Swahili Basic Vocabulary
- wewe
- yeye
- sisi
- nyinyi
- wao
- huyu (person), hii, hiki, hili, huu
- lile, ule, yule, ile, kile
- hapa
- pale
- nani
- nini
- wapi
- lini
- vipi
- si
- ote
- sana *(very)* / -ingi *(numerous)*
- baadhi ya / chache
- kidogo
- ingine
- moja
- mbili
- tatu
- nne
- tano
- kubwa
- refu
- pana
- nene
- zito
- dogo
- fupi
- embamba
- anana
- bibi, gashi
- mwanamume
- mtu
- mtoto
- mke
- mume
- mama
- baba
- mnyama
- samaki
- ndege
- mbwa
- chawa
- nyoka
- funza, uchango
- mti
- msitu
- fimbo
- tunda
- mbegu
- jani
- mzizi
- gamba
- ua
- nyasi
- kamba
- ngozi
- nyama
- damu
- mfupa
- mori
- yai
- pembe
- mkia
- unyoya
- nywele
- kichwa
- sikio
- jicho
- pua
- kinywa
- jino
- ulimi
- ukucha
- mguu
- mguu
- goti
- mkono
- bawa, ubawa
- tumbo
- utumbo
- shingo
- mgongo
- kifua
- moyo
- ini
- nywa
- la
- donoa
- amwa
- tema
- tapika
- puliza
- pumua
- cheka
- ona
- sikia
- fahamu, -jua
- dhani, -waza
- nukilia
- ogopa
- lala
- ishi (in a place)
- fa
- ua
- pigana
- winda
- gonga, -piga
- kata
- pasua
- choma
- kuna, -parua
- chimba
- ogelea
- paa
- tembea
- ja
- gona *(action)*
- kaa
- simama *(action)*
- pindua
- anguka
- pa
- shika
- kaba, -minya, -kamua
- sugua
- safisha
- futa
- vuta
- guta
- tupa
- funga
- shona
- hesabu
- sema
- imba
- cheza
- elea
- tiririka
- ganda
- fura
- jua
- mwezi
- nyota
- maji
- mvua
- mto
- ziwa
- bahari
- chumvi
- jiwe
- mchanga
- vumbi
- ardhi
- wingu
- ukungu
- mbingu
- homu
- theluji
- barafu
- moshi
- moto
- majivu
- waka
- barabara
- mlima
- ekundu
- kijani
- manjano
- eupe
- eusi
- usiku
- siku
- mwaka
- moto
- baridi
- nene
- pya
- zee
- ema
- baya
- bovu
- chafu
- nyofu
- duara
- chungu
- butu
- ororo
- kimaji
- kavu
- sahihi
- karibu
- mbali
- kuume, kulia
[I -- mimi]
[you -- wewe]
[he -- yeye]
[we -- sisi]
[you -- nyinyi]
[they -- wao]
[this -- huyu (person), hii, hiki, hili, huu]
[that -- lile, ule, yule, ile, kile]
[here -- hapa]
[there -- pale]
[who -- nani ]
[what -- nini ]
[where -- wapi ]
[when -- lini ]
[how -- vipi ]
[not -- si]
[all -- -ote]
[many -- sana *(very)* / -ingi *(numerous)*]
[some -- baadhi ya / chache]
[few -- kidogo]
[other -- -ingine]
[one -- moja]
[two -- mbili]
[three -- tatu]
[four -- nne]
[five -- tano]
[big -- -kubwa]
[long -- -refu]
[wide -- -pana]
[thick -- -nene]
[heavy -- -zito]
[small -- -dogo]
[short -- -fupi]
[narrow -- -embamba]
[thin -- -anana]
[woman -- bibi, gashi]
[man (adult male) -- mwanamume]
[man (human being) -- mtu]
[child -- mtoto]
[wife -- mke]
[husband -- mume]
[mother -- mama]
[father -- baba]
[animal -- mnyama]
[fish -- samaki]
[bird -- ndege]
[dog -- mbwa]
[louse -- chawa]
[snake -- nyoka]
[worm -- funza, uchango]
[tree -- mti]
[forest -- msitu]
[stick -- fimbo]
[fruit -- tunda]
[seed -- mbegu]
[leaf -- jani]
[root -- mzizi]
[bark (of a tree) -- gamba]
[flower -- ua]
[grass -- nyasi]
[rope -- kamba]
[skin -- ngozi]
[meat -- nyama]
[blood -- damu]
[bone -- mfupa]
[fat (noun) -- mori]
[egg -- yai]
[horn -- pembe]
[tail -- mkia]
[feather -- unyoya]
[hair -- nywele]
[head -- kichwa]
[ear -- sikio]
[eye -- jicho]
[nose -- pua]
[mouth -- kinywa]
[tooth -- jino]
[tongue -- ulimi]
[fingernail -- ukucha]
[foot -- mguu]
[leg -- mguu]
[knee -- goti]
[hand -- mkono]
[wing -- bawa, ubawa]
[belly -- tumbo]
[guts -- utumbo]
[neck -- shingo]
[back -- mgongo]
[breast -- kifua]
[heart -- moyo]
[liver -- ini]
[to drink -- -nywa]
[to eat -- -la]
[to bite -- -donoa]
[to suck -- -amwa]
[to spit -- -tema]
[to vomit -- -tapika]
[to blow -- -puliza]
[to breathe -- -pumua]
[to laugh -- -cheka]
[to see -- -ona]
[to hear -- -sikia]
[to know -- -fahamu, -jua]
[to think -- -fikiri, dhani, -waza]
[to smell -- -nukilia]
[to fear -- -ogopa]
[to sleep -- -lala]
[to live -- -ishi (in a place)]
[to die -- -fa]
[to kill -- -ua]
[to fight -- -pigana]
[to hunt -- -winda]
[to hit -- -gonga, -piga]
[to cut -- -kata]
[to split -- -pasua]
[to stab -- -choma]
[to scratch -- -kuna, -parua]
[to dig -- -chimba]
[to swim -- -ogelea]
[to fly -- -paa]
[to walk -- -tembea]
[to come -- -ja]
[to lie (as in a bed) -- -gona *(action)*]
[to sit -- -kaa]
[to stand -- -simama *(action)*]
[to turn (intransitive) -- -pindua]
[to fall -- -anguka]
[to give -- -pa]
[to hold -- -shika]
[to squeeze -- -kaba, -minya, -kamua]
[to rub -- -sugua]
[to wash -- -safisha]
[to wipe -- -futa]
[to pull -- -vuta]
[to push -- -guta]
[to throw -- -tupa]
[to tie -- -funga]
[to sew -- -shona]
[to count -- -hesabu]
[to say -- -sema]
[to sing -- -imba]
[to play -- -cheza]
[to float -- -elea]
[to flow -- -tiririka]
[to freeze -- -ganda]
[to swell -- -fura]
[sun -- jua]
[moon -- mwezi]
[star -- nyota]
[water -- maji]
[rain -- mvua]
[river -- mto]
[lake -- ziwa]
[sea -- bahari]
[salt -- chumvi]
[stone -- jiwe]
[sand -- mchanga]
[dust -- vumbi]
[earth -- ardhi]
[cloud -- wingu]
[fog -- ukungu]
[sky -- mbingu]
[wind -- homu]
[snow -- theluji]
[ice -- barafu]
[smoke -- moshi]
[fire -- moto]
[ash -- majivu]
[to burn -- -waka]
[road -- njia, barabara]
[mountain -- mlima]
[red -- -ekundu]
[green -- kijani]
[yellow -- manjano]
[white -- -eupe]
[black -- -eusi]
[night -- usiku]
[day -- siku]
[year -- mwaka]
[warm -- moto]
[cold -- baridi]
[full -- -nene]
[new -- -pya]
[old -- -zee]
[good -- -ema]
[bad -- -baya]
[rotten -- -bovu]
[dirty -- -chafu]
[straight -- nyofu]
[round -- duara]
[sharp (as a knife) -- chungu]
[dull (as a knife) -- butu]
[smooth -- -ororo]
[wet -- kimaji]
[dry -- -kavu]
[correct -- sahihi]
[near -- karibu]
[far -- mbali]
[right -- kuume, kulia]
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