N - n

-na   v. have; have got.

na   conj. and; with.

naam !   int. yes ?

nafaka   n. grain.

nafasi   n. space; time.

nakala   n. copy.

namba   n. number.

nambari   n. number.

namna   n. kind; sort.

namna gani ?   interro. how ?; in what way ?

nanasi   Pl: mananasi. n. pineapple.

-nane   num. eight.

nani ?   interro. who ?

nasibu   n. chance; lottery.

-nawa   v. wash one's hands.

nazi   n. coconut.

ncha   n. point; tip of something.

nchi   n. country.

ndama   n. calf.

ndani   prep. inside.

ndani ya   prep. in; inside; into; within.

ndege   n. plane; bird.

ndevu   n. beard.

ndi-   emphat. this is indeed.

ndimu   n. lime.

ndio   emphat. this is indeed.

ndiyo   yes.

ndiyo   emphat. this is indeed.

ndiyo   yes, that is so.

ndizi   n. banana.

ndoa   n. marriage; wedding.

ndoana   n. hook (for fish).

ndoo   n. bucket; pall.

ndoto   n. dream.

ndovu   n. elephant.

ndugu   n. brother; comrade.

ndui   n. smallpox.

neema   n. grace.

nenda !   v. go !

-nene   adj. big; corpulent; fat; thick.

-nenepa   v. become fat.

neno   Pl: maneno. n. word.

ngalawa   n. outrigger canoe.

ngamia   n. camel.

ngano   n. wheat.

ngao   n. shield.

-ngapi ?   interro. how many ?; how much ?

-ngara   v. glitter.

ngawa   n. civet-cat.

ngazi   n. ladder.

nge   n. scorpion.

ngiri   n. warthog.

-ngoja   v. wait.

-ngojana   v. wait for each other.

ngoma   n. dance; drum.

ngozi   n. skin (of animal); leather.

ngumi   n. fist.

nguo   n. cloth; article of clothing; garment; clothes.

-nguruma   v. growl; roar (e.g. lion).

ngurumo   n. thunder.

nguruwe   n. pig.

nguvu   n. strength; force.

nguzo   n. pillar; post; column.

-ng'aa   v. be shining.

ng'ambo   n. foreign country.

ng'ambo ya   adv. on the other side.

-ng'oa   v. uproot.

-ng'oka   v. be uprooted.

-ng'olewa   v. be uprooted.

ng'ombe   n. cow; cattle.

ng'ombe dume   n. bull.

ni   v. is; are; am.

nia   n. intention; aim.

-ning'inia   v. swing.

nini ?   interro. what ?

ninyi   pron. you (plur).

njaa   n. famine; hunger.

nje   adv. abroad; out; outside.

njema   adv. well; fine.

nje ya   adv. outside.

njia   n. road; path; way; road; route.

njia panda   n. fork in a road.

njiwa   n. pigeon.

njugu   n. groundnut.

-nne   num. four.

-noa   v. sharpen (edge); whet.

-nono   adj. big; fat (animal).

noti   n. note.

Novemba   n. November.

nta   n. wax.

-nuka   v. smell bad.

-nukia   v. smell good.

nundu   n. hump.

nungunungu   n. porcupine.

-nung'unika   v. grumble.

-nunua   v. buy.

nuru   n. light.

-nusa   v. smell smth.

nusu   n. half.

nusura   adv. almost.

-nya   v. defecate.

-nyakua   v. snatch.

nyama   n. meat.

-nyamaza   v. be quiet; remain silent.

-nyang'anya   v. steal; cheat.

nyani   n. ape; monkey; baboon.

nyanya   n. tomato.

nyanya   n. grandmother.

-nyanyua   v. lift; pull up.

nyasi   n. grass.

nyati   n. buffalo.

-nyauka   v. wither.

-nyemelea   v. stalk.

nyenje   n. beetle.

nyerere   n. wire.

-nyesha   v. rain.

-nyima   v. be mean.

-nyoa   v. shave.

nyoka   n. snake.

-nyonga   v. twist the nake of an animal.

nyongo   n. bile; gall-bladder.

-nyonya   v. suck out; suck (in mouth).

nyonyo   n. castor-oil bean.

-nyooka   v. become straight.

-nyoosha   v. straighten.

nyororo   adj. smooth, soft.

nyota   n. star.

nyuki   n. bee.

nyuma   adv. at the back; at the rear; behind.

nyuma ya   adv. behind; after.

nyumba   n. house.

nyumbu   n. gnu; wildebeest.

nyundo   n. hammer.

nyungunyungu   n. worm.

nyuni   n. bird.

-nyunyizia   v. sprinkle.

-nywa   v. drink.

-nyweka   v. be drinkable.

nywele   n. hair.

-nywewa   v. be drunk.

nzi   n. fly.

nzige   n. locust.

nzuri !   int. well !