Body And Hospital Week 2 Flashcards
Wowawo
Big butt (women only)
Kitambi
Beer belly (men)
Nene / mnene
Fat
-nenepa
To be fat (Umenenepa– you are fat – compliment)
Embana
Thin
-konda
To be thin (because of hunger, or illness) –Negative connotation Amekonda - she is thin. impolite. Could say medically away from patient. Better to say “Umepunga_. You are less/reduced.
Chakula cha kimwili Chakula cha kiroho
Food for the body Food for the spirit
Kichwa
Head
Uso
Face
Jicho / macho
Eye (s)
Sikio / masikio
Ear (s)
Pua
Nose
Mdomo / midomo
Lip (s)
Kinywa
Mouth
Jino / meno
Tooth / teeth
Ulimi
Tongue
Shingo
Neck
Ufizi / fizi
Gum / gums
Koo
Throat
Mgongo
Back
Uti wa mgongo
Spinal cord
Bega / mabega
Shoulder
Mkono / mikono
Arm / arms (also hand / hands)
Kidole / vidole
Finger and toe / fingers and toes
Ukucha / kucha
Nail / nails (both finger and toe)
Kifua
Chest
Ziwa / maziwa
Breast / breast
Utumbo
Intestines
Tumbo
Stomach
Tako / matako
1 side of the butt / whole butt Buttock / bottocks
Mguu /miguu
Leg and foot / legs and feet
Moyo
Heart
Mfupa / mifupa
Lungs
Figo
Kidney (s)
Kiwiko
Elbow
Nywele Nywele ndefu Nywele fupi
Hair Long hair Short hair
Upara
Bald
Homa
Fever
Puma
Asthma
Mimba Ujauzito
Pregnant (strong, not polite– OK for animals) Pregnant (polite) From -kuja, come and -bito, heavy
Mtoto mchanga
Tiny baby (newborn to about 4 months) Mchanga = sand
Ugonjwa / magonjwa
Disease / diseases
Matibabu
Several treatments
Tiba
Treatment
Je, umepata tiba yoyote?
Did you get any treatment?
-tibu
To treat
-umwa
To be sick Ninaumwa – I am sick
-pona
To recover (From sickness, or anything from which you survived– accident, unemployment, etc.)
-tapika
To vomit
Kichefuchefu
To feel nausea
Kidonge / vidonge
Tablets
Dawa
Medicine
Sindano
Injection
-kohoa
To cough
-harisha
To have diarrhea
-endesha
‘Driving’ continuous diarrhea
-tibiwa
To be treated
Kikohozi
Coughing
Ninaumwa __________.
I am sick ____________ (fill in body part / area).
Nina homa.
I have a fever.
Unanaumwa nini?
From what are you sick?
Ninasikia joto / baridi Ninaona joto / baridi
I “feel” hot / cold I ‘see’ hot / cold
Kizunguzungu
Dizziness
Mtafiti / watafiti
Researcher / researcher
Maabara
Laboratory
Tangolini?
Since when?
Dawa ya maji
RX Syrup for children