A - a
-a prep. of.
-a baridi adj. cold.
abiria n. passenger.
-abudu v. worship; adore.
-a bure adj. free.
-acha v. cease; allow; leave; let go; abandon.
-achana v. leave each other.
-achia v. leave to / for.
ada n. fee.
adabu n. good manners.
adhabu n. punishment; penalty.
-adhibu v. punish.
adhuhuri n. twelve o'clock; noon; midday.
adui Pl: maadui. n. enemy.
afadhali adv. better.
afisa Pl: maafisa. n. officer; civil servant.
afisi n. office; bureau.
Afrika n. Africa.
afya n. health.
-aga v. say farewell; say good bye.
-agana v. promise.
agano Pl: maagano. n. promise.
-agiza v. command; order.
Agosti n. August.
-agua v. foretell.
ahadi n. promise.
-a haki adj. right.
-a hatari adj. dangerous.
aha ! interjec. no !
ahsante thank you; thanks.
-a huzuni adj. dismal; gaunt; miserable; sad.
-aibisha v. do something shameful.
aibu n. shame.
aina n. kind; sort.
ajabu n. marvel; wonder.
ajali n. accident.
ajili n. reason.
-ajiri v. employ; hire.
-aka v. build in stones.
-a kawaida adj. regular; usual.
-ake poss. his; her; hers; its.
-a kenda ord num. ninth.
akiba n. economy; saving.
-a kienyeji adj. native; indigenous.
-a kigeni adj. alien; foreign; strange.
-a kike adj. female; feminine.
akili n. intelligence.
akina n. people of a certain sort.
-a kisasa adj. modern.
-a kiume adj. male; masculine.
-ako poss. your; yours.
-a kufaa adj. convenient.
-a kulia adj. right (on the -).
-a kumi ord num. tenth.
-a kupendeza adj. pleasant; agreable.
-a kushoto adj. left (on the -).
-a kutosha adj. sufficient; enough.
-a kuume adj. on the right; on the righthand.
-a kwanza ord num. first.
-a kweli adj. true.
ala Pl: nyala. Pl: maala. n. sheath.
alama n. sign; mark; spot; speckle.
alasiri n. afternoon.
-a lazima adj. necessary; must.
ala ! interjec. word of surprise.
Alhamisi n. Thursday.
-alika v. invite; make a loud clap.
Allah n. God.
ama conj. or.
amani n. peace.
-amba v. say.
amba- rel. that; who; which.
-ambia v. say; tell.
-ambiana v. tell each other.
-ambua v. peel.
-ambukiza v. infect.
-amini v. believe.
-aminifu n, adj. honnest; faithful.
-amka v. wake up; awake; rise up.
-amkia v. greet.
-amkiana v. greet each other.
-a moto adj. hot.
amri n. order.
-amsha v. wake somebody.
-amua v. settle dispute; stop a quarrel.
-amuka v. rise up; wake up.
-amuru v. order; command.
-a mwisho adj. last.
-a nane ord num. eighth.
anasa n. wealth.
-andalia v. make smth ready.
-andamana v. follow each other; manifest.
-andika v. write.
-andikia v. write to / for.
-andikiana v. write each other.
-andikwa v. be written.
anga n. light; sky (up in the - ).
-angalia v. look; look at.
-angamia v. be destroyed.
-angavu adj. brilliant.
-angaza v. flash; shine; be light.
-angu poss. my; mine.
-anguka v. fall down; fall over.
-angusha v. make smth fall; throw in wrestling.
-anika v. put smth to dry in the sun.
-a nne ord num. fourth.
-anua v. take smth out of the sun.
anwani n. address.
-anza v. start; begin.
-anzia v. start at some place.
-anzwa v. be started.
-ao poss. their; theirs.
-apa v. swear.
-a pili ord num. second.
-apiza v. curse; abuse.
-a porini adj. savage; wild.
Aprili n. April.
ardhi n. earth; soil; land.
arobaini num. forty.
arusi n. wedding.
arusi n. marriage; wedding.
-a saba ord num. seventh.
asali n. honey.
asante n. thank you; thanks.
asanteni n. thank you (plural).
asili origin.
-a siri adj. secret.
-a sita ord num. sixth.
-a sita ord num. sixth.
askari n. soldier.
asubuhi n. morning.
asubuhi njema ! int. have a good morning !
-a tano ord num. fifth.
-a tatu ord num. third.
-a tisa ord num. ninth.
ati ! interjec. say !
au conj. or.
-a utulivu adj. quiet; calm.
aya n. paragraph.
-a zamani adj. old; ancient.
-azima v. borrow; lend.
azimio Pl: maazimio. n. declaration; aim; plan.
-azimu v. propose.