Abbreviations
| Abr. |
Arberry, Arthur, J. The Quran Interpreted6 |
| Am. |
Kiamu dialect |
| Ar. |
Arabic |
| Baj. |
Kibajuni dialect |
| Bak. |
Bakhressa, Salim K. Kamusi ya maana na matumizi7 |
| Eng. |
English |
| Krp. |
Krapf, J.L. A Dictionary of the Suahili Language8 |
| Kak. |
Kamusi Kuu ya Kiswahili9 |
| Kiung. |
Kiunguja dialect |
| KNUT |
Kenya National Union of Teachers |
| lit. |
Literal meaning |
| Mau |
Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir Mau |
| meth. |
methali “proverb” |
| Mv. |
Kimvita dialect |
| Nab. |
Ahmed Sheikh Nabhany Kandi ya Kiswahili10 |
| OUP |
Oxford University Press |
| Qur. |
Qurʾān |
| RISSEA |
Research Institute of Swahili Studies of Eastern Africa |
| Scl. |
Sacleux, C. Dictionnaire swahili-français11 |
| Std. |
Standard Swahili |
| stz. |
stanza (Sw. ubeti) |
| syn. |
synonym |
Arthur J. Arberry, The Quran Interpreted (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984).
Salim K. Bakhressa. Kamusi ya maana na matumizi. (Nairobi [etc.]: Oxford University Press cop. 1992).
John Ludwig Krapf. A Dictionary of the Suahili Language: With Introd. Containing an Outline of a Suahili Grammar. (London: Trubner, 1882).
John Mwaura Gicharu, Benjamin Nyangoma and Chris Oluoch. Kamusi Kuu ya Kiswahili (Nairobi: Longhorn Publishers Limited, 2015).
Nabhany Ahmed Sheikh, Kandi ya Kiswahili (Dar es Salam: Aera Kiswahili Researched Products, 2012).
Charles Sacleux, Dictionnaire swahili-français (Paris: Inst. d’Ethnologie, Univ. de Paris, 1939).