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U Class Nouns
From Steere's book
| Swahili | English |
|---|---|
| uzee | old age |
| udevu | a hair of the beard |
| uzuri | beauty |
| uchungu | bitterness |
| upofu | blindness |
| upindi | bow |
| upanda | breadth |
| ukingo | brink |
| ufagio | broom |
| utoto | childhood |
| ukucha | claw, nail |
| ushujaa | courage |
| ua | courtyard |
| wokofu | deliverance |
| uovu | eil |
| uso | face |
| uwongo | falsehood |
| woga | fear |
| ukali | fierceness |
| ukuni | piece of firewook |
| unga | flour |
| wayo | footprint |
| uma | fork |
| upole | gentleness |
| utukufu | glory |
| wema | goodness |
| wali | cooked grain |
| uji | gruel |
| ufizi | gum of the teeth |
| nywele | the hair |
| akufi | handful |
| uvivu | idleness |
| urithi | inheritance |
| wino | ink |
| upele | pimples |
| ubishi | joke |
| ufunguo | key |
| ufalme | kingdom |
| utambi | candle wick |
| ukurasa | leaf of a book |
| urefu | length |
| umeme | lightning |
| uzima | life |
| unyonge | meanness |
| wavu | net |
| usiku | night |
| upunzi | nonsense |
| uapo | oath |
| ubao | plank |
| wingi | plenty |
| ngali | porridge |
| nmaskini | poverty |
| uwezo | power, ability |
| ugomvi | quarrel |
| utulivu | quietness |
| wembe | razor |
| ufufo | resurrection |
| wali | cooked rice |
| utumwa | slavery |
| ushirika | sharing, partnership |
| usafi | cleanness |
| werevu | shrewdness |
| ugonjwa | sickness, disease |
| upanda | side |
| wimbo | song |
| wengu | spleen |
| uzi | string |
| utepe | stripe, line |
| usuitani | sultanship |
| upanga | sword |
| wizi | theft |
| wakati | time |
| ulimi | tongue |
| udhia | trouble, noise, confusion |
| uwaziri | viziership |
| ukuta | wall |
| upotevu | wastefulness |
| udhaifu | weakness |
| utajiri | wealthiness |
| weupe | whiteness, light |
| upepo | wind |
| uchawi | witchcraft |
| ulimwengu | world |
| ujana | youth |