B - b
| babble | -payuka |
| · | -bwata |
| baboon | nyani |
| baby bird | kifaranga |
| baby sitter | mtunza |
| · | yaya |
| back | mgongo |
| backbone | uti wa mgongo |
| bad | -bovu |
| · | -baya |
| · | -ovu |
| bad smell | fee |
| bad temper | chuki |
| bad trick | hila |
| baddly | ovyo ovyo |
| badly | vibaya |
| badness | ubaya |
| bag | mfuko |
| · | mkoba |
| · | gunia |
| bait | chambo |
| bake in ashes | -oka |
| bakshish | bakshishi |
| baldness | upara |
| ball | mpira |
| ball of something | bonge |
| bamboo | mwanzi |
| banana | ndizi |
| banana plant | mgomba |
| banana tree | mgomba |
| band | bendi |
| bank | benki |
| baobab | mbuyu |
| barber | kinyozi |
| bark | -gumia |
| · | ganda |
| · | -bweka |
| bark of tree | gamba |
| barren woman | tasa |
| bashfulness | haya |
| basin | bakuli |
| basket | kikapu |
| bat | popo |
| bazaar | soko |
| be | kuwa |
| · | -wa |
| be able | -weza |
| be able be done | -fanyika |
| be able to be done | -wezekana |
| be afraid | -ogopa |
| be agreed | -kubalika |
| be answered | -jibiwa |
| · | -jibika |
| be at ease ! | starehe ! |
| be attacked | -shambuliwa |
| be attracted | -vutia |
| be autonomous | -jitegemea |
| be born | -zalwa |
| · | -zaliwa |
| be broken | -vunjika |
| be broken off | -momonyoka |
| be brought | -letwa |
| be burnt | -ungua |
| · | -chomeka |
| be busy | -shughulika |
| be called | -itwa |
| be caught | -kamatwa |
| be changed | -pinduka |
| · | -badiliwa |
| · | -badilika |
| be chosen | -chaguliwa |
| be clear for | -elea |
| be closed | -fungika |
| · | -fungwa |
| be completed | -kamilika |
| be conceited | -jiona |
| be confused | -babaika |
| be convenient | -pasa |
| be cooked | -pikwa |
| · | -iva |
| be cultivated | -limwa |
| be cured | -pona |
| be cut | -katika |
| be destroyed | -angamia |
| · | -haribika |
| be difficult for | -shinda |
| be done | -fanywa |
| be drinkable | -nyweka |
| be drunk | -nywewa |
| be eatable | -lika |
| be eaten | -liwa |
| be enough | -tosha |
| be estimated | -tukuka |
| be extinguished | -zimika |
| be finished | -timia |
| be firm | -imarika |
| be forgiven | -samaheka |
| · | -samehewa |
| be forgotten | -sahaulika |
| · | -sahauliwa |
| be full | -jaa |
| be given | -pewa |
| be happy | -furahi |
| be heard | -sikika |
| be hidden | -fichwa |
| be hit | -pigika |
| · | -pigwa |
| be hunted | -windwa |
| be imprisoned | -fungwa |
| be increased | -ongezeka |
| be insulted | -shutumika |
| be interested | -vutia |
| be jammed | -kwama |
| be killed | -uawa |
| be known | -julikana |
| · | -juliwa |
| be late | -kawia |
| · | -chelewa |
| be left over | -salia |
| be light | -angaza |
| be lit | -waka |
| be loosened | -legea |
| be loved | -pendwa |
| be loved for | -pendewa |
| be made do | -lazimu |
| be made do something | -bidi |
| be married (by a husband) | -olewa |
| be mean | -nyima |
| be more and more | -zidi |
| be mutilated | -lemaa |
| be named | -itwa |
| be near | -karibia |
| be obtainable | -patikana |
| be obtained | -patwa |
| be of use | -faa |
| be old | -kuukuu |
| be opened | -funguka |
| · | -funguliwa |
| be overturned | -pinduka |
| be paid | -lipwa |
| be painful | -umia |
| be permitted | -kubaliwa |
| be played | -chezwa |
| be pleasant | -pendezeka |
| be pleased | -furahi |
| be possible | -wezekana |
| be poured | -mwagika |
| be proud of oneself | -jiona |
| be put | -wekwa |
| be quick | -harakisha |
| be quiet | -nyamaza |
| · | -tulia |
| be read | -somwa |
| be reduced | -punguka |
| be refused | -kataliwa |
| be removed | -ondolewa |
| · | -tolewa |
| be ruined | -haribika |
| be satiated | -shiba |
| be seen | -onwa |
| be shining | -ng'aa |
| be singed | -ungua |
| be sitting | -keti |
| be sleepy | -sinzia |
| be sorry | -juta |
| · | -sikitika |
| be spoiled | -oza |
| be started | -anzwa |
| be startled | -shtuka |
| be stolen | -ibwa |
| be sufficient | -tosha |
| · | -tosheka |
| be surprised | -shangaa |
| be taken off (clothes) | -vuka |
| be undecided | -sita |
| be uprooted | -ng'oka |
| · | -ng'olewa |
| be used | -tumika |
| · | -tumwa |
| be used up | -kuukuu |
| be very clean and bright | -takata |
| be very sad | -huzunika |
| be very surprised | -staajabu |
| be visible | -onekana |
| be wanted | -takiwa |
| be worthy of smth | -stahili |
| be written | -andikwa |
| bead | ushanga |
| bean | ukunde |
| · | harag(w)e |
| bear | -zaa |
| · | dubu |
| · | -vumilia |
| beard | ndevu |
| · | udevu |
| beast | mnyama |
| beat | -twanga |
| beat drum | -piga ngoma |
| beautiful | -zuri |
| beauty | uzuri |
| because | kwa sababu |
| become | -wa |
| become aged | -kua |
| become angry | -kasirika |
| become bent | -pinda |
| become clever | -erevuka |
| become cold | -poa |
| become crooked | -pinda |
| become deep | -refuka |
| become equal | -lingana |
| become fat | -nenepa |
| become few | -pungua |
| become honored | -heshimiwa |
| become ill | -ugua |
| become intoxicated | -lewa |
| become lacking | -kosekana |
| become level | -tengemaa |
| become long | -refuka |
| become mad | -pagawa |
| become pregnant | -pata mimba |
| become rich | -tajirika |
| become rotten | -oza |
| become split | -pasuka |
| become straight | -nyooka |
| become strong | -imarika |
| become wet | -lowa |
| bed | kitanda |
| bed sheet | shuka |
| bedding | matandiko |
| bedstead for carrying a corpse burial | jeneza |
| bee | nyuki |
| beehive | mzinga |
| beer | bia |
| · | pombe |
| bee-sting | -uma |
| beetle | nyenje |
| before | kabla |
| · | mbele ya |
| beg | -sihi |
| · | -omba |
| begin | -anza |
| begin a trip | -ondoka |
| beginning | mwanzo |
| behind | nyuma ya |
| · | nyuma |
| being alive | uhai |
| being alone | peke |
| being skilful | ustadi |
| being straight up and down | -wima |
| believe | -sadiki |
| · | -amini |
| believer | mwaminifu |
| bell | kengele |
| belly | tumbo |
| below | chini ya |
| belt | mshipi |
| · | ukanda |
| bend | -kunja |
| bend down | -inama |
| beneath | chini ya |
| better | afadhali |
| · | bora |
| between | kati ya |
| · | baina (ya) |
| bewitch | -roga |
| Bible | Biblia |
| bicycle | baisikeli |
| big | -kubwa |
| · | -nono |
| · | -nene |
| big bird | juni |
| big shed | banda |
| big snake | joka |
| big stick (with a knob at the end) | rungu |
| big tree | jiti |
| bigness | ukubwa |
| bike | baisikeli |
| bile | nyongo |
| bird | nyuni |
| · | ndege |
| birdlime | ulimbo |
| birth | kizazi |
| bite | -uma |
| bitter | -chungu |
| bitterness | uchungu |
| black | -eusi |
| blackness | weusi |
| blame | -lawama |
| blank | -eupe |
| blanket | blanketi |
| bleed by cupping | -umika |
| bless | -bariki |
| blessing | baraka |
| · | radhi |
| blind person | kipofu |
| blood | damu |
| blow | -puliza |
| blow bellows | -fukuta |
| blow in smth | -pulizia |
| blow nose | -penga |
| blow on smth | -pulizia |
| blue | buluu |
| board | kibao |
| · | ubao |
| · | bao |
| board game | bao |
| boast | -jisifu |
| boasting | majivuno |
| boat | mtumbwi |
| · | mashua |
| body | mwili |
| body (dead) | maiti |
| boil | -chemka |
| · | jipu |
| · | -pika |
| boil over | -furika |
| · | -umuka |
| bone | mfupa |
| bone marrow | uboho |
| book | kitabu |
| border on | -pakana |
| borrow | -azima |
| boss | jumbe |
| · | bwana |
| bossom | kifua |
| bother | -chokoza |
| bother someone | -sumbua |
| bottle | chupa |
| boundary | mpaka |
| boutique | duka |
| bow | upinde |
| · | uta |
| · | -inama |
| bow someone | -inamia |
| box | sanduku |
| boy | mtumishi |
| bracelet | bangili |
| brag | -jisifu |
| brain | ubongo |
| branch | tawi |
| brand | chapa |
| brave | hodari |
| · | -shupavu |
| bread | mkate |
| break | -kata |
| · | -vunja |
| break down | -bomoa |
| break the fast | -fungua |
| break wind with noise | -jamba |
| breast | titi |
| · | kifua |
| · | ziwa |
| breastbone | kidari |
| breath | pumzi |
| breathe | -pumua |
| brick | tofali |
| bride | mwali |
| bride price | mahari |
| bridge | daraja |
| brief | -fupi |
| brilliant | -angavu |
| bring | -leta |
| bring for | -letea |
| bring to | -letea |
| bring up (a child) | -lea |
| bring up for | -lelea |
| broad | -pana |
| broom | ufagio |
| · | kifagio |
| · | fagio |
| broth | mchuzi |
| brother | kaka |
| · | ndugu |
| brotherhood | undugu |
| brother-in-law | shemeji |
| brush | kifagio |
| brutal | -korofi |
| buck | paa |
| bucket | ndoo |
| buffalo | mbogo |
| · | nyati |
| bug | mdudu |
| · | kunguni |
| build | -jenga |
| build in stones | -aka |
| building | jengo |
| building smth | ujenzi |
| bull | ng'ombe dume |
| bullet | risasi |
| bulletin | taarifa |
| bully | -onea |
| bump | kivimbe |
| bundle | mtumba |
| burden | mzigo |
| burdensome | -zito |
| bureau | afisi |
| burial | maziko |
| burn | -choma |
| · | -waka |
| burn (slightly, sitting by fire) | -babuka |
| burst open | -pasuka |
| bury | -zika |
| bus | basi |
| bush | pori |
| bush country | kichaka |
| bush-knife | upanga |
| business | jambo |
| bustle | ghasia |
| but | lakini |
| · | bali |
| but rather | bali |
| butcher | mchinjaji |
| butter | siagi |
| butterfly | kipepeo |
| buttock | kiuno |
| buy | -nunua |
| buzz | -vuma |
| by | kwa |
| by oneself | peke yake |
| bye | kwa heri |