tomato

Alianza kilimo cha malenge, mtama, tomato na sukuma wiki - na sasa anauza bidhaa zake katika soko la nyumbani.

2021 December 16, “Wakenya wapata faraja mashambani baada ya corona kuwatimua mjini”, in BBC News Swahili

He started cultivating pumpkin, millet, tomato and sukuma wiki - and now he sells his products in the domestic market.


nazi

Found throughout Sabaki and in nearby languages, like Yao naasi (“coconut”), although this may be due to borrowing. Other cognates refer to different palms, e.g. Luhya munazi (“oil palm”) and Tooro omunazi (“date palm”), leaving the origin and meaning unknown, although a nebulous connection to Proto-Bantu *ngàdí (“palm oil”) has been suggested.


nyanya

Ruth alimtuma Wilkins anunue nyanya.


kiazi

potato (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable)


haragwe

Borrowed from Classical Persian [Term?].


chungwa

→ Gujarati: મચુંગો (macuṅgo) (from the plural machungwa)

→ Rwanda-Rundi: icunga (Rwanda), umucungwa (Rundi)


ndizi

→ Gujarati: ડીઝી (ḍījhī)


mboga

From Proto-Bantu *mbògà. Cognate to Luganda emboga (“cabbage”) and Rwanda-Rundi imboga.

vegetable (a plant raised for some edible part of it)


njugu

→ Gujarati: જુગુ (jugu)

groundnut, peanut (a legume resembling a nut)


embe

→ Bemba: iyembe

→ Kongo: riembe

→ Luganda: omuyembe

→ Nubi: yembe

Borrowed from Omani Arabic امبا (embē), from an Indo-Iranian language, probably Persian انبه (anbe).


wimbi

Likely cognate with Kikuyu mũgĩmbĩ (“finger millet”), and possibly further afield with Dhivehi ބިންބި (bin̊bi, “finger millet”).

cog

Eleusine coracana
Eleusine coracana#Translingual


nikotini

nicotine (addictive chemical found in cigarettes)


zambarau

Borrowed from Portuguese jambolão, ultimately from Sanskrit जम्बु (jambu).


muhogo

→ Gujarati: મોગો (mogo)

Borrowed from Omani Arabic [script needed] (mhōgo), probably ultimately from Portuguese mandioca.


dafu

→ Malagasy: dafo

An old borrowing from an Indo-Aryan language; compare Hindi डाब (ḍāb) and Bengali ডাব (ḍbo).

young coconut, a coconut with water in it


nanasi

Borrowed from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas.


chenza

Likely from Chinese 橙子 (chéngzi, “orange”).


ngano

→ Iraqw: angaano (“wheat”)


bilingani

sw-noun

bilingani (ma class, plural mabilingani)

Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), ultimately from Sanskrit भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī).


fenesi

Borrowed from New Indo-Aryan phanas/phaṇas.


komamanga

sw-noun

komamanga (ma class, plural makomamanga)


mbata

An old coconut from which the copra is extracted.


pilipili hoho

pilipili hoho (n class, plural pilipili hoho)


shokishoki

shokishoki (ma class, plural mashokishoki)


korosho

From Portuguese caroço (“stone, hard seed”).


stafeli

Borrowed from Omani Arabic ستعفل (staʕfal), from an Indian language: Hindi सीताफल (sītāphal), Gujarati સીતાફળ (sītāphaḷ), or similar.


kiazi ulaya

sw-noun

kiazi ulaya (ki-vi class, plural viazi ulaya)


kiazi kitamu

kiazi kitamu (ki-vi class, plural viazi vitamu)

Ipomoea batatas
Ipomoea batatas#Translingual


dimu

From Persian لیمو (limu, “lemon, lime”).


bamia

Abelmoschus esculentus
Abelmoschus esculentus#Translingual


kisukari

Nakumbuka muujiza wa uponyaji wa mwanamke mwenye kisukari aliyeishi kwa kutegemea sindano za kisukari kila siku.

2018, Dag Heward-Mills, Eneza Huduma Yako Kwa Miujiza na Udhihirishaji wa Roho Mtakatifu

I remember the miracle of healing the woman with diabetes who lived by relying on injections for diabetes every day.


mbege

(Tanzania) an alcoholic drink made from fermented bananas


kiazi kikuu

kiazi kikuu (ki-vi class, plural viazi vikuu)


kiazi sukari

kiazi sukari (ki-vi class, plural viazi sukari)


tikiti maji

tikiti maji (ma class, plural matikiti maji)


tangopepeta

tangopepeta (ma class, plural matangopepeta)


mgiligilani

mgiligilani (m-mi class, plural migiligilani)

Coriandrum sativum
Coriandrum sativum#Translingual


mboga ya majani

mboga ya majani (n class, plural mboga za majani)