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Ji/Ma Nouns
Singular only, from Steere's book
Swahili | English |
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shauri | advice |
tendo | action |
jambo | affair, thing, circumstance |
mapatano | agreement |
obzi | almond |
jibu | answer |
tao | arch |
kwapa | armpit |
jivu | ashes |
makusanyiko | assembly |
shoka | axe |
ganda | gark |
pipa | barrel |
bakula | basin |
tua | raided garden bed |
tumbo | belly |
lengelenge | blister |
jipu | boil |
chupa | bottle |
sanduku | box |
kasha | large box |
tawi | branch |
gari | car |
zizi | cattle pen |
kapi | chaff |
kanisa | church |
kuti | leaf of the coconut tree |
dafu | coconut |
makumbi | coconut fiber |
mazungumzo | conversation |
agizo | commission |
matumaini | confidence |
agano | covenant |
tango | cucumber |
giza | darkness |
matata | difficulties |
usia | direction |
shaka | doubt |
tone | drop |
vumbi | dust |
sikio | ear |
yai | egg |
jiko | eye |
maelezo | explnation |
kosa | fault |
konde | filed |
ua | flower |
inzi | fly |
tunda | fruit |
vazi | garment |
kaburi | grave, tomb |
jembe | hoe |
tundu | hole |
goti | knee |
fundo | knot |
jani | leaf |
embe | mango |
soko | market |
jamvi | coarse matting |
maziwa | milk |
jina | name |
kasia | oar |
mafuta | oil |
chungwa | orange |
kafi | paddle |
papai | papaw |
kokoto | pebble |
nanazi | pineapple |
shimo | pit |
shamba | plantation |
sufuria | large metal pot |
fungu | portion, heap |
boga | pumpkin |
swali | question |
majuto | regret |
toba | repentance |
tanga | sail |
duka | store |
jiwa | stone |
jua | sun |
wazo | thought |
jino | tooth |
mashairi | verses |
maji | water |
neno | wor |
juma | week |
mapenzi | wishes |