Nouns (ji/ma class)

Swahili:English

jicho:eye

jiwe:stone/torch battery

jiko/meko:fireplace/kitchen/stove

jino/meno:tooth

jambo/mambo:matter

jibu/majibu:answer

jina/majina:name

jipu/majipu:boil/abcess

baraza:court/meeting/verandah

bati:sheet iron

blanketi:blanket

boma:fortification/government office block

bonde:valley

bunge:parliament

daraja:bridge/staircase

debe:4-gallon tin can

dirisha:window

duka:shop

gari:vehicle

gazeti:newspaper/periodical

jani:leaf/grass

jembe:hoe

jua:sun

kanisa:church

pipa:barrel/oil drum

pori:bush

sanduku:box/suitcase/boot of car

shamba:farm/field/plantation

shauri:plan/advice/affair

shoka:axe

soko:market

taifa:nation

tope:mud

yai:egg

zulia:carpet

chungwa:orange

hindi:maize

limau:lemon

nanasi:pineapple

papai:pawpaw

tunda:fruit

ua:flower/blossom

maarifa/maarifa:knowledge/ingenuity

mafuta/mafuta:fat/oil

maji/maji:water

majivu/majivu:ash

matata/matata:trouble

mavi/mavi:excrement/faeces

maziwa/maziwa:milk

mazungumzo/mazungumzo:conversation

dudu:pest

jitu/majitu:giant

jumba:hall/mansion/palace