Swahili

The Swahili were a people, culture, and a language on Earth from eastern Africa.

Nyota Uhura's name is Swahili for "Star Freedom". (TOS novel: Uhura's Song)

Some translations have uhura translating into "truth". (TOS novel: The Starless World)

In 2269, James T. Kirk told Nyota Uhura to send a message to Starfleet Command in Swahili so that the Klingons could not translate it. Uhura replied that even modern Swahili lacked some technical terms, which the Klingons might use to figure out the message. (TOS novel: Spock Must Die!)

In 2270, Nyota Uhura yelled "Uniombee kwa Mungu!" (Pray for me to God!) when she saw the freighter Superstella jettison a horde of conscious female androids. The USS Enterprise recovered them. (TOS - Mudd's Angels short story: "The Business, As Usual, During Altercations")

Kwaheri was Swahili for "goodbye". Hikaru Sulu offered this to Uhura in 2293. She responded with "Kwaheri". (TOS novel: The Fearful Summons)

In 2371, Benjamin Sisko named his Bajoran lightship Baraka, after the Swahili word for "good fortune". (DS9 episode: "Explorers", CCG set: Tenth Anniversary Collection)

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Africa
cities and settlements	Aboisso • Addis Ababa • Alexandria • Alexandria II • Āssab • Casablanca • Cairo • Cape Town • City of the Dead • Dakar • Dar as Salaam • Giza • Heliopolis • Johannesburg • al-Karnak • Koyo • Lagos • Mandela City • Mandelaport • Mariana City • Mogadishu • Mombasa • Nairobi • Obbia • Pretoria • Rashid • Sadat City • Tangiers • Thebes • Tripoli • Tunis
nations and regions	African Caliphates • African Confederation • Algeria • Angola • Benin • Botswana • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • Comoros • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Djibouti • Eritrea • Egypt • Equatorial Guinea • Ethiopia • Gabon • The Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Kenya • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mali • Mauritania • Morocco • Mozambique • Namibia • Niger • Nigeria • Pan-African Alliance • République de Côte d'Ivoire • Republic of the Congo • Rwanda • Saudi Arabia • Senegal • Seychelles • Sierra Leone • Somalia • South Africa • Sudan • Swaziland • Tanzania • Togo • Tunisia • United Africa • United States of Africa • Western Sahara • Yemen • Zambia • Zimbabwe
geography	Atlantic Ocean • Indian Ocean • Lake Simbi Nyaima • Mediterranean Sea • Mount Kenya • Nile • Red Sea
landmarks	Aswan Dam • Cairo University • City of the Dead • Egypt-Israeli Museum • Great Pyramid • Great Sphinx • Hotel Casablanca • Library of Alexandria • Mogadishu Central High School • Nairobi Girls Academy • Nairobi University • Public School 29 • Sahara Desert • Suez Canal • University of Kinshasa • Valley of the Kings • Zefram Cochrane High School
cultures	Bantu • Dogon • Swahili
food and drink	isbarmuunto • Kenyan coffee

Languages

Altar • Andorian languages (Andorii • Graalen/Graalek • Greater Andorian • Lesser Andorian) • Bajoran (Balwan • Old Bajoran • Old High Bajoran) • Ba'ku language • Beta Promethean • Earth languages (Anglo-Saxon • Basque • Celtic • English • Farsi • French • Gaelic • German • Greek • Hebrew/Yiddish • Ibo • Italian • Japanese • Latin • Mandarin • Russian • Spanish • Swahili • Tagalog • Welsh) • Esperanta • Federation Standard (Galacta) • Ferengi (Trading Tongue) • Galacta (Federation Standard) • Gorn • Grennai • j'Tai • Klingonese (Battle Language • Klin trade patois • Klingonaase • Kumburan • Rumaiyn • ta'Hol • tlhIngan Hol/pIqaD • Warrior's Tongue) • Makaro • Nemar • Old Hebitian • Old High Martian • Old Illyan • Olisu • Omearan • Orion language (High Orion • Kolari • Low Orion • Trader's Tongue/Trader's Script • Yrevish) • Orishan • Paklit • Payav • Pe • Realm Dialect • Reman • Rigellian Trade Dialect • Romulan (Rihannsu • High Rihan • Low Rihan • Old High Rihannsu) • Sign language (Gestural idiom) • Seshto • Taklathi • Tarn • Tellaran (Civil Conversation) • Tholian • Tzikaa!n • Vegan • Vulcan (Ancient Vulcan • High Tongue • Modern Vulcan • Old High Vulcan) • Xenexian • Xlatitigu

External links[]

Swahili article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Swahili article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.