Swahili–English dictionary

mnyanya

tomato plant

modeli

person

moja

impersonal pronoun; one thing or person

Morisi

country

moyo

the card suit (♥)

mpaka

up to the time of

mpandaji

someone or something that climbs

mpapai

tree

mpepea

current of air coming in

mpira

solid or hollow sphere

mpira wa kikapu

the sport

mporaji

one who robs

mrithi

one who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another

msafirishaji

one who, or that which transports

msanifuujenzi

designer of buildings

msanii

person who creates art

msenge

transgender person

mshikaki

dish

mshikano

large quantity; sum

Mshtarii

planet

msichana

young female person

msimamizi

one who oversees

msimbo

familiar, invented given name

msimu

quarter of a year

mstatili

quadrilateral

msuli

contractile tissue

msumeno

tool

mtambo

engine

mtandao

interconnected group or system

mtapta

someone or something that translates meaning from one language to another

mtego

device used to hold and suddenly release an object

mtoto mchanga

very young human being — see also child

mtoto wa jicho

clouding of the lens in the eye

mtoto wa kiume

a male person in relation to his parents

mtoto yatima

person whose (parent or) parents have died

mtu

individual

mtumwa

person owned by another

muda

history: period of time seen as coherent entity

mudu

to succeed at an attempt

muhu

anything used to fill something

mumiani

embalmed corpse

mungu

deity

muuguzi

person trained to provide care for the sick

mvinyo

alcoholic beverage made from grapes — see also port wine, chianti

mviringo

spherical physical object

mwaarabu

person

mwaka

time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun

mwana

very young human being — see also child

mwanaanga

member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose — see also cosmonaut

mwanachuo

person enrolled at a university — see also university student

mwanafalsafa

person devoted to studying philosophy

mwanafunzi

person enrolled at a university — see also university student

mwanaisimu

one who studies linguistics

mwanambuzi

young goat

mwanamitindo

person

mwanamke

adult female person

mwanasanaa

person who creates art

mwanasoka

one who plays football

mwanaume

adult male human

mwandamanaji

person who protests

mwandishi

one who writes; a draughtsman

mwanga

source of illumination

mwari

young female person

mwendesha mashtaka

a person instituting criminal prosecution

mwendeshaji

one who drives something, e.g. cattle

mwendo

step: step

mwenye dhambi

person who has sinned

mwerezi

coniferous tree in genus Cedrus

Mweskimo

member of the Eskimo people(s)

mwewe

bird of prey of the family Accipitridae

mwiba

sharp protective structure of a plant

mwimbaji

of or pertaining to the voice or speech

mwuaji

murderer, person who kills

mzafarani

plant

mzambarau

fruit of Prunus domestica

mzazi

person from whom one is descended

mzee

Mormonism: title for a male missionary or a general authority

Mzulu

member of the Zulu people

mzuri

of food, edible; not stale or rotten

na

used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera

nadhifu

not dirty

nafaka

harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops

nafasi

bounded or specific physical extent

nambari

used to show the rank of something in a list or sequence

namna

in what manner

nasa

remove or take control of opponent’s piece

nazi

fruit of coco palm

ndani

within the interior

ndege

person

ndevu

opposite-sex companion of a gay person

ndimu

colour/color

ndiyo

word used to indicate agreement or acceptance

ndizi

fruit

ndugu

male sibling

ndumba

use of rituals or actions exploiting the supernatural

neno

unit of language

nesi

person trained to provide care for the sick

ngazi

climbing tool

ngozi

skin

nguruwe

mammal of family Suidae

niaba

behalf

njaa

need for food

njano

plant

njia

method or manner

njugu

hard-shelled fruit

nomino

grammatical category (narrow sense)

nunda

non-human animal

nyama

substance, solid part

nyanya

fruit

nyara

object taken by a hunter or conqueror of their success

nyekundu

having red as its colour

nyonga

joint

nyota

a celestial body appearing as a point of light on the clear night sky, whose position is relatively fixed with respect to each other

nyuki

insect

nyuma

at the back of

nyumba

human abode

nzige

type of grasshopper

obiti

path of one object around another

oda

to set in (any) order

operesheni

procedure for generating a value from one or more other values

ota

mammal

painti

unit of volume for liquids

Palestina

geographic region

pamba

fiber

panchi

device for creating holes in thin material

pandemia

disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population

panga

to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen

papa

head of the Roman Catholic Church

pata

to obtain

pekani

nut

peleka

(transitive) to change the place of something

pembe

growth on the heads of certain animals

pembe za ndovu

material

pendekezo

that which is proposed

pevu

adult

picha

painting of a person

pichi

fruit

piga simu

(transitive) to (attempt to) contact (someone) using a telephone; (intransitive) to (attempt to) contact someone using a telephone

pinda

to cause to shape into a curve

pingine

indicating a lack of certainty

pipa

round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop

pokea

to take possession of

pole

spread over a comparatively long time

pombe kali

organic chemistry sense

pomboo

aquatic mammal

povu

substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains

promota

one who promotes

pweza

sea animal

rabi

deity

rada

method of detecting a distant object by analysing radio waves which are sent towards the object and which reflect off its surfaces; field of study of this method