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Swahili Verb List
Infinitive form, from Steere's "Swahili Exercises"
Swahili | English |
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kuweza | to be able |
kukubali | to accept |
kushtaki | to accuse |
kupatana | to agree |
kubadili | to alter |
kusumbua | to annoy |
kujibu | to answer |
kufika | to arrive, to reach |
kutokea | to appear |
kuuliza | to ask a question |
kuamaka | to awaken |
kuoga | to bathe |
kuzaa | to bear fruit or childen |
kuomba | to bega |
kuanza | to begin |
kusadiki | to believe |
kuuma | to bite, to sting |
kuvuma | to blow |
kujisifu | to boast |
kuchemka | to boil (neutral) |
kuchemsha | to boil (active) |
kuzaliwa | to be born |
kupiga kofi | to strike |
kuvunja | to break |
kuleta | to bring |
kujenga | to build |
kuwaka | to burn (neutral) |
kuchoma | to burn (active) |
kuzika | to bury |
kununua | to buy |
kuita | to call |
kutunza | to care for |
kuchukua | to carry, to take |
kukamata | to catch hold of |
kubadilisha | to be changed |
kudanganya | to cheat |
kutafuna | to chew |
kuchagua | to choose |
kupiga makofi | to clap thehands |
kusafisha | to clean |
kupanda | to climb up |
kukusanya | to collect |
kamuru | to command |
kurudi | to come back |
kukaribia | to come near to |
kutoka | to come, to go out |
kushinda | to conqueor |
kufikiri | to consider |
kupika | to cook |
kukohao | to cough |
kufunika | to cover |
kuvuka | to cross over |
kuponda | to crush |
kulia | to cry |
kulima | to cultivate |
kuponya | to cure |
kukata | to cut, to cut down |
kucheza | to dance |
kupungua | to decrease |
kulinda | to defend |
kukawia | to delay |
kukana | to deny |
kuharibu | to destroy |
kuchimba | to dig |
kuagiza | to direct |
kugawanya | to divide |
kutenda | to do, to act |
kukokota | to drag |
kupiga mstari | to draw a line |
kuteka maji | to draw up water |
kuota | to dream |
kufukuza | to drive away |
kukauka | to get dry |
kuanika | to put out to dry |
kumwaga | to dry out |
kuisha | to end |
kuingia | to enter |
kuokoka | to escape |
kueleza | to explain |
kupunguka | to fail |
kuanguka | to fall |
kufunga | to fasten, to bind, to shut |
kuogopa | to fear |
kulisha | to feed |
kupigana | to fight |
kuona | to find |
kumaliza | to finish |
kuisha | to be finished |
kukaza | to fix |
kusitawi | to flourish |
kuruka | to fly, to jump |
kukunja | to fold |
kufuata | to follow |
kugombeza | to forbid |
kusahau | to forget |
kusamehe | to forgive |
kupata | to get |
kulewa | to get drunk |
kutoka | to get out |
kuiva | to ripen |
kuondoka | to get up |
kupona | to get well |
kuenda | to go |
kurudi | to go back |
kuoza | to go bad |
kutangulia | to go before |
kupita | to go by |
kushuka | to go, to come down |
kuamkia | to greet |
kusaga | to grind |
kulinda | to guard |
kudhuru | to harm |
kuchukia | to hate |
kusaidia | to help |
kusikia | to hear |
kuficha | to hide |
kuzuia | to hinder |
kupiga | to hit, to beat |
kushika | to hold |
kuuma | to hurt (neutral) |
kuumiza | to hurt (active) |
kuunga | to join |
kuhukumu | to judge |
kuruka | to jump, to fly |
kupiga teke | to kick |
kuua | to kill |
kuchinja | to kill for food |
kujua | to know |
kuchelewa | to be late |
kucheka | to laugh |
kujifunza | to learn |
kuacha | to leave |
kuaga | to take leave of |
kuinua | to life up |
kuwasha | to light (fire, lamp, etc.) |
kupenda | to like |
kusikiliza | to listen |
kutazama | to look |
kutafuta | to look for |
kulegeza | to loosen |
kupoteza | to lose (active) |
kupotea | to be lost (neutral |
kupenda | to love |
kushusha | to lower |
kufanya | to make, to do |
kuoa | to marry a wife |
kuolewa | to be married |
kupima | to measure |
kukuta | to meet with |
kuyeyuka | to melt (neutral) |
kukosa | to miss |
kuchanganya | to mix |
kuagiza | to order |
kupindua | to overturn |
kuwiwa | to owe |
kuuma | to pain (neutral) |
kupita | to pass |
kulipa | to pay |
kuokota | to pick up |
kuweka | to palce |
kucheza | to play |
kupeneza | to please |
kumimina | to pour |
kutwanga | to pound corn |
kusifu | to praise |
kuomba | to pray |
kufanikiwa | to prosper |
kuvuta | to pull, to draw |
kung'oa | to pull up |
kusukuma | to push |
kutia | to put |
kuweka | to put away |
kuvaa | to put on (clothes) |
kutoa | to put our |
kuzima | to put out a light |
kugombana | to quarrel |
kupandisha | to raise |
kufika | to reach |
kusoma | to read |
kupokea | to receive |
kukumbuka | to recollect |
kukataa | to refuse |
kujuta | to regret |
kufurahi | to rejoice |
kubaki | to remain over |
kukaa | to remain (in a place) |
kukumbuka | to remember |
kukumbusha | to remind |
kupumzika | to rest |
kurudi | to return, to go back |
kurudisha | to return, to give back |
kuoka | to roast |
kuoza | to rot |
kuviringa | to be round |
kusugua | to rub |
kupiga mbio | to run |
kukimbia | to run away, to flee |
kuokoa | to save |
kusema | to say |
kutawanya | to scatter |
kudharau | to scorn |
kukuna | to scratch |
kuona | to see |
kutafuta | to search for |
kuonana | to see one another |
kupeleka | to send |
kuuza | to sell |
kushona | to sew |
kutikisa | to shake |
kunyoa | to shave |
kuonyesha | to show |
kuimba | to sing |
kuzama | to sink |
kukaa kitako | to sit down |
kulala | to sleep |
kunuka | to smell nasty |
kunukia | to smell nice |
kunuza | to smell (active) |
kusikitika | to be sorry |
kunena | to speak |
kutumia | to spend |
kumwaga | to spill |
kupasua | to split (active) |
kupasuka | to split (neutral) |
kuenea | to spread (neutral) |
kusimama | to stand |
kukuaa | to stay |
kuiba | to steal |
kupiga | to strike, to beat |
kutosha | to suffice |
kuzunguka | to surround |
kufagia | to sweep |
kuvimba | to swell |
kutwaa | to take |
kuchukua | to take away |
kuangalia | to take care |
kuvua | to take off (clothes) |
kusema | to talk |
kufundisha | to teach |
kuonja | to taste |
kutatua | to tear (cloth, etc.) |
kurarua | to tear in pieces |
kuambia | to tell |
kufikiri | to think, to consider |
kudhani | to think, to suppose |
kutupa | to throw away |
kufunga | to tie |
kuchoka | to become tired |
kugusa | to touch |
kusafiri | to travel |
kujaribu | to try |
kugeuza | to turn (active) |
kugeuka | to turn (neutral) |
kufunua | to uncover |
kfungua | to unfasten, to open |
kutumia | to use |
kungoja | to wait |
kutembea | to walk about |
kutaka | to want |
kuosha | to wash |
kufua | to wash clothes |
kufuta | to wipe |
kunyima | to withhold from |
kunawa | to wash hands |
kustaajabu | to wonder |
kuabudu | to worship |
kuandika | to write |
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