meza

-meza (canonical)
kumeza (infinitive)
kumeza (infinitive)
kutomeza (infinitive negative)
meza (imperative singular)
mezeni (imperative plural)
humeza (habitual)
positive subject concord + -limeza (past)
negative subject concord + -kumeza (negative past)
ninameza (first-person present singular)
nameza (first-person present singular)
tunameza (first-person plural present)
unameza (present second-person singular)
mnameza (plural present second-person)
anameza (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanameza (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nameza (present third-person)
simezi (first-person negative present singular)
hatumezi (first-person negative plural present)
humezi (negative present second-person singular)
hammezi (negative plural present second-person)
hamezi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawamezi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -mezi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tameza (future)
negative subject concord + -tameza (future negative)
nimeze (first-person singular subjunctive)
tumeze (first-person plural subjunctive)
umeze (second-person singular subjunctive)
mmeze (plural second-person subjunctive)
ameze (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wameze (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -meze (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -simeze (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngemeza (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singemeza (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalimeza (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singalimeza (irrealis negative past)
nameza (first-person gnomic singular)
twameza (first-person gnomic plural)
wameza (gnomic second-person singular)
mwameza (gnomic plural second-person)
ameza (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wameza (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wameza (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yameza (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lameza (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yameza (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chameza (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyameza (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yameza (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zameza (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wameza (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwameza (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pameza (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwameza (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -memeza (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshameza (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jameza (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kimeza (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipomeza (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kameze (consecutive subjunctive)
-nimeza (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tumeza (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kumeza (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wameza (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kumezeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wamezeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mmeza (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wameza (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-umeza (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-imeza (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-limeza (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yameza (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kimeza (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vimeza (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-imeza (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zimeza (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-umeza (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kumeza (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pameza (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mumeza (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jimeza (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-mezaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-mezao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-mezao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-mezayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-mezalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-mezayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-mezacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-mezavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-mezayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-mezazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-mezao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-mezako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-mezapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mezamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yemeza (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-omeza (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-omeza (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yomeza (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lomeza (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yomeza (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chomeza (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyomeza (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yomeza (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zomeza (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-omeza (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-komeza (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pomeza (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-momeza (class-18 object-concord relative singular)

to swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)


zako

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#N class|n class_((X))]] inflected form of -ako


acha

-acha (canonical)
kuacha (infinitive)
kuacha (infinitive)
kutoacha (infinitive negative)
acha (imperative singular)
wacha (imperative singular)
acheni (imperative plural)
wacheni (imperative plural)
huacha (habitual)
positive subject concord + -liacha (past)
negative subject concord + -kuacha (negative past)
ninaacha (first-person present singular)
naacha (first-person present singular)
tunaacha (first-person plural present)
unaacha (present second-person singular)
mnaacha (plural present second-person)
anaacha (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanaacha (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -naacha (present third-person)
siachi (first-person negative present singular)
hatuachi (first-person negative plural present)
huachi (negative present second-person singular)
hamwachi (negative plural present second-person)
haachi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawaachi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -achi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -taacha (future)
negative subject concord + -taacha (future negative)
niache (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuache (first-person plural subjunctive)
uache (second-person singular subjunctive)
mwache (plural second-person subjunctive)
aache (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
waache (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -ache (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -siache (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngeacha (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singeacha (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngaliacha (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singaliacha (irrealis negative past)
naacha (first-person gnomic singular)
twaacha (first-person gnomic plural)
waacha (gnomic second-person singular)
mwaacha (gnomic plural second-person)
aacha (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
waacha (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
waacha (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yaacha (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
laacha (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yaacha (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chaacha (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyaacha (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yaacha (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zaacha (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
waacha (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwaacha (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
paacha (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwaacha (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -meacha (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshaacha (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jaacha (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kiacha (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipoacha (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kaache (consecutive subjunctive)
-niacha (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuacha (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuacha (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-waacha (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuacheni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-waacheni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mwacha (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-waacha (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uacha (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-iacha (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-liacha (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yaacha (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kiacha (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-viacha (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-iacha (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ziacha (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uacha (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuacha (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-paacha (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muacha (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jiacha (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-achaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-achao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-achao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-achayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-achalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-achayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-achacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-achavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-achayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-achazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-achao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-achako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-achapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-achamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yeacha (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-oacha (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-oacha (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yoacha (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-loacha (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yoacha (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-choacha (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyoacha (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yoacha (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zoacha (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-oacha (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-koacha (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-poacha (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-moacha (class-18 object-concord relative singular)

Aliacha milango ya chumba chake imefungwa kwa kufuli lililo madhubuti.

1975, Taarifa ya mwaka ya Tume ya Kudumu ya Uchunguzi, page 37:

He left the door to his room closed with a secure padlock.


toba

toba class IX (canonical)
toba class X (plural)


tuza

-tuza (canonical)
kutuza (infinitive)
kutuza (infinitive)
kutotuza (infinitive negative)
tuza (imperative singular)
tuzeni (imperative plural)
hutuza (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lituza (past)
negative subject concord + -kutuza (negative past)
ninatuza (first-person present singular)
natuza (first-person present singular)
tunatuza (first-person plural present)
unatuza (present second-person singular)
mnatuza (plural present second-person)
anatuza (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanatuza (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -natuza (present third-person)
situzi (first-person negative present singular)
hatutuzi (first-person negative plural present)
hutuzi (negative present second-person singular)
hamtuzi (negative plural present second-person)
hatuzi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawatuzi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -tuzi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tatuza (future)
negative subject concord + -tatuza (future negative)
nituze (first-person singular subjunctive)
tutuze (first-person plural subjunctive)
utuze (second-person singular subjunctive)
mtuze (plural second-person subjunctive)
atuze (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
watuze (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -tuze (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -situze (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngetuza (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singetuza (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalituza (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singalituza (irrealis negative past)
natuza (first-person gnomic singular)
twatuza (first-person gnomic plural)
watuza (gnomic second-person singular)
mwatuza (gnomic plural second-person)
atuza (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
watuza (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
watuza (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yatuza (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
latuza (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yatuza (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chatuza (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyatuza (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yatuza (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zatuza (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
watuza (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwatuza (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
patuza (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwatuza (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -metuza (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshatuza (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jatuza (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kituza (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipotuza (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -katuze (consecutive subjunctive)
-nituza (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tutuza (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kutuza (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-watuza (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kutuzeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-watuzeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mtuza (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-watuza (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-utuza (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ituza (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lituza (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yatuza (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kituza (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vituza (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ituza (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zituza (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-utuza (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kutuza (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-patuza (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mutuza (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jituza (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-tuzaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-tuzao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-tuzao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-tuzayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-tuzalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-tuzayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-tuzacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-tuzavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-tuzayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-tuzazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-tuzao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-tuzako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-tuzapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-tuzamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yetuza (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-otuza (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-otuza (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yotuza (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lotuza (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yotuza (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chotuza (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyotuza (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yotuza (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zotuza (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-otuza (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kotuza (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-potuza (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-motuza (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


panzi

sw-noun

panzi class I/IX (plural panzi class II/X or mapanzi class II/X)

panzi class I (canonical)
IX (canonical)
panzi class II (plural)
X (plural)
mapanzi class II (plural)

grasshopper (an insect of the order Orthoptera)


sinodi

sinodi class IX (canonical)
sinodi class X (plural)


-iza

Near-synonyms: -ya, -isha/-esha

-lipa (“to pay”) + -iza → -lipiza (“to settle an account”)

-penda (“to love”) + -eza → -pendeza (“to be pleasing”)

(nonproductive) suffix used to construct a causative verb with slightly different meaning


stani

stani class IX (canonical)
stani class X (plural)


gia

gia class IX (canonical)
gia class X (plural)


Gine

Guinea Bisau Gine Guinea-Bisau Gine Ginebisau


ndere

ndere class IX (canonical)
ndere class X (plural)

a face powder used as a love charm or for hypnotism


Bama

Askari wamewabamba wale maharamia waliowaua raia hapa Bama.

2015, Ahmed E. Ndalu, “Kamusi Teule ya Kiswahili”, in BBC Swahili, page 38:

The soldiers have captured the pirates who killed civilians in Burma.


rais

rais class V (canonical)
marais class VI (plural)
raisi (alternative)

Gazeti la Mail on Sunday linaripoti kuwa Sir Kim alimwandikia Bw Johnson akimuelezea kuwa rais Trump kutoka chama cha Republican anavunja mkataba huo kwa sababu za "utashi binafsi" - kwa sababu makubaliano hayo yalifikiwa na mtangulizi wake kutoka chama cha Democrat, Barack Obama.

2019 July 14, “Barua mpya iliyovuja yadai Trump amevunja mkataba wa nyukilia 'ili kumkera Obama'”, in BBC News Swahili:

Mail on Sunday reports that Sir Kim wrote to Mr Johnson explaining that President Trump from the Republican Party was breaking the agreement for "personality reasons" - because the agreement was reached by his predecessor from the Democratic Party, Barack Obama.

president (the head of state of a republic)


kitu

kitu class VII (canonical)
vitu class VIII (plural)


wengu

wengu class V (canonical)
mawengu class VI (plural)


epa

-epa (canonical)
kuepa (infinitive)
kuepa (infinitive)
kutoepa (infinitive negative)
epa (imperative singular)
epeni (imperative plural)
huepa (habitual)
positive subject concord + -liepa (past)
negative subject concord + -kuepa (negative past)
ninaepa (first-person present singular)
naepa (first-person present singular)
tunaepa (first-person plural present)
unaepa (present second-person singular)
mnaepa (plural present second-person)
anaepa (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanaepa (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -naepa (present third-person)
siepi (first-person negative present singular)
hatuepi (first-person negative plural present)
huepi (negative present second-person singular)
hamwepi (negative plural present second-person)
haepi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawaepi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -epi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -taepa (future)
negative subject concord + -taepa (future negative)
niepe (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuepe (first-person plural subjunctive)
uepe (second-person singular subjunctive)
mwepe (plural second-person subjunctive)
aepe (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
waepe (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -epe (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -siepe (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngeepa (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singeepa (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngaliepa (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singaliepa (irrealis negative past)
naepa (first-person gnomic singular)
twaepa (first-person gnomic plural)
waepa (gnomic second-person singular)
mwaepa (gnomic plural second-person)
aepa (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
waepa (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
waepa (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yaepa (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
laepa (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yaepa (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chaepa (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyaepa (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yaepa (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zaepa (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
waepa (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwaepa (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
paepa (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwaepa (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -meepa (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshaepa (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jaepa (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kiepa (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipoepa (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kaepe (consecutive subjunctive)
-niepa (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuepa (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuepa (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-waepa (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuepeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-waepeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mwepa (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-waepa (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uepa (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-iepa (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-liepa (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yaepa (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kiepa (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-viepa (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-iepa (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ziepa (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uepa (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuepa (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-paepa (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muepa (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jiepa (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-epaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-epao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-epao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-epayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-epalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-epayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-epacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-epavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-epayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-epazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-epao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-epako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-epapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-epamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yeepa (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-oepa (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-oepa (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yoepa (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-loepa (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yoepa (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-choepa (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyoepa (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yoepa (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zoepa (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-oepa (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-koepa (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-poepa (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-moepa (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


koloni

koloni class IX (canonical)
koloni class X (plural)


koloni

koloni class V (plural makoloni class VI)

koloni class V (canonical)
makoloni class VI (plural)


floridi

floridi class IX (plural floridi class X)

floridi class IX (canonical)
floridi class X (plural)


goti

goti class V (canonical)
magoti class VI (plural)

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


lami

lami class IX (canonical)
lami class X (plural)


magnesi

magnesi class IX (plural magnesi class X)

magnesi class IX (canonical)
magnesi class X (plural)

Alternative form of magnesiamu (“magnesium”)


mchanga

mchanga class III (plural michanga class IV)

mchanga class III (canonical)
michanga class IV (plural)


mchanga

mchanga class I (plural wachanga class II)

mchanga class I (canonical)
wachanga class II (plural)


mchanga

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] inflected form of -changa


falka

falka class IX (canonical)
falka class X (plural)

Possibly from Arabic فُلْك (fulk, “ship”).


shani

shani class IX (canonical)
shani class X (plural)


pewa

-pewa (canonical)
kupewa (infinitive)
kupewa (infinitive)
kutopewa (infinitive negative)
pewa (imperative singular)
peweni (imperative plural)
hupewa (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lipewa (past)
negative subject concord + -kupewa (negative past)
ninapewa (first-person present singular)
napewa (first-person present singular)
tunapewa (first-person plural present)
unapewa (present second-person singular)
mnapewa (plural present second-person)
anapewa (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanapewa (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -napewa (present third-person)
sipewi (first-person negative present singular)
hatupewi (first-person negative plural present)
hupewi (negative present second-person singular)
hampewi (negative plural present second-person)
hapewi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawapewi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -pewi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tapewa (future)
negative subject concord + -tapewa (future negative)
nipewe (first-person singular subjunctive)
tupewe (first-person plural subjunctive)
upewe (second-person singular subjunctive)
mpewe (plural second-person subjunctive)
apewe (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wapewe (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -pewe (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sipewe (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngepewa (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singepewa (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalipewa (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singalipewa (irrealis negative past)
napewa (first-person gnomic singular)
twapewa (first-person gnomic plural)
wapewa (gnomic second-person singular)
mwapewa (gnomic plural second-person)
apewa (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wapewa (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wapewa (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yapewa (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lapewa (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yapewa (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chapewa (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyapewa (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yapewa (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zapewa (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wapewa (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwapewa (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
papewa (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwapewa (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mepewa (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshapewa (already-form)
negative subject concord + -japewa (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kipewa (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipopewa (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kapewe (consecutive subjunctive)
-nipewa (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tupewa (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kupewa (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wapewa (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kupeweni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wapeweni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mpewa (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wapewa (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-upewa (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ipewa (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lipewa (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yapewa (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kipewa (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vipewa (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ipewa (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zipewa (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-upewa (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kupewa (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-papewa (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mupewa (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jipewa (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-pewaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-pewao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-pewao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-pewayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-pewalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-pewayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-pewacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-pewavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-pewayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-pewazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-pewao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-pewako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pewapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-pewamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yepewa (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-opewa (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-opewa (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yopewa (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lopewa (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yopewa (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chopewa (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyopewa (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yopewa (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zopewa (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-opewa (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kopewa (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-popewa (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mopewa (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-pawa (alternative)


afu

afu class V (canonical)
mafu class VI (plural)


afu

-afu (canonical)
kuafu (infinitive)
kuafu (infinitive)
kutoafu (infinitive negative)
afu (imperative singular)
afuni (imperative plural)
huafu (habitual)
positive subject concord + -liafu (past)
negative subject concord + -kuafu (negative past)
ninaafu (first-person present singular)
naafu (first-person present singular)
tunaafu (first-person plural present)
unaafu (present second-person singular)
mnaafu (plural present second-person)
anaafu (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanaafu (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -naafu (present third-person)
siafu (first-person negative present singular)
hatuafu (first-person negative plural present)
huafu (negative present second-person singular)
hamwafu (negative plural present second-person)
haafu (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawaafu (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -afu (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -taafu (future)
negative subject concord + -taafu (future negative)
niafu (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuafu (first-person plural subjunctive)
uafu (second-person singular subjunctive)
mwafu (plural second-person subjunctive)
aafu (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
waafu (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -afu (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -siafu (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngeafu (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singeafu (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngaliafu (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singaliafu (irrealis negative past)
naafu (first-person gnomic singular)
twaafu (first-person gnomic plural)
waafu (gnomic second-person singular)
mwaafu (gnomic plural second-person)
aafu (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
waafu (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
waafu (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yaafu (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
laafu (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yaafu (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chaafu (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyaafu (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yaafu (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zaafu (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
waafu (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwaafu (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
paafu (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwaafu (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -meafu (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshaafu (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jaafu (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kiafu (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipoafu (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kaafu (consecutive subjunctive)
-niafu (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuafu (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuafu (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-waafu (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuafuni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-waafuni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mwafu (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-waafu (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uafu (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-iafu (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-liafu (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yaafu (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kiafu (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-viafu (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-iafu (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ziafu (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uafu (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuafu (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-paafu (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muafu (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jiafu (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-afuye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-afuo (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-afuo (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-afuyo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-afulo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-afuyo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-afucho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-afuvyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-afuyo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-afuzo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-afuo (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-afuko (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-afupo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-afumo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yeafu (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-oafu (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-oafu (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yoafu (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-loafu (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yoafu (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-choafu (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyoafu (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yoafu (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zoafu (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-oafu (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-koafu (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-poafu (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-moafu (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


afu

blossoms of the wild jasmine used for perfume


tamasha

tamasha class V or IX (plural matamasha class VI or tamasha class X)

tamasha class V (canonical)
IX (canonical)
matamasha class VI (plural)
tamasha class X (plural)

Borrowed from Classical Persian تماشا (tamāšā).


nilikwenda

Jana, mimi nilikwenda sokoni nikanunua chakula.

Yesterday, I went to the market and then I bought food.


nikanunua

first-person singular past subsecutive of -nunua


shaka

sw-noun

shaka class IX (plural shaka class X or mashaka class VI)

shaka class IX (canonical)
shaka class X (plural)
mashaka class VI (plural)


chawa

chawa class IX (canonical)
chawa class X (plural)


niko

first-person singular positive degree present of -wako (“I am (around there)”)


vy-

vyumba

vitu vyema

form of vi- used before a vowel in certain words

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ki-vi class|vi class_((VIII))]] noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix

Ni vyema kuwashukuru.

vy- + -ema (“nice”) → vyema (“nicely”)

Forms adverbs of manner from declinable adjectives.


u-

n- (plural)
ma- (plural)
w- (alternative)

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀- and Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀-.

u- + -chafu (“dirty”) → uchafu (“dirtiness”)

u- + mtoto (“child”) → utoto (“childhood”)

u- + binafsi (“self”) → ubinafsi (“individualism”)

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] noun prefix, denoting natural objects, extensions, abstract qualities, or collections of small things.

u- + French France (“France”) → Ufaransa (“France”)

ulimi mrefu


u-

you, 2nd person singular subject concord

For a full table including other classes


u-

From Proto-Bantu *gʊ́- and Proto-Bantu *dʊ́-.

هُنُ اُلِمِغُ بَحَرِ تِيْسِ ، اُنَ مَتُبَوِ نَمَغِ مَاسِ،

18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi, stanza 13:

This world is a troubled sea, it has corals and much wickedness;

Hunu ulimwengu baḥari tesi, una matumbawe na-mangi masi,

it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] subject concord

verb-initial form of -u- (“it, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] object concord”)


tishu

tishu class IX (canonical)
tishu class X (plural)

Mtu huyo alilazimika kulishwa kwa kutumia paipu kwa siku saba mfululilizo ili kutoa fursa kwa tishu hizo kupona.

2018 January 17, “Apasuka koo kwa kujaribu kuzuia kupiga chafya”, in BBC News Swahili:

The man had to be fed through a tube for seven days in a row to give the tissue a chance to heal.


seminari

seminari class IX (plural seminari class X)

seminari class IX (canonical)
seminari class X (plural)


adui

adui class I/IX (plural adui class II/X or maadui class II/X)

adui class I (canonical)
IX (canonical)
adui class II (plural)
X (plural)
maadui class II (plural)


ku-

-ta-

Infix position positive subject concord; Positive future

Infix position positive subject concord; Negative subjunctive

-ngali-

Infix position positive subject concord; Positive past conditional

-singali-

Infix position positive subject concord; Negative past conditional

-me-

Infix position positive subject concord; Perfect

Infix position positive subject concord; Consecutive

-ta-

Infix position negative subject concord; Negative future

-ngali-

Infix position negative subject concord; Negative past conditional

Kufanya kazi ni muhimu ili kupata pesa.

Working is important in order to earn money.

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku class|ku class_((XV))]] noun prefix; used before verb stem with eventual object concord to form infinitive

Nataka kukisoma.

Ilisababisha watu kujifunza zaidi.

Watu wasiopungua kumi wanadaiwa kuuawa na wengine zaidi ya thelathini kujeruhiwa vibaya.

2023, “Waasi wa ADF wadaiwa kuwaua raia”, in DW:

At least ten people are claimed to have been killed and more than thirty others to have been seriously injured.

used after auxiliary verbs that do not require subject agreement and tense/aspect marking on the dependent verb

-nge-

Infix position positive subject concord; Positive present conditional

-singe-

Infix position positive subject concord; Negative present conditional

-nge-

Infix position negative subject concord; Negative present conditional

kitabu cha kufundishia

baada ya kipindi kupita

used after -a (including in the presense of a subject)

Nilisoma na kuandika.

used after na to replace elided subject agreement and tense/aspect marking

Kusafiri ni kuzuri sana.

mahali kuzuri

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku class|ku class_((XV))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku locative class|ku class_((XVII))]] adjective agreement prefix

verb-initial form of -ku- (“you, 2st person singular (or, if with suffix -ni, plural) object concord”)


ku-

Kutoa kunatokana na moyo.

Kuna watu wengi nchini wanaotaka amani.

There are many people in the country who want peace.

it, there; [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku class|ku class_((XV))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku locative class|ku class_((XVII))]] subject concord

verb-initial form of -ku- (“there, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku locative class|ku class_((XVII))]] object concord”)


katalogi

katalogi class IX (plural katalogi class X)

katalogi class IX (canonical)
katalogi class X (plural)

catalogue (a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.)


tridenti

tridenti class IX (plural tridenti class X)

tridenti class IX (canonical)
tridenti class X (plural)


afya

afya class IX (canonical)
afya class X (plural)

health (state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction)

afya ya jamii

afya ya jinsia

afya ya jinsia na uzazi


afya

bless you (said to somebody who has sneezed)


fukara

fukara class V (plural mafukara class VI)

fukara class V (canonical)
mafukara class VI (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic فُقَرَاء (fuqarāʔ), plural form of فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man, pauper”).


pafu

pafu class V (canonical)
mapafu class VI (plural)


dili

dili class IX (canonical)
dili class X (plural)


jemu

jemu class IX (canonical)
jemu class X (plural)

jam (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)


kisiwa

kisiwa class VII (plural visiwa class VIII)

kisiwa class VII (canonical)
visiwa class VIII (plural)


mlango

mlango class III (plural milango class IV)

mlango class III (canonical)
milango class IV (plural)


mdudu

mdudu class I (canonical)
wadudu class II (plural)


duka la vitabu

duka la vitabu class V (plural maduka ya vitabu class VI)

duka la vitabu class V (canonical)
maduka ya vitabu class VI (plural)


kifaa

kifaa class VII (plural vifaa class VIII)

kifaa class VII (canonical)
vifaa class VIII (plural)

device (a piece of equipment made for a particular purpose)


moyo

moyo class III (canonical)
mioyo class IV (plural)

نِيَضِهِرِشِ يَغُ مَقَالِ ، اَبَيُ مُيُوْنِ نِقُصُدِيِ

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

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

Niyaḍihirishe yangu maqali, ambayo moyoni niquṣudiye.

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


jela

jela class IX (canonical)
jela class X (plural)


kusuru

-kusuru (canonical)
kukusuru (infinitive)
kukusuru (infinitive)
kutokusuru (infinitive negative)
kusuru (imperative singular)
kusuruni (imperative plural)
hukusuru (habitual)
positive subject concord + -likusuru (past)
negative subject concord + -kukusuru (negative past)
ninakusuru (first-person present singular)
nakusuru (first-person present singular)
tunakusuru (first-person plural present)
unakusuru (present second-person singular)
mnakusuru (plural present second-person)
anakusuru (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanakusuru (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nakusuru (present third-person)
sikusuru (first-person negative present singular)
hatukusuru (first-person negative plural present)
hukusuru (negative present second-person singular)
hamkusuru (negative plural present second-person)
hakusuru (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawakusuru (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -kusuru (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -takusuru (future)
negative subject concord + -takusuru (future negative)
nikusuru (first-person singular subjunctive)
tukusuru (first-person plural subjunctive)
ukusuru (second-person singular subjunctive)
mkusuru (plural second-person subjunctive)
akusuru (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wakusuru (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -kusuru (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sikusuru (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngekusuru (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singekusuru (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalikusuru (irrealis past)
nakusuru (first-person gnomic singular)
twakusuru (first-person gnomic plural)
wakusuru (gnomic second-person singular)
mwakusuru (gnomic plural second-person)
akusuru (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wakusuru (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wakusuru (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yakusuru (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lakusuru (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yakusuru (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chakusuru (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyakusuru (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yakusuru (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zakusuru (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wakusuru (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwakusuru (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pakusuru (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwakusuru (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mekusuru (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshakusuru (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jakusuru (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kikusuru (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipokusuru (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kakusuru (consecutive subjunctive)
-nikusuru (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tukusuru (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kukusuru (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wakusuru (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kukusuruni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wakusuruni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mkusuru (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wakusuru (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ukusuru (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ikusuru (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-likusuru (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yakusuru (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kikusuru (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vikusuru (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ikusuru (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zikusuru (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ukusuru (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kukusuru (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pakusuru (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mukusuru (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jikusuru (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-kusuruye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-kusuruo (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-kusuruo (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-kusuruyo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-kusurulo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-kusuruyo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-kusurucho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-kusuruvyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-kusuruyo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-kusuruzo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-kusuruo (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kusuruko (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-kusurupo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-kusurumo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yekusuru (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-okusuru (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-okusuru (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yokusuru (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lokusuru (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yokusuru (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chokusuru (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyokusuru (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yokusuru (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zokusuru (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-okusuru (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kokusuru (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pokusuru (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mokusuru (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


kusuru

(in reflexive forms)
to shorten (of Muslim prayer)


wili

-wili (canonical)
wawili (plural)
miwili (plural)
mawili (plural)
viwili (plural)
mbili (plural)
pawili (singular)
kuwili (singular)
muwili (singular)


huia

-huia (canonical)
kuhuia (infinitive)
kuhuia (infinitive)
kutohuia (infinitive negative)
huia (imperative singular)
huieni (imperative plural)
huhuia (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lihuia (past)
negative subject concord + -kuhuia (negative past)
ninahuia (first-person present singular)
nahuia (first-person present singular)
tunahuia (first-person plural present)
unahuia (present second-person singular)
mnahuia (plural present second-person)
anahuia (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanahuia (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nahuia (present third-person)
sihuii (first-person negative present singular)
hatuhuii (first-person negative plural present)
huhuii (negative present second-person singular)
hamhuii (negative plural present second-person)
hahuii (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawahuii (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -huii (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tahuia (future)
negative subject concord + -tahuia (future negative)
nihuie (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuhuie (first-person plural subjunctive)
uhuie (second-person singular subjunctive)
mhuie (plural second-person subjunctive)
ahuie (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wahuie (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -huie (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sihuie (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngehuia (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singehuia (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalihuia (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singalihuia (irrealis negative past)
nahuia (first-person gnomic singular)
twahuia (first-person gnomic plural)
wahuia (gnomic second-person singular)
mwahuia (gnomic plural second-person)
ahuia (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wahuia (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wahuia (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yahuia (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lahuia (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yahuia (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chahuia (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyahuia (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yahuia (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zahuia (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wahuia (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwahuia (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pahuia (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwahuia (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mehuia (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshahuia (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jahuia (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kihuia (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipohuia (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kahuie (consecutive subjunctive)
-nihuia (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuhuia (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuhuia (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wahuia (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuhuieni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wahuieni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mhuia (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wahuia (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uhuia (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ihuia (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lihuia (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yahuia (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kihuia (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vihuia (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ihuia (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zihuia (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uhuia (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuhuia (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pahuia (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muhuia (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jihuia (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-huiaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-huiao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-huiao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-huiayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-huialo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-huiayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-huiacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-huiavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-huiayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-huiazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-huiao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-huiako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-huiapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-huiamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yehuia (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-ohuia (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-ohuia (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yohuia (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lohuia (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yohuia (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chohuia (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyohuia (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yohuia (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zohuia (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-ohuia (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kohuia (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pohuia (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mohuia (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


kanga

kanga class IX (canonical)
kanga class X (plural)
khanga (alternative)

→ English: kanga

→ Malagasy: akanga

Huyu kanga nitamla peke yangu.

2005, Masomo ya Msingi 8, →ISBN, page 21:


droni

droni class IX (canonical)
droni class X (plural)

2022 April 18, “Vita vya Ukraine: Je, droni ndiyo itakayoamua mshindi wa vita siku zijazo?”, in BBC News Swahili:

Will the drone decide the winner of future wars?


emoji

emoji class IX (canonical)
emoji class X (plural)

Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”).

emoji (“digital graphic icon used to represent a concept or object”).


ramia

ramia class IX (canonical)
ramia class X (plural)

(firearms) cartridge, round of ammunition


jike

jike class V (canonical)
majike class VI (plural)

a female animal (belonging to the sex with larger, fertilizable gametes)


wika

-wika (canonical)
kuwika (infinitive)
kuwika (infinitive)
kutowika (infinitive negative)
wika (imperative singular)
wikeni (imperative plural)
huwika (habitual)
positive subject concord + -liwika (past)
negative subject concord + -kuwika (negative past)
ninawika (first-person present singular)
nawika (first-person present singular)
tunawika (first-person plural present)
unawika (present second-person singular)
mnawika (plural present second-person)
anawika (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanawika (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nawika (present third-person)
siwiki (first-person negative present singular)
hatuwiki (first-person negative plural present)
huwiki (negative present second-person singular)
hamuwiki (negative plural present second-person)
hawiki (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawawiki (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -wiki (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tawika (future)
negative subject concord + -tawika (future negative)
niwike (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuwike (first-person plural subjunctive)
uwike (second-person singular subjunctive)
muwike (plural second-person subjunctive)
awike (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wawike (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -wike (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -siwike (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngewika (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singewika (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngaliwika (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singaliwika (irrealis negative past)
nawika (first-person gnomic singular)
twawika (first-person gnomic plural)
wawika (gnomic second-person singular)
mwawika (gnomic plural second-person)
awika (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wawika (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wawika (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yawika (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lawika (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yawika (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chawika (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyawika (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yawika (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zawika (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wawika (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwawika (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pawika (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwawika (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mewika (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshawika (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jawika (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kiwika (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipowika (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kawike (consecutive subjunctive)
-niwika (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuwika (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuwika (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wawika (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuwikeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wawikeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-muwika (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wawika (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uwika (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-iwika (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-liwika (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yawika (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kiwika (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-viwika (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-iwika (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ziwika (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uwika (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuwika (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pawika (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muwika (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jiwika (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-wikaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-wikao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-wikao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-wikayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-wikalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-wikayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-wikacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-wikavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-wikayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-wikazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-wikao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-wikako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-wikapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-wikamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yewika (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-owika (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-owika (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yowika (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lowika (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yowika (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chowika (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyowika (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yowika (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zowika (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-owika (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kowika (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-powika (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mowika (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


nembo

nembo class IX (canonical)
nembo class X (plural)


pangu

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] inflected form of -angu


sapatu

sapatu class IX (canonical)
sapatu class X (plural)

From Arabic سَبَّاط (sabbāṭ), compare Spanish zapato


adesi

adesi class IX (canonical)
adesi class X (plural)


sinagogi

sinagogi class IX (plural sinagogi class X)

sinagogi class IX (canonical)
sinagogi class X (plural)
sunagogi (alternative)


pa-

The prefix for noun class 16 denoting locatives (position at a place).


pa-

there, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] subject concord

verb-initial form of -pa- (“there, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] object concord”)


pa-

Contraction of pa- + -a- (“[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] gnomic”).


Mhindi

Mhindi class I (plural Wahindi class II)

Mhindi class I (canonical)
Wahindi class II (plural)
Muindi (alternative)


pumbaa

-pumbaa (canonical)
kupumbaa (infinitive)
kupumbaa (infinitive)
kutopumbaa (infinitive negative)
pumbaa (imperative singular)
pumbaeni (imperative plural)
hupumbaa (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lipumbaa (past)
negative subject concord + -kupumbaa (negative past)
ninapumbaa (first-person present singular)
napumbaa (first-person present singular)
tunapumbaa (first-person plural present)
unapumbaa (present second-person singular)
mnapumbaa (plural present second-person)
anapumbaa (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanapumbaa (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -napumbaa (present third-person)
sipumbai (first-person negative present singular)
hatupumbai (first-person negative plural present)
hupumbai (negative present second-person singular)
hampumbai (negative plural present second-person)
hapumbai (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawapumbai (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -pumbai (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tapumbaa (future)
negative subject concord + -tapumbaa (future negative)
nipumbae (first-person singular subjunctive)
tupumbae (first-person plural subjunctive)
upumbae (second-person singular subjunctive)
mpumbae (plural second-person subjunctive)
apumbae (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wapumbae (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -pumbae (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sipumbae (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngepumbaa (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singepumbaa (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalipumbaa (irrealis past)
napumbaa (first-person gnomic singular)
twapumbaa (first-person gnomic plural)
wapumbaa (gnomic second-person singular)
mwapumbaa (gnomic plural second-person)
apumbaa (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wapumbaa (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wapumbaa (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yapumbaa (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lapumbaa (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yapumbaa (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chapumbaa (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyapumbaa (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yapumbaa (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zapumbaa (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wapumbaa (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwapumbaa (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
papumbaa (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwapumbaa (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mepumbaa (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshapumbaa (already-form)
negative subject concord + -japumbaa (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kipumbaa (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipopumbaa (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kapumbae (consecutive subjunctive)
-nipumbaa (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tupumbaa (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kupumbaa (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wapumbaa (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kupumbaeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wapumbaeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mpumbaa (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wapumbaa (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-upumbaa (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ipumbaa (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lipumbaa (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yapumbaa (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kipumbaa (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vipumbaa (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ipumbaa (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zipumbaa (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-upumbaa (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kupumbaa (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-papumbaa (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mupumbaa (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jipumbaa (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-pumbaaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbaao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-pumbaao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbaayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-pumbaalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbaayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-pumbaacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbaavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-pumbaayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbaazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-pumbaao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbaako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbaapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbaamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yepumbaa (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-opumbaa (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-opumbaa (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yopumbaa (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lopumbaa (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yopumbaa (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chopumbaa (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyopumbaa (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yopumbaa (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zopumbaa (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-opumbaa (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kopumbaa (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-popumbaa (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mopumbaa (class-18 object-concord relative singular)

Probably connected with pumba (“lump; clod of earth”), following a sense of “be lumpish, heavy”.

pumbaa kazi

take no pains about a job, do it carelessly, be idle

to be foolish, silly, weak-minded, careless, negligent.


pumbaza

-pumbaza (canonical)
kupumbaza (infinitive)
kupumbaza (infinitive)
kutopumbaza (infinitive negative)
pumbaza (imperative singular)
pumbazeni (imperative plural)
hupumbaza (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lipumbaza (past)
negative subject concord + -kupumbaza (negative past)
ninapumbaza (first-person present singular)
napumbaza (first-person present singular)
tunapumbaza (first-person plural present)
unapumbaza (present second-person singular)
mnapumbaza (plural present second-person)
anapumbaza (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanapumbaza (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -napumbaza (present third-person)
sipumbazi (first-person negative present singular)
hatupumbazi (first-person negative plural present)
hupumbazi (negative present second-person singular)
hampumbazi (negative plural present second-person)
hapumbazi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawapumbazi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -pumbazi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tapumbaza (future)
negative subject concord + -tapumbaza (future negative)
nipumbaze (first-person singular subjunctive)
tupumbaze (first-person plural subjunctive)
upumbaze (second-person singular subjunctive)
mpumbaze (plural second-person subjunctive)
apumbaze (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wapumbaze (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -pumbaze (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sipumbaze (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngepumbaza (irrealis present)
napumbaza (first-person gnomic singular)
twapumbaza (first-person gnomic plural)
wapumbaza (gnomic second-person singular)
mwapumbaza (gnomic plural second-person)
apumbaza (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wapumbaza (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wapumbaza (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yapumbaza (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lapumbaza (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yapumbaza (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chapumbaza (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyapumbaza (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yapumbaza (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zapumbaza (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wapumbaza (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwapumbaza (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
papumbaza (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwapumbaza (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mepumbaza (perfect)
negative subject concord + -japumbaza (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kipumbaza (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipopumbaza (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kapumbaze (consecutive subjunctive)
-nipumbaza (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tupumbaza (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kupumbaza (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wapumbaza (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kupumbazeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wapumbazeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mpumbaza (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wapumbaza (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-upumbaza (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ipumbaza (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lipumbaza (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yapumbaza (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kipumbaza (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vipumbaza (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ipumbaza (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zipumbaza (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-upumbaza (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kupumbaza (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-papumbaza (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mupumbaza (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jipumbaza (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-pumbazaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbazao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-pumbazao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbazayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-pumbazalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbazayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-pumbazacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbazavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-pumbazayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbazazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-pumbazao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbazako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbazapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-pumbazamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yepumbaza (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-opumbaza (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-opumbaza (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yopumbaza (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lopumbaza (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yopumbaza (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chopumbaza (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyopumbaza (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yopumbaza (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zopumbaza (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-opumbaza (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kopumbaza (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-popumbaza (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mopumbaza (class-18 object-concord relative singular)

Causative form of -pumbaa: to fool, make a fool of, delude, deceive

-pumbaa

(reflexive) to feign foolishness, pretend to be stupid


pumba

pumba class V (canonical)
mapumba class VI (plural)

Kuwa mapumba

(also bumba) lump; rolled-up piece; clod of earth; packet.


taya

taya class V or IX (plural mataya class VI or taya class X)

taya class V (canonical)
IX (canonical)
mataya class VI (plural)
taya class X (plural)


blogu

blogu class IX (canonical)
blogu class X (plural)


kloroplasti

kloroplasti class IX (plural kloroplasti class X)

kloroplasti class IX (canonical)
kloroplasti class X (plural)


kromatografia

kromatografia class IX (plural kromatografia class X)

kromatografia class IX (canonical)
kromatografia class X (plural)


pande

pande class V (canonical)
mapande class VI (plural)


lifti

lifti class IX (canonical)
lifti class X (plural)

lift, ride (act of transporting someone in a vehicle)


randi

randi class IX (canonical)
randi class X (plural)


nyanya

nyanya class IX (canonical)
nyanya class X (plural)

Ruth alimtuma Wilkins anunue nyanya.

(Kenya) grandmother (mother of someone's parent)


mwezi

mwezi class III (canonical)
miezi class IV (plural)

moon (the Moon, the satellite of planet Earth)


gauni

gauni class V (canonical)
magauni class VI (plural)


kisigino

kisigino class VII (plural visigino class VIII)

kisigino class VII (canonical)
visigino class VIII (plural)


ndoto

ndoto class IX (canonical)
ndoto class X (plural)

dream (imaginary events seen while sleeping)


divai

divai class IX (canonical)
divai class X (plural)
devai (alternative)

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

wine (alcoholic beverage made from grapes)


jibini

jibini class IX (canonical)
jibini class X (plural)

From a dialectal form of Arabic جُبْن (jubn).


daraja

daraja class V (plural madaraja class VI)

daraja class V (canonical)
madaraja class VI (plural)

Kikuyu: ndaraca

bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)

daraja la kwanza


mpishi

mpishi class I (plural wapishi class II)

mpishi class I (canonical)
wapishi class II (plural)


pweza

pweza class IX (canonical)
pweza class X (plural)


jogoo

jogoo class V (canonical)
majogoo class VI (plural)


buibui

buibui class IX (canonical)
buibui class X (plural)


kaboni

kaboni class IX (canonical)
kaboni class X (plural)


posho

posho class IX (canonical)
posho class X (plural)


nusu

nusu class IX (canonical)
nusu class X (plural)

Borrowed from Omani Arabic نص (nuṣṣ), widespread dialectal variant of standard Arabic نِصْف (niṣf, “half”).


mstatili

mstatili class III (plural mistatili class IV)

mstatili class III (canonical)
mistatili class IV (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَطِيل (mustaṭīl).


kijiji

sw-noun

kijiji class VII (plural vijiji class VIII)

kijiji class VII (canonical)
vijiji class VIII (plural)

From kiji- (“diminutive”) + mji (“town”).

village (a rural habitation below the size of a town)


kitunguu

kitunguu class VII (plural vitunguu class VIII)

kitunguu class VII (canonical)
vitunguu class VIII (plural)


kiazi

kiazi class VII (plural viazi class VIII)

kiazi class VII (canonical)
viazi class VIII (plural)

potato (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable)


huduma

huduma class IX (canonical)
huduma class X (plural)

huduma ya kwanza


jarida

jarida class V (plural majarida class VI)

jarida class V (canonical)
majarida class VI (plural)


longitudo

longitudo class IX (plural longitudo class X)

longitudo class IX (canonical)
longitudo class X (plural)

Coordinate term: latitudo


mshumaa

mshumaa class III (plural mishumaa class IV)

mshumaa class III (canonical)
mishumaa class IV (plural)


chunga

-chunga (canonical)
kuchunga (infinitive)


chunga

-chunga (canonical)
kuchunga (infinitive)
kuchunga (infinitive)
kutochunga (infinitive negative)
chunga (imperative singular)
chungeni (imperative plural)
huchunga (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lichunga (past)
negative subject concord + -kuchunga (negative past)
ninachunga (first-person present singular)
nachunga (first-person present singular)
tunachunga (first-person plural present)
unachunga (present second-person singular)
mnachunga (plural present second-person)
anachunga (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanachunga (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nachunga (present third-person)
sichungi (first-person negative present singular)
hatuchungi (first-person negative plural present)
huchungi (negative present second-person singular)
hamchungi (negative plural present second-person)
hachungi (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawachungi (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -chungi (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tachunga (future)
negative subject concord + -tachunga (future negative)
nichunge (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuchunge (first-person plural subjunctive)
uchunge (second-person singular subjunctive)
mchunge (plural second-person subjunctive)
achunge (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wachunge (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -chunge (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sichunge (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngechunga (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singechunga (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalichunga (irrealis past)
nachunga (first-person gnomic singular)
twachunga (first-person gnomic plural)
wachunga (gnomic second-person singular)
mwachunga (gnomic plural second-person)
achunga (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wachunga (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wachunga (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yachunga (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lachunga (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yachunga (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chachunga (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyachunga (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yachunga (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zachunga (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wachunga (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwachunga (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pachunga (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwachunga (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mechunga (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshachunga (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jachunga (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kichunga (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipochunga (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kachunge (consecutive subjunctive)
-nichunga (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuchunga (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuchunga (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wachunga (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kuchungeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wachungeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mchunga (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wachunga (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uchunga (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ichunga (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lichunga (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yachunga (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kichunga (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vichunga (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ichunga (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zichunga (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uchunga (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuchunga (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pachunga (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muchunga (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jichunga (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-chungaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-chungao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-chungao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-chungayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-chungalo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-chungayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chungacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-chungavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-chungayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-chungazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-chungao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-chungako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-chungapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-chungamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yechunga (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-ochunga (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-ochunga (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yochunga (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lochunga (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yochunga (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chochunga (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyochunga (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yochunga (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zochunga (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-ochunga (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kochunga (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pochunga (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mochunga (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


kibiriti

kibiriti class VII (plural vibiriti class VIII)

kibiriti class VII (canonical)
vibiriti class VIII (plural)


mashua

mashua class IX (canonical)
mashua class X (plural)

→ English: mashua

Borrowed from Omani Arabic ماشوة (māšūa ~ māšawwa), ultimately from an Indian source; compare Gujarati મછવો (machvo) (plural/oblique મછવા (machvā)), Marathi मचवा (macvā).


mzee

mzee class I (canonical)
wazee class II (plural)

→ English: mzee

→ Kikuyu: mũthee

→ Nubi: muzé

→ Subi: omuzehe

title of respect to anyone older than oneself, including parents


mzee

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|m class_((I))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] inflected form of -zee


akraba

akraba class IX (canonical)
akraba class X (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic اَقْرِبَاء (aqribāʔ, “relatives”), plural of قَرِيب (qarīb, “relative, relation”).


chache

-chache (canonical)
wachache (plural)
michache (plural)
machache (plural)
vichache (plural)
chache (plural)
pachache (singular)
kuchache (singular)
muchache (singular)


haragwe

sw-noun

haragwe class V (plural maharagwe class VI)

haragwe class V (canonical)
maharagwe class VI (plural)

Borrowed from Classical Persian [Term?].


matatu

matatu class V (canonical)
matatu class VI (plural)

From -tatu (“three”), based on the original flat fare of thirty cents in the 1960s.


matatu

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ji-ma class|ma class_((VI))]] inflected form of -tatu


taifa

taifa class V (canonical)
mataifa class VI (plural)

From Arabic طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa, “sect, division”).

der

nation (group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity)


abiria

sw-noun

abiria class V (plural maabiria class VI)

abiria class V (canonical)
maabiria class VI (plural)


dawati

dawati class V (plural madawati class VI)

dawati class V (canonical)
madawati class VI (plural)


biskuti

biskuti class IX (plural biskuti class X)

biskuti class IX (canonical)
biskuti class X (plural)


kisasi

kisasi class VII (plural visasi class VIII)

kisasi class VII (canonical)
visasi class VIII (plural)


mteja

mteja class I (canonical)
wateja class II (plural)

customer (one who purchases or receives a product or service)


umoja

From u- (abstract prefix) + moja (“one”).

Umoja ni muhimu sana. Umoja unaweza kutuweka pamoja tukawa wazalendo wa nchi yetu.

2002 March 13, Kenya National Assembly Official Record, Parliamentary Debates, page 25:

Unity is very critical. Unity can keep us together and make us native citizens of our country.

unity, oneness (the state of being one or undivided)


fotokopi

fotokopi class IX (plural fotokopi class X)

fotokopi class IX (canonical)
fotokopi class X (plural)


chatu

chatu class IX (canonical)
chatu class X (plural)


cheo

cheo class VII (canonical)
vyeo class VIII (plural)


chea

-chea (canonical)
kuchea (infinitive)
kuchea (infinitive)
kutochea (infinitive negative)
chea (imperative singular)
cheeni (imperative plural)
huchea (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lichea (past)
negative subject concord + -kuchea (negative past)
ninachea (first-person present singular)
nachea (first-person present singular)
tunachea (first-person plural present)
unachea (present second-person singular)
mnachea (plural present second-person)
anachea (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanachea (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nachea (present third-person)
sichei (first-person negative present singular)
hatuchei (first-person negative plural present)
huchei (negative present second-person singular)
hamchei (negative plural present second-person)
hachei (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawachei (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -chei (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tachea (future)
negative subject concord + -tachea (future negative)
nichee (first-person singular subjunctive)
tuchee (first-person plural subjunctive)
uchee (second-person singular subjunctive)
mchee (plural second-person subjunctive)
achee (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wachee (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -chee (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sichee (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngechea (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singechea (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalichea (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singalichea (irrealis negative past)
nachea (first-person gnomic singular)
twachea (first-person gnomic plural)
wachea (gnomic second-person singular)
mwachea (gnomic plural second-person)
achea (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wachea (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wachea (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yachea (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lachea (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yachea (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chachea (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyachea (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yachea (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zachea (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wachea (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwachea (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
pachea (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwachea (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mechea (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshachea (already-form)
negative subject concord + -jachea (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kichea (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipochea (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kachee (consecutive subjunctive)
-nichea (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tuchea (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kuchea (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wachea (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kucheeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wacheeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mchea (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wachea (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uchea (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ichea (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lichea (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yachea (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kichea (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vichea (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ichea (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zichea (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-uchea (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kuchea (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-pachea (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-muchea (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jichea (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-cheaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-cheao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-cheao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-cheayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-chealo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-cheayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-cheacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-cheavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-cheayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-cheazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-cheao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-cheako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-cheapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-cheamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yechea (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-ochea (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-ochea (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yochea (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lochea (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yochea (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chochea (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyochea (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yochea (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zochea (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-ochea (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kochea (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-pochea (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mochea (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


dutu

dutu class IX (canonical)
dutu class X (plural)


maulana

From Arabic مَوْلَانَا (mawlānā, “our lord”).

(Islam) A title, equivalent to "lord", most often used to refer to God


yaya

yaya class V (canonical)
mayaya class VI (plural)

Uncertain, but possibly from Portuguese aia (“maid”) or an Indian language, such as Hindi आया (āyā, “dry nurse, nanny”).


mbari

mbari class IX (canonical)
mbari class X (plural)