| Term | Definition |
|---|
| simama | stand up, stop/halt |
| kaa | sit down, reside |
| fungua | open |
| funga | close |
| andika | write |
| enda | go |
| chukua | take |
| onyesha | show |
| rudi | return, come back |
| ni | am, are, is |
| penda | like |
| sema | say, speak |
| taka | want |
| soma | read, study |
| imba | sing |
| cheka | laugh |
| lia | cry |
| cheza dansi | dance |
| jua | know |
| fanya | do |
| furahi | be happy |
| toka | come from |
| la | eat |
| hitaji | need desire |
| jifunza | learn, study, teach oneself |
| funza | learn, study |
| angalia | look, watch |
| tazama | look, watch |
| lala | sleep |
| tumia | use |
| fundisha | teach, educate |
| fanya kazi | do work |
| pika | cook |
| zaliwa | be born somewhere |
| endesha | make go, operate |
| wa | to be |
| amini | believe, believe in |
| jiamini | be self-confident |
| chukia | hate, detest |
| heshimu | respect |
| iba | steal, rob |
| kua | grow (for people) |
| kulia | grow up somewhere |
| kuna | there is, there are |
| kunja | fold |
| kunja uso | frown (i.e. fold mouth) |
| oa | get/be married (male) |
| olewa | get/be married (female) |
| ogelea | swim |
| safiri | travel |
| saidia | help, assist, give assistance to |
| tabasamu | smile |
| tangulia | precede, go/come before |
| toa | take away |
| ua | kill, murder |
| jiua | commit suicide |
| uliza | ask |
| jiuliza | ask oneself, wonder |
| weza | be able to, can |
| anza | begin, commence, start |
| anzisha | found (an organization, company, etc.), start |
| chelewa | be/become late |
| huzunika | be/become sad |
| kaakaa tu | sit around and do nothing |
| kasirika | be/become angry |
| konda | lose weight, be/become skinny |
| nenepa | be/become fat, put on weight |
| sanifisha lugha | standardize a language |
| shiba | be/become full (of food) |
| staafu | retire from work |
| udhi | vex, piss someone off |
| udhika | be/become vexed, pissed off |
| ona fahari | be proud, feel proud |
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