1
Q
suruali
A
pants
2
Q
nguo
A
cloth, clothing
3
Q
-ka-
A
a tense marker which is used in story-telling, It is also used to mean “and then” when a series of actions follow one another closely
4
Q
nilikuwa
A
i was (can also say “i was” as in i was Drake for halloween)
5
Q
-chora
A
to draw
6
Q
kila
A
every
7
Q
-choka
A
to be tired
8
Q
sarakasi
A
skits
9
Q
-vaa
A
to wear
10
Q
fupi
A
shorts
11
Q
huzuni
A
sadness
12
Q
ndefu
A
long
13
Q
kama
A
like
14
Q
kila saa
A
every hour
15
Q
idhaa
A
?
16
Q
-hudhuria
A
?
17
Q
gauni
A
?
18
Q
-chungua
A
?
19
Q
-chambua
A
?
20
Q
pekee
A
?
21
Q
ndoo
A
?
22
Q
mchawi /wachawi
A
witch doctor (with negative connotations of cursing people)
23
Q
mganga / waganga
A
witch doctor (not as negative)
24
Q
mgeni / wageni
A
visitor
25
mgonjwa / wagonjwa
a sick person
26
mke / wake
wife
27
mpishi / wapishi
cook (person)
| from -pika
28
mtumwa / watumwa
slave
29
mzungu / wazungu
white person (not necessarily derogatory)
30
mlinzi / walinzi
security guard
31
msafiri / wasafiri
traveller
32
mlimaji / walimaji
farmer
33
mjinga / wajinga
stupid (noun or adjective)
34
mkristo / wakristo
Christian
35
mzazi / wazazi
parent
36
babu
grandfather
37
kiziwi
a deaf person
| in m/wa noun class
38
kibarua
errand boy/girl, casual laborer
| in m/wa noun class
39
kijana
```
young person
(in m/wa noun class)
```
40
kipofu
```
blind person
(in m/wa noun class)
```
41
shangazi
auntie
42
mjomba / wajomba
uncle
43
binamu / binamu
cousin
44
mume
husband
45
shemeji
in-law
46
nono
fat
47
tiifu
hardworking
48
mchokozi / wachokozi
someone who makes fun of people, but not negative
49
-hisi
to beg
50
tukutu
naughty, mischievous, disobedient (adj.)
51
-potea
to get lost, be lost, disappear
52
-angalia
to look, watch, check, inspect, observe
53
kifaru / vifaru
rhinoceros
54
kitoto / vitoto
```
small baby (noun)
childishly (adverb)
```
55
shemeji
in-law
56
mchumba
fiancé(e)
57
baba wa kambo
stepfather
58
mama wa kambo
stepmother
59
mpwa
niece/nephew
60
-zoea
to get used to
61
chuo kikuu
university
62
-jali
to care
63
-fikiri
to think
64
-sahau
to forget
65
sukuma wiki
a green sort of like kale
| lit. "to push the week", an affordable vegetable
66
wakili
lawyer
67
kulewa chakari
to get stupid drunk
68
mlevi
drunkard
69
bahari
luck
70
-ua
to kill
71
ua / maua
a flower
72
-piga hodi
call 'hodi' outside someone's door
73
elimu
knowledge, science, education
74
gereza
prison
75
-ingia
to enter, go in; to join, take part in
76
ndani
inside, within
77
jiko
kitchen
78
-pata
get, find, obtain
79
mshtakiwa (washtakiwa)
accused, defendant
80
ukweli
truth
81
kaarafu
cloves
82
uwanja wa ndege
airport
83
uwanja
field, area
84
uwanja wa michezo
playing field
85
-panda
to get onto, mount; to grow
86
-pona
to heal, recover, get well
87
nyoka
snake
88
leseni
license
89
bila
without
90
-pania
to crash, collide, bump
91
nje
outside, out (preposition) + ya (outside of)
| external, foreign (adjective)
92
maelekezo
directions, instructions
93
ofisi ya watalii
tourist office
94
-elekeza
to direct, show the way
95
toka, kutoka
from (preposition)
96
-pinda
to bend, curve, turn
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