The Kamusi Project English-Swahili Dictionary - Z - ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zambia ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] Zambia [Swahili Word] Zambia [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9 [Swahili Definition] nchi ya bara afrika sehemu ya kusini [Terminology] geography ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is Zambian ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] Zambian [English Plural] Zambians [Swahili Word] Mzambia [Swahili Plural] Wazambia [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zanzibar - this headword has not been grouped ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] in the manner usual in Zanzibar [Swahili Word] Kiunguja [Part of Speech] adverb [English Word] one of the original inhabitants of Zanzibar [Swahili Word] Mhadimu [Swahili Plural] wahadimu [Part of Speech] noun [Derived Word] hadimu N [English Word] outdoor harborside market in Zanzibar town [Swahili Word] forodhani [Swahili Plural] forodhani [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9/10 [English Word] Zanzibar [Swahili Word] Unguja [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 11 ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is Zanzibari ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] Zanzibari [English Plural] Zanzibaris [Swahili Word] Mzanzibari [Swahili Plural] Wazanzibari [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zeal - this headword has not been grouped ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] zeal [Swahili Word] harara [Part of Speech] adjective [Derived Word] hari, uharara [Swahili Example] ana harara [English Word] zeal [Swahili Word] jitihadi [Swahili Plural] majitihadi [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 5/6 [Derived Language] Arabic [Related Words] juhudi [English Example] all the zeal he had for this creature brought no good [Swahili Example] jitihada yote aliyofanya kwa kiumbe huyu, hakupata wema [Moh] [English Word] zeal [Swahili Word] juhudi [Swahili Plural] juhudi [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9/10 [Derived Word] jitihadi [Swahili Example] mwenye juhudi [English Word] zeal [Swahili Word] moto [Part of Speech] noun [Derived Word] ota [English Word] zeal [Swahili Word] pupa [Swahili Plural] pupa [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9/10 [English Example] have a zeal for something. [Swahili Example] fanya pupa ya [English Word] zeal [Swahili Word] ghera [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9/10 [Swahili Definition] moyo wa kufanya jambo (hasa kwa kuogopa aibu kama halitafanywa) [English Example] Back home still other citizens came forth with zeal and a love for their country. [Swahili Example] Huko nyumbani walichomoza wananchi wengine nao waliokuwa na ghera na mapenzi ya nchi yao. [English Word] zeal [Swahili Word] uharara [Part of Speech] noun ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zebra ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] zebra [English Plural] zebras [Swahili Word] punda milia [Swahili Plural] punda milia [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9/10an [English Example] two or three times an African passed, I don't know which tribe, wearing nothing apart from a zebra skin [Swahili Example] aliwahi kupita mara mbili tatu Mwafrika mmoja, sijui wa kabila gani, ambaye hakuvaa kitu ila ngozi ya punda milia [Saad S. Yahya Pepeta] [Terminology] zoology ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zero - this headword has been grouped ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] zero [English Plural] zeros [Swahili Word] sifuri [Swahili Plural] sifuri [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9/10 [English Word] zero [English Plural] zeros [Swahili Word] sufuri [Swahili Plural] sufuri [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9/10 ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] zero (in score of a game) [English Plural] zeros [Swahili Word] yai [Swahili Plural] mayai [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 5/6 [Terminology] sport ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zigzag ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] move in a zigzag [Swahili Word] -gorong'ondwa [Part of Speech] verb ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is Zimbabwe ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] Zimbabwe [Swahili Word] Zimbabwe [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9 [Terminology] geography ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is Zimbabwean ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] Zimbabwean [English Plural] Zimbabweans [Swahili Word] Mzimbabwe [Swahili Plural] Wazimbabwe [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zinc - this headword has been grouped ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] zinc [Swahili Word] zinki [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9 [Dialect] recent [English Definition] a bluish white crystalline metallic element of low to intermediate hardness that is ductile when pure but in the commercial form is brittle at ordinary temperatures and becomes ductile on slight heating, occurs abundantly in minerals, is an essential micronutrient for both plants and animals, and is used especially as a protective coating for iron and steel (identified 1651) [Terminology] chemistry [English Word] zinc [Swahili Word] bati [Swahili Plural] mabati [Part of Speech] noun ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zipper ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] zipper [English Plural] zippers [Swahili Word] zipu [Swahili Plural] zipu [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9/10 [Derived Word] Eng. [Swahili Example] analivaa na kufunga zipu zote [Muk] ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zirconium ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] zirconium [Swahili Word] zirikoni [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9 [Dialect] recent [English Definition] a steel-gray strong ductile metallic element with a high melting point that occurs widely in combined form (as in zircon), is highly resistant to corrosion, and is used especially in alloys and in refractories and ceramics (identified 1808) [Terminology] chemistry ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zit - this headword has not been grouped ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] zit [Swahili Word] ukuruti [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 11 [English Word] zit [Swahili Word] ukurutu [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 11 [English Word] zit [Swahili Word] upele [Swahili Plural] pele [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 11/6 [English Word] zit [English Plural] zits [Swahili Word] chungu [Swahili Plural] chungu [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9/10 ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zither ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] zither [English Plural] zithers [Swahili Word] ganuni [Part of Speech] noun [Terminology] music ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zone - this headword has not been grouped ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] military occupation zone [English Plural] military occupation zones [Swahili Word] eneo la kushikilia kwa majeshi [Swahili Plural] maeneo ya kushikilia kwa majeshi [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 5/6 [Related Words] shikilia, jeshi [Terminology] military [English Word] zone [English Plural] zones [Swahili Word] eneo [Swahili Plural] maeneo [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 5/6 [Derived Language] Swahili [Derived Word] enea [English Example] military occupation zone [Swahili Example] eneo la kushilia kwa majeshi [English Word] zone [English Plural] zones [Swahili Word] ukanda [Swahili Plural] kanda [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 11/10 [Swahili Example] ukanda wa mvua [Terminology] geography [English Word] zone [English Plural] zones [Swahili Word] kanda [Swahili Plural] kanda [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9/10 [Swahili Example] Alipongeza Shirika la Afya Duniani, Kanda ya Afrika, kwa kusaidia Tanzania. ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zoology ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] zoology [Swahili Word] zoolojia [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 9 [Derived Language] English [Derived Word] zoology ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is zorilla ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] zorilla [English Plural] zorillas [Taxonomy] Ictonyx striatus [Swahili Word] kicheche [Swahili Plural] vicheche [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 7/8an [English Definition] skunk-like African carnivore of the weasel family that emits foul-smelling liquid from anal glands [Swahili Definition] mnyama mdogo wa Afrika alaye nyama. Ana milia myeupe na myeusi na anatoa maji yanukayo sana kutoka matezi ya kinyo [Terminology] zoology ------------------------------------------------------------ Entry below is Zoroastrian - this headword has not been grouped ------------------------------------------------------------ [English Word] Zoroastrian [Swahili Word] -a kizoroastria [Part of Speech] adjective [Terminology] religious [English Word] Zoroastrian [English Plural] Zoroastrians [Swahili Word] Mzoroastria [Swahili Plural] Wazoroastria [Part of Speech] noun [Class] 1/2 [Terminology] religious Copyright Notice The Internet Living Swahili Dictionaries and the Internet Living Swahili Dictionary Project databases are intellectual property protected by international copyright law, c 2007-2008, Kamusi Project, World Language Documentation Centre Anyone with questions or comments about this copyright notice should email us at swahili@kamusiproject.org.