shuka

-shuka (canonical)
kushuka (infinitive)
kushuka (infinitive)
kutoshuka (infinitive negative)
shuka (imperative singular)
shukeni (imperative plural)
hushuka (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lishuka (past)
negative subject concord + -kushuka (negative past)
ninashuka (first-person present singular)
nashuka (first-person present singular)
tunashuka (first-person plural present)
unashuka (present second-person singular)
mnashuka (plural present second-person)
anashuka (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanashuka (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nashuka (present third-person)
sishuki (first-person negative present singular)
hatushuki (first-person negative plural present)
hushuki (negative present second-person singular)
hamshuki (negative plural present second-person)
hashuki (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawashuki (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -shuki (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tashuka (future)
negative subject concord + -tashuka (future negative)
nishuke (first-person singular subjunctive)
tushuke (first-person plural subjunctive)
ushuke (second-person singular subjunctive)
mshuke (plural second-person subjunctive)
ashuke (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
washuke (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -shuke (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sishuke (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngeshuka (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singeshuka (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalishuka (irrealis past)
nashuka (first-person gnomic singular)
twashuka (first-person gnomic plural)
washuka (gnomic second-person singular)
mwashuka (gnomic plural second-person)
ashuka (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
washuka (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
washuka (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yashuka (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lashuka (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yashuka (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chashuka (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyashuka (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yashuka (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zashuka (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
washuka (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwashuka (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pashuka (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwashuka (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -meshuka (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshashuka (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jashuka (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kishuka (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -siposhuka (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kashuke (consecutive subjunctive)
-nishuka (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tushuka (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kushuka (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-washuka (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kushukeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-washukeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mshuka (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-washuka (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ushuka (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ishuka (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lishuka (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yashuka (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kishuka (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vishuka (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ishuka (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zishuka (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ushuka (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kushuka (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pashuka (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mushuka (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jishuka (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-shukaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-shukao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-shukao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-shukayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-shukalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-shukayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-shukacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-shukavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-shukayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-shukazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-shukao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-shukako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-shukapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-shukamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yeshuka (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-oshuka (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-oshuka (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yoshuka (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-loshuka (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yoshuka (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-choshuka (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyoshuka (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yoshuka (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zoshuka (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-oshuka (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-koshuka (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-poshuka (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-moshuka (class-18 object-concord relative singular)

to be depressed; be humiliated, be humbled


shuka

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

sash, loincloth (length of cloth used as clothing)


cheki

cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)


cheki

-cheki (canonical)
kucheki (infinitive)
kucheki (infinitive)
kutocheki (infinitive negative)
cheki (imperative singular)
chekini (imperative plural)
hucheki (habitual)
positive subject concord + -licheki (past)
negative subject concord + -kucheki (negative past)
ninacheki (first-person present singular)
nacheki (first-person present singular)
tunacheki (first-person plural present)
unacheki (present second-person singular)
mnacheki (plural present second-person)
anacheki (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanacheki (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nacheki (present third-person)
sicheki (first-person negative present singular)
hatucheki (first-person negative plural present)
hucheki (negative present second-person singular)
hamcheki (negative plural present second-person)
hacheki (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawacheki (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -cheki (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tacheki (future)
negative subject concord + -tacheki (future negative)
nicheki (first-person singular subjunctive)
tucheki (first-person plural subjunctive)
ucheki (second-person singular subjunctive)
mcheki (plural second-person subjunctive)
acheki (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wacheki (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -cheki (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sicheki (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngecheki (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singecheki (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalicheki (irrealis past)
nacheki (first-person gnomic singular)
twacheki (first-person gnomic plural)
wacheki (gnomic second-person singular)
mwacheki (gnomic plural second-person)
acheki (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wacheki (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wacheki (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yacheki (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lacheki (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yacheki (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chacheki (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyacheki (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yacheki (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zacheki (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wacheki (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwacheki (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pacheki (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwacheki (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mecheki (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshacheki (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jacheki (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kicheki (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipocheki (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kacheki (consecutive subjunctive)
-nicheki (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tucheki (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kucheki (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wacheki (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuchekini (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wachekini (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mcheki (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wacheki (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ucheki (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-icheki (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-licheki (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yacheki (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kicheki (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vicheki (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-icheki (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zicheki (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ucheki (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kucheki (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pacheki (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mucheki (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jicheki (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-chekiye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-chekio (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-chekio (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-chekiyo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-chekilo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-chekiyo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chekicho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-chekivyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-chekiyo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-chekizo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-chekio (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-chekiko (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-chekipo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-chekimo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yecheki (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-ocheki (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-ocheki (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yocheki (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-locheki (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yocheki (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chocheki (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyocheki (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yocheki (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zocheki (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-ocheki (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kocheki (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pocheki (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mocheki (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


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)


Malaki

(biblical) Malachi (book of the Old Testament of the Bible)

Mwanzo

books of the Protestant Old Testament: vitabu vya Agano la Kale


Nehemia

(biblical) Nehemiah (book of the Old Testament of the Bible)


mzinga

hive (a box or basket for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees)


utambi

wick (the porous cord that draws up liquid fuel for burning)


ukope

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


shumbi

shumbi ya mchanga

heap. For example, it may refer to a heap of sand.


kitenge

An African garment similar to the sarong, often worn by women wrapped around the chest or waist or as a headscarf or sling to carry a baby.


kikoi

A type of loincloth, usually with a colored fringe, worn on various parts of the body.


sifu

-sifu (canonical)
kusifu (infinitive)
kusifu (infinitive)
kutosifu (infinitive negative)
sifu (imperative singular)
sifuni (imperative plural)
husifu (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lisifu (past)
negative subject concord + -kusifu (negative past)
ninasifu (first-person present singular)
nasifu (first-person present singular)
tunasifu (first-person plural present)
unasifu (present second-person singular)
mnasifu (plural present second-person)
anasifu (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanasifu (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nasifu (present third-person)
sisifu (first-person negative present singular)
hatusifu (first-person negative plural present)
husifu (negative present second-person singular)
hamsifu (negative plural present second-person)
hasifu (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawasifu (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -sifu (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tasifu (future)
negative subject concord + -tasifu (future negative)
nisifu (first-person singular subjunctive)
tusifu (first-person plural subjunctive)
usifu (second-person singular subjunctive)
msifu (plural second-person subjunctive)
asifu (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wasifu (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sifu (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sisifu (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngesifu (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singesifu (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalisifu (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singalisifu (irrealis negative past)
nasifu (first-person gnomic singular)
twasifu (first-person gnomic plural)
wasifu (gnomic second-person singular)
mwasifu (gnomic plural second-person)
asifu (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wasifu (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wasifu (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yasifu (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lasifu (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yasifu (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chasifu (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyasifu (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yasifu (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zasifu (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wasifu (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwasifu (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pasifu (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwasifu (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mesifu (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshasifu (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jasifu (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kisifu (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -siposifu (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kasifu (consecutive subjunctive)
-nisifu (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tusifu (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kusifu (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wasifu (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kusifuni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wasifuni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-msifu (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wasifu (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-usifu (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-isifu (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lisifu (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yasifu (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kisifu (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-visifu (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-isifu (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zisifu (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-usifu (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kusifu (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pasifu (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-musifu (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jisifu (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-sifuye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-sifuo (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-sifuo (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-sifuyo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-sifulo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-sifuyo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-sifucho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-sifuvyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-sifuyo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-sifuzo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-sifuo (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-sifuko (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-sifupo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-sifumo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yesifu (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-osifu (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-osifu (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yosifu (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-losifu (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yosifu (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chosifu (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyosifu (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yosifu (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zosifu (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-osifu (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kosifu (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-posifu (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mosifu (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


mkebe

Borrowed from Arabic مِكَبَّة (mikabba).


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/.


shina

stem (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)

shina la neno


gae

Sakafu iliinuliwa kwa mchanga kiasi cha nusu mita na misingi ya msikiti ilichimbwa ndani ya tabaka za ardhi za miaka iliyopita zenye takataka na kujumuisha magae ya vyombo vya "Celado" na vya rangi manjano na mapambo meusi.

1994, Historia fupi ya Zanzibar, page 24:


gurudumu

From Persian گردون (gardun, “wheel, chariot”).


yana

ji-ma class subject inflected plural present affirmative of -wa na


maabara

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


baiskeli

kuendesha baiskeli


simu

Borrowed from Omani Arabic سيم (sīm, “telegram”), from Persian سیم (sim, “wire”).


asante

→ Nubi: asanti

Borrowed from Omani Arabic احسنت (aḥsant, “thank you”), from Arabic أَحْسَنْتَ (ʔaḥsanta, “well done”).


-ua

-funga (“to close”) + -ua → -fungua (“to open”)

-choma (“to pierce”) + -oa → -chomoa (“to draw out”)

(nonproductive) conversive suffix; reverses the meaning of the verb


Urusi

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


anwani

→ Iraqw: anwaani (“address”)


kofia

English: kofia

Borrowed from Omani Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kōfiyya, “cap”).


fungu

a bunch (a group of a number of similar things)

(writing) a collection of writing: a sentence, paragraph, or article


bepari

Borrowed from Hindustani बेपारी (bepārī) / بیپاری (bepārī).


tekeleza

-tekeleza (canonical)
kutekeleza (infinitive)
kutekeleza (infinitive)
kutotekeleza (infinitive negative)
tekeleza (imperative singular)
tekelezeni (imperative plural)
hutekeleza (habitual)
positive subject concord + -litekeleza (past)
negative subject concord + -kutekeleza (negative past)
ninatekeleza (first-person present singular)
natekeleza (first-person present singular)
tunatekeleza (first-person plural present)
unatekeleza (present second-person singular)
mnatekeleza (plural present second-person)
anatekeleza (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanatekeleza (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -natekeleza (present third-person)
sitekelezi (first-person negative present singular)
hatutekelezi (first-person negative plural present)
hutekelezi (negative present second-person singular)
hamtekelezi (negative plural present second-person)
hatekelezi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawatekelezi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -tekelezi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tatekeleza (future)
negative subject concord + -tatekeleza (future negative)
nitekeleze (first-person singular subjunctive)
tutekeleze (first-person plural subjunctive)
utekeleze (second-person singular subjunctive)
mtekeleze (plural second-person subjunctive)
atekeleze (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
watekeleze (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -tekeleze (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sitekeleze (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngetekeleza (irrealis present)
natekeleza (first-person gnomic singular)
twatekeleza (first-person gnomic plural)
watekeleza (gnomic second-person singular)
mwatekeleza (gnomic plural second-person)
atekeleza (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
watekeleza (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
watekeleza (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yatekeleza (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
latekeleza (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yatekeleza (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chatekeleza (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyatekeleza (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yatekeleza (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zatekeleza (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
watekeleza (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwatekeleza (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
patekeleza (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwatekeleza (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -metekeleza (perfect)
negative subject concord + -jatekeleza (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kitekeleza (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -katekeleze (consecutive subjunctive)
-nitekeleza (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tutekeleza (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kutekeleza (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-watekeleza (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kutekelezeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-watekelezeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mtekeleza (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-watekeleza (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-utekeleza (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-itekeleza (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-litekeleza (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yatekeleza (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kitekeleza (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vitekeleza (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-itekeleza (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zitekeleza (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-utekeleza (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kutekeleza (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-patekeleza (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mutekeleza (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jitekeleza (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-tekelezaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-tekelezao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-tekelezao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-tekelezayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-tekelezalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-tekelezayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-tekelezacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-tekelezavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-tekelezayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-tekelezazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-tekelezao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-tekelezako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-tekelezapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-tekelezamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yetekeleza (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-otekeleza (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-otekeleza (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yotekeleza (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lotekeleza (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yotekeleza (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chotekeleza (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyotekeleza (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yotekeleza (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zotekeleza (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-otekeleza (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kotekeleza (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-potekeleza (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-motekeleza (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


kucha

Alternative form of ukucha (“nail, claw”)


sifa

From Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa, “quality, trait”).


seti

set (matching collection of similar things)


ashiria

-ashiria (canonical)
kuashiria (infinitive)
kuashiria (infinitive)
kutoashiria (infinitive negative)
ashiria (imperative singular)
ashirieni (imperative plural)
huashiria (habitual)
positive subject concord + -liashiria (past)
negative subject concord + -kuashiria (negative past)
ninaashiria (first-person present singular)
naashiria (first-person present singular)
tunaashiria (first-person plural present)
unaashiria (present second-person singular)
mnaashiria (plural present second-person)
anaashiria (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanaashiria (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -naashiria (present third-person)
siashirii (first-person negative present singular)
hatuashirii (first-person negative plural present)
huashirii (negative present second-person singular)
hamwashirii (negative plural present second-person)
haashirii (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawaashirii (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -ashirii (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -taashiria (future)
negative subject concord + -taashiria (future negative)
niashirie (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuashirie (first-person plural subjunctive)
uashirie (second-person singular subjunctive)
mwashirie (plural second-person subjunctive)
aashirie (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
waashirie (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -ashirie (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -siashirie (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngeashiria (irrealis present)
naashiria (first-person gnomic singular)
twaashiria (first-person gnomic plural)
waashiria (gnomic second-person singular)
mwaashiria (gnomic plural second-person)
aashiria (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
waashiria (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
waashiria (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yaashiria (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
laashiria (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yaashiria (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chaashiria (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyaashiria (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yaashiria (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zaashiria (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
waashiria (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwaashiria (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
paashiria (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwaashiria (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -meashiria (perfect)
negative subject concord + -jaashiria (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kiashiria (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipoashiria (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kaashirie (consecutive subjunctive)
-niashiria (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuashiria (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuashiria (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-waashiria (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuashirieni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-waashirieni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mwashiria (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-waashiria (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uashiria (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-iashiria (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-liashiria (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yaashiria (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kiashiria (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-viashiria (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-iashiria (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ziashiria (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uashiria (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuashiria (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-paashiria (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muashiria (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jiashiria (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-ashiriaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-ashiriao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-ashiriao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-ashiriayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-ashirialo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-ashiriayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-ashiriacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-ashiriavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-ashiriayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-ashiriazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-ashiriao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-ashiriako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-ashiriapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-ashiriamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yeashiria (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-oashiria (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-oashiria (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yoashiria (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-loashiria (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yoashiria (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-choashiria (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyoashiria (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yoashiria (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zoashiria (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-oashiria (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-koashiria (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-poashiria (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-moashiria (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


kwa

Kasim alianza kupanda ngazi ile kwa nguvu na kwa haraka,[…]

1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:

Kasim started climbing these stairs with strength and speed, […]

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku class|ku class_((XV))]] inflected form of -a

by, with, -ly (used before nouns to form adverbs of manner, instrument, etc.)

Makes fractions where the numerator is not one, in the format denominator kwa numerator.

chumbani kwa mama yangu

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku locative class|ku class_((XVII))]] inflected form of -a


kufuru

blasphemy (irreverence toward something sacred)


kufuru

-kufuru (canonical)
kukufuru (infinitive)
kukufuru (infinitive)
kutokufuru (infinitive negative)
kufuru (imperative singular)
kufuruni (imperative plural)
hukufuru (habitual)
positive subject concord + -likufuru (past)
negative subject concord + -kukufuru (negative past)
ninakufuru (first-person present singular)
nakufuru (first-person present singular)
tunakufuru (first-person plural present)
unakufuru (present second-person singular)
mnakufuru (plural present second-person)
anakufuru (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanakufuru (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nakufuru (present third-person)
sikufuru (first-person negative present singular)
hatukufuru (first-person negative plural present)
hukufuru (negative present second-person singular)
hamkufuru (negative plural present second-person)
hakufuru (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawakufuru (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -kufuru (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -takufuru (future)
negative subject concord + -takufuru (future negative)
nikufuru (first-person singular subjunctive)
tukufuru (first-person plural subjunctive)
ukufuru (second-person singular subjunctive)
mkufuru (plural second-person subjunctive)
akufuru (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wakufuru (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -kufuru (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sikufuru (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngekufuru (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singekufuru (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalikufuru (irrealis past)
nakufuru (first-person gnomic singular)
twakufuru (first-person gnomic plural)
wakufuru (gnomic second-person singular)
mwakufuru (gnomic plural second-person)
akufuru (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wakufuru (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wakufuru (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yakufuru (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lakufuru (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yakufuru (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chakufuru (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyakufuru (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yakufuru (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zakufuru (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wakufuru (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwakufuru (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pakufuru (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwakufuru (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mekufuru (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshakufuru (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jakufuru (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kikufuru (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipokufuru (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kakufuru (consecutive subjunctive)
-nikufuru (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tukufuru (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kukufuru (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wakufuru (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kukufuruni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wakufuruni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mkufuru (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wakufuru (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ukufuru (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ikufuru (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-likufuru (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yakufuru (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kikufuru (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vikufuru (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ikufuru (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zikufuru (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ukufuru (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kukufuru (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pakufuru (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mukufuru (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jikufuru (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-kufuruye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-kufuruo (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-kufuruo (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-kufuruyo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-kufurulo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-kufuruyo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-kufurucho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-kufuruvyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-kufuruyo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-kufuruzo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-kufuruo (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kufuruko (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-kufurupo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-kufurumo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yekufuru (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-okufuru (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-okufuru (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yokufuru (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lokufuru (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yokufuru (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chokufuru (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyokufuru (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yokufuru (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zokufuru (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-okufuru (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kokufuru (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pokufuru (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mokufuru (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


vimbizi

chest pains or the inability to breathe from overeating


fanicha

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


latitudo

Coordinate term: longitudo


kikaramba

sw-noun

kikaramba (ki-vi class, plural vikaramba)

(derogatory) a geezer, a dotard (derogatory name for an old person)


mwana

In compounds, someone who does or has a relation to something.


kwea

-kwea (canonical)
kukwea (infinitive)
kukwea (infinitive)
kutokwea (infinitive negative)
kwea (imperative singular)
kweeni (imperative plural)
hukwea (habitual)
positive subject concord + -likwea (past)
negative subject concord + -kukwea (negative past)
ninakwea (first-person present singular)
nakwea (first-person present singular)
tunakwea (first-person plural present)
unakwea (present second-person singular)
mnakwea (plural present second-person)
anakwea (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanakwea (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nakwea (present third-person)
sikwei (first-person negative present singular)
hatukwei (first-person negative plural present)
hukwei (negative present second-person singular)
hamkwei (negative plural present second-person)
hakwei (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawakwei (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -kwei (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -takwea (future)
negative subject concord + -takwea (future negative)
nikwee (first-person singular subjunctive)
tukwee (first-person plural subjunctive)
ukwee (second-person singular subjunctive)
mkwee (plural second-person subjunctive)
akwee (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wakwee (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -kwee (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sikwee (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngekwea (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singekwea (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalikwea (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singalikwea (irrealis negative past)
nakwea (first-person gnomic singular)
twakwea (first-person gnomic plural)
wakwea (gnomic second-person singular)
mwakwea (gnomic plural second-person)
akwea (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wakwea (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wakwea (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yakwea (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lakwea (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yakwea (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chakwea (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyakwea (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yakwea (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zakwea (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wakwea (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwakwea (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pakwea (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwakwea (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mekwea (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshakwea (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jakwea (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kikwea (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipokwea (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kakwee (consecutive subjunctive)
-nikwea (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tukwea (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kukwea (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wakwea (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kukweeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wakweeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mkwea (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wakwea (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ukwea (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ikwea (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-likwea (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yakwea (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kikwea (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vikwea (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ikwea (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zikwea (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ukwea (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kukwea (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pakwea (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mukwea (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jikwea (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-kweaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-kweao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-kweao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-kweayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-kwealo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-kweayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-kweacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-kweavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-kweayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-kweazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-kweao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kweako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-kweapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-kweamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yekwea (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-okwea (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-okwea (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yokwea (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lokwea (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yokwea (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chokwea (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyokwea (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yokwea (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zokwea (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-okwea (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kokwea (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pokwea (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mokwea (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


Esta

(biblical) Esther (book of the Old Testament of the Bible)


spana

spanner (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)


hundi

Borrowed from Urdu ہُنْڈی (hunḍī) / Hindi हुण्डी (huṇḍī).

bor

Hindi हुण्डी (huṇḍī)

cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)


juhudi

From Arabic جَهْد (jahd), plural جُهُود (juhūd).

effort, hard work, diligence, enthusiasm


vipi

Vi class inflected form and adverbial form of -pi. ("which")


vipi

(colloquial) Clipping of mambo vipi: how are you?


ambia

-ambia (canonical)
-niambia (first-person singular)
-tuambia (first-person plural)
-kuambia (second-person singular)
-waambia (plural second-person)
-kuambieni (plural second-person)
-waambieni (plural second-person)
-mwambia (class-1 class-2 singular third-person)
-waambia (class-1 class-2 plural third-person)
-jiambia (reflexive)
-niambie (first-person singular subjunctive)
-tuambie (first-person plural subjunctive)
-kuambie (second-person singular subjunctive)
-waambie (plural second-person subjunctive)
-mwambie (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
-waambie (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
-jiambie (reflexive subjunctive)
-niambii (first-person singular subjunctive)
-tuambii (first-person plural subjunctive)
-kuambii (second-person singular subjunctive)
-waambii (plural second-person subjunctive)
-mwambii (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
-waambii (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
-jiambii (reflexive subjunctive)
-ambiaye (class-1 class-2 singular)
-ambiao (class-1 class-2 plural)
-ambiao (class-3 class-4 singular)
-ambiayo (class-3 class-4 plural)
-ambialo (class-5 class-6 singular)
-ambiayo (class-5 class-6 plural)
-ambiacho (class-7 class-8 singular)
-ambiavyo (class-7 class-8 plural)
-ambiayo (class-10 class-9 singular)
-ambiazo (class-10 class-9 plural)
-ambiao (class-11 singular)
-ambiako (class-15 class-17 singular)
-ambiapo (class-16 singular)
-ambiamo (class-18 singular)

Nitakuambia.

Mniambieni!


uzito

(by extension) seriousness, importance, gravity


sukua

-sukua (canonical)
kusukua (infinitive)
kusukua (infinitive)
kutosukua (infinitive negative)
sukua (imperative singular)
sukueni (imperative plural)
husukua (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lisukua (past)
negative subject concord + -kusukua (negative past)
ninasukua (first-person present singular)
nasukua (first-person present singular)
tunasukua (first-person plural present)
unasukua (present second-person singular)
mnasukua (plural present second-person)
anasukua (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanasukua (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nasukua (present third-person)
sisukui (first-person negative present singular)
hatusukui (first-person negative plural present)
husukui (negative present second-person singular)
hamsukui (negative plural present second-person)
hasukui (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawasukui (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -sukui (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tasukua (future)
negative subject concord + -tasukua (future negative)
nisukue (first-person singular subjunctive)
tusukue (first-person plural subjunctive)
usukue (second-person singular subjunctive)
msukue (plural second-person subjunctive)
asukue (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wasukue (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sukue (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sisukue (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngesukua (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singesukua (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalisukua (irrealis past)
nasukua (first-person gnomic singular)
twasukua (first-person gnomic plural)
wasukua (gnomic second-person singular)
mwasukua (gnomic plural second-person)
asukua (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wasukua (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wasukua (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yasukua (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lasukua (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yasukua (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chasukua (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyasukua (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yasukua (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zasukua (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wasukua (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwasukua (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pasukua (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwasukua (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mesukua (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshasukua (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jasukua (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kisukua (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -siposukua (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kasukue (consecutive subjunctive)
-nisukua (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tusukua (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kusukua (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wasukua (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kusukueni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wasukueni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-msukua (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wasukua (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-usukua (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-isukua (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lisukua (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yasukua (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kisukua (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-visukua (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-isukua (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zisukua (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-usukua (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kusukua (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pasukua (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-musukua (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jisukua (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-sukuaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-sukuao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-sukuao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-sukuayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-sukualo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-sukuayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-sukuacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-sukuavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-sukuayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-sukuazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-sukuao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-sukuako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-sukuapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-sukuamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yesukua (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-osukua (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-osukua (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yosukua (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-losukua (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yosukua (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chosukua (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyosukua (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yosukua (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zosukua (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-osukua (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kosukua (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-posukua (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mosukua (class-18 object-concord relative singular)

Conversive form of -suka: to loosen, untwist


hori

Borrowed from Omani Arabic هوري (hōrī), from an Indian source, likely Hindi होड़ी (hoṛī) or Gujarati હોડી (hoḍī).


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)


mpana

M class inflected form of -pana.
U class inflected form of -pana.


nikotini

nicotine (addictive chemical found in cigarettes)


vazi

From Proto-Bantu [Term?], related to -vaa (“to wear”).


taasisi

institution; institute (established organization)


vunda

-vunda (canonical)
kuvunda (infinitive)
kuvunda (infinitive)
kutovunda (infinitive negative)
vunda (imperative singular)
vundeni (imperative plural)
huvunda (habitual)
positive subject concord + -livunda (past)
negative subject concord + -kuvunda (negative past)
ninavunda (first-person present singular)
navunda (first-person present singular)
tunavunda (first-person plural present)
unavunda (present second-person singular)
mnavunda (plural present second-person)
anavunda (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanavunda (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -navunda (present third-person)
sivundi (first-person negative present singular)
hatuvundi (first-person negative plural present)
huvundi (negative present second-person singular)
hamvundi (negative plural present second-person)
havundi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawavundi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -vundi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tavunda (future)
negative subject concord + -tavunda (future negative)
nivunde (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuvunde (first-person plural subjunctive)
uvunde (second-person singular subjunctive)
mvunde (plural second-person subjunctive)
avunde (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wavunde (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -vunde (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sivunde (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngevunda (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singevunda (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalivunda (irrealis past)
navunda (first-person gnomic singular)
twavunda (first-person gnomic plural)
wavunda (gnomic second-person singular)
mwavunda (gnomic plural second-person)
avunda (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wavunda (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wavunda (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yavunda (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lavunda (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yavunda (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chavunda (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyavunda (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yavunda (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zavunda (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wavunda (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwavunda (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pavunda (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwavunda (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mevunda (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshavunda (already-form)
negative subject concord + -javunda (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kivunda (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipovunda (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kavunde (consecutive subjunctive)
-nivunda (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuvunda (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuvunda (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wavunda (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuvundeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wavundeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mvunda (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wavunda (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uvunda (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ivunda (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-livunda (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yavunda (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kivunda (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vivunda (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ivunda (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zivunda (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uvunda (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuvunda (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pavunda (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muvunda (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jivunda (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-vundaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-vundao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-vundao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-vundayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-vundalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-vundayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-vundacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vundavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-vundayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-vundazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-vundao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-vundako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-vundapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-vundamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yevunda (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-ovunda (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-ovunda (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yovunda (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lovunda (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yovunda (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chovunda (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyovunda (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yovunda (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zovunda (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-ovunda (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kovunda (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-povunda (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-movunda (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


godoro

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

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


Wagadugu

Ouagadougou (the capital city of Burkina Faso)


tena

Compare Egyptian Arabic تاني (tāni, [tɛːnɪ], “again”), from Arabic ثانٍ (ṯānin, “second”). The similarity may be coincidental, however.

Nitacheza mpira wa miguu tena

Sisi sio marafiki tena

Sijui tena


tena

[…] si chini ya miaka thelathini, mwembamba tena mrefu, hadharani wa rangi, kavaa koti na suruali namna moja, rangi ya kijivujivu,[…]

[…] not less than thirty years old, thin and tall, fair-skinned, wearing grey jacket and pants of a kind, […]


seli

(biology) cell (basic unit of an organism)


eua

-eua (canonical)
kueua (infinitive)
kueua (infinitive)
kutoeua (infinitive negative)
eua (imperative singular)
eueni (imperative plural)
hueua (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lieua (past)
negative subject concord + -kueua (negative past)
ninaeua (first-person present singular)
naeua (first-person present singular)
tunaeua (first-person plural present)
unaeua (present second-person singular)
mnaeua (plural present second-person)
anaeua (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanaeua (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -naeua (present third-person)
sieui (first-person negative present singular)
hatueui (first-person negative plural present)
hueui (negative present second-person singular)
hamweui (negative plural present second-person)
haeui (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawaeui (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -eui (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -taeua (future)
negative subject concord + -taeua (future negative)
nieue (first-person singular subjunctive)
tueue (first-person plural subjunctive)
ueue (second-person singular subjunctive)
mweue (plural second-person subjunctive)
aeue (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
waeue (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -eue (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sieue (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngeeua (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singeeua (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalieua (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singalieua (irrealis negative past)
naeua (first-person gnomic singular)
twaeua (first-person gnomic plural)
waeua (gnomic second-person singular)
mwaeua (gnomic plural second-person)
aeua (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
waeua (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
waeua (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yaeua (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
laeua (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yaeua (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chaeua (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyaeua (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yaeua (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zaeua (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
waeua (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwaeua (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
paeua (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwaeua (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -meeua (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshaeua (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jaeua (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kieua (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipoeua (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kaeue (consecutive subjunctive)
-nieua (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tueua (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kueua (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-waeua (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kueueni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-waeueni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mweua (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-waeua (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ueua (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ieua (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lieua (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yaeua (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kieua (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vieua (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ieua (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zieua (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ueua (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kueua (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-paeua (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mueua (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jieua (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-euaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-euao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-euao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-euayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-eualo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-euayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-euacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-euavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-euayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-euazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-euao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-euako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-euapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-euamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yeeua (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-oeua (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-oeua (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yoeua (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-loeua (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yoeua (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-choeua (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyoeua (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yoeua (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zoeua (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-oeua (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-koeua (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-poeua (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-moeua (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


ingine

-ingine (canonical)
mwingine (singular)
wengine (plural)
mingine (plural)
jingine (singular)
mengine (plural)
kingine (singular)
vingine (plural)
nyingine (singular)
nyingine (plural)
pengine (singular)
kwingine (singular)


yako

N class inflected form of -ako (singular only).


yako

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ji-ma class|ma class_((VI))]] positive degree present of -wako (“it is (around there), they are (around there)”)


mshale

Baada ya kukabidhi uta, mshale na shoka lake kwa mwindaji mwenzake wa Hadzabe, Zigwadzee alishika fimbo fupi iliyochongoka na akaingia shimoni.

2017 August 18, “Chakula cha Wahadzabe cha matunda na nungunungu Tanzania”, in BBC News Swahili:

After handing over his bow, arrow and ax to his fellow Hadzabe hunter, Zigwadzee grabbed a short pointed stick and entered the pit.


noa

-noa (canonical)
kunoa (infinitive)
kunoa (infinitive)
kutonoa (infinitive negative)
noa (imperative singular)
noeni (imperative plural)
hunoa (habitual)
positive subject concord + -linoa (past)
negative subject concord + -kunoa (negative past)
ninanoa (first-person present singular)
nanoa (first-person present singular)
tunanoa (first-person plural present)
unanoa (present second-person singular)
mnanoa (plural present second-person)
ananoa (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wananoa (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nanoa (present third-person)
sinoi (first-person negative present singular)
hatunoi (first-person negative plural present)
hunoi (negative present second-person singular)
hamnoi (negative plural present second-person)
hanoi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawanoi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -noi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tanoa (future)
negative subject concord + -tanoa (future negative)
ninoe (first-person singular subjunctive)
tunoe (first-person plural subjunctive)
unoe (second-person singular subjunctive)
mnoe (plural second-person subjunctive)
anoe (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wanoe (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -noe (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sinoe (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngenoa (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singenoa (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalinoa (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singalinoa (irrealis negative past)
nanoa (first-person gnomic singular)
twanoa (first-person gnomic plural)
wanoa (gnomic second-person singular)
mwanoa (gnomic plural second-person)
anoa (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wanoa (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wanoa (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yanoa (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lanoa (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yanoa (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chanoa (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyanoa (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yanoa (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zanoa (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wanoa (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwanoa (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
panoa (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwanoa (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -menoa (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshanoa (already-form)
negative subject concord + -janoa (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kinoa (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -siponoa (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kanoe (consecutive subjunctive)
-ninoa (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tunoa (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kunoa (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wanoa (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kunoeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wanoeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mnoa (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wanoa (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-unoa (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-inoa (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-linoa (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yanoa (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kinoa (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vinoa (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-inoa (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zinoa (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-unoa (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kunoa (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-panoa (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-munoa (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jinoa (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-noaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-noao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-noao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-noayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-noalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-noayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-noacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-noavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-noayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-noazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-noao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-noako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-noapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-noamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yenoa (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-onoa (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-onoa (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yonoa (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lonoa (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yonoa (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chonoa (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyonoa (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yonoa (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zonoa (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-onoa (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-konoa (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-ponoa (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-monoa (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


chacha

-chacha (canonical)
kuchacha (infinitive)
kuchacha (infinitive)
kutochacha (infinitive negative)
chacha (imperative singular)
chacheni (imperative plural)
huchacha (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lichacha (past)
negative subject concord + -kuchacha (negative past)
ninachacha (first-person present singular)
nachacha (first-person present singular)
tunachacha (first-person plural present)
unachacha (present second-person singular)
mnachacha (plural present second-person)
anachacha (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanachacha (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nachacha (present third-person)
sichachi (first-person negative present singular)
hatuchachi (first-person negative plural present)
huchachi (negative present second-person singular)
hamchachi (negative plural present second-person)
hachachi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawachachi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -chachi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tachacha (future)
negative subject concord + -tachacha (future negative)
nichache (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuchache (first-person plural subjunctive)
uchache (second-person singular subjunctive)
mchache (plural second-person subjunctive)
achache (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wachache (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -chache (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sichache (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngechacha (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singechacha (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalichacha (irrealis past)
nachacha (first-person gnomic singular)
twachacha (first-person gnomic plural)
wachacha (gnomic second-person singular)
mwachacha (gnomic plural second-person)
achacha (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wachacha (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wachacha (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yachacha (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lachacha (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yachacha (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chachacha (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyachacha (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yachacha (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zachacha (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wachacha (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwachacha (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pachacha (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwachacha (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mechacha (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshachacha (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jachacha (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kichacha (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipochacha (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kachache (consecutive subjunctive)
-nichacha (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuchacha (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuchacha (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wachacha (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuchacheni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wachacheni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mchacha (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wachacha (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uchacha (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ichacha (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lichacha (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yachacha (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kichacha (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vichacha (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ichacha (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zichacha (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uchacha (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuchacha (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pachacha (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muchacha (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jichacha (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-chachaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-chachao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-chachao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-chachayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-chachalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-chachayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chachacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-chachavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-chachayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-chachazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-chachao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-chachako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-chachapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-chachamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yechacha (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-ochacha (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-ochacha (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yochacha (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lochacha (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yochacha (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chochacha (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyochacha (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yochacha (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zochacha (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-ochacha (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kochacha (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pochacha (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mochacha (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


ngapi

-ngapi (canonical)
wangapi (plural)
mingapi (plural)
mangapi (plural)
vingapi (plural)
ngapi (plural)
pangapi (singular)
kungapi (singular)
mungapi (singular)


ka-

Near-synonyms: ali-, ame-

2013, “Rais Obama kaondoka, tusirudie maisha ya aibu”, in Mwananchi:

President Obama has left, let us not return to a life of shame

third-person singular animate ([[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]) recent-past perfective marker

1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-


ka-

(colloquial or dialect, nonstandard) noun class 12 prefix, used with a diminutive or depreciative meaning


parashuti

Alternative form of parachuti (“parachute”)


metali

metal (certain elements and materials composed of them)


dahili

-dahili (canonical)
kudahili (infinitive)
kudahili (infinitive)
kutodahili (infinitive negative)
dahili (imperative singular)
dahilini (imperative plural)
hudahili (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lidahili (past)
negative subject concord + -kudahili (negative past)
ninadahili (first-person present singular)
nadahili (first-person present singular)
tunadahili (first-person plural present)
unadahili (present second-person singular)
mnadahili (plural present second-person)
anadahili (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanadahili (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nadahili (present third-person)
sidahili (first-person negative present singular)
hatudahili (first-person negative plural present)
hudahili (negative present second-person singular)
hamdahili (negative plural present second-person)
hadahili (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawadahili (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -dahili (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tadahili (future)
negative subject concord + -tadahili (future negative)
nidahili (first-person singular subjunctive)
tudahili (first-person plural subjunctive)
udahili (second-person singular subjunctive)
mdahili (plural second-person subjunctive)
adahili (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wadahili (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -dahili (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sidahili (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngedahili (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singedahili (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalidahili (irrealis past)
nadahili (first-person gnomic singular)
twadahili (first-person gnomic plural)
wadahili (gnomic second-person singular)
mwadahili (gnomic plural second-person)
adahili (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wadahili (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wadahili (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yadahili (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
ladahili (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yadahili (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chadahili (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyadahili (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yadahili (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zadahili (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wadahili (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwadahili (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
padahili (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwadahili (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -medahili (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshadahili (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jadahili (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kidahili (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipodahili (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kadahili (consecutive subjunctive)
-nidahili (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tudahili (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kudahili (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wadahili (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kudahilini (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wadahilini (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mdahili (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wadahili (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-udahili (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-idahili (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lidahili (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yadahili (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kidahili (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vidahili (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-idahili (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zidahili (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-udahili (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kudahili (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-padahili (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mudahili (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jidahili (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-dahiliye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-dahilio (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-dahilio (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-dahiliyo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-dahililo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-dahiliyo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-dahilicho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-dahilivyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-dahiliyo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-dahilizo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-dahilio (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-dahiliko (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-dahilipo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-dahilimo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yedahili (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-odahili (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-odahili (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yodahili (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lodahili (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yodahili (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chodahili (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyodahili (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yodahili (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zodahili (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-odahili (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kodahili (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-podahili (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-modahili (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


dalali

broker (a mediator between a buyer and seller)

auctioneer (one who conducts an auction)


shtuka

-shtuka (canonical)
kushtuka (infinitive)
kushtuka (infinitive)
kutoshtuka (infinitive negative)
shtuka (imperative singular)
shtukeni (imperative plural)
hushtuka (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lishtuka (past)
negative subject concord + -kushtuka (negative past)
ninashtuka (first-person present singular)
nashtuka (first-person present singular)
tunashtuka (first-person plural present)
unashtuka (present second-person singular)
mnashtuka (plural present second-person)
anashtuka (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanashtuka (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nashtuka (present third-person)
sishtuki (first-person negative present singular)
hatushtuki (first-person negative plural present)
hushtuki (negative present second-person singular)
hamshtuki (negative plural present second-person)
hashtuki (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawashtuki (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -shtuki (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tashtuka (future)
negative subject concord + -tashtuka (future negative)
nishtuke (first-person singular subjunctive)
tushtuke (first-person plural subjunctive)
ushtuke (second-person singular subjunctive)
mshtuke (plural second-person subjunctive)
ashtuke (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
washtuke (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -shtuke (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sishtuke (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngeshtuka (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singeshtuka (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalishtuka (irrealis past)
nashtuka (first-person gnomic singular)
twashtuka (first-person gnomic plural)
washtuka (gnomic second-person singular)
mwashtuka (gnomic plural second-person)
ashtuka (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
washtuka (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
washtuka (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yashtuka (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lashtuka (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yashtuka (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chashtuka (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyashtuka (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yashtuka (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zashtuka (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
washtuka (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwashtuka (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pashtuka (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwashtuka (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -meshtuka (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshashtuka (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jashtuka (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kishtuka (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -siposhtuka (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kashtuke (consecutive subjunctive)
-nishtuka (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tushtuka (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kushtuka (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-washtuka (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kushtukeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-washtukeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mshtuka (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-washtuka (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ushtuka (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ishtuka (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lishtuka (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yashtuka (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kishtuka (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vishtuka (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ishtuka (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zishtuka (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ushtuka (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kushtuka (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pashtuka (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mushtuka (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jishtuka (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-shtukaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-shtukao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-shtukao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-shtukayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-shtukalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-shtukayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-shtukacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-shtukavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-shtukayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-shtukazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-shtukao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-shtukako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-shtukapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-shtukamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yeshtuka (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-oshtuka (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-oshtuka (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yoshtuka (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-loshtuka (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yoshtuka (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-choshtuka (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyoshtuka (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yoshtuka (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zoshtuka (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-oshtuka (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-koshtuka (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-poshtuka (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-moshtuka (class-18 object-concord relative singular)

Stative form of -shtua: to be startled, to be shocked


swala

prayer (practice of communicating with one's God)


chembechembe

sw-noun

chembechembe (n class, plural chembechembe)

chembechembe ya damu


jamaa

relative; family member (someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption)

dude, guy, bloke (used to refer to someone unknown in a friendly way)