Swahili Made Easy: A Beginner's Complete Course

SWAHILI NOUNS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR NOMINAL PREFIXES

238 SWAHILI MADE EASY SWAHILI NOUNS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR NOMINAL PREFIXES - WA CLASS mchawi, witchdoctor mchungaji, pastor, shepherd mganga, doctor mgeni, guest, stranger mgonjwa, sick person mjinga, fool mjomba, uncle (mother’s brother) mke, wife mkulima, farmer, peasant mlevi, drunkard mpishi, cook msimamizi, supervisor, overseer mtoto, child mtu, man, person, human being mtumishi, servant mtumwa, slave mume, husband mzee, old man Mzungu, European MW-WA CLASS mwalimu, teacher mwana, son, daughter mwanafunzi, pupil, student VOCABULARY 239 mwanahewa, airman mwanamaji, sailor mwanasiasa, politician mwanamke, woman (pl) wanawake mwanamume, man (pl) wanaume Mwarabu, Arab mwananchi, citizen mwenyeji 1. Native 2. Host (pl) wenyeji mwenzi, companion (pl wenzi) mwimbaji, singer pl waimbaji mwizi, thief pl wezi mwongo, liar (pl waongo M-MI CLASS mchanga, sand (pl michanga not used) mche, young plant, seedling mchele, rice (uncooked) mchezo, play, game mchuzi, gravy, sauce mfereji, drain, channel, canal mfugo, domestic animal mfuko, bag, pocket mfupa, bone mguu, leg, foot NB Only irregular plural forms are given. mji, town, city 240 SWAHILI MADE EASY mkasi, scissors mkate, bread mkeka, mat mkia, tail mkono, hand, arm mkuki, spear mkutano, meeting mlango, door mlima, mountain MW - WA CLASS mzee, old man Mzungu, European mkutano, meeting mlango, door mlima, mountain mmea, plant moshi, smoke moto, fire moyo, heart mpaka, 1. frontier, boundary 2. until mpango, plan, arrangement msaada, help mshahara, salary mshale, arrow msiba, calamity msikiti, mosque VOCABULARY 241 msingi, foundation mstari, line msitu, forest msumari, nail msumeno, saw mtaa, section of a town, street mtama, millet mtambo, machine with spring action mtego, trap mtelemko, slope mtihani, examination mti, tree mto, 1. river 2. pillow mtumbwi, dhow mhogo, cassava mwaka, year mwanzo, beginning mwendo, speed mwezi, month mwiba, thorn mwisho, end mzinga, beehive, cannon mzigo, load mzizi, root 242 SWAHILI MADE EASY MA CLASS fungu, heap, portion gari, car gogo, log gugu, weed gunia, sack, bag gurudumu, wheel ini, liver jambo, (mambo), matter, affair jangwa, desert jani, leaf jembe, hoe jengo, building jeshi, army jibu, answer jicho (macho), eye jiko (meko), kitchen jina, name jino (meno), tooth jipu, boil jiwe (mawe), stone jogoo, cock joka, huge snake jongoo, millipede juha, simpleton juma, week jumba, mansion VOCABULARY 243 kaa, coal, ember karani, clerk kopo, can kosa, error, mistake koti, coat kovu, scar kundi, flock, crowd limau, lemon nanasi, pinaple neno, word papai, pawpaw pigano, battle, fight pigo, blow, beat pori, wildness sanduku, box shaka, doubt shamba, field sharti, condition shati, shirt shauri, advice, counsel shimo, hole, pit shina, trunk, root shoka, axe sikio, ear soko, market tajiri, richman tako, buttock 244 SWAHILI MADE EASY tawi, branch tofali, brick tumbo, stomach tunda, fruit tundu, hole ua, flower wingu, cloud yai, egg zao, crop ziwa, lake NOUNS USED IN THE PLURAL ONLY MA CLASS maarifa, experience, knowledge maendeleo, progress, development mafuta, oil mahudhurio, attendance mahindi, maize maisha, life, livelihood maji, water majivu, ushes majonzi, grief malisho, pasture manukato, perfume manung’uniko, grumbling mapatano, agreement matata, trouble VOCABULARY 245 mate, saliva mateka, prisoner(s) of war mauti, death mavi, excrement mazao, crops maziwa, milk mazungumzo, talk, conversation THE KITU CLASS kiasi, measure kiatu, shoe kiazi, potato kibanda, shed; hut kiberiti, match-box kiboko, hippo; whip kichaa, madness kichwa, head kidole, finger kidonge, tablet, pill kifaru, rhino kijana, young man kijiko, spoon kikapu, basket kiko, smoking pipe kikombe, cup kilimo, agriculture kinu, mortar, mill kinyozi, barber kioo, glass, mirror 246 SWAHILI MADE EASY kipande, piece kipofu, blind person kiraka, patch kisahani, saucer kisiwa, island kisu, knife kitambaa, cloth kitabu, book kitanda, bed kitendo, deed, action kiti, chair kitu, thing, matter kitunguu, onion kivuli, shade, shadow kiwanda, workshop kiwanja, plot (of ground) kizibo, stopper kiziwi, deaf person When appearing before a vowel,It becomes ch,and vi becomes vy: chakula (vyakula), food chama (vyama), association, party chandalua (vyandalua), mosquito net cheo (vyeo) rank, social position chombo (vyombo), vessel (of any kind) chongo, one eyed person chuma (vyuma), iron chumba (vyumba) room, chungu (vyungu), earthenware pots VOCABULARY 247 N CLASS adabu, manner adhabu, punishment adui, enemy afya health ahadi, promise aibu, shame aina, kind, sort akiba, savings akili, intelligence alama, mark, sign amani, peace amri, command ardhi, earth asali, honey asili origin askari, soldier asubuhi, morning baba, father babu, grandfather bahari, ocean bahasha, envelope bahati, luck bakuli, basin; bowl bandari, port barabara, road barafu, ice 248 SWAHILI MADE...