C - c
| cabin | kibanda |
| cake | keki |
| calculate | -hesabu |
| calebash | kibuyu |
| calendar | kalenda |
| calf | ndama |
| call | mwito |
| · | -ita |
| calm | shwari |
| · | -a utulivu |
| calm someone down | -tuliza |
| calm, | utulivu |
| camel | ngamia |
| camp | kambi |
| can | -weza |
| can be done | -wezekana |
| cancel | -batili |
| cannon | mzinga |
| canoe | mtumbwi |
| capability | uwezo |
| capable | -enye akili |
| captive | mfungwa |
| car | motokaa |
| · | gari |
| car of a train | behewa |
| caravan | msafara |
| care giver | mtunza |
| carefully | makini (kwa -) |
| caress | -bembeleza |
| carpenter | seremala |
| carpentry | useremala |
| carriage | behewa |
| carry away | -peleka |
| carry on the back | -beba |
| cassava | muhogo |
| castor-oil bean | nyonyo |
| castor-oil plant | mbarika |
| · | mbono |
| cat | paka |
| catapult | manati |
| catch | -daka |
| · | -kamata |
| catch hold of | -kamata |
| caterer | mwandazi |
| caterpillar | kiwavi |
| cattle | ng'ombe |
| cattle-pen | zizi |
| cause | maana |
| cause a feeling of nausea | -chefuka |
| cause favour | -pendeleza |
| cause overflow | -furisha |
| cause pain | -umiza |
| cause to get lost | -poteza |
| cause trouble | -teseka |
| cave | pango |
| cease | -acha |
| ceiling | dari |
| cement | udongo ulaya |
| cent | senti |
| centipede | tandu |
| century | karne |
| certainty | hakika |
| certificate | cheti |
| chaff | pumba |
| chair | kiti |
| chairman | mwenyekiti |
| chalk | chaki |
| chamber | chumba |
| chameleon | kinyonga |
| chance | bahati |
| · | nasibu |
| change | -geuka |
| · | -geua |
| · | -pindua |
| · | -badili |
| · | -geuza |
| charcoal | mkaa |
| · | kaa |
| charge | mzigo |
| charm | hirizi |
| chase | -fukuza |
| chat | -ongea |
| cheap | rahisi |
| cheat | -nyang'anya |
| · | -danganya |
| cheek | shavu |
| cheese | jibini |
| cheetah | duma |
| chest | kifua |
| chew | -tafuna |
| chick | kifaranga |
| chicken | kuku |
| chief | -kuu |
| · | mtemi |
| · | jumbe |
| chief (of tribe) | chifu |
| child | mwana |
| · | mtoto |
| childhood | utoto |
| chin | kidevu |
| chisel | patasi |
| choice | hiari |
| choke | -kaba |
| choose | -chagua |
| choose for | -chagulia |
| chop up | -pasua |
| Christian (person) | mkristo |
| church | kanisa |
| cigarette | sigara |
| cinema | sinema |
| circle | mviringo |
| circle of friends | marafiki |
| citizen | raia |
| · | mwananchi |
| citizenship | uraia |
| city | mji |
| civet-cat | ngawa |
| civil servant | afisa |
| civilization | ustaarabu |
| claim | -dai |
| clan | ukoo |
| clap | mwaliko |
| clap hands | -piga makofi |
| clap of thunder | radi |
| class | darasa |
| classroom | darasa |
| claw | ukucha |
| clay | udongo wa mfinyanzi |
| clay pitcher | mtungi |
| clean | -safisha |
| · | safi |
| cleanliness | usafi |
| clear | dhahiri |
| clerk | karani |
| clever | -erevu |
| climb up | -panda |
| clock | saa |
| clod | bonge |
| close | -fumba |
| close for | -fungia |
| close to | karibu na |
| close with | -fungia |
| clot | donge |
| cloth | nguo |
| clothes | nguo |
| · | vazi |
| cloud | wingu |
| club | kilabu |
| · | chama |
| coagulate | -ganda |
| coast | pwani |
| coat | koti |
| cock | jogoo |
| cockroach | mende |
| coconut | nazi |
| coconut (with milk) | dafu |
| coconut tree | mnazi |
| coconut-palm | mnazi |
| coffee | kahawa |
| coffee berry | buni |
| coffee tree | mbuni |
| coil | pindi |
| coin | sarafu |
| · | hela |
| cold | -a baridi |
| · | baridi |
| cold season | kipupue |
| cold weather | baridi |
| collect something together | -changa |
| colonial (person) | mkoloni |
| color | rangi |
| column | nguzo |
| comb | kitana |
| · | -chana |
| comb (made of wood) | chanuo |
| come | -ja |
| come back | -rudi |
| come back to each other | -rudiana |
| come down | -shuka |
| come from | -toka |
| come near to | -karibia |
| come out | -toka nje |
| come out (of thing poked in) | -chomoka |
| comfort | unono |
| command | -agiza |
| · | -amuru |
| commit suicide | -jiua |
| committee | halmashauri |
| community | ujamaa |
| companion | mwenzi |
| company | kampuni |
| compare | -linganisha |
| compete | -shindana |
| competition | mashindano |
| complete | kamili |
| complete (education) | -hitimu |
| completely | kabisa |
| comrade | ndugu |
| concern | -husu |
| condition | hali |
| · | tabia |
| conducteur | mwendeshaji |
| confectioner | mwandazi |
| confess | -kiri |
| confuse | -tata |
| confusion | ghasia |
| consent | -kubali |
| constantly | daima |
| container | chombo |
| continent | bara |
| contract | mkataba |
| contradict | -pinga |
| convenient | -a kufaa |
| conversation | zungumzo |
| cook | -pika |
| · | mpishi |
| cooked rice | wali |
| cooking oil | mafuta |
| cooking pan | sufuria |
| cooking stone | figa |
| cooking-pot | chungu |
| cool | -burudisha |
| cool down | -poa |
| cooperate | -shirikiana |
| cooperative | ushirika |
| copper | shaba |
| copulate | -tomba |
| copy | nakala |
| coral | zizi |
| cord | uzi |
| · | kamba |
| cork | kizibo |
| · | -ziba |
| corn | muhindi |
| corner | pembe |
| corps | maiti |
| corpse | mzoga |
| corpulent | -nene |
| correct | sahihi |
| corrugated iron | bati |
| cost | gharama |
| costly | ghali |
| cotton | pamba |
| cotton plant | mpamba |
| cough | kikohozi |
| · | -kohoa |
| counsel | shauri |
| count | -hesabu |
| country | taifa |
| · | nchi |
| court | ua |
| courtyard | ua |
| cousin | binamu |
| cover | kifuniko |
| · | -funika |
| cow | ng'ombe |
| cowry | kete |
| · | kauri |
| crab | kaa |
| crack | ufa |
| · | -pasuka |
| craftsman | fundi |
| craw-craw | upele |
| crawl | -tambaa |
| create | -umba |
| creature | kiumbe |
| crocodile | mamba |
| crop | zao |
| · | mazao |
| cross | msalaba |
| cross river | -vuka |
| crossing place | kivuko |
| crouch | -chutama |
| · | -chuchumaa |
| crow | -lia |
| · | kunguru |
| crow like a cock | -wika |
| crowding | ghasia |
| cruel | -kali |
| cry | -omboleza |
| · | -lia |
| cry out | -piga kelele |
| cudgel | gongo |
| cultivate | -lima |
| cunning | -janja |
| · | ujanja |
| · | -erevu |
| cup | kikombe |
| cupboard | kabati |
| cupping-horn | umiko |
| · | mwumiko |
| cure | tiba |
| cure (an invalid) | -tibu |
| cure someone | -ponya |
| curry powder | bizari |
| curse | -apiza |
| curtain | pazia |
| curved dish | kombe |
| custom | desturi |
| customer | mnunuzi |
| customs | forodha |
| customs duty | ushuru |
| cut | -kata |
| cut down grass | -fyeka |
| cut open | -pasua |
| cut smth in little pieces | -katakata |
| cut smth up | -tema |
| cutlass | panga |
| cycle | baisikeli |
| cyclone | kimbunga |