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
To think
To arrive
Kufikiri
Kufika
You do not learn
You usually learn
hujifunzi
hujifunza
Belly
Elephant: Kenya (Tanzania)
Tumba
Tembo (ndovu)
Bone(s)
Oil
Mfupa / mifupa
Mafuta
Answer!
Try!
Jibu
Jaribu
On front of
Far
Mbele
Mbali
Bridge
Classroom
Daraja
Darasa
Luck
Corrugated iron (pl)
Ocean
Bahati
Mabati
Bahari
Egg(s)
Yawn
Yai / mayai
Miaiyo (s & pl)
To dress
To undress
Kuvaa
Kuvua
To take
To be angry/abhor
- chukua
- chukia
Rich
To desire
Tajiri
-taraji
To run
To tell
-imbia
-ambia
To run
To tell
-imbia
-ambia
It is better
Please
Afadhali
Tafadhali
To be late
To understand
Kuchelewa
Kuelewa
To understand
To be drunk
Kuelewa
Kulewa
To understand
To be late
To be drunk
Kuelewa
Kuchelewa
Kulewa
Song(s)
Cloud(s)
Wimbo / Nyimbo
Wingu / mawingu
Parliament
Owl
Bunge
Bundi
Parliament
Owl
Bunge
Bundi
They will see each other
They will marry each other
Wataonana
Wataoana
