kasino

casino (a public building or room for entertainment, especially gambling)


nyumba

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


duka la vitabu

sw-noun

duka la vitabu (ma class, plural maduka ya vitabu)


kanisa

→ Kikuyu: kanitha


kasri

kasri la rais

a palace, a mansion (large residence where aristocrats usually live)


jengo

building (closed structure with walls and a roof)


hospitali

hospitali (ma class, plural mahospitali)

hospitali (canonical)
hospitali (plural)
mahospitali (plural)


hoteli

hoteli (canonical)
hoteli (plural)
mahoteli (plural)

hotel (establishment providing accommodation)


kibanda

hut, shed (small or crude single-room building)


msikiti

→ Kamba: mũsikiti

→ Luganda: omuzikiti

→ Rwanda-Rundi: umusigiti

→ Yao: msikiti

→ Chichewa: mzikiti

An old borrowing from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), specifically from an Arabic dialect with /ɡ/.


makumbusho

From ma- + -kumbusha (“to remind”) + -o.


gereza

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek)
Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō)
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía)bor.
Latin ecclēsiaslbor.
Old Galician-Portuguese igreja
Portuguese igrejabor.
Swahili gereza
Borrowed from Portuguese igreja (“church”), from Latin ecclēsia.


uwanja wa ndege

sw-noun

uwanja wa ndege (u class, plural nyanja za ndege)


mfungwa

From m- + -fungwa, passive of -funga (“to jail”).


zahanati

From dialectal Arabic أَجْزَاخَانَة (ʔajzāḵāna).

bor

أَجْزَاخَانَة

Arabic أَجْزَاخَانَة (ʔajzāḵāna)


kliniki ya kutoa mimba

sw-noun

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


karakana

From dialectal Arabic كَرْخَانَة (karḵāna) or Persian کارْخانِه (kârxâne).


shule ya kitaifa

shule ya kitaifa (n class, plural shule za kitaifa)


shule ya sekondari

shule ya sekondari (n class, plural shule za sekondari)


shule ya upili

shule ya upili (n class, plural shule za upili)


shule ya msingi

shule ya msingi (n class, plural shule za msingi)


shule ya umma

shule ya umma (n class, plural shule za umma)

public school, state school (publicly administered school)


shule ya kutwa

shule ya kutwa (n class, plural shule za kutwa)


shule ya bweni

shule ya bweni (n class, plural shule za bweni)


shule ya kibinafsi

shule ya kibinafsi (n class, plural shule za kibinafsi)


kizuizini nyumbani

kizuizini nyumbani (ki-vi class, no plural)


duka la dawa

duka la dawa (ma class, plural maduka ya dawa)

pharmacy (place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed)


kanisa kuu

kanisa kuu (ma class, plural makanisa makuu)


duka la dawa muhimu

duka la dawa muhimu (ma class, plural maduka ya dawa muhimu)

(Tanzania) pharmacy that sells medicines that do not require a doctor's prescription


duka la nguo

duka la nguo (ma class, plural maduka ya nguo)


duka la pombe

duka la pombe (ma class, plural maduka ya pombe)


dahalia

Borrowed from Arabic دَاخِلِيَّة (dāḵiliyya).


shule ya Jumapili

sw-noun

shule ya Jumapili (n class, plural shule za Jumapili)