Selected list of Swahili Dictionaries in the George A. Smathers Libraries

Dictionaries located in the Reference area are designated Ref.

General Swahili language dictionaries

Bakhressa, Salim K. Kamusi ya manaa na matumizi. Nairobi, Kenya: Oxford University Press, 1992
PL 8703 B341 1992 Ref.

Inter-territorial Language (Swahili) committee to the East African Dependencies. Standard English Swahili dictionary. (founded on Madan's English-Swahili dictionary). Nairobi, Kenya: OUP, 1982 (reprint of 1939 ed.).
PL 8703 I5 Ref. (additional copies in Library West).

Inter-territorial Language (Swahili) committee to the East African Dependencies. Standard Swahili English dictionary (founded on Madan's Swahili-English dictionary). Nairobi, Kenya: OUP, 1982 (Reprint of 1939 ed.).
PL 8703 I51 Ref. (additional copies in Library West).

Kamusi Ya Kiswahili sanifu. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Oxford University Press. 1981.
PL 8703 K34 1981 Ref. (additional copies in Library West).

Kamusi ya Kiswahili yaani kitabu cha maneno Kiswahili. London: The Sheldon Press. 1935.
496.923 J 66k 1970

Krapf, Ludwig. A dictionary of the Suahili language. Ridgewood, NJ: Gregg Press, 1964.
PL8703 K7 1969 Ref. (additional copies, Library West. Reprint of 1882 ed.).

Madan, A. C. English-Swahili dictionary. London: OUP 1930. (reprint).
PL8703 M321 Ref. (additional copies in Library West).

Madan, A. C. English-Swahili vocabulary. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1911.
PL8703 M321 1911

Malaika, Baba. Modern Swahili, Modern English. Arusha, Tanzania: MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation, 1994.
PL8703 M241 1994

Maanga, Godson S. Maneno yanayotatanisha : kimaana na kimatamshi. Nairobi, Kenya: East African Educational Publishers, 1997.
PL 8703 M331 1997.

Mohamed, Mohamed Abdulla and Said A. Mohamed. Kamusi ya visawe = Swahili dictionary of synonyms. Nairobi, Kenya : East African Educational Publishers, 1998
PL 8703 M641 1998 Ref.

Nassir, Abdilahi. A concise dictionary of English-Swahili idioms. Nairobi, Kenya: Shungwaya Publishers, 1975.
PL8703 N 37

Nyakyusa-English-Swahili and English-Nyakyusa dictionary. Compiled by Knut Felberg. Cape Town, South Africa : Mkuki na Nyota, 1996.
PL 8549 F441 1996

Perrott, D. V. Concise Swahili and English dictionary: Swahili-English/English-Swahili. Lincolnwood, IL: NTC Pub., 1992.
PL8703 P381 1992 (several editions).

Rachenbach, Charles William. Swahili-English dictionary. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1967.
496.9232 R297s

Safari, J. F. English-Swahili pocket dictionary. Dar es Salaam: Heinemann in association with Mkuki na nyota Publishers, 1991.
PL8703 S241 1991. Ref.

Snoxall, R. A. A Concise English Swahili dictionary. Kamusi ya Kingereza-Kiswahili. London: Oxford University Press, 1958.
PL8703 S6 Ref.

Steere, Edward. A handbook of the Swahili language: as spoken at Zanzibar. London: Bell & Daldy, 1870.
PL8702 S731 1870

TUKI English Swahili dictionary=kamusi ya kiingereza-kiswahili. 1st ed. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Institute of Kiswahili Research, University of Dar es Salaam, 1996.
PL 8703 T85 1996 Ref. (Additional copy in L. West)

Swahili Dictionaries in Languages other than English

Dictionnaire Francais-Kiswahili=Kamusi ya kifaransa-kiswahili. Nairobi, Kenya: CREDU, 1991.
PL 8703 D53X 1991.

Dictionnaire kiswahili-francais =Kamusi ya Kiswahili-Kifaransa. Nairobi, Kenya: Institut francais de reserche en Afrique, 1996?
PL 8703 D541 1996

Heylen, Walter. Kamusi dictionnaire : kiswahili-francais, francais-kiswahili. Lubumbashi, Zaire: Editions Saint-Paul Afrique, 1985.
P8703 H43 1985

Hoftmann, Hildegard. Suaheli-deutsches Worterbuch. Leipzig: verlag Enzyklopadie, 1963.
PL8703 H6 Ref. (additional copies in Libray West).

Legere, Karsten. Worterbuch Deutsch-Swahili. Leipzig: Verlag Enzyklopadie, 1990.
PL8703 L44 1990

Sacleux, Charles. Dictionnaire francais-swahili. Paris: Institut d'ethnologie, 1939.
PL8703 S32 Ref.

Sacleux, Charles. Dictionnaire swahili-francais. Paris: Institut d'ethnologie, 1959.
PL8703 S3 1949 Ref. (additional copies in Library West).

Specialized Dictionaries

Brain, James Lewton. Kamusi ya maneno ya utaalamu wa mambo ya kibinadamu; a short dictionary of social science terms for Swahili speakers. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University, Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, 1969.
DT1 S915 no. 51

Brain, James Lewton. A social science vocabulary of Swahili. Syracuse, NY: Program of Eastern African Studies, 1968.
967.008 S995o no.33

Bosha, I. Taathira za kiarabu katika pamoja na kamusi thulathiya (kiswahili-kiarabu-kingereza)= The influence of Arabic language on Kiswahili with a trilingual dictionary (Swahili-Arabic-English). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Dar es Salaam University Press, 1993.
PL8703 B6731 1993 Ref.

Kamusi Awali ya Sayansi na Tekinologia. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Ben & Co. Ltd., 1995.
PL8704 .K267 1995

Kamusi sanifu ya biolojia, fizika na kemia / Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: TUKI: UNESCO: SIDA, 1990.
Q123 K345 1990 Science Library Ref.

A Swahili English dictionary of biology, physics and chemistry terminology.
Kamisu sanifu ya isimu na lugha. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: TUKI; UNESCO: SIDA, 1990.
P29 K37 1990 Ref.

Maimu, Musa. Kamusi Ya ndege wa Tanzania=A glossary of birds of Tanzania. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Tanzania Publishing House, 1982.
QL692 T35 M35 1982

Swahili legal terms. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Legal Research Center and Faculty of Law, University College, 1968.
496.3929 S971

Zawawi, Sharifa. What's in a name? = Unaitwaje? : a Swahili book of names. Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, 1993.
CS2375 A353 Z39 1993

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