Swahili Dictionary - a dump of the database

Swahili Dictionary

#dateconst# 9/21/19

ID	Swahili	English	WordType	See Also EN	See Also SW	Description	Example	Comment
0	kuja	come	verb
1	kula	eat	verb			duplicate
2	kulala	sleep	verb
3	kunywa	drink	verb
4	kuli	eat	verb		kuja	duplicate
5	kwenda	go	verb	to like / to love	kupenda	transitive ?		sub-texts of to like, to love, confusing
6	kucheza	play	verb	to dance	mchezo			- also to dance
7	kusoma	read, study	verb	to learn
8	kupiku	cook	verb
9	kutembea	walk	verb
10	kupenda	like, love	verb	to go	kwenda			- also to go
11	kukimbia	run	verb	to walk	kutembea
12	kufika	arrive	verb
13	kuandiki	write	verb
14	kuaji	come back	verb	to return	kurudi			- also to return
15	kurudi	return	verb	to come back	kuaji			not clear on distinction with "kuaji"
16	kufikiri	think	verb
17	kuwamka	wake up	verb
18	kufanya	do	verb
19	kuhitaji	need (something)	verb	to ask for, to beg			ninahitaji - I need
20	kujaribu	try	verb
21	kujibu	answer, reply	verb	to reply
22	kufua	wash	verb		kuosha			clothes (soft things in general?)
23	kusafishi	clean	verb			home		- clean buildings
24	kufagia	sweep	verb			home
25	kuwasha	light	verb					to ignite - fires, stoves
26	kuosha	wash	verb		kufua			bottles, plates, buckets, pots - hard things in general
27	kufuta	wipe, to dust	verb			home		also to erase (computer files)
28	kutanoni	have a meeting	verb					to participate, or to attend
29	kuomba	ask (for)	verb	to beg			ninaomba nyama na nguruwe - I would like some pork ("meat of pig")	to beg for something, being a begger. to ask for food (at table, at a restaurant)
30	nguo	clothes	noun
31	daktiri	doctor (medical)	noun			job
32	ufagio	broom	noun		kufagia	home
33	bafu	bathroom	noun			home
34	moto	fire	noun			home
35	mhudumu	waiter, waitress	noun
36	jiko	kitchen or stove	noun			home		both the room and the implement
37	chumba	room	noun			home
38	sufuria	pot (metal)	noun	bucket	ndoo	home		implication is it is metal, and there is by implication a word for a non-metal pot
39	sabuni	soap	noun					- detergents in general, may be others
40	ndoo	bucket	noun		sufuria	home
41	meza	table	noun			home		sounds like it has ome in from a Romance language
42	kikombe	cup	noun			home		This is a city name, isn't it? Kikombo (district near Dodoma) or Kikomba (a cryptozoological myth).
43	sahani	dishes	noun	crockery	vyombo	home		or is it a place setting, crockery and cutlery
44	dirisha	window	noun			home		where did that come from
45	vyombo	dishes	noun	plates	sahani	home		- what is the difference vyombo vs sahani ? - crockery
46	takataka	trash , garbage	noun			home
47	chupa	bottle	noun			flask, water bottle or the modern poncy form
48	mwanamke	woman	noun	man	mwanaume	family, people		wa- for plural
49	mwanaume	man	noun			family, people
50	baba	father	noun			family, people
51	dada	sister	noun			family, people
52	kaka	brother	noun			family, people
53	mama	mother	noun			family, people
54	mwana	son	noun			family, people
55	binti	daughter	noun			family, people
56	mti	tree	noun	trees, forest	miti, misitu
57	mche	seedling	noun
58	mchezo	game	noun
59	mto	river	noun	fire	moto	places		- also given as "pillow", which is very odd. - compare with moto "fire"
60	muziki	music	noun					obviously imported from English (German?)
61	mfuko	bag, sack, handbag	noun
62	mwalimu	teacher	noun	student	wanafunzi	job
63	mlango	door	noun
64	mji	town	noun	town	mzi	places		- two spellings given, "mji" and "mzi" - "mji mkubwa!, big town == city
65	mzigo	package, luggage	noun
66	mipira	ball(s)	noun					- not clear if singular, plural, or both
67	mkulimu	farmer	noun			job		- check
68	mizizi	root, tuber	noun	potato, carrot	viazi, karoti	food AND part of plant?
69	miavuli	umbrella(s)	noun					- not clear if singular, plural, or both
70	misumari	nails, tacks	noun	fingernails	????			- warning to use for construction, so wonfer about fingernails or other confounder
71	mikuki	spears	noun
72	mkutano	meeting of people	noun	to go to a meeting, rendezvous	kutanoni
73	kuongea	speak	verb
74	kujifunza	to learn	verb
75	misikiti	mosque	noun	chair	kiti	places		- is kiti(chair) <-> misikiti (mosque) coincidence?
76	misitu	forest	noun	tree, trees	mti, miti	places
77	mchuzi	sauce (EN_US, ketchup)	noun			food
78	mpaka	boundary, frontier	noun			places
79	mnyororo	chain	noun
80	mfereji	canal	noun			places		- irrigation, transport, or both?
81	mkeka	mat	noun	pillow	mto	home		- is the connection mto <-> mkeka valid?
82	mkasi	scissors (pair)	noun	knife	kisu
83	mradi	project, task	noun
84	mtumbwi	canoe	noun
85	mchoro	drawing, diagram	noun
86	mtoto	child	noun			family, people
87	mmea	plant	noun			agriculture, not industrial
88	mti	tree	noun	trees	miti			- using m-/mi- to form plural
89	miti	trees	noun	tree	mti	places		mi-/ m- plural/ singular
90	maswali	question	noun	answer	???			- sure that "answer" has come by, as a verb or a noun
91	matunda	fruit	noun			food
92	matibabu	treatment	noun
93	viazi	potato	noun			food
94	wali	rice (cooked)	noun	rice grains ?	mchele	food		- not sure the distinction between "wali" and "mchele" ? q.v. "mche"
95	mchele	rice (uncooked?, growing?)	noun	rice (cooked)	wali	food		- not sure of distinction between "mchele" and "wali"
96	yai	egg	noun	eggs	mayai	food
97	mayai	eggs	noun	egg	yai	food		- prefix of "ma-" to make a plural
98	ndizi	banana	noun			food
99	mkate	bread	noun			food		- different grains?
100	samake	fish	noun			food		- many sub-types?
101	ugali	stiff porridge	noun			food		- it's a quite traditional Tanzanian food, but id basically a starch paste. Bland on blandness.
102	chipsi	chips (EN_US "french" fries)	noun			food
103	karoti	carrot, carrots	noun			food		- singular or plural, or both ?
104	bibi	grandmother	noun	grandfather	babu	family, people
105	babu	grandfather	noun	grandmother	bibi	family, people
106	vitunguu	onions	noun	garlic	saumlu	food
107	vitunguu saumu	garlic	noun	onions	vitunguu	food
108	machungwa	oranges	noun			food
109	nyanya	tomato	noun			food
110	maembe	mangoes	noun			food		- non-native
111	maparachichi	avocados	noun			food
112	pilipili	peppers	noun			food	Piipili hoho - "bell pepper" or green pepper" Pilipili tamu - something else	- several types "hoho", "tamu", so be careful
113	chakula	food	noun	to eat	kula	food		- "cha" and "kula",
114	matunda	fruit	noun			food		- uncountable?
115	jani	????	noun			food????		- no translation, came up in the listings, possibly a fake
116	nguruwe	pig	noun			food, animal		- meats are named as "nyama wa ____", "meat of _animal_" ; nyama wa nguruwe = pig meat, pork
117	mboga	vegetables	noun			food		- meat nyama ; vegetables mboga ; fruits matunda
118	nyama	meat	noun			food		- see note under "nguruwe", pig
119	ng'ombe	cow	noun			food, animal
120	kuku	chicken	noun			food, animal
121	mbuzi	goat	noun			food, animal
122	bia	beer	noun			food
123	kahawa	coffee	noun	tea	chai	food
124	maziwa	milk	noun			food		which milk animals?
125	chai	tea	noun	coffee	kahawa	food
126	maji	water	noun			food
127	jusi	juice	noun			food
128	vinywaji	drinks, beverages	noun			food
129	kiti	chair	noun			home
130	kisu	knife	noun			home
131	kitabi	book	noun			home
132	maharage	beans	noun			food
133	mkubwa	large, big, huge	adjective	small	mdogo	adverb
134	safi	clean	adjective			adverb
135	langu	my	adjective			possessive		the prefixes include l-, m-, w-, y- under rules TBA
136	yako	your	adjective		yenu	possessive		singular or plural "you"? Prefixes and suffixes,
137	wake	her/ his / its	adjective			possessive		Prefixes and suffixes. w-, y- ...
138	yao	their	adjective	our	wetu	possessive		Prefixes and suffixes
139	wetu	our	adjective	their	yao	possessive		Prefixes and suffixes, w-, y- etu
140	mbaya	bad	adjective	good	mzuri	adverb
141	mrefu	tall, long	adjective	short
142	wa	of (the)	adjective			possessive		Range of prefixes and suffixes
143	wachache	few	adjective	many		adverb
144	mdogo	small	adjective	big	mkubwa	adverb
145	mzuri	good	adjective	bad	mbaya	adverb
146	kila	each, every	adjective			adverb
147	tafadhali	please	adverb			other
148	wewe	you	noun			pronoun
149	sisi	we	noun			pronoun
150	asubuhi	morning	noun	day, evening	siku, usiku	time
151	jioni	evening	noun	morning, afternoon	asubuhi, alasiri	time
152	siku	day	noun	night, morning	usiku, asubuhi	time
153	usiku	night	noun	morning, evening	asubuhi, jioni	time
154	leo	today	noun	tomorrow, yesterday	kesho, jana	time
155	mchana	afternoon	noun	afternoon, morning	alasiri, asubuhi	time
156	kesho	tomorrow	noun	today, yesterday	leo, jana	time
157	alasiri	afternoon	noun	morning, evening	asubuhi, jioni	time
158	jana	yesterday	noun	today, tomorrow	leo, kesho	time		need to draw a time-line
159	ninyi	you (plural)	noun	you (singular)	wewe	pronoun		are (wewe/ ninyi) really (plural/ singular)?
160	mgeni	guest	noun
161	kwa	for	preposition
162	na	and	conjunction
163	je	will	unsure					isthis a noun, or a verb, or a tense-indicator
164	au	or	conjunction
165	tena	again	adverb
166	vyakula	food	noun	food	chakula
167	mzazi	parent	noun	parents	wazazi	relationships		typical "M/Wa" singuar/plural construction.
168	wao	they	noun			pronoun		often seems to be superfluous - but why?
169	kushauri	counselling, advising	verb			transitive		came from reading, no worked context
170	matanguzo	spots	adjective	stripes	kupigwa	adjective	Gets cnfused with spotting and reporting an advert.	in reference to spotty zebra
171	punda	zebra	noun	zebra	mbwa			als0 gets confused.

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