TheSwahili were a people, culture, and a language onEarth from easternAfrica.
Nyota Uhura's name is Swahili for "Star Freedom". (TOSnovel:Uhura's Song)
Some translations haveuhura translating into "truth". (TOSnovel:The Starless World)
In2269,James T. Kirk toldNyota Uhura to send a message toStarfleet Command in Swahili so that theKlingons could not translate it. Uhura replied that even modern Swahili lacked some technical terms, which the Klingons might use to figure out the message. (TOSnovel:Spock Must Die!)
In2270,Nyota Uhura yelled "Uniombee kwa Mungu!" (Pray for me to God!) when she saw thefreighterSuperstella jettison a horde of conscious femaleandroids. TheUSSEnterprise recovered them. (TOS -Mudd's Angelsshort story: "The Business, As Usual, During Altercations")
Kwaheri was Swahili for "goodbye".Hikaru Sulu offered this to Uhura in2293. She responded with "Kwaheri". (TOSnovel:The Fearful Summons)
In2371,Benjamin Sisko named hisBajoran lightshipBaraka, after the Swahili word for "good fortune". (DS9episode: "Explorers",CCG set:Tenth Anniversary Collection)
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- Swahili article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.
- Swahili article atWikipedia, the free encyclopedia.



