dari

→ Malagasy: dary


kasino

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


nyumba

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


bandari

From Arabic بَنْدَر (bandar), from Persian بندر (bandar).


duka la vitabu

sw-noun

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


daraja

Kikuyu: ndaraca

bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)


kiambaza

a wall of a house (structure built for defense, specifically surrounding a house)


ukuta

Borrowed from Malay kota (“city, fort”).

wall (structure built for defense surrounding or separating an area)


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)


dirisha

→ Kikuyu: ndirica

→ Lingala: lininísa

From Omani Arabic دريشة (drīša), from Persian دریچه (dariče, “small window”).


nguzo

prop, pillar (an object placed against or under another, to support it)


hoteli

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

hotel (establishment providing accommodation)


kizuizi

From -zuia (“to prevent, to keep back”) or a variant.


kichaka

a bush or shrub (category of woody plant)


kibanda

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


paa

-paa (canonical)
kupaa (infinitive)
kupaa (infinitive)
kutopaa (infinitive negative)
paa (imperative singular)
paeni (imperative plural)
hupaa (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lipaa (past)
negative subject concord + -kupaa (negative past)
ninapaa (first-person present singular)
napaa (first-person present singular)
tunapaa (first-person plural present)
unapaa (present second-person singular)
mnapaa (plural present second-person)
anapaa (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanapaa (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -napaa (present third-person)
sipai (first-person negative present singular)
hatupai (first-person negative plural present)
hupai (negative present second-person singular)
hampai (negative plural present second-person)
hapai (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawapai (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -pai (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tapaa (future)
negative subject concord + -tapaa (future negative)
nipae (first-person singular subjunctive)
tupae (first-person plural subjunctive)
upae (second-person singular subjunctive)
mpae (plural second-person subjunctive)
apae (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wapae (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -pae (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sipae (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngepaa (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singepaa (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalipaa (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singalipaa (irrealis negative past)
napaa (first-person gnomic singular)
twapaa (first-person gnomic plural)
wapaa (gnomic second-person singular)
mwapaa (gnomic plural second-person)
apaa (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wapaa (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wapaa (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yapaa (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lapaa (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yapaa (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chapaa (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyapaa (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yapaa (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zapaa (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wapaa (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwapaa (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
papaa (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwapaa (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mepaa (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshapaa (already-form)
negative subject concord + -japaa (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kipaa (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipopaa (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kapae (consecutive subjunctive)
-nipaa (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tupaa (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kupaa (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wapaa (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kupaeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wapaeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mpaa (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wapaa (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-upaa (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ipaa (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lipaa (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yapaa (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kipaa (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vipaa (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ipaa (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zipaa (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-upaa (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kupaa (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-papaa (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mupaa (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jipaa (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-paaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-paao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-paao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-paayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-paalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-paayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-paacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-paavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-paayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-paazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-paao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-paako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-paapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-paamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yepaa (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-opaa (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-opaa (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yopaa (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lopaa (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yopaa (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chopaa (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyopaa (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yopaa (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zopaa (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-opaa (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kopaa (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-popaa (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mopaa (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


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/.


maabara

laboratory (room, building or institution equipped for scientific research)


tundu

naughty (mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly)


wodi

ward (part of a hospital where patients reside)

ward (a protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision)


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)


roshani

Borrowed from Omani Arabic روشن (rōšen, “veranda”), from Persian روشن (rowšan).


mfungwa

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


zahanati

From dialectal Arabic أَجْزَاخَانَة (ʔajzāḵāna).

bor

أَجْزَاخَانَة

Arabic أَجْزَاخَانَة (ʔajzāḵāna)


kiwanja cha michezo

sw-noun

kiwanja cha michezo (ki-vi class, plural viwanja vya michezo)


ujenzi

building; construction or design of buildings, masonry


kivuko

From ki- + -vuka (“to cross, to cross over”).


kliniki ya kutoa mimba

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


karakana

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


kofia ngumu

kofia ngumu (n class, plural kofia ngumu)


kingulima

kingulima (ki-vi class, plural vingulima)


daraba

marine toilet (toilet located on a ship)


kigae

tile (regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface)


kizuizini nyumbani

kizuizini nyumbani (ki-vi class, no plural)


mihirabu

(Islamd) mihrab (niche in a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca)


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 pombe

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


duka la nguo

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


dahalia

Borrowed from Arabic دَاخِلِيَّة (dāḵiliyya).