- VERBS (mpanga) 2/2.
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The list of verbs below is not exhaustive, to this list it is necessary to add all the verbs derived from certain verbs in this list according to the following rules :
- by replacing the letter “a” ending of the verb by “isa” if it is not preceded by the letter “l”, otherwise the ending “la” is replaced by “disa”.
In both cases, the meaning of the verb becomes (to make “verb”) or (action of helping to make “verb”), Example 1 case 1: kututa (to crush) which becomes kututisa (to make crush).
Example 2 case 1: kudia (to eat) which becomes kudisa (to make eating or to feed), the letter “i” before the “a” is swallowed to give “isa”.
Case example 2: kutala (to look) which becomes kutadisa (to help to look).
- by replacing the letter “a” ending of the verb by “ila” if it is not preceded by the letter “l”, otherwise the ending “la” is replaced by “dila”.
In both cases the meaning of the verb becomes (“verb” for or to),
Example 1 case 2: kututa (to crush) which becomes kututila (to crush for) and kutambika (to send) which becomes kutambikila (to send to).
Example 2 case 2: kudia (to eat) which becomes kudila (to eat for, even if you don’t eat for someone), the letter “i” before the “a” is swallowed to give “ila”.
Example 3 case 2: kusola (to choose) which becomes kusodila (to choose for).
- by replacing the letter “a” ending of the verb by “ina”, in this case the meaning of the verb becomes (to undergo the “verb”) or (“verb” for or to),
Example 1 case 3: kunoka (to rain) in kunokina mvula (to undergo the rain).
Example 2 case 3: kusonika (to write) in kusonikina (to write for or to),
4) by adding the suffix “ma” to the verb, in this case the meaning of the verb becomes (to be “verb participle” or to be made “verb”).
Example: kutunga (to build) which becomes kutungama (to be built or to be built).
5) by adding the suffix “na” to the verb, in which case the initial verb is transformed into a pronominal verb, the verb refers mutually to two persons towards each other.
Example: kuzonza (to speak) which becomes kuzonzana (to speak between two people).
Particularity: the suffix “sana“ added to the verb transforms the initial verb into a pronominal verb, this time referring reciprocally to the members of an entire group or set.
Example: kuzola (to love) that becomes kuzolasana (to love each other).
6) by interposing the syllable “ki” between the prefix “ku” of the verb and its radical, in this case the action of the verb is reflected to the subject himself, this means that it is transformed into a pronominal verb (“verb” oneself). Example: kutala (to look) which becomes kukitala (to look at oneself).
All derived verbs that are not included in the list can be reconstructed according to these rules.
Note: The “/” sign in the definition of a verb separates two definitions of the same verb depending on how it is pronounced.
– kupaka : to cut up, to dismember, to disembowel, to split up
– kupalangana : to disintegrate, to scatter, to spread
– kupamuka : to be surprised, to give a start, to wake up with a start
– kupamuna : to surprise, to cause a start, to wake up suddenly
– kupanza : to spread, to diffuse, to scatter, to disperse, to destroy
– kupanzana : to scatter, to disperse, to burst, to spread
– kupasuka : to tear, to break
– kupapa : to flap its wings
– kupasula : to tear, to rend, to break, to smash, to split, to cleave, to operate on
– kupedosa : to absolve, to forgive, to purify, to cleanse
– kupela : to sweep (out/up)
– kupepa : to float in the wind
– kupepola : to change direction
– kupidikisa : to confuse, to muddle (up)
– kupidila : to turn down, to deprive of
– kupimpisa : to mess, to make a mess, to spread panic, to sow panic
– kupimpita : to get messy, to get in trouble, to panic, to get panicky
– kupinda : to turn black, to darken, to become/grow dark
– kupindula / kuyindula : to think
– kupisuka : to fissure, to crack
– kupitakana : to get complicated, to become more complex, to break down
– kupitakasa : to complicate, to make complex
– kupiutuka : to turn black, to darken, to become/grow dark
– kupola : to suffer defeat
– kupuapua : to ooze, to drip
– kupukumuka : to be tempted
– kupukumuna : to tempt
– kupuluka : to escape, to run away, to bolt
– kupulusa : to (set) free, to release
– kupungula : to manifest one’s power
– kupusa : to push, to encourage, to jostle, to drive
– kusa : to do
– kusabuka : to cross
– kusabula : to cross, to help cross
– kusadila : to utilize, to make use of, to work for
– kusadisa : to help, to assist, to aid, to treat / to weed, to clean / to clear away
– kusafula : to insult, to denigrate, to disparage, to smear, to dirty
– kusaka : to abound, to go too far, to go out of line, to go beyond the acceptable limit
– kusaka : to search, to look for, to seek
– kusakalala : to recover, to be convalescing
– kusakana : to play
– kusakisa : to exaggerate, to make pullulate / to send for, to prospect
– kusakumuna : to bless
– kusala : to work, to act, to execute, to accomplish / to remain, to be left
– kusala : to grow, to sprout, to bud
– kusalama : to come true, to materialize, to be carried out, to be executed, to be made
– kusalasana : to work together, to cooperate, to help each other
– kusamba : to appear before a court, to be brought to trial, to palaver / to invoke, to adore
– kusamba : to roar
– kusambakana : to propagate, to spread
– kusambila : to pray
– kusambisa : to judge
– kusambula / kusampula : to bless
– kusampuka : to be blessed
– kusamuna : to say, to tell, to spread
– kusana : to comb
– kusanduka : to develop
– kusandula : to develop
– kusanga : to mix, to blend
– kusangamana : to be (inter)mixed, to be (inter)mingled
– kusangana : to mix
– kusangisa : to mix, to blend
– kusanisina : to commemorate, to glorify, to serve
– kusansa : to bring up, to raise, to take charge of, to take care of / to explain, to introduce
– kusantisa : to sanctify
– kusasa : to cut up, to dismember, to operate on / to bud
– kusasuka : to grow, to sprout, to get up, to stand up
– kusasula : to explain
– kusavukisa : to carry out, to support, to bring to a successful conclusion
– kuseka : to go to bed, to lie down
– kusekisa : to sharpen, to put a edge on, to grind
– kusekula : to pour / to answer (back), to reply
– kuseloka : to shine, to glitter, to twinkle, to gleam, to glare, to glow
– kusema : to create, to invent / to shine, to glitter
– kusemba : to blame, to reproach, to reprimand
– kusenda : to reward
– kusengula : to turn upside down, to tip up/over/off
– kusesa : to ridicule, to make fun of
– kuseva / kusega / kuseya : to laugh
– kusevisa / kusegisa / kuseyisa : to make laugh
– kusia : to extract the sap from the palm tree
– kusiama : to be well, to be in good health, to be reassured
– kusiamisa : to reassure, to fortify, reinforce, to strengthen, to comfort
– kusiba : to copulate, to make love
– kusielumuka : to slip, to slide
– kusieta : to plait raphia fibers on the thigh to make a rope
– kusieta : to cast a spell by rubbing one’s buttocks on the ground
– kusika : to produce a sound, to make resound, to play a musical instrument
– kusika : to praise, to glorify, to celebrate, to bless
– kusikalala : to stabilize, to retun to normal, to be firmly in place, to hold on
– kusikama : to wake up, to awake
– kusikamesa : to wake (up), to (a)waken
– kusikidisa : to make understand
– kusikila : to remain, to reside / to strengthen, to ensure, to steady, to stake, to place a support
– kusikimisa : to encourage, to motivate, to revitalize
– kusila : to chop manioc leaves using a rough stick
– kusima : to prohibit, to forbid
– kusimba : to hold (back), to touch, to feel with one’s hands, to palpate
– kusimbidila : to hold on/out, to stand fast, to hang on
– kusimbisa : to loan, to lend, to pledge
– kusimisa : to wake (up), to (a)waken, to stir up, to rouse
– kusindika : to go with, to back up, to strengthen, to reinforce, to support
– kusindisa : to incite, to encourage, to push, to support, to lead to, to induce to
– kusinga : to curse
– kusinsana : to confront, to measure against, to enter into competition
– kusinzila : to watch (over), to supervise
– kusisa : to let, to leave, to abandon
– kusisila : to leave at the disposal of, to leave in legacy
– kusivika : to be astonished, to be amazed, to be impressed
– kusoba: to change, to modify
– kusobasana : to exchange
– kusoka : to insert, to inject, to stuff / to provoke
– kusokumuna : to take out, to extract, to expel
– kusola : to choose, to sort out, to pick out, to select, to elect / to hoe up/out, to clear, to reclaim
– kusombuka : to jump (up), to skip (about)
– kusompa : to borrow, to marry
– kusompisa : to lend, to loan, to marry (off)
– kusomuka : to divide into two, to split into two
– kusonika : to write, to inscribe
– kusonikina : to write to, to write for, to write in
– kusonikisa : to enrol
– kusonga : to show, to point out, to indicate
– kusongisa : to show, to demontrate
– kusosa : to look for, to search for, to seek
– kososila : to provoke, to tease, to annoy, to try to pick a quarrel, to seek for the benefit of
– kusotoka / kusotuka : to fall from a container
– kusotona / kusotuna : to drop from a container
– kusuama : to hide, to be hidden, to shelter, to snuggle up
– kusuasuana : to differ
– kusuasuanisa : to distinguish, to differentiate, to make different
– kusuba : to urinate, to pee, to pass water, to wee(-wee)
– kusueka : to hide, to shelter
– kusuka : to end / to insert, to inject
– kusukina : to get to, to end with, to have for conclusion
– kusukula : to wash (oneself), to clean, to purify
– kusukumuna : to clean completely
– kusumba : to buy
– kusumbula : to reopen an old wound
– kusumuka : to sin, to lose faith, to stray from the straight and narrow, to be offended
– kusumuna : to infringe, to offend, to insult
– kusunda : to surpass, to win, to defeat, to beat
– kusunga : to help, to assist / to watch
– kusungama : to straighten up, to hold oneself erect, to stand straight
– kusungika : to right, to straighten, to rectify, to correct, to put on the straight and narrow
– kusunzula : to introduce, to reveal, to inform
– kususumuka : to wake up with a start, to rouse from one’s torpor, to return to reality
– kususumuna : to awaken, to raise awareness, to disrupt, to rouse from torpor
– kusutuka : to give a start/jump, to be surprised
– kuta : to say, to tell, to give information / to sting
– kutabuka : to become detached, to break, to snap, to be cut
– kutabula : to detach, to break, to snap, to cut, to shorten
– kutadidila : to observe, to comply with
– kutadisa : to show
– kutafuna : to chew, to masticate
– kutala : to look at, to watch, to visit, to call on, to concern, to affect
– kutamba : to install, to put up / to settle, to move
– kutambika : to send (off), to dispatch
– kutambikisa : to transmit, to transfer, to contaminate
– kutambudila : to accept willingly, to agree
– kutambula : to accept, to agree, to assent / to snatch, to seize, to confiscate
– kutambula : to walk, to work
– kutambusa : to operate, to work, to start, to drive, to pilot, to lead
– kutanda : to spread (out), to hang up / to get thin(ner) / to swim
– kutanga : to read, to learn, to count, to list
– kutangakana : to be read, to be learnt, to be counted
– kutangina : to imitate
– kutanginina : to imitate
– kutangisa : to teach
– kutangulula : to read fully, to read to the smallest details
– kutangumuna : to read insistently, to spell out clearly, to say forcefully
– kutanguna : to call, to quote, to name, to spell
– kutanina : to protect, to watch over, to look after, to take care of
– kutantala : to roar
– kutatama : to stick, to adhere, to cling on
– kutatamana : to continue to, to pursue, to perpetuate, to persevere, to persist
– kutatika : to bite, to shoot, to throb
– kutatuka : to go out, to move aside, to move away
– kutatula : to put out, to throw out, to keep away, to move away
– kutaya : to prune
– kutedika : to boil
– kutedimisa : to lift, to help to stand up, to raise, to enthrone
– kuteka : to sell, to betray
– kuteka : to draw / to appear, to rise, to show up, to light up
– kuteka : to do first, to do in advance, to happen before, to take place before
– kutekila : to precede / to sell for/to / to draw for sb
– kutekisa : to make precede, to put forward
– kutekita : to shiver, to shudder, to tremble, to shake
– kutelama : to stand up, to stop
– kutelamasa : to lift, to help to stand up, to raise, to enthrone
– kuteleka : to boil, to cook in the water
– kutelemisa : to raise, to lift, to help to stand up, to stop, to help to stop, to enthrone
– kutembela : to flicker, to sway
– kutemoka : to clear (up), to light up, to become clear, to open up to knowledge
– kutemona : to light(en), to clarify, to enlighten, to open to knowledge
– kutenda : to tear (up)
– kutendula : to rip to shreds
– kutendumuna : to rip completely to shreds
– kutengama : to buckle, to get out of shape, to bend (down), to deviate
– kutengika : to deform, to buckle, to warp, to distort, to bend, to deflect
– kutengola : to pierce, to burst, to make spurt, to cut open with a sharp object
– kutensika : to put on, to place on, to stack, to pile up
– kutentika : to put, to place
– kutentina : to shine, to glitter, to twinkle, to radiate
– kuteta : to husk, to crack, to breack
– kutetoka : to hatch (out), to occur, to happen, to emerge
– kuteza : to measure, to gauge, to try
– kutiaba : to split, to prune
– kutiabula : to tear up
– kutiabuzula : to rip to shreds
– kutilumuka : to fly (away)
– kutilumuna : to fly, to put to flight
– kutima / kutimuna : to dig
– kutimba : to rise (up), to have an erection
– kutimbula : to kick out, to flick, to drive away, to expel, to make leave
– kutina : to run (away), to bolt, to escape
– kutinguna : to disparage, to slander, to make a sharp criticism
– kutoboka : to get a hole, to burst
– kutobola : to make a hole, to perforate, to burst
– kutola : to talk about somebody in his absence
– kutoloka : to break
– kutolola : to break
– kutoma : to get/become better, to achieve quality
– kutomba : to look for, to search for, to seek
– kutomboka : to rise, to develop
– kutombola : to lift, to raise, to develop
– kutomisa : to improve, to make more attractive
– kutona : to begin, to start, to commence
– kutonda : to thank
– kutonganana : to reign, to rule over
– kutonta : to try, to experiment / to tempt
– kutota : to pick up, to gather (in), to harvest
– kutotoka : to get out, to gush (out), to spurt (out)
– kutsamuka / kutamuka : to flow, to flow from a container
– kutsamuna / kutamuna : to pour
– kutsoka : to inject, to stuff, to introduce through an orifice
– kutsokuta : to introduce a finger or a thin object to explore the inside of a body
– kutsoma : to prick with a sharp object, to knock in a sharp object
– kutsona : to ooze
– kutsuba : to pierce, to prick with a sharp object
– kutsubuka : to burst
– kutsubula : to burst, to puncture, to pierce with a sharp object, to lance
– kutsuma : to kick with tiptoe
– kutua : to beat, to punish
– kutuadisa : to lead, to run, to manage, to conduct, to guide, to preside over, to make arrive
– kutuala : to bring, to arrive at destination
– kutualula : to express fluently, to speak fluently
– kutuba : to speak, to say / to throw
– kutuela : to bring up, to rear, to breed
– kutuika : to help to put a load on the head, to make shoulder the responsability for an act
– kutuikila : to prick out, to plant (out), to propagate by cuttings
– kutuka : to exit, to go out / to come from / to insult, to abuse
– kutukuta : to sweat, to perspire
– kutula : to put (down), to place, to lie, to arrive
– kutulula : to destroy, to annihilate
– kutuma : to order, to command
– kutumama : to obey
– kutumamana : to submit to, to abide by
– kutumba : to punish / to enthrone, to invest
– kutumbula : to increase, to excite, to provoke
– kutunga : to construct, to build (up), to sew
– kutungasana : to palaver, to negotiate
– kutungisa : to construct, to build (up), to sew
– kutungulula : to reconstruct, to reconstitute, to restore, to rehabilitate
– kutunta : to tow
– kutuntuka : to go into trance
– kutunza : to invoke, to call upon/forth
– kututa : to crush, to knock, to smash, to bump into, to thrash, to touch
– kututana : to knock, to collide
– kututisa : to make crushed, to make beaten up
– kuvala / kugala : to plane, to scrape (off), to sharpen
– kuvambana / kugambana : to separate, to part, to split up, to get divorced
– kuvambasa / kugambasa : to separate, to split up, to divide
– kuvambuka / kugambuka : to separate, to put aside, to branch off
– kuvambula / kugambula : to separate, to put aside
– kuvana / kugana : to give, to offer (up)
– kuvandusa : to shave (off)
– kuvanga : to create, to invent, to make, to achieve
– kuvangama : to be realized, to come true
– kuvanzakisa : to invest, to finance, to fund
– kuvata / kugata : to hoe up/out
– kuvayika / kugayika : to go out, to exit
– kuvenda / kugenda : to lick
– kuvengama / kugengama : to move aside, to leap to one side
– kuveta / kugeta : to throw, to chuck / to hunt, to make a battue
– kuvevila : to fan, to ventilate, to stir up the air
– kuviangula : to steal, to pinch, to nick
– kuvibidila : to persevere, to wait
– kuvidisa : to lose
– kuvila : to be lost, to disappear
– kuvilakana : to forget, to be wrong, to be mistaken
– kuviluka : to transform, to change, to mutate
– kuvilula : to transform, to change
– kuvimba : to swell (up)
– kuvimbana : to sulk
– kuvindumuka : to turn round and round, to turn over, to tip up
– kuvingana : to succeed, to replace
– kuvingila : to wait
– kuvingisa : to keep waiting
– kuvioka / kuyoka : to pass, to go past, to exceed, to overtake, to cross, to happen, to take place
– kuviokisa / kuyokisa : to help cross, to help get through, to let pass, to spend
– kuvisa : to understand
– kuvola : to commit
– kuvonda / kugonda : to kill, to assassinate
– kuvonga : to get fatter, to put on weight, to get bigger, to get larger, to fatten
– kuvonga : to calm down, to keep still, to recover, to get well, to get better
– kuvova / kugoga : to speak, to say
– kuvovisa : to make talk
– kuvua : to possess, to own, to hold
– kuvuama : to grow rich(er)
– kuvuanda : to live, to reside, to sit (down)
– kuvuata : to clothe, to dress, to get dressed
– kuvuba : to inject
– kuvuemba : to bring to heel, to subdue, to tame
– kuvueta : to take with both hands
– kuvueza : to hate, to detest
– kuvuika : to clothe, to dress, to make wear a garment
– kuvuka : to add, to unite, to get together / to escape, to get free, to recover health
– kuvukana : to gather together, to unite
– kuvukisa : to save, to set free
– kuvukumuka : to fly away, to bolt, to appear suddenly, to rush out
– kuvukumuna : to flush out, to drive out of hiding
– kuvula : to undress, to take off clothes
– kuvuluza : to (set) free, to release, to save, to rescue
– kuvuma : to reign, to lay down the law, to be in vogue
– kuvumba : to bake under the ashes
– kuvumbuka : to wake up, to awake, to straighten up
– kuvumbula : to wake (up), to (a)waken, to stir up, to revive, to right
– kuvumvula : to go round in circles, to lose one’s way, to go astray
– kuvuna : to graze, to scrape / to lie
– kuvunda : to rest
– kuvundisa : to rest, to make resting
– kuvundumuka : to get up abruptly, to get out of the woods
– kuvundumuna : to flush out, to lay bare, to expose, to uncover, to reveal
– kuvunga : to feed, to pasture
– kuvungula : to feed cattle, to lead a flock, to guide a spiritual community
– kuvunzuka : to be polluted, to be scrambled
– kuvutuka : to come back, to return
– kuvutukila : to start again, to begin again, to do again, to repeat an offence
– kuvutula : to send back, to return, to answer, to retort, to restore, to bring back, to reimburse
– kuvuvama : to calm down, to stop worrying, to be pacified
– kuvuvisa : to calm, to reassure, to pacify
– kuvuvumuka : to calm down, to stop worrying
– kuvuza : to uproot, to pull up, to lift, to root out, to eradicate
– kuvuzuna :to root out, to eradicate, to dismantle, to kick out
– kuwa : to hear, to smell, to feel / to end, to run out
– kuwakana : to be heard, to spread speaking about news, to be granted
– kuwanga : to build
– kuwasa : to cure, to recover health
– kuwawana : to agree
– kuwawasa : to reconcile
– kuweka / kueka : to become, to succeed
– kuwena / kuena : to be
– kuwenda / kuyenda / kuenda : to go (away), to leave
– kuweta / kueta : to be in the process of, to be about to, to be on the point of
– kuweta : to suck up/in
– kuweza : to get together, to unite
– kuwidikila : to listen carefully, to hear (of)
– kuwinda : to hit with an object
– kuwinikina : to listen carefully
– kuwisanesa :to reconcile
– kuwizana : to agree, to reach agreement, to become reconciled
– kuwoluka : to lose weight, to become lighter, to lose one’s strength, to soften, to fade
– kuwubula : to unblock, to make a hole, to breach, to pierce
– kuwukula : to rock while singing to send to sleep
– kuwuma : to rest, to get one’s breath back, to catch one’s breath
– kuwumba : to create, to sculpt, to fashion clay objects
– kuwumpa : to drink in big gulps
– kuwumuna : to breathe
– kuwuna / kuvuna : to lie
– kuwunga : to blow, to whistle while talking about the wind
– kuwuta : to suck up/in, to drink the contents of a container quickly
– kuya / kuvia : to burn (oneself), to be burnt, to be grilled, to roast, to be cooked
– kuyaba : to bail the water out of a pond or a part of a river in order to catch some fishes
– kuyabika : to cover, to put a lid on, to close the subject
– kuyaka : to catch in flight, to catch in the air
– kuyakidila : to receive with cordiality, to offer a warm welcome
– kuyakisa : to give, to offer, to present / to facilitate, to make easier, to alleviate, to simplify
– kuyala : to reign, to dominate, to be raging, to be in vogue / to spread (out), to expose
– kuyaluka : to step over, to jump over
– kuyalumuka : to spill, to spread (out), to unfurl, to deploy
– kuyalumuna : to spread (out), to lay (out), to unfold, to unfurl, to deploy, to unfold fully
– kuyama : to endure, to suffer, to hurt, to give pain
– kuyamba : to welcome, to kiss, to seize, to catch
– kuyambidila : to give a talk in a select group, to debate on a given topic, to parley
– kuyambila : to talk, to chat, to dialog, to converse
– kuyambisa : to get into a dialogue, to strike up a conversation, to make chat, to make talk
– kuyambudila : to forgive, to absolve
– kuyambula : to let, to drop, to renounce, to get rid of
– kuyamuna : to reheat, to wam up
– kuyana : to speak highly of, to praise, to show to advantage, to highlight
– kuyanduka : to get warm, to warm up / to get angry
– kuyandula : to reheat, to warm up
– kuyanga : to give food, to make a present of / to show off, to pay court to, to woo, to copulate
– kuyanga : to exhibit, to spread, to expose to heat, to roast, to smoke, to cure
– kuyangalala : to rejoice, to be glad, to be delighted, to be happy, to be satisfied
– kuyangama : to float, to expose oneself / to rise (up), to gain height, to become gigantic
– kuyangana : to copulate, to make love
– kuyangidika : to delight, to gladden, to please, to satisfy, to cheer, to create a good atmosphere
– kuyangidikisa : to make happy, to spark joy, to bring joy
– kuyangika : to float, to expose, to hang (up), to hoist (up), to place very high
– kuyangumuka : to spread, to propagate
– kuyangumuna : to spread, to propagate
– kuyanika : to expose to the sun, to spread out to dry in the sun
– kuyantika / kubantika : to begin, to start, to be the origin of
– kuyasika : to open wide, to make yawning, to make gaping
– kuyavula : to crawl, to drag oneself on all fours / to burn the powder of the detonator
– kuyawula : to shout, to cry, to yell, to shriek, to scream, to bemoan, to lament, to complain
– kuyayisa : to magnify, to spread, to give an echo, to advertise / to cook on high, to fry
– kuyedika : to taste, to try, to sample, to test, to feel, to examine
– kuyekola : to betray, to give away
– kuyekula : to sacrifice, to immolate
– kuyela : to put out, to grow, to sprout, to get fatter, to get bigger, to come to maturity / to try
– kuyela : to lose, to be defeated / to be seek, to be ill, to suffer
– kuyeluka : to heal, to cure
– kuyema : to suck the breast
– kuyema : to like, to want / to wound / to turn green, to come into leaf, to grow lush
– kuyemika : to breastfeed, to suckle
– kuyena : to feel / to see
– kuyenana : to see each other again, to meet again
– kuyeta : to prowl, to rove, to roam / to shell, to husk, to pod / to hit, to beat, to whip, to flog
– kuyetila / kuyotila : to warm up, to expose oneself to an heat source
– kuyiba / kuyiya : to steal, to rob
– kuyidika : to fix, to repair, to arrange
– kuyika : to add, to increase / to become
– kuyikama : to be added, to grow, to multiply, to proliferate
– kuyikama : to support, to back
– kuyila : to become dark, to cloud over
– kuyilama : to position oneself
– kuyimbika : to pile (up), to heap (up), to amass, to stack
– kuyimbila : to sing
– kuyimbuka : to be educated, to gain experience, to become an expert, to become a master
– kuyimbula : to educate, to teach appropriately, to make competent, to make experienced
– kuyimina : to turn down, to refuse to give
– kuyina : to lean forward
– kuyinama : to lean forward, to prostrate oneself, to kowtow (to)
– kuyindalala : to be thoughtful, to be melancholy, to be deep in reflection, to ponder, to mull
– kuyindula : to think
– kuyingana : to replace, to take the place of
– kuyingasa : to substitute, to replace by, mettre à la place de
– kuyisa : to get cooked
– kuyita : to precede, to get to the top, to come in first
– kuyitalala : to cover, to surround, to obstruct, to shade, to darken, to grow dark / to swell
– kuyituka : to be astonished, to be surprised, to marvel at
– kuyitula : to frighten, to scare, to terrify / to seize, to grab, to wrest, to snatch (off)
– kuyobila : to (take a) bath
– kuyoka : to burn, to grill, to roast, to roast in the ashes / to pass, to go past, to cross, to happen
– kuyola : to talk, to chatter, to natter, to gossip, to squeal, to cheep, to twitter / to hail, to call
– kuyoluka : to chatter, to natter, to gossip, to talk a lot, to ramble, to prattle, to boast, to brag
– kuyolula : to become pregnant, to become fertile
– kuyonzama : to gather (together), to get together, to accumulate
– kuyonzika : to amass, to heap up, to collect, to gather (in), to harvest
– kuyonzikisa : to bring together, to get together, to gather, to put together
– kuyoya : to become discouraged, to lose heart, to stop fighting, to capitulate, to abdicate
– kuyoya : to have no strength left, to be weakened, to become unfit / to become dry, to dry up
– kuyuba : to knock down, to topple over / to sweat, to get wet, to moisten / to gather, to collect
– kuyubula : to slough, to moult, to skin, to peel, to bark
– kuyuka / kuyukua : to be used to, to be accustomed to
– kuyukuta : to eat one’s fill, to reach satiety
– kuyula : to enquire, to get information, to ask
– kuyulula : to turn, to change, to alter , to modify, to stir the boiling contents of a saucepan
– kuyuma : to dry, to become dehydrated
– kuyumbuka : to be introduced, to be well educated, to become an expert, to become fit
– kuyumbula : to prune / to teach, to educate, to instruct, to introduce to
– kuyumisa : to dry, to eradicate, to annihilate
– kuyundula : to bring up, to raise, to breed, to rear / to feed, to nourish, to maintain, to support
– kuyungana : to rove, to wander (about), to roam, to stroll (about), to loaf
– kuyungula : to sieve, to sift, to rock, to press
– kuyungusa : to run
– kuyusuka : to go away
– kuyuvula / kuyuvusa : to interrogate, to question, to enquire
– kuyuvuzula : to investigate thoroughly, to question insistently, to examine
– kuzaba / kuzaya : to know
– kuzabakana / kuzayakana : to be known, to be understood, to become famous
– kuzabana / kuzayana : to be known, to be famous, to be acquainted with
– kuzabikisa / kuzayikisa : to tell, to repeat, to report
– kuzabisa / kuzayisa : to inform, to announce
– kuzabula : to hasten, to hurry up, to speed up / to amputate, to cut off, to cut a piece of it out
– kuzakala : to sit down
– kuzakalala : to stay seated, to settle down/in, to overstay one’s welcome
– kuzakama : to tremble, to shudder, to shiver
– kuzala : to fill up, to overflow, to abound
– kuzamba : to be omnipresent
– kuzambilakana / kuyambilakana : to be everywhere, to be omnipresent
– kuzamuna : to egg on to hurry up, to urge to run / to perch, to roost, to hoist up, to raise
– kuzamuna : to cut (off), to pull out, to detach by pinching / to pick, to peck at
– kuzanga : to lift (up), to raise, to make higher
– kuzangama : to rise, to perch, to gain height, to get promoted
– kuzanguka : to rise, to develop, to make progress, to gain height
– kuzangula : to lift (up), to raise, to develop, to promote
– kuzawula : to run, to hasten the step, to quicken the pace, to speed up, to hurry up
– kuzawula : to remove what protrudes from the surface, to skim / to steal the life force
– kuzeba : to untie, to loosen, to soften, to slacken / to become supple, to become tender
– kuzeba : to walk, to stroll, to saunter, to wander, to roam / to be weakened, to be in need
– kuzebama : to dangle, to work loose, to be loose, to be slack, to be soft
– kuzeka : to screw, to wring, to twist, to rotate / to deceive by trickery
– kuzeluka : to rust (up), to lose its shine, to weaken, to lose one’s mind
– kuzeluka : to leak, to run, to have one’s period
– kuzenga : to cut (up/out), to carve
– kuzenguka : to be cut, to be slit, to be cut down, to be felled
– kuzengula : to carve around, to trim around, to make a detour / to speak softly, to talk quietly
– kuzenguzula : to lacerate, to shred, to cut out, to carve, to chop, to mince, to slash
– kuzenza : to flag, to slacken, to soften, to mellow
– kuziama : to bury oneself, to submerge, to dive, to sink, to rest for eternity
– kuziamisa : to bury, to entomb
– kuzibika : to close, to shut, to fill (up/in), to block (up), to cork
– kuzibula : to open, to uncork, to clear, to unblock
– kuziena : to urinate, to pee, to have a piss / to fast, to be on a diet, to have a wasp waist
– kuzieta : to travel, to visit
– kuzika : to bury, to put in the earth, to entomb
– kuzika / kuzina : to be burnt to the ground, to be burnt to a cinder
– kuzima : to switch off, to turn off, to extinguish, to put out, to smother
– kuzimbakana : to forget, to be wrong, to be mistaken
– kuzimbala : to be lost, to disappear, to lose one’s way
– kuzimbana : to lose sight of, to disappear, to vanish into thin air
– kuzimbasa : to lose
– kuzimbikisa : to make completely disappear, to throw in oblivion
– kuzimbisa : to make vanish, to make disappear, to cause to forget
– kuzimisa : to switch off, to turn off, to extinguish
– kuzimuka : to be lightly burned / to turn off, to go out, to go down, to vanish, to disappear
– kuzimuna : to burn with hot iron, to brand, to burn slightly / to wither (up), to wilt, to blacken
– kuzimunina : to delay, to be late, to arrive late
– kuzinda / kudinda : to submerge, to sink
– kuzinga : to live, to exist
– kuzinga : to surround, to roll up, to wind up, to wrap up, to embrace, to put together
– kuzingama : to coil up, to wrap oneself up
– kuzingila : to last, to drag on for ever
– kuzingumuka : to come unrolled, to come unwound
– kuzingumuna : to unroll, to unwind
– kuziola : to draw out, to straighten, to untie, to unfold, to take the creases out of, to smooth out
– kuziola : to pull together
– kuziona : to confiscate, to dispossess, to wrest, to abduct, to snatch off
– kuzita : to inspire respect, to be worthy of respect, to be honoured, to be venerated
– kuzita : to be in poor form, to be unwell, to feel sick, to be grief-stricken, to be melancholy
– kuzitika : to tighten, to clamp, to clench
– kuzitikisa : to tie (up), to knot, to attach, to fasten
– kuzitisa : to respect
– kuziula : to loot a grave, to exhume a corpse to steal the body or the effects of the dead person
– kuziungumuka : to whirl, to spin round and round, to go around in circles, to run around
– kuziungumuna : to swirl, to twirl
– kuzodikisa : to flatter, to endear
– kuzodila : to wish
– kuzoka : to pierce, to perforate, to introduce a sharp object
– kuzokula : to perforate
– kuzokuna : to peel, to graze, to scrape / to crumple, to crush, to grind, to rotate in order to pick
– kuzola : to love, to be in love with, to like, to be fond of, to desire, to want
– kuzolana : to love each other, to be in love with each other
– kuzolasana : to love each other between members of a group
– kuzolua / kuzoluka : to be loved, to be appreciated
– kuzoma : to pursue, to hunt down, to put to flight, to chase out, to evict
– kuzonza : to speak, to discuss, to debate, to palaver, to chat, to quarrel (with each other)
– kuzonzika : to amass, to heap up, to collect, to gather (in), to pack up, to put in order
– kuzonzikisa : to bring together, to gather, to get together, to collect / to provoke a quarrel
– kuzonzila : to speak on somebody’s behalf, to plead
– kuzuba : to beat, to hit, to strike, to knock
– kuzuka : to prick, to inject, to stick in a needle / to cook to give good taste
– kuzuka : to hum, to float in the wind / to twirl, to brandish around, to throw
– kuzukula : to realize, to be aware of, to understand, to discover, to find out
– kuzukula : to terrify, to scare, to worry, to trouble, to fill with anguish, to upset, to distress
– kuzukumuna : to throw with a quick and forceful gesture, to fling, to hurl
– kuzulula : to introduce, to teach to do something for the first time
– kuzulumuka : to melt, to thaw / to ooze, to leak, to drip, to flow through a leak
– kuzumbika : to pile (up), to heap (up), to stack, to accumulate, to amass
– kuzumbula : to remove from a heap that which exceeds
– kuzumbuluka : to wiggle, to be agitated, to bustle around, to be perturbed, to be disrupted
– kuzuna : to be restored, to be relieved, to be soothed, to be calmed down, to recover peace
– kuzundama : to squat in fear, to crouch in fear, to curl up in sorrow, to be prostrate with grief
– kuzungana : to move about, to roam, to whirl, to follow a sinuous path
– kuzunguluka : to lose one’s bearings, to go round in circles, to beat about the bush
– kuzungulula : to twirl, to turn in all directions, to make lose the head
– kuzunisa : to restore, to relieve, to calm down, to reassure
– kuzunzuna : to detach a little bit, to cut a small piece, to nibble
– kuzuta : to lift all at once, to snatch, to rob, to steal, to take without permission
– kuzutuka : to contort oneself, to spin round and round
– kuzutuna : to twist, to contort / to cut (off), to tear off a small piece, to nibble
– kuzutununa : to cut out, to carve, to chop, to mince
