This massive authoritative Swahili dictionary, is the most definitive and comprehensive in existence. It has taken a team of lexicographers and academics fourteen years to prepare, with the support of the Institute of Kiswahili Research in Dar es Salaam. The last comparable edition was in 1939, and was primarily intended to help the user to comprehend English texts. The dictionary records new words and meanings of words which the language has acquired since 1939; and provides lexicographical information needed by current dictionary users.There are more than 50,000 entries, with an attempt to give every English word an equivalent in Swahili, or otherwise a phrase; and the vocabulary covers both general and specialized language. Guidance is provided on use and connotation, word formation and syntax, and derivatives and compounds of a headword are explicitly shown in each entry. The full information and arrangement given for each entry is: headword, homographs, wordclass, alternative spelling of a headword, cross-reference, gloss, definition, subject label, usage label, regional label, senses separated by numbers, illustrative examples, compounds, derivatives, and adjectival complementation.

A concise and portable dictionary developed by two experienced and well respected teachers of Swahili. In this work they have taken into account not only the difficulties which non-Swahili speakers from many different language backgrounds have in learning the language, but also the importance of making Swahili equivalents of English words, correspond to those of the best speakers of Swahili. The English-Swahili Pocket Dictionary will be of benefit to English speakers who are learning Swahili, while Swahili speakers who are learning English will also find it invaluable.

Did you ever want to teach your kids the basics of Swahili ? Learning Swahili can be fun with this picture book. In this book you will find the following features: Swahili Alphabets. Swahili Words. English Translations.

Contains the English and Swahili translations of more than 35,000 common words and phrases.

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The revised English - Swahili Dictionary is a contemporary and easy - to - use reference book for all users whose mother tongue is Swahili. It not only gives detailed help with new scientific terms but also deals with difficult words in a simple way.This unique dictionary contains:Words* More than 10,000 headword entries, including new scientific vocabularyMeanings* 30,000 definitionsExamples of use* Hundreds of phrases and sentences to show how words are used in their perspectiveUsage* Correct grammatical structures and usageIllustrations* More than 300 illustrations including a map of East AfricaIT terminology* Many computer terms have been translated into Kiswahili for the first timeStudy pages* Short history of Swahili, proverbs, shapes and sizes,