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Swahili Verb List

Infinitive form, from Steere's "Swahili Exercises"

Swahili	English
kuweza	to be able
kukubali	to accept
kushtaki	to accuse
kupatana	to agree
kubadili	to alter
kusumbua	to annoy
kujibu	to answer
kufika	to arrive, to reach
kutokea	to appear
kuuliza	to ask a question
kuamaka	to awaken
kuoga	to bathe
kuzaa	to bear fruit or childen
kuomba	to bega
kuanza	to begin
kusadiki	to believe
kuuma	to bite, to sting
kuvuma	to blow
kujisifu	to boast
kuchemka	to boil (neutral)
kuchemsha	to boil (active)
kuzaliwa	to be born
kupiga kofi	to strike
kuvunja	to break
kuleta	to bring
kujenga	to build
kuwaka	to burn (neutral)
kuchoma	to burn (active)
kuzika	to bury
kununua	to buy
kuita	to call
kutunza	to care for
kuchukua	to carry, to take
kukamata	to catch hold of
kubadilisha	to be changed
kudanganya	to cheat
kutafuna	to chew
kuchagua	to choose
kupiga makofi	to clap thehands
kusafisha	to clean
kupanda	to climb up
kukusanya	to collect
kamuru	to command
kurudi	to come back
kukaribia	to come near to
kutoka	to come, to go out
kushinda	to conqueor
kufikiri	to consider
kupika	to cook
kukohao	to cough
kufunika	to cover
kuvuka	to cross over
kuponda	to crush
kulia	to cry
kulima	to cultivate
kuponya	to cure
kukata	to cut, to cut down
kucheza	to dance
kupungua	to decrease
kulinda	to defend
kukawia	to delay
kukana	to deny
kuharibu	to destroy
kuchimba	to dig
kuagiza	to direct
kugawanya	to divide
kutenda	to do, to act
kukokota	to drag
kupiga mstari	to draw a line
kuteka maji	to draw up water
kuota	to dream
kufukuza	to drive away
kukauka	to get dry
kuanika	to put out to dry
kumwaga	to dry out
kuisha	to end
kuingia	to enter
kuokoka	to escape
kueleza	to explain
kupunguka	to fail
kuanguka	to fall
kufunga	to fasten, to bind, to shut
kuogopa	to fear
kulisha	to feed
kupigana	to fight
kuona	to find
kumaliza	to finish
kuisha	to be finished
kukaza	to fix
kusitawi	to flourish
kuruka	to fly, to jump
kukunja	to fold
kufuata	to follow
kugombeza	to forbid
kusahau	to forget
kusamehe	to forgive
kupata	to get
kulewa	to get drunk
kutoka	to get out
kuiva	to ripen
kuondoka	to get up
kupona	to get well
kuenda	to go
kurudi	to go back
kuoza	to go bad
kutangulia	to go before
kupita	to go by
kushuka	to go, to come down
kuamkia	to greet
kusaga	to grind
kulinda	to guard
kudhuru	to harm
kuchukia	to hate
kusaidia	to help
kusikia	to hear
kuficha	to hide
kuzuia	to hinder
kupiga	to hit, to beat
kushika	to hold
kuuma	to hurt (neutral)
kuumiza	to hurt (active)
kuunga	to join
kuhukumu	to judge
kuruka	to jump, to fly
kupiga teke	to kick
kuua	to kill
kuchinja	to kill for food
kujua	to know
kuchelewa	to be late
kucheka	to laugh
kujifunza	to learn
kuacha	to leave
kuaga	to take leave of
kuinua	to life up
kuwasha	to light (fire, lamp, etc.)
kupenda	to like
kusikiliza	to listen
kutazama	to look
kutafuta	to look for
kulegeza	to loosen
kupoteza	to lose (active)
kupotea	to be lost (neutral
kupenda	to love
kushusha	to lower
kufanya	to make, to do
kuoa	to marry a wife
kuolewa	to be married
kupima	to measure
kukuta	to meet with
kuyeyuka	to melt (neutral)
kukosa	to miss
kuchanganya	to mix
kuagiza	to order
kupindua	to overturn
kuwiwa	to owe
kuuma	to pain (neutral)
kupita	to pass
kulipa	to pay
kuokota	to pick up
kuweka	to palce
kucheza	to play
kupeneza	to please
kumimina	to pour
kutwanga	to pound corn
kusifu	to praise
kuomba	to pray
kufanikiwa	to prosper
kuvuta	to pull, to draw
kung'oa	to pull up
kusukuma	to push
kutia	to put
kuweka	to put away
kuvaa	to put on (clothes)
kutoa	to put our
kuzima	to put out a light
kugombana	to quarrel
kupandisha	to raise
kufika	to reach
kusoma	to read
kupokea	to receive
kukumbuka	to recollect
kukataa	to refuse
kujuta	to regret
kufurahi	to rejoice
kubaki	to remain over
kukaa	to remain (in a place)
kukumbuka	to remember
kukumbusha	to remind
kupumzika	to rest
kurudi	to return, to go back
kurudisha	to return, to give back
kuoka	to roast
kuoza	to rot
kuviringa	to be round
kusugua	to rub
kupiga mbio	to run
kukimbia	to run away, to flee
kuokoa	to save
kusema	to say
kutawanya	to scatter
kudharau	to scorn
kukuna	to scratch
kuona	to see
kutafuta	to search for
kuonana	to see one another
kupeleka	to send
kuuza	to sell
kushona	to sew
kutikisa	to shake
kunyoa	to shave
kuonyesha	to show
kuimba	to sing
kuzama	to sink
kukaa kitako	to sit down
kulala	to sleep
kunuka	to smell nasty
kunukia	to smell nice
kunuza	to smell (active)
kusikitika	to be sorry
kunena	to speak
kutumia	to spend
kumwaga	to spill
kupasua	to split (active)
kupasuka	to split (neutral)
kuenea	to spread (neutral)
kusimama	to stand
kukuaa	to stay
kuiba	to steal
kupiga	to strike, to beat
kutosha	to suffice
kuzunguka	to surround
kufagia	to sweep
kuvimba	to swell
kutwaa	to take
kuchukua	to take away
kuangalia	to take care
kuvua	to take off (clothes)
kusema	to talk
kufundisha	to teach
kuonja	to taste
kutatua	to tear (cloth, etc.)
kurarua	to tear in pieces
kuambia	to tell
kufikiri	to think, to consider
kudhani	to think, to suppose
kutupa	to throw away
kufunga	to tie
kuchoka	to become tired
kugusa	to touch
kusafiri	to travel
kujaribu	to try
kugeuza	to turn (active)
kugeuka	to turn (neutral)
kufunua	to uncover
kfungua	to unfasten, to open
kutumia	to use
kungoja	to wait
kutembea	to walk about
kutaka	to want
kuosha	to wash
kufua	to wash clothes
kufuta	to wipe
kunyima	to withhold from
kunawa	to wash hands
kustaajabu	to wonder
kuabudu	to worship
kuandika	to write

Created by: meredithl2013

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