Here's some vocabulary going both from
Kiswahili to English (on the left)
and from
English to Kiswahili (on the right).
Select the initial letter from the alphabet row below or simply scroll down the the section you need.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Kiswahili to English | English to Kiswahili |
abiria, passengers afya, health afya ya jamii, public health alfajiri, dawn alifikia, to stay (at a particular place) alimbonyezabonyeza, to examine or touch alipigwa na mshangao, he was surprised alitawala, he ruled asili, origin asumini, jasmine B bahati, luck bandarini, at the port or harbor bara, continent Bara hindi, India Beit-el-ajaib "Nyumba ya Maajabu", House of Wonders besera ya kitanda, top poles of the bed biashara ndogo ndogo, small trade C chane za ndizi, bunch of bananas chapati, East African flat bread chombo, vessel D dawa, medicine dini, religion E elimu, education eropleni, airplane F forodha, harbor G gari, car gatini, at the pier ghafla, suddenly gubigubi, fully covered H hadhari, precautions Hajitumbo, name of a shopping district hakika, certain hamaki, anger homa, high temperature or a fever J jikoni, at the kitchen juhudi, effort jumba pekee, the only building K kabisa, completely kachafuka, dirty kaptula, shorts karne, century kazi, occupation kelele, loudly khassa, completely Kiajemi, Iranian (the language) Kiarabu, Arabic (the language) kiarusi, paralyzed Kichina, Chinese (the language) Kihindi, Hindi Kiingereza, English (the language) Kijerumani, German (the language) kikundi, small crowd kinga, protect kipindu pindu, cholera Kireno, Portuguese (the language) kitandani, in bed kituo, center kituo cha afya, health center kiunguacho, that which burns kiwanja cha ndege, airport kuacha, to stop or to quit kuchaga, to contribute kuchanja, to vaccinate kuelekea, to face kuenuza, to spread kuepuka, to avoid kufa, to die kufanana, to resemble kufaulu, to succeed kufika, to arrive kufunga nanga, to anchor kuhamia, to emigrate or to move kuhudhuria, to attend kujenga, to build kujengwa, to be built kujihisi, to feel kujikinga, to protect oneself kujinasibu, to claim one's ancestry to be... kujitayarisha, to prepare oneself kukaa, to stay or to inhabit kukata tamaa, to not have hope kukonga, to become an elder kulalamika, to complain kulea watoto, to raise children kulia, to cry kumpungua, to decrease or decline kunde, field peas kunyamaza, to keep quiet kunyonyesha, to suckle kuoga, to take a bath or a shower kuosha, to wash something kuota jua, to sun bathe kupakwa rangi, to be painted kupooza, to paralyze kupumzika, to rest kupunga upepo, to get a breath of fresh air kurejea, to return to a place kusanywa, to be put together kutundika, to hang up kuugua, to moan kuungua, to burn kuvunjwa, pulled down kwa nini, why L lifti, elevator lishe, nutrition lugha, language lugha ya kigeni, foreign language lugha ya kwanza, first language lugha ya mama na baba, first language M mabara, continents Machina, Chinese (the people) machozi, tears machungwa, oranges maembe, mangoes mafuriko, floods maharagwe, kidney beans mahindi, maize majengo, buildings majeruhi, victim maji, water makaburimsafa, place where people are buried when they die mama waja wazito, pregnant mothers mananasi, pineapples maonyesho, exhibitions or presentations maradhi, diseases mashua, sailboat masika, rainy season (March to May) matone, drops matone ya dawa, medicine drops mbona, why mchele, uncooked rice mfalme, king Mferejimaringo, section of town mikate ya kusukuma, East African flat bread mila, culture and tradition mizigo, cargo mkewe, his wife mkungu wa ndizi, many bunches of bananas mkuu, person of importance msikiti, mosque msimu, season mtaa, neighborhood mtihani wa taifa, national exam mtoto, child mtundu, naughty muhogo, cassava mumewe, her husband Mwaka Kogwa, Zanzibar New Year N nasaha, advice nazi, coconut ndege, airplane ndizi, banana ndizi mbichi, unripe banana ndizi nbivu, ripe banana ndui, small pox Ngome Kongwe, Old Fort ni lazima wahudhurie, it is necessary that they attend nondo, iron rods for building houses nyakati, times nyakati mbali mbali, different times "Nyumba ya Maajabu" Beit-el-ajaib, House of Wonders P pepo, winds pwani, beach S shahada, degree shahada ya kwanza, first degree shahada ya pili, second degree shahada ya tatu, third degree shemaji, relation by marriage sherehe, festivals shule ya msingi, elementary education shurua, measles siasa, politics SMZ, Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar,
sokoni, at the market T taa za umeme, electricity taasisi, institute(s) tabia, habits takriban, almost tanga, sail tangawizi, ginger tangazo, announcement tayari, to be ready tiketi, ticket tukuza, make exalted, give all honor to U Uajemi, Iran Uarabuni, Arabia Uchina, China Uingereza, Britain Ujerumani, Germany ukuli, porter unga, flour unga wa mahindi, maize flour unyonge, sadness upatu, collection plate upepo, wind Ureno, Portugal usafiri, transportation utamaduni, tradition V viazi, potatoes viazi vitamu, sweet potatoes vitivo, faculties vitunguu maji, onions vitunguu thomu, garlic vituo, centers vituo vya afya, health centers vyuma vya njia wa reli, iron used for railroad vyuo vya ufundi, technical colleges W Waajemi, Iranians waangaliaji, inspectors Waarabu, Arabs wageni, visitors Wahindi, Indians Waingereza, British (the people) Wajerumani, Germans wakaazi, inhabitants wakati, time Wareno, Portuguese (the people) wasiopungua, not less than wastani, average watoto, children wazungu, people of European descent |
advice, nasaha airplane, eropleni au ndege airport, kiwanja cha ndege almost, takriban anger, hamaki announcement, tangazo Arabia, Uarabuni Arabic (the language), Kiarabu Arabs, Waarabu at the kitchen, jikoni at the market, sokoni at the pier, gatini at the port or harbor, bandarini average, wastani B banana, ndizi beach, pwani Britain, Uingereza British (the people), Waingereza buildings, majengo bunch of bananas, chane za ndizi C car, gari cargo, mizigo cassava, muhogo center, kituo centers, vituo century, karne certain, hakika child, mtoto children, watoto China, Uchina Chinese (the language), Kichina Chinese (the people), Machina cholera, kipindu pindu coconut, nazi collection plate, upatu completely, kabisa au khassa continent, bara continents, mabara culture and tradition, mila D dawn, alfajiri degree, shahada different times, nyakati mbali mbali dirty, kachafuka diseases, maradhi drops, matone E East African flat bread, chapati au mikate ya kusukuma education, elimu effort, juhudi electricity, taa za umeme elementary education, shule ya msingi elevator, lifti English (the language), Kiingereza exhibitions or presentations, maonyesho F faculties, vitivo festivals, sherehe fever or high temperature, homa field peas, kunde first degree, shahada ya kwanza first language, lugha ya kwanza au lugha ya mama na baba floods, mafuriko flour, unga foreign language, lugha ya kigeni fully covered, gubigubi G garlic, vitunguu thomu German (the language), Kijerumani Germans, Wajerumani Germany, Ujerumani ginger, tangawizi H habits, tabia harbor, forodha he ruled, alitawala he was surprised, alipigwa na mshangao health, afya health center, kituo cha afya health centers, vituo vya afya her husband, mumewe high temperature or fever, homa Hindi, Kihindi his wife, mkewe House of Wonders, "Nyumba ya Maajabu," Beit-el-ajaib I in bed, kitandani India, Bara hindi Indians, Wahindi inhabitants, wakaazi inspectors, waangaliaji institute(s), taasisi Iran, Uajemi Iranian (the language), Kiajemi Iranians, Waajemi iron rods for building houses, nondo iron used for railroad, vyuma vya njia wa reli it is necessary that they attend, ni lazima wahudhurie J jasmine, asumini K kidney beans, maharagwe king, mfalme L language, lugha loudly, kelele luck, bahati M maize, mahindi maize flour, unga wa mahindi mangoes, maembe many bunches of bananas, mkungu wa ndizi March to May (rainy season), masika market, soko measles, shurua medicine, dawa medicine drops, matone ya dawa mosque, msikiti N name of a shopping district, Hajitumbo national exam, mtihani wa taifa naughty, mtundu neighborhood, mtaa New Year in Zanzibar, Mwaka Kogwa not less than, wasiopungua nutrition, lishe O occupation, kazi Old Fort, Ngome Kongwe onions, vitunguu maji only building, jumba pekee oranges, machungwa origin, asili P paralyzed, kiarusi passengers, abiria people of European descent, wazungu person of importance, mkuu pineapples, mananasi place where people are buried when they die, makaburimsafa politics, siasa porter, ukuli Portugal, Ureno Portuguese (the language), Kireno Portuguese (the people), Wareno potatoes, viazi precautions, hadhari pregnant mothers, mama waja wazito presentations or exhibitions, maonyesho protect, kinga public health , afya ya jamii pulled down, kuvunjwa R rainy season (March to May), masika relation by marriage, shemaji religion, dini Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar,
S sadness, unyonge sail, tanga sailboat, mashua season, msimu second degree, shahada ya pili section of town, Mferejimaringo shorts, kaptula small crowd, kikundi small pox, ndui small trade, biashara ndogo ndogo suddenly, ghafla sweet potatoes, viazi vitamu T tears, machozi technical colleges, vyuo vya ufundi that which burns, kiunguacho third degree, shahada ya tatu ticket, tiketi time, wakati times, nyakati to anchor, kufunga nanga to arrive, kufika to attend, kuhudhuria to avoid, kuepuka to be built, kujengwa to be painted, kupakwa rangi to be put together, kusanywa to be ready, tayari to become an elder, kukonga to build, kujenga to burn, kuungua to claim one's ancestry to be..., kujinasibu to complain, kulalamika to contribute, kuchaga to cry, kulia to decline or to decrease, kumpungua to decrease or to decline, kumpungua to die, kufa to emigrate or to move, kuhamia to examine or touch, alimbonyezabonyeza to face, kuelekea to feel, kujihisi to get air, kupunga upepo to hang up, kutundika to inhabit or to stay, kukaa to keep quiet, kunyamaza to moan, kuugua to move or to emigrate, kuhamia to not have hope, kukata tamaa to paralyze, kupooza to prepare oneself, kujitayarisha to protect oneself, kujikinga to quit or to stop, kuacha to raise children, kulea watoto to resemble, kufanana to rest, kupumzika to return to a place, kurejea to shower or take a bath, kuoga to spread, kuenuza to stay (at a particular place), alifikia to stay or to inhabit, kukaa to stop or to quit, kuacha to succeed, kufaulu to suckle, kunyonyesha to sun bathe, kuota jua to take a bath or shower, kuoga to touch or examine, alimbonyezabonyeza to vaccinate, kuchanja to wash something, kuosha top poles of the bed, besera ya kitanda tradition and culture, mila tradition, utamaduni transportation, usafiri U uncooked rice, mchele unripe banana, ndizi mbichi V vessel, chombo victim, majeruhi visitors, wageni W water, maji why, kwa nini au mbona wind, upepo winds, pepo Z Zanzibar New Year, Mwaka Kogwa |
Vocabulary compiled from Educational Kiswahili Web Pages by Dr. Alwiya Omar.