Online lexical database of A dictionary of the Swahili language compiled by Mzee Morino T. and Nassor Nakazima H.

Posted：2025.03.18

Daisuke SHINAGAWA

This website is an online database of the lexicon compiled in the six-volume dictionary titled A dictionary of the Swahili language, edited by Mzee Morino Tsuneo and Nassor Nakazima Hisasi, originally published from 1990 to 1997.

*This content is published as an outcome of Information Resources Center (IRC) Project.

This project was featured in a topical article on the IRC website, as quoted below.

The IRC project titled “Building an online digital resource based on the Swahili dictionary published from ILCAA” began in 2023. This project has digitalized the six-volume dictionary, A dictionary of the Swahili language, edited by Mzee Morino Tsuneo and Nassor Nakazima Hisasi, which was originally published from 1990 to 1997. As an outcome of this project, we launched “Online lexical database of a dictionary of the Swahili language compiled by Mzee Morino T. and Nassor Nakazima H.” in March 2024.

This resource allows you to search for a Swahili word to view its lexical information, including its definition, translation (in either Swahili or English), and example sentences with bibliographical sources provided. It offers both full-text search and headword search options, as well as support for regular expression searches.

(Written by Daisuke SHINAGAWA and Mayumi ADACHI)