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People and Animals P
Plurals only, from Steere's bok
Swahili | English |
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mawakili | agents |
siafu | biting ants |
chungu | black ants |
nyani | apes |
mashangazi | aunts |
vinyozi | barbers |
nyuki | bees |
ndege | birds |
maaskofu | bishops |
vipofu | blind people |
wavulana | boys |
ndugu | brothers or sisters |
nyati | bison |
mafahali | bulls |
kulungu | bushbucks |
ngamia | camels |
maseremala | carpenters |
paka | cats |
ng'ombe | cows |
tandu | centipedes |
madreva | chauffeurs |
majumbe | chiefs |
makarani | clerks |
majogoo | cocks |
mende | cockroaches |
mbega | colobusses |
majemadari | commanders |
mamba | crocodiles |
kunguru | crows |
mashemasi | deacons |
viziwi | deaf people |
majine | spirits |
mbwa | dogs |
punda | donkeyes |
hua | doves |
mabata | ducks |
vibeti | dwarfes |
pofu | elands |
tembo | elephants |
maadui, adui | enemies |
baba | fathers |
samaki | fish |
viroboto | fleas |
inzi, mainzi | flies |
kuku | fowl, hen, chicken |
marafiki, rafiki | friends |
vyura | frogs |
paa | gazelles |
twiga | giraffes |
mbuzi | goats |
maliwali | governors |
mabibi | grandmothers |
wasichana | girls |
kongoni | wildebeasts |
fisi | hyenas |
mwewe | hawks |
viboko | hippopotamusses |
farasi | horses |
mabanyani | Hindoos |
makadhi | judges |
mabibi | ladies |
viwete | lamepeople |
chui | leopards |
simba | lions |
mabwana, bwana | masters |
kima | monkeys |
tumbili | monkeys |
mbu | mosquitos |
mama | mothers |
mbuni | ostriches |
nguruwe | pigs |
njiwa | pigeons |
makasisi | priests |
sungura | rabbits |
panya | rats |
vifaru | rhinoceroses |
mabaharia | sailors |
nge | scorpions |
maboi | servant |
papa | sharks |
kondoo | sheep |
maumbu | sisters |
nyoka | snakes |
askari | soldiers |
masuitani | Sultans |
mchwa | termites |
kobe | tortoises |
kasa | turtles |
mawaziri | viziers |
tai | vultures |
madobi | washermen |
vijana | youth |
punda milia | zebras |