Wordlist English (Modern)-Swahili
Character set: WinLatin1 (CP 1252)
a = katika, ndani ya
aberration = kosa
able = -enye akili
above = juu ya, juu
abrasive = -kali
abroad = ugenini, nje
absent = hako
absolute = kamili
Abyssinia = Habeshi
accede = kubali
accept = pokea
accident = tukio baya
accompany = kwenda na
accomplishment = tendo
accordion = <kinanda cha mkono>
account = sababu, hesabu
acerbic = -kali, -chungu
acerbity = ukali
achievement = tendo
acid = -kali
acrid = -kali
acrimonious = -kali
acrimony = ukali
across = katikati
across from = juu ya
act = tendo
action = tendo
actor = mcheza
acuity = ukali
acute = -kali
ad = tangazo
addled = -bovu
address = anwani
adieu = kwa heri, kwa herini
ado = kelele
advancement = maendeleo
adversary = adui
advertisement = tangazo
advice = shauri
affair = jambo
affluent = tajiri
afresh = tena
after = nyuma ya, baada ya
afternoon = alasiri
again = tena
against = juu ya
age = umri
agree = kubali
ague = homa
ahead = mbele
aid = msaada
ailment = ugonjwa
air = hewa
ale = pombe
alien = -a kigeni
all of a sudden = ghafula
all over again = tena
all the = -ote, kila
alone = tu
a lot of = -ingi
also = pia
although = ingawa
always = sikuzote
American = mwamerikani
among = kati ya
and = na
anew = tena
angel = malaika
animal = mnyama
another = -ingine
answer = jibu
antelope = paa
ape = tumbili
appellation = jina
apple = tunda la kizungu
April = Aprili
Arab = Mwarabu
Arabia = Uarabu, Ulaya wa Waarabu
arm = mkono
article = kitu
article of clothing = nguo
as = lini, kama, kwa sababu
ass = punda
at all = -o -ote, kabisa
at once = sasa hivi
at present = sasa
at that place = kule, mle, pale
August = Agosti
axe = shoka
baboon = nyani
bad = -baya, -bovu
badly = vibaya
bag = gunia, mfuko
bairn = mtoto
banana = ndizi
banana-plant = mgomba
banana plant = mgomba
bank = benki
bark = ganda
basket = kikapu
bazaar = soko
beam = redio
bear = dubu
beard = ndevu
beast = mnyama
beautiful = -zuri
because = kwa sababu
bed = kitanda
bee = nyuki
beer = pombe
before = kabla ya, mbele ya
behind = nyuma ya, baada ya
below = chini, chini ya
beneath = chini ya
between = kati ya
beyond = katikati
bicycle = baisikeli
big = -kubwa
bike = baisikeli
bird = ndege, nyuni
bit = kipande
bitter = -chungu
black = -eusi
blackness = weusi
blank = -eupe
blind = kipofu
blood = damu
bloom = ua
blushing = -ekundu
board = ubao
body = mwili
bold = -nene, -nono
bone = mfupa
book = kitabu
bosom = kifua
boss = jumbe, bwana
bottle = chupa
boutique = duka
bovine = ng'ombe
bovine animal = ng'ombe
box = sanduku, chombo
boy = mtumishi
brave = hodari
bread = mkate
breast = kifua
brief = -fupi
broad = -pana
broom = ufagio
brother = kaka, ndugu
buffalo = nyati
bug = mdudu
bull = ng'ombe dume
burden = mzigo
burdensome = -zito
bureau = afisi
business = jambo
business deal = jambo
but = bali, lakini
butter = siagi
by = -a
bye = kwa heri, kwa herini
cabin = kibanda
camel = ngamia
can opener = kifungua kopo
capable = -enye akili
carpenter = seremala
case = jambo
cassava = muhogo
cat = paka
centipede = tandu
certificate = cheti
chair = kiti
chamber = chumba
charge = mzigo
cheap = rahisi
cheese = jibini
chest = kifua
chicken = kuku
chief = jumbe, -kuu
child = mtoto
Christian = Mkristo
church = kanisa
church-building = kanisa
city = mji
clean = safi
clerk = karani
clever = -erevu
clock = saa
cloth = kitambaa
clothes = nguo
clothing = nguo
coast = pwani
cock = jogoo
coconut = dafu, nazi
coconut palm = mnazi
coffee = kahawa
cold = baridi
colour = rangi
complete = kamili
consent = kubali
container = chombo
cook = mpishi
cooking pot = chungu
cord = uzi
cork = kizibo
corn = muhindi
corpulent = -nene, -nono
correct = sahihi
costly = ghali
counsel = shauri
country = nchi, ulaya
courageous = hodari
course = sahani
court = ua
courtyard = ua
cover = kifuniko
crab = kaa ya pwani
crocodile = mamba
cross = msalaba
cunning = -erevu
cup = kikombe
currently = siku hizi
custom = desturi
cycle = baisikeli
daily paper = gazeti
danger = hatari
dark = -enye giza
darkness = giza
date = tarehe
date-palm = mtende
date palm = mtende
daughter = binti
day = siku
dear = ghali
December = Desemba
deep = -refu
design = shauri
diagram = shauri
dim = -enye giza
diminutive = -dogo
din = kelele
disease = ugonjwa
dish = sahani
dismal = -a huzuni
distance = mwendo
doctor = daktari, mganga
dog = mbwa
donkey = punda
door = mlango
downstairs = chini
dream = ndoto
drug = dawa
dry = -kavu
dung = choo
dye = rangi
each = -ote, kila
ear = sikio
early = mapema
earth = kiwanja
east = mashariki
Easter = Pasaka
easy = rahisi
egg = yai
Egypt = Misri
eight = nane, -nane
eighteen = kumi na nane, kumi na -nane
eighth = -a nane
eighty = themanini
elephant = ndovu, tembo
eleven = edashara, kumi na moja, kumi na -moja
else = -ingine
eminent = bora
empty = -tupu
enchanter = mchawi
enchantment = uchawi
end = mwisho
ending = mwisho
enemy = adui
engine = mashine, mtambo
England = Uingereza, Ulaya wa Waingereza
Englishman = Mwingereza
enough = -a kutosha
entire = -zima
entirely = kabisa
equally = pia
error = kosa
Europa = Ulaya
Europe = Ulaya
European = Mzungu
evening = jioni
ever = sikuzote
-ever = -o -ote
every = -ote, kila
everybody = -ote, kila
every one = -ote, kila
exclusively = tu
excrement = choo
expensive = ghali
eye = jicho
face = uso
facile = rahisi
factory = karakana, kiwanda
faint = hafifu
fair = soko
farewell = kwa heri, kwa herini
fast = -epesi
fat = -nene, -nono
father = baba
fear = hofu
feather = kalamu
February = Februari
fellow = mwanamume
fever = homa
field = shamba
fifteen = kumi na tano, kumi na -tano
fifth = -a tano
fifty = hamsini
fine = -zuri, bora
finger = kidole
finished = tayari
fire = moto
first = -a kwanza
fish = kuvua, samaki
five = tano, -tano
flour = unga
flower = ua
fly = inzi
folk = watu
food = chakula
fool = mjinga
foot = mguu
for = kwa sababu
foreign = -a kigeni
foreigner = mgeni
forest = msitu
foreward = mbele
forgetful = -sahaulifu
formerly = mbele
for the reason that = kwa sababu
forty = arobaini
four = nne, -nne
fourteen = kumi na nne, kumi na -nne
fourth = -a nne
fowl = kuku
fragment = kipande
France = Ulaya Faransa, Ufaransa
Frenchman = Mfaransa
frequently = mara nyingi
Friday = Ijumaa
friend = rafiki
frog = chura
from = -a, kwa
gain = faida
game = mchezo
garage = banda la motokaa
garden = bustani
garment = nguo
gate = mlango
gateway = mlango
gaunt = -a huzuni
gazette = gazeti
gentle = -tamu
gentleman = bwana
German = mdachi, mjeremani
Germany = Udachi, Ujeremani
giraffe = twiga
gladness = furaha
glass = kioo
gnu = kongoni, nyumbu
goat = mbuzi
good = -ema, -zuri
goodbye = kwa heri, kwa herini
grade = cheo
grass = majani
great = bora, -kubwa
Greek = Myunani
greeting = salamu
ground = udongo
guard = mlinzi
guest = mgeni
habit = desturi
hair = nywele
hand = mkono
handsome = -zuri
hard = -gumu
hare = sungura
harvest = mavuno
have = -na
have got = -na
he = yeye
head = kichwa
health = afya
heart = moyo
heavy = -zito
Hebrew = Myahudi, Yahudi
help = msaada
her = -ake, -ao
herb = majani
here = hapa, huku, humu
herself = -enyewe
hey = je
hill = kilima, mlima
him = yeye
himself = -enyewe
hippo = kiboko
hippopotamus = kiboko
his = -ake, -ao
hoe = jembe
hog = nguruwe
hole = tundu
honey = asali
hood = kifuniko
horse = farasi
hot = -a moto, -kali
hotel = hoteli
hour = saa
house = nyumba
housefly = inzi
house of worship = kanisa
how = kama
however = bali, lakini
hundred = mia
hunger = njaa
husband = mume
husk = ganda
husked rice = mchele
hut = kibanda
hyaena = fisi
if = ikiwa, kama
ill = -gonjwa
illness = ugonjwa
immediately = sasa hivi
important = -kubwa
in = katika, ndani ya
India = Bara Hindi, Uhindi
Indian = Mhindi
Indian corn = muhindi
in exchange for = juu ya
inexpensive = rahisi
infant = mtoto
in front of = kabla ya, mbele ya
inhabitant = mwenyeji
ink = wino
insect = mdudu
inside = katika, ndani ya, ndani
instead of = badala ya
instructor = mwalimu
into = katika, ndani ya
in what way = kama
iron = chuma
island = kisiwa
its = -ake, -ao
itself = -enyewe
jackal = mbweha
January = Januari
Jew = Myahudi, Yahudi
job = kazi
journal = gazeti
journey = mwendo, safari
joy = furaha
jug = chungu, chombo
July = Julai
June = Juni
just = tu, sasa hivi
Kenya = Kenya
key = ufunguo
kilo = kilo
kilometre = kilometa
king = mfalme
kingdom = ufalme
knee = goti
knife = kisu
Koran = Msahafu
lady = bibi
lamp = taa
land = nchi, ulaya, kiwanja
language = lugha
large = -kubwa
large spoon = mwiko
last = -a mwisho
latrine = choo
laziness = uvivu
lazy = -vivu
leader = jumbe
leaf = jani
leg = mguu
length = urefu
leopard = chui
letter = barua
lid = kifuniko
lie = uongo
life = maisha
light = nuru, hafifu, -epesi
lightning = umeme
like = kama
likewise = pia
line = mstari
lion = simba
little = -dogo
load = mzigo
loaf = mkate
long = -refu
looking-glass = kioo
lord = bwana
loss = hasara
lovely = -zuri, ghali
Lucifer = Ibilisi
lump = kipande
lurid = -kali
machine = mashine, mtambo
madam = bibi
magazine = gazeti
magic = uchawi
magician = mchawi
main = -kuu
maize = muhindi
major = -kuu
male cook = mpishi
man = mwanamume
mango = embe
mango-tree = mwembe
market = soko
marketplace = soko
master = bwana
mat = mkeka
matter = jambo
mature = -bivu
maybe = labda
mayhap = labda
meal = unga
mealies = muhindi
meaning = maana
measure = cheo
measurement = cheo
meat = nyama
medicine = dawa
midday = adhuhuri
milk = maziwa
minute = dakika
mirror = kioo
miserable = -baya, hafifu, maskini, -a huzuni
mistake = kosa
Mister = bwana
Mohammedan = Mwislamu
Monday = Jumatatu
money = fedha
monkey = tumbili
month = mwezi
moon = mwezi
Moscow = Misko
Moslem = Mwislamu
mosquito = mbu
mother = mama
mountain = mlima
mouse = panya mdogo
Mr. = bwana
Mrs. = bibi
much = -ingi
murk = giza
Muslim = Mwislamu
Mussulman = Mwislamu
my = -angu
name = jina
narrow = -embamba
nasty = -baya
nation = watu
nearby = karibu
necessary = lazima
need = haja
needle = sindano
net = wavu
network = wavu
nevertheless = bali, lakini
new = -pya
newness = upya
news = habari
newspaper = gazeti
nice = -ema, -zuri
night = usiku
nine = kenda, tisa
nineteen = kumi na kenda, kumi na tisa
ninety = tisini
ninth = -a kenda, -a tisa
no = la
noise = kelele
noon = adhuhuri
north = kaskazini
not = la
not at all = hata kidogo
novel = -pya
novelty = habari
November = Novemba
now = je, sasa
nowadays = siku hizi
now and then = mara kwa mara
number = hesabu
numeral = hesabu
nurse = mlezi
object = kitu
occasion = mara
o'clock = saa
October = Oktoba
of = -a
office = afisi
offset = mwendo
often = mara nyingi
oil = mafuta
okay = -ema, -zuri, vema, vizuri
on = mbele, -a, katika, ndani ya, juu ya
once = mara moja
once more = tena
one = moja, -moja, mosi
one hundred = mia
onerous = -zito
one thousand = elfu
one time = mara moja
onion = kitunguu
only = tu
on that account = kwa hiyo
on the other side of = katikati
on top = juu
opposed to = juu ya
opposite = juu ya
or = au
orange = chungwa
orange-tree = mchungwa
other = -ingine
our = -etu
out = nje
out of = kwa
outside = nje
over = juu ya
overall = -zima
overhead = juu
over there = kule, mle, pale
owner = mwenyewe
palace = jumba
paper = karatasi
parent = mzazi
part = kipande, sehemu
Parthian = kipande, sehemu
pate = kichwa
path = njia
patient = mgonjwa
paw = mguu
pawn = askari
peel = ganda
pen = kalamu
pencil = kalamu
people = watu
per = katika, ndani ya
perchance = labda
perhaps = labda
peril = hatari
periodical = gazeti
permission = ruhusa
Persia = Uajemi
person = mtu
pharmaceutical = dawa
physician = daktari, mganga
piece = kipande, sehemu
pig = nguruwe
pipe = kiko
place = mahali
place of worship = kanisa
plaited mat = mkeka
plan = shauri
plane = shauri
plank = ubao
plate = sahani
platter = sahani
plaza = mahali
please = tafadhali
plume = kalamu
pole = mti
poor = -baya, hafifu, maskini
portal = mlango
Portugal = Ureno
Portuguese = Mreno
possibly = labda
post = mti
pot = chungu
potato = kiazi
poverty = umaskini
previously = mbele
pricey = ghali
principal = -kuu
profit = faida
profound = -refu
progress = maendeleo
project = shauri
provided that = ikiwa, kama
public square = mahali
pure = safi
question = swali
quick = -epesi
quite = mno, sana, kabisa
rabbit = kisungura
radio = redio
radius = redio
rain = mvua
Rajab = Rajabu
Ramadan = Ramadhani
rank = cheo
rapid = -epesi
rat = panya
rate = cheo
rather = katikati
ray = redio
razor = wembe
ready = tayari
reason = sababu
receive = pokea
red = -ekundu
Red Sea = Bahari ya Sham
regularly = mara nyingi
relative = ndugu
reply = jibu
respect = heshima
restaurant = mkahawa
rhino = kifaru
rhinoceros = kifaru
rib = ubavu
rice = mchele, mpunga
rich = tajiri
right = -a kuume, sahihi
right away = sasa hivi
righthand = -a kuume
right now = sasa hivi
ripe = -bivu
river = mto
road = barbara, njia
Roman = Mrumi
room = chumba
rooster = jogoo
root = mzizi
rope = uzi
rotten = -bovu
route = barbara, njia
Sabbath = Jumamosi
sack = gunia, mfuko
sad = -a huzuni
sadness = huzuni
salary = mshahara
salt = chumvi
Sassenach = Mwingereza
Satan = Ibilisi
Saturday = Jumamosi
say = je
scheme = shauri
school = chuo, shule
scorpion = nge
sea = bahari
seaside = pwani
second = -a pili
seed = mbegu
self = -enyewe
September = Septemba
serious = -kubwa
serpent = nyoka
servant = mtumishi
seven = saba
seventeen = kumi na saba
seventh = -a saba
seventy = sabini
several times = pengine
shack = kibanda
share = kipande, sehemu
sharp = -kali
sharpness = ukali
sheep = kondoo
sheet = jani
shell = ganda
shepherd = mchungaji
shoe = kiatu
shop = duka
shopkeeper = mwuza duka
shore = pwani
short = -fupi
sick = -gonjwa
sightless person = kipofu
silver = fedha
since = -a, kwa sababu
sir = bwana
sister = dada
six = sita
sixteen = kumi na sita
sixth = -a sita
sixty = sitini
size = ukubwa
slave = mtumwa
sleep = usingizi
slender = -embamba
slim = -embamba
sly = -erevu
small = -dogo
smallpox = ndui
smart = -erevu
smoke = moshi
smooth = laini
snake = nyoka
soap = sabuni
soft = -tamu, laini
soil = udongo, kiwanja
soldier = askari
solely = tu
something new = habari
sometimes = pengine
son = mwana
song = wimbo
sorcerer = mchawi
sorcery = uchawi
sore = kidonda
sorrow = huzuni
south = kusini
speedy = -epesi
spider = buibui
spoon = mwiko, kijiko
square = mahali
stake = mti
stanchion = mti
stomach = tumbo
stone = jiwe
store = duka
strange = -a kigeni
stranger = mgeni
stream = kijito
string = uzi
strong = imara, -enye nguvu
such a = kama
such as = kama
suddenly = ghafula
suffice = tosha
sufficient = -a kutosha
sugar = sukari
sugar-cane = muwa
sun = jua
Sunday = Jumapili
sweet = -tamu
sweetness = utamu
swift = -epesi
swine = nguruwe
Syria = Sham
table = meza
tail = mkia
take = pokea
take in = pokea
Tanzania = Tanzania
tea = chai
teacher = mwalimu
ten = kumi
tender = -tamu
tenth = -a kumi
testimony = cheti
thanks = asante
thank you = asante
that = kama, nini, nani
the day after tomorrow = kesho kutwa
the day before yesterday = juzi
their = -ake, -ao
there = kule, mle, pale
therefore = kwa hiyo
these days = siku hizi
they = wao
thick = -nene, -nono
thief = mwivi, mwizi
thing = kitu
third = -a tatu
thirteen = kumi na tatu, kumi na -tatu
thirty = thelathini
thorn = mwiba
thou = ninyi, wewe
though = ingawa
thought = wazo
thousand = elfu
three = tatu, -tatu
through = tayari
Thursday = Alhamisi
till = hata
timber = mti
time = mara, saa, nafasi, wakati
tin-opener = kifungua kopo
tobacco = tumbako
today = leo
toe = kidole
together = pamoja
tomato = nyanya
tomorrow = kesho
tongue = ulimi, lugha
too = pia, mno
too much = mno
tooth = jino
tooth-brush = mswaki
tortoise = kobe
town = mji
traveller = msafiri
tree = mti
tribe = kabila
trip = mwendo, safari
Tuesday = Jumanne
twelve = kumi na mbili, kumi na -wili, thenashara
twenty = ishirini
two = mbili, -wili, pili
two hundred = mia mbili, mia -wili
Uganda = Uganda
ulcer = kidonda
umbrella = mwavuli
uncle = baba mdogo, mjomba
under = chini ya
underneath = chini, chini ya
United States of America = Ulaya wa Waamerikani
unity = umoja
university = chuo kikuu
unripe = -bichi
until = hata
upon = juu ya
upstairs = juu
USA = Ulaya wa Waamerikani
US citizen = mwamerikani
valiant = hodari
vase = chombo
vegetable = mboga
very = mno, sana
very much = mno, sana
vessel = chombo
village = kijiji, mji
voice = sauti
void = -tupu
volcano = volkeno
vote = sauti
voyage = mwendo, safari
wage = mshahara
wages = mshahara
wall = ukuta
want = haja
warlock = mchawi
watch = saa
water = maji
wax = nta
way = desturi, barbara, njia
weak = hafifu
wealthy = tajiri
Wednesday = Jumatano
week = juma, wiki
well = vema, vizuri, je, kisima, shimo
well-off = tajiri
well then = je
west = magharibi
what = nini
what a = gani, kama
what kind of = gani
what sort of = gani
wheat = ngano
when = lini
where = wapi
wherever = mahali po pote
which = nani
while = nafasi, wakati
white = -eupe
who = nani
whole = -zima
wholly = kabisa
widow = mjane
wife = mke
wildebeest = kongoni, nyumbu
wind = upepo
wing = ubawa
wireless = redio
wisdom = ujinga
witchcraft = uchawi
within = katika, ndani ya
without = bila, pasipo
wizard = mchawi
wizardry = uchawi
woman = mwanamke
wood = mti
woods = msitu
word = neno
work = kazi
world = ulimwengu
wrench = ufunguo
yard = ua
ye = ninyi, wewe
year = mwaka
yes = naam, ndiyo
yesterday = jana
yet = bali, lakini
yon = kule, mle, pale
yonder = kule, mle, pale
you = ninyi, wewe
youngster = kijana
your = -ako, -enu
youth = kijana
Zanzibar = Unguja
zebra = punda milia
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