| English | Swahili |
|---|
| Bitter, sour, strong, pungent | |
| Foreign | |
| Delicious, sweet | |
| More, too much, extra | |
| Delicate, soft, tender, smooth | |
| Yellow | |
| Wide | |
| Clean | |
| Red | |
| Usually, customarily | |
| Easy, simple, cheap | |
| Fierce, hot, sour, strong, cruel | |
| Slick, accurate, perfect, shipshape | |
| Silly, stupid, senseless | |
| From time to time | |
| All | |
| Soft, gentle, mild | |
| Delicious, sweet | |
| Beautiful/nice | |
| Gentle | |
| Exactly | |
| Afterwards, then, thereafter | |
| Long, Tall | |
| Better, Good | |
| Very much, a lot | |
| Expensive, costly, rare, uncommon, scarce | |
| Green | |
| New | |
| | English | Swahili |
|---|
| Blue | |
| Bad, evil, wicked | |
| Truly, honestly, really | |
| Big | |
| Great, main, major, eminent, old, experienced, chief | |
| Interesting | |
| Gentle | |
| Tough, strong, obstinate, relevant | |
| Particularly, exactly, especially, completely | |
| Usual, customary | |
| White | |
| Short | |
| Old | |
| Dirty | |
| Again, then, in addition, furthermore | |
| Black | |
| Great, major, chief, main | |
| Many, a lot, lots, much | |
| Cold | |
| Whole, complete, mature | |
| Weak, soft, cheap | |
| Different, differently, dissimilar, distinct | |
| Small | |
| Good, pleasant, kind, nice | |
| Difficult, hard, complex | |
| Earlier, before, already | |
| Bad, defective, rotten, unhealthy, worthless | |
| A little, few | |
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