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Nagasi
 Post subject: Swahili Animal Names
PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:44 am 
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African Animals


Everyone should know that Simba is Swahili for lion but what about the others?


Leopard- Chui


Cheetah- Duma


African Wild dog- Mbwa mwitu


Black-backed Jackel- Bweha


Spotted Hyena- Fisi


Brown Hyena- Nyani


Lesser Bushbaby- Kombo


Vervet Monkey- Tumbili


Porcupine- Nungu


Giraffe- Twiga


African Elephant- Tembo


Hippo- Kiboko


White/black Rhino- Faru


Zebra- Punda milia


Warthog- Ngiri




Lion King Names


Simba- The name "Simba" means "Lion" in Swahili.


Nala- The name "Nala" means "gift" in swahili.


Mufasa- The name "Mufasa" means "King" in the Manazoto language.


Sarabi- The name "Sarabi" means "Mirage" in Swahili.


Scar- Means the same in all African Languages.


Timon- Aparently is a normal given name. But it relates to the word Timonee which means absentminded.


Pumbaa- Same with Pumbaa, however the swahili translation for bushpig is Khumba in Tsonga language. Which is much like the name Pumbaa.


Kiara- It is said that Kiara is a normal name but in some Bantu languages it means baldness.


Raifiki- The name "Rafiki" means "friend" in swahili.


Kovu- The name "Kovu" means "Scar" in swahili.
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 Post subject: Re: Swahili Animal Names
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Kiara means "Little Black One" in Irish, I read it somewhere.
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Fair enough XD
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Moved to the forum Animals.

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I made a topic with the meanings of TLK in Swahili a while ago.

But good find on the other ones. :] It's interesting to see some of the names for the different animals in that language.

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Thanks Tibbeh granted though it took me ages to find them!
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I have a pot-bellied pig named "Kula", which is Swahili for 'eat' (cuz that's what piggies do best :) ) I got the name from one of the Lion King 6 New Adventures books (book #3 'Nala's Dare').
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@Tanabi: Hehe, I like your picture. :3 Good movie, great actress.
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