Week 10 Flashcards
homa
flu-like sickness
-ng’aa
to shine
-amua
to determine
mizigo
luggage (plural)
wasiwasi
panic, fear, worry
maendeleo
development
pembea
swing
jicho (macho)
eye
jino (meno)
tooth
sikio
ear
maji
water
maziwa
milk
mafuta
oil
majivu
ashes
shamba (mashamba)
farm
shati (mashati)
shirt
tawi (matawi)
branch
neno (maneno)
word
Mungu
God
neno la Mungu
the Bible (lit. the word of God)
jina (majina)
leaf
tunda (matunda)
fruit
ekundu
red
-lewa chakari
to be stupid drunk
ua (maua)
flower
-anika
to hang clothes
malaya
prostitute
nyoka
snake
kidonge (vidonge)
pill, capsule
-kata
to cut, divide, chop, break, sever
-pata
get, find, obtain; to achieve
maelekezo
directions, instructions
-tumia
to send to; to utilize, apply
dakari
doctor
dawa
medicine, drug, cure
-tengeneza
to repair, fix; to arrange
-pea
to mature, be ripe; to sweep
-nunuliwa
to be bought, purchased
-womba
to ask
-aje
he/she must come, let him/her come
nami
and me, with me
-kubali
to accept
mapema
early, early morning
-ima
get up, stand still
kwa hivyo
therefore
-panda
1 get on, climb, mount, get into vehicle 2 grow
-panda mbegu
to sow
punje
grain, seed
-mwagilia
to irrigate, to water
-fuuza
keep on, continue, carry on, go on, persist
kamba (makamba)
rope
chini ya
under
paka
cat
-paka
to smear, spread, apply
-paka rangi
to pain
kipanya (vipanya)
mouse
jiwe (mawe)
stone
shoka (mashoka)
axe, hatchet
yai (mayai)
egg
kwa wingi
in the plural
jibu (majibu)
reply
embe (maembe)
mango
papai (mapapai)
papaya
gazeti (magazeti)
newspaper
shati (mashati)
shirt
kanisa (makanisa)
church
-oza
to rot, stink, putrefy, go bad
fupi
short, brief
tamu
delicious, sweet
mpenzi (wapenzi)
love, dear, lover
juu ya
about, concerning
mzima (wazima)
healthy, fine, good condition; adult, full grown
chuo (vyuo)
school, college
elmu (sg. and pl)
education
hali
condition, situation
huko
there (at a place mentioned previously)
mtu mzima (watu wazima)
adult
Q: u hali gani? A: mzima
Q: how are you? A: well, fine
mvulama (wavulama)
boy
mwanasesere
actor
-zoea
to get used to
-kumbuku
to remember, recall, recollect, keep in mind
-osha
to watch
-ponyoka
1 to slip, slide (ex. kikombe kimeniponyoka the cup slipped out of my hands) 2 to escape, flee, to run away
-jadili
1 to argue 2 to discuss, debate
-kwaruzana
to quarrel, argue, bicker, squabble, have words
-tanafusi
to sigh
-zubaa
to be dumbfounded, be amazed, be confused, be taken aback, be stunned, be flabbergasted, be nonplussed
msanii (wasanii)
1 artist, designer 2 composer, writer