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Swahili words and phrases beginning with K

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This page lists the 130 words and 50 phrases beginning with K in the Swahili community dictionary. Each entry has its own page with its full meaning and example sentence. This data is openly available at no cost for language preservation and research, with attribution to LanguageKnow. You can return to the home page or browse all languages at any time.

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130 words and 50 phrases — 180 entries in total.

Words (130)

K (130)

Kabati (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Cupboard

Kahawa (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Coffee

kaka (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

brother

Kalamu (Swahili) noun Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Pen

kama (Swahili) conjunction Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

like/as

kamari (Swahili) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

gambling

Kamba (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Rope

kanuni (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

principle

karanga (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

peanuts

Karatasi (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Paper

Karibu (Swahili) interjection AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Welcome/Near

Karoti (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Carrot

kasino (Swahili) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

casino

Kaskazini (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

North

katika (Swahili) preposition AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

in

katu (Swahili) intj Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

never, not at all!

Kazi (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Work

keki (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

cake

kemiya (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

chemistry

Kesho (Swahili) adverb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Tomorrow

kiangazi (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

drought

kibanda (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

food stall

Kibao (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

small board

Kibarua (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

casual laborer

Kiboko (Swahili) noun Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Hippo

Kidogo (Swahili) adjective AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Small/Little

Kidole (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Finger

Kifagio (Swahili) Noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Broom

Kifua (Swahili) Noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Chest

kijana (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

youth

kijito (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

stream

kikombe (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

cup

Kimbia (Swahili) kitenzi Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Run

kinywaji (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

drink

Kioo (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Mirror

Kipele (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

pimple

kipimo (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

measurement

Kipupwe (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Cold season

Kisigino (Swahili) Noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Heel

kisiwa (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

island

Kisogo (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

nape (back of the head)

kitaalamu (Swahili) adverb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

professionally

Kitabu (Swahili) Noun Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Book

Kitanda (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Bed

kiti (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

chair

Kituo (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Station

kiuno (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

waist

Kivuli (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Shade

Kiwanda (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Factory

kobe (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

tortoise

Kofia (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Hat

Koleo (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Pliers

Koo (Swahili) Noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Throat

Kroatia (Swahili) name Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

Croatia

kuamka (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to wake up

Kuandika (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To write

kuangalia televisheni (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to watch television

Kuanguka (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To fall

Kubwa (Swahili) adjective AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Big/Large

Kuchanganua (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To analyze

Kuchangia (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To contribute

Kucheka (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To laugh

kuchora (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to draw

Kuchunguza (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To investigate/examine

Kudhibitisha (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To confirm/verify

Kuelewa (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To understand

Kuendeleza (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To develop/promote

Kufagia (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To sweep

Kufanya (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To do/make

kufanya mazoezi (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to exercise

Kufikiri (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to think

Kufuli (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Padlock

kufunga (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to close

Kufungua (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To open

Kufuta (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To wipe

kugawa (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to divide

Kuhoji (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To question/interrogate

Kujaribu (Swahili) verb Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

To try

kujenga (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to build

kujiandaa (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to prepare oneself

Kujibu (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To answer

kujifunza (Swahili) verb Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

to learn

Kukaa (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To sit

kukata nywele (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to cut hair

kukopa (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to borrow (money or goods)

kukutana, (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to meet

kula (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to eat

kula chai (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to have tea

kulala (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to sleep

Kulia (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Right

Kulipa (Swahili) verb Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

To pay

Kumi (Swahili) number AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

ten

kunguru (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

crow

Kununua (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To buy

Kunywa (Swahili) verb Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Drink

kunywa maji (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to drink water

kuoga (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to bathe

Kuona (Swahili) Verb Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

To see

Kuosha (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To wash

Kupika (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To cook

kupika chai (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to make tea

Kupumua (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to breathe

kupumzika (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to rest

Kurudi (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To return

kuruhusu (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to allow

Kusafiri (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To travel

kusafisha (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to clean

Kusanisi (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To synthesize

kusema (Swahili) verb Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

to speak

Kushinda (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To win

Kushiriki (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To participate

Kushoto (Swahili) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Left

Kusimama (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To stand

Kusini (Swahili) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

South

Kusoma (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To read

Kusubiri (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To wait

Kutabasamu (Swahili) verb Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

To smile

Kutatua (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To solve

kutembea (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to walk

kutibu (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to treat

Kuuliza (Swahili) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To ask

Kuuza (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To sell

kuvaa (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to wear

kuvuta sigara (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to smoke a cigarette

kuwakilisha (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to represent

kuweka sokoni (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

to sell someone out (literally 'putting on the market')

Kuzingatia (Swahili) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To consider/observe

kwa (Swahili) preposition AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

for

Kwaheri (Swahili) interjection AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Goodbye

Kwenda (Swahili) Verb Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

To go

Phrases (50)

Kaa hapa. (Swahili) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Sit here.

Kali kuna daladala? (Swahili) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Where is the minibus?

Karibu chakula. (Swahili) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Welcome to eat with us.

Karibu kiti. (Swahili) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Welcome to a seat.

Karibu mezani. (Swahili) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Welcome to the table.

Karibu ndani. (Swahili) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Welcome inside.

Karibu nyumbani (Swahili) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Welcome home

Karibu sana. (Swahili) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

You are very welcome.

Karibu tena (Swahili) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Welcome again

Karibu. (Swahili) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Welcome.

Kazi ni ibada. (Swahili) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Work is worship.

Kazi yako ni nini? (Swahili) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

What is your job?

Kila la heri. (Swahili) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

All the best.

Kipepeo anaruka bustanini. (Swahili) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

The butterfly is flying in the garden.

Kujiweka kando kama kasa (Swahili) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To set oneself aside like a tortoise (to isolate oneself from trouble or distraction)

Kuku anakula mahindi. (Swahili) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

The chicken is eating corn.

Kula mbivu na kuzikatia (Swahili) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To eat the ripe fruit and bury the rest (to take advantage of a situation while it lasts)

Kuna mawingu mengi angani. (Swahili) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

There are many clouds in the sky.

Kuna umeme mkali angani. (Swahili) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

There is bright lightning in the sky.

Kutoa ng'ombe katika mtaa wa kike (Swahili) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To give a cow in a women's neighborhood (to give something valuable in an inappropriate…

Kwa heri ya kuonana. (Swahili) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Goodbye until we meet again.

Kwa heri. (Swahili) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Goodbye.

Kwa kuzingatia hayo (Swahili) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Considering that

Kwa maoni yangu (Swahili) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

In my opinion

Kwa nini (Swahili) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

why

Kwa ufupi (Swahili) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

In summary / Briefly

Kwaheri ya kuonana. (Swahili) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Goodbye, see you later.

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