W - w

-wa   v. be; become.

wajibu   n. duty.

-waka   v. burn; be lit.

wakati   Pl: nyakati. n. time; moment.

wakati gani ?   interr. what time ?

wala   conj. or.

wale   dem. those ones over there.

wali   n. cooked rice.

-wamba   v. peg out.

wano   n. shaft; arrowshaft.

wao   pron. they; them.

wapi ?   interr. where?

wapo   v. there are.

wari   n. yard (measure).

-washa   v. itch; kindle; light (fire); sting; smart.

wasiwasi   n. doubt.

watu   n. folk; nation; people.

wavu   Pl: nyavu. n. net; network.

wayo   Pl: nyayo. n. footprint; mark of a hoof; mark of paw on the ground.

-waza   v. think.

wazi   adj. open.

wazimu   n. madness.

waziri   Pl: mawaziri. n. minister.

wazo   Pl: mawazo. n. thought.

-weka   v. put away; store away.

-weka sambamba   v. put side by side.

-wekwa   v. be put.

wema   n. kindness.

wembe   Pl: nyembe. n. razor blade.

weupe   n. whiteness.

weusi   n. blackness.

wewe   pron. you (sg); thou.

-weza   v. be able; can.

-wezekana   v. be possible; be able to be done; can be done.

-wezesha   v. allow.

-wika   v. crow like a cock.

wiki   n. week.

wiki ijayo   n. next week.

wiki iliyopita   n. last week.

wilaya   n. district.

-wili   num. two.

-wima   v. being straight up and down.

wimbi   Pl: mawimbi. n. wave of water.

wimbo   Pl: nyimbo. n. song.

-winda   v. hunt.

-windwa   v. be hunted.

wingi   n. plenty.

wingu   Pl: mawingu. n. cloud.

wino   n. ink.

-wivu   adj. jealous.

wivu   n. jealousy.

wizara   n. ministry.

woga   n. fear.

wokovu   n. redemption.