Index
Swahili to English
Agosti: 1. August
Alhamisi: 1. Thursday
Allah: 1. God
Aprili: 1. April
Bahari ya Sham: 1. Red Sea
Bara Hindi: 1. India
Biblia: 1. Bible
Desemba: 1. December
Februari: 1. February
Habeshi: 1. Abyssinia
Ibilisi: 1. Lucifer, Satan
Ijumaa: 1. Friday
Januari: 1. January
Julai: 1. July
Jumanne: 1. Tuesday
Jumapili: 1. Sunday
Jumatano: 1. Wednesday
Jumatatu: 1. Monday
Juni: 1. June
Kenya: 1. Kenya
Machi: 1. March
Mei: 1. May
Mfaransa: 1. Frenchman
Mhindi: 1. Indian
Misri: 1. Egypt
Mkristo: 1. Christian
Mreno: 1. Portuguese
Mrumi: 1. Roman
Msahafu: 1. Koran
Mungu: 1. God
Mwarabu: 1. Arab
Mwingereza: 1. Englishman, Sassenach
Mwislamu: 1. Mohammedan, Moslem, Muslim, Mussulman
Myahudi: 1. Hebrew, Jew | 2. Jew
Myunani: 1. Greek
Mzungu: 1. European
Novemba: 1. November
Oktoba: 1. October
Pasaka: 1. Easter
Rajabu: 1. Rajab
Ramadhani: 1. Ramadan
Septemba: 1. September
Sham: 1. Syria
Tanzania: 1. Tanzania
-ake: 1. their | 2. his | 3. her, his, its, their | 4. its | 5. her
-ako: 1. your | 2. your
-angu: 1. my
-ao: 1. their | 2. her, his, its, their
-a huzuni: 1. dismal, gaunt, miserable, sad
-a kenda: 1. ninth
-a kigeni: 1. alien, foreign, strange
-a kumi: 1. tenth
-a kutosha: 1. enough, sufficient
-a kuume: 1. right, righthand
-a kwanza: 1. first
-a moto: 1. hot
-a mwisho: 1. last
-a nane: 1. eighth
-a nne: 1. fourth
-a pili: 1. second
-a saba: 1. seventh
-a sita: 1. sixth
-a tano: 1. fifth
-a tatu: 1. third
-a tisa: 1. ninth
-baya: 1. bad, miserable, nasty, poor
-bichi: 1. unripe
-bivu: 1. mature, ripe
-bovu: 1. addled, bad, rotten
-chungu: 1. acerbic, bitter
-dogo: 1. diminutive, little, small
-ekundu: 1. red
-ema: 1. good, nice, okay
-embamba: 1. narrow | 2. slender, slim
-enu: 1. your | 2. your
-enyewe: 1. self, herself, himself, itself
-enye akili: 1. able, capable
-enye giza: 1. dark, dim
-enye nguvu: 1. strong
-epesi: 1. light | 2. fast, quick, rapid, speedy, swift
-erevu: 1. clever, cunning, sly, smart
-etu: 1. our
-eusi: 1. black
-fupi: 1. short | 2. brief, short
-gonjwa: 1. ill, sick
-gumu: 1. hard | 2. hard
-ingi: 1. a lot of, much
-ingine: 1. other, another, else
-kali: 1. hot
-kavu: 1. dry
-kubwa: 1. big, great, large | 2. important, serious
-kuu: 1. chief, main, major, principal
-moja: 1. one
-na: 1. have, have got
-nane: 1. eight
-nene: 1. bold, corpulent, fat, thick
-nne: 1. four
-nono: 1. bold, corpulent, fat, thick
-o -ote: 1. at all, -ever
-pana: 1. broad
-pya: 1. new, novel
-refu: 1. long | 2. deep, profound
-sahaulifu: 1. forgetful
-tamu: 1. gentle, soft, sweet, tender
-tano: 1. five
-tatu: 1. three
-tupu: 1. empty, void
-vivu: 1. lazy
-wili: 1. two
-zima: 1. entire, overall, whole
-zito: 1. burdensome, heavy, onerous
-zuri: 1. beautiful, fine, handsome, lovely | 2. good, nice, okay
Uajemi: 1. Persia
Uarabu: 1. Arabia
Udachi: 1. Germany
Ufaransa: 1. France
Uganda: 1. Uganda
Uhindi: 1. India
Uingereza: 1. England | 2. England
Ujeremani: 1. Germany
Ulaya Faransa: 1. France
Ulaya wa Waamerikani: 1. United States of America, USA
Ulaya wa Waarabu: 1. Arabia
Ulaya wa Waingereza: 1. England | 2. England
Unguja: 1. Zanzibar
Ureno: 1. Portugal
Yahudi: 1. Hebrew, Jew | 2. Jew
adhuhuri: 1. midday, noon
adui: 1. adversary, enemy
afisi: 1. bureau, office
afya: 1. health
alasiri: 1. afternoon
anwani: 1. address
arobaini: 1. forty
asali: 1. honey
asante: 1. thank you, thanks
askari: 1. pawn, soldier
au: 1. or
baada ya: 1. after, behind
baba mdogo: 1. uncle
badala ya: 1. instead of
bahari: 1. sea
baisikeli: 1. bike, cycle, bicycle
bali: 1. but, however, nevertheless, yet
banda la motokaa: 1. garage
barbara: 1. road, route, way
baridi: 1. cold
barua: 1. letter
benki: 1. bank
bila: 1. without
binti: 1. daughter
bora: 1. fine, great
buibui: 1. spider
bustani: 1. garden
bwana: 1. boss, master
chai: 1. tea
chakula: 1. food
cheo: 1. measure, measurement | 2. grade, rank, rate
cheti: 1. certificate, testimony
chini: 1. below, downstairs, underneath | 2. below, underneath
chini ya: 1. below, beneath, under, underneath
chombo: 1. jug, box, container, vessel | 2. vase, vessel
choo: 1. dung, excrement | 2. latrine
chui: 1. leopard
chuma: 1. iron
chumba: 1. chamber, room
chumvi: 1. salt
chungu: 1. cooking pot | 2. jug, pot
chungwa: 1. orange
chuo: 1. school
chuo kikuu: 1. university
chupa: 1. bottle
chura: 1. frog
dada: 1. sister
dafu: 1. coconut
dakika: 1. minute
daktari: 1. doctor, physician
damu: 1. blood
dawa: 1. drug, medicine, pharmaceutical
desturi: 1. custom, habit, way
dubu: 1. bear
duka: 1. boutique, shop, store
edashara: 1. eleven
elfu: 1. thousand, one thousand
embe: 1. mango
faida: 1. gain, profit
farasi: 1. horse
fedha: 1. silver | 2. money
fisi: 1. hyaena
furaha: 1. gladness, joy
ganda: 1. bark, husk, peel, shell
gani?: 1. what kind of?
gazeti: 1. gazette, magazine, newspaper, periodical | 2. daily paper, journal, newspaper
ghafula: 1. all of a sudden, suddenly
ghali: 1. costly, dear, expensive, pricey
giza: 1. darkness, murk
goti: 1. knee
habari: 1. news, novelty, something new
hafifu: 1. faint, light, weak | 2. miserable, poor | 3. poor
haja: 1. need, want
hako: 1. absent
hamsini: 1. fifty
hasara: 1. loss
hata: 1. until, till
hatari: 1. danger, peril
hata kidogo: 1. not at all
hesabu: 1. account | 2. number, numeral
heshima: 1. respect
hewa: 1. air
hodari: 1. brave, courageous, valiant
hofu: 1. fear
homa: 1. ague, fever
hoteli: 1. hotel
huzuni: 1. sadness, sorrow
ikiwa: 1. if, provided that
ili: 1. for, to, in order to, per
imara: 1. strong
ingawa: 1. though, although
inzi: 1. fly, housefly
ishirini: 1. twenty
jambo: 1. affair, business, business deal, case, matter
jana: 1. yesterday
jani: 1. leaf, sheet
je: 1. hey, say | 2. now, well, well then
jembe: 1. hoe
jibini: 1. cheese
jibu: 1. answer, reply
jicho: 1. eye
jina: 1. appellation, name
jino: 1. tooth
jioni: 1. evening
jiwe: 1. stone
jogoo: 1. cock, rooster
jua: 1. sun
juma: 1. week
jumba: 1. palace
jumbe: 1. boss, chief, leader
juu: 1. above, on top, overhead, upstairs
juu ya: 1. across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, upon | 2. above, over | 3. on, upon
juzi: 1. the day before yesterday
kaa ya pwani: 1. crab
kabila: 1. tribe
kabisa: 1. at all, entirely, quite, wholly
kabla ya: 1. before, in front of
kahawa: 1. coffee
kaka: 1. brother
kalamu: 1. pencil
kama: 1. that | 2. if, provided that
kamili: 1. absolute, complete
kanisa: 1. church, church-building, house of worship, place of worship
karakana: 1. factory | 2. factory
karani: 1. clerk
karatasi: 1. paper
karibu: 1. nearby
kaskazini: 1. north, North
katika: 1. a, in, inside, into, on, per, within
katikati: 1. rather | 2. across, beyond, on the other side of
kati ya: 1. among, between
kazi: 1. job, work
kelele: 1. ado, din, noise
kenda: 1. nine
kesho: 1. tomorrow
kesho kutwa: 1. the day after tomorrow
kiatu: 1. shoe
kiazi: 1. potato
kibanda: 1. cabin, hut, shack
kiboko: 1. hippo, hippopotamus
kidole: 1. finger | 2. toe
kidonda: 1. ulcer, sore
kifaru: 1. rhino, rhinoceros
kifua: 1. bosom, breast, chest
kifungua kopo: 1. can opener, tin-opener
kifuniko: 1. cover, hood, lid
kijana: 1. youngster, youth
kijiji: 1. village
kijiko: 1. spoon
kijito: 1. stream
kikapu: 1. basket
kiko: 1. pipe
kikombe: 1. cup
kilima: 1. hill
kilo: 1. kilo
kilometa: 1. kilometre
kioo: 1. looking-glass, mirror | 2. glass
kipande: 1. fragment, lump, piece | 2. part, Parthian, share | 3. bit, lump, piece
kipofu: 1. blind, sightless person
kisima: 1. well
kisiwa: 1. island
kisu: 1. knife
kisungura: 1. rabbit
kitabu: 1. book
kitambaa: 1. cloth
kitanda: 1. bed
kiti: 1. chair
kitu: 1. thing | 2. article, object, thing
kitunguu: 1. onion
kiwanda: 1. factory | 2. factory
kiwanja: 1. earth, land, soil
kizibo: 1. cork
kobe: 1. tortoise
kondoo: 1. sheep
kongoni: 1. gnu, wildebeest
kosa: 1. aberration, error, mistake
kubali: 1. accede, agree, consent
kuku: 1. chicken, fowl | 2. fowl
kumi: 1. ten
kumi na -moja: 1. eleven
kumi na -nane: 1. eighteen
kumi na -nne: 1. fourteen
kumi na -tano: 1. fifteen
kumi na -tatu: 1. thirteen
kumi na -wili: 1. twelve
kumi na kenda: 1. nineteen
kumi na mbili: 1. twelve
kumi na moja: 1. eleven
kumi na nane: 1. eighteen
kumi na nne: 1. fourteen
kumi na saba: 1. seventeen
kumi na sita: 1. sixteen
kumi na tano: 1. fifteen
kumi na tatu: 1. thirteen
kumi na tisa: 1. nineteen
kusini: 1. south
kuvua: 1. fish
kwa: 1. from, out of
kwa heri: 1. adieu, farewell, bye, goodbye
kwa herini: 1. adieu, farewell, bye, goodbye
kwa hiyo: 1. on that account, therefore
kwa sababu: 1. because, for the reason that | 2. because, for the reason that | 3. as, because, for, since
kwenda na: 1. accompany
labda: 1. maybe, mayhap, perchance, perhaps, possibly
laini: 1. smooth | 2. soft
lakini: 1. but | 2. but, however, nevertheless, yet
lazima: 1. necessary
leo: 1. today
lugha: 1. language, tongue
maana: 1. meaning
maendeleo: 1. advance, advancement, progress
mafuta: 1. oil
magharibi: 1. west, West
mahali: 1. place | 2. plaza, square, public square
mahali po pote: 1. wherever
maisha: 1. life
maji: 1. water
malaika: 1. angel
mama: 1. mother
mamba: 1. crocodile
mapema: 1. early
mara: 1. occasion, time
mara kwa mara: 1. now and then
mara moja: 1. once, one time
mara nyingi: 1. frequently, often, regularly
mashariki: 1. east, East
mashine: 1. engine, machine
maskini: 1. miserable, poor
mavuno: 1. harvest
maziwa: 1. milk
mbegu: 1. seed
mbele: 1. ahead, formerly, previously | 2. ahead, foreward, on
mbele ya: 1. before, in front of
mbili: 1. two
mboga: 1. vegetable
mbu: 1. mosquito
mbuzi: 1. goat
mbwa: 1. dog
mbweha: 1. jackal
mchawi: 1. enchanter, magician, sorcerer, warlock, wizard
mchele: 1. rice | 2. husked rice
mcheza: 1. actor
mchezo: 1. game
mchungaji: 1. shepherd | 2. shepherd
mchungwa: 1. orange-tree
mdachi: 1. German
mdudu: 1. bug, insect
meza: 1. table
mfalme: 1. king
mfupa: 1. bone
mganga: 1. doctor, physician
mgeni: 1. foreigner, stranger | 2. guest
mgomba: 1. banana plant, banana-plant
mgonjwa: 1. patient | 2. patient
mguu: 1. leg | 2. leg, paw
mia: 1. hundred, one hundred
mia -wili: 1. two hundred
mia mbili: 1. two hundred
mjane: 1. widow
mjeremani: 1. German
mji: 1. city, town | 2. village
mjinga: 1. fool
mjomba: 1. uncle
mkahawa: 1. restaurant
mkate: 1. bread, loaf
mke: 1. wife
mkeka: 1. mat | 2. plaited mat
mkia: 1. tail
mkono: 1. hand
mlango: 1. gate, gateway, portal | 2. door
mlezi: 1. nurse
mlima: 1. hill | 2. mountain
mlinzi: 1. guard
mnazi: 1. coconut palm
mno: 1. quite, very, very much | 2. too, too much
mnyama: 1. animal | 2. animal, beast
moja: 1. one
moshi: 1. smoke
mosi: 1. one
moto: 1. fire
moyo: 1. heart
mpishi: 1. cook, male cook
mpunga: 1. rice
msaada: 1. aid, help | 2. aid, help
msafiri: 1. traveller
msalaba: 1. cross
mshahara: 1. salary, wage, wages
msitu: 1. forest, woods
mstari: 1. line
mswaki: 1. tooth-brush
mtama: 1. millet
mtambo: 1. engine, machine
mtende: 1. date palm, date-palm
mti: 1. tree | 2. pole, post, stanchion, stake | 3. timber, wood
mto: 1. river
mtu: 1. person
mtumishi: 1. boy, servant
mtumwa: 1. slave
muhindi: 1. corn, Indian corn, maize, mealies
muhogo: 1. cassava | 2. cassava
mume: 1. husband
muwa: 1. sugar-cane
mvua: 1. rain
mwaka: 1. year
mwalimu: 1. instructor, teacher
mwamerikani: 1. American, US citizen
mwana: 1. son | 2. child, offspring, young
mwanamke: 1. woman
mwanamume: 1. fellow, man
mwavuli: 1. umbrella
mwembe: 1. mango-tree
mwendo: 1. distance, offset | 2. journey, trip, voyage
mwenyeji: 1. inhabitant
mwenyewe: 1. owner
mwezi: 1. moon | 2. month
mwiba: 1. thorn
mwiko: 1. spoon, large spoon
mwili: 1. body
mwisho: 1. end, ending
mwivi: 1. thief
mwizi: 1. thief
mwuza duka: 1. shopkeeper
mzazi: 1. parent
mzigo: 1. burden, charge, load
mzizi: 1. root
na: 1. and
naam: 1. yes
nafasi: 1. time, while
nane: 1. eight
nazi: 1. coconut
nchi: 1. country, land
ndani: 1. inside
ndani ya: 1. a, in, inside, into, on, per, within
ndege: 1. bird
ndevu: 1. beard
ndiyo: 1. yes
ndizi: 1. banana
ndoto: 1. dream
ndovu: 1. elephant
ndugu: 1. brother | 2. relative
ndui: 1. smallpox
neno: 1. word
ngamia: 1. camel
ngano: 1. wheat
nge: 1. scorpion
nguo: 1. article of clothing, garment | 2. clothes, clothing
nguruwe: 1. hog, pig, swine
ng'ombe: 1. bovine, bovine animal
ng'ombe dume: 1. bull
njaa: 1. hunger
nje: 1. abroad, out, outside
njia: 1. path | 2. road, route, way
nne: 1. four
nta: 1. wax
nuru: 1. light
nyama: 1. meat
nyani: 1. baboon
nyanya: 1. tomato
nyati: 1. buffalo
nyoka: 1. serpent, snake
nyuki: 1. bee
nyuma: 1. behind
nyuma ya: 1. behind, after
nyumbu: 1. gnu, wildebeest
nyuni: 1. bird
paa: 1. antelope
paka: 1. cat
pamoja: 1. together
panya: 1. rat
panya mdogo: 1. mouse
pasipo: 1. without
pengine: 1. several times, sometimes
pia: 1. also, likewise, too | 2. equally, likewise
pili: 1. two
pokea: 1. accept, receive, take, take in
pombe: 1. ale, beer
punda: 1. ass, donkey
punda milia: 1. zebra
pwani: 1. coast, seaside, shore
rafiki: 1. friend
rahisi: 1. easy, facile | 2. cheap, inexpensive | 3. cheap, inexpensive
rangi: 1. colour, dye
ruhusa: 1. permission
saa: 1. clock, watch | 2. hour, o'clock, time
saba: 1. seven
sababu: 1. account, reason
sabini: 1. seventy
sabuni: 1. soap
safari: 1. journey, trip, voyage
sahihi: 1. correct, right
salamu: 1. greeting
samaki: 1. fish
sana: 1. quite, very, very much
sanduku: 1. box
sasa: 1. at present, now
sasa hivi: 1. at once, immediately, just, right away, right now
sehemu: 1. part, Parthian, share
seremala: 1. carpenter
shauri: 1. advice, counsel | 2. design, diagram, plan, plane | 3. plan, project, scheme
shimo: 1. well
shoka: 1. axe
shule: 1. school
siagi: 1. butter
sikio: 1. ear
siku: 1. day
sikuzote: 1. always, ever
siku hizi: 1. currently, nowadays, these days
simba: 1. lion
sindano: 1. needle
sisi: 1. us, we
sita: 1. six
sitini: 1. sixty
soko: 1. bazaar, fair, market | 2. market, marketplace
sukari: 1. sugar
sungura: 1. hare
swali: 1. question
taa: 1. lamp
tafadhali: 1. please
tajiri: 1. affluent, rich, wealthy, well-off
tangazo: 1. ad, advertisement
tano: 1. five
tarehe: 1. date
tatu: 1. three
tayari: 1. finished, ready, through
tembo: 1. elephant
tena: 1. afresh, again, all over again, anew | 2. afresh, again, once more
tendo: 1. accomplishment, achievement, act, action
thelathini: 1. thirty
themanini: 1. eighty
thenashara: 1. twelve
tisa: 1. nine
tisini: 1. ninety
tosha: 1. suffice
tu: 1. exclusively, just, only
tukio baya: 1. accident
tumbako: 1. tobacco
tumbili: 1. ape, monkey
tumbo: 1. stomach
tunda la kizungu: 1. apple
tundu: 1. hole
twiga: 1. giraffe
ua: 1. bloom, flower | 2. court, yard, courtyard
ubao: 1. board, plank
ubawa: 1. wing
uchawi: 1. enchantment, magic, sorcery, witchcraft, wizardry
udongo: 1. ground, soil
ufagio: 1. broom
ufalme: 1. kingdom
ufunguo: 1. key, wrench
ugenini: 1. abroad
ujinga: 1. wisdom
ukali: 1. acerbity, acrimony, acuity, sharpness
ukubwa: 1. size
ukuta: 1. wall
ulaya: 1. country, land
ulimi: 1. tongue
ulimwengu: 1. world
umaskini: 1. poverty
umeme: 1. lightning
umoja: 1. unity
umri: 1. age
unga: 1. flour, meal
uongo: 1. lie
upepo: 1. wind
upya: 1. newness
urefu: 1. length | 2. length
usiku: 1. night
usingizi: 1. sleep
uso: 1. face
utamu: 1. sweetness
uvivu: 1. laziness
uzi: 1. cord, rope, string
vema: 1. okay, well
vibaya: 1. badly
vizuri: 1. okay, well
volkeno: 1. volcano
wakati: 1. time, while
watu: 1. folk, nation, people
wavu: 1. net, network
wazo: 1. thought
wembe: 1. razor
weusi: 1. blackness
wiki: 1. week
wimbo: 1. song
wino: 1. ink
yai: 1. egg
yeye: 1. he, him