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U Class Nouns
From Steere's book
Swahili | English |
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uzee | old age |
udevu | a hair of the beard |
uzuri | beauty |
uchungu | bitterness |
upofu | blindness |
upindi | bow |
upanda | breadth |
ukingo | brink |
ufagio | broom |
utoto | childhood |
ukucha | claw, nail |
ushujaa | courage |
ua | courtyard |
wokofu | deliverance |
uovu | eil |
uso | face |
uwongo | falsehood |
woga | fear |
ukali | fierceness |
ukuni | piece of firewook |
unga | flour |
wayo | footprint |
uma | fork |
upole | gentleness |
utukufu | glory |
wema | goodness |
wali | cooked grain |
uji | gruel |
ufizi | gum of the teeth |
nywele | the hair |
akufi | handful |
uvivu | idleness |
urithi | inheritance |
wino | ink |
upele | pimples |
ubishi | joke |
ufunguo | key |
ufalme | kingdom |
utambi | candle wick |
ukurasa | leaf of a book |
urefu | length |
umeme | lightning |
uzima | life |
unyonge | meanness |
wavu | net |
usiku | night |
upunzi | nonsense |
uapo | oath |
ubao | plank |
wingi | plenty |
ngali | porridge |
nmaskini | poverty |
uwezo | power, ability |
ugomvi | quarrel |
utulivu | quietness |
wembe | razor |
ufufo | resurrection |
wali | cooked rice |
utumwa | slavery |
ushirika | sharing, partnership |
usafi | cleanness |
werevu | shrewdness |
ugonjwa | sickness, disease |
upanda | side |
wimbo | song |
wengu | spleen |
uzi | string |
utepe | stripe, line |
usuitani | sultanship |
upanga | sword |
wizi | theft |
wakati | time |
ulimi | tongue |
udhia | trouble, noise, confusion |
uwaziri | viziership |
ukuta | wall |
upotevu | wastefulness |
udhaifu | weakness |
utajiri | wealthiness |
weupe | whiteness, light |
upepo | wind |
uchawi | witchcraft |
ulimwengu | world |
ujana | youth |