Vocabulary Ch 1-10 SWAH 105

AIDS

ukimwi

arthritis, rheumatism

baridi yabisi, yabisi kavu

asthma

pumu

be in pain

-kakata

be well, be cured

-ponywa

bilharzia

kichocho

body

mwili/miili

cancer

kansa

chicken pox

tetekuwanga, tetewanga

cholera

kipindupindu/vi

cold, chest cold

mafua

cough (noun)

kikohozi/vikohozi

cough (verb)

-kohoa

critically ill

mahututi

deficiency

ukosefu

defense, protection

kinga

diabetes

ugonjwa wa (ki)sukari

diarrhea

ugonjwa wa kuhara, tumbo la kuhara

diptheria

dondakoo

disease

magonjwa, maradhi

dizziness

kizunguzungu

epilepsy

kifafa

fall ill

fever

homa (N

Gas, flatulence

riahi (N

germ

kijidudu/vijidudu

goitre, glandular swelling

tezi/matezi

gonorrhea

kisonono

have dysentery

heart attack

shtuko la moyo

heart disease

ugonjwa wa moyo

Hepatitis

homa ya manjano

herbal medicine

miti shamba

hernia

mshipa/mi

infection

ambukizo/ma

infectious disease

ugonjwa wa kuambukiza

leprosy

ukoma

malaria

homa ya malaria

malnutrition

utapiamlo

measles

surua, shurua, ukambi

medical care, treatment

matibabu

mental illness

ugonjwa wa akili

mental illness, insanity

kichaa

mucous

kamasi/makamasi

mumps

matubwitubwi (MA

pain

maumivu (MA

pimple, scabies, exzema

upele/pele

pneumonia

numonia

poison

sumu

rheumatism, arthritis

baridi yabisi

scarlet fever

homa ya vipele vyekundu

sleeping sickness

malale

smallpox

ndui

swelling

uvimbe

syphilis

kaswende, sekeneko

tetanus, lockjaw

pepopunda

traditional doctor

mganga/wa

tropical ulcer

donda ndugu

tuberculosis

kifua kikuu

typhoid

homa ya matumbo

tumor

uvimbe/kivimbe

ulcer, large sore

donda/ma

venereal disease

ugonjwa wa zinaa

virus

virusi

vomit (noun)

tapishi/ma

whooping cough

kifaduru

yellow fever

ugonjwa wa manjano

a kutosha

a lami

paved (see lami 'tar, asphalt')

agana

say goodbye to each other, take leave of one another

amkiana

greet one another (cf. maamkio 'greetings')

bisha hodi

call hodi to seek entrance

chelewa

be late

eleza

explain

fanya

do, make

fanya kazi

work, do work

fika

arrive

fundisha

teach

jibu

answer (a question)

jifunza

learn

kaa

live, reside; stay, remain; sit

kali

strict, hard, tough, sharp, etc.

kataa

say no, deny, negate

nunua

buy

onana

see one another

safari

travel, take a trip

safiri

travel (cf. safari 'trip, journey')

sema na

speak with

simama

stop (verb); also 'stand'

soma

study, read

taka

want, desire

toka

come from

tumia

use

vua

fish (verb)

zungumza

converse, chat (cf. mazungumzo 'conversation, dialogue')

ja / kuja

come / to come

uliza

ask (a question)

baada ya

after

Baba

father

Baba Taifa

Father of the Nation