Lesson 30

Diseases [magonjwa]

A). Diseases

afkani [heart disease] donda [ulcers] glakoma [glaucoma] homa [fever] homa ya manjano [yellow fever] homa ya matumbo [typhoid] kansa / saratani [cancer] kaswende / sekeneke [syphilis] kichaa / wazimu [insanity] kichocho [bilharzia] kidonda [wound (noun)] kifafa [epilepsy] kifuakikuu [tuberculosis] kikohozi [cough] kipindupindu [cholera] tumbo la kuhara [dysentery] kisonono [gonorrhea] kisukari [diabetes] kuendesha; kuhara [diarrhea] kutapika [vomiting] mafua [cold] malale [sleeping sickness] malaria [malaria] mzio [allergies] surua / ukambi [measles] tibakemikali [chemotherapy] umanyeto [hysteria]] utapio mlo [kwashiorkor]

UKIMWI [AIDS]

(upungufu wa kinga mwilini)

pepopunda [tetanus]

tekekuwanga [chicken pox]

ukoma [leprosy]

ugonjwa wa kupooza [paralysis]

ndui [smallpox]

kidoletumbo [appendicitis]

ugonjwa wa kuambukiza [infectious disease]

funga choo [constipation]

maradhi [diseases]

najisi [rape]

zimia; zirai [fainting]

kiungulia [heartburn]

kifaduro [whooping cough]

kiharusi [polio]

baridi yabisi [rheumatism]

kuumika

perema

kupooza

matege

ngiri

chango

lukemia

anemia
 
goita / rovu

matende

mba / choa

ndui

tezi

busha

upele

sotoka

kimeta

riahi

mbulanga

pumu

shinikizodamu

vidonda tumbo / alsasi

[cupping; bloodletting]

[mumps]

[paralysis]

[bow-legged / bandy-legged]

[hernia]

[intestinal worms]

[leukemia]

[anemia]

[goiter]

[elephantiasis]

[dandruff / skin disease]

[smallpox]

[tumor]

[elephantiasis of the scrotum]

[scabies]

[rinderpest]

[anthrax]

[bloating]

[skin disease causing discoloration]

[asthma]

[hypertension]

[stomach ulcers]

B). Extra Vocabulary

maumivu [pain; hurt] kufa / kufariki [to die] sindano [needle; syringe] tembe / dawa / vidonge [pill] kupima [to measure / to examine] kukinga / kuzuia [to prevent] daktari / mganga [doctor] daktari wa meno / tabibumeno/ mhazigimeno [dentist] daktari wa macho [optician] pata kitanda [be admitted] tibiwa [be treated] pata nafuu /pona [get better] tibu [treat] ugonjwa gani Usijali. Usijali utapona. Kwa nini? kwa sababu neli bilauri / glasi hospitali zahanati / kliniki mkunga nesi / mwaguzi kipimadamu kipimajoto koleo uyoka / eksirei plasta bendeji chandarua / vyandarua maabara vitanda machela magodoro mito [illness / sickness /disease] [which / what] [Do not worry.] [Do not worry, you will recover / get well.] [Why?] [because] [tube / pipe] [glass] [hospital] [clinic / dispensary] [midwife] [nurse] [sphygmomanometer] [thermometer] [scalpel] [x-ray] [plaster / cast] [bandage] [net] [laboratories] [beds] [stretcher] [mattress] [pillows]

Zingatia [note]  [Go to the doctor.] [Go to the hospital.] [Drink/Take medicine.] [See the doctor.] [to get medicine] [to be hurt in the stomach/ head/leg] [happy] [sad] [I am happy/sad.] [tired] [I am tired.] [to cry] [very sorry] [I am sick.]

Kwenda kwa daktari. Kwenda hospitali. Kunywa dawa. Kuona daktari. kupata dawa kuumwa na tumbo/ kichwa/mguu furaha huzuni Nina furaha/huzuni. choka Nimechoka. kulia pole sana Mimi ni mgonjwa.

Question Formation

Mifano:

1. Unaumwa na ugonjwa gani?[What disease are you suffering from?]  a). Ninaumwa na malaria. [I am suffering from malaria.] b). Nina malaria. [I have malaria.]  2. Una ugonjwa gani?[What disease do you have?]  a). Ninaumwa na mafua. [I am suffering from a cold.] b). Nina mafua. [I have a cold.]  3. Hupendi ugonjwa gani?[What disease don’t you like?](Mimi) Sipendi mafua. [I don’t like the cold.]  4. Hupendi ugonjwa wa aina gani?[What type/ kind of disease don’t you like?](Mimi) Sipendi homa. [I don’t like fever.]