A - a
| a few | -chache |
| · | kadha wa kadha |
| a few days ago | juzi juzi |
| a hundred | mia moja |
| a hundred thousand | laki |
| a little | kidogo |
| a little time | punde |
| a little wet | majimaji |
| a long time ago | kale |
| · | zamani za kale |
| a lot of | tele |
| abandon | -acha |
| abdicate | -jiuzulu |
| abdomen | tumbo |
| ability | uwezo |
| able | -enye akili |
| about | kadiri |
| above | juu ya |
| · | juu |
| abroad | ugeni |
| · | nje |
| abundant | tele |
| abuse | -shutumu |
| · | -apiza |
| · | -tukana |
| Abyssinia | Uhabeshi |
| accede | -kubali |
| accident | ajali |
| · | tukio baya |
| accompany | -sindikiza |
| account | hesabu |
| accusation | shtaka |
| accuse | -shtaki |
| ache | maumivu |
| achieved | -kamilika |
| acidity | ukali |
| acre | eka |
| across from | juu ya |
| act | -tenda |
| act (as in a play) | -igiza |
| action | tendo |
| ad | tangazo |
| add | -ongeza |
| address | anwani |
| adieu | kwa heri |
| administrator | balozi |
| admire | -shangaa |
| · | -sifu |
| admit | -kiri |
| adoration | ibadi |
| adore | -abudu |
| adorn oneself | -jipamba |
| adult | -kuu |
| · | -kubwa |
| adult, | -zima |
| adversity | teso |
| advertisement | tangazo |
| advice | shauri |
| adze | tezo |
| affair | shughuli |
| · | jambo |
| afflict | -teseka |
| Africa | Afrika |
| African (person) | mwafrika |
| after | nyuma ya |
| · | baada (ya) |
| afternoon | alasiri |
| afterwards | baadaye |
| · | halafu |
| again | tena |
| · | upya |
| against | juu ya |
| age | umri |
| age group | rika |
| aged | -zee |
| agreable | -a kupendeza |
| agree | -kubali |
| agree together | -patana |
| agreement | makubaliano |
| · | mapatano |
| ahead | mbele |
| aid | msaada |
| aim | nia |
| · | lengo |
| · | kusudi |
| · | madhumuni |
| · | azimio |
| air | hewa |
| ale | pombe |
| alien | -a kigeni |
| alive | hai |
| all | -ote |
| · | kila |
| all of a sudden | ghafula |
| allow | -wezesha |
| · | -acha |
| almost | karibu |
| · | nusura |
| alone | tu |
| · | peke yake |
| along | kando ya |
| alongside | sambamba |
| also | pia |
| · | vile vile |
| alter | -pindua |
| although | ingawa |
| altogether | kabisa |
| always | daima |
| am | ni |
| am not | si |
| ambassador | balozi |
| American | marekani |
| among | baina (ya) |
| · | miongoni mwa |
| · | kati ya |
| · | katikati ya |
| ancient | -a zamani |
| ancient Greek | myunani |
| and | na |
| and so | basi |
| and so on | kadhalika |
| and then | kisha |
| anew | tena |
| angel | malaika |
| anger | hasira |
| animal | mnyama |
| animal like | kinyama |
| announce | -tangaza |
| announcement | tangazo |
| annul | -batili |
| answer | -jibu |
| · | jibu |
| answer (a call) | -itika |
| answer each other | -jibiana |
| answer to | -jibia |
| ant (brown) | siafu |
| antelope | paa |
| · | swala |
| antheap | kichuguu |
| anus | mkundu |
| anvil | fuawe |
| any at all | -o -ote |
| any way | ovyo |
| anybody at all | ye yote |
| anything bad or wicked | maovu |
| ape | tumbili |
| · | nyani |
| appear suddenly | -zuka |
| appearance | sura |
| apply | -paka |
| April | Aprili |
| Arab (person) | mwarabu |
| Arabia | Uarabu |
| arabic | kiarabu |
| are | ni |
| are inside | -mo |
| are not | si |
| are there | -ko |
| are you well ? | u mzima ? |
| area | eneo |
| argue | -bishana |
| arithmetic | hesabu |
| arm | mkono |
| · | silaha |
| armpit | kwapa |
| army | jeshi |
| around here | huku |
| arrange | -panga |
| arrive | -fika |
| arrow | mshale |
| arrowshaft | uti |
| · | wano |
| art | sanaa |
| article | kitu |
| article of clothing | nguo |
| articulation | kiungo |
| as | kama |
| as usual | kama kawaida |
| ascend | -panda |
| ashes | majivu |
| Asian (person) | mwasia |
| ask | -uliza |
| · | -sihi |
| ask for | -omba |
| ask oneself | -jiuliza |
| ass | punda |
| assemble | -kusanya |
| · | -kutana |
| assent | -kubali |
| association | chama |
| at all | kabisa |
| at once | hivi sasa |
| · | mara moja |
| · | sasa hivi |
| at the back | nyuma |
| at the rear | nyuma |
| at this very moment | pale pale |
| atmosphere | hewa |
| attend | -hudhuria |
| aubergine | bilingani |
| August | Agosti |
| aunt (paternal) | shangazi |
| automobile | motokaa |
| avoid | -epa |
| awake | -amka |
| axe | shoka |
| ayah | yaya |