L - l
| lack | ukosefu |
| · | -kosa |
| ladder | ngazi |
| ladle | kata |
| lady | bibi |
| lake | ziwa |
| lamb | mwana kondoo |
| lame (person) | mlemavu |
| lame person | kiwete |
| lamp | taa |
| land | bara |
| · | kiwanja |
| · | ardhi |
| language | lugha |
| large | -pana |
| large basket | kapu |
| large cup | kombe |
| large house or building | jumba |
| large spoon | mwiko |
| last | -a mwisho |
| last month | mwezi uliopita |
| last week | wiki iliyopita |
| laugh | -cheka |
| laughter | kicheko |
| lavatory | msala |
| law | sheria |
| lawyer | mwanasheria |
| lay eggs | -taga |
| lazy | -vivu |
| lazy person | mvivu |
| lazyness | uvivu |
| lead | risasi |
| lead the way | -tangulia |
| · | -ongoza |
| leader | jumbe |
| · | kiongozi |
| leaf | jani |
| leaf of grass | unyasi |
| leak | -vuja |
| learn | -jifunza |
| · | -soma |
| learned person | mtaalamu |
| learning | elimu |
| leather | ngozi |
| leave | livu |
| · | -ondoka |
| · | -acha |
| leave each other | -achana |
| leave to / for | -achia |
| leaves | jani |
| lecture | msomo |
| left (hand) | kushoto |
| left (on the -) | -a kushoto |
| leg | mguu |
| legitimate | halali |
| lemon | limau |
| lend | -kopesha |
| · | -azima |
| length | urefu |
| lentils | dengu |
| leopard | chui |
| leprosy | ukoma |
| less | kasoro |
| lesson | somo |
| · | msomo |
| let go | -acha |
| let know | -fahamisha |
| let's pull together ! (Kenya) | Harambee ! |
| letter | barua |
| letter (alphabet) | herufi |
| liar | mwongo |
| liberty | uhuru |
| lice | chawa |
| lick | -lamba |
| · | -ramba |
| lick food with finger | -komba |
| lick up | -ramba |
| lid | kifuniko |
| lie | uongo |
| lie across | -kingama |
| lie down | -lala |
| life | uhai |
| · | maisha |
| lift | -nyanyua |
| · | -inua |
| light | nuru |
| · | mwanga |
| · | -eupe |
| · | -epesi |
| · | umeme |
| · | anga |
| light (fire) | -washa |
| light of morning | pambazuko |
| lightning | umeme |
| like | kama |
| · | -penda |
| · | kama |
| like a boy or man | kiume |
| like a child | kitoto |
| like a peasant | kishamba |
| like a sauvage | kishenzi |
| like a white man | kizungu |
| like an idiot | kipumbavu |
| lime | ndimu |
| · | chokaa |
| line | mstari |
| line of objects | safu |
| link together | -fungana |
| lion | simba |
| lip | mdomo |
| list | orodha |
| listen | -sikiliza |
| litre | lita |
| little | haba |
| · | -dogo |
| · | kidogo |
| little bag | kifurushi |
| little basket | pakacha |
| little box | kisanduku |
| little bundle | kifurushi |
| little child | kitoto |
| little pile of smth | kifungu |
| live | -ishi |
| liver | ini |
| lizard | mjusi |
| load | mzigo |
| loaf | mkate |
| loan | kopo |
| local | kienyeji |
| local beer | pombe |
| locust | nzige |
| log | gogo |
| loin cloth | kikoi |
| long | -refu |
| long thin stick | ufi |
| long time ago | hapo kale |
| look | -angalia |
| · | -tazama |
| look after (a child) | -lea |
| look at | -tazama |
| · | -angalia |
| look at carefully | -kagua |
| look at oneself | -jitazama |
| look for | -tafuta |
| look like someone else | -fanana |
| looking glass | kioo |
| loop | kitanzi |
| loosen | -legeza |
| looting | teka |
| Lord God | mwenyezi Mungu |
| lorry | lori |
| lose | -poteza |
| loss | hasara |
| lottery | nasibu |
| loud snap | mwaliko |
| loudly | kwa sauti |
| louse | chawa |
| love | mapenzi |
| · | -penda |
| · | upendo |
| love each other | -pendana |
| love for | -pendea |
| loved being | mpendwa |
| lovely | -zuri |
| lover | mpenzi |
| Lucifer | Ibilisi |
| luck | bahati |
| luckily | kwa bahati |
| lump | kipande |
| · | donge |