uma

-uma (canonical)
kuuma (infinitive)
kuuma (infinitive)
kutouma (infinitive negative)
uma (imperative singular)
umeni (imperative plural)
huuma (habitual)
positive subject concord + -liuma (past)
negative subject concord + -kuuma (negative past)
ninauma (first-person present singular)
nauma (first-person present singular)
tunauma (first-person plural present)
unauma (present second-person singular)
mnauma (plural present second-person)
anauma (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanauma (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nauma (present third-person)
siumi (first-person negative present singular)
hatuumi (first-person negative plural present)
huumi (negative present second-person singular)
hamuumi (negative plural present second-person)
haumi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawaumi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -umi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tauma (future)
negative subject concord + -tauma (future negative)
niume (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuume (first-person plural subjunctive)
uume (second-person singular subjunctive)
muume (plural second-person subjunctive)
aume (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
waume (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -ume (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -siume (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngeuma (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singeuma (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngaliuma (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singaliuma (irrealis negative past)
nauma (first-person gnomic singular)
twauma (first-person gnomic plural)
wauma (gnomic second-person singular)
mwauma (gnomic plural second-person)
auma (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wauma (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wauma (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yauma (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lauma (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yauma (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chauma (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyauma (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yauma (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zauma (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wauma (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwauma (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pauma (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwauma (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -meuma (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshauma (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jauma (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kiuma (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipouma (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kaume (consecutive subjunctive)
-niuma (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuuma (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuuma (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wauma (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuumeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-waumeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-muuma (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wauma (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uuma (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-iuma (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-liuma (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yauma (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kiuma (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-viuma (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-iuma (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ziuma (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uuma (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuuma (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pauma (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muuma (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jiuma (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-umaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-umao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-umao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-umayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-umalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-umayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-umacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-umavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-umayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-umazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-umao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-umako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-umapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-umamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yeuma (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-ouma (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-ouma (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-youma (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-louma (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-youma (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chouma (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyouma (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-youma (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zouma (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-ouma (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kouma (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pouma (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mouma (class-18 object-concord relative singular)

to bite (to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth)


kisu

→ Gujarati: કીસુ (kīsu)


nyumba

From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀mbá. Cognate to Luganda ennyumba.


kijiko

Uncertain. Although in form it would appear to be a diminutive of mwiko, that may be a back-formation if the term is ultimately from Ottoman Turkish قاشیق (kaşık).


karo

tuition fee (monetary payment charged for education)


meza

→ Kamba: mesa

→ Kikuyu: metha

→ Lingala: mésá

→ Luganda: emmeeza

→ Luhya: emesa

→ Luo: mesa

→ Rwanda-Rundi: ameza

→ Tooro: emeeza

Borrowed from Omani Arabic ميز (mēz, “table”), from Persian میز (mêz), although widely claimed to be from Portuguese mesa.


pilo

Ndani ya sanduku ni spears, akiandamana na chakula cha makopo , tochi , blanketi na pilo na pia chupa mbili za plastiki moja ya maji ya kunywa na nyingine ya kujisaidia haja ndogo, sanduku liliingizwa ndege ya shirika la ndege la India kwenda Perth magharibi mwa Australia.

2021 December 12, “Simulizi ya baba aliyesafiri ndani ya sanduku kutoka London mpaka Australia”, in BBC Swahili:


pazia

curtain (piece of cloth covering a window)


deki

-deki (canonical)
kudeki (infinitive)
kudeki (infinitive)
kutodeki (infinitive negative)
deki (imperative singular)
dekini (imperative plural)
hudeki (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lideki (past)
negative subject concord + -kudeki (negative past)
ninadeki (first-person present singular)
nadeki (first-person present singular)
tunadeki (first-person plural present)
unadeki (present second-person singular)
mnadeki (plural present second-person)
anadeki (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanadeki (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nadeki (present third-person)
sideki (first-person negative present singular)
hatudeki (first-person negative plural present)
hudeki (negative present second-person singular)
hamdeki (negative plural present second-person)
hadeki (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawadeki (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -deki (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tadeki (future)
negative subject concord + -tadeki (future negative)
nideki (first-person singular subjunctive)
tudeki (first-person plural subjunctive)
udeki (second-person singular subjunctive)
mdeki (plural second-person subjunctive)
adeki (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wadeki (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -deki (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sideki (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngedeki (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singedeki (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalideki (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singalideki (irrealis negative past)
nadeki (first-person gnomic singular)
twadeki (first-person gnomic plural)
wadeki (gnomic second-person singular)
mwadeki (gnomic plural second-person)
adeki (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wadeki (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wadeki (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yadeki (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
ladeki (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yadeki (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chadeki (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyadeki (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yadeki (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zadeki (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wadeki (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwadeki (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
padeki (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwadeki (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -medeki (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshadeki (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jadeki (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kideki (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipodeki (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kadeki (consecutive subjunctive)
-nideki (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tudeki (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kudeki (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wadeki (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kudekini (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wadekini (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mdeki (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wadeki (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-udeki (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ideki (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lideki (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yadeki (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kideki (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-videki (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ideki (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zideki (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-udeki (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kudeki (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-padeki (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mudeki (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jideki (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-dekiye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-dekio (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-dekio (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-dekiyo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-dekilo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-dekiyo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-dekicho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-dekivyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-dekiyo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-dekizo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-dekio (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-dekiko (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-dekipo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-dekimo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yedeki (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-odeki (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-odeki (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yodeki (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lodeki (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yodeki (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chodeki (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyodeki (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yodeki (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zodeki (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-odeki (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kodeki (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-podeki (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-modeki (class-18 object-concord relative singular)

to mop (to rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop)


kabati

Borrowed from English cupboard, from Middle English cuppeborde.


josho

a plunge dip, a dipping trough (tank or trough to kill parasites in cattle)


shuka

shuka (canonical)
shuka (plural)
mashuka (plural)

sash, loincloth (length of cloth used as clothing)


fanicha

furniture (an item, or items, (usually) in a room)


godoro

Borrowed from Sindhi گَديلو (Kacchhi dialect); compare Gujarati ગોદડું (godḍũ).

mattress (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep)


jarari

drawer (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing)


sufuria

sufuria (canonical)
sufuria (plural)
masufuria (plural)

Borrowed from Omani Arabic صفرية (ṣufriya, “cooking pot”), from Arabic صُفْر (ṣufr, “brass”).

pan, saucepan, or cooking pot, (in particular) sufuria


almari

Borrowed from Indo-Portuguese almar, from Portuguese armário.


bafu

bafu (canonical)
bafu (plural)
mabafu (plural)


sinki

sink (basin used for holding water for washing)


kibia

Originally a diminutive, from bia (“large cooking pot”).


samani

Borrowed from Omani Arabic سامان (sāmān, “furniture”), from Persian سامان (sâmân).


dipu

dip (tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites)


kitimaguru

sw-noun

kitimaguru (ki-vi class, plural vitimaguru)


kiti cha magurudumu

kiti cha magurudumu (ki-vi class, plural viti vya magurudumu)


dawa ya kusafisha

dawa ya kusafisha (n class, plural dawa za kusafisha)


kiti cha enzi

kiti cha enzi (ki-vi class, plural viti vya enzi)


sinia

platter, tray (a usually round metal tray for carrying food)


dahalia

Borrowed from Arabic دَاخِلِيَّة (dāḵiliyya).


tanuri ya miale

sw-noun

tanuri ya miale (n class, plural tanuri za miale)