ini

heart (seat of the emotions and feelings)


wadi

From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “valley, riverbed, ravine”).


gumba

-gumba (canonical)
mgumba (singular)
wagumba (plural)
migumba (plural)
gumba (singular)
magumba (plural)
kigumba (singular)
vigumba (plural)
ngumba (singular)
ngumba (plural)
pagumba (singular)
kugumba (singular)
mugumba (singular)


baka

Borrowed from Arabic بَقَّعَ (baqqaʕa, “to stain”).

bor+

mark on the body (like a scar or birthmark)


fistula

Borrowed from English fistula, from Latin fistula.


kansa

cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)


paja

paja la kuku


ganda

-ganda (canonical)
kuganda (infinitive)
kuganda (infinitive)
kutoganda (infinitive negative)
ganda (imperative singular)
gandeni (imperative plural)
huganda (habitual)
positive subject concord + -liganda (past)
negative subject concord + -kuganda (negative past)
ninaganda (first-person present singular)
naganda (first-person present singular)
tunaganda (first-person plural present)
unaganda (present second-person singular)
mnaganda (plural present second-person)
anaganda (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanaganda (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -naganda (present third-person)
sigandi (first-person negative present singular)
hatugandi (first-person negative plural present)
hugandi (negative present second-person singular)
hamgandi (negative plural present second-person)
hagandi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawagandi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -gandi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -taganda (future)
negative subject concord + -taganda (future negative)
nigande (first-person singular subjunctive)
tugande (first-person plural subjunctive)
ugande (second-person singular subjunctive)
mgande (plural second-person subjunctive)
agande (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wagande (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -gande (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sigande (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngeganda (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singeganda (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngaliganda (irrealis past)
naganda (first-person gnomic singular)
twaganda (first-person gnomic plural)
waganda (gnomic second-person singular)
mwaganda (gnomic plural second-person)
aganda (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
waganda (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
waganda (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yaganda (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
laganda (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yaganda (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chaganda (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyaganda (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yaganda (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zaganda (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
waganda (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwaganda (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
paganda (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwaganda (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -meganda (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshaganda (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jaganda (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kiganda (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipoganda (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kagande (consecutive subjunctive)
-niganda (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuganda (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuganda (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-waganda (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kugandeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wagandeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mganda (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-waganda (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uganda (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-iganda (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-liganda (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yaganda (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kiganda (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-viganda (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-iganda (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ziganda (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uganda (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuganda (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-paganda (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muganda (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jiganda (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-gandaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-gandao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-gandao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-gandayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-gandalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-gandayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-gandacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-gandavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-gandayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-gandazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-gandao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-gandako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-gandapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-gandamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yeganda (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-oganda (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-oganda (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yoganda (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-loganda (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yoganda (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-choganda (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyoganda (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yoganda (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zoganda (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-oganda (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-koganda (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-poganda (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-moganda (class-18 object-concord relative singular)

maziwa ya kuganda


kesi

Kwa mara kwanza, zaidi ya kesi 100,000 zimeripotiwa nchini Uingereza ndani ya siku moja.

2021 December 23, “Utafiti: Omicron inaonekana kuwa dhaifu lakini wasiwasi bado upo”, in BBC News Swahili:

For the first time, more than 100,000 cases have been reported in the UK in one day.

(medicine) case (instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms)


jicho

→ Malagasy: maso (from the plural macho)


pua

Cognate with Chichewa mphuno and Shona mhuno.


pua

A very old borrowing, ultimately from Persian پولاد (pulâd).


mgongo

uti wa mgongo


mkono

cubit, ell (a traditional unit of measurement, approximately 50 cm)


koo

koo la kuku

koo la mbuzi


pumu

asthma, (or more generally) difficulty breathing


goti

(anatomy) knee (joint in the middle of the leg and area around it)


moyo

نِيَضِهِرِشِ يَغُ مَقَالِ ، اَبَيُ مُيُوْنِ نِقُصُدِيِ

R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249

Let me set forth the plan which I have in my heart.

Niyaḍihirishe yangu maqali, ambayo moyoni niquṣudiye.

heart (feelings and emotions, seat of the affections or sensibilities)


taya

taya (canonical)
mataya (plural)
taya (plural)


divai

From Malagasy divay, from French du vin (“some wine”). The borrowing may have been mediated through Ngazidja Comorian divai, although the Comorian form could also be a secondary borrowing from Swahili.

wine (alcoholic beverage made from grapes)


pombe

Translingual: Schizosaccharomyces pombe


shingo

neck (the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals)


dawa

dawa (canonical)
dawa (plural)
madawa (plural)


kiwiliwili

sw-noun

kiwiliwili (ki-vi class, plural viwiliwili)

torso (body excluding the head and limbs)


mwili

(anatomy) trunk (central part of the body)


ziwa

From the same Cushitic borrowing as maziwa (“milk”), which represents the original semantics, but was shifted to a plurale tantum to match other liquids.


mkia

mkia wa ndege


hospitali

hospitali (ma class, plural mahospitali)

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


choma

-choma (canonical)
kuchoma (infinitive)
kuchoma (infinitive)
kutochoma (infinitive negative)
choma (imperative singular)
chomeni (imperative plural)
huchoma (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lichoma (past)
negative subject concord + -kuchoma (negative past)
ninachoma (first-person present singular)
nachoma (first-person present singular)
tunachoma (first-person plural present)
unachoma (present second-person singular)
mnachoma (plural present second-person)
anachoma (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanachoma (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nachoma (present third-person)
sichomi (first-person negative present singular)
hatuchomi (first-person negative plural present)
huchomi (negative present second-person singular)
hamchomi (negative plural present second-person)
hachomi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawachomi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -chomi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tachoma (future)
negative subject concord + -tachoma (future negative)
nichome (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuchome (first-person plural subjunctive)
uchome (second-person singular subjunctive)
mchome (plural second-person subjunctive)
achome (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wachome (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -chome (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sichome (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngechoma (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singechoma (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalichoma (irrealis past)
nachoma (first-person gnomic singular)
twachoma (first-person gnomic plural)
wachoma (gnomic second-person singular)
mwachoma (gnomic plural second-person)
achoma (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wachoma (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wachoma (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yachoma (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lachoma (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yachoma (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chachoma (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyachoma (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yachoma (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zachoma (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wachoma (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwachoma (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pachoma (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwachoma (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mechoma (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshachoma (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jachoma (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kichoma (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipochoma (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kachome (consecutive subjunctive)
-nichoma (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuchoma (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuchoma (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wachoma (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuchomeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wachomeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mchoma (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wachoma (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uchoma (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ichoma (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lichoma (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yachoma (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kichoma (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vichoma (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ichoma (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zichoma (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uchoma (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuchoma (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pachoma (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muchoma (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jichoma (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-chomaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-chomao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-chomao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-chomayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-chomalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-chomayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chomacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-chomavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-chomayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-chomazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-chomao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-chomako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-chomapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-chomamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yechoma (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-ochoma (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-ochoma (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yochoma (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lochoma (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yochoma (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chochoma (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyochoma (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yochoma (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zochoma (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-ochoma (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kochoma (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pochoma (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mochoma (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


kondomu

condom (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)


operesheni

(medicine) operation (surgical procedure)


saratani

Borrowed from Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān).


mkundu

anus (lower opening of the digestive tract)


kichungi

From ki- + -chunga (“to sift, to sieve”).


unyoya

unyoya (canonical)
nyoya (plural)
manyoya (plural)

fur (hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick)


mboni

pupil of the eyeball (hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)


kichefuchefu

kichefuchefu (ki-vi class, plural vichefuchefu)

nausea (feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit)


kitovu

umbilical cord (cord between foetus and placenta)


balaghamu

phlegm (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)


kikoromeo

kikoromeo (ki-vi class, plural vikoromeo)

Adam's apple, larynx (the lump in the throat)


jasho

sweat (fluid that exits the body through pores)


ukope

From Common Bantu *dʊ̀kópè. Cognate with Zulu ukhophe (“eyelash”), Chichewa chikope (“eyelid”), Rwanda-Rundi ingohe (“eyelash”).


chanjo

chanjo (canonical)
chanjo (plural)
machanjo (plural)

/ˈt͡ʃɑ.ⁿd͡ʒɔ/

From -chanja (“make a cut”). Originally in the ji-ma class, and later transferred to the n class in Standard Swahili.

July 2001, Mr. Sambu, Kenya National Assembly Official Record

That institution's responsibility is to prepare vaccines for livestock such as cattle, goats, sheep, and even chickens.

Jukumu la taasisi hiyo ni kutayarisha chanjo za mifugo kama vile ng'ombe, mbuzi, kondoo na hata kuku.

(medicine) vaccine (substance meant to stimulate production of antibodies)


endesha

-endesha (canonical)
kuendesha (infinitive)
kuendesha (infinitive)
kutoendesha (infinitive negative)
endesha (imperative singular)
endesheni (imperative plural)
huendesha (habitual)
positive subject concord + -liendesha (past)
negative subject concord + -kuendesha (negative past)
ninaendesha (first-person present singular)
naendesha (first-person present singular)
tunaendesha (first-person plural present)
unaendesha (present second-person singular)
mnaendesha (plural present second-person)
anaendesha (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanaendesha (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -naendesha (present third-person)
siendeshi (first-person negative present singular)
hatuendeshi (first-person negative plural present)
huendeshi (negative present second-person singular)
hamwendeshi (negative plural present second-person)
haendeshi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawaendeshi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -endeshi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -taendesha (future)
negative subject concord + -taendesha (future negative)
niendeshe (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuendeshe (first-person plural subjunctive)
uendeshe (second-person singular subjunctive)
mwendeshe (plural second-person subjunctive)
aendeshe (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
waendeshe (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -endeshe (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -siendeshe (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngeendesha (irrealis present)
naendesha (first-person gnomic singular)
twaendesha (first-person gnomic plural)
waendesha (gnomic second-person singular)
mwaendesha (gnomic plural second-person)
aendesha (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
waendesha (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
waendesha (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yaendesha (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
laendesha (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yaendesha (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chaendesha (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyaendesha (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yaendesha (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zaendesha (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
waendesha (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwaendesha (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
paendesha (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwaendesha (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -meendesha (perfect)
negative subject concord + -jaendesha (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kiendesha (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipoendesha (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kaendeshe (consecutive subjunctive)
-niendesha (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuendesha (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuendesha (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-waendesha (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuendesheni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-waendesheni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mwendesha (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-waendesha (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uendesha (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-iendesha (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-liendesha (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yaendesha (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kiendesha (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-viendesha (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-iendesha (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ziendesha (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uendesha (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuendesha (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-paendesha (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muendesha (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jiendesha (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-endeshaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-endeshao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-endeshao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-endeshayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-endeshalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-endeshayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-endeshacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-endeshavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-endeshayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-endeshazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-endeshao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-endeshako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-endeshapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-endeshamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yeendesha (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-oendesha (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-oendesha (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yoendesha (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-loendesha (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yoendesha (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-choendesha (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyoendesha (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yoendesha (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zoendesha (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-oendesha (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-koendesha (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-poendesha (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-moendesha (class-18 object-concord relative singular)

From -enda (“to go”) + -esha (causative affix).


kichwa

Nurse & Hinnebusch (1993) claim this word is from the root of mchwa (“termite”), based on a physical comparison to termite mounds.


mganga

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà. Compare Kongo nganga (“doctor”).

native doctor; a person who uses African medicinal traditions


mvi

Alikuwa na ndevu nyingi zilizojaa mvi za singa.

1989, Saidi Amri, Sauti ya kaburi, page 8:

He had a large beard filled with straight grey hairs.


mvinyo

mvinyo (canonical)
mvinyo (plural)
mivinyo (plural)

Borrowed from Portuguese vinho. The m- is in fact originally an n-, which was prefixed to the stem as a result of the term's placement in the n class.


ubavu

kulala ubavu


ubawa

ubawa (canonical)
mabawa (plural)
mbawa (plural)


udevu

Udevu upi uliokatwa kwa wembe?

Which beard hair was cut off with a razor?


hemoglobini

sw-noun

hemoglobini (n class, plural hemoglobini)


ukucha

ukucha (canonical)
kucha (plural)
makucha (plural)


hedhi

maumivu ya hedhi


miwani

From Arabic; apparently مِعْوَان (miʕwān, “aid”) had the meaning “reading aid” in East Africa, compare known عُوَيْنَات (ʕuwaynāt, “glasses”).


seli nyekundu ya damu

seli nyekundu ya damu (n class, plural seli nyekundu za damu)


seli nyeupe ya damu

seli nyeupe ya damu (n class, plural seli nyeupe za damu)


unywele

a piece of hair (a pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the human head)


kidole gumba

kidole gumba (ki-vi class, plural vidole gumba)


tundu la pua

tundu la pua (ma class, plural matundu ya pua)


tezi

(medicine) swelling (including goiters and tumours)

(anatomy) gland (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)


zahanati

From dialectal Arabic أَجْزَاخَانَة (ʔajzāḵāna).

bor

أَجْزَاخَانَة

Arabic أَجْزَاخَانَة (ʔajzāḵāna)


mshtuko wa moyo

sw-noun

mshtuko wa moyo (m-mi class, plural mishtuko ya moyo)


kangara

A kind of sweet beer made from chaff of maize or millet.


homa ya manjano

jaundice, particularly as caused by yellow fever


kidole cha shahada

kidole cha shahada (ki-vi class, plural vidole vya shahada)


hamri

a kind of andazi fritter made with coconut and cardamom


chanda

frond of the coconut palm, used for thatch


mimba

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


kiwele

From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè, borrowed into the standard language from a southern dialect.


maumivu

pain (suffering or anguish, especially mental)


upasuaji

From u- + -pasua (“to operate on”) + -ji.


ponya

From -pona (“to recover (from an illness)”) + -ya (causative affix).


VVU

Initialism of virusi vya UKIMWI (“AIDS virus”).

initialism

virusi vya UKIMWI
virusi vya UKIMWI#Swahili

Initialism of virusi vya UKIMWI (“HIV”).


uraibu

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْب (ḡayb, “that which is hidden”) or غَائِب (ḡāʔib, “hidden”) because the chewing-packages are kept in a box called kijaluba (from عُلْبَة (ʕulba)), if not in a basket kijamanda, while the ingredients are kept in a box called ufuraha.

bor+

catechu, a chewing-mixture obtained from Senegalia catechu


chanja

-chanja (canonical)
kuchanja (infinitive)
kuchanja (infinitive)
kutochanja (infinitive negative)
chanja (imperative singular)
chanjeni (imperative plural)
huchanja (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lichanja (past)
negative subject concord + -kuchanja (negative past)
ninachanja (first-person present singular)
nachanja (first-person present singular)
tunachanja (first-person plural present)
unachanja (present second-person singular)
mnachanja (plural present second-person)
anachanja (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanachanja (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nachanja (present third-person)
sichanji (first-person negative present singular)
hatuchanji (first-person negative plural present)
huchanji (negative present second-person singular)
hamchanji (negative plural present second-person)
hachanji (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawachanji (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -chanji (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tachanja (future)
negative subject concord + -tachanja (future negative)
nichanje (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuchanje (first-person plural subjunctive)
uchanje (second-person singular subjunctive)
mchanje (plural second-person subjunctive)
achanje (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wachanje (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -chanje (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sichanje (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngechanja (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singechanja (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalichanja (irrealis past)
nachanja (first-person gnomic singular)
twachanja (first-person gnomic plural)
wachanja (gnomic second-person singular)
mwachanja (gnomic plural second-person)
achanja (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wachanja (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wachanja (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yachanja (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lachanja (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yachanja (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chachanja (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyachanja (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yachanja (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zachanja (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wachanja (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwachanja (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pachanja (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwachanja (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mechanja (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshachanja (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jachanja (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kichanja (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipochanja (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kachanje (consecutive subjunctive)
-nichanja (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuchanja (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuchanja (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wachanja (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuchanjeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wachanjeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mchanja (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wachanja (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uchanja (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ichanja (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lichanja (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yachanja (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kichanja (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vichanja (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ichanja (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zichanja (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uchanja (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuchanja (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pachanja (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muchanja (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jichanja (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-chanjaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-chanjao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-chanjao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-chanjayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-chanjalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-chanjayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chanjacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-chanjavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-chanjayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-chanjazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-chanjao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-chanjako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-chanjapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-chanjamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yechanja (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-ochanja (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-ochanja (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yochanja (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lochanja (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yochanja (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chochanja (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyochanja (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yochanja (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zochanja (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-ochanja (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kochanja (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pochanja (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mochanja (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


zoloto

zoloto (canonical)
mazoloto (plural)
zoloto (plural)


koromeo

koromeo (canonical)
makoromeo (plural)
koromeo (plural)


kidole cha mkono

sw-noun

kidole cha mkono (ki-vi class, plural vidole vya mkono)


kidole cha mguu

kidole cha mguu (ki-vi class, plural vidole vya mguu)


mwanzi wa pua

mwanzi wa pua (m-mi class, plural mianzi ya pua)


kifundo cha mguu

kifundo cha mguu (ki-vi class, plural vifundo vya mguu)


piga mswaki

-piga mswaki (canonical)
kupiga mswaki (infinitive)


kidole cha pete

kidole cha pete (ki-vi class, plural vidole vya pete)

ring finger (finger next to the little finger)


kliniki ya kutoa mimba

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


tahiri

-tahiri (canonical)
kutahiri (infinitive)
kutahiri (infinitive)
kutotahiri (infinitive negative)
tahiri (imperative singular)
tahirini (imperative plural)
hutahiri (habitual)
positive subject concord + -litahiri (past)
negative subject concord + -kutahiri (negative past)
ninatahiri (first-person present singular)
natahiri (first-person present singular)
tunatahiri (first-person plural present)
unatahiri (present second-person singular)
mnatahiri (plural present second-person)
anatahiri (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanatahiri (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -natahiri (present third-person)
sitahiri (first-person negative present singular)
hatutahiri (first-person negative plural present)
hutahiri (negative present second-person singular)
hamtahiri (negative plural present second-person)
hatahiri (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawatahiri (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -tahiri (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tatahiri (future)
negative subject concord + -tatahiri (future negative)
nitahiri (first-person singular subjunctive)
tutahiri (first-person plural subjunctive)
utahiri (second-person singular subjunctive)
mtahiri (plural second-person subjunctive)
atahiri (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
watahiri (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -tahiri (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sitahiri (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngetahiri (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singetahiri (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalitahiri (irrealis past)
natahiri (first-person gnomic singular)
twatahiri (first-person gnomic plural)
watahiri (gnomic second-person singular)
mwatahiri (gnomic plural second-person)
atahiri (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
watahiri (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
watahiri (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yatahiri (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
latahiri (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yatahiri (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chatahiri (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyatahiri (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yatahiri (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zatahiri (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
watahiri (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwatahiri (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
patahiri (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwatahiri (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -metahiri (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshatahiri (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jatahiri (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kitahiri (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipotahiri (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -katahiri (consecutive subjunctive)
-nitahiri (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tutahiri (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kutahiri (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-watahiri (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kutahirini (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-watahirini (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mtahiri (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-watahiri (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-utahiri (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-itahiri (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-litahiri (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yatahiri (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kitahiri (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vitahiri (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-itahiri (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zitahiri (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-utahiri (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kutahiri (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-patahiri (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mutahiri (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jitahiri (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-tahiriye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-tahirio (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-tahirio (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-tahiriyo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-tahirilo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-tahiriyo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-tahiricho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-tahirivyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-tahiriyo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-tahirizo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-tahirio (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-tahiriko (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-tahiripo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-tahirimo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yetahiri (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-otahiri (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-otahiri (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yotahiri (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lotahiri (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yotahiri (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chotahiri (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyotahiri (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yotahiri (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zotahiri (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-otahiri (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kotahiri (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-potahiri (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-motahiri (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


adrenalini

(biochemistry) adrenaline (epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter)


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.


mtumiaji madawa

mtumiaji madawa (m-wa class, plural watumiaji madawa)


aspirini

Aspirini inaweza kuzuia saratani

2012 March 21, “Aspirini inaweza kuzuia saratani”, in BBC Swahili:


kidole cha kati

kidole cha kati (ki-vi class, plural vidole vya kati)


kidole cha mwisho

kidole cha mwisho (ki-vi class, plural vidole vya mwisho)


nyumba ya uzazi

nyumba ya uzazi (n class, plural nyumba za uzazi)


toa mimba

-toa mimba (canonical)
kutoa mimba (infinitive)

to abort (to end a pregnancy before term)


mfumo wa kinga

mfumo wa kinga (m-mi class, plural mifumo ya kinga)


homoni ya ukuaji

homoni ya ukuaji (n class, plural homoni za ukuaji)


kichokonoo

kichokonoo (ki-vi class, plural vichokonoo)


kiuavijasumu

kiuavijasumu (ki-vi class, plural viuavijasumu)


antibiotiki

antibiotiki (n class, plural antibiotiki)


virusi vya papilloma ya binadamu

virusi vya papilloma ya binadamu (ki-vi class, plural only)

Sw-ke-virusi vya papilloma ya binadamu.flac

human papillomavirus
human papillomavirus


kionjamchuzi

kionjamchuzi (ki-vi class, plural vionjamchuzi)


daktari wa meno

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


famasia

pharmacy (place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed)


daktari wa mifugo

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


chozi

tear (drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation)


daktari wa wanyama

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


nyonyo

From -nyonya (“to suck, to breastfeed”).


dawa ya kupanga uzazi

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


dawa ya sindano

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


dawa ya kufubaza virusi

dawa ya kufubaza virusi (n class, plural dawa za kufubaza virusi)


mchangiaji damu

mchangiaji damu (m-wa class, plural wachangiaji damu)


tabawali

-tabawali (canonical)
kutabawali (infinitive)
kutabawali (infinitive)
kutotabawali (infinitive negative)
tabawali (imperative singular)
tabawalini (imperative plural)
hutabawali (habitual)
positive subject concord + -litabawali (past)
negative subject concord + -kutabawali (negative past)
ninatabawali (first-person present singular)
natabawali (first-person present singular)
tunatabawali (first-person plural present)
unatabawali (present second-person singular)
mnatabawali (plural present second-person)
anatabawali (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanatabawali (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -natabawali (present third-person)
sitabawali (first-person negative present singular)
hatutabawali (first-person negative plural present)
hutabawali (negative present second-person singular)
hamtabawali (negative plural present second-person)
hatabawali (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawatabawali (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -tabawali (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tatabawali (future)
negative subject concord + -tatabawali (future negative)
nitabawali (first-person singular subjunctive)
tutabawali (first-person plural subjunctive)
utabawali (second-person singular subjunctive)
mtabawali (plural second-person subjunctive)
atabawali (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
watabawali (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -tabawali (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sitabawali (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngetabawali (irrealis present)
natabawali (first-person gnomic singular)
twatabawali (first-person gnomic plural)
watabawali (gnomic second-person singular)
mwatabawali (gnomic plural second-person)
atabawali (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
watabawali (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
watabawali (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yatabawali (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
latabawali (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yatabawali (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chatabawali (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyatabawali (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yatabawali (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zatabawali (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
watabawali (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwatabawali (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
patabawali (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwatabawali (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -metabawali (perfect)
negative subject concord + -jatabawali (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kitabawali (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -katabawali (consecutive subjunctive)
-nitabawali (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tutabawali (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kutabawali (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-watabawali (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kutabawalini (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-watabawalini (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mtabawali (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-watabawali (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-utabawali (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-itabawali (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-litabawali (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yatabawali (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kitabawali (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vitabawali (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-itabawali (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zitabawali (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-utabawali (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kutabawali (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-patabawali (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mutabawali (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jitabawali (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-tabawaliye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-tabawalio (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-tabawalio (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-tabawaliyo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-tabawalilo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-tabawaliyo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-tabawalicho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-tabawalivyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-tabawaliyo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-tabawalizo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-tabawalio (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-tabawaliko (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-tabawalipo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-tabawalimo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yetabawali (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-otabawali (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-otabawali (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yotabawali (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lotabawali (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yotabawali (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chotabawali (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyotabawali (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yotabawali (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zotabawali (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-otabawali (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kotabawali (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-potabawali (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-motabawali (class-18 object-concord relative singular)

Borrowed from Arabic تَبَوَّلَ (tabawwala).


kojoa

-kojoa (canonical)
kukojoa (infinitive)
kukojoa (infinitive)
kutokojoa (infinitive negative)
kojoa (imperative singular)
kojoeni (imperative plural)
hukojoa (habitual)
positive subject concord + -likojoa (past)
negative subject concord + -kukojoa (negative past)
ninakojoa (first-person present singular)
nakojoa (first-person present singular)
tunakojoa (first-person plural present)
unakojoa (present second-person singular)
mnakojoa (plural present second-person)
anakojoa (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanakojoa (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nakojoa (present third-person)
sikojoi (first-person negative present singular)
hatukojoi (first-person negative plural present)
hukojoi (negative present second-person singular)
hamkojoi (negative plural present second-person)
hakojoi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawakojoi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -kojoi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -takojoa (future)
negative subject concord + -takojoa (future negative)
nikojoe (first-person singular subjunctive)
tukojoe (first-person plural subjunctive)
ukojoe (second-person singular subjunctive)
mkojoe (plural second-person subjunctive)
akojoe (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wakojoe (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -kojoe (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sikojoe (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngekojoa (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singekojoa (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalikojoa (irrealis past)
nakojoa (first-person gnomic singular)
twakojoa (first-person gnomic plural)
wakojoa (gnomic second-person singular)
mwakojoa (gnomic plural second-person)
akojoa (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wakojoa (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wakojoa (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yakojoa (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lakojoa (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yakojoa (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chakojoa (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyakojoa (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yakojoa (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zakojoa (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wakojoa (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwakojoa (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pakojoa (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwakojoa (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mekojoa (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshakojoa (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jakojoa (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kikojoa (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipokojoa (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kakojoe (consecutive subjunctive)
-nikojoa (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tukojoa (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kukojoa (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wakojoa (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kukojoeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wakojoeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mkojoa (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wakojoa (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ukojoa (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ikojoa (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-likojoa (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yakojoa (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kikojoa (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vikojoa (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ikojoa (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zikojoa (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ukojoa (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kukojoa (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pakojoa (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mukojoa (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jikojoa (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-kojoaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-kojoao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-kojoao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-kojoayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-kojoalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-kojoayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-kojoacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-kojoavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-kojoayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-kojoazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-kojoao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kojoako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-kojoapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-kojoamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yekojoa (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-okojoa (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-okojoa (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yokojoa (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lokojoa (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yokojoa (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chokojoa (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyokojoa (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yokojoa (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zokojoa (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-okojoa (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kokojoa (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pokojoa (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mokojoa (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


daktari wa macho

sw-noun

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


dawa ya kienyeji

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

dawa ya kienyeji (ma class, plural madawa ya kienyeji)

dawa ya kienyeji (canonical)
dawa za kienyeji (plural)
madawa ya kienyeji (plural)

traditional medicine
traditional medicine


ufamasia

pharmacy (science of medicinal substances)


daktari wa uzazi

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


daktari wa wanawake

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


dawa ya famasia

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


dawa ya kulevya

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

dawa ya kulevya (ma class, plural madawa ya kulevya)

dawa ya kulevya (canonical)
dawa za kulevya (plural)
madawa ya kulevya (plural)


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.


mpasuaji

From m- + -pasua (“to operate on”) + -ji.


mhadarati

mhadarati (m-mi class, plural mihadarati)

Borrowed from Arabic مُخَدِّرَات (muḵaddirāt), plural of مُخَدِّر (muḵaddir).

bor+

matumizi ya mihadarati


asidi ya pantotheni

sw-noun

asidi ya pantotheni (n class, no plural)


dawa ya chanjo

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


virusi vya UKIMWI

virusi vya UKIMWI (ki-vi class, plural only)

human immunodeficiency virus
human immunodeficiency virus


upungufu wa kinga mwilini

upungufu wa kinga mwilini (u class, no plural)

acquired immune deficiency syndrome
acquired immune deficiency syndrome


daktari wa kawaida

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

general practitioner
general practitioner

general practitioner (physician who provides primary care)


duka la dawa

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


mtoto wa jicho

mtoto wa jicho (m-wa class, plural watoto wa jicho)


saratani ya matiti

saratani ya matiti (n class, plural saratani za matiti)


kansa ya matiti

kansa ya matiti (n class, plural kansa za matiti)


saratani ya kongosho

saratani ya kongosho (n class, plural saratani za kongosho)


kansa ya ngozi

kansa ya ngozi (n class, plural kansa za ngozi)


saratani ya ngozi

saratani ya ngozi (n class, plural saratani za ngozi)


saratani ya kibofu

saratani ya kibofu (n class, plural saratani za kibofu)


saratani ya ini

saratani ya ini (n class, plural saratani za ini)


saratani ya damu

saratani ya damu (n class, plural saratani za damu)


kansa ya damu

kansa ya damu (n class, plural kansa za damu)


kansa ya ini

kansa ya ini (n class, plural kansa za ini)


kansa ya kongosho

kansa ya kongosho (n class, plural kansa za kongosho)


mlango wa kizazi

mlango wa kizazi (m-mi class, plural milango ya kizazi)


saratani ya ubongo

saratani ya ubongo (n class, plural saratani za ubongo)


mlango wa uzazi

mlango wa uzazi (m-mi class, plural milango ya uzazi)


saratani ya tumbo

saratani ya tumbo (n class, plural saratani za tumbo)


kansa ya ubongo

kansa ya ubongo (n class, plural kansa za ubongo)


saratani ya mlango wa kizazi

saratani ya mlango wa kizazi (n class, plural saratani za mlango wa kizazi)


kansa ya mlango wa kizazi

kansa ya mlango wa kizazi (n class, plural kansa za mlango wa kizazi)


kansa ya umio

kansa ya umio (n class, plural kansa za umio)


saratani ya mifupa

saratani ya mifupa (n class, plural saratani za mifupa)


kansa ya mifupa

kansa ya mifupa (n class, plural kansa za mifupa)


kemotherapi

kemotherapi (n class, plural kemotherapi)


mfumo wa neva

mfumo wa neva (m-mi class, plural mifumo ya neva)


saratani ya umio

saratani ya umio (n class, plural saratani za umio)


saratani ya mapafu

saratani ya mapafu (n class, plural saratani za mapafu)


kansa ya kibofu

kansa ya kibofu (n class, plural kansa za kibofu)


kansa ya mapafu

kansa ya mapafu (n class, plural kansa za mapafu)


kansa ya tumbo

kansa ya tumbo (n class, plural kansa za tumbo)


kibanio cha nywele

kibanio cha nywele (ki-vi class, plural vibanio vya nywele)


mwaranda

anus (lower opening of the digestive tract)


skizofrenia

skizofrenia (n class, plural skizofrenia)


DLDM

duka la dawa muhimu
duka la dawa muhimu#Swahili

(Tanzania, pharmacy) Initialism of duka la dawa muhimu.


DLDB

duka la dawa baridi
duka la dawa baridi#Swahili

(Tanzania, pharmacy) Initialism of duka la dawa baridi.


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


kiungo cha uzazi

kiungo cha uzazi (ki-vi class, plural viungo vya uzazi)


avya mimba

-avya mimba (canonical)
kuavya mimba (infinitive)


maumivu ya kichwa

maumivu ya kichwa (ma class, plural only)


From an acronym of Ugonjwa wa Virusi vya Korona 2019.


seli ya damu

seli ya damu (n class, plural seli za damu)


mwanaepidemiolojia

mwanaepidemiolojia (m-wa class, plural wanaepidemiolojia)


epidemiolojia

epidemiolojia (n class, plural epidemiolojia)


mafua ya kawaida

mafua ya kawaida (ma class, plural only)


matapishi

From ma- + -tapisha (“to cause vomiting”).


pafu la chuma

pafu la chuma (ma class, plural mapafu ya chuma)


maji ya kunde

Literally, “color of cowpeas”, i.e. the color of water when boiling black-eyed peas.


upasuaji wa kujifungua

upasuaji wa kujifungua (u class, no plural)


mbegu ya kiume

mbegu ya kiume (n class, plural mbegu za kiume)


saratani ya tezi dume

saratani ya tezi dume (n class, plural saratani ya tezi dume)


foliki asidi

foliki asidi (n class, plural foliki asidi)


tibaredio

From tiba (“medical treatment”) + redio (“radio”).


tibakemia

From tiba (“medical treatment”) + kemia (“chemistry”).


shinikizo la damu

sw-noun

shinikizo la damu (ma class, plural mashinikizo ya damu)


shinikizo la juu la damu

shinikizo la juu la damu (ma class, no plural)


kliniki ya meno

kliniki ya meno (n class, plural kliniki za meno)