
::
|
| Hawaiian {adj} (of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language)
|
:: -a Kihawai
|
| Hawaiian {n} (a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact)
|
:: Mhawai
|
| Hawaiian {n} (a resident of the US state of Hawaii)
|
:: Mhawai
|
| Hawaiian {n} (Hawaiian language)
|
:: Kihawai
|
| hawk {n} (predatory bird of Accipitridae)
|
:: kipanga
|
| hay {n} (grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder)
|
:: majani makavu, ukoko mkwavu
|
| haya {n} (beech) SEE: beech
|
::
|
| hazard {n} (chance) SEE: chance
|
::
|
| hazel {n} (tree / shrub)
|
:: mhazeli
|
| hazelnut {n} (shrub) SEE: hazel
|
::
|
| he {pron} (personal pronoun "he")
|
:: yeye
|
| head {n} (antler of a deer) SEE: antler
|
::
|
| head {n} (bow of a vessel) SEE: bow
|
::
|
| head {n} (part of the body)
|
:: kichwa {c7} {c8}
|
| head {n} (leader, chief, mastermind)
|
:: mkuu {c1} {c2}
|
| headline {n} (heading or title of an article)
|
:: taarifa
|
| head man {n} (leader of a village)
|
:: jumbe
|
| headpiece {n} (helmet) SEE: helmet
|
::
|
| headscarf {n} (piece of material worn over the head)
|
:: buibui
|
| heal {v} (make better)
|
:: kuponya
|
| healing {n} (process of regeneration, see also: recovery)
|
:: kuponya
|
| health {n} (state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction)
|
:: afya
|
| heart {n} (an organ)
|
:: moyo, mioyo
|
| heart {n} (seat of affections, understanding or will)
|
:: moyo {c3} {c4}
|
| heart {n} (a suit of cards)
|
:: kopa
|
| heart attack {n} (death) SEE: death
|
::
|
| heart attack {n} (failure) SEE: failure
|
::
|
| heart attack {n} (acute myocardial infarction)
|
:: mshtuko wa moyo
|
| hearth {n} (floor of fireplace)
|
:: meko
|
| hearts {n} (the card suit (♥))
|
:: kopa, moyo
|
| hearts {n} (plural of "heart") SEE: heart
|
::
|
| heat {n} (thermal energy)
|
:: harara
|
| heat {n} (condition or quality of being hot)
|
:: joto {c5}
|
| heaven {n} (sky)
|
:: mbingu
|
| Heaven {prop} (All meanings) SEE: heaven
|
::
|
| heavens {n} (the abode of God)
|
:: mbingu {p}
|
| heavy {adj} (having great weight)
|
:: -zito
|
| hebdomad {n} (period of seven days) SEE: week
|
::
|
| Hebrews {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Waebrania {c2}
|
| hectare {n} (unit of surface area)
|
:: hekta
|
| hedgehog {n} (animal)
|
:: kalunguyeye {c9} {c10}
|
| heel {n} (anatomy: part of the foot)
|
:: kisigino
|
| heel {n} (part of shoe)
|
:: kisigino
|
| heel {n} (firearms: back upper part of the stock)
|
:: kisigino
|
| heel {n} (end-piece of a loaf of bread)
|
:: kisigino
|
| heel {v} (To follow at somebody's heels)
|
:: kisigino
|
| he-goat {n} (billy goat) SEE: billy goat
|
::
|
| heir {n} (one who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another)
|
:: mrithi
|
| heir {n} (one who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office)
|
:: mrithi
|
| helicopter {n} (aircraft)
|
:: helikopta
|
| helium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: heliamu {c9}
|
| hello {interj} (greeting)
|
:: jambo, salaam
|
| helmet {n} (protective head covering)
|
:: helmeti, kofia ya chuma
|
| helot {n} (serf, slave) SEE: slave
|
::
|
| help {n} (action given to provide assistance)
|
:: msaada
|
| help {n} (person or persons who provides assistance with some task)
|
:: msaada
|
| help {n} (textual support of a software application)
|
:: msaada
|
| help {v} (transitive: provide assistance to (someone or something))
|
:: kusaidia
|
| help {v} (contribute in some way to)
|
:: msaada
|
| help {v} (intransitive: provide assistance)
|
:: msaada
|
| helper {n} (one who helps)
|
:: msaidizi
|
| hemoglobin {n} (the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen)
|
:: hemoglobini
|
| hemp {n} (Cannabis sativa)
|
:: bangi
|
| hen {n} (female chicken)
|
:: tembe, kuku
|
| hen {n} (female bird)
|
:: tembe
|
| henceforth {adv} (from now on)
|
:: tokea sasa
|
| Hephaestus {prop} (Greek god)
|
:: Hefesto
|
| Hera {prop} (queen of the gods, wife of Zeus)
|
:: Hera
|
| Heracles {prop} (the son of Zeus, see also: Hercules)
|
:: Herakle
|
| herbalism {n} ((obsolete) botany) SEE: botany
|
::
|
| herbivore {n} (plant-eating organism)
|
:: mla-mimea
|
| Hercules {prop} (The Roman name of Heracles, see also: Heracles)
|
:: Herkule, Hekyulizi
|
| herd {n} (a number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper)
|
:: kundi {c5} {c6}
|
| herdsman {n} (a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep)
|
:: mchungaji {c1} {c2}
|
| here {adv} (in, on, or at this place)
|
:: hapa
|
| here {adv}
|
:: hapa
|
| here {n}
|
:: hapa, humu
|
| hereafter {n} (existence after death) SEE: afterlife
|
::
|
| here and there {adv} (from time to time) SEE: from time to time
|
::
|
| here and there {adv} (in one place and another)
|
:: huko na huko
|
| Hermes {prop} (Greek god Hermes)
|
:: Herme
|
| hero {n} (person of great bravery)
|
:: shujaa
|
| heroism {n} (the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them)
|
:: ushujaa
|
| herpes {n} (viral disease)
|
:: tego
|
| hexapod {n} (insect) SEE: insect
|
::
|
| Hezbollah {prop} (Lebanese Shia islamic organisation)
|
:: Hezbollah
|
| hi {interj} (friendly, informal greeting)
|
:: jambo, salaam
|
| hickory {n} (tree of genus Carya or Annamocarya)
|
:: mkarya
|
| hickory {n} (wood of the tree)
|
:: ubao wa mkarya
|
| hide {v} ((intransitive))
|
:: kujificha
|
| high-priced {adj} (expensive) SEE: expensive
|
::
|
| high priest {n} (male person who was responsible for making the annual sacrifice on the Day of Atonement)
|
:: Kuhani Mkuu
|
| high seas {n} (regions of ocean far from shore)
|
:: majimakuu
|
| hight {v} (call) SEE: call
|
::
|
| hijab {n} (headscarf)
|
:: hijabu
|
| Hijra {n} (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
|
:: hijra
|
| hill {n} (elevated location)
|
:: kilima
|
| hillock {n} (small hill)
|
:: kilima
|
| him {pron} (he) SEE: he
|
::
|
| hinder {v} (to make difficult to accomplish)
|
:: kinga, kinza
|
| hinder {v} (to keep back; to delay or impede)
|
:: zuia, pinga
|
| Hindi {n} (language)
|
:: Kihindi
|
| Hindu {n} (religious adherent)
|
:: Mhindu
|
| Hinduism {prop} (religion)
|
:: Uhindu
|
| hip {n} (joint)
|
:: unyonga, nyonga
|
| hippopotamus {n} (large African mammal)
|
:: kiboko
|
| hire {v} (to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment)
|
:: -ajiri
|
| hire {v} (to employ)
|
:: -ajiri
|
| historian {n} (person who studies history)
|
:: mwanahistoria
|
| history {n} (aggregate of past events)
|
:: historia
|
| history {n} (branch of knowledge that studies the past)
|
:: historia
|
| history {n} (record or narrative description of past events)
|
:: historia
|
| history {n} (medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions)
|
:: historia
|
| history {n} (computing: record of previous user events)
|
:: historia
|
| hit {v} (to hit) SEE: strike
|
::
|
| HIV {n} (human immunodeficiency virus)
|
:: VVU, virus vinavyosababisha (UKIMWI)
|
| hive {n} (structure for housing a swarm of honeybees) SEE: beehive
|
::
|
| hoe {n} (agricultural tool)
|
:: jembe
|
| hold {n} (cargo area)
|
:: falka
|
| hole {v} (to destroy) SEE: destroy
|
::
|
| holiday {n} (day on which a festival etc. is traditionally observed)
|
:: likizo
|
| holiday {n} (day declared free from work by the government)
|
:: likizo
|
| holiday {n} (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
|
:: likizo
|
| holiday {n} (period during which pupils do not attend school)
|
:: likizo
|
| holiday {n} (unintentional gap)
|
:: likizo
|
| Holland {prop} (region of the Netherlands, see also: Netherlands)
|
:: Uholanzi
|
| Holy Communion {prop} (Christian sacrament)
|
:: komunyo
|
| Holy Ghost {prop} (aspect of the Holy Trinity) SEE: Holy Spirit
|
::
|
| Holy Spirit {prop} (Christian: aspect of the Holy Trinity)
|
:: Roho Mtakatifu
|
| homoerotic {adj} (homosexual) SEE: homosexual
|
::
|
| homophobia {n} (fear, dislike, or hate of homosexuals)
|
:: ubaguzi wa mashoga {14}
|
| homosexual {adj} (sexually attracted solely or primarily to the same sex)
|
:: shoga {5} {6}
|
| homosexual {n} (person who is attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex)
|
:: shoga {5} {6}
|
| homosexuality {n} (sexual orientation)
|
:: ushoga {14}
|
| Honduran {n} (Person from Honduras)
|
:: Mhondurasi
|
| Honduran {adj} (Pertaining to Honduras)
|
:: Kihondurasi
|
| Honduras {prop} (a country in Central America)
|
:: Hondurasi
|
| honey {n} (sweet substance produced by bees)
|
:: uki {c11}, asali
|
| honey {n} (something sweet or desirable)
|
:: asali
|
| honey {n} (term of affection)
|
:: asali
|
| honey {n} (informal: attractive woman)
|
:: asali
|
| honey {n} (colour)
|
:: asali
|
| honey badger {n} (Mellivora capensis)
|
:: nyegere
|
| honeybadger {n} (honey badger) SEE: honey badger
|
::
|
| Hong Kong {prop} (coastal administrative region in south-east China)
|
:: Hong Kong
|
| honorificabilitudinitatibus {n} (state of being able to receive honours)
|
:: heshimiwa
|
| -hood {suffix} (condition or state)
|
:: u-
|
| hooker {n} (prostitute) SEE: whore
|
::
|
| hoopoe {n} (bird Upupa epops)
|
:: hudihudi
|
| hooter {n} (owl) SEE: owl
|
::
|
| hoover {v} (vacuum) SEE: vacuum
|
::
|
| hope {v} (to want something to happen, with expectation that it might)
|
:: tumaini
|
| hope {n} (belief that something wished for can happen)
|
:: matumaini
|
| hope {n} (person or thing that is a source of hope)
|
:: matumaini
|
| hope {n}
|
:: matarajio
|
| horn {n} (antler) SEE: antler
|
::
|
| horn {n} (growth on the heads of certain animals)
|
:: pembe
|
| horn {n} (any of several musical wind instruments)
|
:: baragumu
|
| horn {n} (instrument used to signal others)
|
:: baragumu
|
| horny {adj} (sexually aroused)
|
:: nyege
|
| horse {n} (members of the species Equus ferus)
|
:: farasi
|
| horsefly {n} (fly of the family Tabanidae)
|
:: pange
|
| Hosea {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Hosea
|
| Hosea {prop} (prophet)
|
:: Hosea
|
| hospital {n} (large medical facility)
|
:: hospitali
|
| hostility {n} (state of being hostile)
|
:: uadui
|
| hotel {n} (establishment providing accommodation)
|
:: hoteli
|
| hothouse {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel
|
::
|
| hour {n} (time period of sixty minutes)
|
:: saa
|
| house {v} (keep within a structure or container)
|
:: nyumba
|
| house {v} (dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses)
|
:: nyumba
|
| house {v} (contain or enclose mechanical parts)
|
:: nyumba
|
| house {n} (human abode)
|
:: nyumba {c9} {c10}
|
| house of ill fame {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel
|
::
|
| how {adv} (in what manner)
|
:: namna, jinsi, -je
|
| how are you {phrase} (greeting)
|
:: habari gani?, hujambo
|
| how do you pronounce this word {phrase} (how do you pronounce this word?)
|
:: unatamkaje neno hili?
|
| how do you say …… in English {phrase} (request for translation into English)
|
:: unasemaje …… kwa Kiingereza?
|
| howdy {interj} (hi) SEE: hi
|
::
|
| howdy doody {interj} (hi) SEE: hi
|
::
|
| how many {determiner} (what number)
|
:: -ngapi
|
| how's it going {phrase} (how's it going? - informal greetings)
|
:: mambo vipi
|
| hub {n} (central part of a wheel)
|
:: vitovu
|
| hub {n} (point where many routes meet)
|
:: vitovu
|
| hub {n} (computer networking device)
|
:: vitovu
|
| hub {n} (stake with a nail in it)
|
:: vitovu
|
| human being {n} (person)
|
:: mwanadamu, binadamu
|
| human rights {n} (basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed)
|
:: haki za kibinadamu
|
| humidity {n} (dampness, especially that of the air)
|
:: unyevuanga
|
| hummingbird {n} (any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae)
|
:: kolibri
|
| hummock {n} (small hill) SEE: hillock
|
::
|
| hump {n} (rounded fleshy mass as in camel's back)
|
:: nundu
|
| humpback whale {n} (Megaptera novaeangliae)
|
:: nyangumi-kibyongo
|
| Hun {n} (German) SEE: German
|
::
|
| hundred {num} (cardinal number 100)
|
:: mia
|
| hung {adj} (suspended by hanging)
|
:: anika
|
| hung {adj} (having hanging additions or appendages)
|
:: anika
|
| hung {adj} (of a jury, unable to reach a verdict)
|
:: anika
|
| hung {adj} (having a large penis)
|
:: anika
|
| hunger {n} (need for food)
|
:: njaa, unenge
|
| hunger {n} (strong desire)
|
:: njaa, unenge
|
| hunger {v} (need food)
|
:: kuwa na njaa
|
| hunt {v} (to chase down prey)
|
:: kuwinda
|
| hunt {v} (to search for something)
|
:: tafuta
|
| hunter {n} (person who hunts game)
|
:: msasi, mwindaji
|
| hunting {n} (chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts)
|
:: uwindo
|
| hurler {n} (pitcher) SEE: pitcher
|
::
|
| hurricane {n} (weather phenomenon)
|
:: kimbunga
|
| hurricane {n} (meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind)
|
:: kimbunga
|
| hurt {v} (to cause physical pain and/or injury)
|
:: -jeruhi
|
| husband {n} (male partner in marriage)
|
:: mume
|
| hustler {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute
|
::
|
| hyacinth {n} (plant of the genus Hyacinthus)
|
:: hiakintho, yasintho
|
| hydrogen {n} (chemical element)
|
:: hidrojeni {c9}
|
| hyena {n} (mammal)
|
:: fisi {c9} {c10}
|
| hymn {n} (a song of praise or worship)
|
:: wimbo
|
| hyrax {n} (mammal of the order Hyracoidea)
|
:: pelele, kwanga, wibari, pimbi
|
| I {pron} (personal pronoun)
|
:: mimi
|
| I am blind {phrase} (I'm blind) SEE: I'm blind
|
::
|
| ibis {n} (Threskiornithid)
|
:: kwarara
|
| Iblis {prop} ((Islam) Satan; the Devil)
|
:: Ibilisi
|
| ice {n} (diamond) SEE: diamond
|
::
|
| ice {n} (water in frozen form)
|
:: barafu
|
| ice bear {n} (polar bear) SEE: polar bear
|
::
|
| icebox {n} (refrigerator) SEE: refrigerator
|
::
|
| ice cream {n} (dessert)
|
:: aiskrimu
|
| Iceland {prop} (country in Europe)
|
:: Aisilandi
|
| Icelander {n} (person from Iceland or of Icelandic descent)
|
:: Mwaisilandi {1/2}
|
| Icelandic {n} (language)
|
:: Kiaisilandi
|
| Icelandic {n} (Icelander) SEE: Icelander
|
::
|
| Icelandish {prop} (Icelandic) SEE: Icelandic
|
::
|
| Icelandish {adj} (Icelandic) SEE: Icelandic
|
::
|
| idea {n} (an image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory)
|
:: wazo
|
| ideogram {n} (symbol)
|
:: idiogramu {c9} {c10}
|
| ideograph {n} (ideogram) SEE: ideogram
|
::
|
| idiot {n} (person of low general intelligence)
|
:: mjinga, kichwamaji
|
| idle {v} (to lose or spend time doing nothing)
|
:: zembea
|
| Ido {prop} (artificial language reformed from Esperanto)
|
:: Kiido
|
| idol {n} (representation of anything revered)
|
:: sanamu
|
| I don't eat meat {phrase} (I don't eat meat)
|
:: huwa sili nyama
|
| I don't eat pork {phrase} (I don't eat pork)
|
:: sili nyama ya nguruwe
|
| I don't know {phrase} (I don’t know)
|
:: sijui
|
| I don't speak English {phrase} (I don't speak English (specifically English))
|
:: sisemi Kiingereza.
|
| I don't understand {phrase} (I don't understand)
|
:: sielewi
|
| if {conj} (supposing that)
|
:: ikiwa, kama
|
| Igbo {prop} (language spoken by Igbo people)
|
:: Kiigbo
|
| ignorance {n} (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
|
:: ujinga {c11}
|
| ignore {v} (to deliberately pay no attention to)
|
:: puuza
|
| I have AIDS {phrase} (I have AIDS)
|
:: nina Ukimwi
|
| ill {adj} (bad) SEE: bad
|
::
|
| ill {adj} (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
|
:: -gonjwa
|
| illegal {adj} (contrary to or forbidden by law)
|
:: haramu
|
| illegal {adj} (prohibited by established rules)
|
:: haramu
|
| illness {n} (an instance of a disease or poor health)
|
:: ugonjwa {cu}, maradhi {cma}
|
| illness {n} (a state of bad health)
|
:: ugonjwa
|
| illness {n}
|
:: chirwa
|
| I love you {phrase} (affirmation of affection or deep caring)
|
:: ninakupenda
|
| I love you {phrase} (affirmation of romantic feeling)
|
:: nakupenda, ninakupenda
|
| I love you {phrase}
|
:: Naku penda
|
| image {n} (graphical representation)
|
:: sura
|
| imaginary {adj} (existing in the imagination)
|
:: -a kubuni
|
| imagination {n} (image-making power of the mind)
|
:: ubunifu
|
| imam {n} (Muslim leader)
|
:: imamu
|
| I'm a Muslim {phrase} (I'm a Muslim)
|
:: mimi ni Mwislamu
|
| I'm bleeding {phrase} (I'm bleeding)
|
:: ninavuja damu
|
| I'm blind {phrase} (I'm blind)
|
:: mimi ni kipofu
|
| imburse {v} (to save, to store up) SEE: save
|
::
|
| I'm fine {phrase} (response)
|
:: njema, nzuri, vyema, sijambo, safi , poa , freshi
|
| imitate {v} (to follow as a model)
|
:: iga
|
| immediately {adv} (in an immediate manner)
|
:: mara moja, mara
|
| immoral {adj} (not moral)
|
:: fasiki
|
| immortal {n} (one that is not susceptible to death)
|
:: asiyekufa
|
| immortality {n} (condition of not being susceptible to death)
|
:: hali ya kutokufa
|
| impala {n} (African antelope)
|
:: swala, pala
|
| implement {n} (a tool)
|
:: tekeleza
|
| implement {v} (bring about)
|
:: tekeleza
|
| importance {n} (quality or condition of being important or worthy of note)
|
:: umuhimu
|
| importance {n} (significance or prominence)
|
:: umuhimu
|
| importance {n} (personal status or standing)
|
:: umuhimu
|
| important {adj} (having relevant and crucial value)
|
:: muhimu
|
| importantness {n} (importance) SEE: importance
|
::
|
| impoverished {adj} (with no possessions or money) SEE: poor
|
::
|
| imprison {v} (put in prison)
|
:: -funga
|
| improve {v} (to become better)
|
:: boresha
|
| in {prep} (within a certain elapsed time)
|
:: kwa
|
| in {prep}
|
:: m- {c18} mu-
|
| incandescent {n} (incandescent lamp) SEE: light bulb
|
::
|
| incense {n} (A perfume often used in the rites of various religions)
|
:: ubani
|
| inch {n} (unit of length)
|
:: inchi
|
| inch {n} (unspecified but very short distance)
|
:: inchi
|
| inch {v} (to move very slowly)
|
:: inchi
|
| inclusion {n} (addition or annex to a group, set or total)
|
:: jumuisho
|
| inclusion {n} (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total)
|
:: jumuisho
|
| income {n} (money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others)
|
:: mapato
|
| in common {prep} (held in joint possession)
|
:: shirika
|
| incus {n} (anvil) SEE: anvil
|
::
|
| index {n} (index finger) SEE: forefinger
|
::
|
| index finger {n} (index finger) SEE: forefinger
|
::
|
| India {prop} (the country)
|
:: India, Hindi, Uhindi
|
| Indian {n} (a person from India)
|
:: Mhindi
|
| Indian almond {n} (tropical tree, Terminalia catappa)
|
:: mkungu
|
| Indianapolis {prop} (capital of the State of Indiana, USA)
|
:: Indianapolis
|
| Indian Ocean {prop} (the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica)
|
:: Bahari ya Hindi
|
| Indian plum {n} (Flacourtia indica)
|
:: mugovigovi
|
| indigence {n} (poverty)
|
:: ufukara
|
| individualism {n} (moral stance)
|
:: ubinafsi
|
| individuality {n} (person) SEE: person
|
::
|
| indoctrinate {v} (teach) SEE: teach
|
::
|
| Indonesia {prop} (country)
|
:: Indonesia
|
| industry {n} (businesses that produce goods)
|
:: kiwanda
|
| indweller {n} (inhabitant) SEE: inhabitant
|
::
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| I need ... {phrase} (I need ... (something))
|
:: nahitaji ...
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| infant {n} (very young human being)
|
:: watoto wachanga
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| inflation {n} (expansion or increase in size)
|
:: mfumuko
|
| inflation {n} (increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living)
|
:: mfumuko wa bei
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| information {n} (communicable knowledge)
|
:: habari
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| inhabitant {n} (someone or thing who lives in a place)
|
:: mwenyeji {c1} {c2}
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| inherit {v} (to receive property or a title by legal succession etc.)
|
:: -rithi
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| inheritance {n} (that which a person is entitled to inherit)
|
:: urithi, mirathi
|
| inheritance {n} (biological attributes passed to offspring)
|
:: urithi
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| inheritor {n} (heir) SEE: heir
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::
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| inhibitor {n} (substance slowing a reaction)
|
:: kiviza
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| initially {adv} (at the beginning)
|
:: mwanzo
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| injection {n} (act of injecting, or something injected)
|
:: sindano
|
| injure {v} (to wound or cause physical harm)
|
:: -jeruhi
|
| injury {n} (wound) SEE: wound
|
::
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| injury {n} (damage or violation)
|
:: afa, jiraha, jeraha
|
| injustice {n} (absence of justice)
|
:: dhuluma
|
| injustice {n} (violation of the rights of another)
|
:: dhuluma
|
| ink {n} (coloured fluid used for writing)
|
:: wino
|
| ink {n} (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
|
:: wino
|
| ink {v} (apply ink)
|
:: wino
|
| inkling {n} (desire, inclination) SEE: desire
|
::
|
| in-law {n} (relative by marriage)
|
:: shemeji, mkwe
|
| in-law {n} (father-in-law) SEE: father-in-law
|
::
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| innkeeper {n} (person responsible for the running of an inn)
|
:: mwenye nyumba ya wageni {c1} {c2}
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| insect {n} (arthropod of class Insecta)
|
:: mdudu
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| insecticide {n} (A substance used to kill insects)
|
:: dawa ya wadudu {cn} {cn}
|
| inshallah {interj} (God willing (Islam))
|
:: Mungu akipenda
|
| inside {n} (interior or inner part)
|
:: ndani
|
| inside {adj}
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:: ndani
|
| inside {adv} (within the interior)
|
:: ndani
|
| inspector {n} (police officer ranking below superintendent)
|
:: inspekta
|
| instant {n} (period of time)
|
:: sasa
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| institution {n} (established organisation)
|
:: taasisi, chuo
|
| instruction {n} (act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information)
|
:: agizo
|
| instruction {n} (order or command)
|
:: agizo {c5} {c6}
|
| instruction {n} (single operation of a processor)
|
:: agizo
|
| insult {v} (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
|
:: kutukana
|
| insult {n} (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
|
:: tusi
|
| insult {n} (something that causes offence)
|
:: matusi
|
| insurance {n} (indemnity)
|
:: bima {c9/c10}
|
| insurance {n} (business)
|
:: bima
|
| integrity {n} (steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code)
|
:: uadilifu
|
| integrity {n} (state of being wholesome; unimpaired)
|
:: uadilifu
|
| integrity {n} (quality or condition of being complete; pure)
|
:: uadilifu
|
| intelligent {adj} (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
|
:: akili
|
| intended {n} (fiancé) SEE: fiancé
|
::
|
| intended {n} (fiancée) SEE: fiancée
|
::
|
| intention {n} (course intended to follow)
|
:: nia, azma, gharadhi
|
| intercourse {n} (communication, conversation)
|
:: uhusiano
|
| interest {n} (finance: price of credit)
|
:: faida {c9} {c10}
|
| interfere {v}
|
:: kinga, kinza
|
| interjection {n} (exclamation or filled pause in grammar)
|
:: kihisishi, kiingizi
|
| interlanguage {n} (creole) SEE: creole
|
::
|
| interlanguage {n} (pidgin) SEE: pidgin
|
::
|
| intermediary {n} (an agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree)
|
:: walanguzi
|
| international {adj} (between, concerning, or transcending multiple nations)
|
:: kimataifa
|
| internet {n} (the Internet, largest global internet) SEE: Internet
|
::
|
| Internet {prop} (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers)
|
:: intaneti
|
| interpretation {n} (act of interpreting)
|
:: ufasiri
|
| interpretation {n} (sense given by an interpreter)
|
:: tafsiri
|
| interview {n} (conversation with journalist etc.)
|
:: mahojiano
|
| in the event {conj} (if) SEE: if
|
::
|
| in the past {prep} (at a past time)
|
:: katika wakati uliopita
|
| intonation {n} (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
|
:: kiimbo
|
| introduction {n} (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
|
:: dibaji
|
| invented {adj} (imaginary) SEE: imaginary
|
::
|
| invert {n} (homosexual) SEE: homosexual
|
::
|
| invertebrate {n} (animal without backbone)
|
:: wasouti
|
| invest {v} (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
|
:: wekeza
|
| invest {v} (to spend money, time, effort into sthg)
|
:: wekeza
|
| invest {v} (to make investments)
|
:: wekeza
|
| investigate {v} (to inquire into, study)
|
:: -chunguza
|
| investigate {v} (to examine)
|
:: -chunguza
|
| investigate {v} (to conduct an inquiry or examination)
|
:: -chunguza
|
| investigator {n} (one who investigates)
|
:: mchunguzi
|
| investment {n} (placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use)
|
:: uwekezaji
|
| investor {n} (person who invests money in order to make a profit)
|
:: mwekezaji
|
| invisibility {n} (the state of being invisible)
|
:: hali ya kutoonekana
|
| invisible {adj} (unable to be seen)
|
:: -si-onekana
|
| Invisible Pink Unicorn {prop} (unicorn goddess)
|
:: Pembemoja Asiyeonekana wa Pinki
|
| Iran {prop} (country in Western Asia)
|
:: Uajemi
|
| Irani {adj} (Iranian) SEE: Iranian
|
::
|
| Irani {n} (Iranian) SEE: Iranian
|
::
|
| Iranian {n} (person from Iran or of Iranian descent)
|
:: Mwajemi
|
| Iranian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Iran, the people or Iranian languages)
|
:: Kiajemi
|
| Iraq {prop} (country)
|
:: Irak
|
| Iraqi {n} (person from Iraq)
|
:: Mwiraki
|
| Iraqi {adj} (from or pertaining to Iraq)
|
:: Kiiraki
|
| iris {n} (plant of the genus Iris)
|
:: airisi
|
| Irishman {n} (man from Ireland)
|
:: Mweire, Mwayalandi
|
| iroko {n} (Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa))
|
:: mvule
|
| iron {n} (chemical element Fe)
|
:: chuma {c7} {c8}
|
| ironsmith {n} (blacksmith) SEE: blacksmith
|
::
|
| ironware {n} (articles made of iron)
|
:: chuma
|
| Isaiah {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Isaya
|
| Isaiah {prop} (prophet)
|
:: Isaya
|
| Isaiah {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Isaya
|
| isha {n} (afternoon prayer)
|
:: isha
|
| Islam {prop} (religion)
|
:: Uislamu
|
| island {n} (area of land completely surrounded by water)
|
:: kisiwa
|
| island {n} (entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself)
|
:: kisiwa
|
| island state {n} (state consisting of one or more islands)
|
:: nchi ya kisiwa {cn} {cn} , nchi za visiwa {cn} {cn}
|
| isle {n} (isle) SEE: island
|
::
|
| Israel {prop} (the state)
|
:: Israeli
|
| issue {n} (problem or concern)
|
:: suala
|
| -ist {suffix} (One who follows a particular ideology, doctrine, belief system or theory)
|
:: -isti, mwana- {c1} {c2}, m- {c1} {c2}
|
| -ist {suffix} (A member of a profession or one interested in something)
|
:: mwana- {c1} {c2}
|
| -ista {suffix} (follower) SEE: -ist
|
::
|
| Italian {n} (inhabitant of Italy)
|
:: Mwitalia, Mwitali
|
| Italian {n} (language)
|
:: Kiitaliano, Kiitalia
|
| Italian Republic {prop} (official name of Italy)
|
:: Jamhuri ya Italia {cn}
|
| Italy {prop} (European country)
|
:: Italia, Uitali
|
| item {n} (distinct physical object)
|
:: kifaa
|
| item of clothing {n} (garment) SEE: garment
|
::
|
| it's all good {phrase} (used to express unconcern) SEE: no worries
|
::
|
| it's a pleasure {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome
|
::
|
| -itude {suffix} (suffix)
|
:: hali ya {cn} {cn}
|
| -ity {suffix} (Used to form nouns from adjectives.)
|
:: u-
|
| Ivorian {n} (a person from Côte d'Ivoire or of Ivorian descent)
|
:: Mkodivaa
|
| Ivorian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Côte d'Ivoire)
|
:: Kikodivaa
|
| Ivory Coast {prop} (Côte d'Ivoire) SEE: Côte d'Ivoire
|
::
|
| ivy {n} (plant)
|
:: mwefeu, lablabu
|
| I want to go to the toilet {phrase} (I want to go to the toilet)
|
:: nataka kwenda msalani
|
| jack {n} (playing card)
|
:: ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu
|
| jack {n} (knave) SEE: knave
|
::
|
| jackal {n} (wild canine)
|
:: mbweha {9} {10}
|
| jacket {n} (piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse)
|
:: jaketi
|
| jackfruit {n} (jackfruit tree)
|
:: mfenesi
|
| jackfruit {n} (the fruit)
|
:: fenesi
|
| Jacob {prop} (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca)
|
:: Yaakub
|
| jade {n} (gem)
|
:: yakuti kijani
|
| jade {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya yakuti kijani
|
| jaggery {n} (traditional unrefined sugar)
|
:: sukari nguuru
|
| jaguar {n} (Panthera onca)
|
:: jagwa
|
| Jah {prop} (God) SEE: God
|
::
|
| jail {v} (imprison) SEE: imprison
|
::
|
| jam {n} (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
|
:: jemu
|
| jam {n} (blockage, congestion)
|
:: msongamano
|
| Jamaica {prop} (country in the Caribbean)
|
:: Jamaica, Jamaika
|
| Jamaican {n} (person of Jamaican descent)
|
:: Mjamaika
|
| Jamaican {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language)
|
:: Kijamaika
|
| jambul {n} (tree)
|
:: mzambarau {cm} {cmi}
|
| jambul {n} (fruit)
|
:: zambarau
|
| James {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Yakobo
|
| James {prop} (one of two Apostles)
|
:: Yakobo
|
| James {prop} (male given name (the standard form))
|
:: Yakobo
|
| jam jar {n} (car) SEE: car
|
::
|
| January {prop} (first month of the Gregorian calendar)
|
:: Januari
|
| Japan {prop} (a country in East Asia)
|
:: Japani
|
| Japanese {adj} (of or relating to Japan)
|
:: Kijapani
|
| Japanese {n} (person of Japan)
|
:: Mjapani
|
| Japanese {n} (Japanese language)
|
:: Kijapani
|
| jape {n} (joke or quip) SEE: joke
|
::
|
| jarbua terapon {n} (Terapon jarbua)
|
:: ngagu
|
| jargon {n} (technical terminology unique to a particular subject)
|
:: istilahi
|
| jasmine {n} (plant of genus Jasminum)
|
:: asumini
|
| jasper {n} (precious stone)
|
:: yaspa
|
| Java sparrow {n} (Java sparrow)
|
:: zawaridi
|
| jealousy {n} (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
|
:: ghera
|
| jealousy {n}
|
:: wivu, wizu
|
| Jehovah {prop} (transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton)
|
:: Yehova
|
| Jehovah's Witnesses {prop} (denomination)
|
:: Mashahidi wa Yehova
|
| Jeremiah {prop} (biblical prophet)
|
:: Yeremia
|
| Jeremiah {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Yeremia
|
| Jeremiah {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Yeremia
|
| Jeremy {prop} (Jeremiah) SEE: Jeremiah
|
::
|
| Jerry {n} (German) SEE: German
|
::
|
| jerrycan {n} (pressed-steel fuel container)
|
:: ndege
|
| jersey {n} (shirt worn by a member of an athletic team)
|
:: jezi
|
| Jerusalem {prop} (city)
|
:: Yerusalemu
|
| Jesus {prop} (the Christian Messiah)
|
:: Yesu, Isa
|
| Jesus Christ {prop} (Jesus of Nazareth)
|
:: Yesu Kristo
|
| jet {n} (engine)
|
:: mtambo,
|
| jet {adj} (propelled by turbine engines)
|
:: rafadha
|
| jet {n} (jet plane) SEE: jet plane
|
::
|
| jet plane {n} (an airplane that is powered by a jet engine)
|
:: jeti, eropleni ya jeti {c9} {c10}
|
| Jew {n} (person of the Jewish faith)
|
:: Myahudi
|
| Jew {n} (member or descendent of the Jewish people)
|
:: wayahudi
|
| jewel {n} (gemstone)
|
:: johari {c9} {c10}
|
| jewel {n} (valuable object for ornamentation)
|
:: johari {c9} {c10}
|
| jewel {n} (anything precious or valuable)
|
:: johari {c9} {c10}
|
| Jewish {adj} (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture)
|
:: Kiyahudi
|
| Jewry {n} (the land of Jews (obsolete)) SEE: Judea
|
::
|
| jihad {n} (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
|
:: jihadi
|
| Joanna {prop} (biblical follower of Jesus)
|
:: Yoana
|
| Job {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Ayubu
|
| Job {prop} (biblical and qur'anic character)
|
:: Ayubu
|
| Joel {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Yoeli
|
| Joel {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Yoeli
|
| John {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Yohana
|
| John {prop} (biblical persons)
|
:: Yohana, Yohane
|
| John {prop} (fourth gospel)
|
:: Yohana
|
| John {prop} (one of the epistles of John)
|
:: Yohana
|
| John the Baptist {prop} (biblical prophet)
|
:: Yohane Mbatizaji
|
| joint {n} (joint with freedom to rotate)
|
:: muungo
|
| joke {n} (amusing story)
|
:: kasheshe
|
| joke {n} (something said or done for amusement)
|
:: kasheshe, mzaha
|
| joker {n} (jester) SEE: fool
|
::
|
| Jonah {prop} (given name)
|
:: Yona
|
| Jonah {prop} (prophet)
|
:: Yona
|
| Jonah {prop} (Biblical: a book of the Old Testament)
|
:: Yona
|
| Jonah {prop} (tenth sūra of the Qurʾān)
|
:: Yona
|
| Jordan {prop} (country)
|
:: Yordani
|
| Jordanian {n} (person)
|
:: Myordani
|
| Jordanian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Jordan or the Jordanian people)
|
:: Kiyordani
|
| Joseph {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Yusufu
|
| Joshua {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Yoshua
|
| Joshua {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Yoshua
|
| journal {n} (newspaper or magazine)
|
:: jarida
|
| journalist {n} (reporter)
|
:: mwanahabari
|
| journey {n} (trip, a voyage)
|
:: safari
|
| journey {v} (to travel, to make a trip or voyage)
|
:: safiri
|
| joy {n} (feeling of happiness)
|
:: furaha
|
| jubilee {n} (special anniversary)
|
:: jubilii {c9} {c10}, Yubile {c9} {c10}
|
| Judaism {prop} (world religion)
|
:: Uyahudi
|
| Judas {prop} (one of the Apostles)
|
:: Yuda
|
| Judas {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Yuda
|
| Judea {prop} (Judea)
|
:: Uyahudi
|
| judge {n} (public judicial official)
|
:: hakimu, jaji
|
| judge {n} (someone deciding another's fate)
|
:: hakimu
|
| judge {n} (sports official)
|
:: jaji
|
| judge {n} (someone with valued opinions)
|
:: jaji
|
| judge {v} (to sit in judgment on, pass sentence on)
|
:: hakimu mkazi
|
| judge {v} (to sit in judgment on, act as judge)
|
:: hakimu mkazi
|
| judge {v} (to form an opinion on)
|
:: hakimu mkazi
|
| judge {v} (to arbitrate, to pass opinion on something)
|
:: hakimu mkazi
|
| judge {v} (to have as an opinion, consider, suppose)
|
:: hakimu mkazi
|
| judge {v} (to form an opinion, infer)
|
:: hakimu mkazi
|
| judge {v} (to criticize or label another person or thing)
|
:: hakimu mkazi
|
| Judges {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Waamuzi
|
| judgeship {n} (the office or status of a judge)
|
:: ujaji {c11}
|
| judgment {n} (act of judging)
|
:: hukumu
|
| judgment {n} ((law) act of determining what is conformable to law)
|
:: hukumu
|
| judo {n} (Japanese martial art)
|
:: judo
|
| jug {n} (serving vessel)
|
:: jagi
|
| juice {n} (liquid from a plant)
|
:: maji
|
| juice {n} (beverage made of juice)
|
:: juisi, jusi, maji
|
| junction {n} (the act of joining)
|
:: makutano
|
| jungle {adj} (large, undeveloped, humid forest)
|
:: mwitu
|
| juniper {n} (shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus)
|
:: mreteni
|
| juniper berry {n} (female seed cone of a juniper)
|
:: beri ya mreteni {c9} {c10}
|
| Juno {prop} (Roman goddess)
|
:: Juno
|
| Juno {prop} (Asteroid)
|
:: Juno
|
| Jupiter {prop} (planet)
|
:: Mshtarii, Sumbula
|
| Jupiter {prop} (god)
|
:: Jupita
|
| just {adj} (morally fair, righteous)
|
:: adili
|
| Kaaba {prop} (cubical stone building in Mecca)
|
:: Kaaba
|
| kachumber {n} (salad)
|
:: kachumbari
|
| Kamba {n} (a Bantu people of Kenya)
|
:: Wakamba
|
| kangaroo {n} (marsupial)
|
:: kangaruu
|
| kanji {n} (Chinese characters in Japanese context)
|
:: kanji
|
| Kanji {prop} (kanji) SEE: kanji
|
::
|
| katana {n} (type of Japanese longsword)
|
:: katana
|
| Kazakh {n} (a person of Kazakh descent)
|
:: Mkazaki
|
| Kazakh {n} (language)
|
:: Kikazaki
|
| Kazakhstan {prop} (country in Central Asia)
|
:: Kazakistani, Ukazaki
|
| Kazakhstani {n} (person of Kazakh origin) SEE: Kazakh
|
::
|
| Kazakhstani {adj} (of or pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language) SEE: Kazakh
|
::
|
| kebab {n} (kebab)
|
:: mshikaki
|
| keel over {v} (to die) SEE: die
|
::
|
| keep company {v} (court) SEE: court
|
::
|
| Kenya {prop} (country in Eastern Africa)
|
:: Kenya
|
| Kenyan {n} (A person from Kenya or of Kenyan descent)
|
:: Mkenya
|
| Kenyan {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Kenya or the Kenyan people)
|
:: Mkenya
|
| Kenyan English {n} (English dialect of Kenya)
|
:: kiingereza cha kenya
|
| kettle {n} (vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food)
|
:: birika {c5} {c6}
|
| key {n} (device designed to open and close a lock)
|
:: ufunguo {c11} {c14}
|
| key {n} (object used to maintain the orientation between two others)
|
:: ufungu
|
| key {n} (crucial step)
|
:: ufunguo
|
| key {n} (small guide explaining symbols or terminology)
|
:: ufungu
|
| key {n} (device used to transmit Morse code)
|
:: ufungu
|
| key {n} (cryptography: piece of information used to encode or decode)
|
:: ufungu
|
| key {n} (computing: field of a database constrained to be unique)
|
:: ufungu
|
| key {n} (computing: field in a record used as a search argument)
|
:: ufungu
|
| key {n} (computing: value uniquely identifying entry in associative array)
|
:: ufungu
|
| key {adj} (indispensable)
|
:: ufunguo
|
| key {adj} (important)
|
:: ufunguo
|
| key {v} (fit (a lock) with a key)
|
:: fungua
|
| key {v} (fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key)
|
:: fungua
|
| key {v} (telegraphy: depress (a telegraph key))
|
:: fungua
|
| key {v} (radio: operate (transmitter switch of a two-way radio))
|
:: fungua
|
| key {v} (computing: enter (information))
|
:: fungua
|
| Khartoum {prop} (capital of Sudan)
|
:: Khartoum
|
| khat {n} (shrub (Catha edulis))
|
:: miraa
|
| Khrushchev {prop} (surname)
|
:: Krushchov
|
| kibbutz {n} (a community)
|
:: kibutsi
|
| kid {n} (young goat)
|
:: mwanambuzi
|
| kidnap {v} (to seize and detain a person unlawfully)
|
:: teka nyara
|
| kidney {n} (an organ in the body)
|
:: figo
|
| Kikuyu {n} (member of Bantu people)
|
:: Mkikuyu
|
| Kikuyu {prop} (language)
|
:: Kikikuyu
|
| Kikuyuland {prop} (traditional homeland of the Kikuyu)
|
:: Ukikuyu
|
| Kilimanjaro {prop} (volcano)
|
:: Kilimanjaro
|
| kill {v} (to put to death)
|
:: kuua
|
| killer {n} (person who kills)
|
:: mwuaji
|
| killer {n} (murderer)
|
:: mwuaji
|
| kiln {n} (oven, furnace or heated chamber)
|
:: tanuri
|
| kilo {n} (short form of kilogram)
|
:: kilo
|
| kilogram {n} (unit of mass equal to 1000 grams)
|
:: kilo
|
| kilometre {n} (unit of measure)
|
:: kilometa
|
| kin {n} (relative) SEE: relative
|
::
|
| kind {n} (atypical specimen)
|
:: aina
|
| kinesia {n} (motion sickness) SEE: motion sickness
|
::
|
| kinetosis {n} (motion sickness) SEE: motion sickness
|
::
|
| king {n} (a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation)
|
:: mfalme
|
| king {n} (a playing piece in chess)
|
:: shehe
|
| king {n} (a playing card with the image of a king in it)
|
:: mzungu wa nne
|
| kingdom {n} (realm having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen)
|
:: ufalme
|
| Kings {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Wafalme {c2}
|
| kinsman {n} (male relative)
|
:: ndugu
|
| Kinyarwanda {prop} (language)
|
:: Kinyarwanda
|
| Kirundi {prop} (language)
|
:: Kirundi
|
| kiss {v} (to touch with the lips)
|
:: -busu, -nonea
|
| kiss {n} (touch with the lips)
|
:: busu
|
| Kiswahili {prop} (Swahili) SEE: Swahili
|
::
|
| kit {n} (clothing) SEE: clothing
|
::
|
| kitchen {n} (room)
|
:: jiko, jikoni
|
| kite {n} (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
|
:: mwewe
|
| klipspringer {n} (Oreotragus oreotragus)
|
:: mbuzi mawe, ngurunguru
|
| knave {n} (archaic: boy; especially, boy servant)
|
:: ghulamu
|
| knave {n} (archaic: any male servant)
|
:: ghulamu
|
| knave {n} (deceitful fellow)
|
:: ghulamu
|
| knave {n} (playing card)
|
:: ghulamu
|
| knee {n} (joint in the middle of the leg and area around it)
|
:: goti
|
| kneel {v} (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
|
:: kupiga magoti
|
| knife {n} (utensil or tool designed for cutting)
|
:: kisu
|
| knife {n} (weapon)
|
:: kisu
|
| knife {n} (any blade-like part designed for cutting)
|
:: kisu
|
| knot {n} (looping)
|
:: fundo
|
| knot {n} (tangled clump)
|
:: fundo
|
| knot {v} (form into a knot; tie with knot(s))
|
:: funda
|
| knot {v} (form wrinkles in forehead)
|
:: funda
|
| know {v} (be certain or sure about (something))
|
:: kujua
|
| knowledge {n} (fact of knowing about something; understanding, familiarity with information)
|
:: maarifa
|
| kola {n} (tree)
|
:: mkola
|
| Kongo {prop} (Bantu language)
|
:: Kikongo
|
| Koran {prop} (the Islamic holy book) SEE: Qur'an
|
::
|
| Korea {prop} (South Korea) SEE: South Korea
|
::
|
| Korea {prop} (North Korea) SEE: North Korea
|
::
|
| Korea {prop} (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole)
|
:: Korea
|
| Korean {adj} (relating to the Korean Peninsula)
|
:: ya Korea
|
| Korean {n} (language)
|
:: Kikorea
|
| Korean {n} (person)
|
:: Mkorea
|
| kori bustard {n} (large bustard from Africa)
|
:: tandawala mkubwa
|
| Kosovo {prop} (disputed region in the Balkans)
|
:: Kosovo
|
| Kraut {n} (German) SEE: German
|
::
|
| kudu {n} (Tragelaphus imberbis or Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
|
:: tandala
|
| Kuwait {prop} (country in the Middle East)
|
:: Kuwait
|
| Kyrgyz {n} (member of a Turkic people)
|
:: Mkirigizi
|
| Kyrgyz {prop} (language)
|
:: Kikirigizi
|
| Kyrgyzstan {prop} (country in Central Asia)
|
:: Kirigizistani, Kirigizia, Ukirigizi
|
| Kyrgyzstani {n} (person of Kyrgyz origin) SEE: Kyrgyz
|
::
|
| Kyrgyzstani {adj} (of or pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kyrgyz language) SEE: Kyrgyz
|
::
|
| lab {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory
|
::
|
| laboratory {n} (room, building or institution equipped for scientific research)
|
:: maabara
|
| lac {n} (lakh) SEE: lakh
|
::
|
| ladder {n} (climbing tool)
|
:: ngazi
|
| ladder {n} (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
|
:: ngazi
|
| lady {n} (mistress of a household)
|
:: msichana
|
| ladyfinger {n} (okra) SEE: okra
|
::
|
| lake {n} (body of water)
|
:: jito {c5} {c6}, majito {p}, ziwa {c5} {c6}
|
| lake {n} (a kind of coloring agent)
|
:: ziwa
|
| Lake Victoria {prop} (African lake)
|
:: Ziwa Victoria
|
| lakh {num} (one hundred thousand)
|
:: laki, lakhi
|
| Lalibela {prop} (town in Ethiopia)
|
:: Lalibela
|
| lamb {n} (young sheep)
|
:: mwanakondoo
|
| Lamentations {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Maombolezo
|
| lamp {n} (device producing light)
|
:: taa
|
| lamp {n} (oil device producing light)
|
:: taa
|
| land {n} (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
|
:: ardhi {c9}
|
| land {n} (country or region)
|
:: nchi
|
| language {n} (body of words used as a form of communication)
|
:: lugha, ki-
|
| lantern {n} (case of transparent material made to protect a flame, or light)
|
:: koroboi, fanusi
|
| Laos {prop} (country in Southeast Asia)
|
:: Laos
|
| larboard {n} (port) SEE: port
|
::
|
| large {adj} (of greater size, see also: big)
|
:: -kubwa
|
| lash {n} (eyelash; hair growing from the eyelid) SEE: eyelash
|
::
|
| lass {n} (sweetheart) SEE: sweetheart
|
::
|
| last {v} (to endure, continue over time)
|
:: -dumu
|
| last name {n} (surname) SEE: surname
|
::
|
| last year {adv} (year before this one, see also: yesteryear)
|
:: mwaka jana
|
| late {adj} (euphemism for dead)
|
:: marehemu
|
| lately {adv} (recently) SEE: recently
|
::
|
| later {adv} (afterward in time)
|
:: baadaye
|
| later {adv} (at some unspecified time in the future)
|
:: baadaye
|
| Lateran {prop} (church and palace in Rome)
|
:: Laterani
|
| Latin {adj} (of the language)
|
:: Kilatini
|
| Latin {adj} (of the script)
|
:: Kilatini
|
| Latin {adj} (of ancient Rome)
|
:: Kirumi
|
| Latin {adj} (of/from Latin America)
|
:: Mhispaniki
|
| Latin America {prop} (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese)
|
:: Amerika ya Kilatini
|
| Latin Church {prop} (one of the particular churches)
|
:: Kanisa la Kilatini
|
| laugh {v}
|
:: kucheka
|
| laughing hyena {n} (spotted hyena) SEE: spotted hyena
|
::
|
| laurel {n} (Laurus nobilis)
|
:: mbei {s} (noun 3)
|
| laurel {n} (crown of laurel)
|
:: taji la mbei (noun 5)
|
| lava {n} (molten rock)
|
:: lava
|
| lava {n} (magma) SEE: magma
|
::
|
| lavatory {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| lavatory {n} (sink) SEE: sink
|
::
|
| lavender {n} (plant)
|
:: mrujuani
|
| lavender {n} (colour)
|
:: urujuani
|
| law {n} (body of rules established in a community by its authorities)
|
:: sheria
|
| law {n} (any rule that must or should be obeyed)
|
:: kanuni
|
| law {n} (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena)
|
:: kanuni
|
| lawful {adj} (conforming to or recognised by law or rules)
|
:: halali
|
| lawman {n} (lawyer) SEE: lawyer
|
::
|
| lawn {n} (open space between woods)
|
:: ua
|
| lawn {n} (ground covered with grass)
|
:: ua
|
| lawn {n}
|
:: ua
|
| lawyer {n} (professional person authorized to practice law)
|
:: wakili
|
| laziness {n} (quality of being lazy)
|
:: uzembe
|
| Lazio {prop} (Italian region)
|
:: Lazio
|
| lazy {adj} (unwilling to work)
|
:: legevu
|
| lazy {adj} (eye: squinting because of weak muscles)
|
:: legevu
|
| lazybones {n} (person who is lazy)
|
:: lofa
|
| lead {n} (chemical element)
|
:: risasi
|
| lead {v} (guide or conduct in a certain course)
|
:: ongoza
|
| leader {n} (one having authority)
|
:: kiongozi
|
| leadership {n} (capacity to lead)
|
:: uongozi
|
| leaf {n} (part of a plant)
|
:: jani {c5} {c6}, msahafu {c3} {c4}
|
| leaf {n} (sheet of a book)
|
:: gombo, magombo pl , ukurasa, kurasa pl
|
| league {n} (organization of sports teams)
|
:: ligi
|
| League of Nations {prop} (international organization)
|
:: Shirikisho la Mataifa
|
| learn {v} (to acquire knowledge or ability)
|
:: -jifunza
|
| learn {v} (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
|
:: kupata habari
|
| leather {adj} (made of leather)
|
:: -a ngozi
|
| leave {v} (to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting)
|
:: toka
|
| leave {v} (to transfer possession after death)
|
:: toka
|
| leave {v} (to give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit)
|
:: toka
|
| leave {v} (to transfer responsibility or attention)
|
:: toka
|
| leave {v} (to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with)
|
:: toka
|
| leave {v} (to end one's membership in)
|
:: toka
|
| leave {v} (to depart (intransitive))
|
:: kuondoka
|
| leave {n} (permission to be absent)
|
:: toka
|
| leave {n} (absence from work)
|
:: toka
|
| leave {n} (departure)
|
:: toka
|
| leaven {n} (any agent used to make dough rise)
|
:: chachu {c9}, hamira
|
| leave of absence {n} (absence from work) SEE: leave
|
::
|
| Lebanon {prop} (Lebanese Republic)
|
:: Lebanon
|
| lecturer {n} (person who gives lectures)
|
:: mkufunzi
|
| lecturer {n} (member of university or college)
|
:: mkufunzi
|
| lecturer {n} (dated: member of the Church of England clergy)
|
:: mkufunzi
|
| ledger {n} (book for keeping notes)
|
:: daftari
|
| ledger {n} (collection of accounting entries)
|
:: leja
|
| leech {n} (annelid)
|
:: mruba
|
| leech {n} (physician) SEE: physician
|
::
|
| left {adj} (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
|
:: kushoto
|
| left {adj} (pertaining to the political left)
|
:: kushoto
|
| left {n} (the left side)
|
:: kushoto
|
| left {n} (the ensemble of left-wing political parties)
|
:: kushoto
|
| left {v} (remaining)
|
:: kushoto
|
| leg {n} (lower limb from groin to ankle)
|
:: mguu {c3}
|
| leg {n} (portion of the lower appendage from knee to ankle)
|
:: mguu
|
| leg {n} (part of garment covering the leg)
|
:: sura
|
| leg {n} (stage of journey)
|
:: sura
|
| leg {n} ((nautical) distance done without changing the sails from one side to the other)
|
:: sura
|
| leg {n} ((nautical) side of a route in a sailing race)
|
:: sura
|
| leg {n} (game played in a tournament)
|
:: sura
|
| leg {n} (supporting protrusion of an inanimate object)
|
:: sura
|
| legal {adj} (allowed or prescribed by law)
|
:: halali
|
| legend {n} (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events)
|
:: hekaya
|
| legendary {adj} (of or pertaining to a legend)
|
:: -a kihekaya
|
| lemandarin {n} (Citrus × limonia)
|
:: limau
|
| lemon {n} (citrus fruit)
|
:: ndimu, limau
|
| lemon {n} (tree)
|
:: mdimu
|
| lemon {n} (defective item)
|
:: ndimu
|
| lemon {n} (colour/color)
|
:: ndimu
|
| lemon {n} (taste)
|
:: ndimu
|
| lemon {adj} (having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons)
|
:: ndimu
|
| lemon {adj} (having the colour/color of lemons)
|
:: ndimu
|
| lemonade {n} (still beverage)
|
:: maji ya limau
|
| lemongrass {n} (species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon)
|
:: mchaichai
|
| lend {v} (to allow to be used temporarily)
|
:: kukopesha
|
| length {n} (distance along the longest dimension)
|
:: urefu
|
| Leo {prop} (astrological sign)
|
:: Asadi, Simba
|
| leopard {n} (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
|
:: chui
|
| leprosy {n} (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)
|
:: ukoma
|
| lesbian {adj} (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
|
:: shoga
|
| lesbian {n} (homosexual woman)
|
:: shoga
|
| Lesbian {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian
|
::
|
| Lesbian {adj} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian
|
::
|
| lesbo {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian
|
::
|
| Lesotho {prop} (country in Southern Africa)
|
:: Lesotho
|
| -less {suffix} (lacking)
|
:: bila
|
| lesson {n} (section of learning or teaching)
|
:: funzo
|
| lesson {n} (learning task assigned to a student)
|
:: somo
|
| lesson {n} (something learned)
|
:: funzo
|
| lesson {n} (something that serves as a warning or encouragement)
|
:: funzo
|
| lesson {n} (section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service)
|
:: funzo
|
| less-than-stellar {adj} (not very good) SEE: poor
|
::
|
| letter {n} (a symbol in an alphabet)
|
:: herufi
|
| letter {n} (written message)
|
:: barua
|
| lettuce {n} (an edible plant, Lactuca)
|
:: saladi
|
| Levite {n} (member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi)
|
:: Mlawi
|
| Leviticus {prop} (the book of the Bible and Torah)
|
:: Walawi {c2}
|
| lexicographer {n} (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
|
:: mwanaleksikografia
|
| lexicography {n} (art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries)
|
:: leksikografia
|
| liar {n} (one who tells lies)
|
:: mwongo
|
| Liberia {prop} (country in Western Africa)
|
:: Liberia, Uliberi
|
| Liberian {n} (A person from Liberia)
|
:: Mliberia, Mliberi
|
| Liberian {adj} (pertaining to Liberia)
|
:: Kilberia, Kiliberi
|
| Libra {prop} (astrological sign)
|
:: Mizani
|
| library {n} (institution which holds books etc.)
|
:: maktaba
|
| library {n} (collection of books)
|
:: maktaba
|
| library {n} (collection of records)
|
:: maktaba
|
| library {n} (collection of subprograms)
|
:: maktaba
|
| Libya {prop} (country in Northern Africa)
|
:: Libya
|
| Libyan {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
|
:: Kilibya
|
| Libyan {n} (person)
|
:: Mlibya
|
| lichen {n} (something which spreads across something else, causing damage) SEE: cancer
|
::
|
| licit {adj} (not forbidden)
|
:: halali
|
| lid {n} (top or cover)
|
:: kifuniko
|
| lieutenant {n} (lowest commissioned officer rank)
|
:: luteni
|
| life {n} (the state of being alive)
|
:: uhai {c11} {c12}, maisha {c5} {c6}
|
| life {n} (the essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being)
|
:: uhai
|
| life {n} (the subjective and inner manifestation of the individual)
|
:: uhai
|
| life {n} (the essence of God)
|
:: uhai
|
| life {n} (the world in general, existence)
|
:: uhai
|
| life {n} (a worthwhile existence)
|
:: uhai
|
| life {n} (something inherently part of a person's existence)
|
:: uhai
|
| life {n} (life sentence)
|
:: uhai
|
| life {n} (duration)
|
:: uhai
|
| life after death {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife
|
::
|
| lift {n} (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
|
:: eleveta, kipandishi
|
| lift {n} (thief) SEE: thief
|
::
|
| light {v} (to set fire to)
|
:: kuwasha
|
| light {adj} (having light)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light {adj} (pale in colour)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light {adj} (coffee: served with extra milk or cream)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light {adj} (lightly-built)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light {adj} (having little force or momentum)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light {adj} (low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light {adj} (of little significance)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light {v} (to unload a ship)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light {v} (to find by chance)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light {v} (alight)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light {n} (electromagnetic waves)
|
:: mwanga {c3} {c4}, nuru {c9} {c10}
|
| light {n} (source of illumination)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light {n} (spiritual illumination)
|
:: mwanga, nuru {c9} {c10}
|
| light {n} (point of view)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light {n} (flame or something used to create fire)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light {n} (window or space for one)
|
:: mwanga
|
| light bulb {n} (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament that produces light)
|
:: balbu
|
| lighter {n} (fire making device)
|
:: vibiriti vya chuma
|
| light globe {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb
|
::
|
| lighthouse {n} (building containing a light to warn or guide ships)
|
:: mnara
|
| lightning {n} (flash of light)
|
:: umeme
|
| lightning bug {n} (firefly) SEE: firefly
|
::
|
| light year {n} (astronomical distance)
|
:: mwaka wa nuru
|
| like {v} (enjoy)
|
:: kupenda
|
| like {prep} (such as)
|
:: kama
|
| likewise {adv} (also; moreover; too) SEE: too
|
::
|
| likewise {adv} (in like manner)
|
:: kadhalika
|
| Lilongwe {prop} (capital of Malawi)
|
:: Lilongwe
|
| lime {n} (inorganic material containing calcium)
|
:: chokaa
|
| lime {n} (green citrus fruit)
|
:: ndimu, dimu
|
| lime {n} (citrus tree)
|
:: mdimu
|
| lime juice {n} (the liquid extract of lime fruit)
|
:: maji ya ndimu
|
| line {n} (rope, cord, or string)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (path through two or more points, threadlike mark)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (graph theory: edge of a graph)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (geography: equator)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (cricket: horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (direction, path)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (telephone or network connection)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (letter, written form of communication)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (fortifications: trench or rampart)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (bible: that which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (lineament; feature; figure)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (straight sequence of people, queue)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (military: regular infantry of an army)
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:: mstari
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| line {n} (series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person)
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:: mstari
|
| line {n} (single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (poetic: verse)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay)
|
:: mstari
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| line {n} (course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy)
|
:: mstari
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| line {n} (official, stated position of an individual or political faction)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (products or services sold by a business, or the business itself)
|
:: mstari
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| line {n} (stock exchange: number of shares taken by a jobber)
|
:: mstari
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| line {n} (measure of length, one twelfth of an inch)
|
:: mstari
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| line {n} (baseball: batter’s box)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (fencing: position in which the fencers hold their swords)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (engineering: proper relative position or adjustment of parts)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n}
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:: mstari
|
| line {v} (to place (objects) into a line)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {v} (to place persons or things along the side of for security or defense)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {v} (to mark with a line)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {v} (obsolete: to represent by lines; delineate; portray)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {v} (to read or repeat line by line)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {v} (baseball: to hit a line drive)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {n} (obsolete: flax, linen, see also: flax; linen)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {v} (cover the inside surface of (something))
|
:: mstari
|
| line {v} (to fill or supply, as a purse with money)
|
:: mstari
|
| line {v} (of a dog: impregnate)
|
:: mstari
|
| lineage {n} (descent)
|
:: kizazi
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| lineage {n} (number of lines)
|
:: kizazi
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| line up {v} (get into a line)
|
:: mstari
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| Lingala {prop} (Bantu language)
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:: Kilingala
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| linguist {n} (one who studies linguistics)
|
:: mwanaisimu
|
| linguistics {n} (scientific study of language)
|
:: isimu
|
| lion {n} (big cat Panthera leo)
|
:: simba
|
| lion {n} (person with strength and courage)
|
:: simba, simba
|
| lion cub {n} (young lion)
|
:: shibli
|
| lionet {n} (lion cub) SEE: lion cub
|
::
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| lip {n}
|
:: mdomo {c3}
|
| liquid {n} (substance that is liquid)
|
:: majimaji
|
| liquid {adj} (fluid; not solid and not gaseous)
|
:: majimaji
|
| list {n}
|
:: orodha {c9} {c10}
|
| list {v} (to create or recite a list)
|
:: kuorodesha
|
| listen {v} (to pay attention to a sound)
|
:: kusikiza, kusikiliza
|
| listen {v} (to expect or wait for a sound)
|
:: sikiza
|
| listen {v} (to accept advice or obey instruction)
|
:: sikiza
|
| listen {v} (to hear (something))
|
:: sikiza
|
| listener {n} (someone who listens)
|
:: msikilizaji
|
| litchi {n} (lychee) SEE: lychee
|
::
|
| liter {n} (cubic decimeter) SEE: litre
|
::
|
| literature {n} (body of all written works)
|
:: fasihi
|
| lithium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: lithi
|
| litre {n} (unit of fluid measure)
|
:: lita
|
| little {adv} (not much)
|
:: kidogo
|
| little {determiner} (small amount)
|
:: kidogo
|
| live {v} (be alive)
|
:: ishi
|
| live {v} (have permanent residence)
|
:: ishi
|
| live {v} (survive, persevere, continue)
|
:: ishi
|
| live {adj} (having life)
|
:: ishi
|
| live {adv} (as it happens)
|
:: ishi
|
| liver {n} (organ of the body)
|
:: ini
|
| liver {n} (organ as food)
|
:: maini
|
| living room {n} (room in a private house)
|
:: sebule
|
| lizard {n} (reptile)
|
:: mjusi
|
| load {n} (burden)
|
:: mzigo
|
| loaf {n} (block of bread)
|
:: mkate {c3} {c4}
|
| loafer {n} (idle person)
|
:: lofa
|
| loan {n} (borrowed sum of money or other property)
|
:: mkopo
|
| lockup {n} (prison) SEE: prison
|
::
|
| locust {n} (type of grasshopper)
|
:: nzige
|
| Lode Star {prop} (Polaris) SEE: Polaris
|
::
|
| lofty {adj} (high, having great height or stature)
|
:: refu
|
| log {n} (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches)
|
:: gogo
|
| log {n} (bulky piece of timber)
|
:: gogo
|
| loge {n} (stall) SEE: stall
|
::
|
| logic {n} (method of human thought)
|
:: mantiki
|
| logo {n} (visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an entity)
|
:: chapa
|
| lokun {n} (doctor) SEE: doctor
|
::
|
| lolly {n} (money) SEE: money
|
::
|
| London {prop} (in the United Kingdom)
|
:: London
|
| long {adj} (having much distance from one point to another)
|
:: refu
|
| long {adj} (not short) SEE: tall
|
::
|
| longsword {n} (a kind of sword)
|
:: upanga mrefu
|
| loo {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| loofah {n} (tropical vine)
|
:: mdodoki
|
| look {v} (to try to see)
|
:: angalia
|
| look {v} (to appear, to seem)
|
:: angalia
|
| look {v} (give an appearance of being)
|
:: angalia
|
| look {v} (to face)
|
:: angalia
|
| look {v} (to expect)
|
:: angalia
|
| look {v}
|
:: kuangalia
|
| look {n} (action of looking)
|
:: angalia
|
| look {n} (physical appearance)
|
:: angalia
|
| look {n} (facial expression)
|
:: angalia
|
| look for {v} (search; seek)
|
:: kutafuta
|
| looking-glass {n} (mirror) SEE: mirror
|
::
|
| Lord {prop} (God)
|
:: Bwana
|
| Lord's Prayer {prop} (the prayer taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples)
|
:: Baba yetu
|
| lorry {n} (motor vehicle) SEE: truck
|
::
|
| lorry {n} (horse-drawn wagon)
|
:: lori
|
| loser {n} (person who fails to win)
|
:: mshindwa
|
| loss {n} (defeat, see also: defeat)
|
:: hasara
|
| loss {n} (grief caused by losing someone or something)
|
:: hasara
|
| loss {n}
|
:: hasara
|
| lot {n} (large quantity or number) SEE: a lot
|
::
|
| Lot {prop} (nephew of Abraham)
|
:: Lutu
|
| lots {n} (lots) SEE: a lot
|
::
|
| lotus {n} (Nymphaea) SEE: water lily
|
::
|
| lotus {n} (plant of the genus Nelumbo)
|
:: yungiyungi la kimisri, lotasi
|
| loud {adj} (of a sound)
|
:: -kubwa
|
| louse {n} (insect)
|
:: chawa {c9} {c10} {s} {p}
|
| louse {n} (worthless person)
|
:: chawa
|
| love {n} (strong affection)
|
:: upendo
|
| love {n} (object of one's romantic feelings; darling or sweetheart)
|
:: upendo
|
| love {n}
|
:: upendo
|
| love {v} (have a strong affection for)
|
:: kupenda
|
| lover {n} (one who loves another person)
|
:: mpenzi
|
| lover {n} (sexual partner)
|
:: mpenzi
|
| lover {n} (person who loves something)
|
:: mpenzi
|
| lower {v} (let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail)
|
:: kushusha
|
| Lucas {prop} (male given name) SEE: Luke
|
::
|
| luck {n} (something that happens to someone by chance)
|
:: bahati
|
| Luganda {prop} (language)
|
:: Kiganda
|
| luggage {n} (traveller's containers)
|
:: mzigo
|
| Lukas {prop} (given name) SEE: Luke
|
::
|
| Luke {prop} (given name)
|
:: Luka
|
| Luke {prop} (evangelist)
|
:: Luka
|
| Luke {prop} (gospel of Luke)
|
:: Luka
|
| Luna {prop} (Earth's moon) SEE: Moon
|
::
|
| lung {n} (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
|
:: pafu {c5} {c6}
|
| lung cancer {n} (cancer of the lung(s))
|
:: saratani ya mapafu
|
| Luo {prop} (tribal group in eastern Africa)
|
:: Wajaluo
|
| Luo {prop} (language)
|
:: Kijaluo
|
| lust {n} (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
|
:: shahawa
|
| lute {n} (stringed instrument)
|
:: gambusi
|
| Lutheran {adj} (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church)
|
:: Kilutheri
|
| Lutheran {n} (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther)
|
:: Mlutheri
|
| Lutheranism {n} (branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther)
|
:: Ulutheri
|
| Luxembourg {prop} (country)
|
:: Lasembagi
|
| lycanthrope {n} (werewolf) SEE: werewolf
|
::
|
| lychee {n} (tree)
|
:: mshokishoki, mgulabi
|
| lychee {n} (fruit)
|
:: shokishoki, gulabi
|
| lynx {n} (wild cat)
|
:: linksi
|
| Lyon {prop} (city in France)
|
:: Lyon
|
| lyre {n} (stringed musical instrument)
|
:: lira, kinubi kidogo
|
| mañana {adv} (tomorrow) SEE: tomorrow
|
::
|
| Maasai {n} (group of people)
|
:: Wamasai
|
| Maasai {prop} (language)
|
:: Kimasai
|
| macadamia {n} (macadamia nut) SEE: macadamia nut
|
::
|
| macadamia nut {n} (edible seed of the macadamia tree)
|
:: makadamia
|
| machete {n} (a sword-like tool)
|
:: panga
|
| machine {n} (mechanical or electrical device)
|
:: mashine
|
| macrocosm {n} (the universe) SEE: universe
|
::
|
| Madagascar {prop} (country in Southern Africa)
|
:: Bukini, Madagaska
|
| madman {n} (An insane man)
|
:: chizi
|
| madrasa {n} (madrasah) SEE: madrasah
|
::
|
| madrasah {n} (school for Islamic theology)
|
:: madrasa
|
| magazine {n} (periodical)
|
:: jarida
|
| Magdalene {prop} (biblical character) SEE: Mary Magdalene
|
::
|
| magic {n} (use of supernatural rituals, forces etc.)
|
:: ndumba
|
| magistrate {n} (judicial officer)
|
:: hakimu
|
| magma {n} (molten matter)
|
:: magma
|
| magnality {n} (great or wonderful thing) SEE: miracle
|
::
|
| magnesium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: magnesi {?}
|
| magnet {n} (piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism)
|
:: sumaku {c9}
|
| magnetic {adj} (of, relating to, caused by, or operating by magnetism)
|
:: -a sumaku
|
| magnetic {adj} (having the properties a magnet)
|
:: -a sumaku
|
| magnetic {adj} (determined by earth's magnetic fields)
|
:: -a sumaku
|
| magnetic field {n} (a field of magnetic force)
|
:: uga wa sumaku {m}
|
| mahr {n} (a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures)
|
:: mahari
|
| maid {n} (young female)
|
:: wafanyikazi
|
| maid {n} (female servant or cleaner)
|
:: mfanyikazi
|
| maiden {adj} (virgin) SEE: virgin
|
::
|
| main {n} (mainland) SEE: mainland
|
::
|
| main {n} (high seas) SEE: high seas
|
::
|
| mainland {n} (the main landmass of a country or continent)
|
:: bara
|
| mainland China {prop} (area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan)
|
:: Uchina Bara
|
| maintain {v} (to maintain, to consider) SEE: hold
|
::
|
| maintain {v} (to keep up)
|
:: dumisha
|
| maize {n} (corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays)
|
:: muhindi, hindi
|
| major {n} (military rank)
|
:: meja
|
| major general {n} (a military officer)
|
:: meja jenerali
|
| makeup {n} (cosmetics)
|
:: kipodozi
|
| Malachi {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Malaki
|
| Malachi {prop} (minor prophet)
|
:: Malaki
|
| Malachi {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Malaki
|
| Malagasy {n} (person)
|
:: Mbukini
|
| Malagasy {n} (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
|
:: Kibukini
|
| malaria {n} (disease)
|
:: malaria
|
| Malawi {prop} (Republic of Malawi)
|
:: Malawi
|
| Malawian {n} (A person from Malawi or of Malawian descent)
|
:: Mmalawi
|
| Malawian {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Malawi or the Malawian people)
|
:: Kimalawi
|
| Malay {adj}
|
:: Kimalaysia, Kimalasia
|
| Malay {n}
|
:: Kimalaysia, Kimalasia; Kimalaysia, Kimalasia
|
| Malaysia {prop} (country in Southeast Asia)
|
:: Malesia
|
| Malaysian {prop} (Malay) SEE: Malay
|
::
|
| Maldives {prop} (country in South Asia)
|
:: Maldova
|
| maledict {v} (curse) SEE: curse
|
::
|
| malediction {n} (curse) SEE: curse
|
::
|
| Mali {prop} (a country in Western Africa)
|
:: Mali
|
| Malian {n} (A person from Mali or of Malian descent)
|
:: Mmali
|
| Malian {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Mali or the Malian people)
|
:: Kimali
|
| malkin {n} (cat) SEE: cat
|
::
|
| Malta {prop} (republic)
|
:: Malta
|
| mama {n} (mother) SEE: mother
|
::
|
| mama {n} (mum) SEE: mum
|
::
|
| mamma {n} (mother) SEE: mother
|
::
|
| mamma {n} (mum) SEE: mum
|
::
|
| man {n} (adult male human)
|
:: mwanaume {cm} {cwa}
|
| man {n} (human)
|
:: binadamu
|
| manage {v} (to handle or control a situation or job)
|
:: mudu
|
| manage {v} (to succeed at an attempt)
|
:: mudu
|
| manage {v} (to achieve without fuss, or without outside help)
|
:: mudu
|
| manager {n} (person whose job is to manage something)
|
:: meneja
|
| manager {n} (administrator, for a singer or group)
|
:: meneja
|
| manatee {n} (any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae)
|
:: manatii
|
| Manchuria {prop} (historical region in Northeast Asia)
|
:: Manchuria
|
| Mandarin {n} (Standard Mandarin, see also: Chinese)
|
:: Kimandarini
|
| mandolin {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: gambusi ndogo
|
| man-eating {adj} (inclined to eat human flesh)
|
:: mla-watu
|
| mango {n} (tropical fruit tree Mangifera indica)
|
:: mwembe
|
| mango {n} (fruit)
|
:: embe
|
| mango juice {n} (juice)
|
:: maji ya maembe
|
| manioc {n} (tropical plant)
|
:: muhogo
|
| manna {n} (food)
|
:: mana
|
| mansion {n} (large house or building)
|
:: jumba
|
| manufacture {v} (to make things)
|
:: unda
|
| manufacture {v} (to produce goods)
|
:: unda
|
| manufacture {v} (to create false evidences)
|
:: unda
|
| manure {n} (excrement)
|
:: mbolea
|
| manus {n} (hand) SEE: hand
|
::
|
| many {determiner} (an indefinite large number of)
|
:: -ingi
|
| many {pron} (an indefinite large number of people or things)
|
:: wengi
|
| many {n} (a collective mass of people)
|
:: wengi
|
| map {n} (visual representation of an area)
|
:: ramani {c9} {c10}
|
| map {n} (diagram of components of an item)
|
:: ramani
|
| map {v} (to create a visual representation of a territory)
|
:: ramani
|
| maple {n} (tree of the Acer genus)
|
:: mshira
|
| march {n} (formal, rhythmic way of walking)
|
:: machi {9/10}
|
| march {n} (steady forward movement or progression)
|
:: machi {9/10}
|
| March {prop} (third month of the Gregorian calendar)
|
:: Machi
|
| Marie {prop} (female given name) SEE: Mary
|
::
|
| marigold {n} (Calendula)
|
:: kalendula
|
| marigold {n} (Tagetes)
|
:: tageta
|
| marijuana {n} (the drug)
|
:: bangi
|
| marimba {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: marimba
|
| mariner {n} (sailor) SEE: sailor
|
::
|
| mariner's compass {n} (compass) SEE: compass
|
::
|
| mark {n} (indication for reference or measurement)
|
:: alama
|
| mark {n} (academic score)
|
:: maki
|
| mark {n} (sporting score)
|
:: maki
|
| mark {n} (visible impression, blemish, stain)
|
:: maki, alama
|
| mark {v} (indicate)
|
:: maki
|
| mark {v} (take note of)
|
:: maki
|
| mark {v} (blemish)
|
:: maki
|
| mark {v} (correct)
|
:: maki
|
| mark {v} (sports: to follow a player)
|
:: maki
|
| mark {n} (coin)
|
:: maki
|
| Mark {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Marko
|
| Mark {prop} (the Evangelist)
|
:: Marko {c6}
|
| Mark {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Marko {c6}
|
| marker {n} (marker pen) SEE: marker pen
|
::
|
| marker pen {n} (pen)
|
:: alama {m}
|
| market {n} (gathering for trading)
|
:: soko
|
| market {n} (spacious site for trading)
|
:: soko
|
| market {n} (group of potential customers)
|
:: soko
|
| market {n} (geographical area where a commercial demand exists)
|
:: soko
|
| market {n} (formally organized system of trading in specified goods or effects)
|
:: soko
|
| market {n} (total sum of trading)
|
:: soko
|
| market {n} (used attributively)
|
:: soko
|
| market {n}
|
:: soko
|
| market {v} (to make available and promote)
|
:: soko
|
| market {v} (to sell) SEE: sell
|
::
|
| marriage {n} (state of being married)
|
:: ndoa
|
| marriage {n} (union of two people)
|
:: ndoa
|
| marriage {n} (wedding)
|
:: ndoa
|
| marriage {n} (close union)
|
:: ndoa
|
| marriage {n} (joining of two parts)
|
:: ndoa
|
| marry {v} (to take a husband or wife)
|
:: kufunga ndoa
|
| marry {v} (to give away as wife or husband)
|
:: kuoza
|
| marry {v} (to take for husband or wife)
|
:: kuoa (of male)
|
| Mars {prop} (planet)
|
:: Mirihi, Meriki
|
| Mars {prop} (god of war)
|
:: Maazi
|
| martial {n} (soldier, warrior) SEE: soldier
|
::
|
| martyr {v} (persecute) SEE: persecute
|
::
|
| marvel {n} (miracle) SEE: miracle
|
::
|
| marvel {n} (wonder) SEE: wonder
|
::
|
| Mary {prop} (biblical mother of Jesus)
|
:: Maryamu
|
| Mary Magdalene {prop} (female disciple of Jesus)
|
:: Maria Magdalena
|
| masjid {n} (mosque) SEE: mosque
|
::
|
| mask {n} (cover for the face)
|
:: barakoa
|
| Masr {prop} (Egypt) SEE: Egypt
|
::
|
| mass {n} (large quantity; sum)
|
:: mshikano
|
| mast {n} (support of a sail)
|
:: mlingoti
|
| masturbation {n} (manual erotic stimulation of the genitals)
|
:: punyeto
|
| mat {n} (foot wiping device or floor covering)
|
:: mkeka, mkeka
|
| matatu {n} (minivan used as public transport in Kenya)
|
:: matatu
|
| match {n} (sporting event)
|
:: mechi, mashindano
|
| match {n} (device to make fire)
|
:: kibiriti
|
| maternal uncle {n} (brother of one's mother)
|
:: mjomba
|
| mathematician {n} (expert in mathematics)
|
:: mwanahisabati
|
| mathematics {n} (field of study)
|
:: hisabati
|
| matrix {n} (womb) SEE: womb
|
::
|
| Matthew {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Mathayo {c6}
|
| Matthew {prop} (biblical disciple)
|
:: Mathayo {c6}
|
| Matthew {prop} (gospel of Matthew)
|
:: Mathayo {c6}
|
| mattress {n} (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep)
|
:: godoro, mto
|
| maundy {n} (commandment) SEE: commandment
|
::
|
| Mauritania {prop} (Islamic Republic of Mauritania)
|
:: Moritania, Umoritani
|
| Mauritanian {n} (Mauritanian person)
|
:: Mmoritania, Mmoritani
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| Mauritanian {adj} (Mauritanian)
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:: Kimoritania, Kimoritani
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| Mauritian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture)
|
:: Kimorisi
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| Mauritian {n} (person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent)
|
:: Mmorisi
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| Mauritian {prop} (Mauritian Creole) SEE: Mauritian Creole
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::
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| Mauritian Creole {prop} (creole language of Mauritius)
|
:: Kimorisi
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| Mauritius {prop} (country)
|
:: Morisi
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| mayor {n} (leader of a city)
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:: meya
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| Mayotte {prop} (Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte)
|
:: Maore
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| may the Force be with you {phrase} (wish someone luck)
|
:: Na Kipawa Kiwa Nawe
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| meaning {n} (symbolic value of something)
|
:: maana
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| meaning {n} (significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life")
|
:: maana
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| meaning {n} (definition or connotation of a word)
|
:: maana
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| measles {n} (acute highly contagious viral disease)
|
:: surua, ukambi
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| measure {n} (dance) SEE: dance
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::
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| measure {n} (geology: bed or stratum) SEE: bed
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::
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| measurement {n} (act of measuring)
|
:: kipimo
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| measurement {n} (magnitude determined by measuring)
|
:: kipimo
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| meat {n} (animal flesh used as food)
|
:: nyama {c9} {c10}
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| meat {n} (type of meat)
|
:: nyama {c9} {c10}
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| meat {n} (any sort of flesh)
|
:: nyama {c9} {c10}
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| meat {n} (substance, solid part)
|
:: nyama {c9} {c10}
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| meat {n}
|
:: nyama {c9/10}
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| Mecca {prop} (city in Saudi Arabia)
|
:: Makka
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| medal {n} (stamped metal disc)
|
:: nishani
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| mediator {n} (one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement)
|
:: mpatanishi
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| medic {n} (doctor) SEE: doctor
|
::
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| medicine {n} (substance which promotes healing)
|
:: dawa
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| medicine {n} (treatment or cure)
|
:: tiba
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| medicine {n}
|
:: dawa {c5/6} madawa {p}
|
| Mediterranean {prop} (Mediterranean Sea) SEE: Mediterranean Sea
|
::
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| Mediterranean Sea {prop} (sea between Europe and Africa)
|
:: Bahari ya Mediteranea, Bahari ya Kati
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| Medusa {prop} (one of the Gorgons)
|
:: Medusa
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| meerkat {n} (small carnivorous mammal)
|
:: nguchiro wa porini
|
| meet {v} (encounter by accident)
|
:: kukutana
|
| meet {v} (see through arrangement)
|
:: kukutana
|
| meet {v} (converge and touch)
|
:: kukutana
|
| meeting {n} (gathering for a purpose)
|
:: mkutano
|
| megabat {n} (bat of the family Pteropodidae)
|
:: popo mkubwa
|
| melongene {n} (eggplant) SEE: eggplant
|
::
|
| melt {n} (idiot) SEE: idiot
|
::
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| member {n} (in set theory) SEE: element
|
::
|
| member {n} (one who officially belongs to a group)
|
:: mshiriki
|
| member {n} (organ, limb)
|
:: mshiriki
|
| Member of Parliament {n} (representative)
|
:: mbunge
|
| membership {n} (fact of being a member)
|
:: uanachama
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| memoir {n} (book describing the personal experiences of an author)
|
:: kumbukumbu
|
| memoirs {n} (autobiography) SEE: memoir
|
::
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| memorial service {n} (funeral) SEE: funeral
|
::
|
| memory {n} (ability to recall)
|
:: kumbukumbu
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| mend {v} (to repair)
|
:: kutengeneza
|
| mendicant {n} (beggar)
|
:: mwombaji
|
| menstruation {n} (periodic discharging of the menses)
|
:: hedhi
|
| mercenary {n} (person employed to fight)
|
:: mamluki
|
| merchant {n} (person who traffics in commodities)
|
:: mfanyabiashara
|
| merchantman {n} (merchant) SEE: merchant
|
::
|
| mercury {n} (element)
|
:: zebaki
|
| Mercury {prop} (planet)
|
:: Utaridi, Zebaki
|
| Mercury {prop} (Roman god)
|
:: Merkyuri
|
| mercy {n} (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
|
:: huruma
|
| mercy {n} (forgiveness or compassion)
|
:: huruma
|
| mercy {n} (tendency toward forgiveness)
|
:: rehema {c9} {c10}
|
| Merry Andrew {n} (person who clowns publicly) SEE: clown
|
::
|
| merry Christmas {phrase} (good wishes at Christmas time)
|
:: heri ya Krismasi, Krismasi njema
|
| metal {n} (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
|
:: metali
|
| metamorphosis {n} (transformation)
|
:: metamofosi
|
| metamorphosis {n} (in biology)
|
:: metamofosi
|
| metaphor {n} (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)
|
:: sitiari
|
| metaphysics {n} (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
|
:: metafizikia
|
| meteorology {n} (science)
|
:: meteorolojia
|
| meter {n} (unit of length) SEE: metre
|
::
|
| metre {n} (unit of length)
|
:: mita
|
| mettle {n} (metal) SEE: metal
|
::
|
| Mexican {n} (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent)
|
:: Mmeksiko
|
| Mexican {n} (Nahuatl language) SEE: Nahuatl
|
::
|
| Mexican {adj} (of or pertaining to Nahuatl language) SEE: Nahuatl
|
::
|
| Mexican {n} (Mexican dialect of Spanish) SEE: Mexican Spanish
|
::
|
| Mexican Spanish {prop} (Mexican dialect of Spanish)
|
:: Kimeksiko
|
| Mexico {prop} (country)
|
:: Meksiko
|
| Mexico {prop} (Mexico City) SEE: Mexico City
|
::
|
| Mexico City {prop} (capital of Mexico)
|
:: mji wa Meksiko
|
| Micah {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Mika {c4}
|
| Micah {prop} (Biblical character: minor prophet and author)
|
:: Mika {c4}
|
| Micah {prop} (Biblical character: Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18)
|
:: Mika {c4}
|
| Micah {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Mika {c4}
|
| microphone {n} (transducer of sound waves to electricity)
|
:: kinasa sauti, mikrofoni
|
| microscope {n} (an optical instrument)
|
:: hadubini, darubini ya vidudu
|
| microscopize {v} (microscope) SEE: microscope
|
::
|
| midday {n} (12 o'clock during the day) SEE: noon
|
::
|
| middle {n}
|
:: kati
|
| Middle Earth {prop} (Earth) SEE: Earth
|
::
|
| middleman {n} (intermediate dealer between manufacturer and the retailer or customer)
|
:: mlanguzi
|
| middleman {n} (intermediary) SEE: intermediary
|
::
|
| Midgard {prop} (Earth) SEE: Earth
|
::
|
| midwife {v}
|
:: mkunga
|
| mielie {n} (maize) SEE: maize
|
::
|
| militsia {n} (police) SEE: police
|
::
|
| milk {v} (to express milk from mammal)
|
:: kukama
|
| milk {v} (to draw from the breasts or udder)
|
:: kukama
|
| milk {v} (to express any liquid)
|
:: maziwa
|
| milk {v} (to take advantage of situation)
|
:: maziwa
|
| milk {n} (semen) SEE: semen
|
::
|
| milk {n} (liquid)
|
:: maziwa
|
| milk {n} (serving)
|
:: maziwa
|
| milkshake {n} (milk and ice cream beverage)
|
:: sharubati
|
| milk tea {n} (beverage containing a combination of cow's milk and tea)
|
:: chai ya maziwa
|
| millennium {n} (thousand-year period)
|
:: milenia
|
| millet {n} (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food)
|
:: mtama
|
| milliard {num} (10^9) SEE: billion
|
::
|
| milliliter {n} (milliliter) SEE: millilitre
|
::
|
| millilitre {n} (a unit of volume)
|
:: mililita
|
| millimeter {n} (unit of measure)
|
:: milimita
|
| millimetre {n} (millimeter) SEE: millimeter
|
::
|
| millionaire {n} (somebody whose wealth is greater than one million)
|
:: milionea
|
| millipede {n} (elongated arthropod)
|
:: jongoo
|
| milt {n} (the organ spleen) SEE: spleen
|
::
|
| minaret {n} (mosque tower)
|
:: mnara
|
| mind {v} (to remember) SEE: remember
|
::
|
| mindfulness {n} (awareness) SEE: awareness
|
::
|
| mine {n} (excavation from which ore is extracted)
|
:: shimo, mgodi, chimbo
|
| mineral {n} (in nutrition)
|
:: madini
|
| mineral {n} (mineral water) SEE: mineral water
|
::
|
| mineral water {n} (water containing dissolved minerals)
|
:: madini
|
| minister {n} (politician who heads a ministry)
|
:: waziri
|
| ministry {n} (government department)
|
:: wizara
|
| mink {n} (mammal)
|
:: minki
|
| mint {n} (plant)
|
:: mnanaa
|
| mint {n} (herb flavouring)
|
:: nanaa
|
| mint {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya nanaa
|
| minute {n} (unit of time)
|
:: dakika
|
| minute {n} (short but unspecified period of time)
|
:: dakika
|
| minute {n} (minute of use of telephone network)
|
:: dakika
|
| miracle {n} (wonderful event attributed to supernatural powers)
|
:: muujiza, mwujiza {c3} {c4}
|
| Miriam {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Mariamu
|
| mirror {n} (smooth reflecting surface)
|
:: kioo {c7}
|
| misbaha {n} (set of Islamic prayer beads)
|
:: tasbihi
|
| miscarriage {n} (termination of pregnancy)
|
:: mimba kuharibika
|
| miser {n} (skinflint or scrooge)
|
:: mbahili
|
| mission {n} (religious evangelism)
|
:: misheni
|
| missionary {n} (person traveling to spread a religion)
|
:: mmisionari
|
| missus {n} (wife) SEE: wife
|
::
|
| mistake {v} (To make an error)
|
:: kosa
|
| mistake {n} (an error)
|
:: kosa {c5} {c6}
|
| miswak {n}
|
:: mswaki
|
| mixture {n} (something produced by mixing)
|
:: mchanganyiko, mkorogo
|
| Mnemosyne {prop} (Titaness)
|
:: Mnemosine
|
| mobile {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone
|
::
|
| mobile phone {n} (portable telephone)
|
:: rununu, simu ya mkononi
|
| mobile telephone {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone
|
::
|
| modicum {n} (modest, small, or trifling amount)
|
:: kiasi {cki-vi}
|
| Mohammad {prop} (male given name) SEE: Muhammad
|
::
|
| Mohammad {prop} (prophet) SEE: Muhammad
|
::
|
| moiety {n} (half) SEE: half
|
::
|
| Moldavia {prop} (Moldova) SEE: Moldova
|
::
|
| Moldova {prop} (country)
|
:: Moldova
|
| mole {n} (dark spot on the skin)
|
:: fuko
|
| mole {n} (burrowing insectivore)
|
:: fuko {c5} {c6}
|
| mole {n} (internal spy)
|
:: fuko
|
| mole {n} (massive structure used as a pier or breakwater)
|
:: fuko
|
| mole {n} (unit of amount)
|
:: mfuko
|
| mole {n} (sauce)
|
:: mfuko
|
| mole {n} (mole rat) SEE: mole rat
|
::
|
| molecule {n} (group of atoms held together by chemical bonds)
|
:: molekuli
|
| mole rat {n} (rodent)
|
:: fuko
|
| mom {v} (mother) SEE: mum
|
::
|
| moment {n} (very brief period of time)
|
:: kitambo {c7} {c8}, nukta {c9} {c10}
|
| mommy {n} (mum) SEE: mum
|
::
|
| monastery {n} (building for monks)
|
:: monasteri
|
| monasticism {n} (religious practice)
|
:: umonaki
|
| Monday {n} (day of the week)
|
:: Jumatatu
|
| money {n} (means of exchange and measure of value)
|
:: pesa, shilingi
|
| money {n} (currency)
|
:: pesa
|
| money {n} (cash)
|
:: pesa
|
| money {n} (available liquid assets)
|
:: pesa
|
| money {n} (wealth)
|
:: pesa
|
| money {n} (item of value used as payment)
|
:: pesa
|
| Mongol {n} (A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian) SEE: Mongolian
|
::
|
| Mongolia {prop} (East Asian country)
|
:: Mongolia
|
| Mongolian {n} (language of Mongolia)
|
:: Kimongolia
|
| Mongolian People's Republic {prop} (Mongolia) SEE: Mongolia
|
::
|
| mongoose {n} (a small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
|
:: nguchiro
|
| moniker {n} (signature) SEE: signature
|
::
|
| monitor {n} (monitor lizard) SEE: monitor lizard
|
::
|
| monitor lizard {n} (lizard of the genus Varanus)
|
:: kenge
|
| monk {n} (slang: judge) SEE: judge
|
::
|
| monk {n} (male member of monastic order)
|
:: mmonaki
|
| monkey {n} (primate)
|
:: tumbili {c9} {c10}
|
| monkey-house {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel
|
::
|
| monkshood {n} (herbs of the genus Aconitum) SEE: aconite
|
::
|
| Monopoly {prop} (a board game)
|
:: Ukiritimba, Kumiliki
|
| monotreme {n} (egg-laying mammal)
|
:: mamalia atagaye mayai
|
| month {n} (period into which a year is divided)
|
:: mwezi {c3} {c4}
|
| moon {n} (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
|
:: mwezi
|
| moon {n} (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
|
:: mwezi {c3} {c4}
|
| moon {n} (month)
|
:: mwezi
|
| Moon {prop} (sole natural satellite of the Earth)
|
:: mwezi
|
| moonshine {n} (illicit liquor)
|
:: chang'aa
|
| moose {n} (largest member of the deer family (Alces alces))
|
:: elki {m}, kongoni wa Kaskazini
|
| moot {n} (debate) SEE: debate
|
::
|
| mop {v} (to rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop)
|
:: deki
|
| more haste, less speed {proverb} (when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly)
|
:: haraka haraka haina baraka
|
| morgue {n} (place for dead people)
|
:: mochari
|
| morning {n} (part of the day between dawn and midday)
|
:: asubuhi
|
| morning {n} (the part of the day after midnight and before midday)
|
:: asubuhi {c9} {c10}
|
| morning glory {n} (plant)
|
:: ipomea
|
| Moroccan {n} (person from Morocco)
|
:: Mmoroko
|
| Moroccan {adj} (pertaining to Morocco)
|
:: Kimoroko
|
| Morocco {prop} (country)
|
:: Moroko
|
| moron {n} (idiot) SEE: idiot
|
::
|
| morphology {n} (a scientific study of form and structure)
|
:: mofolojia
|
| morphology {n} (linguistic study of the form and structure)
|
:: mofolojia
|
| mortgage {n} (special form of secured loan)
|
:: rehani
|
| mortuary {n} (morgue) SEE: morgue
|
::
|
| Moscow {prop} (capital city of Russia)
|
:: Misko, Moscow
|
| Moses {prop} (the biblical patriarch)
|
:: Musa, Mose
|
| Moses {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Musa
|
| Mosotho {n} (a citizen of Lesotho)
|
:: Msoto
|
| mosque {n} (a place of worship for Muslims)
|
:: msikiti
|
| mosquito {n} (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)
|
:: mbu {c9} {c10}
|
| mosquito net {n} (fine net used to protect against mosquitos)
|
:: kiandarua cha mbu
|
| moss-grown {adj} (old; old-fashioned, out of date) SEE: old
|
::
|
| moth {n} (insect similar to a butterfly)
|
:: nondo
|
| mother {v} (to treat as a mother would be expected to)
|
:: mama
|
| mother {n} (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
|
:: mzazi, mama
|
| mother {n} (one’s female parent)
|
:: mama
|
| mother {n} (something that is the greatest of its kind)
|
:: mama
|
| mother {n} (title of respect for one's mother-in-law)
|
:: mama
|
| motherboard {n} (primary circuit board of a computer)
|
:: bodimama
|
| motherhood {n} (state of being a mother)
|
:: umama
|
| motion picture {n} (movie) SEE: movie
|
::
|
| motion sickness {n} (nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle)
|
:: kichefuchefu
|
| motorcar {n} (enclosed passenger vehicle powered by engine) SEE: automobile
|
::
|
| motorcycle {n} (open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel)
|
:: pikipiki
|
| mouldwarp {n} (mole) SEE: mole
|
::
|
| mound {n} (vulva) SEE: vulva
|
::
|
| mount {n} (mountain) SEE: mountain
|
::
|
| mount {n} (horse)
|
:: rikabu
|
| mountain {n} (large mass of earth and rock)
|
:: mlima {c3} {c4}
|
| mountain {n} (large amount)
|
:: mlima
|
| mountain lion {n} (Puma concolor) SEE: cougar
|
::
|
| Mount Everest {prop} (world’s highest mountain, located in the Himalayas)
|
:: mlima Evarest
|
| Mount Kilimanjaro {prop} (Kilimanjaro) SEE: Kilimanjaro
|
::
|
| Mount Mayon {prop} (the most active volcano in the Philippines)
|
:: Mlima Mayon
|
| Mount of Olives {prop} (mountain ridge)
|
:: mlima wa Mizeituni {c3}
|
| mourn {v} (express sadness for, grieve over)
|
:: -fiwa
|
| mourner {n} (someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness)
|
:: mfiwa
|
| mouse {n} (rodent of the genus Mus)
|
:: kipanya
|
| mouse {n} (computing: input device)
|
:: kipanya
|
| moustache {n} (hair on upper lip)
|
:: masharubu {p}
|
| mouth {n} (the opening of a creature through which food is ingested)
|
:: kinywa {c7} {c8}
|
| mouth {n} (an outlet, aperture or orifice)
|
:: mdomo
|
| mouth {n} (the end of a river out of which water flows)
|
:: mdomo
|
| mouth organ {n} (mouth organ) SEE: harmonica
|
::
|
| move {v} (to change place or posture; to go)
|
:: peleka
|
| move {v} (to act; to take action)
|
:: peleka
|
| move {v} (to change residence)
|
:: peleka
|
| move {v} (to change the place of a piece)
|
:: peleka
|
| move {v} (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
|
:: peleka
|
| move {v} (to transfer from one space or position to another)
|
:: peleka
|
| move {v} (to excite to action)
|
:: peleka
|
| move {n} (an act for the attainment of an object or purpose)
|
:: peleka
|
| move {n} (the event of changing one's residence)
|
:: peleka
|
| move {n} (the act of moving a token on a gameboard)
|
:: peleka
|
| move {n} (the act of moving) SEE: movement
|
::
|
| movement {n} (physical motion)
|
:: peleka
|
| movement {n} (trend in various fields or social categories)
|
:: harakati
|
| movie {n} (motion picture)
|
:: filamu
|
| movie {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema
|
::
|
| moviehouse {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema
|
::
|
| movie theater {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema
|
::
|
| Mozambican {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Mozambique, or the Mozambican people)
|
:: Kimsumbiji
|
| Mozambican {n} (person from Mozambique or of Mozambican descent)
|
:: Mumsumbiji
|
| Mozambique {prop} (country in Southern Africa)
|
:: Msumbiji
|
| Mr {n} (abbreviation of mister) SEE: Mr.
|
::
|
| Mr. {n} (abbreviation of mister)
|
:: Bw.
|
| Mrs {n} (title before woman's name)
|
:: Bi
|
| much obliged {interj} (thank you) SEE: thank you
|
::
|
| mudguard {n} (a cover over, or a flap behind, the wheels of a vehicle)
|
:: madigadi
|
| muezzin {n} (person who issues call to prayer)
|
:: mwadhini
|
| Muhammad {prop} (the prophet who introduced Islam)
|
:: Muhammad
|
| Muhammad {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Muhammad
|
| mulberry {n} (the tree)
|
:: mforsadi
|
| mulberry {n} (the fruit)
|
:: forsadi, forosadi
|
| mulberry {n} (the colour)
|
:: rangi ya maforsadi
|
| mulct {n} (pecuniary penalty) SEE: fine
|
::
|
| mule {n} (offspring of male donkey and female horse)
|
:: nyumbu, baghala
|
| multiply {v} (intransitive: grow in number)
|
:: kuzidi
|
| mum {n} (mother (informal, familiar))
|
:: nina
|
| mummy {n} (embalmed corpse)
|
:: mumiani
|
| mung bean {n} (seed of Vigna radiata)
|
:: mchoroko
|
| municipality {n} (a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts)
|
:: manispaa
|
| murder {n}
|
:: mauaji
|
| murderer {n} (person who commits murder)
|
:: mwuaji {c1} {c2}
|
| murrey {n} (mulberry) SEE: mulberry
|
::
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| muscle {n} (contractile tissue)
|
:: msuli
|
| muscle {n} (organ composed of muscle tissue)
|
:: msuli
|
| muscle {v} (use force to make progress)
|
:: msuli
|
| Muse {n} (one of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts)
|
:: Muza
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| museum {n} (building or institution)
|
:: makumbusho
|
| mushroom {n} (fruiting body of a fungus)
|
:: uyoga {c10} {c11}
|
| mushroom {n} (fungus itself)
|
:: kuvu {c9} {c10}
|
| music {n} (sound, organized in time in a melodious way)
|
:: muziki {c3}
|
| music {n} (any pleasing or interesting sounds)
|
:: muziki {c3}
|
| musician {n} (person who performs or writes music)
|
:: mwimbaji, mwanamuziki
|
| musk {n} (greasy secretion with powerful odour)
|
:: zabadi
|
| Muslim {n} (believer of Islam)
|
:: Mwislamu
|
| Muslim {adj} (relating to believers of Islam)
|
:: mwiislamu
|
| mustard {n} (condiment)
|
:: haradali
|
| muster {v} (to show, exhibit) SEE: show
|
::
|
| mutant {n} (something that has mutated)
|
:: mutanti {c9} {c10}, mwenye chembe za urithi zilizobadilika {c1} {c2}, mwenye mabadiliko ya kinasaba {c1} {c2}
|
| mutant {adj} (mutant: mutating, that has mutated)
|
:: ambaye chembe za urithi zilibadilika, mwenye mabadiliko ya kinasaba {c1} {c2}, ya kimutanti
|
| mutation {n} (mutant) SEE: mutant
|
::
|
| mutation {n} (any alteration or change)
|
:: mabadiliko {c6}
|
| mutation {n} (heritable change in genetic material)
|
:: mabadiliko ya chembe za urithi {c6}
|
| mutton {n} (the flesh of sheep used as food)
|
:: nyama ya kondoo
|
| my name is {phrase} (a way to identify oneself)
|
:: jina langu ni...; naitwa...
|
| myocardial infarction {n} (heart attack) SEE: heart attack
|
::
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| myrrh {n} (dried sap of the myrrha tree)
|
:: manemane
|
| myrtle {n} (evergreen shrub)
|
:: mhadasi
|
| mysterious {adj} (of unknown origin)
|
:: kidube
|
| mystery {n} (something secret or unexplainable)
|
:: siri, kilinge
|
| mythology {n} (collection and study of myths)
|
:: mitholojia
|
| mzungu {n} (mzungu)
|
:: mzungu
|
| naevus {n} (abnormal area on skin) SEE: mole
|
::
|
| Nahuatl {prop} (language)
|
:: Kiazteki, Kinahuatl
|
| Nahum {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Nahumu
|
| nail {n} (on fingers and toes)
|
:: kucha
|
| nail {n} (spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials)
|
:: msumari
|
| Nairobi {prop} (capital of Kenya)
|
:: Nairobi
|
| naked {adj} (not wearing any clothes)
|
:: uchi
|
| namaz {n} (prayer) SEE: prayer
|
::
|
| namaz {n} (salat) SEE: salat
|
::
|
| name {n} (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)
|
:: jina {s}, majina {p}
|
| name {n} (reputation, see also: reputation)
|
:: jina
|
| name {v} (to give a name to)
|
:: jina
|
| name {v} (to mention, specify)
|
:: jina
|
| name {v} (to identify, define, specify)
|
:: jina, jina
|
| name {v} (to publicly implicate)
|
:: jina
|
| name {v} (to designate for a role)
|
:: jina
|
| name card {n} (business card) SEE: business card
|
::
|
| Namibia {prop} (Republic of Namibia)
|
:: Namibia
|
| nancy {n} ((derogatory slang) effeminate male homosexual) SEE: fairy
|
::
|
| nanny {n} (child's nurse)
|
:: yaya
|
| narcissus {n} (any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus)
|
:: mnasisa
|
| narrate {v} (to relate a story)
|
:: kueleza
|
| Natalia {prop} (female given name) SEE: Natalie
|
::
|
| Natalie {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Natalia
|
| nation {n} (community of people)
|
:: taifa
|
| national anthem {n} (official song of a nation or country)
|
:: wimbo wa taifa
|
| nationalism {n} (idea of supporting one's country and culture)
|
:: utaifa
|
| nationality {n} (membership of a nation or state)
|
:: uraya, utaifa
|
| nationality {n} (national character or identity)
|
:: uraya, utaifa
|
| nationality {n} (people belonging to a nation or state)
|
:: uraya, utaifa
|
| nationality {n} (political existence as a national entity)
|
:: uraya
|
| nationality {n} (nationalism) SEE: nationalism
|
::
|
| nationhood {n} (quality of being a nation)
|
:: utaifa
|
| Native American {adj} (of the American Indians) SEE: Indian
|
::
|
| natural language {n} (human language developed naturally)
|
:: lugha asilia {c5}
|
| nature {n} (the natural world)
|
:: mazingira
|
| nature's scythe {n} (penis) SEE: penis
|
::
|
| Nauru {prop} (Republic of Nauru)
|
:: Nauru
|
| Nauruan {prop} (language of Nauru)
|
:: Kinauru
|
| nausea {n} (feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit)
|
:: kichefuchefu
|
| nausea {n} (strong dislike or disgust)
|
:: kichefuchefu
|
| nausea {n} (motion sickness) SEE: motion sickness
|
::
|
| Navajo {n} (person)
|
:: Mnavaho {s}, Wanavaho {p}
|
| Navajo {prop} (language)
|
:: Kinavaho
|
| navel {n} (remnant of umbilical cord)
|
:: kitovu {c7} {c8}
|
| navigation {n} (canal) SEE: canal
|
::
|
| neat {n} (cattle) SEE: cattle
|
::
|
| neck {n} (part of body connecting the head and the trunk)
|
:: shingo
|
| necklace {n} (jewelry)
|
:: kidani {c7} {c8}
|
| necklet {n} (necklace) SEE: necklace
|
::
|
| necktie {n} (strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front)
|
:: tai
|
| need {n} (something required)
|
:: uhitaji, haja
|
| need {v} (to have an absolute requirement for)
|
:: -hitaji
|
| needle {n} (implement for sewing etc.)
|
:: sindano
|
| needle {n} (indicating device)
|
:: sindano
|
| needle {n} (sensor phonograph stylus)
|
:: sindano
|
| needle {n} (leaf of conifer)
|
:: sindano
|
| needle {v} (to tease in order to provoke)
|
:: sindano
|
| neem {n} (Azadirachta indica)
|
:: mwarobaini
|
| negligent {adj} (careless) SEE: careless
|
::
|
| Nehemiah {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Nehemia {c9}
|
| Nehemiah {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Nehemia {c9}
|
| neighborhood {n} (division of a municipality or region)
|
:: mtaa
|
| neighbour {n} (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)
|
:: jirani {c9/10}, majirani
|
| neighbour {n} (fellow human)
|
:: jirani {c5} {c6}
|
| neighbour {v} (to be adjacent to)
|
:: majirani
|
| nematode {n} (small invertebrate animal)
|
:: mnyoo
|
| neon {n} (element)
|
:: neoni
|
| Nepal {prop} (Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal)
|
:: Nepal
|
| nephew {n} (fraternal or sororal nephew, see also: fraternal nephew; sororal nephew)
|
:: mpwa
|
| Neptune {prop} (eighth planet of the solar system)
|
:: Kausi
|
| Neptune {prop} (Roman god of the ocean)
|
:: Neptuni
|
| nereid {n} (mythological being)
|
:: nereidi
|
| nerve {v} (strengthen) SEE: strengthen
|
::
|
| -ness {suffix} (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being...")
|
:: u-
|
| nest {n} (bird-built structure)
|
:: kiota
|
| net {n} (mesh of string, cord or rope)
|
:: kiandarua, wavu {cu}
|
| net {n} (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.)
|
:: kiandarua
|
| net {n} (device for trapping something)
|
:: kiandarua
|
| net {n} (figurative: trap)
|
:: kiandarua
|
| net {v} (catch by means of a net)
|
:: kiandarua
|
| net {v} (figurative: to catch in a trap)
|
:: kiandarua
|
| netball {n} (team sport derived from basketball)
|
:: netiboli, mpira wa pete {cm-mi}
|
| Netherlandic {prop} (Dutch) SEE: Dutch
|
::
|
| Netherlandish {prop} (Dutch) SEE: Dutch
|
::
|
| Netherlands {prop} (country in northwestern Europe, see also: Holland)
|
:: Uholanzi
|
| network {n} (interconnected group or system)
|
:: mtandao
|
| network {n} (multiple computers and other devices connected together)
|
:: mtandao
|
| neutron {n} (subatomic particle)
|
:: nyutroni
|
| never {adv} (at no time)
|
:: kamwe
|
| nevus {n} (benign lesion on skin) SEE: mole
|
::
|
| new {adj} (recently made or created)
|
:: -pya
|
| new {adj} (additional, recently discovered)
|
:: -pya
|
| new {adj} (distinguishing something established more recently)
|
:: -pya
|
| new {adj} (of recent origin)
|
:: -pya
|
| new {adj} (strange, unfamiliar)
|
:: -geni, -pya
|
| new {adj} (recently arrived or appeared)
|
:: -geni, -pya
|
| New Guinea {prop} (large island)
|
:: Guinea Mpya
|
| news {n} (new information of interest)
|
:: habari
|
| news {n} (reports of current events)
|
:: habari
|
| newspaper {n} (publication)
|
:: gazeti, magazeti {p}
|
| newspaper {n} (paper on which newspapers are printed)
|
:: gazeti
|
| New Testament {prop} (second half of the Christian Bible)
|
:: Agano Jipya
|
| New World {prop} (the Americas and Oceania)
|
:: Dunia Mpya
|
| New Year {n} (January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following)
|
:: mwaka mpya
|
| New Year's Day {n} (holiday occurring on January 1st)
|
:: siku ya mwaka
|
| New York {prop} (city) SEE: New York City
|
::
|
| New York City {prop} (large city in the USA)
|
:: New York
|
| New Zealand {prop} (country in Oceania)
|
:: Nyuzilandi
|
| next {adv} (In a time, place or sequence closest or following)
|
:: kando
|
| next {prep} (on the side of)
|
:: kando
|
| nextly {adv} (next) SEE: next
|
::
|
| next year {adv} (year after this one)
|
:: mwakani
|
| Nicaragua {prop} (a country in Central America)
|
:: Nikaragwa
|
| Nicaraguan {adj} (pertaining to Nicaragua)
|
:: Kinikaragwa
|
| Nicaraguan {n} (person from Nicaragua)
|
:: Mnikaragwa
|
| nice {adj} (pleasant)
|
:: nzuri
|
| nice {adj} (attractive)
|
:: nzuri
|
| nice {adj} (having a pleasant taste or aroma)
|
:: nzuri
|
| nice {adj} (showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment)
|
:: nzuri
|
| Nicholas {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Nikolau
|
| nickel {n} (coin)
|
:: kitano
|
| nickname {n} (familiar, invented given name)
|
:: msimbo {3/4}
|
| nickname {n} (byname)
|
:: msimbo {3/4}
|
| nicotine {n} (addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco)
|
:: nikotin
|
| niece {n} (fraternal or sororal niece, see also: fraternal niece; sororal niece)
|
:: mpwa
|
| niece-in-law {n} (niece of someone's husband) SEE: niece
|
::
|
| niece-in-law {n} (niece of someone's wife) SEE: niece
|
::
|
| nief {n} (fist) SEE: fist
|
::
|
| Niger {prop} (country)
|
:: Nijeri
|
| Nigeria {prop} (a country in Western Africa)
|
:: Nigeria
|
| Nigerian {n} (person)
|
:: Mnigeria
|
| Nigerian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Nigeria, the Nigerian people or culture)
|
:: Kinigeria
|
| Nigerien {n} (person)
|
:: Mnijeri
|
| Nigerien {adj} (pertaining to Niger)
|
:: Kinijeri
|
| night {n} (period between sunset and sunrise)
|
:: usiku
|
| night {n} (evening or night spent at a particular activity)
|
:: usiku
|
| night {n} (night spent away from home)
|
:: usiku
|
| night {n} (quality of sleep obtained during a night)
|
:: usiku
|
| night {n} (nightfall)
|
:: jioni
|
| night {n} (darkness)
|
:: usiku
|
| night {n}
|
:: usiku {c5}
|
| night {interj} (Short for good night)
|
:: usiku
|
| nightmare {n} (dream)
|
:: jinamizi {c5} {c6}
|
| nightmare {n} (experience)
|
:: jinamizi
|
| Nihongo {n} (Japanese) SEE: Japanese
|
::
|
| nine {num} (cardinal number)
|
:: tisa
|
| nine {num} (set or group with nine components)
|
:: tisa
|
| nine {n} (the digit or figure 9)
|
:: tisa
|
| nine {n} (card with nine pips)
|
:: tisa
|
| ninety {num} (90)
|
:: tisini
|
| ninth {adj} (ordinal form of nine, see also: 9th)
|
:: ya tisa
|
| Nippon {prop} (a country in East Asia) SEE: Japan
|
::
|
| Nipponese {adj} (Japanese) SEE: Japanese
|
::
|
| Nipponese {prop} (Japanese) SEE: Japanese
|
::
|
| nitrogen {n} (chemical element)
|
:: nitrojeni
|
| no {determiner} (used to show an activity is forbidden)
|
:: hakuna
|
| no {particle} (used to show disagreement or negation)
|
:: hapana, sivyo
|
| no {n} (a negating expression)
|
:: si
|
| Noah {prop} (biblical character)
|
:: Nuhu
|
| no fear {interj} (no worries) SEE: no worries
|
::
|
| noise {n} (various sounds, usually unwanted)
|
:: sura
|
| noise {n} (sound or signal generated by random fluctuations)
|
:: sura
|
| noise {n} (technical: unwanted part of a signal)
|
:: sura
|
| noise {n}
|
:: kilele
|
| nones {n} (midday) SEE: noon
|
::
|
| non-governmental organization {n}
|
:: Shirika Lisilo la Kiserikali
|
| nonsense {n} (meaningless words)
|
:: upuuzi
|
| noodle {n} (fool) SEE: fool
|
::
|
| noon {n} (midday)
|
:: adhuuri {c9} {c10}, saa sita, mchana, adhuhuri
|
| no problem {interj} (no thanks or apology is necessary)
|
:: hakuna matata, hamna noma
|
| Nordic countries {n} (the Nordic countries collectively)
|
:: Uskandinavi
|
| Norse {adj} (of Scandinavia/Norway)
|
:: -a Kinorsi
|
| Norse {adj} (of North Germanic languages)
|
:: -a Kinorsi
|
| Norse {n} (Scandinavian/Norwegian people)
|
:: Wanorsi
|
| Norse {n} (speakers of any North Germanic language)
|
:: Wanorsi
|
| Norse {prop} (The ancient language spoken by Vikings)
|
:: Kinorsi
|
| north {n} (compass point)
|
:: kaskazi, hanali
|
| North Africa {prop} (the northern part of Africa)
|
:: Afrika ya Kaskazini
|
| North America {prop} (continent)
|
:: Amerika ya Kaskazini
|
| Northern Europe {prop} (sociopolitical region of Europe)
|
:: Ulaya ya Kazkazini
|
| North Korea {prop} (North Korea)
|
:: Korea ya Kaskazini, Korea Kaskazini
|
| north wind {n} (wind blowing from the north)
|
:: upepo wa kaskazini {cu} {cu}
|
| Norway {prop} (Scandinavian country)
|
:: Norwe
|
| nose {n} (protuberance on the face)
|
:: pua {c9} {c10}
|
| nose {n}
|
:: pua {c9} {c10}
|
| nosh {v} (to perform fellatio (on)) SEE: blow
|
::
|
| no smoking {phrase} (phrase used in notices indicating that the smoking of cigarettes is not permitted)
|
:: hakuna kuvuta sigara
|
| nostril {n} (either of the two orifices located on the nose)
|
:: tundu la pua
|
| not {adv} (negates meaning of verb)
|
:: use negative conjugated forms of the verb, si
|
| note {n} (banknote) SEE: banknote
|
::
|
| notebook {n} (empty book able to be used for notes)
|
:: daftari
|
| notice {n} (written or printed announcement)
|
:: notisi, tangazo
|
| notice {n} (formal notification or warning)
|
:: notisi, tangazo
|
| noun {n} (grammatical category (narrow sense))
|
:: nomino, jina
|
| noun class {n} (a category into which nouns may be organised)
|
:: ngeli
|
| noun substantive {n} (noun) SEE: noun
|
::
|
| novel {adj} (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
|
:: -pya
|
| novel {n} (work of prose fiction)
|
:: riwaya
|
| nowadays {adv} (in the current era)
|
:: siku hizi
|
| no worries {interj} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome
|
::
|
| no worries {interj}
|
:: hakuna matata
|
| nshima {n} (porridge made from maize or sorghum)
|
:: ugali
|
| nucleus {n} (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
|
:: nyukliasi (noun 9)
|
| nucleus {n} (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
|
:: nyukliasi (noun 9)
|
| numbat {n} (small marsupial)
|
:: numbati
|
| number {n} (abstract entity)
|
:: nambari, namba
|
| number {n} (numeral)
|
:: nambari
|
| number {n} (mathematics: number)
|
:: nambari, namba
|
| number {n} (used to show the rank of something in a list or sequence)
|
:: nambari
|
| Numbers {prop} (fourth book of the Bible)
|
:: Hesabu
|
| nunnery {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel
|
::
|
| nurse {n} (person trained to provide care for the sick)
|
:: muuguzi
|
| nurse {v} (to care for the sick)
|
:: uguza
|
| nurse {v} (to treat kindly and with extra care)
|
:: uguza
|
| nut {n} (hard-shelled fruit)
|
:: njugu
|
| nutmeg {n} (tree)
|
:: mkungumanga
|
| nutmeg {n} (seed)
|
:: kungumanga
|
| nuts {n} (nut) SEE: nut
|
::
|
| nymph {n} (mythology: water, forest or mountain spirit)
|
:: nimfi
|
| nymph {n} (young girl who may inspire lust)
|
:: mwanamwali
|
| oak {n} (tree or shrub of the genus Quercus)
|
:: mwaloni {c3}
|
| oak tree {n} (tree or shrub of the genus Quercus) SEE: oak
|
::
|
| oar {v} (row) SEE: row
|
::
|
| oath {n} (curse) SEE: curse
|
::
|
| oath {n} (solemn pledge)
|
:: yamini
|
| oath {n} (affirmed statement)
|
:: kiapo
|
| Obadiah {prop} (book of the Old Testament)
|
:: Obadia
|
| Obama {prop} (surname)
|
:: Obama
|
| obedience {n} (quality of being obedient)
|
:: taa
|
| obey {v} (to do as ordered by)
|
:: kutii
|
| objective {n} (goal)
|
:: shabaha
|
| oboe {n} (wind instrument)
|
:: nzumari ndogo
|
| observe {v} (to follow)
|
:: kushika
|
| occasion {n} (occurrence or incident) SEE: occurrence
|
::
|
| Occitan {prop} (the Romance language)
|
:: Kiositani
|
| occupation {n} (activity or task with which one occupies oneself)
|
:: shughuli {c9}
|
| occurrence {n} (actual instance where a situation arises)
|
:: jambo
|
| ocean {n} (one of the large bodies of water)
|
:: bahari
|
| octopus {n} (mollusc)
|
:: pweza, pweza mkubwa
|
| of {prep} (introducing an epithet)
|
:: wa
|
| of {prep} (containing, comprising or made from)
|
:: -a
|
| of {prep} (possessive genitive: belonging to)
|
:: -a
|
| offal {n} (refuse) SEE: refuse
|
::
|
| offend {v} (sin) SEE: sin
|
::
|
| offering {n} (act of offering)
|
:: toleo
|
| offering {n} (that which has been offered; a sacrifice)
|
:: toleo
|
| offering {n} (oblation or presentation made as a religious act)
|
:: toleo
|
| offering {n} (contribution given at a religious service)
|
:: toleo
|
| office {n} (room(s) or building used for non-manual work)
|
:: afisi
|
| office {n} (major governmental division)
|
:: ofisi
|
| officer {n} (one who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization)
|
:: afisa, ofisa
|
| officer {n} (agent or servant endowed with the ability to act on initiative)
|
:: afisa
|
| official {adj} (derived from the proper office)
|
:: rasmi
|
| official {adj} (approved by authority)
|
:: rasmi
|
| offspring {n} (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified))
|
:: watoto {c2}
|
| often {adv} (frequently, many times)
|
:: mara nyingi
|
| oftenly {adv} (often) SEE: often
|
::
|
| ogre {n} (brutish giant)
|
:: pandikizi la mtu
|
| oil palm {n} (tree that produces palm oil)
|
:: mchikichi
|
| ointment {n} (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
|
:: marhamu
|
| okra {n} (A. esculentus)
|
:: bamia , mbamia
|
| old {adj} ((of an item) used, not new)
|
:: -kuukuu
|
| Old English {prop} (ancestor language of modern English)
|
:: Kiingereza cha Kale
|
| old man {n} (elderly man)
|
:: mzee {c1} {c2}
|
| Old Testament {prop} (first half of the Christian Bible)
|
:: Agano la Kale
|
| olive {n} (fruit)
|
:: zeituni
|
| olive {n} (olive tree) SEE: olive tree
|
::
|
| olive tree {n} (tree that produces olives)
|
:: mzeituni
|
| Olympic Games {prop} (international multi-sport event inspired by the ancient festival, see also: Olympics)
|
:: Michezo ya Olimpiki
|
| Oman {prop} (country in the Middle East)
|
:: Omani
|
| once upon a time {adv} (traditional beginning of children’s stories, especially fairy tales)
|
:: hapo zamani za kale
|
| one {pron} (impersonal pronoun)
|
:: moja
|
| one {adj} (of a period of time)
|
:: moja
|
| one {adj} (a single, unspecified thing)
|
:: moja
|
| one {adj} (sole, only)
|
:: moja
|
| one {adj} (whole, entire)
|
:: moja
|
| one {num} (ordinal number) SEE: first
|
::
|
| one {num} (cardinal number 1)
|
:: moja
|
| one hundred {num} (cardinal number 100) SEE: hundred
|
::
|
| oneness {n} (state of being undivided)
|
:: umoja
|
| one thousand {num} (cardinal number 1000) SEE: thousand
|
::
|
| onion {n} (Allium cepa)
|
:: kitunguu
|
| onion {n} (bulb)
|
:: kitunguu
|
| onlooker {n} (spectator, bystander) SEE: spectator
|
::
|
| only {adj} (alone in a category)
|
:: peke
|
| on purpose {prep} (purposely, with intention)
|
:: kwa kusudi
|
| onyx {n} (a banded variety of chalcedony)
|
:: sardoniki
|
| oofless {adj} (poor) SEE: poor
|
::
|
| open {adj}
|
:: wazi
|
| open {v} (to make something accessible)
|
:: fungua
|
| open {v} (to bring up (a topic))
|
:: fungua
|
| open {v} (to make accessible to customers)
|
:: fungua
|
| open {v} (to start (a campaign))
|
:: fungua
|
| open {v} (to become open)
|
:: kufunguka
|
| open {v} (to begin conducting business)
|
:: fungua
|
| open {v} (cricket: to begin a side's innings)
|
:: fungua
|
| open {v}
|
:: kufungua
|
| open {n} (broken wire)
|
:: fungua
|
| open {n} (sports event)
|
:: fungua
|
| openness {n} (lack of secrecy, transparency)
|
:: uwazi
|
| operation {n} (method by which a device performs its function)
|
:: operesheni
|
| operation {n} (method or practice by which actions are done)
|
:: operesheni
|
| operation {n} (surgical procedure)
|
:: operesheni
|
| operation {n} (procedure for generating a value from one or more other values)
|
:: operesheni
|
| operation {n} (military campaign)
|
:: operesheni
|
| opinion {n} (thought a person has formed about a topic)
|
:: maoni
|
| opium {n} (drug from opium poppy)
|
:: afyuni
|
| opossum {n} (marsupial of the Didelphidae)
|
:: kifaurongo
|
| opponent {n}
|
:: mpinzani
|
| opportunity {n} (chance for advancement, progress or profit)
|
:: fursa
|
| opportunity {n} (favorable circumstance or occasion)
|
:: fursa, nafasi
|
| or {conj} (conjunction)
|
:: au
|
| orange {n} (tree)
|
:: mchungwa
|
| orange {n} (fruit)
|
:: chungwa
|
| orange {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya machungwa
|
| orange {adj} (having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree)
|
:: machungwa
|
| orange juice {n} (juice of squeezed oranges)
|
:: maji ya machungwa
|
| orator {n} (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
|
:: msemaji {c1} {c2}
|
| oratory {n} (eloquence) SEE: eloquence
|
::
|
| orb {n} (period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body) SEE: year
|
::
|
| orb {n} (circle) SEE: circle
|
::
|
| orb {n} (orbit) SEE: orbit
|
::
|
| orbit {n} (path of one object around another)
|
:: obiti
|
| order {n} (arrangement, disposition)
|
:: oda
|
| order {n} (command)
|
:: oda
|
| order {n} (request for some product or service)
|
:: oda
|
| order {n} (chemistry: a number of a chemical reaction)
|
:: oda
|
| order {n} (graph theory: number of vertices in a graph)
|
:: oda
|
| order {n} (partially ordered set)
|
:: oda
|
| order {v} (to set in (any) order)
|
:: oda
|
| order {v} (to set in (a good) order)
|
:: oda
|
| order {v} (to issue a command)
|
:: oda
|
| order {v} (to request some product or service)
|
:: oda
|
| ordure {n} (dirt, filth) SEE: dirt
|
::
|
| Oresund {prop} (strait)
|
:: Oresund
|
| organise {v} (organize) SEE: organize
|
::
|
| organization {n} (group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules)
|
:: shirika
|
| organization {n} (group of people consciously cooperating)
|
:: shirika
|
| organize {v} (to arrange in working order)
|
:: kupanga
|
| organize {v} (to furnish with organs; to give organic structure to; to endow with capacity for functions of life)
|
:: panga
|
| organize {v} (To sing in parts; to organize an anthem)
|
:: panga
|
| Orinoco {prop} (river)
|
:: Orinoco
|
| orphan {n} (person whose (parent or) parents have died)
|
:: mfiwa, yatima, mtoto yatima
|
| orthography {n} (study of correct spelling)
|
:: tahajia, otografia
|
| oryx {n} (antelope)
|
:: choroa
|
| osprey {n} (bird of prey)
|
:: kipungu
|
| ostrich {n} (large flightless bird)
|
:: mbuni
|
| other side {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife
|
::
|
| otter {n} (mammal)
|
:: ota
|
| Ouagadougou {prop} (capital of Burkina Faso)
|
:: Wagadugu
|
| oud {n} (Arabic plucked string instrument)
|
:: udi
|
| ounce {n} (28.3495 g)
|
:: wakia
|
| our {determiner} (belonging to us)
|
:: -etu
|
| Our Lady of Sorrows {prop} (the Virgin Mary in reference to her sorrows)
|
:: Bikira Maria wa Mateso {cn}
|
| out of it {prep} (drunk) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| outside {n} (the space beyond some limit or boundary)
|
:: nje
|
| outside {adv} (in or to the outside)
|
:: nje
|
| outside {adv} (outdoors)
|
:: nje
|
| overall {n} (protective garment worn over clothing)
|
:: surupwenye
|
| overcoat {n} (garment)
|
:: dagla
|
| overheat {v} (overheat) SEE: burn
|
::
|
| overmorrow {adv} (on the day after tomorrow) SEE: day after tomorrow
|
::
|
| overmorrow {n} (day after tomorrow) SEE: day after tomorrow
|
::
|
| overseer {n} (one who oversees)
|
:: msimamizi
|
| owl {n} (bird)
|
:: bundi
|
| own {v} (defeat) SEE: defeat
|
::
|
| own {v} (have rightful possession of)
|
:: miliki
|
| owner {n} (one who owns)
|
:: mwenyewe
|
| ox {n} (any bovine animal used as a beast of burden)
|
:: ngʼombe
|
| oxide {n} (binary compound of oxygen)
|
:: oksaidi
|
| oxygen {n} (chemical element)
|
:: oksijeni {c9}
|
| oystercatcher {n} (bird)
|
:: kizamiachaza
|
| pace {n} (step: step)
|
:: mwendo
|
| pace {v} (to walk to and fro)
|
:: mwendo
|
| pace {v} (to set a race’s speed)
|
:: mwendo
|
| pace {v} (to measure by walking)
|
:: mwendo
|
| Pacific Ocean {prop} (the world's largest body of water)
|
:: Pasifiki
|
| packet {n} (small pack)
|
:: pakiti
|
| pact {n} (an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant)
|
:: agano
|
| padlock {n} (type of lock)
|
:: kufuli
|
| pagan {adj} (relating to non main world religions)
|
:: kafiri
|
| pagan {adj} (immoral, uncivilized, savage)
|
:: kafiri
|
| pagan {n} (person not adhering to a main world religion)
|
:: kafiri , mpagani
|
| pagan {n} (uncivilized or unsocialized person)
|
:: kafiri
|
| page {n} (boy child) SEE: boy
|
::
|
| page {n} (one side of a leaf of a book)
|
:: ukurasa
|
| page {n} (type set up for printing a page)
|
:: ukurasa
|
| pail {n} (bucket) SEE: bucket
|
::
|
| pain {n} (ache or bodily suffering)
|
:: umwa
|
| pain {n} (suffering or anguish, especially mental)
|
:: maumivi, umwa
|
| pain {n} (annoying person or thing)
|
:: uma
|
| pain {n} (suffering as punishment)
|
:: maumivi, umwa
|
| pain {v} (to hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish)
|
:: umwa
|
| pain {v} (to render uneasy in mind, to grieve)
|
:: umwa
|
| pain {v} (to inflict suffering upon as a penalty)
|
:: umwa
|
| paint {n} (substance)
|
:: rangi
|
| painted dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog
|
::
|
| painted hunting dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog
|
::
|
| painted wolf {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog
|
::
|
| pair {n} (number of things resembling one another, or belonging together) SEE: set
|
::
|
| pair of compasses {n} (tool used to draw circles)
|
:: bikari
|
| pair of eyeglasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles
|
::
|
| pair of glasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles
|
::
|
| pair of scissors {n} (scissors) SEE: scissors
|
::
|
| pair of specs {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles
|
::
|
| pair of spectacles {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles
|
::
|
| pair of tongs {n} (tongs) SEE: tongs
|
::
|
| Pakistan {prop} (country in South Asia)
|
:: Pakistani
|
| palace {n} (large, lavish residence)
|
:: kasri, jum
|
| palate {n} (roof of the mouth)
|
:: kaakaa
|
| Palestine {prop} (geographic region)
|
:: Palestina
|
| Palestine {prop} (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively)
|
:: Palestina
|
| Pallas {prop}
|
:: Palasi
|
| palm {n} (inner, concave part of hand)
|
:: kikofi, kiganja
|
| palm {n} (corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal)
|
:: kikofi, kiganja
|
| palm {v} (to hold something without bending the fingers)
|
:: kikofi
|
| palm {v} (to move something with the palm of the hand)
|
:: kikofi
|
| palm {n} (palm tree) SEE: palm tree
|
::
|
| palm oil {n} (edible plant oil)
|
:: mawese
|
| palm tree {n} (tropical tree)
|
:: mchikichi
|
| pan {n} (flat vessel used for cooking, see also: frying pan)
|
:: sufuria
|
| Panama {prop} (country)
|
:: Panama
|
| Panamanian {n} (person from Panama)
|
:: Mpanama
|
| Panamanian {adj} (pertaining to Panama)
|
:: Kipanama
|
| pancreas {n} (gland near the stomach)
|
:: kongosho
|
| pandemic {adj} (general, widespread) SEE: general
|
::
|
| pandemic {n} (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population)
|
:: pandemia
|
| pander {n} (pimp or procurer) SEE: pimp
|
::
|
| panga {n} (type of knife)
|
:: panga
|
| panga panga {n}
|
:: mpangapanga
|
| pangolin {n} (mammal)
|
:: kakakuona
|
| pant {n} (a pair of pants) SEE: pants
|
::
|
| pants {n} (garment covering the body from the waist downwards)
|
:: suruali
|
| pants {n} (undergarment covering the genitals)
|
:: chupi
|
| pap {n} (porridge) SEE: porridge
|
::
|
| papaya {n} (tree)
|
:: mpapai {c3} {c4}
|
| papaya {n} (fruit)
|
:: papai, papayu
|
| paper {n} (sheet material)
|
:: karatasi
|
| paper {n} (newspaper) SEE: newspaper
|
::
|
| paper {v} (to document) SEE: document
|
::
|
| Papua New Guinea {prop} (country in Oceania)
|
:: Papua, Guinea Mpya
|
| Paradise {prop} (Heaven)
|
:: pepo
|
| Paraguay {prop} (country in South America)
|
:: Paragwai
|
| Paraguayan {n} (person from Paraguay)
|
:: Mparagwai
|
| Paraguayan {adj} (pertaining to Paraguay)
|
:: Kiparagwai
|
| parallelogram {n} (convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length)
|
:: msambamba
|
| paraphrase {v} (to compose a paraphrase)
|
:: fasili
|
| parent {n} (person from whom one is descended)
|
:: mzazi
|
| parent {n} (biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended)
|
:: mzazi
|
| parent {n} (source or origin of something)
|
:: mzazi
|
| Paris {prop} (capital of France)
|
:: Paris
|
| park {n} (ground for preservation of game, etc.)
|
:: mbuga
|
| park {n} (ground for recreation)
|
:: mbuga
|
| park {n} (basin where oysters are grown)
|
:: mbuga
|
| park {n} (an enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting)
|
:: mbuga
|
| park {v} (bring to a halt)
|
:: kuegesha
|
| park {v} (bring together in a park)
|
:: mbuga
|
| park {v} (enclose in a park)
|
:: mbuga
|
| parliament {n} (institution with elected or appointed members)
|
:: bunge
|
| Parliament {prop} (parliament) SEE: parliament
|
::
|
| parlous {adj} (attended with peril) SEE: dangerous
|
::
|
| paroemia {n} (proverb) SEE: proverb
|
::
|
| parquet {n} (the part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle) SEE: stall
|
::
|
| parrot {n} (kind of bird)
|
:: kasuku {c9} {c10}, dura {c9} {c10}, kwao
|
| parrot {n} (person who repeats what was said)
|
:: kasuku
|
| parrot {v} (to repeat exactly without showing understanding)
|
:: kasuku
|
| part {n} (fraction of a whole)
|
:: sehemu {n}
|
| part {n}
|
:: sehemu
|
| part {v} (to divide up, to share)
|
:: kugawa
|
| parthenogenesis {n} (reproduction from a single gamete without fertilisation)
|
:: mimbapweke
|
| participate {v} (to join in, to take part, to involve oneself)
|
:: shiriki
|
| particle {n} (body with very small size)
|
:: chembechembe, punje
|
| particle {n} (elementary particle or subatomic particle)
|
:: chembechembe
|
| partiture {n} (score (music)) SEE: score
|
::
|
| party {n} (law: particular side in a contract or legal action)
|
:: safu
|
| party {n} (group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.)
|
:: kundi {c5} {c6}
|
| party {n} (social gathering)
|
:: chama
|
| party {n} (political group) SEE: political party
|
::
|
| pass {v} (move or be moved from one place to another)
|
:: kupita
|
| pass {v}
|
:: kupitisha
|
| pass {n} (password) SEE: password
|
::
|
| passage {n} (section of text or music)
|
:: mapito
|
| passage {n} (part of a journey)
|
:: mapito
|
| passage {n} (official agreement of a bill or act)
|
:: mapito
|
| passage {n} (artistic term)
|
:: mapito
|
| passage {n} (passageway)
|
:: mapito
|
| passenger {n} (one who rides or travels in a vehicle)
|
:: abiria
|
| passer-by {n} (a person who is passing by)
|
:: mwenda
|
| pass on {v} (To die) SEE: die
|
::
|
| Passover {prop} (Jewish festival)
|
:: Pasaka
|
| passport {n} (official document)
|
:: paspoti, pasi, pasipoti
|
| password {n} (word used to gain admittance)
|
:: nywila
|
| password {n} (computing: string of characters known only to a user)
|
:: nywila
|
| pastor {n} (shepherd) SEE: shepherd
|
::
|
| patch {n} (paltry fellow) SEE: fool
|
::
|
| patch {n} (piece of cloth used to repair a garment)
|
:: kiraka {c7} {c8}
|
| patch {v} (arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner)
|
:: kiraka
|
| patch file {n} (patch) SEE: patch
|
::
|
| paternal aunt {n} (the sister of one's father)
|
:: shangazi
|
| paternal uncle {n} (brother of one's father)
|
:: amu, ami
|
| paternity {n} (fatherhood) SEE: fatherhood
|
::
|
| path {n} (a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians)
|
:: ujia
|
| path {n} (a course taken)
|
:: ujia
|
| path {n} (a metaphorical course)
|
:: ujia
|
| path {n} (a method or direction of proceeding)
|
:: ujia
|
| path {n} (graph theory: a sequence of vertices from one vertex to another)
|
:: ujia
|
| patience {n} (quality of being patient)
|
:: subra, subira, uvumilivu
|
| paucity {n} (fewness in number; a small number)
|
:: uchache {cu}, uhaba {cu}
|
| Paul {prop} (the Apostle)
|
:: Paulo
|
| Paul {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Paulo
|
| pauper {n} (one who is extremely poor)
|
:: fukara
|
| pawpaw {n} (fruit)
|
:: papai
|
| pay {v} (to give money in exchange for goods or services)
|
:: lipa
|
| pay back {v} (to repay)
|
:: kulipa
|
| payment {n} (the act of paying)
|
:: malipo
|
| payment {n} (a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services)
|
:: malipo
|
| pea {n} (plant)
|
:: dengu
|
| peace {n} (tranquility, quiet, harmony; absence of violence)
|
:: amani
|
| peace {n} (state of mind)
|
:: amani
|
| peace {n} (state of being free from war)
|
:: amani
|
| peace {n}
|
:: amani
|
| peach {n} (fruit)
|
:: pichi
|
| peachtree {n} (peach) SEE: peach
|
::
|
| peacock {n} (pheasant of one of the genera Pavo and Afropavo)
|
:: tausi
|
| peanut {n} (a legume resembling a nut)
|
:: njugu, karanga , njugunyasa , njugumawe
|
| peanut butter {n} (spread made from ground peanuts)
|
:: siagi ya karanga
|
| pear {n} (fruit)
|
:: pea
|
| pearl {n} (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)
|
:: lulu
|
| pearl millet {n} (Pennisetum glaucum)
|
:: mwele , uwele
|
| peasant {n} (member of the agriculture low class)
|
:: falahi
|
| pecan {n} (tree)
|
:: mpekani
|
| pecan {n} (nut)
|
:: pekani
|
| pecker {n} (slang for woodpecker) SEE: woodpecker
|
::
|
| pecker {n} (slang for courage) SEE: courage
|
::
|
| peckerwood {n} (woodpecker) SEE: woodpecker
|
::
|
| pee {v}
|
:: gura
|
| peel {v} (to remove skin)
|
:: kumenya
|
| peel {n} (skin of a fruit)
|
:: ganda
|
| peel {n} ((Rugby football) The action of peeling away from a formation)
|
:: ganda
|
| peel {n} (cosmetic preparation)
|
:: ganda
|
| pelican {n} (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
|
:: mwari
|
| pen {n} (wing) SEE: wing
|
::
|
| pen {n} (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals)
|
:: zizi
|
| pen {n} (prison cell)
|
:: jela, seli
|
| pen {n} (writing tool)
|
:: kalamu
|
| pencil {n} (graphite writing-instrument)
|
:: penseli
|
| penis {n}
|
:: mboo, uume
|
| penis {n} (penis) SEE: member
|
::
|
| penny {n} (1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound)
|
:: peni
|
| penny {n} (one-cent coin in US and Canada) SEE: cent
|
::
|
| People of the Book {n} (Non-Muslims who adhere to an Abrahamic religion)
|
:: Watu wa Kitabu {c2}
|
| People's Republic of China {prop} (official name of China)
|
:: Jamhuri ya Watu wa China
|
| pepper {n} (plant)
|
:: mpilipili
|
| pepper {n} (spice)
|
:: pilipili manga
|
| pepper {n} (fruit of the capsicum)
|
:: pilipili hoho
|
| perceive {v} (to understand)
|
:: kutambua
|
| percent {n} (a part or other object per hundred)
|
:: asilimia
|
| perfection {n} (being perfect)
|
:: ukamilifu
|
| perfectitude {n} (perfection) SEE: perfection
|
::
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| perform {v} (to do something)
|
:: kushika
|
| perfume {n} (substance providing a pleasant smell)
|
:: marashi
|
| perhaps {adv} (indicating a lack of certainty)
|
:: huenda, pingine
|
| perineum {n} (anatomical term)
|
:: msamba
|
| period {n} (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
|
:: zamani, muda
|
| period {n} (punctation mark “.”)
|
:: nukta
|
| period {n} (length of time during which something repeats)
|
:: muda
|
| period {n} (menstruation) SEE: menstruation
|
::
|
| perish {v} (to die, to pass away, see also: die)
|
:: kuangamia
|
| permissible {adj} (that is permitted)
|
:: halali
|
| permission {n} (authorisation)
|
:: idhini
|
| permission {n} (act of permitting)
|
:: idhini
|
| permit {n} (an artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal)
|
:: kibali
|
| persecute {v} (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
|
:: kuudhi
|
| persevere {v} (persist steadfastly)
|
:: kudumu
|
| Persia {prop} (Iran) SEE: Iran
|
::
|
| Persian {n} (the Persian language)
|
:: Kiajemi
|
| Persian {n} (person from Persia)
|
:: Mwajemi
|
| Persian {n}
|
:: Kiajemi
|
| Persian Gulf {prop} (gulf between Iran and the Arabian peninsula)
|
:: Ghuba ya Uajemi
|
| person {n} (individual)
|
:: mtu
|
| person {n} (specifically a human being, see also: human; human being; man)
|
:: mtu
|
| person {n} (the physical body seen as distinct from the mind)
|
:: mtu
|
| person {n} (any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts)
|
:: mtu
|
| person {n} (grammar: linguistic category)
|
:: mtu
|
| persons {n} (More than one person; considered individually)
|
:: watu
|
| perspiration {n} (sweat) SEE: sweat
|
::
|
| perspire {v} (sweat) SEE: sweat
|
::
|
| pertussis {n} (whooping cough) SEE: whooping cough
|
::
|
| Peru {prop} (country in South America)
|
:: Peruu
|
| Peruvian {n} (person from Peru)
|
:: Mperuu
|
| Peruvian {adj} (pertaining to Peru)
|
:: Kiperuu
|
| Pesach {prop} (Passover) SEE: Passover
|
::
|
| pestle {n} (instrument used with a mortar to grind things)
|
:: mpini
|
| petal {n} (one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower)
|
:: petali
|
| Peter {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Petro {c5}
|
| Peter {prop} (the Apostle)
|
:: Petro
|
| Peter {prop} (one of the epistles of Peter)
|
:: Petro
|
| petrel {n} (Procellariiformes)
|
:: mlinzi
|
| petrol {n} (gasoline) SEE: gasoline
|
::
|
| pewter {n} (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
|
:: pyuta
|
| pewter {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya pyuta
|
| pewter {adj} (colour)
|
:: -a pyuta
|
| phallus {n} (penis) SEE: penis
|
::
|
| pharaoh {n} (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)
|
:: firauni
|
| Pharisee {n} (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)
|
:: farisayo
|
| phial {n} (glass vessel) SEE: vial
|
::
|
| philander {n} (lover) SEE: lover
|
::
|
| Philemon {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Filemoni
|
| Philemon {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Filemoni
|
| philia {n} (friendship) SEE: friendship
|
::
|
| Philippians {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Wafilipi
|
| Philippines {prop} (Republic of the Philippines)
|
:: Ufilipino
|
| philistine {n} (Philistine) SEE: Philistine
|
::
|
| Philistine {n} (person from Philistia)
|
:: Mfilisti
|
| philosopher {n} (person devoted to studying philosophy)
|
:: mwanafalsafa
|
| philosophy {n} (academic discipline)
|
:: falsafa {c9}
|
| phlegm {n} (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)
|
:: kohozi
|
| phone {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone
|
::
|
| phoneme {n} (indivisible unit of sound)
|
:: fonimu
|
| phonetics {n} (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
|
:: fonetiki
|
| phonics {n} (phonetics) SEE: phonetics
|
::
|
| phonograph {n} (archaic record player) SEE: gramophone
|
::
|
| phonograph record {n} (record) SEE: record
|
::
|
| phonology {n} (subfield of linguistics concerned with the way sounds function in languages)
|
:: fonolojia
|
| phonology {n} (way sounds function within a given language)
|
:: fonolojia
|
| phosphorus {n} (element)
|
:: fosforasi {c9} {c10}
|
| photographer {n} (one who takes photographs)
|
:: mpigapicha
|
| photosynthesis {n} (biological process)
|
:: usanisinuru
|
| physician {n} (medical doctor)
|
:: daktari {c5} {c6}, dokta {c9} {c10}
|
| physicist {n} (person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics)
|
:: mwanafizikia
|
| physics {n} (branch of science)
|
:: fizikia
|
| piano {n} (a keyboard musical instrument)
|
:: kinanda, piano
|
| piccolo {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: filimbi ndogo
|
| Pi Day {prop} (March 14th, an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi))
|
:: Siku ya Pi
|
| pidgin {n} (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)
|
:: pijini
|
| piece {n} (part of a larger whole)
|
:: kipande, gawo
|
| piece {n} (small coin)
|
:: sarafu
|
| piece {n} (distance) SEE: distance
|
::
|
| piece of clothing {n} (garment) SEE: garment
|
::
|
| piece of meat {n} (penis) SEE: penis
|
::
|
| pie-eyed {adj} ((extremely) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| pierce {v} (to pierce) SEE: puncture
|
::
|
| pig {n} (mammal of genus Sus)
|
:: nguruwe
|
| pig {n} (someone who overeats or eats rapidly)
|
:: nguruwe
|
| pig {n} (nasty or disgusting person)
|
:: nguruwe
|
| pig {n} (dirty or slovenly person)
|
:: nguruwe
|
| pig {n} (derogatory slang for police officer)
|
:: nguruwe
|
| pig {n} (difficult problem)
|
:: nguruwe
|
| pig {n} (cast metal block)
|
:: nguruwe
|
| pig {n} (mold for a cast metal block)
|
:: nguruwe
|
| pig {n} (device to clean or inspect a pipe from inside)
|
:: nguruwe
|
| pig {n} (pork) SEE: pork
|
::
|
| pigeon {n} (bird of the dove and pigeon family Columbidae)
|
:: hua, njiwa
|
| pigweed {n} (plant of genus Amaranthus) SEE: amaranth
|
::
|
| pilaf {n} (dish)
|
:: pilau
|
| pilaff {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf
|
::
|
| pilau {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf
|
::
|
| pill {n} (small object for swallowing)
|
:: kidonge
|
| pillar {n} (large post, often used as supporting architecture)
|
:: majabali
|
| pillow {n} (soft cushion used to support the head in bed)
|
:: mto {3} {4}
|
| pillowcase {n} (sheet for covering a pillow)
|
:: foronya
|
| pilot {n} (controller of aircraft)
|
:: rubani
|
| pimp {n} (prostitution solicitor)
|
:: buzi
|
| pine {n} (tree of the genus Pinus)
|
:: msonobari {c3}
|
| pineapple {n} (plant)
|
:: mnanasi
|
| pineapple {n} (fruit)
|
:: nanasi
|
| pineapple guava {n} (feijoa) SEE: feijoa
|
::
|
| pinecone {n} (seed-bearing cone of a pine tree)
|
:: sunobari
|
| pine nut {n} (edible seeds of evergreen pine)
|
:: njugu ya msonobari
|
| pine tree {n} (pine) SEE: pine
|
::
|
| pink {adj} (colored/coloured between red and white)
|
:: waridi
|
| Pinocchio {prop} (protagonist)
|
:: Pinokyo
|
| pint {n} (unit of volume for liquids)
|
:: painti
|
| pinta {n} (pint) SEE: pint
|
::
|
| piñon {n} (pine nut) SEE: pine nut
|
::
|
| pipe {n} (wind instrument)
|
:: digali
|
| pipe {n} (organ pipe)
|
:: digali
|
| pipe {n} (rigid tube)
|
:: bomba
|
| pipe {n} (computing: mechanism that enables one program to communicate with another)
|
:: digali
|
| pipe {n} (smoking implement) SEE: tobacco pipe
|
::
|
| piracy {n} (robbery at sea)
|
:: uharamia
|
| piracy {n} (hijacking)
|
:: uharamia
|
| pirate {n} (one who plunders at sea)
|
:: haramia
|
| Pisces {prop} (astrological sign)
|
:: Hutu, Samaki
|
| pismire {n} (ant) SEE: ant
|
::
|
| pisser {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| pistachio {n} (tree)
|
:: mfistiki
|
| pistachio {n} (fruit)
|
:: fistiki
|
| pistol {n} (handgun)
|
:: bastola
|
| pistol {n} (the mechanical component of a fuse)
|
:: bastola
|
| pit {n} (mine) SEE: mine
|
::
|
| pit {n} (armpit) SEE: armpit
|
::
|
| pitcher {n} (A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids)
|
:: nzio
|
| place {n} (location, position)
|
:: pahali
|
| place {n} (open space, courtyard, market square)
|
:: pahali
|
| place {n} (group of houses)
|
:: pahali
|
| place {n} (region of a land)
|
:: pahali
|
| place {n} (somewhere to sit)
|
:: pahali
|
| place {n} (informal: house or home)
|
:: pahali
|
| place {n} (a role or purpose, a station)
|
:: pahali
|
| place {n} (numeric: the column counting a certain quantity)
|
:: pahali
|
| place {n}
|
:: pahali
|
| place {v} (to put in a specific location)
|
:: kuweka
|
| place {v} (to sing (a note) with the correct pitch)
|
:: pahali
|
| place {v} (to arrange for, make (a bet))
|
:: pahali
|
| place {v} (to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job)
|
:: pahali
|
| plague {n} (specific disease "the Plague")
|
:: tauni
|
| plague {n}
|
:: tauni
|
| plan {n} (set of intended actions)
|
:: mpango, mkakati
|
| plan {n}
|
:: mpango {c3} {c4}
|
| plan {v}
|
:: kupanga
|
| plane {n} (a tool)
|
:: randa
|
| plane {v} (to smooth with a plane)
|
:: randa
|
| plane {n} (airplane)
|
:: ndege
|
| planet {n} (each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky)
|
:: sayari
|
| planet {n} (rocky or gaseous spherical bodies orbiting the Sun)
|
:: sayari
|
| planet {n} (similar body in orbit around a star)
|
:: sayari
|
| planetree {n} (plane) SEE: plane
|
::
|
| planetree {n} (sycamore) SEE: sycamore
|
::
|
| plant {n} (factory) SEE: factory
|
::
|
| plant {n} (organism capable of photosynthesis)
|
:: mmea
|
| plant {n} (organism of the kingdom Plantae)
|
:: mmea
|
| plant {n} (ecology: multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells)
|
:: mmea
|
| plantation {n} (large farm)
|
:: shamba {c5} {c6}
|
| plasma {n} (high energy state of matter)
|
:: utegili
|
| plastic {n} (synthetic thermoplastic polymer)
|
:: plastiki
|
| plate {n} (Cockney rhyming slang: foot) SEE: foot
|
::
|
| plate {n} (flat dish)
|
:: sahani
|
| plate {n} (geology: tectonic plate) SEE: tectonic plate
|
::
|
| platypus {n} (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
|
:: kinyamadege
|
| play {v} (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense, not affecting a noun))
|
:: -cheza
|
| play {v} (participate in (a sport or game))
|
:: -cheza
|
| play {n} (playful activity)
|
:: mchezo
|
| play {n} (literary composition intended to be represented)
|
:: tamthilia
|
| play {n} (theatrical performance)
|
:: tamthilia
|
| player {n} (one who plays any game or sport)
|
:: mchezaji
|
| player {n} (person "playing the field")
|
:: mchezaji
|
| playground {n} (large open space to play on, usually for children)
|
:: kiwanja
|
| playhouse {n} (venue for performing plays) SEE: theater
|
::
|
| playing card {n} (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of card)
|
:: karata
|
| please {adv} (interjection to make a polite request)
|
:: tafadhali
|
| pleasure {n} (a state of being pleased)
|
:: anasa {9} {10}
|
| Pleiades {prop} (astronomy)
|
:: Kilimia, Thurea
|
| plot {n} (secret plan to achieve an end)
|
:: njama {c9} {c10}
|
| plov {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf
|
::
|
| plug {n} (electric connecting device)
|
:: plagi
|
| plum {n} (fruit of Prunus domestica)
|
:: mzambarau
|
| plum {n} (tree)
|
:: mzambarau
|
| plum {n} (colour)
|
:: zambarau
|
| plum {n} (desirable thing)
|
:: mzambarau
|
| plum {n} (slang: testicle)
|
:: mzambarau
|
| plum {adj} (colour)
|
:: zambarau
|
| plum {adj} (choice)
|
:: zambarau
|
| plum {n} (fruit of Prunus mume) SEE: ume
|
::
|
| plumber's snake {n} (flexible rotating tool used to unclog a pipe)
|
:: nyoka
|
| plum tree {n} (tree that bears plums) SEE: plum
|
::
|
| plural {n} (word in plural form)
|
:: wingi
|
| Pluto {prop} (god)
|
:: Pluto
|
| Pluto {prop} (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet)
|
:: Pluto
|
| plutonium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: plutoni
|
| pocketbook {n} (notebook) SEE: notebook
|
::
|
| pod {n} (seed case)
|
:: tumba
|
| poem {n} (literary piece written in verse)
|
:: shairi
|
| poem {n} (piece of writing in the tradition of poetry)
|
:: shairi
|
| poem {n} (piece of poetic writing)
|
:: ushairi
|
| poet {n} (person who writes poems)
|
:: mshairi
|
| poetry {n} (literature composed in verse)
|
:: ushairi
|
| point {n} (location or place)
|
:: pointi
|
| point {n} (geometry: zero-dimensional object)
|
:: pointi
|
| point {n} (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
|
:: pointi
|
| point {n} (arithmetic: decimal point (note: many languages use a comma (',') rather than a dot as a decimal point, and hence the translations into these languages reflect this.))
|
:: pointi, nukta
|
| point {v} (to extend finger)
|
:: pointi
|
| point {v} (direct)
|
:: pointi
|
| pointer {n} (advice) SEE: advice
|
::
|
| poison {n} (substance harmful to a living organism)
|
:: sumu {c9/10}
|
| Poland {prop} (European country)
|
:: Polandi, Upoli
|
| polao {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf
|
::
|
| polar bear {n} (Ursus maritimus)
|
:: dubu barafu
|
| Polaris {prop} (star)
|
:: Polaris
|
| pole {n} (long and slender object for construction or support)
|
:: mlingoti
|
| Pole {n} (person from Poland)
|
:: Mpoli {s}, Wapoli {p}
|
| polecat {n} (skunk) SEE: skunk
|
::
|
| police {n} (an organisation that enforces the law)
|
:: polisi
|
| police dog {n} (trained dog for police work)
|
:: mbwa wa polisi
|
| police officer {n} (an officer in a law enforcement agency)
|
:: polisi, askari polisi, afisa wa usalama, afisa wa polisi
|
| policy {n} (principle of conduct)
|
:: sera
|
| policy {n} (prudent conduct)
|
:: sera
|
| policy {n} (law: insurance document)
|
:: sera
|
| policy {n} (illegal daily US lottery)
|
:: sera
|
| policy {n} (law: insurance) SEE: insurance
|
::
|
| Polish {adj} (of Poland or its language)
|
:: Kipolandi, Kipoli
|
| Polish {n} (the language of Poland)
|
:: Kipolandi, Kipoli
|
| political party {n} (political organization)
|
:: chama
|
| political science {n} (study of politics)
|
:: sayansi ya siasa {f}
|
| political scientist {n} (political science expert)
|
:: mwanasiasa
|
| politics {v} (a methodology and activities associated with running a government)
|
:: siasa
|
| politology {n} (political science) SEE: political science
|
::
|
| polygon {n} (plane figure bounded by straight edges)
|
:: pembenyingi
|
| polytheism {n} (belief in the existence of multiple gods)
|
:: upolitheisti, ushirikina
|
| polytheist {n} (believer in polytheism)
|
:: mshirikina {c1} {c2}
|
| pomegranate {n} (shrub/tree)
|
:: mkomamanga
|
| pomegranate {n} (fruit)
|
:: komamanga
|
| pomelo {n} (grapefruit) SEE: grapefruit
|
::
|
| poncy {adj} (gay, homosexual) SEE: gay
|
::
|
| poor {adj} (with little or no possessions or money)
|
:: maskini
|
| poor {adj} (used to express pity)
|
:: maskini
|
| poor {n} (those with no possessions)
|
:: maskini {c9} {c10}
|
| poor {n}
|
:: maskini
|
| poorly {adj} (ill) SEE: ill
|
::
|
| popcorn {n} (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating)
|
:: bisi
|
| pope {n} (head of the Roman Catholic Church)
|
:: papa
|
| popinjay {n} (parrot) SEE: parrot
|
::
|
| poplar {n} (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus)
|
:: mpopla, mlibua
|
| poppy {n} (plant)
|
:: mpopi
|
| poppy {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya mipopi
|
| popular {adj} (of or pertaining to the common people)
|
:: maarufu
|
| popular {adj} (liked by many people)
|
:: maarufu
|
| porcupine {n} (large rodent)
|
:: nungunungu {c9} {c10}
|
| pork {n} (meat of a pig)
|
:: kitimoto, nyama ya nguruwe
|
| porn {n} (pornography) SEE: pornography
|
::
|
| pornography {n} (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent)
|
:: ponografia
|
| porpoise {n} (cetacean)
|
:: poposi
|
| porridge {n} (breakfast cereal dish, see also: oatmeal)
|
:: uji
|
| port {n} (dock or harbour)
|
:: bandari
|
| port {adj} (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel)
|
:: mabandari
|
| port {n} (opening where a connection is made)
|
:: mabandari
|
| port {n} (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred)
|
:: mabandari
|
| port {v} (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform)
|
:: mabandari
|
| port {n} (computing: program adapted to work on a different platform; act of adapting)
|
:: mabandari
|
| port {n} (fortified wine)
|
:: mabandari
|
| port {n} (port city) SEE: port city
|
::
|
| port city {n} (city built around a port)
|
:: bandari
|
| porter {n} (person who carries luggage)
|
:: hamali, hamali {cma}
|
| portion {n} (wife's fortune) SEE: dowry
|
::
|
| portrait {n} (painting of a person)
|
:: picha
|
| Portugal {prop} (country)
|
:: Ureno
|
| Portuguese {n} (person native to Portugal)
|
:: Mreno
|
| Portuguese {n} (the language)
|
:: Kireno
|
| Poseidon {prop} (the god of the sea)
|
:: Poseidoni
|
| possibility {n} (quality of being possible)
|
:: uweza {cu} {cu}, uwezekano {cu} {cu}
|
| possibly {adv} (adverb indicating that a proposition may be true or false) SEE: perhaps
|
::
|
| possum {n} (opossum) SEE: opossum
|
::
|
| postage stamp {n} (piece of paper indicating postage has been paid)
|
:: stempu
|
| postcard {n} (rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope)
|
:: postkadi
|
| post office {n} (place)
|
:: posta
|
| pot {n} (vessel for cooking or storing food etc.)
|
:: chungu
|
| potable {n} (drinkable liquid) SEE: beverage
|
::
|
| potassium {n} (the chemical element)
|
:: potasiamu
|
| potato {n} (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable)
|
:: kiazi, kiazi ulaya
|
| potsherd {n} (piece of ceramic from pottery)
|
:: gae
|
| potter {n} (one who makes pots and ceramic wares)
|
:: mfinyanzi
|
| pottery {n} (practise or craft of making pottery)
|
:: ufinyanzi {?}
|
| potty {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| pound {n} (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois))
|
:: ratili {9} {10}
|
| pound {n} (unit of currency)
|
:: pauni
|
| pour {v} (to cause to flow in a stream)
|
:: mwaga
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| pour {v} (to send forth as in a stream or a flood)
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:: mwaga
|
| pour {v} (to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly)
|
:: mwaga
|
| pour {v} (to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream)
|
:: mwaga
|
| poverty {n} (quality or state of being poor)
|
:: ufukara, umaskini
|
| poverty {n} (deficiency of elements)
|
:: ufukara
|
| powder {n} (gunpowder) SEE: gunpowder
|
::
|
| power {n} (capability or influence)
|
:: nguvu
|
| power {n} (physical force or strength)
|
:: nguvu
|
| pox {n} (syphilis) SEE: syphilis
|
::
|
| prairie dog {n} (burrowing rodent)
|
:: kijibwanyika {cki} {cvi}
|
| praise {n} (worship)
|
:: shangilia
|
| praise {v} (to give praise to)
|
:: shangilia
|
| prawn {n} (large shrimp)
|
:: uduvi
|
| pray {v} (to petition a higher being)
|
:: kusali
|
| pray {v} (to beg humbly for aid)
|
:: sali
|
| pray {v} (to talk to God)
|
:: sali
|
| prayer {n} (practice of communicating with one's God)
|
:: swala
|
| prayer {n} (the act of praying)
|
:: swali
|
| prayer {n} (the specific words or methods used for praying)
|
:: swala, sala {c9} {c10}
|
| preach {v} (proclaim by public discourse)
|
:: kutangaza
|
| preacher {n} (one who preaches)
|
:: mhubiri
|
| precede {v} (go before, go in front of)
|
:: kutangulia
|
| predict {v} (to state, or make something known in advance)
|
:: bashiri
|
| predict {v} (to foretell or prophesy)
|
:: bashiri
|
| prediction {n} (a statement about the future)
|
:: utabiri
|
| pregnancy {n} (condition)
|
:: mimba {c9} {c10}
|
| pregnant woman {n}
|
:: mjamzito
|
| premier {n} (prime minister of a country) SEE: prime minister
|
::
|
| prep {n} (preparation) SEE: preparation
|
::
|
| preparation {n} (act)
|
:: tayari, mapema, utayarishi
|
| prepare {v} (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
|
:: andaa
|
| prepare {v} (to make ready for eating or drinking)
|
:: kuandaa, ≈ (sth) for (sb) kuandalia
|
| prepare {v} (to make oneself ready)
|
:: andaa
|
| prepare {v} (to produce by combining elements)
|
:: andaa
|
| preposition {n} (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by")
|
:: kihusishi
|
| prepuce {n} (foreskin) SEE: foreskin
|
::
|
| prerogative {n} (right, generally) SEE: right
|
::
|
| present {n} (gift) SEE: gift
|
::
|
| presenter {n}
|
:: mtangazaji
|
| presidency {n} (office or role of president)
|
:: urais
|
| president {n} (the head of state of a republic)
|
:: rais
|
| president {n} (the primary leader of a corporation)
|
:: rais
|
| presidential palace {n} (White House) SEE: White House
|
::
|
| press {v} (to press) SEE: bear
|
::
|
| pretzel {n} (toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot)
|
:: pretseli
|
| prey {n} (booty, anything taken by force)
|
:: windo
|
| prey {n} (that which may be seized by animals)
|
:: windo
|
| price {n} (cost required to gain possession of something)
|
:: bei
|
| price {n} (cost of an action or deed)
|
:: bei
|
| priest {n} (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson))
|
:: kasisi, kuhani {c5} {c6}
|
| prime minister {n} (chief member of the cabinet and head of the government)
|
:: waziri mkuu
|
| prime number {n} (natural number)
|
:: nambari kuu, idadi mkuu
|
| prince {n} (male ruler or head of a principality)
|
:: mkuu
|
| princess {n} (female member of royal family)
|
:: mtoto wa kike wa mfalme
|
| principal {adj} (primary, main)
|
:: mkuu
|
| print {n} (footprint) SEE: footprint
|
::
|
| prison {n} (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
|
:: jela, gereza {c5} {c6}
|
| prison {v} (imprison) SEE: imprison
|
::
|
| prisoner {n} (person incarcerated in a prison)
|
:: habusu, mfungwa
|
| privet {interj} (hello) SEE: hello
|
::
|
| privy {n} (lavatory or toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| problem {n} (difficulty)
|
:: tatizo {5} {6}, masaibu
|
| problem {n} (schoolwork exercise)
|
:: masaibu
|
| problem {n} (puzzling circumstance)
|
:: tatizo, masaibu
|
| proclaim {v} (to announce or declare)
|
:: kuhubiri
|
| produce {n} (offspring) SEE: offspring
|
::
|
| professor {n} (a higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university)
|
:: profesa
|
| profit {n} (benefit)
|
:: dahili, faida
|
| program {n} (set of structured activities)
|
:: programu
|
| program {v} (to enter a program or other instructions into a computer)
|
:: programu
|
| programme {n} (programme) SEE: program
|
::
|
| project {n} (planned endeavor)
|
:: mradi
|
| project {n} (urban low-income housing building)
|
:: miradi
|
| project {v} (to extend beyond a surface)
|
:: miradi
|
| project {v} (to cast (image, shadow))
|
:: miradi
|
| project {v} (to extend outward)
|
:: miradi
|
| project {v} (to make plans for; forecast)
|
:: miradi
|
| prolix {adj} (long) SEE: long
|
::
|
| promise {n} (vow)
|
:: ahadi
|
| promise {v} (to commit to something)
|
:: -ahidi
|
| pronoun {n} (type of noun)
|
:: dhamiri, kijina, kiwakilishi
|
| pronunciation {n} (sound of a word)
|
:: matamshi
|
| prop {n} (object placed against or under another, to support it)
|
:: nguzo
|
| propeller {n} (mechanical device used to propel)
|
:: rafardha
|
| property {n}
|
:: hozi
|
| prophecy {n} (prediction)
|
:: utabiri
|
| prophesy {v} (to predict)
|
:: kutabiri
|
| prophet {n} (one who speaks by divine inspiration)
|
:: nabii, mtume
|
| proposal {n} (that which is proposed)
|
:: pendekezo
|
| prosecutor {n} (a person instituting criminal prosecution)
|
:: kiongozi wa mashtaka
|
| proselyte {n} (one who has converted to a religion)
|
:: mwongofu {c1} {c2}
|
| prostitute {v} (reflexive: to perform sexual activity for money)
|
:: ukahaba
|
| prostitute {v} (to make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves)
|
:: ukahaba
|
| prostitute {n} (a person having sex for profit)
|
:: malaya {9} {10}, kahaba, changudoa, kiberenge
|
| prostitute {n} (promiscuous person) SEE: whore
|
::
|
| prostitution {n} (having sex for profit)
|
:: umalaya (nc 14), ukahaba
|
| protect {v} (to keep safe)
|
:: kukinga, kulinda
|
| protection {n} (process of keeping sthg safe)
|
:: kingo {c5}
|
| protein {n} (biochemistry: complex molecule)
|
:: protini
|
| protein {n} (class of food)
|
:: protini
|
| Protestant {adj} (pertaining to these denominatons)
|
:: Mprotestanti
|
| Protestantism {n} (faith)
|
:: Uprotestanti
|
| protractor {n} (a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles)
|
:: kipimapembe
|
| prove {v} (to demonstrate that something is true; to give proof for)
|
:: hakiki
|
| proverb {n} (phrase expressing a basic truth)
|
:: methali
|
| Proverbs {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Mithali
|
| province {n} (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level)
|
:: mkoa, jimbo, jimbo
|
| prune {v} (plum) SEE: plum
|
::
|
| psalm {n} (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament)
|
:: zaburi
|
| Psalms {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: chuo cha Zaburi {c7} {c8}
|
| psychology {n} (study of the human mind)
|
:: saikolojia
|
| pterodactyl {n} (informal term for any pterosaur)
|
:: pterodaktilo
|
| pubic hair {n} (collectively)
|
:: vinyuzi, mavuzi {c6}
|
| pubic hair {n} (singular)
|
:: vuzi {c5} {c6}
|
| public transit {n} (public transport) SEE: public transport
|
::
|
| public transport {n} (form of transport)
|
:: usafiri wa umma
|
| public transportation {n} (public transport) SEE: public transport
|
::
|
| puffadder {n} (Britis arietans)
|
:: moma {c5} {c6}
|
| pulao {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf
|
::
|
| pull {v} (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one)
|
:: kuvuta
|
| pullet {n} (spineless person) SEE: chicken
|
::
|
| pulp {n} (soft, moist mass)
|
:: uji uji
|
| pulpit {n} (raised platform in church)
|
:: dungu, mimbari
|
| pulpit {n} (plane's cockpit) SEE: cockpit
|
::
|
| puma {n} (Puma concolor) SEE: cougar
|
::
|
| pumpkin {n} (plant)
|
:: malenge, boga, maboga
|
| pumpkin {n} (fruit of this plant)
|
:: malenge, boga
|
| pumpkin {n} (color)
|
:: malenge
|
| punch {v} (to strike something or someone with one's fist)
|
:: -piga ngumi
|
| punch {v} (to herd cattle) SEE: herd
|
::
|
| puncture {n} (hole, cut or tear)
|
:: panchari
|
| punish {v} (to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct)
|
:: kuadhibu
|
| Punjabi {n}
|
:: Kipunjabi
|
| punk {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute
|
::
|
| pupil {n} (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)
|
:: mboni
|
| purify {v} (cleanse something of impurities)
|
:: takasa
|
| purify {v} (free someone from guilt or sin)
|
:: kusafisha
|
| purity {n} (the state of being pure)
|
:: usafi
|
| purple {adj} (colour)
|
:: -a zambarau
|
| purposefully {adv} (on purpose) SEE: on purpose
|
::
|
| purse {n} (small bag for carrying money)
|
:: mfuko {c3} {c4}
|
| pus {n} (fluid found in regions of infection)
|
:: usaha
|
| push {v} (to apply a force to something so that it moves away)
|
:: kusukuma
|
| put {v} (to place something somewhere)
|
:: kuweka
|
| put away {v} (to kill someone) SEE: kill
|
::
|
| put away {v} (to send (someone) to prison) SEE: imprison
|
::
|
| pyrethrum {n} (any of several plants of the genus Tanacetum)
|
:: pareto
|
| Pythagoras {prop} (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher)
|
:: Pithagoras
|
| python {n} (constricting snake)
|
:: chatu
|
| qadi {n} (judge in Islam)
|
:: kadhi {5} {6}
|
| Qatar {prop} (a country in the Middle East)
|
:: Qatar
|
| qibla {n} (direction of praying)
|
:: kibla
|
| quad {adj} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral
|
::
|
| quadrangle {n} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral
|
::
|
| quadrilateral {n} (polygon having four sides)
|
:: pembenne
|
| quail {n} (any of several small game birds)
|
:: tombo
|
| quake {n} (earthquake) SEE: earthquake
|
::
|
| qualify {v} (to describe or characterize something by listing its qualities)
|
:: fuzu, fuzu
|
| qualify {v} (to make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task)
|
:: fuzu
|
| qualify {v} (to certify or license someone for something)
|
:: fuzu
|
| qualify {v} (to modify, limit, restrict or moderate something)
|
:: fuzu
|
| qualify {v} (to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage)
|
:: fuzu
|
| quarter {n} (one of four equal parts)
|
:: robo
|
| quarter bottle {n} (piccolo) SEE: piccolo
|
::
|
| quarter-final {n} (quarter-final) SEE: quarterfinal
|
::
|
| quarterfinal {n} (competition in a tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals)
|
:: robo fainali
|
| quartz {n} (mineral)
|
:: kwatsi, shondo
|
| Quebec {prop} (province)
|
:: Kwebeki
|
| queen {n} (female monarch)
|
:: malkia
|
| queen {n} (wife of a king)
|
:: malkia
|
| queen {n} (chess piece)
|
:: malkia
|
| queen {n} (playing card)
|
:: mzungu wa pili
|
| quell {n} (transitive: to take the life of; to kill) SEE: kill
|
::
|
| question {n} (talk; conversation; speech) SEE: talk
|
::
|
| question {n} (sentence, phrase or word)
|
:: swali
|
| question {n} (subject or topic)
|
:: swali
|
| question {n} (doubt or challenge)
|
:: swali
|
| question {n}
|
:: swali
|
| question {v} (ask questions of)
|
:: kuuliza
|
| quincunx {n} (coin) SEE: coin
|
::
|
| quiver {n} (arrow container)
|
:: podo, ziaka, pongono
|
| Qur'an {prop} (the Islamic holy book)
|
:: Kurani
|
| Qur'an {n} (a copy of the Qur'an)
|
:: Kurani
|
| rabbit {n} (mammal)
|
:: sungura
|
| race {n} (contest)
|
:: resi
|
| race {v} (to take part in a race)
|
:: mbio
|
| race {v} (to move or drive at high speed)
|
:: mbio
|
| race {v} (of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission)
|
:: mbio
|
| racecourse {n} ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run)
|
:: kapplöpningsbana
|
| racialism {n} (racism) SEE: racism
|
::
|
| racism {n} (racial prejudice or discrimination)
|
:: ubaguzi wa rangi
|
| radio {n} (technology)
|
:: redio
|
| radio {n} (receiver)
|
:: redio
|
| radix {n} (biology: root) SEE: root
|
::
|
| ragout {n} (stew of meat and vegetables mixed together)
|
:: raguu
|
| raid {n} (attack for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering)
|
:: uvamizi
|
| railroad station {n} (place where trains stop for passengers) SEE: railway station
|
::
|
| railway station {n} (place where trains stop)
|
:: stesheni ya treni
|
| rain {n} (condensed water from a cloud)
|
:: mvua, manyunyu
|
| rain {n} (any matter falling)
|
:: mvua
|
| rain {n} (an instance of particles falling)
|
:: mvua
|
| rain {n}
|
:: mvua
|
| rain {v} (of rain: to fall from the sky)
|
:: kunyesha
|
| rain {v} (to fall in large quantities)
|
:: mvua
|
| rain {v} (to issue in large quantities)
|
:: kunyesha
|
| rainbow {n} (multicoloured arch in the sky)
|
:: upinde wa mvua {c11} {c12}
|
| rainy season {n} (portion of the year when rainfall amounts are greatest)
|
:: majira ya mvua
|
| Rajab {prop} (month)
|
:: Rajabu
|
| rake {n} (garden tool)
|
:: reki
|
| Ramadan {prop} (holy ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar)
|
:: Ramadhani
|
| rand {n} (currency of South Africa)
|
:: randi
|
| random {adj}
|
:: baghala, ovyoovyo
|
| range {n} (distance to the object)
|
:: masafa
|
| rank {n} (level of one's position in a class-based society)
|
:: cheo {c7} {c8}
|
| ransom {n} (money paid for the freeing of a hostage)
|
:: fidia
|
| ransom {v} (to pay a price to set someone free)
|
:: fidia
|
| rape {n} (act of forcing sexual activity)
|
:: ubakaji
|
| rape {v} (force sexual intercourse)
|
:: -baka
|
| raping {n} (rape) SEE: rape
|
::
|
| rapist {n} (someone who rapes someone else)
|
:: mbakaji
|
| rash {n} (of skin)
|
:: upele
|
| raspberry {n} (plant)
|
:: mrasiberi
|
| raspberry {n} (fruit)
|
:: rasiberi
|
| raspberry {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya rasiberi
|
| raspberry {adj} (the colour)
|
:: rangi ya rasiberi
|
| rat {n} (rodent)
|
:: panya
|
| rate {n} (speed) SEE: speed
|
::
|
| ratel {n} (Mellivora capensis) SEE: honey badger
|
::
|
| ratio {n} (number representing comparison)
|
:: uwiano
|
| rattle {n} (sound)
|
:: kayamba
|
| raven {n} (bird)
|
:: kunguru {c9} {c10}
|
| ravish {v} (rape) SEE: rape
|
::
|
| raw material {n}
|
:: mali ghafi {s} {p}
|
| ray {n} (beam of light or radiation)
|
:: kianga
|
| razor blade {n} (razor blade)
|
:: wembe
|
| reaction {n} (action in response to an event)
|
:: mmenyuko
|
| read {v} (look at and interpret letters or other information)
|
:: kusoma
|
| read {v} (speak aloud words or other information that is written)
|
:: soma, kusomea
|
| reader {n} (person who reads a publication)
|
:: msomaji
|
| reader {n} (lecturer) SEE: lecturer
|
::
|
| readership {n} (collected readers of a publication)
|
:: usomaji
|
| real {adv} (really) SEE: really
|
::
|
| really {adv} (actually)
|
:: kweli
|
| reap hook {n} (sickle) SEE: sickle
|
::
|
| reaping hook {n} (sickle) SEE: sickle
|
::
|
| reason {n}
|
:: sababu; sababu
|
| reason {v} (to arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine, debate, discuss) SEE: debate
|
::
|
| reason {n} (math: ratio, proportion) SEE: ratio
|
::
|
| rebel {v} (to resist or become defiant towards)
|
:: kuasi (+ direct object)
|
| rebuke {v} (to criticise harshly; to reprove)
|
:: kukemea, kulaumu
|
| receipt {n} (written acknowledgement)
|
:: resiti
|
| receive {v} (take what is offered, accept from another)
|
:: pokea
|
| receive {v} (take possession of)
|
:: pokea
|
| recent {adj} (having happened a short while ago)
|
:: karibuni
|
| recently {adv} (in the recent past)
|
:: majuzi
|
| recognize {v} (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
|
:: kutambua
|
| reconcile {v} (to restore a friendly relationship)
|
:: kupatanisha
|
| reconciliation {n} (reestablishment of friendly relations)
|
:: suluhu {c9} {c10}
|
| record {n} (information put into a lasting physical medium)
|
:: rekodi
|
| record {n} (phonograph record)
|
:: rekodi
|
| record {n} (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item)
|
:: rekodi
|
| record {n} (most extreme known value of some achievement)
|
:: rekodi
|
| record {v} (make a record of)
|
:: rekodi
|
| record {v} (make an audio or video recording of)
|
:: rekodi
|
| record {v} ((intransitive) make audio or video recording)
|
:: rekodi
|
| recruit {v} (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
|
:: sajili
|
| rectangle {n} (quadrilateral)
|
:: mstatili
|
| rectify {v} (to heal) SEE: heal
|
::
|
| red {n} (colour)
|
:: -ekundu
|
| red {adj} (having red as its colour)
|
:: nyekundu
|
| red beet {n} (beetroot) SEE: beetroot
|
::
|
| red blood cell {n} (haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates)
|
:: seli nyekundu ya damu
|
| red currant {n} (plant)
|
:: mtunda bukini mwekundu
|
| red currant {n} (fruit)
|
:: tunda bukini jekundu
|
| red pepper {n} (red colored pepper)
|
:: pilipili hoho
|
| Red Sea {prop} (sea between Africa and Arabia)
|
:: Bahari ya Shamu
|
| reed {n}
|
:: tete
|
| reefer {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana
|
::
|
| refrigerator {n} (appliance)
|
:: jokofu, friji, mashine ya barafu
|
| refugee {n} (person seeking political asylum)
|
:: mkimbizi
|
| refugee {n} (person seeking economic asylum)
|
:: mkimbizi
|
| refugee {n} (person seeking refuge from natural disaster)
|
:: mkimbizi
|
| refugee {n} (person granted formal asylum)
|
:: mkimbizi
|
| refuse {v} ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
|
:: -dinda, -kanusha
|
| regret {n} (instance of such an emotion)
|
:: juto, sikitiko
|
| regulate {v} (control) SEE: control
|
::
|
| reindeer {n} (Rangifer tarandus)
|
:: kulungu aktiki {m}, mbawala aktiki {f}
|
| rejoice {v} (be happy)
|
:: kushangilia
|
| relate {v} (to narrate) SEE: narrate
|
::
|
| relational {adj} (relative) SEE: relative
|
::
|
| relationship {n} (connection or association)
|
:: uhusiano, husiano
|
| relative {n} (someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption)
|
:: ndugu {c9/10}, jamaa, akraba
|
| relief {n} (removal of stress or discomfort)
|
:: faraja
|
| relief {n} (humanitarian aid or assistance)
|
:: faraja
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| religion {n} (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)
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:: dini
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| remain {n} (That which is left of a being after its life is gone) SEE: remains
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::
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| remains {n} (what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse)
|
:: mabaki
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| remains {n} (relic of an ancient building or other structure)
|
:: saliyo
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| remains {n} (all that is left of the stock of some things; remnants)
|
:: mabaki
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| remember {v} (to recall from one's memory)
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:: -kumbuka
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| remember {v} ((obsolete) to remind) SEE: remind
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::
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| remind {v} (Cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice)
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:: -kumbusha
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| remission {n} (pardon of a sin)
|
:: ondoleo {c5}
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| ren {n} (a kidney) SEE: kidney
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::
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| renovation {n} (act or process of renovating)
|
:: ukarabati
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| rep {n} (representative) SEE: representative
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::
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| repair {v} (to restore to good working order)
|
:: rekebisha
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| repay {v} (pay back) SEE: pay back
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::
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| repent {v} (theology: to be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness)
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:: kutubu
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| repentance {n} (condition of being penitent)
|
:: kitubio
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| report {n} (information describing events)
|
:: ripoti
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| reporter {n} (journalist)
|
:: mwanahabari
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| represent {v} (to portray by pictorial or plastic art)
|
:: wakilisha
|
| represent {v} (to portray by mimicry or action of any kind)
|
:: wakilisha
|
| represent {v} (to stand in the place of, act on behalf of)
|
:: wakilisha
|
| represent {v} (to serve as a sign or symbol of)
|
:: wakilisha
|
| representative {adj} (typical)
|
:: wajumbe
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| representative {n} (one who speaks for another)
|
:: wajumbe
|
| representative {n} (member of the House of Representatives)
|
:: wajumbe
|
| republic {n} (a type of state)
|
:: jamhuri
|
| republic {n}
|
:: jamhuri
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| Republic of Ireland {prop} (country)
|
:: Ueire, Ayalandi
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| Republic of South Africa {prop} (official name of South Africa)
|
:: Jamhuri ya Afrika Kusini
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| Republic of the Congo {prop} (country)
|
:: Jamhuri ya Kongo
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| request {n} (act of requesting)
|
:: ombi
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| request {n} (formal message requesting something)
|
:: ombi
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| require {v} (ask) SEE: ask
|
::
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| rescue {v} (to save from any danger or violence)
|
:: okoa
|
| research {n} (inquiry or examination)
|
:: utafiti
|
| research {n} (piece of research)
|
:: utafiti
|
| resemble {v} (compare) SEE: compare
|
::
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| reserve {v} (to reserve) SEE: hold
|
::
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| reserve bank {n} (reserve bank as a central bank) SEE: central bank
|
::
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| residence {n} (place where one lives)
|
:: makao
|
| residence {n} (place where a corporation is established)
|
:: makao
|
| residence {n} (building used as a home)
|
:: makao
|
| resident {n} (person living at a location or an area)
|
:: makao, mwenyeji
|
| resignation {n} (state of uncomplaining acceptance)
|
:: mucsidjr
|
| resource {n} (something that one uses to achieve an objective)
|
:: raslimali
|
| resource {n} (personal capacity)
|
:: raslimali
|
| respect {n} (admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit)
|
:: adabu
|
| respect {n} (polite greetings)
|
:: adabu
|
| respect {v} (to have respect for)
|
:: heshimu, taadhima
|
| respect {v} (to have regard for the rights of others)
|
:: taadhima, heshimu
|
| respond {v} (to say in reply, to respond) SEE: return
|
::
|
| responsibility {n} (the state of being responsible)
|
:: daraka
|
| responsibility {n} (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
|
:: jukumu, majukumu, madaraka
|
| result {v} (to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence)
|
:: tokeo
|
| result {n} (that which results)
|
:: tokeo
|
| result {n} (fruit, beneficial or tangible effect)
|
:: tokeo
|
| Øresund {prop} (strait) SEE: Oresund
|
::
|
| resurrection {n} (the act of arising from the dead)
|
:: ufufuo
|
| retort {v} (to retort; to throw back) SEE: return
|
::
|
| retreat {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| retreat {n} (to turn back, retreat) SEE: return
|
::
|
| return {n} (answer) SEE: answer
|
::
|
| return {v} (to come or go back)
|
:: kurudi, kurudia
|
| return {v}
|
:: regesha, regea
|
| reveal {v} (to uncover)
|
:: dhihirisha
|
| reveal {v} (to communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction)
|
:: kufunulia
|
| revelation {n} (the act of revealing or disclosing)
|
:: ufunuo
|
| Revelation {prop} (book of Bible)
|
:: Ufunuo
|
| revenge {n} (retaliatory action)
|
:: kisasi
|
| reverse dowry {n} (bride price) SEE: bride price
|
::
|
| revolution {n} (political upheaval)
|
:: mapinduzi, mageuzi
|
| revolution {n} (removal and replacement of a government)
|
:: mapinduzi
|
| revolution {n} (turning of an object around an axis)
|
:: geuza
|
| revolution {n} (sudden, vast change in a situation or discipline)
|
:: mapinduzi
|
| revolutionary {n} (A revolutionist; a person who revolts)
|
:: mpinduzi
|
| rhea {n} (flightless bird)
|
:: nandu
|
| Rhea {prop} (goddess)
|
:: Rea
|
| rhinoceros {n} (herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s))
|
:: kifaru {c7} {c8}
|
| rhombus {n} (A parallelogram having all sides of equal length)
|
:: almasi
|
| rhyme {n} (verse, poetry)
|
:: kina
|
| rhyme {n} (word that rhymes with another)
|
:: kina
|
| rhythm {n} (variation of strong and weak elements of sounds over time)
|
:: mahadhi
|
| rial {n} (currency in Middle East)
|
:: riali
|
| rice {n} (plants)
|
:: mpunga
|
| rice {n} (seeds used as food)
|
:: mpunga , mchele , wali
|
| rich {adj} (having wealth)
|
:: tajiri
|
| riddle {n} (sieve) SEE: sieve
|
::
|
| riddle {n} (verbal puzzle)
|
:: fumbo
|
| rider {n} (robber) SEE: robber
|
::
|
| right {adj} (of direction, opposite of left)
|
:: -a kuume
|
| right {n} (legal or moral entitlement)
|
:: haki
|
| right {n} (right, not left, side)
|
:: kulia
|
| right {n} (right hand)
|
:: mkono wa kulia {3} {4}, mkono wa kuume {c3} {c4}
|
| right {n} (right-wing politicians and parties)
|
:: kulia
|
| right {v} (to set upright)
|
:: kulia
|
| right now {adv} (immediately) SEE: immediately
|
::
|
| ring {n} (circumscribing object)
|
:: pete
|
| ring {n} (round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger)
|
:: bizimu
|
| ring {n} (resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it)
|
:: kengele
|
| ring {n} (telephone call)
|
:: kengele
|
| ring down the curtain {v} (stop) SEE: stop
|
::
|
| ring up the curtain {v} (start) SEE: start
|
::
|
| rip {v} (to fart) SEE: fart
|
::
|
| rip {n} (tear) SEE: tear
|
::
|
| rise {v} (to assume an upright position after lying down or sitting)
|
:: kuondoka
|
| river {n} (large stream which drains a landmass)
|
:: mto
|
| river {n} (any large flow of a liquid)
|
:: mto
|
| river {n} (poker: last card dealt)
|
:: mto
|
| river {n}
|
:: mto {c3} {c4}
|
| river horse {n} (hippopotamus) SEE: hippopotamus
|
::
|
| riyal {n} (currency)
|
:: riali
|
| roach {n} (US: cockroach) SEE: cockroach
|
::
|
| road {n} (a way for travel)
|
:: njia {c9/10}, barabara
|
| road {n} (a path in life)
|
:: barabara
|
| roan antelope {n} (Hippotragus equinus)
|
:: korongo
|
| robber {n} (one who robs)
|
:: mnyang'anyi
|
| rock {n} (mass of projecting rock)
|
:: mwamba {c3} {c4}
|
| rock {n}
|
:: jiwe {c5} {c6} pl
|
| rocket {n} (rocket engine)
|
:: roketi {cn}
|
| rocket {n} (military: non-guided missile)
|
:: roketi
|
| rock maple {n} (sugar maple) SEE: sugar maple
|
::
|
| rod {n} (slang: pistol) SEE: pistol
|
::
|
| rogue {n} (a scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person)
|
:: ayari {c9} {c10}, laghai {c9} {c10}, mlaghai {c9} {c10}
|
| rogue {n} (a mischievous scamp)
|
:: mhuni {c1} {c2}
|
| rogue {n} (a vagrant)
|
:: mhuni {c1} {c2}
|
| rogue {n} (deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself)
|
:: ya shari
|
| rogue {n} (an aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant)
|
:: mshari {c1} {c2}
|
| rogue {adj} ((animal) vicious and solitary)
|
:: mshari
|
| rogue {adj} (large, destructive and unpredictable)
|
:: ya balaa, yenye balaa
|
| rogue {adj} (deceitful, unprincipled)
|
:: ya kilaghai
|
| Rojava {prop} (region in northern and northeastern Syria)
|
:: Urojava {cU} {cU}
|
| Roman {n} (a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire)
|
:: Mrumi
|
| Romania {prop} (South-Eastern European country)
|
:: Romania
|
| Romans {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Waroma {c2}
|
| Romans {prop} (30th sura of the Qur'an)
|
:: Waroma {c2}
|
| Rome {prop} (city)
|
:: Roma
|
| Romeo {n} (boyfriend) SEE: boyfriend
|
::
|
| roof {n} (the cover at the top of a building)
|
:: paa {c5} {c6}
|
| roof {n} (the upper part of a cavity)
|
:: paa
|
| room {n} (division in a building)
|
:: chumba
|
| rooster {n} (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird)
|
:: jogoo
|
| root {n} (part of a plant)
|
:: mzizi
|
| root {n} (of a tooth)
|
:: mzizi
|
| rope {n} (thick, strong string)
|
:: kamba
|
| rorqual {n} (whale with long skin folds below mouth)
|
:: nyangumi mwenye mifuo ya kooni
|
| Rosa {prop} (female given name) SEE: Rose
|
::
|
| rose {n} (shrub)
|
:: mwaridi
|
| rose {n} (flower)
|
:: waridi
|
| rose {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya waridi
|
| Rose {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Waridi, Roza
|
| rosebush {n} (rose plant)
|
:: mwaridi
|
| rostrum {n} (zoology: beak) SEE: beak
|
::
|
| rostrum {n} (dais, pulpit, or similar platform)
|
:: jukwaa
|
| rottol {n} (unit of dry weight)
|
:: ratili {9} {10}
|
| round {n} (segment of a sport event)
|
:: raundi
|
| roundworm {n} (invertebrate of the phylum Nematoda) SEE: nematode
|
::
|
| row {n} (line of objects)
|
:: safu, mstari
|
| row {n} (in a table)
|
:: safu
|
| rowboat {n} (small boat that is rowed)
|
:: mtumbwi
|
| rowing boat {n} (rowboat) SEE: rowboat
|
::
|
| royal {n} (old English gold coin) SEE: rial
|
::
|
| rubber {n} (eraser) SEE: eraser
|
::
|
| rubberneck {n} (tourist) SEE: tourist
|
::
|
| rubbish bin {n} (garbage can) SEE: garbage can
|
::
|
| rubble {n} (the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry)
|
:: fusi
|
| rubeola {n} (measles) SEE: measles
|
::
|
| ruby {n} (type of gem)
|
:: yakuti {c9} {c10}
|
| ruby {n} (5½-point type) SEE: agate
|
::
|
| rudder {n} (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
|
:: usukani
|
| rude {adj} (bad-mannered)
|
:: jeuri
|
| rude {adj} (obscene, pornographic, offensive)
|
:: jeuri
|
| rude {adj} (tough, robust)
|
:: jeuri
|
| ruff {v} (play a trump card) SEE: trump
|
::
|
| rugby {n} (a sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball)
|
:: raga
|
| ruin {n} (remains of destroyed construction)
|
:: gofu
|
| rule {n} (regulation)
|
:: masharti
|
| rule {v} (to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over)
|
:: sharti
|
| rule {n} (straight-edge) SEE: ruler
|
::
|
| ruler {n} (measuring or drawing device)
|
:: masharti
|
| run {v} (to move quickly on two feet)
|
:: kukimbia
|
| rupee {n} (monetary currency)
|
:: rupia
|
| Russia {prop} (country in Asia and Europe)
|
:: Urusi
|
| Russian {adj} (of or pertaining to Russia)
|
:: mrashia
|
| Russian {adj} (of or pertaining to Rus)
|
:: mrashia
|
| Russian {n} (person from Russia)
|
:: mrashia
|
| Russian {n} (Russian (language))
|
:: Kirusi
|
| Ruth {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Ruth, Ruthu
|
| Ruth {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Ruth, Ruthu
|
| Rwanda {prop} (country)
|
:: Rwanda
|
| Rwanda {prop} (language) SEE: Kinyarwanda
|
::
|
| Rwandan {n} (a person from Rwanda or of Rwandan descent)
|
:: Mnyarwanda, Mrwanda
|
| Rwandan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Rwanda, the Rwandan people or language)
|
:: Kinyarwanda
|
| Rzeczpospolita {prop} (Poland) SEE: Poland
|
::
|
| Rzeczpospolita {prop} (republic) SEE: republic
|
::
|
| sable antelope {n} (Hippotragus niger)
|
:: mbarapi, palahala
|
| sack {n} (bag for commodities or items)
|
:: gunia
|
| sacrifice {v} (to offer as a gift to a deity)
|
:: kuchinja
|
| saddle {n} (seat on an animal)
|
:: saruji
|
| sadness {n} (state/emotion)
|
:: huzuni {c9}
|
| sadness {n} (event causing sadness)
|
:: huzuni {c9}
|
| safari {n} (a trip into any undeveloped area)
|
:: safari
|
| safari park {n} (zoo-like attraction)
|
:: mbuga wa safari
|
| safe {adj} (not in danger)
|
:: uganda
|
| safe {adj} (free from risk)
|
:: uganda
|
| safe {adj} (providing protection from danger)
|
:: uganda
|
| safe {adj} (properly secured)
|
:: uganda
|
| safe {adj} (slang: wicked - cool - awesome)
|
:: uganda
|
| safe {n} (box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping)
|
:: uganda
|
| safety {n} (condition or feeling of being safe)
|
:: usalama {c14}
|
| saffron {n} (plant)
|
:: mzafarani
|
| saffron {n} (spice)
|
:: zafarani
|
| saffron {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya zafarani
|
| Sagittarius {prop} (astrological sign)
|
:: Mshale, Kausi
|
| Sahara {prop} (desert)
|
:: Sahara
|
| sailboat {n} (a boat propelled by a sail)
|
:: dhau
|
| sailor {n} (worker on a ship, seaman, seawoman)
|
:: baharia
|
| saint {n} (person proclaimed as saint)
|
:: mtakatifu
|
| Saint Lucia {prop} (country in the Caribbean)
|
:: Santalusia
|
| Saint Lucian {adj} (Of, or pertaining to, Saint Lucia or its culture or people)
|
:: Kisantalusia
|
| Saint Lucian {n} (Someone from Saint Lucia or of Saint Lucian descent)
|
:: Msantalusia
|
| Saint Petersburg {prop} (city in Russia)
|
:: Sankt Peterburg
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines {prop} (country in the Caribbean)
|
:: Santavisenti na Grenadini
|
| sakura {n} (cherry) SEE: cherry
|
::
|
| salaam {interj} (a Muslim greeting)
|
:: salaam, salamu
|
| salad {n} (food)
|
:: saladi
|
| salami {n} (penis) SEE: penis
|
::
|
| salary {n} (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis)
|
:: mshahara
|
| salat {n} (Islamic prayer)
|
:: swala
|
| sale {n}
|
:: mnada, lilamu, uguzi
|
| saliva {n} (liquid secreted into the mouth)
|
:: mate
|
| sally {n} (willow) SEE: willow
|
::
|
| salpinx {n} (Fallopian tube) SEE: Fallopian tube
|
::
|
| salt {adj} (salty)
|
:: chumvi
|
| salt {adj} (saline)
|
:: chumvi
|
| salt {v} (to add salt to)
|
:: chumvi
|
| salt {v} (to add filler bytes before encryption)
|
:: chumvi
|
| salt {n} (compound of an acid and a base)
|
:: chumvi
|
| salt {n} (additional bytes inserted into an encryption)
|
:: chumvi
|
| Salvadoran {n} (a person from El Salvador)
|
:: Mwelsavado
|
| Salvadoran {adj} (of or pertaining to El Salvador)
|
:: Kielsavado
|
| Salvadorian {n} (Salvadoran) SEE: Salvadoran
|
::
|
| Salvadorian {adj} (Salvadoran) SEE: Salvadoran
|
::
|
| same {adj} (not different as regards self; identical)
|
:: sawa
|
| same {adj} (similar, alike)
|
:: sawa
|
| same {pron} (the identical thing)
|
:: sawa
|
| same {pron} (something similar, something of the identical type)
|
:: sawa
|
| samogon {n} (moonshine) SEE: moonshine
|
::
|
| samosa {n} (Indian snack)
|
:: sambusa
|
| Samuel {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Samweli
|
| Samuel {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Samweli
|
| Samuel {prop} (biblical person)
|
:: Samweli
|
| -san {suffix} (Mrs) SEE: Mrs
|
::
|
| sanction {n} (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid)
|
:: kwazo
|
| sanction {n} (penalty, coercive measure)
|
:: kwazo
|
| sanction {n} (stipulation specifying the above)
|
:: kwazo
|
| sanction {v} (to give authorization or approval to)
|
:: kwazo
|
| sanction {v} (to penalize a state, especially for violating international law)
|
:: kwazo
|
| sand {n} (finely ground rock)
|
:: mchanga {c3} {c4}
|
| sandal {n} (type of footwear)
|
:: kiatu {c7} {c8}
|
| sandal {n} (sandalwood) SEE: sandalwood
|
::
|
| sandalwood {n} (any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum)
|
:: msanduku
|
| sandalwood {n} (the aromatic heartwood of the trees of the genus Santalum)
|
:: msanduku
|
| sandpaper {n} (paper coated with abrasive material)
|
:: msasa
|
| sane {adj} (mentally healthy)
|
:: razini
|
| sane {adj} (mentally sound; possessing a rational mind)
|
:: razini
|
| Sanskrit {n} (language)
|
:: Kisanskrit
|
| sap {n} (juice of plant)
|
:: utomvu
|
| sapphire {n} (gem)
|
:: yakuti samawi
|
| sash {n} (decorative length of cloth)
|
:: shuka
|
| sasquatch {n} (a hairy humanoid creature)
|
:: Saskwachi (noun 9)
|
| Satan {prop} (the Devil)
|
:: Shetani, Ibilisi
|
| Saturday {n} (day of the week)
|
:: Jumamosi
|
| Saturn {prop} (planet)
|
:: Sarateni, Zohali
|
| Saturn {prop} (god)
|
:: Sarateni
|
| saucepan {n} (deep cooking vessel)
|
:: sufuria
|
| Saudi {prop} (Saudi Arabia) SEE: Saudi Arabia
|
::
|
| Saudi Arabia {prop} (country in the Middle East)
|
:: saudi arabia
|
| sausage {n} (a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing)
|
:: soseji
|
| sausage tree {n} (Kigelia africana)
|
:: mwegea, mbungati, mranaa, mvongonya, mnyegea
|
| savanna {n} (tropical grassland with scattered trees)
|
:: savana
|
| save {v} (to help someone to survive, or rescue someone)
|
:: kuokoa
|
| save {v} (theology: to redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation)
|
:: kuokoa
|
| saving {n} (something that is saved)
|
:: akiba
|
| saw {n} (tool)
|
:: msumeno
|
| saxophone {n} (a musical instrument of the woodwind family)
|
:: saksofoni
|
| say {v} (to say) SEE: tell
|
::
|
| saying {n} (proverb or maxim)
|
:: msemo
|
| scab {n} (scabies) SEE: scabies
|
::
|
| scabies {n} (an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei)
|
:: upele
|
| scale {n} (ladder) SEE: ladder
|
::
|
| scale {n} (device) SEE: scales
|
::
|
| scales {n} (device for weighing goods for sale)
|
:: mizani
|
| scaly anteater {n} (pangolin) SEE: pangolin
|
::
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| scandal {n} (incident that brings disgrace)
|
:: kashfa
|
| Scandinavian {n} (someone from Scandinavia)
|
:: Mskandinavi
|
| Scandinavian {adj} (of Scandinavia)
|
:: -a Uskandinavi
|
| Scandinavian {adj} (of the North Germanic family of languages)
|
:: -a Kiskandinavi
|
| scar {n} (permanent mark on the skin)
|
:: kovu
|
| scarce {adj}
|
:: nadra
|
| scarcity {n} (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
|
:: uchache, uhaba
|
| scarcity {n} (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
|
:: uchache, uhaba
|
| scare {n} (minor fright)
|
:: ukalili
|
| scare {n} (something that inspires fear)
|
:: ukalili
|
| scare {v} (to frighten)
|
:: ukalili
|
| scarf {n} (headscarf) SEE: headscarf
|
::
|
| scarlet {n} (colour)
|
:: nyekundu
|
| scary {adj} (causing, or able to cause, fright)
|
:: inatisha
|
| scene {n} ((theater) the stage) SEE: stage
|
::
|
| scene {n} (landscape, scenery) SEE: scenery
|
::
|
| scenery {n} (view, natural features, landscape)
|
:: mandhari
|
| scent {n} (distinctive odour or smell)
|
:: harufu
|
| sceptre {n} (ornamental staff)
|
:: fimbo ya kifalme
|
| schizophrenia {n} (mental disorder)
|
:: skizofrenia
|
| scholar {n} (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge)
|
:: mwanachuoni
|
| scholar {n} (learned person)
|
:: mwanachuoni
|
| school {n} (a group of fish)
|
:: shule
|
| school {n} (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning)
|
:: shule
|
| school {n} (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university)
|
:: shule
|
| school {n} (college or university)
|
:: shule
|
| school {n} (a department/institute at a college or university)
|
:: shule
|
| school {n} ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine)
|
:: shule
|
| school {v} (to educate, teach, or train)
|
:: shule
|
| schoolie {n} (schoolteacher) SEE: teacher
|
::
|
| schoolteacher {n} (schoolteacher) SEE: teacher
|
::
|
| science {n} (collective discipline of learning acquired through the scientific method)
|
:: sayansi {cn}
|
| science {n}
|
:: sayansi
|
| science fiction {n} (fiction)
|
:: sayansi ya kubuniwa
|
| scientist {n} (one whose activities make use of the scientific method)
|
:: mwanasayansi
|
| scimitar {n} (sword with curved blade)
|
:: kitara
|
| scissors {n} (tool used for cutting)
|
:: mkasi {c3} {c4}, mikasi {p}
|
| score {v} (to score) SEE: strike
|
::
|
| score {n} (number of points earned)
|
:: funga
|
| score {v} (to earn points in a game)
|
:: funga
|
| scorer {n} (one who scores)
|
:: mfungaji
|
| scores {pron} (many) SEE: many
|
::
|
| Scorpio {prop} (astrological sign)
|
:: Akarabu, Nge
|
| scorpion {n} (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones)
|
:: nge {c9} {c10}, kisusuli
|
| Scorpius {prop} (astrological sign) SEE: Scorpio
|
::
|
| Scot {n} (a person born in or native to Scotland)
|
:: Mskoti
|
| Scotch tape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape
|
::
|
| Scotland {prop} (country in northwest Europe to the north of England)
|
:: Uskoti
|
| scream {n} (loud exclamation)
|
:: nduru
|
| scream {v} (to make the sound of a scream)
|
:: kulia
|
| screech owl {n} (Megascops)
|
:: mtiti
|
| screen printing {n} (printing method)
|
:: uchapishaji skrini
|
| screw {n} (fastener)
|
:: parafujo {9} {10}
|
| scribe {n} (one who writes; a draughtsman)
|
:: mwandishi
|
| scribe {n} (writer and doctor of the law)
|
:: mwandishi {c1} {c2}
|
| Scripture {prop} (Bible) SEE: Bible
|
::
|
| scrofula {n} (form of tuberculosis)
|
:: mlezi
|
| scrotum {n} (the bag of the skin and muscle that contains the testicles)
|
:: korodani
|
| sculpture {n} (work of art created by sculpting)
|
:: kinyago
|
| scumbag {n} (condom) SEE: condom
|
::
|
| scythe {n} (farm tool)
|
:: fyekeo
|
| sea {n} (body of water)
|
:: bahari {c9} {c10}
|
| seafarer {n} (sailor) SEE: sailor
|
::
|
| sea horse {n} (walrus) SEE: walrus
|
::
|
| sea horse {n} (fish)
|
:: mbuzi-bahari
|
| seal {n} (pinniped)
|
:: sili
|
| sea lion {n} (member of the Otariidae family)
|
:: simba wa bahari {c9} {c10}
|
| seaman {n} (mariner or sailor) SEE: sailor
|
::
|
| Sea of Japan {prop} (the sea between Japan and the rest of Asia)
|
:: Bahari ya Japani
|
| search {v} (to search) SEE: look
|
::
|
| season {n} (quarter of a year)
|
:: msimu
|
| season {n} (part of year with something special)
|
:: msimu
|
| seat {n} (piece of furniture)
|
:: kiti {c7} {c8}
|
| sea turtle {n} (any turtle that inhabits oceans)
|
:: kasa
|
| seaweed {n} (marine plants and algae)
|
:: mwani
|
| second {adj} (second (numeral), see also: 2nd)
|
:: ya pili
|
| second {n} (another chance to achieve what should have been done the first time)
|
:: sekunde
|
| second {n} (one-sixtieth of a minute; SI unit of time)
|
:: sekunde
|
| second {n} (unit of angular measure)
|
:: sekunde
|
| second {n} (short, indeterminate amount of time)
|
:: sekunde
|
| secondary school {n} (school)
|
:: sekondari
|
| Second World War {prop} (World War II) SEE: World War II
|
::
|
| secrecy {n} (concealment)
|
:: siri
|
| secret {n} (knowledge that is hidden)
|
:: siri
|
| secretary {n} (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
|
:: karani
|
| section {n} (cutting, part cut out)
|
:: kifungu
|
| section {n} (part of a document)
|
:: kifungu
|
| sector {n} (section)
|
:: sekta
|
| sector {n} (fixed-sized unit of sequential data storage)
|
:: sekta
|
| sector {n} (military operation area)
|
:: sekta
|
| sector {n} (a field of economic activity)
|
:: sekta
|
| secure {adj} (free from attack or danger; protected)
|
:: salamu
|
| secure {adj} (free from the danger of theft; safe)
|
:: salamu
|
| secure {adj} (free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret)
|
:: salamu
|
| secure {adj} (free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid)
|
:: salamu
|
| secure {adj} (Firm and not likely to fail; stable)
|
:: salamu
|
| secure {adj} (Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable)
|
:: salamu, salamu
|
| secure {v} (To make secure)
|
:: usalamu
|
| security {n} (condition of not being threatened)
|
:: usalama {c14}
|
| see {v} (perceive with the eyes)
|
:: kuona
|
| seed {n} (fertilized grain)
|
:: mbegu
|
| seed {n} (amount of fertilized grain)
|
:: mbegu {c10}
|
| seed {n} (offspring, descendants, progeny)
|
:: uzao
|
| seedpod {n} (pouch-like form on a plant) SEE: pod
|
::
|
| seek {v} (to try to find)
|
:: kutafuta
|
| seel {v} (To blind) SEE: blind
|
::
|
| seem {v} (to appear, to seem) SEE: look
|
::
|
| see off {v} (to defeat) SEE: defeat
|
::
|
| see-through {adj} (transparent) SEE: transparent
|
::
|
| seizure {n} (sudden attack or convulsion)
|
:: kifafa
|
| seldom {adv} (infrequently, rarely)
|
:: nadra
|
| sell {v} (to agree to transfer goods or provide services)
|
:: kuuza
|
| seller {n} (someone who sells)
|
:: mwuzaji
|
| sellotape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape
|
::
|
| Sellotape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape
|
::
|
| semantics {n} (science of the meaning of words)
|
:: semantiki
|
| semantics {n} (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
|
:: semantiki
|
| semen {n} (male reproductory fluid)
|
:: shahawa, manii
|
| semicolon {n} (punctuation mark ';')
|
:: alama ya nuktamkato
|
| semifinal {n} (competition)
|
:: nusu fainali
|
| seminar {n} (class held for advanced studies)
|
:: warsha
|
| seminar {n} (meeting held for the exchange of useful information)
|
:: warsha
|
| senate {n} (the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems)
|
:: seneti
|
| Senegal {prop} (Republic of Senegal)
|
:: Senegali
|
| Senegalese {adj} (pertaining to Senegal)
|
:: Kisenegali
|
| Senegalese {n} (person from Senegal)
|
:: Msenegali
|
| sentence {n} (decision of a jury)
|
:: kifungo
|
| sentence {n} (grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate)
|
:: sentensi
|
| sentence {v} (declare a sentence on a convicted person)
|
:: kifungo
|
| sepulchre {n} (burial chamber)
|
:: kaburi {c5} {c6}
|
| sequoia {n} (tree)
|
:: sekwoya
|
| Serbian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian)
|
:: kiserbia
|
| series {n} (a number of things that follow on one after the other)
|
:: msururu {3/4}
|
| serigraphy {n} (printing method) SEE: screen printing
|
::
|
| serpent {n} (snake)
|
:: joka
|
| serval {n} (medium-sized African wild cat)
|
:: mondo, mondo {c9/10}
|
| servant {n} (one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation)
|
:: mtumishi
|
| servant {n}
|
:: utumishi
|
| serve {v} (to be a servant)
|
:: kutumika
|
| Servian {adj} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian
|
::
|
| Servian {n} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian
|
::
|
| Servian {prop} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian
|
::
|
| service {n} (practice of providing services as economic activity)
|
:: huduma
|
| service {n} (computing: function provided by one program or machine for another)
|
:: huduma
|
| service {n} (religious rite or ritual)
|
:: huduma
|
| service {n} (legal: delivery of a summons or writ)
|
:: huduma
|
| service {v} (to serve)
|
:: hudumia
|
| service {v} (to perform maintenance)
|
:: hudumia
|
| serviceman {n} (man who serves in the armed forces)
|
:: mwanajeshi
|
| set {v} (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon)
|
:: kutua
|
| set {v} (to sit) SEE: sit
|
::
|
| set forth {v} (to start) SEE: start
|
::
|
| set free {v} (release, free, give freedom to)
|
:: kuweka huru
|
| set sail {v} (to embark on a voyage by boat)
|
:: kutweka matanga
|
| Setswana {prop} (Tswana) SEE: Tswana
|
::
|
| seven {num} (cardinal number 7)
|
:: saba
|
| seven {n} (the figure seven)
|
:: saba
|
| sevennight {n} (period of seven consecutive days and nights) SEE: week
|
::
|
| seventh {adj} (ordinal form of the number seven, see also: 7th)
|
:: ya saba
|
| seventy {num} (cardinal number)
|
:: sabini
|
| sex {n} (act of sexual intercourse)
|
:: ngono
|
| sext {n} (noon) SEE: noon
|
::
|
| sexually transmitted disease {n} (disease contracted through sexual contact)
|
:: maradhi ya zinaa
|
| Seychelles {prop} (country in East Africa)
|
:: Shelisheli
|
| Seychellois {adj} (from, or pertaining to, the Seychelles)
|
:: Kishelisheli
|
| Seychellois {n} (Someone from the Seychelles of Seychellois descent)
|
:: Mshelisheli
|
| Sha'aban {prop} (eighth month of the Islamic calendar)
|
:: Shaabani
|
| shadow {n} (dark image projected onto a surface)
|
:: uvuli {c11} {c12}
|
| shadow {n} (spirit, ghost) SEE: ghost
|
::
|
| shahada {n} (Islamic declaration of belief)
|
:: shahada
|
| shaitan {n} (Iblis, Satan in Islam)
|
:: shetani
|
| shake {n} (beverage made of ice cream and carbonated drink) SEE: float
|
::
|
| shake off {v} (to remove by shaking)
|
:: kukung'uta
|
| shalwar {n} (garment)
|
:: suruali
|
| shame {n} (uncomfortable or painful feeling)
|
:: aibu
|
| shame {n} (something to regret)
|
:: aibu, fedheha
|
| shame {v} (to cause to feel shame)
|
:: -aibisha
|
| shape {n} (appearance or outline)
|
:: umbo
|
| shapeshifter {n} (creature capable of changing its appearance) SEE: shape-shifter
|
::
|
| shape-shifter {n} (a person who can transform)
|
:: mgeuzi (noun 1/2), kibadilishaumbo
|
| sharbat {n} (sherbet) SEE: sherbet
|
::
|
| share {n} (portion of something)
|
:: hisa
|
| share {n} (financial instrument)
|
:: hisa
|
| share {v} (to give)
|
:: hisa
|
| share {v} (to have in common)
|
:: hisa
|
| share {v} (to divide and distribute)
|
:: hisa
|
| shareholder {n} (one who owns shares of stock)
|
:: mweyehisa
|
| shareowner {n} (shareholder) SEE: shareholder
|
::
|
| shark {n} (fish)
|
:: papa {9} {10}
|
| shatter {v} (to violently break something into pieces)
|
:: kuvunja
|
| shaver {n} (boy) SEE: boy
|
::
|
| shaver {n} (barber) SEE: barber
|
::
|
| shawl {n} (a square piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders)
|
:: kikoi
|
| she {pron} (person)
|
:: yeye
|
| sheaf {n} (bundle of grain or straw)
|
:: mganda
|
| sheath {n} (condom) SEE: condom
|
::
|
| sheep {n} (animal)
|
:: kondoo
|
| sheepherder {n} (shepherd) SEE: shepherd
|
::
|
| sheet {n} (thin bed cloth) SEE: bedsheet
|
::
|
| sheik {n} (Islamic religious clergy)
|
:: shehe
|
| shelf {n} (structure)
|
:: rafu {c9} {c10}
|
| shelve {v} (to place on a shelf)
|
:: daka
|
| shepherd {n} (a person who tends sheep)
|
:: mchungaji
|
| sherbet {n} (frozen fruit juice)
|
:: sharubati
|
| shh {interj} (requesting silence)
|
:: usu
|
| shield {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| shield {n} (armor)
|
:: ngao {c9} {c10}
|
| shield {n} (figuratively, one who protects or defends)
|
:: ngao
|
| shilling {n} (currency)
|
:: shilingi
|
| shine {n} (slang: moonshine) SEE: moonshine
|
::
|
| ship {n} (large water vessel)
|
:: meli, jahazi
|
| shirt {n} (article of clothing)
|
:: shati
|
| shit happens {phrase} (expression of acceptance of misfortune) SEE: such is life
|
::
|
| shithole {n} (anus) SEE: asshole
|
::
|
| shithole {n} (unpleasant person) SEE: asshole
|
::
|
| shitter {n} (coarse slang for the anus) SEE: anus
|
::
|
| shitty {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| shoal {n} (group of fish) SEE: school
|
::
|
| shoe {n} (protective covering for the foot)
|
:: kiatu
|
| shoe {v} (to put horseshoes on a horse)
|
:: kiatu
|
| shoe polish {n} (product used to make shoes shine)
|
:: dawa ya viatu
|
| Shona {prop} (language)
|
:: Kishona
|
| shoot {v} (to fire a shot)
|
:: kupiga risasi
|
| shoot {v} (to fire multiple shots)
|
:: kupiga risasi
|
| shoot {v} (to hit with a shot)
|
:: kupiga risasi
|
| shop {n} (establishment that sells goods)
|
:: duka
|
| shop {n}
|
:: duka {c5}, maduka {c6}
|
| shoppe {n} (shop) SEE: shop
|
::
|
| shore {n} (land adjoining a large body of water)
|
:: ukingo wa bahari
|
| short {adj} (having a small distance between ends or edges)
|
:: -fupi
|
| short {adj} (of a person, of comparatively small height)
|
:: -fupi
|
| shortage {n} (lack or deficiency)
|
:: uhaba
|
| shortcoming {n} (deficiency)
|
:: dosari
|
| shortcut {n} (path)
|
:: mkato
|
| shortcut {n} (method)
|
:: mkato
|
| shortcut {n} (symlink)
|
:: mkato
|
| short of {phrase} (except) SEE: except
|
::
|
| shorts {n} (plural of short) SEE: short
|
::
|
| shorts {n} (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees)
|
:: kaptula
|
| shot {adj} (worn out)
|
:: kaptula
|
| shot {adj} (woven from warp and weft strands of different colours)
|
:: kaptula
|
| shot {adj} (tired, weary)
|
:: kaptula
|
| shot {n} (result of launching a projectile)
|
:: kaptula
|
| shot {n} (launching of a ball or similar object toward a goal)
|
:: kaptula
|
| shot {n} (heavy iron ball used for the shot put)
|
:: kaptula
|
| shot {n} (small metal balls used as ammunition)
|
:: kaptula
|
| shot {n} (opportunity or attempt)
|
:: kaptula
|
| shot {n} (measure of alcohol)
|
:: kaptula
|
| shot {n} (payment (of a bill), scot or shout)
|
:: kaptula
|
| Shota {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Shota
|
| shoulder {n} (joint between arm and torso)
|
:: bega {cma}
|
| shout {n} (a loud burst of voice)
|
:: yowe
|
| shout {v} (to utter a sudden and loud outcry)
|
:: kupiga kilele
|
| shovel {n} (spade) SEE: spade
|
::
|
| show {v} (to display)
|
:: -onyesha
|
| show {n} (entertainment)
|
:: shoo
|
| show {n} (exhibition)
|
:: maonyesho
|
| show {n} (demonstration)
|
:: maonyesho
|
| shower {v} (to bathe using a shower)
|
:: kupiga bafu
|
| shrike {n} (Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae)
|
:: mbwigu
|
| shroom {n} (mushroom) SEE: mushroom
|
::
|
| shrub {n} (woody plant)
|
:: miraa
|
| shrub {n} (drink)
|
:: miraa
|
| shvitz {n} (sweat) SEE: sweat
|
::
|
| shyness {n} (quality of being shy)
|
:: soni
|
| sib {n} (sibling) SEE: sibling
|
::
|
| sib {n} (kinsman) SEE: kinsman
|
::
|
| sibling {n} (person who shares same parents)
|
:: ndugu {c9} {c0}
|
| Sicily {prop} (island)
|
:: Sisilia
|
| sick {adj} (ill) SEE: ill
|
::
|
| sickle {n} (agricultural implement)
|
:: mundu
|
| sickness {n} (the quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady)
|
:: ugonjwa
|
| siege {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| Sierra Leone {prop} (Republic of Sierra Leone)
|
:: Siera Leoni
|
| Sierra Leonean {adj} (from or of Sierra Leone)
|
:: Kisieraleoni
|
| Sierra Leonean {n} (someone from Sierra Leone)
|
:: Msieraleoni
|
| sieve {n} (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
|
:: kichujio, mafumbo
|
| sight {n} (eyesight) SEE: eyesight
|
::
|
| sign {n} (visible indication)
|
:: ishara
|
| signal {n} (sign made to give notice)
|
:: ishara
|
| signature {n} (person’s autograph name)
|
:: saini
|
| sign of the cross {n} (gesture)
|
:: ishara ya msalaba
|
| silence {n} (lack of any sound)
|
:: kimya
|
| silk {n} (fiber)
|
:: hariri
|
| silk-screen printing {n} (screen printing) SEE: screen printing
|
::
|
| sill {n} (base of a window)
|
:: bado
|
| sill {n} (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)
|
:: bado
|
| silver {n} (metal)
|
:: fedha {c9} {c10}
|
| silver fir {n} (European silver fir Abies alba)
|
:: mberoshi fedha
|
| silvern {adj} (made from silver) SEE: silver
|
::
|
| SIM card {n} (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data)
|
:: kadi ya SIM
|
| simile {n} (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
|
:: tashbihi
|
| sin {n} (violation of religious law)
|
:: dhambi
|
| sin {n} (misdeed)
|
:: dhambi
|
| since {prep} (from (time))
|
:: tangu
|
| since {conj} (from the time that)
|
:: tangu
|
| sinful {adj} (evil) SEE: evil
|
::
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| sing {v} (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice)
|
:: kuimba
|
| sink {v} (descend into liquid, etc)
|
:: -zamisha
|
| sinner {n} (person who has sinned)
|
:: mwenye dhambi {c1} {c2}
|
| siren {n} (device for making a sound alarm)
|
:: kingora
|
| sisal {n} (plant)
|
:: mkatani
|
| sisal {n} (fiber)
|
:: katani
|
| sister {n} (woman or girl having the same parents)
|
:: dada, umbu {c5} {c6}
|
| sit {v} (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
|
:: kukaa
|
| sit {v} (move oneself into such a position)
|
:: kuketi
|
| sit {v}
|
:: kukaa
|
| sit down {v} (to assume a sitting position from a standing position)
|
:: kukaa kitako
|
| sitting room {n} (living room) SEE: living room
|
::
|
| six {num} (cardinal number)
|
:: sita
|
| sixth {adj} (ordinal form of the number six, see also: 6th)
|
:: ya sita
|
| sixty {num} (cardinal number)
|
:: sitini
|
| skeeter {n} (mosquito) SEE: mosquito
|
::
|
| skeleton {n} (system that provides support to an organism)
|
:: kiunzi cha mifupa
|
| skimble-skamble {n} (gibberish, mumbo-jumbo, nonsense) SEE: nonsense
|
::
|
| skin {n} (outer protective of the body of a person or animal)
|
:: ngozi {c9} {c10}
|
| skin {n} (skin and fur of an animal used by humans)
|
:: ngozi {c9} {c10}
|
| skin {n} (congealed layer on the surface of a liquid)
|
:: gamba {5/6}
|
| skin {n} (rolling paper for cigarettes)
|
:: gamba {5/6}
|
| skin {n}
|
:: ngozi {c9} {c10}
|
| skink {n} (lizard)
|
:: mijusi-islamu {c3} {c4}
|
| skirt {n} (clothing)
|
:: sketi
|
| skull {n} (bones of the head: cranium and mandible)
|
:: fuvu la kichwa
|
| skunk {n} (animal)
|
:: kinyegere {c7} {c8}
|
| skunk {n} (skunkweed) SEE: marijuana
|
::
|
| sky {n} (atmosphere above a point)
|
:: mbingu {c9} {c10}, anga
|
| sky {n} (specific view, condition)
|
:: anga
|
| sky {n} (heaven)
|
:: anga
|
| skyscraper {n} (tall building)
|
:: kikunawingu {c7} {c8}
|
| slander {n} (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
|
:: kashfa {c9}
|
| slanderer {n} (One who slanders)
|
:: mzushi
|
| slang {n} (jargon) SEE: jargon
|
::
|
| slap {n} (A blow dealt with the open hand)
|
:: kibare, kibao
|
| slap {n} (The sound of such a blow.)
|
:: kibare
|
| slave {n} (person owned by another)
|
:: mtumwa
|
| slave {n} (person forced to work for another)
|
:: mtumwa
|
| slavery {n} (institution or practice of owning human beings)
|
:: utumwa {11}
|
| slavery {n} (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
|
:: utumwa {11}
|
| sleep {v} (to rest in state of reduced consciousness)
|
:: kulala
|
| sleep {n} (state of reduced consciousness)
|
:: usingizi
|
| sleeper {n} (someone who sleeps)
|
:: mlalaji
|
| sleeping sickness {n} (infectious disease)
|
:: malale
|
| sleep with {v} (have sex with)
|
:: -lala na
|
| sling {n} (instrument for throwing, see also: slingshot)
|
:: kombeo, teo
|
| slipperiness {n} (property of being slippery)
|
:: utelezi
|
| slogan {n} (phrase associated with a product, used in advertising)
|
:: kauli mbiu
|
| slope {n} (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward)
|
:: mteremko
|
| sloth {n} (laziness)
|
:: uvivu {cu} {czi}
|
| sloth {n} (mammal)
|
:: mwendapole, slothi
|
| slothful {adj} (lazy, sluggish)
|
:: -vivu
|
| Slovak {n} (native of Slovakia)
|
:: Mslovakia, Mslovaki
|
| Slovak {n} (language of Slovakia)
|
:: Kislovakia, Kislovaki
|
| Slovakia {prop} (Slovakia)
|
:: Slovakia, Uslovaki
|
| Slovakian {adj} (of or pertaining to Slovakia) SEE: Slovak
|
::
|
| Slovakian {n} (a person from Slovakia or of Slovakian descent) SEE: Slovak
|
::
|
| Slovenia {prop} (country in Europe)
|
:: Slovenia
|
| slow {adj} (not quick in motion)
|
:: pole, aste
|
| slow {adj} (spread over a comparatively long time)
|
:: pole, aste
|
| slow {adj} (of reduced intellectual capacity)
|
:: pole, aste
|
| slow {adj} (lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation)
|
:: pole, aste
|
| slow {adj} (behind in time)
|
:: pole, aste
|
| slow {adj} (lacking spirit; boring)
|
:: pole
|
| slow {v} (to reduce the speed of)
|
:: pole, aste
|
| slow {v} (to keep from going quickly, to delay)
|
:: pole, aste
|
| slow {v} (to become slow)
|
:: pole, aste
|
| slum {n} (dilapidated neighborhood)
|
:: kitongoji duni
|
| slut {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute
|
::
|
| smack {n} ((slang) heroin) SEE: horse
|
::
|
| small {adj} (not large)
|
:: -dogo
|
| small {adj} (young)
|
:: -changa
|
| smallest room {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| smallpox {n} (disease)
|
:: ndui
|
| smaragdine {n} (emerald) SEE: emerald
|
::
|
| smegma {n} (sebaceous secretion)
|
:: pumba
|
| smell {n} (sensation)
|
:: harufu
|
| smell you later {interj} (see you later; goodbye) SEE: goodbye
|
::
|
| smile {n} (a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice)
|
:: kicheko {c7} {c8}
|
| smile {v} (to have a smile on one's face)
|
:: tabasamu
|
| smoke {n} (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material)
|
:: moshi
|
| smokestack {n} (a conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out) SEE: chimney
|
::
|
| smooth {adj} (lacking friction, not rough)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {adj} (without difficulty)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {adj} (bland; glib)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {adj} (suave; sophisticated)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {adj} (action: natural; unconstrained)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {adj} (motion: unbroken)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {adj} (placid, calm)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {adj} (edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {adj} (food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {adj} (beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {adj} (mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {adj} (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel: lacking marked aspiration)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {n} (something which is smooth or easy)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {n} (smoothing action)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {n} (domestic animal having a smooth coat)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {n} (member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {n} (statistics: analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {v} (make smooth)
|
:: laini
|
| smooth {v} (statistics: capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise)
|
:: laini
|
| snail {n} (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)
|
:: konokono {c5} {c6}
|
| snake {n} (legless reptile)
|
:: nyoka {c9}
|
| snore {n} (act and noise of snoring)
|
:: mkoromo
|
| snoring {n} (action or sound)
|
:: mkoromo
|
| snow {n} (precipitation)
|
:: theluji {c9} {c10}
|
| soap {n} (substance)
|
:: sabuni
|
| soap {v} (apply soap in washing)
|
:: sabuni
|
| soap {v} (cover with soap as a prank)
|
:: sabuni
|
| soccer {n} (game)
|
:: soka, kandanda
|
| Sochi {prop} (city in Russia)
|
:: Sochi
|
| socialism {n} (political philosophy of social and economic equality)
|
:: ujamaa {c14}
|
| society {n} (group of people sharing culture)
|
:: jamii
|
| society {n} (group of persons who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest)
|
:: chama
|
| Socinian {adj} (pertaining to the Socinians)
|
:: sociniani
|
| sociolinguistics {n} (the study of social and cultural effects on language)
|
:: isimu jamii
|
| sociology {n} (study of society, human social interactions, etc.)
|
:: sosholojia
|
| sock {n} (covering for the foot)
|
:: soksi
|
| socket {n} (mechanical opening)
|
:: soketi
|
| soda {n} (carbonated water)
|
:: soda
|
| soda {n} (sweet, carbonated drink)
|
:: soda
|
| sodium {n} (reactive metal)
|
:: natiri, sodiamu
|
| sodomise {v} (to perform anal sex)
|
:: fira
|
| sodomise {v} (to perform anal sex with an animal)
|
:: fira
|
| sodomise {v}
|
:: kufira
|
| soil {n} (mixture of sand and organic material)
|
:: mchanga
|
| solanum {n} (East African traditional vegetable)
|
:: mnavu
|
| soldier {n} (member of an army)
|
:: askari
|
| solitaire {n} (patience) SEE: patience
|
::
|
| Solomon Islands {prop} (A country in Melanesia)
|
:: Solomoni
|
| solution {n} (liquid mixture)
|
:: suluhu {9/10}
|
| solution {n} (answer to a problem (mathematics))
|
:: suluhu {9/10}
|
| solution {n} (satisfaction of a claim or debt)
|
:: suluhu {9/10}
|
| Somali {n} (a language)
|
:: Kisomali
|
| Somali {n} (a person from Somalia or of Somali descent)
|
:: Msomali
|
| Somali {adj} (pertaining to Somalia)
|
:: Kisomali
|
| Somalia {prop} (country in the Horn of Africa)
|
:: Somalia, Usomali
|
| Somalian {adj} (pertaining to Somalia) SEE: Somali
|
::
|
| Somalian {n} (someone from Somalia) SEE: Somali
|
::
|
| some {pron} (indefinite quantity or number)
|
:: baadhi
|
| some {pron} (indefinite amount, part)
|
:: baadhi
|
| some {determiner} (certain proportion of)
|
:: baadhi ya
|
| sometime {adv} (obsolete: sometimes) SEE: sometimes
|
::
|
| sometimes {adv} (on certain occasions, but not always)
|
:: pengine
|
| son {n} (a male person in relation to his parents)
|
:: mwana, auladi, mtoto wa kiume {c1} {c2}
|
| song {n} (music with words)
|
:: wimbo
|
| Song of Solomon {prop} (book of the Bible) SEE: Song of Songs
|
::
|
| Song of Songs {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Wimbo Ulio Bora
|
| Son of God {prop}
|
:: Mwana wa Mungu
|
| Son of Man {prop} (Jesus Christ)
|
:: Mwana wa Mtu {c1}
|
| Sophia {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Sofia
|
| sore {n} (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
|
:: kidonda
|
| sorghum {n} (cereal)
|
:: mtama
|
| Sotho {prop} (group of Bantu lects)
|
:: Kisuthu
|
| Sotho {prop} (Sotho language)
|
:: Kisuthu
|
| São Tomé and Príncipe {prop} (Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe)
|
:: Sao Tome na Principe
|
| soul {n} (the spirit or essence of a person that is often believed to live on after the person's death)
|
:: roho, nafsi {c9} {c10}
|
| sound {n} (sensation perceived by the ear)
|
:: sauti
|
| sound effect {n} (artificially created or enhanced sound in films, plays or video games)
|
:: athari ya sauti
|
| soup {n} (dish)
|
:: supu
|
| souped-up {adj} (drunk, intoxicated) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| soupçon {n} (very small amount) SEE: modicum
|
::
|
| soup spoon {n} (spoon for eating soup) SEE: soupspoon
|
::
|
| soupspoon {n} (spoon for eating soup)
|
:: kijiko cha supu
|
| soursop {n} (tree)
|
:: mstafeli
|
| soursop {n} (fruit)
|
:: stafeli
|
| south {n} (compass point)
|
:: kusini
|
| South Africa {prop} (country)
|
:: Afrika Kusini
|
| South African {n} (person)
|
:: Mwafrika Kusini
|
| South African {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa)
|
:: Kiafrika Kusini
|
| South America {prop} (continent that is the southern part of the Americas)
|
:: Amerika ya Kusini
|
| South Asia {prop} (South Asia)
|
:: Asia ya Kusini
|
| Southeast Asia {prop} (a subregion of Asia)
|
:: Asia ya Kusini-Mashariki
|
| Southern Africa {prop} (southern part of the continent of Africa)
|
:: Afrika ya Kusini
|
| Southern Sesotho {prop} (Sotho) SEE: Sotho
|
::
|
| South Korea {prop} (country in East Asia)
|
:: Korea ya Kusini, Korea Kusini
|
| South Sudan {prop} (country in Africa)
|
:: Sudan Kusini
|
| South West Africa {prop} (former province of South Africa)
|
:: Afrika ya Kusini Magharibi
|
| soviet {adj} (relating to the Soviet Union) SEE: Soviet
|
::
|
| Soviet {adj} (pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics)
|
:: Kisovyeti
|
| Soviet Russia {prop} (Russia) SEE: Russia
|
::
|
| Soviet Russia {prop} (Soviet Union) SEE: Soviet Union
|
::
|
| Soviet Union {prop} (USSR, see also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR)
|
:: Muungano wa Sovieti {cm} {cmi}
|
| space {n} (physical extent in two or three dimensions)
|
:: nafasi
|
| space {n} (area beyond atmosphere of planets)
|
:: nafasi
|
| space {n} (personal freedom)
|
:: nafasi, uhuru
|
| space {n} (bounded or specific physical extent)
|
:: nafasi
|
| space {n} (gap between written characters, lines etc.)
|
:: nafasi
|
| space {n} (piece of type used to separate words)
|
:: nafasi
|
| space {n} (geometry: set of points)
|
:: nafasi, nafasi
|
| space {n} (mathematics: generalized construct or set)
|
:: nafasi
|
| space {v} (to set some distance apart)
|
:: nafasi
|
| space {v} (to eject into outer space)
|
:: nafasi
|
| spade {n} (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
|
:: shupaza
|
| spades {n} (spade) SEE: spade
|
::
|
| spades {n} (suit of playing cards)
|
:: shupaza, jembe
|
| spaghetti {n} (pasta)
|
:: spageti
|
| Spain {prop} (country in Europe)
|
:: Hispania
|
| span {n} (space from thumb to little finger)
|
:: shibiri
|
| Spaniard {n} (somebody from Spain)
|
:: Mhispania
|
| Spanish {prop} (Romance language of Spain and the Americas)
|
:: Kihispania
|
| spanner {n} (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
|
:: spana
|
| sparrow {n} (bird of the family Passeridae)
|
:: shomoro
|
| sparrow {n}
|
:: shomoro
|
| speak {v} (to communicate with one's voice using words)
|
:: ongea
|
| speaker {n} (loudspeaker)
|
:: spika
|
| spear {n} (long stick with a sharp tip)
|
:: mkuki
|
| spear {n} (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish)
|
:: chusa
|
| special {adj} (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)
|
:: maalum
|
| species {n} (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
|
:: aina
|
| species {n} (rank in a taxonomic classification)
|
:: spishi
|
| spectacle {n} (optical instrument) SEE: spectacles
|
::
|
| spectacles {n} (a pair of lenses set in a frame)
|
:: miwani {p}
|
| spectator {n} (observer)
|
:: mshabiki
|
| speech {n} (dialect or language) SEE: dialect
|
::
|
| speed {n} (luck, success, prosperity) SEE: luck
|
::
|
| speed {n} (rapidity)
|
:: kasi
|
| spelling {n} (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography)
|
:: imla, tahajia, otografia
|
| spelling {n} (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling)
|
:: imla
|
| spelling {n} (a specific spelling of a word)
|
:: tahajia, imla
|
| sperm whale {n} (sperm whale)
|
:: nyangumi-shahawa
|
| spew {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
|
| sphere {n} (spherical physical object)
|
:: mviringo
|
| spice {n} (Yorkshire dialect: sweets, candy) SEE: sweet
|
::
|
| spice {n} (plant matter used to season or flavour food)
|
:: kiungo
|
| spice {n} (any variety of spice)
|
:: kiungo
|
| spider {n} (arthropod)
|
:: buibui
|
| spigot {n} (faucet) SEE: tap
|
::
|
| spill one's guts {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
|
| spin {v} (to make yarn)
|
:: kusokota
|
| spine pig {n} (porcupine) SEE: porcupine
|
::
|
| spiny anteater {n} (common name for echidna) SEE: echidna
|
::
|
| spirit {n} (soul)
|
:: roho
|
| spirit {n} (supernatural being)
|
:: pepo {9} {10}, roho
|
| spitting cobra {n} (cobra that spits venom)
|
:: swila
|
| spleen {n} (organ)
|
:: wengu {c5} {c6}
|
| splice {v} (to unite in marriage) SEE: marry
|
::
|
| split {v} (divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach) SEE: peach
|
::
|
| spokesman {n} (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people)
|
:: msemi
|
| sponsor {n} (person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect))
|
:: mfadhili
|
| sponsor {n} (One that pays all or part of the cost of an event)
|
:: mfadhili
|
| spontaneous {adj} (random) SEE: random
|
::
|
| spoon {n} (scooped utensil for eating (or serving))
|
:: kijiko {c7} {c8} , mwiko {3/4}
|
| spoon {n} (metal lure for fishing)
|
:: kijiko {c7} {c8}
|
| spoon {v} (to lie together)
|
:: kijiko
|
| spoon {v} (sailing terminology)
|
:: kijiko {7/8}
|
| spoon {v} (to flirt) SEE: flirt
|
::
|
| sport {n} (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
|
:: spoti {?}, riadha {9/10}
|
| sport {n} (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)
|
:: spoti {?}
|
| sport {n} (somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner)
|
:: spoti {?}
|
| sport {n} (toy)
|
:: spoti {?}
|
| sport {n} (gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing)
|
:: spoti {?}
|
| sport {n} (abnormal plant or animal)
|
:: spoti {?}
|
| sport {n} (slang: sportsman; gambler)
|
:: spoti {?}
|
| sport {n} (amorous dalliance)
|
:: spoti {?}
|
| spotted hyena {n} (Crocuta crocuta)
|
:: kingugwa
|
| spouse {n} (husband) SEE: husband
|
::
|
| spouse {n} (wife) SEE: wife
|
::
|
| spread {v} (to stretch out, expand)
|
:: enea
|
| spread {v} (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc))
|
:: enea
|
| spread {v} (to disperse, scatter)
|
:: enea, sambaa
|
| spread {v} ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present)
|
:: kueneza
|
| spread {v} ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand)
|
:: enea
|
| spread {n} (act of spreading)
|
:: eneza
|
| spread {n} (something that has been spread)
|
:: eneza
|
| spread {n} (expanse of land)
|
:: eneza
|
| spread {n} (piece of material used as a cover)
|
:: eneza
|
| spread {n} (large meal, especially one laid out on a table)
|
:: eneza
|
| spread {n} (food designed to be spread)
|
:: eneza
|
| spread {n} (item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page)
|
:: eneza
|
| spread {n} (numerical difference)
|
:: eneza
|
| spring {n} (season between winter and summer in temperate climates)
|
:: masika, majira ya chipuko, kipindi cha demani
|
| spring {n} (water springing from the ground)
|
:: kisima {c7} {c8}
|
| spring {n} (device made of flexible material)
|
:: kosa
|
| spring {n} (people sharing the same origin) SEE: race
|
::
|
| spring {n} (shoot) SEE: shoot
|
::
|
| spring {n} (youth) SEE: youth
|
::
|
| sprite {n} (an elf; a fairy; a goblin)
|
:: kizimwi
|
| spruce {n} (tree from the genus Picea)
|
:: msprusi
|
| spurge {n} (any plant of the genus Euphorbia)
|
:: mkweche
|
| sputum {n} (matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth)
|
:: balaghamu, kohozi
|
| spy {n} (person who secretly watches)
|
:: jasusi {c5} {c6}, mpelelezi {c1} {c2}
|
| spy {v} (to act as a spy)
|
:: majasusi
|
| spy {v} (to spot at a distance)
|
:: majasusi
|
| squid {n} (sea animal)
|
:: pweza
|
| squirrel {n} (rodent)
|
:: kindi {9/10}
|
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte {prop} (the administrative capital of Sri Lanka)
|
:: Sri Jayawardenapura
|
| Sri Lanka {prop} (a country in South Asia)
|
:: Sirilanka
|
| stabilize {v} (to make stable)
|
:: imarisha
|
| stabilize {v} (to become stable)
|
:: imarisha
|
| stable {n} (building for animals with hoofs)
|
:: imarika
|
| stable {n} (building for horses)
|
:: imarika
|
| stable {n} (stable for oxen, cows, cattle)
|
:: imarika
|
| stable {v} (rail transport: park)
|
:: imarika
|
| stable {adj} (relatively unchanging)
|
:: imarika
|
| staff {n} (long, straight, thick rod or stick)
|
:: fimbo
|
| stage {n} (phase)
|
:: ukumbi {11/12}
|
| stage {n} (in theatre)
|
:: ukumbi {11/12}
|
| stage {n} (number of an electronic circuit’s block)
|
:: ukumbi {11/12}
|
| stage {n} (place on a microscope)
|
:: ukumbi {11/12}
|
| stage {v} (to produce on a stage)
|
:: ukumbi
|
| stage {v} (to demonstrate in a deceptive manner)
|
:: ukumbi
|
| stakeholder {n} (person or organisation with a legitimate interest)
|
:: mshikadau
|
| stall {n} (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed)
|
:: kibanda
|
| stall {n} (small open-fronted shop)
|
:: vibanda
|
| stall {n} (seat in a theatre)
|
:: vibanda
|
| stall {n} (aeronautics: loss of lift)
|
:: vibanda
|
| stall {v} (To come to a standstill)
|
:: vibanda
|
| stall {v} (To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in total loss of lift)
|
:: vibanda
|
| stall {v} (To employ delaying tactics against)
|
:: vibanda
|
| stall {v} (To employ delaying tactics)
|
:: vibanda
|
| stamp {n} (postage stamp) SEE: postage stamp
|
::
|
| stand {v} (to support oneself on the feet in an erect position)
|
:: kusimama
|
| stand {v} (to rise to one’s feet)
|
:: msimamo
|
| stand {v} (to remain motionless)
|
:: msimamo
|
| stand {v} (to act as an umpire)
|
:: msimamo
|
| stand {v} (to undergo; withstand; hold up)
|
:: msimamo
|
| stand {v} (to tolerate)
|
:: msimamo
|
| stand {v} (to place in an upright or standing position)
|
:: msimamo
|
| stand {v} (to seek election)
|
:: msimamo
|
| stand {v}
|
:: kusimama
|
| stand {n} (resolute, unwavering position)
|
:: msimamo {3/4}
|
| stand {n} (device to hold something upright or aloft)
|
:: msimamo {3/4}
|
| stand {n} (platform on which a witness testifies in court)
|
:: msimamo {3/4}
|
| stand {n} (particular grove or other group of trees)
|
:: msimamo {3/4}
|
| stand {n} (small building or booth)
|
:: msimamo {3/4}
|
| stand {n} (designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait)
|
:: msimamo {3/4}
|
| stand {n} (cricket: partnership)
|
:: msimamo {3/4}
|
| stand {n} (grandstand) SEE: grandstand
|
::
|
| standard {adj} (falling within an accepted range)
|
:: sanifu
|
| star {n} (luminous celestial body)
|
:: nyota {c9} {c10}
|
| star {n} (talented or famous person)
|
:: nyota
|
| star {n} (quality rating symbol)
|
:: nyota
|
| starring {v} (present participle of "to star") SEE: star
|
::
|
| start {v} (to begin)
|
:: -anza
|
| state {n} (any sovereign polity)
|
:: nchi, dola
|
| state {n} (a political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy)
|
:: nchi
|
| state {n} (a condition)
|
:: hali
|
| state {n} (computing: the set of all parameters relevant to a computation)
|
:: hali
|
| state {n} (computing: the values of all parameters at some point in a computation)
|
:: hali
|
| state {v} (declare to be a fact)
|
:: hali
|
| state {v} (make known)
|
:: hali
|
| statement {n}
|
:: neno
|
| station {n} (place where a vehicle may stop)
|
:: kituo
|
| station {n} (place where one stands or stays)
|
:: kituo
|
| station {n} (place used for broadcasting)
|
:: kituo
|
| station {n} (broadcasting entity)
|
:: kituo
|
| statue {n} (three-dimensional work of art)
|
:: sanamu {c9} {c10}
|
| statue {n} (portrait) SEE: portrait
|
::
|
| Statue of Liberty {prop} (large statue in New York harbor)
|
:: sanamu ya Uhuru
|
| stay {v} (to remain in a particular place)
|
:: kukaa
|
| steak {n} (slice of beef)
|
:: steki
|
| steam {n} (water vapor)
|
:: mvuke {c3} {c4}
|
| steam {n} (steam-powered vehicle) SEE: steamer
|
::
|
| steamer {n} (cooking appliance)
|
:: stima
|
| steel {n} (metal produced from iron)
|
:: feleji, chuma cha pua
|
| steep {adj} (expensive) SEE: expensive
|
::
|
| steering wheel {n} (wheel-shaped control)
|
:: usukani
|
| stem {n} (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)
|
:: shina
|
| step- {prefix} (prefix used to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative)
|
:: kambo
|
| step {n} (pace)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (running board)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (small space or distance)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (footstep)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (manner of walking)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (proceeding; measure; action; act)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (plural: walk; passage)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (plural: portable framework of stairs)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (nautical: framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (machinery: one of a series of offsets, resembling the steps of stairs)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (machinery: bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (music: interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {n} (kinematics: change of position effected by a motion of translation)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {v} (intransitive: to move the foot in walking)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {v} (intransitive: to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {v} (intransitive: to walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely)
|
:: hatua
|
| step {v} (intransitive, figuratively: to move mentally)
|
:: hatua
|
| Stephen {prop} (biblical martyr)
|
:: Stefano
|
| Stephen {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Stefano
|
| step in {v} (To act) SEE: act
|
::
|
| steven {n} (command) SEE: command
|
::
|
| steven {n} (a prayer) SEE: prayer
|
::
|
| steven {n} (voice) SEE: voice
|
::
|
| Steven {prop} (male given name) SEE: Stephen
|
::
|
| steward {n} (any administrator of the property or affairs of another)
|
:: wakili {c5} {c6}
|
| stick {n} (twig or small branch)
|
:: fimbo
|
| sticky tape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape
|
::
|
| stiletto {n} (awl) SEE: awl
|
::
|
| stink {v} (have a strong bad smell)
|
:: nuka
|
| stir up {v} (to cause (trouble etc))
|
:: chochea
|
| stockholder {n} (one who owns stock) SEE: shareholder
|
::
|
| stomach {n} (digestive organ)
|
:: utumbo {c5} {c6}
|
| stomach {n} (belly)
|
:: tumbo
|
| stompie {n} (cigarette butt) SEE: butt
|
::
|
| stone {n} (substance)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {n} (small piece of stone)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {n} (gem stone)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {n} (unit of mass)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {n} (centre of some fruits)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {n} (medical: hard, stone-like deposit)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {n} (piece of hard material used in board games)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {n} (colour)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {n} (curling stone)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {v} (To pelt with stones)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {v} (to remove stone from)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {v} (to form a stone)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {v} (to intoxicate, especially with narcotics)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {adj} (constructed of stone)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {adj} (having the appearance of stone)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stone {adv} (absolutely, completely)
|
:: jiwe
|
| stoned {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| stony {adj} (broke) SEE: broke
|
::
|
| stool {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| stool {n} (footstool) SEE: footstool
|
::
|
| stool {n} (a seat)
|
:: kiroto
|
| stool {n}
|
:: kiroto
|
| stool {n} (a decoy)
|
:: kiroto
|
| stool {n}
|
:: kiroto
|
| stop {v} (to not continue)
|
:: kukoma
|
| stop {v} (nautical: to make fast) SEE: stopper
|
::
|
| stopper {n} (bung or cork)
|
:: kizibo
|
| store {n} (in computing) SEE: memory
|
::
|
| store {n} (shop) SEE: shop
|
::
|
| storehouse {n} (building for keeping goods of any kind)
|
:: ghala
|
| storeroom {n} (room used for storage)
|
:: ghala
|
| storey {n} (floor, level)
|
:: sakafu
|
| stork {n} (large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae)
|
:: kongoti
|
| storm {n} (disturbed state of the atmosphere)
|
:: dhoruba, tufani
|
| storm cellar {n} (underground structure)
|
:: stormkällare {c}
|
| story {n} (account of events)
|
:: hadithi, ngano, khabari {c9} {c10}, habari {c9} {c10}
|
| story {n} (storey) SEE: storey
|
::
|
| stove {n} (device for heating food)
|
:: jiko
|
| straight {adj} (not crooked or bent)
|
:: -nyofu
|
| straight {adj} (direct, truthful, frank)
|
:: -nyofu
|
| straightforward {adj} (not deviating; honest; frank)
|
:: -nyofu
|
| strange {adj} (not normal)
|
:: geni
|
| stranger {n} (outsider or foreigner, see also: foreigner)
|
:: mgeni {c1} {c2}
|
| strangle {v} (to kill someone by strangulation)
|
:: nyonga
|
| strangle {v} (to stifle or suppress)
|
:: nyonga
|
| strategy {n} (plan of action)
|
:: mbinu
|
| strawberry {n} (fruit)
|
:: strouberi
|
| strawberry {n} (plant)
|
:: mstrouberi
|
| strawberry {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya strouberi
|
| stream {n} (small river)
|
:: kijito
|
| street {n} (paved part of road in a village or a town)
|
:: barabara, njia
|
| strength {n} (quality of being strong)
|
:: nguvu
|
| strength {n} (intensity of a force or power)
|
:: nguvu
|
| strengthen {v} (to animate)
|
:: kuimarisha
|
| strike {v} (to delete)
|
:: migomo
|
| strike {v} (to hit)
|
:: migomo
|
| strike {v} (to manufacture by stamping)
|
:: migomo
|
| strike {v} (to stop working to achieve better working conditions)
|
:: mgomo
|
| strike {v} (to impress, seem, appear)
|
:: migomo
|
| strike {v} (nautical: to take down)
|
:: migomo
|
| strike {v} (nautical: to surrender)
|
:: migomo
|
| strike {n} (in bowling)
|
:: migomo
|
| strike {n} (work stoppage)
|
:: migomo
|
| string {n} (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
|
:: uzi
|
| stripe {n} (long straight region of a colour)
|
:: mlia {c3} {c4}
|
| stroke {n} (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted)
|
:: kiharusi
|
| strong {adj} (capable of producing great physical force)
|
:: imara
|
| strong {adj} (capable of withstanding great physical force)
|
:: imara
|
| strong {adj} (highly stimulating to the senses)
|
:: imara
|
| strong {adj} (having an offensive or intense odor or flavor)
|
:: imara
|
| strong {adj} (having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient)
|
:: imara
|
| strong {adj} (military: not easily subdued or taken)
|
:: imara
|
| strong {adj} (slang: impressive)
|
:: imara
|
| strongbox {n} (sturdy box with a lock) SEE: safe
|
::
|
| student {n} (person who studies a subject)
|
:: mwanafunzi, mwanachuo, mwanagenzi, mwanafunzi
|
| student {n} (person enrolled at a university)
|
:: mwanafunzi, mwanachuo
|
| stump {n} (remains of something that has been cut off)
|
:: kisiki
|
| stupidity {n} (property of being stupid)
|
:: ujinga
|
| sty {n} (ladder) SEE: ladder
|
::
|
| sty {v} (to rise up) SEE: ascend
|
::
|
| subject {n} (citizen in a monarchy)
|
:: raia
|
| subject {v} (to cause to undergo)
|
:: somo
|
| submarine {n} (undersea boat)
|
:: nyambizi, sabmarini
|
| substantive {n} (noun) SEE: noun
|
::
|
| suburb {n} (area on the periphery of a city or large town)
|
:: kiunga
|
| succeed {v} (To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful)
|
:: fanikiwa
|
| succeed {v} (To support; to prosper; to promote)
|
:: fanikiwa
|
| such as {prep} (for example) SEE: for example
|
::
|
| such is life {phrase} (used to express the acceptance of misfortune)
|
:: hivyo ndivyo maisha yalivyo
|
| suck {n} (instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling)
|
:: fyonza
|
| suck {v} (to put the mouth or lips to a breast... to draw in milk)
|
:: kunyonya
|
| Sudan {prop} (Republic of Sudan)
|
:: Sudan, Sudani
|
| Sudanese {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language)
|
:: Kisudani
|
| Sudanese {n} (person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent)
|
:: Msudani
|
| sudden {adj} (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
|
:: ghafla
|
| sudden death {n} (instantaneous death)
|
:: fajaa
|
| suddenly {adv} (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
|
:: ghafula
|
| Suez Canal {prop} (canal)
|
:: Mfereji wa Suez
|
| suffer {v} (undergo hardship)
|
:: teseka
|
| suffer {v} (feel pain)
|
:: teseka
|
| suffer {v} (become worse)
|
:: teseka
|
| suffer from {v} (have a disease or condition)
|
:: teseka
|
| suffice {v} (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
|
:: -tosha
|
| Sufi {n} (a Sufi muslim)
|
:: sufii
|
| Sufism {n} (Islamic mysticism)
|
:: usufii
|
| sufuria {n} (deep cooking pot)
|
:: sufuria
|
| sugar {n} (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)
|
:: sukari
|
| sugar {n} (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy)
|
:: sukari
|
| sugar {n} (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc)
|
:: sukari
|
| sugar apple {n} (sweetsop)
|
:: mtopetope
|
| sugar cane {n} (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar)
|
:: muwa
|
| sugar daddy {n} (slang: man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner)
|
:: buzi
|
| sugar maple {n} (Acer saccharum)
|
:: mwaramoni sukari
|
| suicide {n} (instance of killing oneself)
|
:: jiua
|
| Sukuma {n} (people)
|
:: Msukuma
|
| sulfur {n} (element)
|
:: salfa, kiberiti
|
| sultan {n} (ruler)
|
:: sultani
|
| sum {n} (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation)
|
:: jumla
|
| sumac {n} (shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.)
|
:: mchengele
|
| summer {n} (hottest season)
|
:: kiangazi, majira ya joto, kipindi cha kiangazi
|
| sun {prop} (the star around which the Earth revolves, see also: Sun)
|
:: jua
|
| sun {n} (a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system)
|
:: jua
|
| sun {n} (light and warmth received from the sun)
|
:: miyale
|
| sun {n} (something like the sun in brightness or splendor)
|
:: miyale
|
| sun {n} (sunrise or sunset)
|
:: chomoza
|
| sun {n}
|
:: jua
|
| sun {v} (to expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun)
|
:: miale ya jua
|
| sun {v} (to warm or dry in the sunshine)
|
:: kauka
|
| sun {v} (to be exposed to the sun)
|
:: jua
|
| Sun {prop} (star)
|
:: Jua
|
| sunbeam {n} (narrow, intense ray of sunlight)
|
:: kianga
|
| Sunday {n} (day of the week)
|
:: Jumapili
|
| sundial {n} (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
|
:: bonyeza
|
| sunflower {n} (flower)
|
:: alizeti
|
| sunray {n} (sunbeam) SEE: sunbeam
|
::
|
| superhero {n} (a fictional crime-fighting character with superpowers)
|
:: shujaa wa ajabu {m}
|
| superhuman {adj} (beyond what is possible for a human being)
|
:: -a binadamu wa ajabu
|
| supermarket {n} (store)
|
:: supamaketi
|
| supernatural {adj} (above nature)
|
:: -si- -a dunia hii
|
| superpower {n} (fictional extraordinary ability)
|
:: uwezo wa ajabu
|
| sura {n} (chapter of the Qur'an)
|
:: sura
|
| Suriname {prop} (country)
|
:: Surinamu
|
| Surinamese {n} (person from Suriname)
|
:: Msurinamu
|
| surname {n}
|
:: kwa jina lingine, jina la familia, majina ya familia, jina la ukoo
|
| surveillance {n} (observation of individuals or groups of individuals)
|
:: ulinzi
|
| survivor {n} (one who survives)
|
:: nusura
|
| sushi {n} (Japanese dish)
|
:: sushi
|
| suspect {n} (person suspected of something)
|
:: mshukiwa
|
| Swahili {n} (language)
|
:: Kiswahili
|
| swallow {v} (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)
|
:: kumeza
|
| swallow {v} (to take in, to consume)
|
:: meza
|
| swallow {v} (to make muscular contractions of the oesophagus)
|
:: meza
|
| swallow {v} (to believe or accept)
|
:: meza
|
| swallow {n} (a chasm or abyss)
|
:: meza
|
| swallow {n} (amount swallowed)
|
:: meza
|
| swallow {n} (bird)
|
:: mbayuwayu
|
| swamp {n} (type of wetland)
|
:: bwawa
|
| swampy {adj} (wet like a swamp)
|
:: chepechepe
|
| swan {n} (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
|
:: bata-maji
|
| swarm {n} (large number of insects)
|
:: jana
|
| swarm {n} (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
|
:: jana
|
| Swazi {n} (person from Swaziland)
|
:: Mswazi
|
| Swazi {n} (person of Swazi descent)
|
:: Mswati
|
| Swazi {prop} (Bantu language)
|
:: Kiswazi
|
| Swazi {adj} (pertaining to Swaziland)
|
:: Kiswazi, Kiswati
|
| Swaziland {prop} (Kingdom of Swaziland, see also: eSwatini)
|
:: Uswazi
|
| swear {v} (to take an oath)
|
:: kuapa
|
| sweat {n} (fluid that exits the body through pores)
|
:: jasho {5} {6}, hari {c9} {c10}
|
| sweat {v} (to emit sweat)
|
:: -toa jasho
|
| sweat {v} (to solder together)
|
:: -ungana
|
| sweater {n} (similar garment worn for warmth)
|
:: sweta
|
| Swede {n} (person from Sweden or of Swedish descent)
|
:: Mswidi
|
| Sweden {prop} (Scandinavian country)
|
:: Uswidi
|
| Swedish {prop} (language)
|
:: Kiswidi
|
| sweep {v} (to clean using a broom or brush)
|
:: -fagia
|
| sweet {adj} (having a pleasant taste)
|
:: tamu
|
| sweet {adj} (having a taste of sugar)
|
:: tamu
|
| sweet {adj} (containing a sweetening ingredient)
|
:: tamu
|
| sweet {adj} (not having a salty taste)
|
:: peremende
|
| sweet {adj} (having a pleasant smell)
|
:: tamu
|
| sweet {adj} (not decaying, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale)
|
:: tamu
|
| sweet {n} (sugary confection)
|
:: tamu, pipi
|
| sweet {n} (sweetheart) SEE: sweetheart
|
::
|
| sweet dreams {phrase} (sweet dreams)
|
:: ndoto njema
|
| sweetheart {n} (a person very much liked or loved by someone)
|
:: tamu, pipi
|
| sweet potato {n} (yam) SEE: yam
|
::
|
| sweet potato {n} (tuber)
|
:: kiazi kitamu
|
| sweetsop {n} (sugar apple) SEE: sugar apple
|
::
|
| swell {v} (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
|
:: fura, vimba
|
| swell {n} (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
|
:: kivimbe
|
| swell {n} (music: gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo)
|
:: kivimbe
|
| swell {n} (music: device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ)
|
:: kivimbe
|
| swell {n} (music: division in pipe organ)
|
:: kivimbe
|
| swim {v} (move through water)
|
:: kuogelea
|
| swine {n} (pig) SEE: pig
|
::
|
| Swiss {n} (Swiss person)
|
:: Mswisi
|
| switch {n} (device to turn electric current on and off)
|
:: swichi
|
| Switzerland {prop} (sovereign country)
|
:: Uswisi
|
| sword {n} (weapon)
|
:: upanga
|
| swordfish {n} (Xiphias gladius)
|
:: mchumbururu
|
| sycamore {n} (Platanus)
|
:: mwela
|
| sycamore {n} (Ficus sycomorus)
|
:: mkuyu
|
| syconium {n} (collective fleshy fruit)
|
:: kuyu {c5} {c6}
|
| syllable {n} (unit of speech)
|
:: silabi
|
| symbolically {adv} (in a symbolic manner)
|
:: mfano
|
| sympathy {n} (feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another)
|
:: juruma
|
| synagogue {n} (Jewish place of worship)
|
:: sunagogi
|
| synod {n} (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
|
:: sinodi
|
| synonym {n} (word with same meaning as another)
|
:: kisawe, sinonimu
|
| synonym {n} (in zoological nomenclature)
|
:: sinonimu
|
| synonym {n} (in botanical nomenclature)
|
:: sinonimu
|
| syntax {n} (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
|
:: sintaksia
|
| syntax {n} (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
|
:: sintaksia
|
| syntaxis {n} (syntax) SEE: syntax
|
::
|
| syphilis {n} (sexual disease caused by Treponema pallidum)
|
:: kaswende
|
| Syracuse {prop} (city in New York state)
|
:: Syracuse
|
| Syria {prop} (country in the Middle East)
|
:: Siria
|
| Syrian {n} (a person from Syria or of Syrian descent)
|
:: Msiria
|
| syrup {n} (thick liquid that has a high sugar content)
|
:: asali
|
| system {n} (collection of organized things; whole composed of relationships among its members)
|
:: mfumo
|
| ta {interj} (thanks) SEE: thanks
|
::
|
| tab {n} (cigarette) SEE: cigarette
|
::
|
| table {n} (item of furniture)
|
:: meza
|
| table {n} (flat tray that can be used as a table)
|
:: meza
|
| table {n} (grid of data in rows and columns)
|
:: meza
|
| table {n} (collection of arithmetic calculations)
|
:: meza
|
| table {n} (computing: a lookup table)
|
:: meza, meza
|
| table {n} (music: the top of a stringed instrument)
|
:: meza
|
| table {v} (to put on a table)
|
:: meza
|
| table {v} (to propose for discussion)
|
:: meza
|
| table {v} (to postpone a motion)
|
:: meza
|
| table {v} (to postpone)
|
:: meza
|
| table {v} (to tabulate)
|
:: meza
|
| table of contents {n} (organized list summarizing book or document)
|
:: yaliyomo
|
| tablet {n} (pill) SEE: pill
|
::
|
| taboo {n} (inhibition or ban)
|
:: tambiko
|
| taboo {n} (in Polynesia: something which may not be used)
|
:: tambiko
|
| taboo {adj} (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)
|
:: tambiko
|
| taboo {v} (mark as taboo)
|
:: tambiko
|
| taboo {v} (ban)
|
:: tambiko
|
| taboo {v} (avoid)
|
:: tambiko
|
| tack {n} (nautical: distance between these maneuvers) SEE: board
|
::
|
| tail {n} (appendage of an animal)
|
:: mkia {c3} {c4}
|
| tailfin {n} (fin at the tail of fish)
|
:: pezi la mkia
|
| tailor {n} (person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing as profession)
|
:: mshonaji
|
| tailor's chalk {n} (chalk-like material used for marking alterations on fabric)
|
:: chaki
|
| Taiwan {prop} (East Asian country)
|
:: Taiwani
|
| Taiwanese {adj} (relating to Taiwan)
|
:: Kitaiwani
|
| Taiwanese {n} (person from Taiwan)
|
:: Mtaiwani
|
| Taiwanese {prop} (language)
|
:: Kitaiwani
|
| Tajik {prop} (language)
|
:: Kitajiki
|
| Tajiki {prop} (dialect of Persian) SEE: Tajik
|
::
|
| Tajikistan {prop} (Republic of Tajikistan)
|
:: Tajikistan
|
| Tajikistani {adj} (person of Tajik origin) SEE: Tajik
|
::
|
| Tajikistani {adj} (of or pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Tajik language) SEE: Tajik
|
::
|
| takbir {n} (takbir)
|
:: takbiri
|
| take a bath {v} (to bathe) SEE: bathe
|
::
|
| take apart {v} (defeat) SEE: defeat
|
::
|
| take care {v} (be cautious, careful)
|
:: linda
|
| take care {v} (to be in charge of something)
|
:: linda
|
| take care of {v} (look after)
|
:: kutunza
|
| take off {v} (to imitate) SEE: imitate
|
::
|
| take on {v} (To obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job) SEE: employ
|
::
|
| takin {n} (goat-antelope)
|
:: takini
|
| talent {n} (unit of weight and money)
|
:: talanta
|
| talent {n} (marked ability or skill)
|
:: kipaji, talanta
|
| talisman {n} (magical protective charms)
|
:: talasimu
|
| talk {v} (to communicate by speech)
|
:: kuzungumza
|
| tall {adj} (of a person)
|
:: refu
|
| tall {adj} (of a building)
|
:: refu
|
| Tallinn {prop} (Capital of Estonia)
|
:: Tallinn
|
| tamarind {n} (tropical tree)
|
:: mkwaju
|
| tamarind {n} (fruit)
|
:: ukwaju
|
| tambour {n} (drum) SEE: drum
|
::
|
| tang {n} (tongue) SEE: tongue
|
::
|
| Tanganyika {prop} (lake)
|
:: Tanganyika
|
| Tanganyika {prop} (territory, former country)
|
:: Tanganyika
|
| tangerine {n} (fruit)
|
:: chenza
|
| tangerine {n} (tree)
|
:: mchenza
|
| tank {n} (closed container for fluids)
|
:: tangi
|
| tank {n} (armoured fighting vehicle)
|
:: kifaru
|
| tanked {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| Tanzania {prop} (United Republic of Tanzania)
|
:: Tanzania
|
| Tanzanian {n} (a person from Tanzania or of Tanzanian descent)
|
:: Mtanzania
|
| Taoism {n} (Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu)
|
:: Utao
|
| Taos {prop} (ethnic group)
|
:: Wataosi
|
| tap {n} (device to dispense liquid)
|
:: mfereji
|
| tape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape
|
::
|
| tarantula {n} (spider of the family Theraphosidae)
|
:: bui
|
| tarboosh {n} (fez) SEE: fez
|
::
|
| tardigrade {n} (water bear) SEE: water bear
|
::
|
| target {n} (butt or mark to shoot at)
|
:: lengwa
|
| target {n} (kind of small shield)
|
:: lengwa
|
| target {n} (shield resembling the Roman scutum)
|
:: lengwa
|
| target {v} (to aim something (especially a weapon) at a target)
|
:: lengwa
|
| tarmac {n} (bituminous road surface)
|
:: lami
|
| taste {n} (one of the sensations produced by the tongue)
|
:: dhuku
|
| tasty {adj} (having a pleasant or satisfying flavor) SEE: delicious
|
::
|
| Taurus {prop} (astrological sign)
|
:: Thauri, Ng'ombe
|
| tax {n} (money paid to government)
|
:: ushuru, kodi
|
| tax collector {n} (one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes)
|
:: mtoza ushuru {c1} {c2}
|
| taxi {n} (vehicle)
|
:: teksi
|
| taxi rank {n} (taxi stand) SEE: taxi stand
|
::
|
| taxi stand {n} (place for taxicabs to wait)
|
:: stendi ya teksi
|
| Tbilisi {prop} (the capital city of Georgia (the country))
|
:: Tbilisi
|
| tea {n} (dried leaves of tea plant)
|
:: chai
|
| tea {n} (drink made from leaves of tea plant)
|
:: chai {9}
|
| teach {v} (to pass on knowledge)
|
:: kufundisha
|
| teacher {n} (index finger) SEE: forefinger
|
::
|
| teacher {n} (person who teaches)
|
:: mwalimu, maalim
|
| teacher's desk {n} (pulpit) SEE: pulpit
|
::
|
| teacher's desk {n} (rostrum) SEE: rostrum
|
::
|
| teaching {n} (something taught)
|
:: fundisho {c5} {c6}
|
| tea leaf {n} (thief) SEE: thief
|
::
|
| team {n} (group of people)
|
:: timu
|
| tea plant {n} (Camellia sinensis)
|
:: mchai
|
| tear {n} (drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes)
|
:: chozi {c5} {c6}
|
| tear up {v} (To damage) SEE: damage
|
::
|
| teaspoon {n} (small spoon)
|
:: kijiko cha chai
|
| teaspoon {n} (unit of measure)
|
:: kijiko cha chai
|
| tea tree {n} (Camellia sinensis) SEE: tea plant
|
::
|
| technocracy {n} (a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise)
|
:: teknokrasia {cn}
|
| technology {n} (the study of or a collection of techniques)
|
:: teknolojia, tekinolojia
|
| technology {n} (a particular technological concept)
|
:: teknolojia, tekinolojia
|
| technology {n} (body of tools)
|
:: teknolojia, tekinolojia
|
| tectonic plate {n} (large piece of Earth's lithosphere)
|
:: bonde la ufa
|
| teen {adj} (teenager) SEE: teenager
|
::
|
| teenager {n} (person aged between thirteen and nineteen)
|
:: kijana
|
| Teheran {prop} (Tehran) SEE: Tehran
|
::
|
| Tehran {prop} (capital of Iran)
|
:: Tehran
|
| telekinesis {n} (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts)
|
:: telekinesi
|
| telepathic {adj} (of, relating to, or using telepathy)
|
:: kitelepathia
|
| telepathy {n} (communication by psychic means)
|
:: telepathia
|
| telephone {n} (a device used for two-way talking with other people)
|
:: simu
|
| telephone {v} (to call someone)
|
:: piga simu
|
| telescope {n} (optical instrument that magnifies)
|
:: darubini
|
| television {n} (medium)
|
:: televisheni, runinga
|
| television {n} (device for receiving television signals)
|
:: runinga, televisheni
|
| television {n} (program broadcasting)
|
:: televisheni
|
| television series {n} (series) SEE: series
|
::
|
| television set {n} (television) SEE: television
|
::
|
| tell {v} (to say)
|
:: kuambia
|
| tell {v} (narrate) SEE: narrate
|
::
|
| temblor {n} (earthquake) SEE: earthquake
|
::
|
| temperance {n} (state with regard to heat or cold) SEE: temperature
|
::
|
| temperature {n} (a measure of cold or heat)
|
:: halijoto
|
| tempest {n} (storm)
|
:: dhoruba
|
| temple {n} (place of worship, see also: church; mosque; synagogue)
|
:: hekalu
|
| Temple {prop} (the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem)
|
:: Hekalu
|
| ten {n}
|
:: kumi
|
| ten {num} (the cardinal number occurring after 9 and before 11)
|
:: kumi
|
| Ten Commandments {prop} (religious ten commandments)
|
:: Amri Kumi
|
| tennis {n} (sport played by two or four players with strung racquets)
|
:: tenisi
|
| tense {n} (verb forms distinguishing time)
|
:: wakati
|
| tent {n} (portable lodge)
|
:: hema
|
| tenth {adj} (ordinal form of ten, see also: 10th)
|
:: ya kumi
|
| termes {n} (a termite) SEE: termite
|
::
|
| terminology {n} (terms used in any business, art, etc)
|
:: istilahi
|
| termite {n} (insect)
|
:: mchwa
|
| Terra {prop} (the Planet Earth) SEE: Earth
|
::
|
| territory {n} (large tract of land)
|
:: wilaya, eneo
|
| terror {n}
|
:: kikuli {c7} {c8}
|
| terrorist {n} (person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle)
|
:: adui {s}, maadui pl (noun 5/6)
|
| terrorist {adj} (of or relating to terrorism)
|
:: ugaidi
|
| test {n} (challenge, trial)
|
:: jaribio
|
| test {v} (to challenge)
|
:: -jaribu
|
| testament {n} (part of the Bible)
|
:: agano
|
| testicle {n} (male sex gland)
|
:: pumbu
|
| testimonial {n} (statement given under oath) SEE: testimony
|
::
|
| testimony {n} (witness, evidence proof of some fact)
|
:: ushuhuda
|
| tetanus {n} (disease)
|
:: pepopunda {9}, tetanasi
|
| tetragon {n} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral
|
::
|
| text {n} (a written passage)
|
:: nakala
|
| Thai {n} (person from Thailand or of Thai origin)
|
:: Mthai {s}, Wathai {p}
|
| Thai {n} (language)
|
:: Kithai {c7}
|
| Thailand {prop} (country in Southeast Asia)
|
:: Uthai
|
| than {prep} (Introduces a comparison)
|
:: kuliko
|
| thank {v} (express gratitude or appreciation to someone)
|
:: -shukuru
|
| thanks {interj} (used to express appreciation or gratitude)
|
:: asante
|
| thanks a lot {interj}
|
:: asante sana
|
| thank you {interj} (an expression of gratitude)
|
:: asante, shukrani
|
| thank you very much {interj} (greater gratitude than "thank you")
|
:: asante sana
|
| that {conj} (connecting a noun clause)
|
:: kwamba, kuwa
|
| that {conj} (connecting a clause indicating purpose ("final"))
|
:: ili
|
| that's life {phrase} (expression of acceptance of misfortune) SEE: such is life
|
::
|
| the {article} (article)
|
:: ya
|
| theater {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema
|
::
|
| theater {n} (place or building)
|
:: ukumbi, thiata
|
| theatre {n} (theater) SEE: theater
|
::
|
| thede {n} (nation) SEE: nation
|
::
|
| theft {n} (act of stealing property)
|
:: wizi
|
| The Hague {prop} (Dutch city)
|
:: Den Haag
|
| their {determiner} (belonging to someone of unspecified gender (singular))
|
:: -ake
|
| then {adv} (soon afterward)
|
:: kisha
|
| the other day {adv} (lately)
|
:: juzijuzi
|
| there {adv} (in or at that place)
|
:: humo
|
| there is {v} (third-person singular simple present indicative form of there be)
|
:: pana
|
| thermometer {n} (apparatus used to measure temperature)
|
:: kipimajoto
|
| these days {adv} (currently)
|
:: siku hizi
|
| Thessalonians {prop} (books of the Bible)
|
:: Wathesaloniki {c2}
|
| they {pron} (third-person plural pronoun)
|
:: wao
|
| they {pron} (third-person singular, of unknown, irrelevant or non-binary gender)
|
:: yeye
|
| thick-tailed bushbaby {n} (primate of the genus Otolemur)
|
:: komba mkubwa
|
| thief {n} (one who carries out theft)
|
:: mwizi, mnyang'anyi {c1} {c2}
|
| thigh {n} (upper leg)
|
:: paja
|
| thimble {n} (a protective cap for the finger)
|
:: kastabini, kustabani
|
| thing {n} (that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept)
|
:: kitu {c7} {c8}, vitu {c8}
|
| think {v} (to ponder, to go over in one's head)
|
:: -fikiri
|
| think nothing of it {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome
|
::
|
| think of {v} (think) SEE: think
|
::
|
| third {adj} (the ordinal form of the cardinal number three, see also: 3rd)
|
:: ya tatu
|
| thirtieth {adj} (the ordinal form of the number thirty, see also: 30th)
|
:: thelathini
|
| thirty {num} (cardinal number)
|
:: thelathini
|
| thole {v} (to suffer) SEE: suffer
|
::
|
| thorn {n} (sharp protective spine of a plant)
|
:: mwiba {c3} {c4}
|
| thorn {n} (letter of the Latin alphabet (Þ, þ))
|
:: ba
|
| though {adv} (however)
|
:: ijapokuwa, hata hivyo
|
| thought {n} (form created in the mind)
|
:: dhana, wazo {c5} {c6}, gezo
|
| thought {n} (process)
|
:: dhana, fikira
|
| thousand {num} (cardinal number 1000)
|
:: elfu
|
| threat {n} (expression of intent to injure or punish another)
|
:: tisho
|
| threat {n} (indication of imminent danger)
|
:: tisho
|
| threat {n} (person regarded as a danger)
|
:: tisho
|
| throat {n} (gullet or windpipe)
|
:: koo
|
| throne {n} (ornate seat)
|
:: kiti cha enzi {c7} {c8}
|
| throne room {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| through {prep} (to or up to, until (and including)) SEE: to
|
::
|
| throw {v} (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
|
:: kutupa
|
| throw up {v} (to vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
|
| thumb {n} (digit)
|
:: kidole gumba
|
| thunder {n} (sound caused by lightning)
|
:: radi
|
| Thursday {n} (day of the week)
|
:: Alhamisi
|
| Thursday {n}
|
:: alahamisi
|
| Tibetan {n} (a language)
|
:: kitibeti
|
| tick {n} (arachnid)
|
:: kupe
|
| tie {v} (to attach or fasten with string)
|
:: -funga
|
| tie {v} (to secure something by tying a string or the like)
|
:: -funga
|
| tie {n} (sleeper) SEE: sleeper
|
::
|
| tie {n} (necktie) SEE: necktie
|
::
|
| tiger {n} (The mammal Panthera tigris)
|
:: chui-milia, simba marara {c9} {c10}
|
| Tigris {prop} (river in Southwest Asia)
|
:: Hidekeli, Tigri
|
| tiller {n} (part of the rudder)
|
:: ujari
|
| timber {n} (trees considered as a source of wood)
|
:: mbao
|
| timber {n} (wood that has been cut ready for construction)
|
:: mbao
|
| timber {n} (beam used to support something such as a roof or a ship)
|
:: mbao
|
| timber {interj} (warning shout used by loggers)
|
:: mbao
|
| time {n} (inevitable passing of events)
|
:: wakati {c11} {c12}
|
| time {n} (quantity of availability in time)
|
:: wakati, muda, nafasi
|
| time {n} (measurement of a quantity of time)
|
:: muda
|
| time {n} (time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc)
|
:: saa
|
| time {n} (instance or occurrence)
|
:: mara
|
| time {n} (era)
|
:: umri; (past era) zama
|
| time of day {n} (time according to the clock) SEE: time
|
::
|
| timetable {n} (a structured schedule of events)
|
:: ratiba {c9} {c10}
|
| timing {n} (time when something happens)
|
:: wakati, muda
|
| Timor-Leste {prop} (East Timor) SEE: East Timor
|
::
|
| Timothy {prop} (books in the New Testament)
|
:: Timotheo
|
| Timothy {prop} (companion of Paul)
|
:: Timotheo
|
| Timothy {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Timotheo
|
| tin {n} (airtight container)
|
:: mkebe
|
| tip {n} (small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation)
|
:: bakshishi
|
| tip over {v} (cause something to be in a tilted position)
|
:: kiinua mgongo
|
| tire {n} (rubber covering on a wheel) SEE: tyre
|
::
|
| Titan {n} (mythological giant)
|
:: Titani
|
| titanium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: titani
|
| titfer {n} (hat) SEE: hat
|
::
|
| tit for tat {n} (hat) SEE: hat
|
::
|
| tithe {n} (tenth) SEE: tenth
|
::
|
| titin {n} (protein)
|
:: Titini
|
| Titus {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Tito
|
| Titus {prop} (biblical character)
|
:: Tito
|
| Titus {prop} (male given name)
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:: Tito
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| to {particle} (infinitive-marker)
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:: ku-
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| toad {n} (amphibian similar to a frog)
|
:: chura, chula
|
| tobacco {n} (any plant of the genus Nicotiana)
|
:: mtumbaku
|
| tobacco {n} (leaves of certain varieties of tobacco plant)
|
:: tumbaku
|
| tobacco pipe {n} (smoking tool)
|
:: kiko
|
| today {adv} (on the current day)
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:: leo
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| toe {n} (each of the five digits on the end of the foot)
|
:: kidole {c7} {c8}
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| together {adv} (at the same time, in the same place)
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:: pamoja
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| Togo {prop} (Togolese Republic)
|
:: Togo {?}
|
| Togolese {n} (A person from Togo or of Togolese descent)
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:: Mtogo
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| Togolese {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people)
|
:: Kitogo
|
| toilet {n} (personal grooming)
|
:: choo
|
| toilet {n} (dressing room)
|
:: choo, choo
|
| toilet {n} (room used for urination and defecation, see also: bathroom; men's room; ladies' room; outhouse; portable toilet; latrine; shitter)
|
:: choo {c7} {c8}
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| toilet {n} (fixture used for urination and defecation, see also: flush toilet; squat toilet; chemical toilet; urinal; latrine)
|
:: choo, kibakuli cha choo
|
| toilet {n} (place resembling a filthy toilet)
|
:: choo
|
| toilet paper {n} (paper to clean oneself after defecation or urination)
|
:: karatasi ya choo
|
| tom {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute
|
::
|
| tom {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian
|
::
|
| tomato {n} (tomato plant)
|
:: mnyanya
|
| tomato {n} (fruit)
|
:: nyanya
|
| tomorrow {adv} (on the day after the present day)
|
:: kesho
|
| ton {n} (unit of weight)
|
:: tani
|
| Tonga {prop} (country)
|
:: Tonga
|
| tongs {n} (an instrument)
|
:: koleo, makoleo
|
| tongue {n} (organ)
|
:: ulimi
|
| tongue {n} (flap in a shoe)
|
:: ulimi
|
| tongue {n} (language) SEE: language
|
::
|
| too {adv} (likewise)
|
:: pia
|
| too {adv} (more than enough; as too much)
|
:: sana
|
| toodeloo {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye
|
::
|
| tool {n} (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)
|
:: kifaa {7} {8}
|
| tool {n} (equipment used in a profession)
|
:: kifaa {7} {8}
|
| toon {n} (town) SEE: town
|
::
|
| tooth {n} (biological tooth)
|
:: jino {s}, meno {p}
|
| toothbrush {n} (brush for cleaning the teeth and tongue)
|
:: mswaki
|
| top {n} (gay sexual slang: gay man who likes to penetrate in sex)
|
:: basha
|
| topaz {n} (gem)
|
:: topazi, yakuti manjano
|
| topaz {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya topazi
|
| tor {n} (hill) SEE: hill
|
::
|
| torch {n} (flashlight) SEE: flashlight
|
::
|
| torch {n} (stick with flame at one end)
|
:: mwenge
|
| torment {v} (to cause severe suffering)
|
:: kutesa
|
| tornado {n} (violent windstorm)
|
:: tufani {m}
|
| tortoise {n} (land-dwelling reptile)
|
:: kobe
|
| total {n} (amount)
|
:: idadi
|
| total {n} (sum)
|
:: jumla
|
| touch {v} (make physical contact with)
|
:: kugusa
|
| tourist {n} (someone who travels for pleasure)
|
:: mtalii
|
| tovarish {n} (comrade) SEE: comrade
|
::
|
| towel {n} (cloth used for wiping)
|
:: taulo
|
| tower {n} (structure)
|
:: mnara {c1} {c2}
|
| town {n} (settlement)
|
:: mji
|
| tractor {n} (farm vehicle)
|
:: trekta
|
| trade {n} (buying and selling)
|
:: biashara
|
| trade {n} (instance of buying or selling)
|
:: biashara
|
| trader {n} (one who earns a living by trading)
|
:: mfanyabiashara
|
| tradition {n} (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
|
:: tamaduni, itikadi, utamaduni, tabia, desturi
|
| traditional {adj} (of or pertaining to tradition)
|
:: kienyeji, -a kidesturi
|
| traditional {adj} (observant of tradition)
|
:: kienyeji
|
| traffic jam {n} (situation in which all road traffic is stationary or very slow)
|
:: mfungamano wa magari
|
| tragedy {n} (disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
|
:: mkasa
|
| train {n} (line of connected cars or carriages)
|
:: garimoshi, treni
|
| train station {n} (place where trains stop for passengers) SEE: railway station
|
::
|
| transcend {v} (to surpass something in intensity or power; to excel)
|
:: shinda
|
| transformer {n} (something that transforms)
|
:: kigeuzi {?}
|
| transformer {n} (device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity)
|
:: transfoma {9/10}
|
| transfuge {n} (turncoat) SEE: turncoat
|
::
|
| transgender {n} (a transgender person)
|
:: msenge
|
| translate {v} (to change text from one language to another)
|
:: tafsiri
|
| translation {n} (act of translating between languages)
|
:: tafsiri
|
| translation {n} (result of translating between languages)
|
:: tarjuma
|
| translation {n} (of forces in a gearbox)
|
:: fasiri
|
| translation {n} (math, physics: motion without deformation or rotation)
|
:: fasiri
|
| translator {n} (someone who translates)
|
:: mfasiri (nc 1/2), mfumbua (nc 1/2), mtapta (nc 1/2)
|
| transparent {adj}
|
:: anga
|
| transpire {v} (to happen, take place) SEE: happen
|
::
|
| transport {v} (carry or bear from one place to another)
|
:: safirisha
|
| transport {n} (public transport) SEE: public transport
|
::
|
| transportation {n} (act of transporting)
|
:: usafiri
|
| transportation {n} (deportation to a penal colony)
|
:: usafiri
|
| transportation {n} (means of conveyance)
|
:: usafiri
|
| trap {n} (device designed to catch or kill animals)
|
:: mtego
|
| trap {n} (device used to hold and suddenly release an object)
|
:: mtego
|
| trap {v} (to provide with a trap)
|
:: tega
|
| trap {v} (to set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game)
|
:: tega
|
| trash can {n} (garbage can) SEE: garbage can
|
::
|
| travel {v} (be on a journey)
|
:: safiri
|
| travel {n} (act of traveling)
|
:: safari
|
| traveler {n} (one who travels) SEE: traveller
|
::
|
| traveller {n} (one who travels)
|
:: msafiri, wasafiri {p}
|
| travel sickness {n} (motion sickness) SEE: motion sickness
|
::
|
| tray {n} (object on which things are carried)
|
:: uteo
|
| treasury {n} (place where treasure is stored safely)
|
:: hazina
|
| treasury {n} (place where state or royal money and valuables are stored)
|
:: hazina
|
| treatment {n} (medical care for an illness or injury)
|
:: matibabu
|
| tree {proverb} (large woody plant)
|
:: mti {c3} {c4}
|
| tree {proverb} (shoe tree)
|
:: mti
|
| tree {proverb} (frame of a saddle)
|
:: mti
|
| tree {proverb} ((graph theory) graph tree with no cycles)
|
:: mti
|
| tree {proverb} ((computing theory) recursive data structure)
|
:: mti
|
| tree {proverb} ((graphical user interface) tree list)
|
:: mti
|
| trench {n} (long, narrow ditch or hole)
|
:: mtaro, handaki
|
| trend {n} (an inclination in a direction)
|
:: mwelekeo mkuu
|
| trespass {n} (sin) SEE: sin
|
::
|
| triangle {n} (polygon)
|
:: pembetatu
|
| tribe {n} (group of people)
|
:: kabila
|
| tribe {n} (collective noun (see at the relevant animal entry))
|
:: kabila
|
| tribute {n} (payment made by one nation to another in submission)
|
:: kodi
|
| trichotillomania {n} (disorder)
|
:: trikotilomania
|
| trickster {n} (fraud) SEE: fraud
|
::
|
| trident {n} (three-pronged spear)
|
:: tridenti
|
| trigger finger {n} (forefinger) SEE: forefinger
|
::
|
| trillion {num} (a million million, 1012, see also: billion)
|
:: trilioni
|
| Trinidad and Tobago {prop} (country)
|
:: Trinidadi na Tobago
|
| Trinidadian {n} (a person from Trinidad)
|
:: Mtrinidadi
|
| Trinidadian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Trinidad or to the people or language of that country)
|
:: Mtrinidadi
|
| trinity {n} (group or set of three people or things)
|
:: utatu
|
| Trinity {prop} (Christianity: three persons of the Godhead)
|
:: utatu
|
| triumph {n} (trump card) SEE: trump
|
::
|
| trombone {n} (a musical instrument in the brass family)
|
:: tromboni
|
| troop {n} (collection of people)
|
:: kikosi
|
| troop {n} (detachment of soldiers or police)
|
:: vikosi
|
| troop {n} (military forces)
|
:: kikosi
|
| troop {n} (particular roll of the drum)
|
:: vikosi
|
| troposphere {n} (lower levels of the atmosphere)
|
:: tabakatropo
|
| troth {n} (truth) SEE: truth
|
::
|
| trouble {n}
|
:: vurugu, gaya
|
| trouble {v} (to bother; to annoy)
|
:: kusumbua
|
| troublemaker {n} (one who causes trouble, especially deliberately)
|
:: mfitini
|
| troublemaker {n} (complainer)
|
:: mfitini
|
| trousers {n} (article of clothing for the lower body) SEE: pants
|
::
|
| Troy {prop} (an ancient city)
|
:: Troia
|
| truck {v} (trade) SEE: trade
|
::
|
| truck {n} (vehicle designed for carrying cargo)
|
:: lori
|
| trump {n} (playing card of that suit)
|
:: turufu
|
| trump card {n} (trump) SEE: trump
|
::
|
| trumpet {n} (brass instrument)
|
:: tarumbeta
|
| trunk {n} (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car)
|
:: buti
|
| trust {n} (confidence in or reliance on some person or quality)
|
:: muamana
|
| trust {n} (dependence upon something in the future; hope)
|
:: muamana
|
| trust {n} (confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit)
|
:: muamana
|
| trust {n} (trustworthiness, reliability)
|
:: muamana
|
| truth {n} (state or quality of being true to someone or something)
|
:: ukweli
|
| truth {n} (pledge of loyalty or faith)
|
:: ukweli
|
| truth {n} (conformity to fact or reality)
|
:: ukweli
|
| truth {n} (true facts)
|
:: ukweli
|
| truth {n} (that which is real)
|
:: ukweli
|
| truth {n} (something acknowledged to be true)
|
:: kweli {9} {10}
|
| truth {n}
|
:: kweli {9} {10}
|
| try {v} (to attempt)
|
:: kujaribu
|
| tsar {n} (an emperor)
|
:: czar
|
| tsetse {n} (fly of the genus Glossina)
|
:: chafuo
|
| tsunami {n} (large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean)
|
:: tsunami
|
| Tswana {prop} (language)
|
:: Kitswana
|
| tuba {n} (a large brass musical instrument)
|
:: tuba
|
| tube {n} (a pipe)
|
:: mrija
|
| tube {n} (cylindrical container)
|
:: tyubu
|
| tube {n} (a tin can)
|
:: mrija
|
| tube {n} (the London underground) SEE: Tube
|
::
|
| Tube {prop} (informal: the London underground)
|
:: mrija
|
| Tuesday {n} (day of the week)
|
:: Jumanne
|
| tug {n} (tugboat) SEE: tugboat
|
::
|
| tugboat {n} (small, powerful boat)
|
:: tishari
|
| tuition {n} (sum of money paid for instruction)
|
:: masomo ya ziada
|
| Tunisia {prop} (Republic of Tunisia)
|
:: Tunisia
|
| Tunisian {n} (person from Tunisia)
|
:: Mtunisi
|
| Tunisian {adj} (pertaining to Tunisia)
|
:: Kitunisi
|
| tup {v} (fuck) SEE: fuck
|
::
|
| turban {n} (man's head-dress)
|
:: kilemba {c7} {c8}
|
| Turk {n} (a person from Turkey)
|
:: Mturuki
|
| Turk {n} (Muslim) SEE: Muslim
|
::
|
| turkey {n} (bird)
|
:: bata mzinga {c5} {c6}
|
| Turkey {prop} (country at intersection of Europe and Asia)
|
:: Uturuki {c11}, Uturuki
|
| turkey vulture {n} (a common North American vulture, Cathartes aura)
|
:: tai mzoga
|
| Turkman {n} (person from Turkmenistan)
|
:: Mturukimeni
|
| Turkmen {n} (language spoken in Turkmenistan)
|
:: Kiturukimeni
|
| Turkmen {n} (Turkman) SEE: Turkman
|
::
|
| Turkmenistan {prop} (Central Asian country)
|
:: Turukimenistani, Uturukimeni
|
| Turkmenistani {adj} (person of Turkmen origin) SEE: Turkmen
|
::
|
| turmeric {n} (plant)
|
:: njano
|
| turmeric {n} (spice)
|
:: manjano
|
| turn {v} (move around an axis through itself)
|
:: kugeukia
|
| turn {n} (one's chance to make a move in a game)
|
:: zamu
|
| turn back {v} (to turn back, retreat) SEE: return
|
::
|
| turncoat {n} (a traitor)
|
:: popo
|
| turpentine {n} (volatile essential oil)
|
:: terafini
|
| turquoise {n} (gemstone)
|
:: feruzi
|
| turquoise {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya feruzi
|
| turtle {n} (land or marine reptile with a shell)
|
:: kobe
|
| turtle {n} (sea turtle)
|
:: kasa
|
| turtle {n} (turtle dove) SEE: turtle dove
|
::
|
| turtle dove {n} (bird in the genus Streptopelia)
|
:: hua
|
| tusk {n} (pointed tooth)
|
:: pembe {s} (elephant's), upamba {p} (boar's)
|
| tussis {n} (cough) SEE: cough
|
::
|
| Tuvalu {prop} (country in Oceania)
|
:: Tuvalu
|
| TV series {n} (series) SEE: series
|
::
|
| tweak {n} (promiscuous person) SEE: prostitute
|
::
|
| twelfth {adj} (ordinal form of twelve)
|
:: kumi na mbili
|
| twelveth {adj} (twelfth) SEE: twelfth
|
::
|
| twentieth {adj} (ordinal form of twenty, see also: 20th)
|
:: ishirini
|
| twenty {num} (cardinal number)
|
:: ishirini
|
| twin {n} (either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects)
|
:: pacha
|
| twin {n} (hotel room with two beds)
|
:: pacha
|
| twin {adj} (forming a pair of twins)
|
:: pacha
|
| twin {adj} (forming a matched pair)
|
:: pacha
|
| two {num} (numerical value)
|
:: wili
|
| two {num}
|
:: mbili
|
| two hundred {num} (cardinal number 200)
|
:: miateini
|
| -ty {suffix} (-ity) SEE: -ity
|
::
|
| Tyap {prop} (language)
|
:: Kityap
|
| typhoon {n} (hurricane in the Pacific)
|
:: taifuni
|
| tyre {n} (wheel covering)
|
:: gurudumu, tairi
|
| Tyre {prop} (an ancient sea port and city state of Phoenicia)
|
:: Tiro
|
| ubuntu {n} (ubuntu)
|
:: utu {c14}
|
| udder {n} (organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals)
|
:: kiwele
|
| Uganda {prop} (Republic of Uganda)
|
:: Uganda
|
| Ugandan {n} (A person from Uganda or of Ugandan descent)
|
:: Mganda (class 1/2)
|
| Ugandan {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Uganda, the Ugandan people or the Ugandan language)
|
:: Kiganda
|
| Ukraine {prop} (Eastern European country)
|
:: Ukraini
|
| Ukrainian {n} (ethnic/citizen)
|
:: Mkraini
|
| Ukrainian {n} (language)
|
:: Kikraini
|
| umbilical cord {n} (cord between foetus and placenta)
|
:: kitovu
|
| umbilical cord {n} (line connecting an astronaut to the spacecraft during spacewalk)
|
:: kitovu
|
| umbilical cord {n} (any line connecting a rocket to its launch pad)
|
:: kitovu
|
| umbilicus {n} (navel) SEE: navel
|
::
|
| umbra {n} (a shadow) SEE: shadow
|
::
|
| umbrella {n} (cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun)
|
:: mwavuli {c3} {c4}
|
| ume {n} (Japanese apricot)
|
:: mzambarau
|
| uncle {n}
|
:: baba mkubwa, mdogo, mjomba
|
| unclean {adj} (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
|
:: -chafu, najisi
|
| underhair {n} (pubic hair) SEE: pubic hair
|
::
|
| under one's hat {prep} (secret) SEE: secret
|
::
|
| understand {v} (to grasp the meaning of)
|
:: elewa
|
| understand {v} (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
|
:: elewa
|
| understand {v} (to believe)
|
:: elewa
|
| understand {v}
|
:: -fahamiana
|
| understanding {n} (informal contract, mutual agreement)
|
:: masikizano
|
| underwear {n} (clothes worn next to the skin)
|
:: chupi
|
| undress {v} ((intransitive) remove one's clothing)
|
:: kuvua
|
| ungodly {adj} (immoral, sinful, or wicked) SEE: immoral
|
::
|
| unguent {n} (cream applied to the skin for a therapeutic purpose) SEE: ointment
|
::
|
| ungulate {adj} (having hooves)
|
:: -enye kwato
|
| ungulate {n} (hooved mammal)
|
:: mnyama mwenye kwato
|
| unicorn {n} (mythical beast)
|
:: farasi-pembemoja
|
| uniform {n} (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group)
|
:: sare, yunifomu
|
| union {n} (that which is united; something formed by a combination of parts or members)
|
:: shirikisho
|
| United Arab Emirates {prop} (country in the Middle East)
|
:: Falme za Kiarabu
|
| United Kingdom {prop} (Kingdom in Europe, see also: Great Britain)
|
:: Ufalme wa Muungano
|
| United Nations {prop} (international coalition)
|
:: Umoja wa Mataifa
|
| United Republic of Tanzania {prop} (official name of Tanzania)
|
:: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania
|
| United States of America {prop} (country in North America)
|
:: Muungano wa Madola ya Amerika, Marekani
|
| unity {n} (state of being one or undivided)
|
:: umoja
|
| universe {n} (the Universe)
|
:: ulimwengu
|
| university {n} (institution of higher education)
|
:: chuo kikuu
|
| unjustice {n} (injustice) SEE: injustice
|
::
|
| until {prep} (up to the time of)
|
:: mpaka
|
| until {prep}
|
:: mpaka
|
| unvisible {adj} (invisible) SEE: invisible
|
::
|
| up {adv} (away from earth’s surface)
|
:: juu
|
| up {adv} (north)
|
:: juu
|
| up {adv} (higher, louder)
|
:: juu
|
| up {adv} (higher in pitch)
|
:: juu
|
| up {prep} (toward the top)
|
:: juu
|
| up {prep} (further along)
|
:: mbali
|
| up {adj} (awake)
|
:: amka
|
| up {adj} (finished)
|
:: maliza
|
| up {adj} (in a good mood)
|
:: tabamu
|
| up {adj} (ready, willing)
|
:: kubali
|
| up {adj} (next)
|
:: ingine
|
| up {adj} (facing upwards)
|
:: juu
|
| up {adj} (standing)
|
:: simama
|
| up {adj} (on a higher level)
|
:: juu
|
| up {adj} (available)
|
:: patikana
|
| up {adj} (informed about)
|
:: juu
|
| up {adj} (functional)
|
:: juu
|
| up {adj} (rail transport: traveling towards a major terminus)
|
:: juu
|
| up {n} (direction opposed to the pull of gravity)
|
:: juu
|
| up {v} (increase)
|
:: juu
|
| up {v} (promote)
|
:: juu
|
| upper arm {n} (section of an arm)
|
:: mkono
|
| Uranian {adj} (homosexual) SEE: homosexual
|
::
|
| uranium {n} (uranium (element))
|
:: urani {?}
|
| Uranus {prop} (god of the sky and heavens)
|
:: Uranu, Yurenasi
|
| Uranus {prop} (planet)
|
:: Uranus, Zohali
|
| urchin {n} (hedgehog) SEE: hedgehog
|
::
|
| Urdu {n} (the Indo-Iranian language)
|
:: Kiurdu
|
| urge {n} (a strong desire; an itch to do something)
|
:: hanjamu
|
| urinal {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| urine {n}
|
:: mkojo {c3} {c4}
|
| Uruguay {prop} (country)
|
:: Urugwai
|
| Uruguayan {n} (a person from Uruguay)
|
:: Mrugwai
|
| Uruguayan {adj} (of Uruguay)
|
:: Kirugwai
|
| use {n} (act of using)
|
:: matumizi
|
| useful {adj} (having a practical or beneficial use)
|
:: faida
|
| user {n} (one who uses something, a consumer)
|
:: mtumiaji
|
| user {n} (one who uses drugs)
|
:: mlanguzi
|
| user {n} (person who uses a computer)
|
:: mtumiaji
|
| user {n} (exploiter)
|
:: mtumizi
|
| use the bathroom {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet
|
::
|
| use the restroom {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet
|
::
|
| use the toilet {v} (to use facilities to urinate or defecate)
|
:: -jisaidia
|
| use the washroom {v} (use the toilet) SEE: use the toilet
|
::
|
| Usonia {prop} (Words for the country that are distinct from "America" or the "United States of America")
|
:: Marekani
|
| Usonian {adj} (of the USA)
|
:: Kimarekani
|
| Usonian {n} (a citizen of the USA, as opposed to an inhabitant of America as a whole)
|
:: Mmarekani {c1} {c2}
|
| usually {adv} (most of the time)
|
:: kwa kawaida
|
| uterine tube {n} (Fallopian tube) SEE: Fallopian tube
|
::
|
| uterus {n} (womb) SEE: womb
|
::
|
| uvula {n} (appendage that hangs from the palate)
|
:: kilimi
|
| Uzbek {n} (person)
|
:: Mzibeki
|
| Uzbek {n} (language)
|
:: Kizibeki
|
| Uzbekistan {prop} (Republic of Uzbekistan)
|
:: Uzibekistani, Uzibeki
|
| Uzbekistani {adj} (of or pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Uzbek language) SEE: Uzbek
|
::
|
| vaccine {n} (substance meant to stimulate production of antibodies)
|
:: chanjo
|
| vacuüm {n} (vacuum) SEE: vacuum
|
::
|
| vacuum {n} (region of space that contains no matter)
|
:: ombwe
|
| vagina {n} (anatomical sense)
|
:: kuma
|
| vagina {n} (vulva) SEE: vulva
|
::
|
| valley {n} (elongated depression between hills or mountains)
|
:: bonde
|
| valor {n} (value, worth) SEE: value
|
::
|
| valour {n} (value) SEE: value
|
::
|
| value {n} (quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable)
|
:: thamani
|
| value {n} (degree of importance given to something)
|
:: thamani
|
| value {n} (amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else)
|
:: thamani
|
| value {n}
|
:: bao
|
| value added tax {n} (tax levied on added value of an exchange)
|
:: kodi ya nyongeza
|
| valve {n} (device that controls flow of gas or fluid)
|
:: valvu {c9} {c10}
|
| vampire {n} (mythological creature)
|
:: mumiani {9} {10}, vampiri {?}, mnyonya-damu {?}
|
| Vanuatu {prop} (Republic of Vanuatu)
|
:: Vanuatu
|
| vapour {n} (steam) SEE: steam
|
::
|
| varicella {n} (chicken pox) SEE: chicken pox
|
::
|
| varsity {n} (university) SEE: university
|
::
|
| Vatican {adj} (Relating to the Vatican City state)
|
:: vatikani
|
| Vaticanian {adj} (Vatican) SEE: Vatican
|
::
|
| vegetable {n} (any plant)
|
:: mmea
|
| vegetable {n} (a plant raised for some edible part of it)
|
:: mboga
|
| vegetable {n} (edible part of such a plant)
|
:: mboga
|
| vehicle {n} (conveyance)
|
:: gari
|
| veil {n} (something to hide an object)
|
:: veli, shela, pazia {c5} {c6}
|
| veil {n} (covering for a person or thing)
|
:: veli, shela
|
| vein {n} (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
|
:: mshipa
|
| Vela {prop} (constellation)
|
:: Tanga
|
| venereal disease {n} (disease contracted through sexual contact) SEE: sexually transmitted disease
|
::
|
| Venezuela {prop} (country)
|
:: Venezuela
|
| Venezuelan {n} (person from Venezuela or of Venezuelan descent)
|
:: Mvenezuela
|
| Venezuelan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Venezuela or the Venezuelan people)
|
:: Kivenezuela
|
| venison {n} (the meat of a deer)
|
:: nyama ya kulungu
|
| venturi {n} (throat of a carburetor) SEE: throat
|
::
|
| Venus {prop} (planet)
|
:: Zuhura
|
| Venus {prop} (goddess)
|
:: Venusi
|
| verb {n} ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
|
:: kitenzi
|
| verily {adv} (truly, doubtlessly)
|
:: kweli
|
| version {n} (a specific form or variation of something)
|
:: insha
|
| vertical bar {n} (vertical bar) SEE: pipe
|
::
|
| Vesta {prop} (Roman goddess)
|
:: Vesta
|
| Vesta {prop} (asteroid)
|
:: Vesta
|
| vestment {n} (clothing) SEE: clothing
|
::
|
| veteran {n} (person with long experience)
|
:: mkale
|
| vexillum {n} (sign of the cross) SEE: sign of the cross
|
::
|
| vial {n} (a small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical)
|
:: chupa
|
| vice {n} (screw apparatus) SEE: vise
|
::
|
| victory {n} (an instance of having won a competition or battle)
|
:: ushidi
|
| video {n} (television show, movie)
|
:: filamu
|
| video {n} (motion picture stored on VHS)
|
:: video
|
| video {n} (VHS)
|
:: video
|
| video game {n} (game controlled by software)
|
:: mchezo wa video
|
| videotape {n} (tape used to record videos)
|
:: kideo
|
| Vietnam {prop} (country in Southeast Asia)
|
:: Vietinamu, Uvieti
|
| Vietnamese {n} (Vietnamese person)
|
:: Mvietinamu, Mvieti
|
| Vietnamese {n} (language)
|
:: Kivietinamu, Kivieti
|
| view {n} (mental image)
|
:: maoni
|
| view {n} (way of understanding)
|
:: maoni
|
| view {n} (intention)
|
:: maoni
|
| viewer {n} (someone who views a spectacle)
|
:: mtazamaji
|
| viewer {n} (someone who watches television)
|
:: mtazamaji
|
| viewer {n} (optical device)
|
:: mtazamaji
|
| Viking {n} (One of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors)
|
:: Mvikingi
|
| village {n} (a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)
|
:: kijiji
|
| villager {n} (person who lives in, or comes from, a village)
|
:: mwanakijiji
|
| villain {n} (scoundrel)
|
:: mhalifu
|
| villain {n} (bad person in a stage or screen play)
|
:: mhalifu
|
| vine {n} (climbing plant that produces grapes)
|
:: mzabibu {3} {4}
|
| vinegar {n} (condiment)
|
:: siki
|
| viola {n} (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
|
:: viola
|
| violation {n} (rape) SEE: rape
|
::
|
| violation {n} (act or instance of violating)
|
:: ukiukwaji
|
| violent {adj}
|
:: dhalimu
|
| violin {n} (string instrument)
|
:: fidla
|
| violoncello {n} (cello) SEE: cello
|
::
|
| virgin {n} (person who has never had sexual intercourse)
|
:: bikira, mwanamwali {c1} {c2}
|
| virgin {adj} (of a person, in a state of virginity)
|
:: bikira
|
| virgin {adj} (of an object, untouched)
|
:: bikira
|
| virgin {adj} (of olive oil)
|
:: bikira
|
| Virgo {prop} (astrological sign)
|
:: Sumbula, Mashuke
|
| virus {n} (infectious organism)
|
:: virusi
|
| vise {n} (two-jawed instrument for holding work)
|
:: jiriwa
|
| vision {n} (something imaginary one thinks one sees)
|
:: jazanda
|
| vision {n} (religious or mystical experience)
|
:: kizuka
|
| visiting card {n} (business card) SEE: business card
|
::
|
| visitor {n} (guest)
|
:: mgeni
|
| visitor {n} (sightseer)
|
:: mgeni
|
| visor {n} (mask) SEE: mask
|
::
|
| vitamin {n} (organic compound essential to human health)
|
:: vitamini
|
| vixen {n} (attractive woman) SEE: fox
|
::
|
| vocabulary {n} (list of words)
|
:: misamiati
|
| vocabulary {n} (set of words a person knows)
|
:: misamiati
|
| vocabulary {n} (stock of words used in a particular field)
|
:: misamiati
|
| vocabulary {n} (words of a language collectively)
|
:: misamiati
|
| vocal {adj} (of or pertaining to the voice or speech)
|
:: mwimbaji
|
| vodka {n} (clear distilled alcoholic liquor)
|
:: vodka
|
| voetsek {interj} (go away) SEE: go away
|
::
|
| voice {n} (sound uttered by the mouth)
|
:: sauti
|
| volcano {n} (mountain containing a magma chamber)
|
:: volkano {c9} {c10}, volkeno {c9} {c10}, zaha
|
| volleyball {n} (game)
|
:: voliboli
|
| volleyball {n} (ball used to play the game)
|
:: voliboli
|
| vomit {v} (to regurgitate the contents of a stomach)
|
:: -tapika
|
| vote {v} (assert a formalised choice)
|
:: -piga kura
|
| voter {n} (one who votes)
|
:: mpigakura
|
| vow {n} (A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)
|
:: nadhiri {c9} {c10}
|
| voyager {n} (traveller) SEE: traveller
|
::
|
| Vulpecula {prop} (autumn constellation)
|
:: Mbweha
|
| vulture {n} (bird)
|
:: tai, gushu, tumbusi
|
| vulva {n} (collectively the external female sexual organs)
|
:: uke {c14}, kuma {c9}
|
| wage {n} (money paid to a worker)
|
:: mshahara
|
| waist {n} (part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach)
|
:: kiuno
|
| wait {v} (transitive: delay until) SEE: await
|
::
|
| waiter {n} (a server in a restaurant or similar)
|
:: mhudumu
|
| wait for {v} (await) SEE: await
|
::
|
| wake {v} (to stop sleeping)
|
:: kuamka
|
| wake {v} (to make somebody stop sleeping)
|
:: kuamsha
|
| Wales {prop} (a constituent nation of the UK)
|
:: Welisi
|
| walk {v} (to move on the feet)
|
:: kutembea
|
| walkout {n} (stoppage of work) SEE: strike
|
::
|
| wall {n} (structure built for defense surrounding an area)
|
:: ukuta, kiambaza, ua
|
| wall {n} (substantial structure acting as side or division in a building)
|
:: kuta
|
| wall {n} (impediment to free movement)
|
:: kuta
|
| wall {n} (butterfly Lasiommata megera)
|
:: kuta
|
| wall {n} (anatomy, zoology, botany: divisive or containing structure)
|
:: kuta
|
| wall {v} (to enclose by surrounding with walls)
|
:: kuta
|
| wallet {n} (case for keeping money)
|
:: kipochi
|
| walnut {n} (tree)
|
:: mjozi
|
| walnut {n} (nut)
|
:: jozi
|
| walrus {n} (large Arctic marine mammal)
|
:: walarasi
|
| war {n} (conflict involving organized use of arms)
|
:: vita
|
| war {n}
|
:: vita {c8}
|
| warbler {n} (bird of the Parulidae family)
|
:: kucha
|
| wardrobe {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| wardrobe {n}
|
:: kabati
|
| warlock {n} (male magic-user)
|
:: mchawi
|
| warn {v} (to make someone aware of impending danger)
|
:: onya
|
| warn {v} (to notify someone of something)
|
:: ashiria
|
| warning {n} (something spoken or written that is intended to warn)
|
:: ilani
|
| warship {n} (ship built or armed for naval combat)
|
:: manowari
|
| warthog {n} (a species of wild pig)
|
:: ngiri
|
| wash {v} (to clean with water)
|
:: -osha , -fua , -nawa
|
| wash {v} (to clean oneself)
|
:: -oga
|
| Washington, D.C. {prop} (federal capital of the United States of America)
|
:: Washington, D.C.
|
| washroom {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| wastebasket {n} (garbage can) SEE: garbage can
|
::
|
| watch {n}
|
:: saa
|
| watch {v} (to observe)
|
:: kutazama
|
| watch {v} (to be vigilant)
|
:: kukesha
|
| watch {v}
|
:: kuangalia
|
| watcher {n} (guard) SEE: guard
|
::
|
| watchman {n} (guard)
|
:: mlinzi, mabawabu
|
| water {n} (mineral water) SEE: mineral water
|
::
|
| water {n} (clear liquid H₂O)
|
:: maji {p}
|
| water bear {n} (A member of the phylum Tardigrada)
|
:: kidudu-dubu {c5} {c6}
|
| waterbuck {n} (species of antelope)
|
:: kuro, ndogoro
|
| water buffalo {n} (large ungulate)
|
:: nyati {9/10} {1/2}
|
| water carrier {n} (Aquarius) SEE: Aquarius
|
::
|
| water closet {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| water closet {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| waterfall {n} (flow of water over the edge of a cliff)
|
:: maanguko {c5} {c6}
|
| water lily {n} (Any members of Nymphaeaceae)
|
:: yungiyungi
|
| watermelon {n} (plant)
|
:: mtikiti
|
| watermelon {n} (fruit)
|
:: tikiti {c5} {c6}
|
| wave {n} (moving disturbance, undulation)
|
:: wimbi
|
| wax {n} (earwax) SEE: earwax
|
::
|
| way {n} (road, direction, path)
|
:: mamna
|
| way {n} (means to enter or leave)
|
:: mamna
|
| way {n} (method or manner)
|
:: mamna, njia
|
| we {pron} (the speakers, or the speaker(s) and other person(s) not being addressed (exclusive we: he or she or they and I))
|
:: sisi
|
| weaken {v} (to make weaker)
|
:: dhii
|
| weakness {n} (condition of being weak)
|
:: ajizi
|
| weapon {n} (instrument of attack or defense in combat)
|
:: silaha
|
| weapon {n} (means of harming or exerting control)
|
:: vilaha
|
| wear {v} (to have on (clothes))
|
:: kuvaa
|
| weather {n} (state of the atmosphere)
|
:: hali ya hewa
|
| weather forecast {n} (prediction of future weather)
|
:: utabiri wa hali ya anga {11}
|
| website {n} (a collection of pages on the World Wide Web)
|
:: tovuti
|
| wedding {n} (marriage ceremony)
|
:: harusi
|
| Wednesday {n} (day of the week)
|
:: Jumatano
|
| weed {n} (cigar) SEE: cigar
|
::
|
| weed {n} (the weed) SEE: tobacco
|
::
|
| weed {n} (unwanted plant)
|
:: kwekwe
|
| weed {n}
|
:: kwekwe
|
| weed {v} (to remove weeds from)
|
:: kwekwe
|
| week {n} (period of seven days)
|
:: wiki, juma
|
| weekend {n} (break in the working week)
|
:: wikendi
|
| weighing machine {n} (a mechanical device for determing the weight of an object or person)
|
:: mizani
|
| weight {n} (physics: mass) SEE: mass
|
::
|
| weight {n} (force due to gravity)
|
:: uzani
|
| welcome {interj} (greeting given upon someone's arrival)
|
:: karibu!
|
| welcome {n}
|
:: makaribisho, salamu, maamkizi
|
| welcome {v} (affirm or greet the arrival of someone)
|
:: kukaribisha
|
| welkin {n} (sky) SEE: sky
|
::
|
| well {adj} (prudent)
|
:: kisima
|
| well {n} (hole sunk into the ground)
|
:: kisima
|
| well {n} (cockpit of a sailing boat) SEE: cockpit
|
::
|
| well-established {adj} (well-known) SEE: well-known
|
::
|
| well-known {adj} (familiar, widely known)
|
:: maalum
|
| werebear {n} (shapeshifter)
|
:: mtu-dubu
|
| werewolf {n} (wolflike human)
|
:: nusumbwa, mtu-mbwa
|
| wergeld {n} (reparative payment)
|
:: diya {c9}
|
| west {n} (compass point)
|
:: magharibi
|
| West Africa {prop} (An area of west Africa, spanning 16 African countries)
|
:: Afrika ya Magharibi
|
| Western Africa {prop} (West Africa) SEE: West Africa
|
::
|
| western cattle egret {n} (Bubulcus ibis)
|
:: yangeyange
|
| Western Europe {prop} (Western Europe)
|
:: Ulaya ya Magharibi
|
| western osprey {n} (Pandion haliaetus) SEE: osprey
|
::
|
| Western Sahara {prop} (a territory in northern Africa)
|
:: Sahara Magharibi
|
| Western Wall {prop} (ancient wall in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple)
|
:: Ukuta wa Maombolezo {cu}
|
| West Germany {prop} (former European country)
|
:: Ujerumani Magharibi
|
| wet {adj} (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)
|
:: kimaji
|
| wet season {n} (rainy season) SEE: rainy season
|
::
|
| whale {n} (large sea mammal)
|
:: nyangumi
|
| what is your name {phrase} (what is your name?)
|
:: jina lako nani?
|
| what languages do you speak {phrase} (what languages do you speak?)
|
:: unaongea lugha zipi?
|
| what time is it {phrase} (what is the time of day?)
|
:: ni saa ngapi?
|
| wheat {n} (grain)
|
:: ngano {c9} {c10}
|
| wheat {n} (colour)
|
:: rangi ya ngano
|
| wheat flour {n} (flour from wheat)
|
:: unga wa ngano
|
| wheel {n} (a circular device facilitating movement or transportation)
|
:: gurudumu {c5} {c6}
|
| wheel {n} (steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle) SEE: steering wheel
|
::
|
| wheelbarrow {n} (small cart)
|
:: ngolofimo
|
| when {adv} (at what time, as a direct question)
|
:: lini
|
| whenever {conj} (when) SEE: when
|
::
|
| where {adv} (at what place; to what place; from what place)
|
:: wapi
|
| where are you from {phrase} (in which country or region were you born or raised)
|
:: unatoka wapi?
|
| where is the toilet {phrase} (where is the toilet?)
|
:: choo kiko wapi?
|
| whetstone {n} (stone used to hone tools)
|
:: suguo
|
| which {determiner} ((interrogative) what, of those mentioned or implied)
|
:: -pi
|
| while {conj} (until) SEE: until
|
::
|
| whip {n} (rod or rope)
|
:: kambaa {c5} {c6}, mjeledi
|
| whiskey {n} (alcoholic drink)
|
:: wiski
|
| whisky {n} (whiskey) SEE: whiskey
|
::
|
| whistle {n} (device used to make a whistling sound)
|
:: kipenga, firimbi, filimbi
|
| white {n} (color/colour)
|
:: weupe
|
| white {n} (Caucasian person)
|
:: mzungu
|
| white {adj} (bright and colourless)
|
:: -eupe
|
| white ant {n} (white ant) SEE: termite
|
::
|
| white bear {n} (polar bear) SEE: polar bear
|
::
|
| white blood cell {n} (cytology: a type of blood cell that is involved with an immune response)
|
:: seli nyeupe ya damu
|
| white currant {n} (shrub)
|
:: mtunda bukini mweupe
|
| white currant {n} (berry)
|
:: tunda bukini jeupe
|
| White House {prop} (the official residence of the President of the United States of America)
|
:: Nyumba Nyeupe
|
| white lightning {n} (illegally distilled whiskey) SEE: moonshine
|
::
|
| White Russian {n} (Belarusian language) SEE: Belarusian
|
::
|
| who are you {phrase} (who are you?)
|
:: wewe ni nani
|
| whole {adj} (entire)
|
:: -ote, -zima
|
| whooping cough {n} (a contagious disease)
|
:: kifaduro
|
| whore {n}
|
:: malaya, kahaba
|
| whore {v} (to pimp) SEE: pimp
|
::
|
| whoremaster {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp
|
::
|
| why {adv} (for what reason)
|
:: kwaje, mbona
|
| wick {n} (the porous cord that draws up liquid fuel for burning)
|
:: utambi, ukope
|
| wicked {adj} (evil or mischevous)
|
:: -baya
|
| wide {adv} (extensively)
|
:: pana
|
| wide {adv} (completely (with awake))
|
:: pana
|
| wide {adv} (away from the given goal)
|
:: pana
|
| widow {n} (woman whose spouse has died)
|
:: mjane {1/2}
|
| widow {n} (woman whose husband is often away)
|
:: mjane {1/2}
|
| widow {n} (single line of type carried over to the next page)
|
:: mjane {1/2}
|
| width {n} (state of being wide)
|
:: upana
|
| width {n} (measurement of something from side to side)
|
:: upana
|
| wife {n} (married woman)
|
:: mke (1/2)
|
| Wikipedia {prop} (online encyclopedia)
|
:: Wikipedia
|
| Wiktionarian {n} (A person who contributes to Wiktionary)
|
:: mbuni wikamusi
|
| Wiktionary {prop} (the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language)
|
:: Wikamusi
|
| wild animal {n} (animal living in a natural, undomesticated state)
|
:: mnyama wa porini
|
| wild boar {n} (Sus scrofa)
|
:: jivi
|
| wildebeest {n} (gnu) SEE: gnu
|
::
|
| wilderness {n} (uncultivated tract of land)
|
:: pori, jangwa {c5} {c6}
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| wild turkey {n} (Meleagris gallopavo)
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:: kalkon
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| will {v} (indicating future action)
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:: -ta-
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| will {n} (legal document)
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:: wosia
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| willow {n} (tree)
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:: mwerebi {s}, mierebi {p}
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| wind {n} (movement of air)
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:: upepo
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| wind {n} (the force developed by the movement of air)
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:: upepo
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| wind {n}
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:: upepo
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| Windhoek {prop} (capital of Namibia)
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:: Windhoek
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| window {n} (opening for light and air)
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:: dirisha
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| windpipe {n} (anus) SEE: anus
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::
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| windy {n} (fart) SEE: fart
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::
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| wine {n} (alcoholic beverage made from grapes)
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:: divai, mvinyo
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| wine {n} (alcoholic beverage made from other fruit or vegetables)
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:: divai
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| wine {n} (serving of wine)
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:: divai
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| wine {n} (wine colour)
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:: divai
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| wine {v} (entertain with wine)
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:: divai
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| wine {v} (drink wine)
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:: divai
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| wing {n} (part of an animal)
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:: ubawa, bawa
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| wing {v} (to fly) SEE: fly
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::
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| wing {v} (to throw) SEE: throw
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::
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| winged {adj} (having wings)
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:: -enye mabawa
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| winner {n} (one who has won or often wins)
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:: mshindi
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| winnower {n} (a form of fan used for winnowing)
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:: ungo, uteo
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| winter {n} (fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures)
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:: kipupwe, majira ya baridi, kipindi cha baridi
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| wintry {adj} (suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy)
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:: -a baridi sana
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| wire {n} (thin thread of metal)
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:: waya
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| wire {n} (metal conductor that carries electricity)
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:: waya
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| wire {n} (fence made of usually barbed wire)
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:: waya
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| wire {n} (sports: finish line of a racetrack)
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:: waya
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| wire {n} (slang: hidden listening device on the person)
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:: waya
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| wire {v} (to fasten with wire)
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:: waya
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| wire {v} (to string on a wire)
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:: waya
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| wire {v} (to equip with wires for use with electricity)
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:: waya
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| wire {v} (to add something into an electrical system by means of wiring)
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:: waya
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| wire {v} (to make someone tense or psyched-up)
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:: waya
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| wire {v} (slang: to install eavesdropping equipment)
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:: waya
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| wisdom {n} (element of personal character)
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:: mwanafalsafa
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| wisdom {n} (discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good)
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:: hekima
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| wisdom {n} (ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way)
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:: hekima {c9}
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| wisdom {n} (ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding)
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:: hekima
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| wisdom {n} (ability to know and apply spiritual truths)
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:: hekima
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| wise {adj} (showing good judgement)
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:: -staarabu
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| witch {n} (person who uses magic)
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:: mchawi
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| witch {n} (derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman)
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:: mchawi
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| witchcraft {n} (the practice of witches)
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:: uganga, urogi
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| witch doctor {n} (person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic)
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:: mganga
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| with {prep} (in addition to)
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:: na
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| wither {v} ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
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:: kukauka
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| without a doubt {prep} (certainly) SEE: certainly
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::
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| witness {n} (attestation of a fact or event)
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:: shahidi
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| witness {n} (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
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:: shahidi
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| witness {n} (someone called to give evidence in a court)
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:: shahidi
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| wizard {n} (person skilled with magic)
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:: mchawi {c1}
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| wolf {n} (animal)
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:: mbwa mwitu {c9} {c10}
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| wolf {v} (to devour)
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:: -akia, -la, -sakata
|
| Wolfgang {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Wolfgang
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| wolfsbane {n} (herbs of the genus Aconitum) SEE: aconite
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::
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| Wolof {prop} (people)
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:: Mwolofu
|
| Wolof {prop} (language)
|
:: Kiwolofu
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| wolverine {n} (Gulo gulo)
|
:: fisi-milima, wolverini
|
| woman {n} (wife) SEE: wife
|
::
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| woman {n} (adult female person)
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:: mwanamke
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| womb {n} (uterus)
|
:: uzazi, tumbo {c5} {c6}
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| wombat {n} (marsupial)
|
:: wombati
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| wonder {n} (something that causes amazement or awe, a marvel)
|
:: maajabu
|
| wonder {n} (informal: thought)
|
:: maajabu
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| wonder {v} (to ponder about something)
|
:: maajabu
|
| wonderland {n} (Imaginary or real place full of wonder or marvels)
|
:: nchi ya ajabu
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| woodpecker {n} (bird in Picinae)
|
:: kigong'ota
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| woods {n} (forest) SEE: forest
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::
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| wool {n} (hair of sheep, etc.)
|
:: sufu
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| word {n} (unit of language)
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:: neno
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| word {n} (proverb) SEE: proverb
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::
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| wordbook {n} (dictionary) SEE: dictionary
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::
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| word-hoard {n} (vocabulary) SEE: vocabulary
|
::
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| word-stock {n} (vocabulary) SEE: vocabulary
|
::
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| work {n} (labour, employment, occupation, job)
|
:: kazi
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| work {n} (place where one is employed)
|
:: kazi
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| work {n} (effort expended on a particular task)
|
:: kazi
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| work {n} (literary, artistic, or intellectual production)
|
:: kazi
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| work {n} (measure of energy expended in moving an object)
|
:: kazi
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| work {n}
|
:: kazi {c9} {c10}
|
| work {v} (to do a specific task)
|
:: kufanya kazi
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| workers of the world, unite {phrase} (workers of the world, unite)
|
:: wafanyakazi wa dunia, ungana!
|
| workstead {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory
|
::
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| world {n} (the universe)
|
:: ulimwengu {c11}
|
| world cup {n} (event; competition)
|
:: kombe la dunia
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| world record {n} (the world's best score or time)
|
:: muda bora
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| World War I {prop} (war)
|
:: Vita Kuu ya Kwanza ya Dunia
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| World War II {prop} (war from 1939 to 1945)
|
:: Vita Kuu ya Pili ya Dunia
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| World War One {prop} (World War I) SEE: World War I
|
::
|
| World War Two {prop} (World War II) SEE: World War II
|
::
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| worry {n} (strong feeling of anxiety)
|
:: dukuduku {cma}
|
| worry {v} (strangle) SEE: strangle
|
::
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| worship {n} (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object)
|
:: ibada
|
| worship {n} (the religious ceremonies that express this devotion)
|
:: ibada
|
| worship {v} (to participate in religious ceremonies)
|
:: abudu
|
| worth {adj} (obsolete: valuable, worthwhile) SEE: worthwhile
|
::
|
| worth {adj} (equal in value to)
|
:: dhamana
|
| worthwhile {adj}
|
:: dhamana
|
| wound {n} (injury)
|
:: uvimbe, jeraha {c9} {c10}
|
| wound {n} (an injury to a person by which the skin is divided)
|
:: uvimbe
|
| wound {v} (hurt or injure)
|
:: vimbe
|
| wound {v} (hurt (someone's feelings))
|
:: vimbe
|
| wrath {n} (great anger)
|
:: ghadhabu
|
| wreath {n} (ornamental circular band)
|
:: taji la maua
|
| wrench {n} (screw) SEE: screw
|
::
|
| wrestling {n} (sport)
|
:: mieleka
|
| wristlet {n} (handcuff) SEE: handcuff
|
::
|
| write {v} (to form letters, etc.)
|
:: kuandika
|
| writer {n} (person who writes; an author)
|
:: mwandishi
|
| writing {n} (written letters or symbols)
|
:: andiko {cma}
|
| writing {n} (something written)
|
:: maandiko {cma}
|
| writing {n} (process of representing a language)
|
:: maandiko {cma}
|
| writing {n} (work of an author)
|
:: maandiko {cma}
|
| writing {n} (style of writing)
|
:: maandiko {cma}
|
| writing {n} (made for or used in writing)
|
:: maandiko {cma}
|
| WSC {prop} (Mandarin) SEE: Mandarin
|
::
|
| WW1 {prop} (World War I) SEE: World War I
|
::
|
| Xhosa {n} (Xhosa language)
|
:: Kixhosa
|
| Xhosa {n} (Xhosa people)
|
:: Waxhosa
|
| Xianggang {prop} (Hong Kong) SEE: Hong Kong
|
::
|
| xiphias {n} (xiphias) SEE: swordfish
|
::
|
| xylophone {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: zilofoni, marimba ya kizungu
|
| yah {adv} (yes) SEE: yes
|
::
|
| Yahweh {prop} (Jehovah) SEE: Jehovah
|
::
|
| yam {n} (potato) SEE: potato
|
::
|
| yam {n} (any Dioscorea vine)
|
:: nduma
|
| yam {n} (its edible root)
|
:: nduma
|
| yam {n} (sweet potato) SEE: sweet potato
|
::
|
| Yang-tzŭ {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze
|
::
|
| Yangtze {prop} (river)
|
:: Yangtze
|
| Yaoundé {prop} (capital of Cameroon)
|
:: Yaounde
|
| yard {n} (three feet)
|
:: yadi
|
| Yard {prop} (Jamaica) SEE: Jamaica
|
::
|
| yawn {v} (open the mouth and take a deep breath)
|
:: -piga miayo, -enda miayo
|
| yawn {n} (the action of yawning)
|
:: mwayo
|
| year {n} (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun)
|
:: mwaka
|
| year {n} (a scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity)
|
:: mwaka
|
| yeast {n} (fungus)
|
:: hamira
|
| yellow {adj} (having yellow as its colour)
|
:: -a manjano
|
| yellow {n} (colour)
|
:: manjano
|
| yellow bristle grass {n} (Pennisetum glaucum) SEE: pearl millet
|
::
|
| yellow fever {n} (illness)
|
:: homa ya manjano
|
| Yemen {prop} (Republic of Yemen)
|
:: Yemen
|
| Yerevan {prop} (the capital and largest city of Armenia)
|
:: Yerevan
|
| yes {particle} (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance)
|
:: ndiyo
|
| yes {particle}
|
:: ndiyo, sawa
|
| yes-man {n} (Noun)
|
:: ndiyo-mtu
|
| yes-no {particle} (particle used to form yes-no questions)
|
:: je
|
| yes-no question {n} (type of question)
|
:: ndiyo-hakuna swali
|
| yesterday {n} (day before today)
|
:: jana
|
| yesterday {n} (the recent past)
|
:: jana
|
| yesterday {adv} (on the day before today)
|
:: jana
|
| Yiddish {adj} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish
|
::
|
| yin-yang {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina
|
::
|
| yogurt {n} (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process)
|
:: maziwa ya mgando
|
| yoke {n} (wooden bar)
|
:: nira
|
| Yoruba {prop} (a sub-Saharan language)
|
:: Kiyoruba
|
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the group being addressed)
|
:: ninyi
|
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the person being addressed)
|
:: wewe
|
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the group being addressed)
|
:: ninyi
|
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the person being addressed)
|
:: wewe
|
| you {determiner} (the individual or group spoken/written to)
|
:: wewe
|
| you are welcome {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome
|
::
|
| young {adj} (in the early part of life or growth)
|
:: -changa, -dogo
|
| young {n} (people who are young)
|
:: dogo
|
| young {n} (offspring (plural))
|
:: dogo
|
| young man {n} (youth) SEE: youth
|
::
|
| your {determiner} (belonging to you (plural; more owners))
|
:: -enu
|
| you're welcome {phrase} (reply to thanks)
|
:: karibu
|
| yours {pron} (sincerely)
|
:: wako
|
| yours {pron}
|
:: wako
|
| youth {n} (young person)
|
:: kijana
|
| youth {n} (young man)
|
:: kijana
|
| youth {n} (young persons, collectively)
|
:: kijana
|
| Zachariah {prop} (Zechariah) SEE: Zechariah
|
::
|
| Zachariah {prop} (male given name) SEE: Zachary
|
::
|
| Zacharias {prop} (Zechariah) SEE: Zechariah
|
::
|
| Zacharias {prop} (male given name) SEE: Zachary
|
::
|
| Zachary {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Zakaria
|
| Zambia {prop} (country in Southern Africa)
|
:: Zambia
|
| Zambian {n} (A person from Zambia or of Zambian descent)
|
:: Mzambia
|
| Zambian {adj} (Of or pertaining to Zambia or its people or language)
|
:: Kizambia
|
| Zanzibar {prop} (island region)
|
:: Unguja
|
| Zebedee {prop} (biblical character)
|
:: Zebedayo
|
| zebra {n} (African animal)
|
:: punda milia {c9} {c10}
|
| Zechariah {prop} (king of Israel)
|
:: Zekaria
|
| Zechariah {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Zekaria
|
| Zechariah {prop} (Hebrew prophet traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah)
|
:: Zekaria
|
| Zechariah {prop} (father of John the Baptist)
|
:: Zakariya, Zekaria
|
| Zephaniah {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Sefania
|
| zero {num} (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing)
|
:: sifuri
|
| zero {adj} (informal: virtually none)
|
:: ziro
|
| zero {adj} (meteorology: of a cloud ceiling: limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less)
|
:: ziro
|
| zero {adj} (meteorology: of horizontal visibility: limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less)
|
:: ziro
|
| zero {adj} (linguistics: present at an abstract level but not realized in the data)
|
:: ziro
|
| zero {v} (to set to zero)
|
:: ziro
|
| Zeus {prop} (supreme ruler of all Greek gods)
|
:: Zeu
|
| zikr {n} (dhikr) SEE: dhikr
|
::
|
| Zimbabwe {prop} (Republic of Zimbabwe)
|
:: Zimbabwe
|
| Zimbabwean {n} (а person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent)
|
:: Mzimbabwe
|
| Zimbabwean {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people)
|
:: Kizimbabwe
|
| zinc {n} (element)
|
:: zinki {c9} {c10}
|
| zonked {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| zoo {n} (park where live animals are exhibited)
|
:: bustani ya wanyama
|
| zorille {n} (Ictonyx striatus)
|
:: kicheche
|
| Zulu {adj} (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language)
|
:: Kizulu
|
| Zulu {n} (member of the Zulu people)
|
:: Mzulu
|
| Zulu {n} (language)
|
:: Kizulu
|