tomato

tomato class IX (canonical)
tomato class X (plural)

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.


kiwi

kiwi class IX (canonical)
kiwi class X (plural)


nazi

nazi class IX (canonical)
nazi class X (plural)

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.


pera

pera class V (canonical)
mapera class VI (plural)


bibo

bibo class V (canonical)
mabibo class VI (plural)


karoti

karoti class IX (canonical)
karoti class X (plural)


tango

tango class V (canonical)
matango class VI (plural)


boga

boga class V (canonical)
maboga class VI (plural)


beri

beri class IX (canonical)
beri class X (plural)


papai

papai class V (canonical)
mapapai class VI (plural)


tende

tende class IX (canonical)
tende class X (plural)


yai

yai class V (canonical)
mayai class VI (plural)


cheri

cheri class IX (canonical)
cheri class X (plural)


tini

tini class V (canonical)
matini class VI (plural)


limau

limau class V (canonical)
malimau class VI (plural)


tunda

tunda class V (canonical)
matunda class VI (plural)


nyanya

nyanya class IX (canonical)
nyanya class X (plural)

Ruth alimtuma Wilkins anunue nyanya.


kitunguu

sw-noun

kitunguu class VII (plural vitunguu class VIII)

kitunguu class VII (canonical)
vitunguu class VIII (plural)


kiazi

kiazi class VII (plural viazi class VIII)

kiazi class VII (canonical)
viazi class VIII (plural)

potato (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable)


haragwe

haragwe class V (plural maharagwe class VI)

haragwe class V (canonical)
maharagwe class VI (plural)

Borrowed from Classical Persian [Term?].


kuyu

kuyu class V (canonical)
makuyu class VI (plural)


malenge

malenge class IX (plural malenge class X)

malenge class IX (canonical)
malenge class X (plural)


chungwa

chungwa class V (plural machungwa class VI)

chungwa class V (canonical)
machungwa class VI (plural)

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

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


ndizi

ndizi class IX (canonical)
ndizi class X (plural)

→ Gujarati: ડીઝી (ḍījhī)


mboga

mboga class IX (canonical)
mboga class X (plural)

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

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


njugu

njugu class IX (canonical)
njugu class X (plural)

→ Gujarati: જુગુ (jugu)

groundnut, peanut (a legume resembling a nut)


nafaka

nafaka class IX (canonical)
nafaka class X (plural)


embe

embe class V (canonical)
maembe class VI (plural)

→ 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


brokoli

sw-noun

brokoli class IX (plural brokoli class X)

brokoli class IX (canonical)
brokoli class X (plural)


pichi

pichi class V (canonical)
mapichi class VI (plural)


zambarau

zambarau class IX (plural zambarau class X)

zambarau class IX (canonical)
zambarau class X (plural)

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


karakara

karakara class V (plural makarakara class VI)

karakara class V (canonical)
makarakara class VI (plural)


mazu

mazu class IX (canonical)
mazu class X (plural)


muhogo

muhogo class III (plural mihogo class IV)

muhogo class III (canonical)
mihogo class IV (plural)

→ Gujarati: મોગો (mogo)

Borrowed from Omani Arabic مْهوجه (mhōgo), probably ultimately from Portuguese mandioca.


dafu

dafu class V (canonical)
madafu class VI (plural)

→ Malagasy: dafo

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

young coconut, a coconut with water in it


nanasi

sw-noun

nanasi class V (plural mananasi class VI)

nanasi class V (canonical)
mananasi class VI (plural)

Borrowed from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas.


chenza

chenza class V (plural machenza class VI)

chenza class V (canonical)
machenza class VI (plural)

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


mumunye

mumunye class V (plural mamumunye class VI)

mumunye class V (canonical)
mamumunye class VI (plural)


ngano

ngano class IX (canonical)
ngano class X (plural)

→ Iraqw: angaano (“wheat”)


lozi

lozi class V (canonical)
malozi class VI (plural)


bilingani

bilingani class V (plural mabilingani class VI)

bilingani class V (canonical)
mabilingani class VI (plural)

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


dhania

dhania class IX (canonical)
dhania class X (plural)


fenesi

sw-noun

fenesi class V (plural mafenesi class VI)

fenesi class V (canonical)
mafenesi class VI (plural)

Borrowed from New Indo-Aryan phanas/phaṇas.


komamanga

komamanga class V (plural makomamanga class VI)

komamanga class V (canonical)
makomamanga class VI (plural)


mbata

mbata class IX (canonical)
mbata class X (plural)

An old coconut from which the copra is extracted.


jozi

jozi class IX (canonical)
jozi class X (plural)


njugunyasa

njugunyasa class IX (plural njugunyasa class X)

njugunyasa class IX (canonical)
njugunyasa class X (plural)


karanga

karanga class IX (plural karanga class X)

karanga class IX (canonical)
karanga class X (plural)


pilipili hoho

pilipili hoho class IX (plural pilipili hoho class X)

pilipili hoho class IX (canonical)
pilipili hoho class X (plural)


shokishoki

shokishoki class V (plural mashokishoki class VI)

shokishoki class V (canonical)
mashokishoki class VI (plural)


popoo

popoo class IX (canonical)
popoo class X (plural)


gulabi

gulabi class V (plural magulabi class VI)

gulabi class V (canonical)
magulabi class VI (plural)


ukwaju

ukwaju class XI (canonical)
kwaju class X (plural)


korosho

korosho class V (plural makorosho class VI)

korosho class V (canonical)
makorosho class VI (plural)

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


zabibu

zabibu class IX (canonical)
zabibu class X (plural)


tikiti

tikiti class IX (canonical)
tikiti class X (plural)


stafeli

stafeli class V (plural mastafeli class VI)

stafeli class V (canonical)
mastafeli class VI (plural)

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


duriani

sw-noun

duriani class V (plural maduriani class VI)

duriani class V (canonical)
maduriani class VI (plural)


tufaha

tufaha class V (plural matufaha class VI)

tufaha class V (canonical)
matufaha class VI (plural)


zeituni

zeituni class IX (plural zeituni class X)

zeituni class IX (canonical)
zeituni class X (plural)


kiazi ulaya

kiazi ulaya class VII (plural viazi ulaya class VIII)

kiazi ulaya class VII (canonical)
viazi ulaya class VIII (plural)


kiazi kitamu

kiazi kitamu class VII (plural viazi vitamu class VIII)

kiazi kitamu class VII (canonical)
viazi vitamu class VIII (plural)

Ipomoea batatas
Ipomoea batatas#Translingual


dimu

dimu class V (canonical)
madimu class VI (plural)

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


bamia

bamia class V (canonical)
mabamia class VI (plural)

Abelmoschus esculentus
Abelmoschus esculentus#Translingual


shayiri

shayiri class IX (plural shayiri class X)

shayiri class IX (canonical)
shayiri class X (plural)


bisi

bisi class IX (canonical)
bisi class X (plural)


kisukari

kisukari class VII (plural visukari class VIII)

kisukari class VII (canonical)
visukari class VIII (plural)

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, →ISBN:

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


mwimbi

cog

Dhivehi ބިންބި (bin̊bi, “finger millet”)


balungi

sw-noun

balungi class V (plural mabalungi class VI)

balungi class V (canonical)
mabalungi class VI (plural)


stroberi

stroberi class IX (plural stroberi class X)

stroberi class IX (canonical)
stroberi class X (plural)


uwele

uwele class XI (canonical)
mawele class X (plural)


kabichi

kabichi class IX (plural kabichi class X)

kabichi class IX (canonical)
kabichi class X (plural)


fyulisi

fyulisi class V (plural mafyulisi class VI)

fyulisi class V (canonical)
mafyulisi class VI (plural)


aprikoti

aprikoti class V (plural maaprikoti class VI)

aprikoti class V (canonical)
maaprikoti class VI (plural)


rasiberi

rasiberi class IX (plural rasiberi class X)

rasiberi class IX (canonical)
rasiberi class X (plural)


plamu

plamu class V (canonical)
maplamu class VI (plural)


zaatari

zaatari class IX (plural zaatari class X)

zaatari class IX (canonical)
zaatari class X (plural)


kabeji

kabeji class IX (canonical)
kabeji class X (plural)


kanju

kanju class IX (canonical)
kanju class X (plural)


kiazi kikuu

kiazi kikuu class VII (plural viazi vikuu class VIII)

kiazi kikuu class VII (canonical)
viazi vikuu class VIII (plural)


kiazi sukari

kiazi sukari class VII (plural viazi sukari class VIII)

kiazi sukari class VII (canonical)
viazi sukari class VIII (plural)


spinachi

spinachi class IX (plural spinachi class X)

spinachi class IX (canonical)
spinachi class X (plural)


figili

figili class IX (canonical)
figili class X (plural)


koliflawa

koliflawa class IX (plural koliflawa class X)

koliflawa class IX (canonical)
koliflawa class X (plural)


pesheni

pesheni class V (plural mapesheni class VI)

pesheni class V (canonical)
mapesheni class VI (plural)


mbatata

mbatata class IX (plural mbatata class X)

mbatata class IX (canonical)
mbatata class X (plural)

Borrowed from Portuguese batata, from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”).


tikiti maji

tikiti maji class V (plural matikiti maji class VI)

tikiti maji class V (canonical)
matikiti maji class VI (plural)


njugu mawe

njugu mawe class IX (plural njugu mawe class X)

njugu mawe class IX (canonical)
njugu mawe class X (plural)


gunzi

gunzi class V (canonical)
magunzi class VI (plural)


tangopepeta

tangopepeta class V (plural matangopepeta class VI)

tangopepeta class V (canonical)
matangopepeta class VI (plural)


bunzi

bunzi class V (canonical)
mabunzi class VI (plural)


mgiligilani

mgiligilani class III (plural migiligilani class IV)

mgiligilani class III (canonical)
migiligilani class IV (plural)

Coriandrum sativum
Coriandrum sativum#Translingual


fiwi

fiwi class IX (canonical)
fiwi class X (plural)


choroko

choroko class IX (plural choroko class X)

choroko class IX (canonical)
choroko class X (plural)


mfiwi

mfiwi class III (plural mifiwi class IV)

mfiwi class III (canonical)
mifiwi class IV (plural)


mboga ya majani

mboga ya majani class IX (plural mboga za majani class X)

mboga ya majani class IX (canonical)
mboga za majani class X (plural)