kitara

sw-noun

kitara class VII (plural vitara class VIII)

kitara class VII (canonical)
vitara class VIII (plural)

Borrowed from Omani Arabic كِتّارة (kittāra, “sabre”), from Hindi कटार (kaṭār).


singe

singe class IX (canonical)
singe class X (plural)


uta

uta class XI (canonical)
nyuta class X (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.


kiasi

sw-noun

kiasi class VII (plural viasi class VIII)

kiasi class VII (canonical)
viasi class VIII (plural)


shoka

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


upanga

upanga class XI (canonical)
panga class X (plural)


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

mundu class III (plural miundu class IV)

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


ramia

ramia class IX (canonical)
ramia class X (plural)

(firearms) cartridge, round of ammunition


bomu

bomu class V (canonical)
mabomu class VI (plural)


bunduki

bunduki class IX (plural bunduki class X)

bunduki class IX (canonical)
bunduki class X (plural)

→ Iraqw: punduki

→ Kituba: munduki

→ Lingala: bondóki

→ Luganda: emmundu

→ Luo: bunde

→ Nzadi: onduk

→ Rwanda-Rundi: imbunda

Borrowed from Omani Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “rifle”), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut; projectile”).


rungu

rungu class V (canonical)
marungu class VI (plural)


bastola

sw-noun

bastola class IX (plural bastola class X)

bastola class IX (canonical)
bastola class X (plural)


jangili

jangili class V (plural majangili class VI)

jangili class V (canonical)
majangili class VI (plural)

Borrowed from Kikuyu jangiri, from Hindi जंगली (jaṅglī, “wild”).

a poacher (a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally)


mzinga

mzinga class III (plural mizinga class IV)

mzinga class III (canonical)
mizinga class IV (plural)

hive (a box or basket for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees)


mshale

mshale class III (plural mishale class IV)

mshale class III (canonical)
mishale class IV (plural)


mkuki

mkuki class III (plural mikuki class IV)

mkuki class III (canonical)
mikuki class IV (plural)


risasi

risasi class IX (canonical)
risasi class X (plural)

→ Digo: risasi

→ Jita: ri-saási

→ Kikuyu: rĩthathi

→ Luganda: `ssasì

→ Nyakyusa: ilísasí

→ Nyankole: iːsási, amasási, kisási


roketi

roketi class IX (canonical)
roketi class X (plural)


chembe

chembe class VII (plural vyembe class VIII)

chembe class VII (canonical)
vyembe class VIII (plural)


kombeo

kombeo class V (plural makombeo class VI)

kombeo class V (canonical)
makombeo class VI (plural)


baruti

baruti class IX (canonical)
baruti class X (plural)

Borrowed from Omani Arabic باروت (bārūt), ultimately from Arabic بَارُود (bārūd).


silaha

silaha class IX (canonical)
silaha class X (plural)


sefu

sefu class IX (canonical)
sefu class X (plural)


kombora

sw-noun

kombora class V (plural makombora class VI)

kombora class V (canonical)
makombora class VI (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic قُنْبُرة (qumbura), from Ottoman Turkish خمبره (humbara, kumbara), from Persian خمباره (xombâra).


upinde

upinde class XI (canonical)
pinde class X (plural)

Neanderthals hawakutumia pinde, lakini muda wa muonekano kwa upinde unamaanisha kuwa Homo sapiens waliutumia dhidi yao.

2022 January 15, “Uvumbuzi wa binadamu wa kale ulivyochangia kukua kwa teknolojia”, in BBC Swahili:

Neanderthals did not use bows, but the time of appearance of the bow means that Homo sapiens used it against them.


guruneti

sw-noun

guruneti class V (plural maguruneti class VI)

guruneti class V (canonical)
maguruneti class VI (plural)


bombomu

bombomu class IX (plural bombomu class X)

bombomu class IX (canonical)
bombomu class X (plural)


bunduki kubwa

bunduki kubwa class IX (plural bunduki kubwa class X)

bunduki kubwa class IX (canonical)
bunduki kubwa class X (plural)


bomu la ardhini

bomu la ardhini class V (plural mabomu ya ardhini class VI)

bomu la ardhini class V (canonical)
mabomu ya ardhini class VI (plural)


beneti

beneti class IX (canonical)
beneti class X (plural)


silaha ndogo ndogo

silaha ndogo ndogo class IX (plural silaha ndogo ndogo class X)

silaha ndogo ndogo class IX (canonical)
silaha ndogo ndogo class X (plural)


silaha ya moto

silaha ya moto class IX (plural silaha za moto class X)

silaha ya moto class IX (canonical)
silaha za moto class X (plural)


gobori

gobori class V (plural magobori class VI)

gobori class V (canonical)
magobori class VI (plural)


kasiba

kasiba class IX (canonical)
kasiba class X (plural)


zana ya vita

zana ya vita class IX (plural zana za vita class X)

zana ya vita class IX (canonical)
zana za vita class X (plural)


sagai

sagai class IX (canonical)
sagai class X (plural)


silaha ya kemikali

silaha ya kemikali class IX (plural silaha za kemikali class X)

silaha ya kemikali class IX (canonical)
silaha za kemikali class X (plural)


nguvu ya nyuklia

nguvu ya nyuklia class IX (plural nguvu za nyuklia class X)

nguvu ya nyuklia class IX (canonical)
nguvu za nyuklia class X (plural)


silaha ya nyuklia

silaha ya nyuklia class IX (plural silaha za nyuklia class X)

silaha ya nyuklia class IX (canonical)
silaha za nyuklia class X (plural)