H - h
| habit | desturi |
| hair | nywele |
| · | unywele |
| hair (grey) | mvi |
| hair of beard | udevu |
| half | nusu |
| hall | sebule |
| hammer | nyundo |
| hamper | -zuia |
| hand | mkono |
| hand over | -toa |
| handicraft | sanaa |
| handle | mkono |
| · | kipini |
| hand-piano | marimba |
| handsome | -zuri |
| hang back | -sita |
| hang up | -tundika |
| happen | -tukia |
| harass | -onea |
| harbour | bandari |
| hard | -gumu |
| hard crust of rice | ukoko |
| hare | sungura |
| harvest | -vuna |
| · | mavuno |
| harvesting | mavuno |
| hat | kofia |
| hate | -chukia |
| have | kuwa na |
| · | -na |
| have a baby | -zaa |
| have a good journey ! | safari njema ! |
| have a good morning ! | asubuhi njema ! |
| have a special liking | -pendelea |
| have fruit | -zaa |
| have got | -na |
| have pain | -umwa |
| hawk | mwewe |
| he | yeye |
| head | kichwa |
| headman | jumbe |
| health | unono |
| · | afya |
| heap | rundo |
| heap up | -runda |
| hear | -sikia |
| heart | moyo |
| heartburn | kiungulia |
| heat | joto |
| heavy | -zito |
| Hebrew | myahudi |
| hebrew | yahudi |
| heel | kisingino |
| hello ! | salama ! |
| · | jambo ! |
| help | -saidia |
| · | msaidizi |
| · | msaada |
| · | huduma |
| help each other | -saidiana |
| hem | -pinda |
| her | -ake |
| · | yeye |
| herd of lions | masimba |
| here | hapa |
| hero | shujaa |
| hers | -ake |
| herself | -enyewe |
| hey | je |
| hiccup | kwikwi |
| hide | -ficha |
| hide oneself | -jificha |
| hill | mlima |
| · | kilima |
| him | yeye |
| himself | -enyewe |
| hip | kiuno |
| hippo | kiboko |
| hippopotamus | kiboko |
| hire | -ajiri |
| his | -ake |
| history | historia |
| hit | -gonga |
| · | -piga |
| hit for | -pigia |
| hoe | jembe |
| hold | -shika |
| hold on each other | -shikana |
| hole | shimo |
| · | pango |
| hole (in wall) | tundu |
| holiday | sikukuu |
| · | livu |
| · | likizo |
| honey | asali |
| · | uki |
| honnest | -aminifu |
| honor | -heshimu |
| hood | kifuniko |
| hoof | ukwato |
| hook (for fish) | ndoana |
| hope | -tumaini |
| horn | honi |
| · | pembe |
| horse | farasi |
| hospital | hospitali |
| hot | -kali |
| · | -a moto |
| hot dry season | kiangazi |
| hotel | hoteli |
| hour | saa |
| house | nyumba |
| household apparatus | chombo |
| how | kama |
| how ? | namna gani ? |
| · | -je ? |
| how are you ? | habari gani ? |
| · | habari zako ? |
| · | hujambo ? |
| · | habari yako ? |
| how are you ? (plur) | hamjambo ? |
| how is the family ? | hamjambo nyumbani ? |
| how is your health ? | u hali gani ? |
| how long ? | muda gani ? |
| how many ? | -ngapi ? |
| how many of smth | kadiri |
| how much ? | -ngapi ? |
| how much of smth | kadiri |
| how someone lies when dead | fofofo |
| however | lakini |
| · | bali |
| human being | binadamu |
| · | mwanadamu |
| hump | nundu |
| hundred | mia |
| hunger | njaa |
| hunt | -winda |
| hunter | mwindaji |
| hurricane | kimbunga |
| hurry | -harakisha |
| · | haraka |
| hurry something or someone | -himiza |
| hurt | -uma |
| · | maumivu |
| hurt (a sore) | -tonesha |
| husband | mume |
| husk | ganda |
| husked rice | mchele |
| hut | kibanda |
| hyena | fisi |