coconut

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[English Word] braided coconut leaf used for fencing

[Swahili Word] kumba

[Swahili Plural] kumba

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] break open a coconut

[Swahili Word] -fua nazi

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] central rib or stem of coconut leaf or similar.

[Swahili Word] upongoo

[Swahili Plural] pongoo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11/10

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[English Word] central stem of the coconut palm leaf

[Swahili Word] ujukuti

[Swahili Plural] njukuti

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] central vein of the coconut palm leaf

[Swahili Word] unjukuti

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] central vein or stem of the coconut palm leaf

[Swahili Word] uchukuti

[Swahili Plural] chukuti

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] central vein or stem of the coconut-palm leaf

[Swahili Word] chukuti

[Swahili Plural] chukuti

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] coconut

[English Plural] coconuts

[Swahili Word] nazi

[Swahili Plural] nazi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[English Example] A bad coconut destroys the good one.

[Swahili Example] nazi mbovu harabu ya nzima

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[English Word] coconut (almost ripe)

[English Plural] coconuts

[Swahili Word] kikoromeo

[Swahili Plural] vikoromeo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] koroma

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[English Word] coconut (almost ripe)

[Swahili Word] koroma

[Swahili Plural] makoroma

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] coconut (grated) ??

[Swahili Word] chicha

[Swahili Plural] machicha

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] coconut (in the first stages of growth)

[English Plural] coconuts

[Swahili Word] kidaka

[Swahili Plural] vidaka

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

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[English Word] coconut (unripe with much milk)

[English Plural] coconuts

[Swahili Word] dafu

[Swahili Plural] madafu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[English Example] coconut milk

[Swahili Example] maji ya dafu [Rec]

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[English Word] coconut (when full of milk and in late stage)

[Swahili Word] tonga

[Swahili Plural] matonga

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] coconut cream

[Swahili Word] kasimile

[Swahili Plural] kasimile

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] coconut disease

[Swahili Word] mkwachuro

[Swahili Plural] mikwachuro

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

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[English Word] coconut husk

[English Plural] coconut husks

[Swahili Word] kifuu

[Swahili Plural] vifuu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Related Words] fuu

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[English Word] coconut juice

[Swahili Word] tuwi

[Swahili Plural] tuwi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] coconut leaf (used for roof thatching and fences)

[English Plural] coconut leaves

[Swahili Word] kuti

[Swahili Plural] makuti

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Related Words] ukuti

[English Example] the coconut leaves on the roof gleam

[Swahili Example] makuti juu ya paa yaking'aa [Ya]

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[English Word] coconut meat residue

[Swahili Word] takizi

[Swahili Plural] takizi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Word] taki N, zake pron

[Terminology] poetic

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[English Word] coconut milk (from grating nutty part)

[Swahili Word] tui

[Swahili Plural] tui

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] coconut mixed in a mortar

[Swahili Word] kipondwe

[Swahili Plural] vipondwe

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Word] ponda V

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[English Word] coconut palm

[English Plural] coconut palms

[Taxonomy] Cocos nucifera

[Swahili Word] mnazi

[Swahili Plural] minazi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

[Related Words] nazi

[Terminology] botany

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[English Word] coconut palm (Cocos mucifera)

[Swahili Word] mkitamli

[Swahili Plural] mikitamli

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] kitamli

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[English Word] coconut solids (after boiling to produce oil)

[Swahili Word] shata

[Swahili Plural] mashata

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[English Example] (s)he squeezed (milked) the coconut solids to produce oil

[Swahili Example] Alikamua shata la nazi kupata mafuta

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[English Word] coconut that has dried up inside

[English Plural] dried up coconuts

[Swahili Word] kiziwi

[Swahili Plural] viziwi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Word] ziwi, ukiziwi N

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[English Word] cocunut-palm branch

[Swahili Word] kole

[Swahili Plural] makole

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] mkole N

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[English Word] cream squeezed from coconut

[Swahili Word] tuwi

[Swahili Plural] tuwi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] disease of coconuts

[Swahili Word] mkwachuro

[Swahili Plural] mikwachuro

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] early stage in the growth of the coconut when the meat is still quite soft or the meat itself at this stage.

[Swahili Word] ulambilambi

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] early stage in the growth of the coconut when the meat is still quite soft.

[Swahili Word] urambirambi

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] empty coconut

[Swahili Word] bunde

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] fiber (of young coconut leaves)

[English Plural] fibers

[Swahili Word] difu

[Swahili Plural] madifu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Derived Language] Arabic

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[English Word] fiber from inner skin of coconut leaf stalk

[Swahili Word] ununu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11

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[English Word] flesh of a grated ripe coconut after the oil has been pressed out

[Swahili Word] chicha

[Swahili Plural] chicha

[Part of Speech] noun

[Swahili Definition] kitu cheupe kinachobaki katika nazi iliyokunwa na kukamuliwa [Masomo 407]

[English Example] to sell what remains after grating and squeezing the liquid out of the flesh of a coconut

[Swahili Example] kuuza chicha za nazi [Amana, Masomo 407]

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[English Word] fully ripe coconut

[Swahili Word] mbata

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] hard inner shell of a coconut

[Swahili Word] ufuu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Note] rare

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[English Word] joya (coconut with spongy shell)

[Swahili Word] joya

[Swahili Plural] majoya

[Part of Speech] noun

[Swahili Example] kama joya

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[English Word] juice squeezed from coconut

[Swahili Word] tui

[Swahili Plural] tui

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] leaf-stem of the coconut palm

[Swahili Word] gubi

[Swahili Plural] magubi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] leathery sheath of coconut flower-stem

[Swahili Word] kalala

[Swahili Plural] makalala

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] male flowers of the coconut palm

[Swahili Word] upunga

[Swahili Plural] punga

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] one who makes a business of climbing coconut trees to pick nuts

[Swahili Word] mkwezi

[Swahili Plural] wakwezi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] kwea V

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[English Word] pointed stake fixed in ground for dehusking coconuts

[English Plural] pointed stakes

[Swahili Word] kifuo

[Swahili Plural] vifuo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -fua

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[English Word] processed fibres of the coconut husk

[Swahili Word] usumba

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11

[Swahili Example] kuangusha kichwa chake juu ya mto wa usumba [Sul]

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[English Word] remove the husk from a coconut

[Swahili Word] -fua nazi

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] residue of coconut left after the white part has been scraped out of the shell

[Swahili Word] panza

[Swahili Plural] panza

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] round basket for squeezing coconut for tui

[English Plural] round baskets

[Swahili Word] kifumbu

[Swahili Plural] vifumbu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Related Words] tui, fumba, kifumba

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[English Word] single frond of a coconut-palm leaf

[English Plural] fronds

[Swahili Word] ukuti

[Swahili Plural] kuti

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11/10

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[English Word] small coconut palm leaf

[English Plural] small coconut palm leaves

[Swahili Word] kikuti

[Swahili Plural] vikuti

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] kuti

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[English Word] spongy substance (inside coconut shell)

[Swahili Word] joya

[Swahili Plural] majoya

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] strip of coconut-palm leaf (used for weaving mats)

[English Plural] strips of coconut-palm leaves

[Swahili Word] ukili

[Swahili Plural] kili

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11/10

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[English Word] very young coconut bud

[Swahili Word] kokochi

[Swahili Plural] kokochi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Swahili Example] alipofumbua kokochi za kifua [Moh]

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[English Word] woody covering of the flower-stem of the coconut (used as firewood)

[Swahili Word] kalala

[Swahili Plural] makalala

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] young coconut in the stage of milk-formation

[Swahili Word] tale

[Swahili Plural] matale

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] young coconut palm

[English Plural] palms

[Swahili Word] mnazi mkinda

[Swahili Plural] minazi mikinda

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

[Related Words] nazi

[Terminology] botany

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[English Word] young coconut palm

[English Plural] young coconut palms

[Swahili Word] mnazi mkinda

[Swahili Plural] minazi mikinda

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

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