SWAHILI-ENGLISH VOCABULARY 



D 



Dacha, ku-, to drop. 



Dafu, madafu, cocoanut, for drink- 

 ing. 



Damu, blood. 



Danganya, ku-, to cheat, humbug, 

 impose upon. 



Daraja, step, staircase, bridge. 



Dari, roof, upper floor. 



Darubini, field glass, telescope. 



Dau, madau, native sailboat. 



Dawa, medicine. 



Desturi, custom, customs. 



Dini, religion, worship. 



Dira, compass. 



Dirisha, madirisha, window. 



Dobi, washerman. 



-dogo, little, small, young. 



Donda, madonda, large sores. 



Dondoro, Dyker's antelope. 



Doti, loin cloth. 



Dudu, madudu, insect, insects. 



Duka, maduka, shop, store. 



Dun, a fine. 



Duni, below, less, inferior. 



Dunia, the world, this world. 



-ekundu, red. 



-ema, good, kind, all right. 



-embamba, narrow, thin, slim. 



Embe, mango. 



Enda, kw-, to go. 



-eupe, white, clear, clean. 



-eusi, black, dark colored. 



Fa, ku-, to die, perish, fade away. 

 Fagia, ku-, to sweep. 

 Fakiri, a poor person, beggar. 

 Fanya, ku-, to make, do, mend. 



Fayida, profit, gain, interest. 



Fetha, silver, money. 



Ficha, ku-, to hide. 



Figa, mafiga, fire-stones (to sup- 

 port the cooking pot). 



Fika, ku-, to arrive. 



Fikiri, ku-, to consider. 



Fimbo, stick. 



Fisi, hyena. 



Frasi, horse, mare. 



Fuja, ku-, to waste, leak. 



Fuko, mafuko, a large bag. 



Fukuza, ku-, to drive azuay, chase. 



Fundi, skilled workman, teacher. 



Funga, ku-, fasten, tie, bind, im- 

 prison. 



Fungua, ku-, unfasten, open, let 

 loose. 



Funua, ku-, to uncover, open a book. 



Funza, maggot, jigger. 



Fupa, mafupa, large bone. 



-fupi, short. 



Furaha, joy, pleasure. 



Fusi, rubbish. 



Futa, ku-, to wipe. 



Fuzi, mafuzi, shoulder. 



G 



Galawa, canoe. 



Gani? what? what kind? 



Gari, magari, carriage. 



Gawanya, ku-, to divide, to share. 



-geni, foreign, strange. 



Gereza, fort, prison. 



Geuza, ku-, to change, turn. 



Ghafala, suddenly. 



Ghali, dear. 



Ghatabu, anger, passion. 



Giza, darkness. 



Gombana, ku-, to quarrel. 



Gombeza, ku-, to forbid. 



Gote, magote, knee. 



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