R - r

raba   n. rubber.

radhi   n. pardon; blessing.

radi   n. clap of thunder.

rafiki   Pl: marafiki. n. friend.

raha   n. joy.

rahisi   adj. cheap; easy; facile; inexpensive.

raia   n. citizen.

rais   Pl: marais. n. president.

Rajabu   n. Rajab.

Ramadhani   n. Ramadan.

ramani   n. map; plan.

-ramba   v. lick; lick up.

-randa   v. gambol.

rangi   n. color; dye.

rasmi   adj. official.

ratili   n. pound (measure).

redio   n. radio.

-refu   adj. long; deep; profound.

-refuka   v. become deep; become long.

rehema   n. mercy; pity.

reli   n. rail.

rifarii   n. referee.

rika   n. age group.

rinda   Pl: marinda. n. dress; skirt.

ripoti   n. report.

risasi   n. lead; bullet.

-rithi   v. inherit.

riziki   n. provisions; means of subsistence.

robo   n. quart.

-roga   v. bewitch.

roho   n. soul.

-rudi   v. come back; go back; return.

-rudia   v. return for; return to.

-rudiana   v. come back to each other.

-rudisha   v. give back.

ruhusa   n. permission.

-ruhusu   v. give permission.

-ruka   v. fly; jump; jump over.

rula   n. ruler.

-runda   v. heap up.

rundo   n. heap.

rungu   Pl: marungu. n. big stick (with a knob at the end).

-rusha   v. make smth jump.