Monday, 6 January 2014

English-Swahili translation: INSECTS- WADUDU

Ant –     mchwa
    plural - michwa 
Aphid  -                kidukari
   plural - vidukari
Beg bug -             kunguni
Butterfly -           kipepeo
  plural - vipepeo
Cutworm  -         sota
Grasshopper -   panzi
Insects   -wadudu
Weevil -               fukusi
Armyworm -      kiwavijeshi
Blank ant -           sisimizi   /nyegere
Caterpillar -         kiwavi /tokonyasi
  plural - viwavi
Cockroach -        mende /kombamwiko
Redant -               koyokoyo /majimoto
Roundworm -    mnyookuru
Steenbok -          tondoro /dondoro
Brown ant -        siafu
Earthworm -       tandu
Hornet -               dondora
Locust -                                nzige
Playing mantis -                katamasikio
Tape worm -      tegu
Tick -      kupe
Tsetse fly -          mbungo /pange
Flea -     funza
Lice -      chawa
Sand fly -             usubi
Spider -                                buibui
Millipende -        jongoo
Mosquito -          mbu
Moth -                  nondo
Fly -        nzi
Housefly -           nune

Tsetse fly – nzige 

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10 comments:

  1. Unknown24 May 2014 at 04:37

    Chris, thanks for your effort. However, you made a few mistakes. Mbwa is n-class (9/10) so does not have a different plural. Tandu is not an earthworm, but a centipede. Earthworm is nyungunyungu in Swahili. Funza is not an ordinary flea (kiroboto) but a sand flea or jigger. Nune is not a housefly but a kind of horsefly (Tabanidae). Keep up the good work.

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  2. Alizo Writero6 June 2016 at 06:47

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  4. Epafra15 March 2018 at 02:36

    What about ladybird in swahili

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  8. Unknown31 March 2019 at 05:41

    Very useful. I found it helpful.

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  9. James maina15 August 2019 at 11:22

    Tsetse fly is mbung’o in Swahili

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  10. Unknown12 August 2020 at 06:29

    What is the swahili word for leafhopper?

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