dada

Coordinate term: kaka


mama

Respectful term of address for an older woman.


anti

(informal) A form of address to a woman.


bibi

Borrowed from Omani Arabic بيبي (bībi), from Persian بیبی (bi-bi).

lady; mistress (female master or the female equivalent of a gentleman)


jike

a female animal (belonging to the sex with larger, fertilizable gametes)


mke

inh

*mʊ̀káí ~ *mʊ̀ké


kondomu

condom (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)


hedhi

maumivu ya hedhi


unyago

unyago (set of rituals that use music and dance to celebrate the coming of age of girls, teaching them about sex and conjugal life)


banati

Borrowed from Arabic بَنَات (banāt), plural of بِنْت (bint).


mimba

From Proto-Bantu *mbímbà, derived from Proto-Bantu *-bímba (“to swell”).


ufeministi

From u- (“-ism”) + mfeministi (“feminist”).


kliniki ya kutoa mimba

sw-noun

kliniki ya kutoa mimba (n class, plural kliniki za kutoa mimba)


utoaji mimba

utoaji mimba wa matibabu

utoaji mimba wa upasuaji

Utoaji mimba wa upasuaji unahusisha operesheni ya kuondoa kijusi kutoka kwenye nyumba ya uzazi.

2022 June 23, “Chanzo cha kidonge cha tiba ya vidonda vya tumbo kutumika kuavya mimba duniani”, in BBC News Swahili:

A surgical abortion involves an operation to remove the fetus from the uterus.


mwanamwali

mwanamwali (m-wa class, plural wanawali)

mwanamwali (m-wa class, plural wanamwali)

mwanamwali (canonical)
wanawali (plural)
wanamwali (plural)


toa mimba

-toa mimba (canonical)
kutoa mimba (infinitive)

to abort (to end a pregnancy before term)


dawa ya kupanga uzazi

dawa ya kupanga uzazi (n class, plural dawa za kupanga uzazi)


daktari wa wanawake

daktari wa wanawake (ma class, plural madaktari wa wanawake)


mwanajinakolojia

mwanajinakolojia (m-wa class, plural wanajinakolojia)

Dk Karen Morton, daktari wa uzazi na mwanajinakolojia, na mwanzilishi wa nambari ya usaidizi ya matibabu ya Dk Morton, anaelezea jinsi mashine za tens hufanya kazi.

2023 January 30, “Teknolojia mpya ya kupunguza maumivu wakati wa hedhi”, in BBC News Swahili:

Dr Karen Morton, obstetrician and gynaecologist, and founder of Dr Morton's medical helpline, explains how tens machines work.


dada wa kambo

dada wa kambo (n class, plural dada wa kambo)


mama wa kambo

mama wa kambo (n class, plural mama wa kambo)


avya mimba

-avya mimba (canonical)
kuavya mimba (infinitive)


malkia wa urembo

malkia wa urembo (n class, plural malkia wa urembo)


upasuaji wa kujifungua

upasuaji wa kujifungua (u class, no plural)


bibi harusi

bibi harusi (ma class, plural mabibi harusi)