SWAHILI-ENGLISH VOCABULARY 



Mzee, wazee, old person. 

 Mzigo, mizigo, burden, load. 

 Mzinga, mizinga, big gun, cannon. 

 Mzungu, wazungu, European, 

 white man. 



N 



Na, and, also, with. 



Nami, and I, or with me. 



Nao, and or with them, it. 



Nawe, and thou, with thee. 



-na-, sign of the present tense. 



Na — na, both — and. 



Naam or na'am, yes, I am here. 



Na, kwa, too, with, together. 



Nafasi, space, room, time, oppor- 

 tunity. 



Nanazi, mananazi, pineapple. 



Nane, eight. 



Nani? Who? 



Nasibu, luck, fortune. 



Nazi, cocoanut, fully ripe nut. 



Ncha, point, end, tip, strand. 



Ndani, within, inside. 



Ndani ya, inside of. 



Ndege, bird, omen. 



Ndio, yes. 



Ndizi, banana, plantain. 



Ndoo, pail, bucket. 



Nena, ku-, to speak, name, men- 

 tion. 



-nene, thick, stout, fat, complete. 



Neno, maneno, word, thing. 



Ngoja, ku-, to wait, wait for. 



Ngoma, drum, native dance. 



Ng'ombe, ox, cow, bull, cattle. 



Ngozi, skin, hide, leather. 



Nguo, cotton, cloth, clothes. 



Nguruwe, pig, swine. 



Nguvu, strength, power, authority. 



Ni, is, are. 



Nina, / have. 



Nini? What? 



Ninye, yc, you. 



Njaa, hunger, famine. 



Nje, outside, forth. 



Njia or Ndia, way, path, road, 



means. 

 Njoo, come. 

 -'nne, four. 

 -nene, fat. 



Nuele or Nyele, hair. 

 Nuka, ku-, to give out a smell, 



stink. 

 Nungu, porcupine. 

 Nunua, ku-, to buy. 

 Nuru, light. 



Nusa, ku-, to smell, scent. 

 Nuss, or nusu, or nussu, half. 

 Nyama, meat, animal, beasts. 

 Nyani, ape, apes. 

 Nyasi, grass, reeds. 

 Nyati, buffalo. 

 Nyika, wilderness, plains. 

 Nyinyi, you (plur.). 

 Nyoka, snake, serpent. 

 Nyota, star. 

 Nyuki, bee. 

 Nyuma, at the back, afterwards, 



behind. 

 Nyuma ya, behind, after. 

 Nyumbo, ivildebeest, gnu. 

 Nyumbu, mide. 

 Nyundo. hammer. 



O 



Oga, ku-, to bathe. 

 Ogopa, ku-, to fear, be afraid. 

 Oka, ku-, to bake, cook. 

 Okoka, ku-, to be saved, to escape. 

 Okota, ku-, to pick up. 

 Omba, ku-, to pray to, beg of, be- 

 seech. 

 Ona, ku-, to see, find, feel. 



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