Vocabulary — Swahili Kiswahili

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Keywords 87

One per command. This is the word a developer types to make something happen, so it wants the form they would actually reach for — not the most literal dictionary match.

ConceptEnglishKiswahili
add add ongeza suggest
after after baada suggest
and and na also accepts pia, vilevile suggest
append append ambatanisha suggest
async async isiyo sawia suggest
beep beep lia suggest
before before kabla suggest
behavior behavior tabia suggest
bind bind ambatisha also accepts funganisha, bind suggest
blur blur blur suggest
break break vunja suggest
breakpoint breakpoint nukta-simama suggest
call call ita suggest
clear clear safisha suggest
clone clone nakili also accepts rudufu suggest
close close funga suggest
connect connect unganisha also accepts unga, ungana suggest
continue continue endelea suggest
copy copy nakala suggest
decrement decrement punguza suggest
default default chaguo-msingi also accepts msingi suggest
else else vinginevyo also accepts sivyo suggest
empty empty toa-kila-kitu also accepts mwaga, tupu suggest
end end mwisho also accepts maliza, tamati suggest
event event tukio suggest
eventsource eventsource eventsource also accepts chanzo-matukio suggest
exit exit toka suggest
fetch fetch leta also accepts pakia suggest
focus focus lenga also accepts angazia suggest
for for kwa suggest
forever forever suggest
from from kutoka suggest
get get pata also accepts pokea suggest
go go nenda also accepts enda, elekea suggest
halt halt simama also accepts acha suggest
hide hide ficha also accepts mficho suggest
if if kama also accepts ikiwa suggest
increment increment ongezeko suggest
init init anzisha also accepts anza suggest
install install sakinisha suggest
intercept intercept zuia also accepts nasa, intercept suggest
into into ndani suggest
is ni suggest
js js js also accepts javascript suggest
live live moja-kwa-moja also accepts mubashara, hai suggest
log log andika also accepts rekodi suggest
make make tengeneza also accepts unda suggest
matches inafanana suggest
measure measure pima suggest
morph morph geuza also accepts badilisha umbo suggest
no hakuna suggest
on on unapo also accepts kwenye suggest
open open fungua suggest
pick pick chagua suggest
prepend prepend tanguliza suggest
process process shughulikia also accepts changanua suggest
push push sukuma also accepts push suggest
put put weka also accepts tia suggest
remove remove ondoa also accepts futa, toa suggest
render render chora suggest
repeat repeat rudia suggest
replace replace badilisha_url also accepts badili_url suggest
reset reset anzisha-upya suggest
return return rudisha also accepts rejea suggest
scroll scroll sogeza also accepts skroli suggest
select select alama suggest
send send tuma also accepts peleka suggest
set set seti suggest
settle settle tulia also accepts imarika suggest
show show onyesha suggest
socket socket soketi also accepts tundu, soketi-wavuti suggest
stream stream tiririsha also accepts mtiririko, strimu suggest
swap swap badilishana also accepts badalisha suggest
take take chukua suggest
tell tell sema also accepts ambia suggest
then then kisha also accepts halafu, baadaye suggest
throw throw tupa suggest
toggle toggle badilisha suggest
transition transition hamisha also accepts animisha, mpito suggest
trigger trigger chochea suggest
unless isipokuwa suggest
until until hadi suggest
wait wait subiri also accepts ngoja suggest
when when wakati suggest
where where wapi suggest
while while kadri suggest
worker worker mfanyakazi also accepts worker suggest

Role markers 3

The particles and prepositions that say which part of a sentence is the target, the source, the destination. Small words, but they carry the grammar — these are the ones most likely to read wrong.

RoleEnglishKiswahili
destination on kwenye also accepts kwa suggest
source from kutoka suggest
style with na suggest

Event names 13

Names for DOM events. Several forms can be accepted for one event, so this is less about picking a single winner than about whether any of them would strike a developer as odd.

EventKiswahili
blur blur suggest
change kubadilisha, mabadiliko suggest
click bofya, click, kubofya, bonyeza suggest
focus lenga, kulenga suggest
input ingiza, ingizo suggest
keydown bonyeza chini, kitufe_shuka suggest
keyup bonyeza juu, kitufe_juu suggest
load pakia, kupakia suggest
mouseout panya nje, panya_nje suggest
mouseover panya juu, sogeza juu suggest
scroll sogeza, kusogeza suggest
submit tuma, kutuma, wasilisha suggest
unload shuka suggest