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Food in Swahili

Bread, cheese, meat and other everyday foods in Swahili, with English translations.

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EnglishSwahili
food chakula
bread mkate
rice mchele
pasta —
noodle —
cheese jibini
egg yai
meat nyama
chicken kuku
beef nyama ya ng'ombe
pork nyama ya nguruwe
lamb nyama ya kondoo
fish samaki
sausage soseji
ham hemu
soup supu
salad saladi
sandwich sandwichi
pizza piza
hamburger —
butter siagi
oil mafuta
salt chumvi
pepper pilipili manga
sugar sukari
honey asali
jam jemu
flour unga
chocolate chokoleti
cake keki
biscuit biskuti
ice cream aiskrimu
yogurt maziwa ya mgando
breakfast chakula cha asubuhi
lunch chakula cha mchana
dinner chakula cha jioni
meal mlo
snack kitafunio
dessert kitindamlo

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