Mashua (Boat / Boats)
Mtumbwi / Mitumbwi (Canoe / Canoes)
Jahazi (Sailing ship / ~ ships)
Merikebu (Ship / Ships)
Boti (Electric boat / ~ boats)
Meli (Metal ships)
Merikebu ya mizinga (Warship)
Meli ya mizinga (Ironclad warship)
| Aina za Mitumbwi | Types of canoes |
| Aina za boti | Types of electric boats |
| Aina za Jahazi | Types of sailing ships |
| Aina za meli | Types of metal ships |
| Aina za Merikebu | Types of ships |
| Dau | Dhow |
| Feri | Ferry |
| Kayaki | Kayak |
| Kihori | Dinghy |
| Kiperea | Two-man canoe |
| Manowari | Destroyer / Man-o'-war |
| Manowari sindikiza | Frigate |
| Manowari ya kasi | Cruiser |
| Manowari ya kuchukulia ndege (Manowari chukulia-ndege) |
Aircraft carrier |
| Mashua ya matanga | Sailboat |
| Mashua ya moshi | Steamboat |
| Meli ya abiria | Passenger ship |
| Meli ya mizigo | Cargo ship |
| Meli ya moshi | Steamship |
| Meli ya taja | Merchant ship |
| Merikebu ndefu (ya Kivikingi) | (Viking) longship |
| Merikebu ya maharamia | Pirate ship |
| Merikebu ya milingote mitatu | Full-rigged ship |
| Merikebu za Mizinga | Battleships |
| Motaboti | Motorboat |
| Mtepe | Long-prowed sailboat |
| Mtumbwi wa makasia | Rowboat |
| Nchoro | Small canoe |
| Ngalawa (Ngarawa) | Outrigger canoe |
| Nyambizi / Sabmarini | Submarine |
| Yoti | Yacht |
| Zebeki | Xebec |
