maabara 9/10 laboratory
maafa 6 disaster
maalum special
maandalizi 6 preparation
maanisha mean
maarifa 6 knowledge, know-how
mabia 6 beers
madaha 6 showing off
madhumuni 6 purpose
maelezo 6 description; explanation
maficho 6 hiding place
mafunzo 6 training
mafyekeo 6 grass cutter
magharibi 9/10 sunset
mahaba 6 love, romance
mahafali 6 graduation, convocation
mahali ambapo hapafikii where she can't reach
mahali pengine somewhere else
mahari 9 dowry
mahtuti critically ill, critical condition (adj.)
maiti 1/2 & 6 corpse
majaaliwa ya Mungu gift from God
majadiliano 6 discussion
majani 6 grass; leaves
makala 9/10 article (piece of writing)
makamu 9/10 deputy; vice-title
makao makuu 6 headquarters
maktaba 9/10 library
makwao 6 their homes
malalamiko 5/6 complaint
malaya 9/10 & 1/2 prostitute
malazi 6 accommodation
malezi 6 upbringing
mali 9/10 wealth
malizia finish off
mama wa ubatizo godmother
Mamlaka ya Bandari Port Authority
maneno aliyopaswa kusema what she should have said
manung'uniko 6 complaint
maongezi 6 conversation
maonyesho 6 exhibition; gallery / galleries
Mapadri watu wa ajabu! Priests are strange!
mapambano 6 struggle
mapatanisho 6 agreement, reconciliation
mapenzi 6 love
mapishi 6 cooking
mapovu 6 suds
mapuya 6 traditional beer (Kikerewe term)
mara 9/10 time; times
mara chache a few times
mara kwa mara often
mara moja at once
marashi 6 perfume
Marekani the U.S.A.
marimba 9/10 East African xylophone
maringo 6 airs
"Martin" Cinzano Martini
marudio 6 review
marufuku forbidden (adj.)
mashindano 6 competition
maskini 9/10 & 1/2 poor
masomo ya watu wazima adult education classes
Matapishi hayamezwi. Vomit can't be swallowed back. (Saying)
matarajio 6 expectations
mate 6 spit, saliva
matembezi 6 trip, excursion
matibabu 6 treatment
matokeo 6 result
matumizi 6 use
maumbile 6 physical features, nature
maumivu 6 pain
mavazi 6 clothes, clothing
mavi 6 shit
mavulana yakoje how guys are/what guys are like
mavune 6 fatigue, exhaustion
mawasiliano 6 communication
mawele 6 (sg. uwele 11) millet grain
maziko 6 burial, funeral
mazingira 6 surroundings, environment
mazoezi ya kijeshi 6 military exercises
mbata 9/10 copra
mbeleni (-a mbeleni) future (adj.)
mbolea 9/10 fertilizer
mbu 9/10 & 1/2 mosquito
mbuni 9/10 & 1/2 ostrich
mbuyu 3/4 baobab
mbuzi 9/10 & 1/2 goat
mbwa mwitu 9/10 & 1/2 wild dog, wolf
mchana 3/4 daylight, daytime
mchana kutwa all day long
mchanga 3/4 sand
mchumba 1/2 fiancé, steady boy- or girl-friend
mchungwa 3/4 orange tree
mchwa 9/10 & 1/2 termite
mdahalo 3/4 debate (organized)
mdomo 3/4 mouth
mdundo 3/4 beat, rhythm
mechi 9/10 match
meli 9/10 boat
menya peel
meza swallow
methali 9/10 proverb
mfu 1/2 dead person
mfululizo 3/4 stream, sequence
mfumo 3/4 system
mfunguo 3/4 Muslim month
Mfunguotatu  third month (Ar. Rabi Al-Awwal)
mfungwa 1/2 prisoner
mgahawa 3/4 restaurant, refectory
mganga 1/2 traditional doctor, healer
mgeni 1/2 guest, visitor
mgogoro 3/4 conflict
mgomba 3/4 banana plant
mgomvi 1/2 quarrelsome person
mgongo 3/4 back
mgonjwa hajiwezi the patient is too sick
mhadhiri 1/2 lecturer
mhalizeti 3/4 sunflower plant
mhariri 1/2 editor
mhasirika 1/2 injured party
Mhindi Indian (person)
mhitimu 1/2 graduate (=graduating)
mhusika 1/2 person concerned
mifugo 4 livestock
mimba 9/10 pregnancy
mimba isiyohitajika unnecessary pregnancy
mimba zisizotakika unwanted pregnancies
mimba zitokeazo resulting pregnancies
Mimi huwa ninajali kusoma. I am (usually) just concerned with my studies.
Mimi huwa siwaoni. I never see them.
miongoni mwa among
misa 9/10 mass
mithili ya like
miwani 4 glasses, spectacles
mjadala 3/4 discussion
mjanja 1/2 clever, tricky person
mji 3/4 town
mjinga 1/2 silly, stupid person
mjumbe 1/2 representative, delegate
mjusi 3/4 lizard
mkanda 3/4 belt
mkarimu 1/2 generous person
mkasi 3/4 scissors
mkazi 1/2 resident
mke 1/2 wife
mkia 3/4 tail
mkoa 3/4 region
mkojo 3/4 urine
mkonge 1/2 sisal plant
mkosefu 1/2 person making mistakes, faulty; sinner
mkorofi 1/2 nasty person
mkubwa wa darasa class prefect, student chairperson
mkuki 3/4 spear
mkusanyiko 3/4 collection
mkuu wa shule 1/2 headmistress/master
Mkuu wa Wilaya 1/2 District Officer
mkurugenzi 1/2 director of institute
mkwaruzomkwaruzo 3/4 scratching, tickling
mlevi 1/2 drunkard
Mlima wa Mizeituni Mount of Olives
mlimchomea nguo you (pl) burnt her clothes
mlinzi 1/2 watchman
mlio 3/4 cry
mlizamu 3/4 water spout
mluzi 3/4 whistle
Mmakonde 1/2 Makonde person: Wamakonde are a southern Tanzanian ethnic group known for their carvings.
Mmatumbi 1/2 black Tanzanian
mmea ungojeao mvua shambani plant awaiting rain on the farm
mmoja wao one of them
mnalingana kwa weupe you are both equally light
mnamo on (date)
mno too much, very much
mnunuzi 1/2 buyer
mnyamavu 1/2 quiet person
mnyambuliko 3/4 verb extension
mnyambuliko wa kufanyia Applied extension
mnyambuliko wa kufanyika Stative extension
mnyambuliko wa kufanyiza Causative extension
mnyambuliko wa kufanyua Reversive extension
mnyambuliko wa kufanywa Passive extension
mnyang’anyi 1/2 thief, pilferer
moja kwa moja directly, straight on
Mola 9/10 & 1/2 Lord
Morogoro town in EastCentral Tanzania
moshi 3/4 smoke (here = hard liqour, locally brewed)
moto 3/4 hell; fire
moyo 3/4 heart
moyo wake unamdunda her heart is beating fast
mpango 3/4 plan, arrangement
mpiga 1/2 one who strikes; fighter
mpiga zeze one-string fiddle player
mpini 3/4 handle
mpira 3/4 soccer ball
mpumbavu 1/2 naive, silly, stupid
mpunga 3/4 rice (plant) 
msalaba 3/4 cross
msamiati 3/4 vocabulary
msamiati wendo 3/4 chrongological vocabulary
msanii 1/2 artist
msemesha mtu (try to) make someone talk
msimamo 3/4 standpoint; principle
msingi 3/4 basis, foundation
mshale 3/4 arrow
mshangao 3 amazement
mshenzi 1/2 savage
mshindo 3/4 thump, sudden thrust
msiba 3/4 calamity, misfortune, bereavement
mstari 3/4 line
Msumbiji 9 Mozambique
mtaa 3/4 neighborhood; street, avenue; part of town
mtaalamu 1/2 specialist, expert, scholar
mtandao 3 Internet
mteja 1/2 customer
mtenda 1/2 subject (grammatical)
mtendwa 1/2 object (grammatical)
mtoto mpotevu 1/2 prodigal son
mtu aliyefiwa bereaved person
mtu anayetaka kufa someone about to die
mtu mzima 1/2 adult
mtumbwi 3/4 canoe
mtume 3/4 prophet
mtumishi 1/2 servant
mtungi 3/4 earthen water jar
muhogo 3/4 cassava
muhtasari 3/4 outline, summary
muhula 3/4 semester, academic quarter
mulika shine, gleam
mumo humo right in there
mungu/miungu 3/4 God
muntu = mtu person (Kikerewe Kiswahili)
musibitali = hospitali hospital (Kikerewe Kiswahili)
muungano 3/4 union, alliance
muziki 3/4 music
mvinyo 9/10 wine
mvivu 1/2 lazy person
mvungu 3/4 (space) under the bed
mwadilifu 1/2 just, righteous, obedient
mwaga pour
mwagia pour on someone/something
mwagilia water, irrigate
mwagiwa be poured on, have something poured on
mwalimu mkuu 1/2 headteacher, headmaster, headmistress
mwanachama 1/2 member (of an organization)
mwanamke asherati fallen woman, harlot
mwandiko 3/4 writing
mwandishi 1/2 writer, author
mwanga 3/4 light
mwehu 1/2 lunatic, madman
mwendeshaji 1/2 driver
mwendo style of walking
mwenendo 3/4 behavior, way of going about things
mwenye bidii hardworking
mwenye pembe in corners
mwenyeji 1/2 local person
mwenyekiti 1/2 chairperson
mwenzio sijiwezi I (your friend) can't help it
mwewe 9/10 & 1/2 kind of hawk
mwili/miili 3/4 body
mwinda 1/2 hunter
mwoga 1/2 coward
mwonea huruma feel sorry for someone
mwovu 1/2 bad, fallen person
mwuaji 1/2 killer, assassin
mzaha 3/4 practical joke, prank
mzaliwa 1/2 a native of (place)
mzinga 3/4 cannon
mzinga wa nyuki 3/4 beehive
mzizi 3/4 root
mzungumzisha mtu talk at/to someone