M - m
| machete | upanga |
| machine | mashine |
| · | mtambo |
| madness | wazimu |
| magazine | gazeti |
| maggot | buu |
| magic | uchawi |
| magician | mchawi |
| main | -kuu |
| maize | muhindi |
| maize meal | ugali |
| maize seeds | mahindi |
| major | -kuu |
| make a loud clap | -alika |
| make a mistake | -kosa |
| · | -kosea |
| make a noise | -piga kelele |
| make close | -fungisha |
| make dirty | -chafua |
| make do | -fanyiza |
| make hit | -pigisha |
| make laugh | -chekesha |
| make pass | -pitisha |
| make reach | -fikisha |
| make short | -fupika |
| make smooth | -lainisha |
| make smth fall | -teleza |
| · | -angusha |
| make smth go up | -paaza |
| make smth grow bigger | -kuza |
| make smth jump | -rusha |
| make smth move or shake | -tikisa |
| make smth or s.o. go across | -vusha |
| make smth ready | -andalia |
| make someone angry | -kasirisha |
| make someone happy | -changamsha |
| make someone hear smth | -sikiza |
| make someone lie down | -laza |
| make someone move somewhere | -hamisha |
| make someone remember | -kumbusha |
| make someone run away | -kimbiza |
| make something bend down | -inamisha |
| make something boil | -chemsha |
| male | -ume |
| · | -a kiume |
| male animal | dume |
| man | mwanaume |
| man who washes clothes | dobi |
| manager | msimamizi |
| mango | embe |
| mango tree | mwembe |
| manifest | -andamana |
| manure | mbolea |
| many | -ingi |
| map | ramani |
| marble | gololi |
| March | Machi |
| margarine | siagi |
| marimba | marimba |
| mark | alama |
| mark of a hoof | wayo |
| mark of affection | kipendo |
| mark of paw on the ground | wayo |
| market | soko |
| market (in zanzibar) | markiti |
| marketplace | soko |
| marriage | ndoa |
| · | arusi |
| marry (a wife) | -oa |
| marvel | ajabu |
| Masai | mmasai |
| masculine | -a kiume |
| masson | mwashi |
| master | bwana |
| mat | mkeka |
| match | kiberiti |
| matchbox | kiberiti |
| matchet | panga |
| maths | hesabu |
| matter | jambo |
| mattress | godoro |
| mature | -zima |
| · | -bivu |
| · | -kubwa |
| May | Mei |
| may I come in ? | hodi ! |
| maybe | pengine |
| · | labda |
| me | mimi |
| meal | unga |
| meaning | maana |
| means of subsistence | riziki |
| measure | kibaba |
| · | kipimo |
| · | -pima |
| meat | nyama |
| meat without bones | mnofu |
| medicine | dawa |
| meet | -kuta |
| · | -kutana |
| meeting | mkutano |
| meeting (big) | baraza |
| member | mwanachama |
| members of family | jamaa |
| mercy | rehema |
| messenger | mtume |
| metal | madini |
| method | jinsi |
| metre | mita |
| microscope | darubini |
| midday | adhuhuri |
| mile (measure) | maili |
| milk | maziwa |
| · | -kamua |
| mille | elfu |
| millet | ulezi |
| · | mtama |
| million | milioni |
| millipede | jongoo |
| mimic | -iga |
| minaret | mnara |
| mine | -angu |
| minister | waziri |
| ministry | wizara |
| minute | dakika |
| mirror | kioo |
| miserable | -a huzuni |
| · | maskini |
| misfortune | maafa |
| mist | ukungu |
| mistake | kosa |
| mix | -changanya |
| mixed (become -) | -changanyika |
| modern | -a kisasa |
| modesty | haya |
| mole | fuko |
| moment | wakati |
| Monday | Jumatatu |
| money | mapesa |
| · | hela |
| · | fedha |
| · | pesa |
| monitor lizard | kenge |
| monkey | tumbili |
| · | tumbili |
| · | kima |
| · | nyani |
| month | mwezi |
| moon | mwezi |
| moonlight | mbalamwezi |
| more | zaidi |
| morning | asubuhi |
| mortar (for pounding) | kinu |
| Moslem | mwislamu |
| mosque | msikiti |
| mosquito | mbu |
| mosquito net | chandalua |
| mother | mama |
| moto | pikipiki |
| mould pottery | -finyanga |
| mound of earth for planting | tuta |
| mountain | mlima |
| mouse | panya |
| mouth | kinywa |
| move | -songea |
| · | -tikisika |
| move along like water | -tiririka |
| move closer to smth | -sogea |
| move one's residence | -hama |
| move out of the way | -jitenga |
| movement | mwendo |
| much | -ingi |
| mud | matope |
| murk | giza |
| mushroom | uyoga |
| music | muziki |
| Muslim | mwislamu |
| must | lazima |
| · | -a lazima |
| mutual love | upendano |
| my | -angu |
| my respects ! (to an elder) | shikamoo ! |