-ambukiza
to infect
-beba
to carry
-harisha
to have diarrhea
-konda
to get thin
-pima
to examine
-pona
to recover from illness
-tapika
to vomit
-tibiwa
to be treated medically
-umwa
to suffer from
-vimba
to swell
-washa
to itch
-meza
to swallow
-peleka
to send
-kunywa
to drink
-subiri
to wait
-lazwa
to be admitted
-fanya mazoezi
to do physical exercise
-pumzika
to rest
-tembeatembea
to move around
-inama
to bend down
-acha
to stop (doing something)
-adhibu
to punish/to penalize
-aga
to bid goodbye
-agiza
to place an order/to instruct
-ahidi
to promise
-alika
to invite someone
-ambia
to tell
-amini
to trust/to believe
-amka
to wake up/to get up
-amkia
to greet a person
-amsha
to wake someone up
-amua
to decide/to judge
-andaa
to prepare
-andika
to write
-angalia
to look/to watch
-anguka
to fall
-anika
to put something out to dry
-anua
to take out of the sun
-anza
to start/to begin
-anzia
to start or begin at/from/on
-arifu
to inform someone
-azima
to borrow/to lend
-babaika
to babble/to fumble about
-babaisha
to fluster/to confuse
-badili
to change/alter
-bahatisha
to guess/to try one’s luck
-baka
to rape/to molest
-bahana
to be squeezed together
-bariki
to bless
-batiza
to baptize
-beba
to carry
-bembeleza
to sooth a child/to entice
-bomoa
to demolish/to dismantle
-boresha
to improve
-bughudi
to harass/to annoy
-buni
to invent/to guess
-burudika
to be refreshed
-busu
to kiss
-bweka
to bark as a dog
-chafua
to make something dirty/to pollute
-chagua
to choose/to select/to elect
-chana
to comb hair/ to tear up
-changamka
to act lively/to be active
-changamsha
to cheer someone up
-changanya
to mix/to combine
-changanyikwa
to be confused
-chanika
to be torn/to rupture
-chanja
to vaccinate
-cheka
to laugh
-chelewa
to be late
-chelewesha
to delay/to cause delay
-chemsha
to boil something
-cheza
to play/to dance
-chimba
to dig out/to excavate
-chinja
to slaughter
-choka
to be tired
-chokoza
to provoke/to tease
-choma
to burn/to roast
-chomoza
to rise (the sun)
-chora
to draw/to paint
-chosha
to be tiring/to be tiring
-chuchumaa
to squat
-chuja
to filter/to purify
-chukia
to hate/to detest
-chukua
to take
-chunguza
to examine/to inspect
-danganya
to deceive/to trick
-dhalilisha
to treat miserably
-dharua
to scorn/to disdain/to snub
-dhibiti
to control
-dhihaki
to mock/to be sarcastic
-dhoofika
to be weak/to enfeebled
-dhuru
to harm/to hurt
-dondoka
to fall/to drip
-dumisha
to maintain/to perpetuate
-egesha
to park a car
-elekeza
to show the way/to instruct
-elewa
to understand/to realize
-eleza
to explain/to illustrate
-elimika
to be educated
-elimisha
to educate
-endelea
to continue/to progress
-endeleza
to develop
-endesha
to drive/to ride
-eneza
to spread around
-epuka
to avoid
-erevuka
to get smart/to wise up
-faa
to suitable/to be useful
-fadhaika
to be depressed
-fafanua
to define/to clarify
-fagia
to sweep up
-fahamika
to be known
-fanana
to resemble/to look like
-fanya
to do/ to make
-fedhehesha
to put shame to
-ficha
to hide/to conceal/to cover up
-fichua
to uncover/to expose/to reveal
-fidia
to compensate
-fika
to arrive/to come
-fikiri
to think
-filisi
to make bankrupt
-filisika
to be bankrupt
-fiwa
to be bereaved of
-fua
to wash clothes
-fuata
to follow, to come next
-fufua
to resurrect/to revive
-fuga
to domesticate
-fuja
to squander/to waste
-fukia
to bury/ to fill a hole
-fukua
to dig up/to exhume
-fukuza
to chase/to dismiss
-fuma
to weave/to knit
-fundisha
to teach
-funga
to close/to tie up/to fasten
-fungua
to open
-funika
to cover
-funua
to uncover
-fupisha
to shorten
-furahi
to be happy/to be delighted
-futa
to erase/to rub out/to cancel
-fyeka
to slash grasses
-fyonza
to suck/to absorb
-gawa
to distribute/to divide
-geuka
to turn away/to veer
-geuza
to turn over/to invert
-goma
to refuse/to go on straight
-gombana
to quarrel/to argue/to scold
-gombeza
to reprimand/to scold
-gonga
to knock/to beat on/to hit
-gundisha
to glue together
-hakikisha
to make sure
-hama
to emigrate/to move away
-hamia
to immigrate/to move into
-hamisha
to transfer/to move/to shift
-harakisha
to hurry/to hasten
-haribu
to damage/to destroy
-harisha
to have diarrhea
-hatarisha
to endanger
-heshimu
to respect/to venerate
-himiza
to encourage/to urge
-hisi
to sense/to feel/to perceive
-hitaji
to nee
-hitimu
to graduate
-hoji
to interview/to question
-hubiri
to preach
-hudhuria
to attend/to be present
-hurumia
to have mercy on/to pity
-husu
to concern/to relate to
-hutubia
to give a speech to
-huzunika
to be grieved
-iba
to steal
-idhinisha
to authorize/to permit
-iga
to imitate
-imarika
to be firm/to be solid
-imba
to sing
-ingia
to enter/to get into
-inua
to lift up/to raise up
-ishi
to live/to be alive/to live at
-ita
to call/to summon
-itika
to reply/to answer a call
-itwa
to be called
-jadili
to discuss/to debate/to argue
-jamba
to fart
-janjaruka
to get smart/to wise up
-jaribu
to try/to test/to tempt
-jibu
to answer/to reply
-jidai
to pretend/to purport to be
-jifanya
to pretend
-jidamka
to wake up early
-jihami
to protect oneself
-jikaza
to try one’s best/to beer up
-jimwayamwaya
to show off/to strut around
-jinoa
to get in shapee/ to prepare yourself
-jiona
to feel superior
-jipendekeza
to ingratiate oneself
-jipodoa
to put make up on
-jiponza
to jeopardize oneself
-jisaidia
to help oneself
-jisalimisha
to surrender
-jishaua
to show off/to strut
-jitahidi
to do one’s best
-jizuia
to control oneself
-jizutiti
to prepare oneself
-jivuna
to be proud of yourself
-jiuzulu
to resign
-jiua
to commit suicide
-jitosheleza
to be adequate
-jitolea
to volunteer/to offer self
-jitia kitanzi
to hang oneself
-jitegemea
to be self reliant
-jua
to know
-julikana
to be known/noted
-julisha
to inform
-jumlisha
to add up (addition)
-juta
to regret/to repent
-kaa
to stay/to reside at/to inhabit
-kaanga
to fry
-kabidhi
to hand over/to entrust to
-kadiria
to estimate
-kalia
to sit on/to sit/to occupy
-kamata
to catch/to capture/to arrest
-kamilisha
to finalize/to compete
-kandamiza
to suppress
-kanusha
to deny/to refuse
-kanya
to warn/to forbid
-kanyaga
to tread on/to trample on
-karibia
to come close to
-karibisha
to welcome/to invite
-kashifu
to defame someone’s character
-kasirika
to be angry
-kata
to cut/to amputate
-kataa
to refuse/to deny/to reject
-katakata
to cut in fine pieces
-katisha tamaa
to demoralize
-kauka
to be dry
-kausha
to dry up
-kaza
to fasten/to tighten
-kebehi
to insult/to offend/to outrage
-keti
to sit
-kimbia
to run/run away
-kinga
to defend/to protect
-kisia
to estimate/to guess
-koboa
to husk grain/to corn
-kodi
to rent/to hire
-kodisha
to rent out/to hire out
-kohoa
to cough
-kojoa
to urinate
-komboa
to redeem/to liberate
-konda
to to get thin/to lose weight
-konyeza
to wink at someone
-kopa
to borrow money
-kopesha
to loan money
-koroga
to stir/to stir up
-koroma
to snore
-kosa
to make a mistake/to miss
-kwenda
to go
-kua
to grow/to grow up
-kubali
to agree/to accept
-kufa
to die
-kula
to eat
-kumbatia
to embrace/ to hug
-kumbuka
to remember
-kunja
to fold/to wrinkle
-kumbusha
to remind
-kuna
to scratch/to scrape/to grate coconut
-kunjua
to unfold/to stretch
-kunya
to defecate
-kunywa
to drink
-kusanya
to gather/to collect
-kusudia
to intend to propose
-kuta
to find/to meet
-kutana
to gather/to meet/to convene
-kuwa
to be
-kuwa na
to have
-kwama
to be stuck
-kwamisha
to bring to a halt
-kwamua
to extricate
-kwepa
to avoid/to evade
-laghai
to trick/to cheat/to hoodwink
-lainisha
to soften/to smooth out/to lubricate
-lala
to sleep
-lalamika
to complain/to protest
-lalaha
to lie together/to have sex
-lalia
to sleep on/to lie on
-lamba
lick with the tongue
-laza
to set down/to put to bed
-lazimika
to be compelled
-lazimisha
to force to do things
-legeza
to loosen/to slacken/to relax
-legea
to be loose/to be weak
-lelewa
to be raised/to brought up
-leta
to bring
-lewa
to be drunk
-lima
to cultivate/to grow crops
-linda
to guard/to protect/to defend
-lingana
to be equal/to be similar
-linganisha
to compare/to equate
-lipa
to pay
-lisha
to feed
-lia
to cry
-liwazo
to console
-loga
to bewitch
-lowa
to be soaked/drenched
-lowanisha
to soak something
-lundika
to pile up
-maliza
to finish
-mega
to break off/to bite off/to cut piece
-menya
to peel/to strip off
-meza
to swallow something
-miliki
to own/to dominate
-miminia
to pour out/into/to spill
-mumunya
to munch/to suck on
-mwaga
to spill/to pour out
-mwagika
to be spilled
-mwagilia
to water/to irrigate
-nawa
to wash part of the body
-nenepa
to put on weight
-nenepesha
to be fattening
-ng’oa
to uproot/to pull out
-ngoja
to wait
-ngojea
to wait for
-njoo
to come
-noa
to sharpen
-nuia
to intend
-nuka
to stink/to smell bad
-nukia
to smell nice
-nuna
to sulk/to pout
-nung’unika
to complain
-nunua
to buy
-nusa
to sniff/to take a smell
-nusurika
to have a narrow escape
-nyamaza
to shut up/to be silent
-nyamazisha
to silence
-nyang’anya
to take away by force/to rob
-nyanyasa
to harass/to humiliate
-nyesha mvua
to rain
-nyima
to deny/to not give to
-nyoa
to shave/to cut the hair
-nyonya
to suck
-nyonyoa
to pluck feathers/hair
-nyunyizia
to sprinkle on/to spray on
-nyoosha
to straighten
-oa
to marry a wife
-oga
to shower
-ogelea
to swim
-ogesha
to give a bath
-ogopa
to be afraid/fearful
-oka
to bake
-okoa
to save/rescue
-olewa
to get married (for women)
-omba
to request/to beg for things
-omboleza
to mourn
-ona
to see/feel
-ondoa
to remove/to withdraw
-onekana
to be seen/to be visible
-onesha
to show
-ongea
to talk/to chat
-ongelea
to talk about
-ongeza
to add/to increase
-onja
to taste
-onya
to warn
-orodhesha
to list/to arrange in order when writing
-osha
to wash
-ota
to dream/to grow/to sunbathe
-oza
to rot/to be rotting or rotten
-palilia
to weed out
-pamba
to decorate/to furnish
-panda
to climb/to plant/to board
-panga
to arrange/to put in order
-pangusa
to dust off/to wipe/to clean
-panua
to widen/to broaden/to expand
-pashamoto
to heat up something
-pasua
to split up/to chop up
-pekua
to go barefoot/to search around
-peleka
to take/to send
-penda
to like/to love
-pendelea
to prefer/to be in favor of
-pendekeza
to propose/to suggest
-pendeza
to look smart
-penga
to blow the nose
-pepesuka
to stagger/to totter
-pewa
to be given
-piga
to hit/beat
-pika
to cook
-pima
to measure/to weigh/to test
-pinda
to fold/to bend
-pindua
to overturn/to overthrow
-pinga
to oppose/to contradict
-pita
to pass
-pokea
to receive/to accept/to take
-pona
to be cured/to recover
-ponya
to heal/to cure
-pooza
to be paralyzed
-pora
to rob
-potea
to be lost
-poteza
to lose something
-potosha
to lead astray/to pervert
-poza
to cool something/to calm someone
-puliza
to blow with the mouth
-pumua
to breath, stop, and rest
-pumzika
to rest/to take a break
-pungua
to decrease
-punguza
to reduce/to lessen/to lower
-puuza
to ignore/to disregard
-rahisisha
to simplify
-rarua
to tear up/apart
-ratibu
to arrange/to coordinate
-refusha
to lengthen/to elongate
-rejesha
to return/to send back
-rekebisha
to adjust/to regulate
-ripoti
to report something
-rudi
to return/to come back
-rudia
to repeat/to revise
-rudisha
to bring back/to return something
-ruhusu
to allow/to authorize
-ruka
to jump/to hop
-rusha
to toss up/to throw
-rutubisha
to enrich the soil
-sababisha
to cause
-safisha
to clean
-safirisha
to transport to another place
-saga
to grind/to mill
-sahau
to forget
-sahihisha
to make correction
-saidia
to help/to assist
-sali
to pray/to recite prayer
-salimia
to greet/to give regards
-samehe
to forgive/to pardon
-sawazisha
to rectify/to equalize
-sema
to say/to speak
-sengenya
to back bite
-shambulia
to attack
-shangaa
to be amazed/surprised
-shangaza
to be astounding/amazing
-shauri
to advice/to counsel
-shawishi
to persuade/to entice
-shiba
to be full (person)
-shika
to hold/to catch/to arrest
-shinda
to win/to conquer
-shona
to sew/to switch
-shtaki
to charge/to accuse
-shtua
to startle/to shock
-shtuka
to be startled
-shughulisha
to keep a person occupied/to busy
-shuka
to get off
-shukuru
to be grateful/to thank
-shusha
to lower/to bring down
-shutumu
to blame/to criticize
-sifia
to praise because of something
-sikia
to hear/to feel
-sikiliza
to listen/to listen to/to pay attention
-sikitika
to be sorry/to be disappointed
-sikitisha
to be saddening/to be a disappointed
-simama
to stop/to stand/to raise up
-simamia
to supervise
-simamisha
to stop/to bring a halt
-simulia
to tell a story/to narrate
-sindikiza
to escort/to accompany someone
-sisimua
to be thrilling/to be exciting
-sistiza
to insist/to emphasize
-sogeza
to move something
-sogelea
to come close to
-soma
to read/study
-songamana
to be jammed together
-sononeka
to be grieved/to be pained
-stahili
to deserve
-stahimili
to endure/to put up with
-subiri
to wait
-sugua
to rub/to scrub
-suka
to plait hair/to weave a mat
-sukuma
to push
-sumbua
to annoy/to bother
-susa
to boycott/to refuse/to avoid intentionally
-suta
to accuse publicly
-suuza
to rinse
-tabasamu
to smile
-tabiri
to forecast/to be able to tell the future
-tafadhalisha
to kindly request
-tafiti
to research
-tafsiri
to translate
-tafuna
to chew
-tafuta
to look for/search for
-taga
to lay eggs
-tahadharisha
to caution/to warn
-tahamaki
to realize suddenly
-tahiri
to circumcise
-taifisha
to nationalize
-taja
to mention
-tajirika
to become rich
-tajirisha
to enrich
-taka
to want/to wish
-takasa
to purify/to cleanse
-takata
to be clean
-takia
to wish for/to someone
-takiwa
to be wanted/to be obliged
-taliki
to divorce
-tamani
to long for/to crave/to desire
-tamba
to step proudly/to swagger
-tambua
to recognize
-tambulisha
to introduce
-tamka
to pronounce
-tangaza
to announce/to advertise
-tangulia
to precede/to go ahead
-tania
to joke with/to be kidding
-taniana
to joke with one another
-tapika
to vomit
-tarajia
to expect to/to intend to
-tatanisha
to be perplexing/confusing
-tathmini
to evaluate
-tatua
to solve/to find a solution
-tawala
to govern/to rule/to reign
-tawanya
to scatter
-tayarisha
to prepare
-tazama
to look at/watch/gaze
-tazamia
to look forward to/expect
-tega
to set a trap
-tegemea
to depend on/to rely on
-tekeleza
to implement/to execute
-tekenya
to tickle
-teketeza
to burn/to destroy
-teketea
to be burnt up/ravaged
-telekeza
to leave/abandon
-telemka
to get off
-teleza
to slip/skid
-tema
to split/split out
-tembea
to walk/to move around
-tembelea
to visit/to walk with
-tembeza
to take somebody around
-tenga
to separate/to isolate
-tengeneza
to repair/to assemble
-tesa
to torture
-teseka
to suffer/to be tortured
-tetemeka
to tremble/to shake
-teua
to appoint
-tibu
to treat medically
-tii
to obey/to conform
-tikisa
to shake
-tilia maahani
to take seriously
-tilia mkazo
to emphasize
-timia
to be completed
-timiza
to complete/to fulfill
-tingisha
to shake up something
-tisha
to frighten/terrify
-toa
to offer/to put out/to remove/to subtract
-toboa
to make a hole on something
-tofautisha
to differentiate
-toka
to go out/to leave
-tokea
to happen/to occur/to emerge
-tongoza
to seduce
-toroka
to runaway/to escape
-totoa
to hatch eggs
-toweka
to disappear/vanish
-tubu
to repent
-tuhumu
to suspect
-tukana
to insult
-tukuza
to glorify
-tulia
to be still/calm
-tuliza
to calm somebody/something
-tuma
to send something/somebody
-tumaini
to hope/expect
-tumbuiza
to entertain especially with music
-tumbukia
to fall into
-tumia
to use/utilize/apply
-tumika
to be used
-tundika
to hang something
-tunga
to compose
-tunza
to care for/to look after
-tupa
to throw/throw away
-tuza
to award/reward
-twanga
to pound in a mortar
-ua
to kill
-ugua
to be ill/be ailing
-uguza
to nurse the sick
-uliza
to ask
-ulizia
to ask about something/somebody
-uma
to bite/sting
-umba
to create/make in shape/form
-umbika
to be created/shaped
-umbua
to disfigure/deform
-umia
to be injured/to be hurt
-umiza
to injure/hurt someone
-umua
to leaven dough
-umwa
to be sick/to be in pain
-unda
to construct/to assemble
-unga
to join/unite
-ungama
to confess
-ungana
to unite
-unganisha
to merge/connect
-ungua
to be burned
-vaa
to get dressed/to wear
-valisha
to dress someone
-vamia
to invade/to attack/to raid
-vimba
to swell/bulge
-vimbiwa
to be or feel bloated
-viringa
to make round
-vizia
to ambush
-vua
to undress/strip
-vua samaki
to fish/go fishing
-vuja
to leak
-vuka
to cross over
-vuma
to buzz/bellow
-vumbua
to discover/invent
-vumisha
to publicize/to announce
-vuna
to harvest/to reap
-vunja
to break/wreck
-vunjika
to be broken/wrecked
-vuruga
to stir up/to mess up
-vurugika
to be in a mess/to be chaotic
-vuta
to pull
-vuta sigara
to smoke a cigarette
-vutia
to impress/to fascinate
-wahi
to be on time/to manage to
-wajibika
to be/act responsible
-waka
to be burning/to be lit
-wakilisha
to represent someone/something
-wania
to strive for/have in mind
-washa
to light/ignite/turn on
-washa
to itch
-wasiliana
to keep in touch
-wasili
to contact/to communicate
-waza
to arrive
-weka
to think/imagine
-wezekana
to put/to place/to keep
-wika
to talk in one’s sleep
-weza
to be able to/to can/to be capable of
-wezekana
to be possible
-wika
to crow like a cock
-winda
to hunt
-yeyuka
to be melted/dissolved
-yumba/yumba yumba
to sway
-zaa
to give birth/to produce
-zalia
to bear for
-zalisha
to produce/to assist at birth
-zaliwa
to be born
-zama
to sink/to capsize
-zeeka
to become old
-zibua
to unplug/to unstop
-zidi
to increase/to be too much
-zidisha
to multiply/to enlarge
-zika
to bury
-zima
to extinguish
-zimia
to faint
-zimua
to dilute
-zindua
to inaugurate
-zingatia
to consider/to reflect on
-zoa
to gather in pile/to collect
-zoea
to get accustomed to
-zoeza
to habitualize
-zozana
to get at one another
-zuia
to hinder/to prevent
-zunguka
to circle around
-zungumza
to converse/to chat
-zungusha
to spin/turn around
-zurura
to roam around
-piga mswaki
to brush teeth
-piga simu
to make a phone call
-piga pasi
to iron
-cheza ampira
to play ball
-washa (taa)
to turn on (the light)
-zima (taa)
to turn off (the light)
-fungua (mlango)
to open (the door)
-funga (mlango)
to close (the door)
-tandika kitanda
to make the bed
-fua (nguo)
to wash (clothes)
-safisha vyombo
to clean the dishes
-cheza musiki
to dance
-vaa (nguo)
to put on (clothes)
-vua (nguo)
to take off (clothes)
-tupa takataka
to throw out trash
-pata
to get
-endesha (gari)
to drive (a car)
-lenga
to aim