Soundalikes Flashcards
Bag(s)
Oil
Bone(s)
Mfuko / mifuko
Mafuta
Mfupa /mifupa
To smell (bad/good):
To smell good:
Kunuka (nuka vibaya/vizuri)
Kuunukia
Luggage:
Parent:
Roots:
Mzigo
Mzazi (pl: mazazi)
Mzizi (pl: mizizi)
Zero
Ant
Sifuri
Siafu
30
50
Thelathini
Themanini
Student(s)
To learn
Teacher(s)
To teach
Mwanafunzi / wanafunzi
Kujifunza
Mwalimu / walimu
Kufundisha
To organise
To plant/climb
Around
To avoid
Wide
Kupanga
Kupanda
Pande
Kupiga pande
Pana
Knowlege
Nations
Maarifa
Matarifa
To think
Friend
To arrive
-fikiri
Rafiki
-fika
Parent(s)
Root(s)
Banana(s)
Mzazi / wazazi
Mzizi / mizizi
Ndizi (pl same)
To run
To sing
To enter
-imbia
-imba
-ingia
Baboon:
Bee:
Buffalo:
Wasp:
Whale:
Wildebeest:
Baboon: nyani
Bee: nyuki
Buffalo: nyati
Wasp: nyigu
Whale: nyangumi
Wildebeest: nyumbo
To rot
To sell
Face(s)
Thread(s)
-oza
-uza
Uso / nyuso
Uzi / nyuzi
To talk
To add
Spice
Kuongea
Kuongeza
Kiungo
Key
Keys
Pile/bunch
Small key
Clasp/fastener
To open
To be open
To close
Ankle
Funguo
Ufunguo
Fungu
Kifunguo
Kifungo
Kufungua
Kufunguka
Kufunga
Kifundo