tupa

tupa class IX (canonical)
tupa class X (plural)


dele

dele class IX (canonical)
dele class X (plural)


dila

dila class IX (canonical)
dila class X (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic دِلَاء (dilāʔ), plural of دَلْو (dalw).


bano

bano class V (canonical)
mabano class VI (plural)


mbuzi

mbuzi class IX (canonical)
mbuzi class X (plural)


dira

dira class IX (canonical)
dira class X (plural)

compass (instrument to determine cardinal directions)


reki

reki class IX (canonical)
reki class X (plural)


bolti

bolti class IX (canonical)
bolti class X (plural)


shoka

shoka class V (canonical)
mashoka class VI (plural)

Baada ya kukabidhi uta, mshale na shoka lake kwa mwindaji mwenzake wa Hadzabe, Zigwadzee alishika fimbo fupi iliyochongoka na akaingia shimoni.

2017 August 18, “Chakula cha Wahadzabe cha matunda na nungunungu Tanzania”, in BBC News Swahili:

After handing over his bow, arrow and ax to his fellow Hadzabe hunter, Zigwadzee grabbed a short pointed stick and entered the pit.


panga

panga class IX (canonical)
panga class X (plural)

'Silaha yao (teleza) kubwa ni kisu na panga.'

2019 June 10, “Wanawake wa Kigoma watoroka wakihofia wabakaji Tanzania maarufu 'Teleza' [Kigoma women flee in fear of Tanzanian rapists 'Teleza']”, in BBC News Swahili:

'Their (Teleza's) chief weapons are the knife and the machete.'


mundu

sw-noun

mundu class III (plural miundu class IV)

mundu class III (canonical)
miundu class IV (plural)


tridenti

tridenti class IX (plural tridenti class X)

tridenti class IX (canonical)
tridenti class X (plural)


kifaa

kifaa class VII (plural vifaa class VIII)

kifaa class VII (canonical)
vifaa class VIII (plural)


bikari

bikari class IX (canonical)
bikari class X (plural)

From Persian پرگار (pargâr), via Arabic بِرْكَار (birkār).


kichujio

kichujio class VII (plural vichujio class VIII)

kichujio class VII (canonical)
vichujio class VIII (plural)

sieve (device to separate larger objects)


kipenga

kipenga class VII (plural vipenga class VIII)

kipenga class VII (canonical)
vipenga class VIII (plural)

whistle (device used to make a whistling sound)


kitufe

kitufe class VII (plural vitufe class VIII)

kitufe class VII (canonical)
vitufe class VIII (plural)

button (mechanical device or on-screen control that can be pressed)


msumeno

msumeno class III (plural misumeno class IV)

msumeno class III (canonical)
misumeno class IV (plural)


nyundo

nyundo class IX (canonical)
nyundo class X (plural)


mtego

mtego class III (plural mitego class IV)

mtego class III (canonical)
mitego class IV (plural)

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. By surface analysis, m- + -tega (“to set a trap, to entrap”) + -o.

surf

trap (device designed to catch or kill animals)


jembe

jembe class V (canonical)
majembe class VI (plural)


ufagio

sw-noun

ufagio class XI (plural fagio class X or mafagio class VI)

ufagio class XI (canonical)
fagio class X (plural)
mafagio class VI (plural)


jiriwa

jiriwa class IX (canonical)
jiriwa class X (plural)

a vise (two-jawed instrument for holding work)


jeki

jeki class IX (canonical)
jeki class X (plural)

a jack (mechanical device for raising and supporting a heavy object)


geji

geji class IX (canonical)
geji class X (plural)

gauge (a measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard)


ngazi

ngazi class IX (canonical)
ngazi class X (plural)


mbano

mbano class III (plural mibano class IV)

mbano class III (canonical)
mibano class IV (plural)


msasa

msasa class III (plural misasa class IV)

msasa class III (canonical)
misasa class IV (plural)


spana

spana class IX (canonical)
spana class X (plural)

spanner (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)


wembe

wembe class XI (canonical)
nyembe class X (plural)


mkongojo

mkongojo class III (plural mikongojo class IV)

mkongojo class III (canonical)
mikongojo class IV (plural)

walking stick, staff (cane used by elders)


mahati

mahati class IX (canonical)
mahati class X (plural)


wavu

wavu class XI (canonical)
nyavu class X (plural)


skrubu

skrubu class IX (canonical)
skrubu class X (plural)
skurubu (alternative)
sukurubu (alternative)


mpini

mpini class III (plural mipini class IV)

mpini class III (canonical)
mipini class IV (plural)


mkasi

mkasi class III (plural mikasi class IV)

mkasi class III (canonical)
mikasi class IV (plural)

→ Kikuyu: magathĩ

→ Lingala: makási

→ Luganda: màkânsi


burashi

burashi class IX (plural burashi class X)

burashi class IX (canonical)
burashi class X (plural)
brashi (alternative)


patasi

patasi class IX (canonical)
patasi class X (plural)

Borrowed from Gujarati ફડસી (phaḍsī), Kachchi [Term?]; compare Sindhi پَٽاسِي (patāsī).


maharazi

maharazi class IX (plural maharazi class X)

maharazi class IX (canonical)
maharazi class X (plural)

Etymology tree
Arabic مِخْرَز (miḵraz)bor.
Swahili maharazi
Borrowed from Arabic مِخْرَز (miḵraz).

etymon

ar>مِخْرَز>awl


tezo

tezo class V (canonical)
matezo class VI (plural)


fuawe

fuawe class IX (canonical)
fuawe class X (plural)

Thought by Madan to be from -fuawa (“to be beat”), but Klein-Arendt shows it is from -fua jiwe (“beat a stone”).


kikokotozi

sw-noun

kikokotozi class VII (plural vikokotozi class VIII)

kikokotozi class VII (canonical)
vikokotozi class VIII (plural)
kikokotoo (alternative)

From ki- + -kokotoa (“to calculate”) + -zi.


bisibisi

bisibisi class IX (plural bisibisi class X)

bisibisi class IX (canonical)
bisibisi class X (plural)
bisbisi (alternative)


sepetu

sepetu class IX (canonical)
sepetu class X (plural)


kizibuo

kizibuo class VII (plural vizibuo class VIII)

kizibuo class VII (canonical)
vizibuo class VIII (plural)


koleo

koleo class V (canonical)
makoleo class VI (plural)


bakora

bakora class IX (canonical)
bakora class X (plural)


kibanizi

kibanizi class VII (plural vibanizi class VIII)

kibanizi class VII (canonical)
vibanizi class VIII (plural)


beleshi

beleshi class V (plural mabeleshi class VI)

beleshi class V (canonical)
mabeleshi class VI (plural)


chujio

chujio class ? (plural [please provide])


bobari

bobari class IX (canonical)
bobari class X (plural)