Nouns (ki/vi class)

Swahili:English

kiatu:shoe

kiazi:potato

kiberiti:matchstick/lighter

kichwa:head

kidole:finger/toe

kidonda:sore/ulcer

kidonge:pill/tablet

kijiji:village

kijiko:spoon/teaspoon

kikapu:basket

kiko:pipe

kikombe:cup

kilima:hill

kilimo:agriculture

kioo:mirror/sheet of glass

kipande:piece/portion/slice

kipimo:measuring device

kisahani:saucer

kisima:well/water hole

kisu:knife

kitabu:book

kitanda:bed

kitambaa:cloth/material

kiti:chair/stool/seat

kitu:thing

chakula:food

chandalua:mosquito net/tarp

cheti:note/certificate

chombo:tool/container/vessel

choo:lavatory/latrine/faeces

chuma:piece of metal

chumba:room

kiboko:hippopotamus

kifaru:rhinoceros

kibarua:labourer

kijana:youth

kipofu:blind person

kiwete:lame person

kiziwi:deaf person

Kiswahili:Swahili

Kiingereza:English

Kifaransa:French

Kidachi:German

Kigiriki:Greek

Kilugha:local tribal language

chama:club/society/association/co-operative/party

kiasi:quantity/amount

kibanda:shed/hut

kipini:small handle

kiraka:patch

kisiwa:island

kitunguu:onion

kivuli:shade/shadow

kiwanda:workshop

kiwanja:plot of ground/pitch

kizibo:cork/stopper