VOCABULARY: COMMON WORDS (PART TWO 1/3).
Note :
At the insistent request of some English-speaking visitors, I was forced to translate this lexicon from French to English. It’s a colossal job that took me a lot of time, I applied myself and tried to do my best. Despite this, since English is not my usual language, there could be some translation errors here and there. If you find any, do not hesitate to report them to me by writing to me through the contact page of this website.
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- MISCELLANEOUS WORDS.
Preliminary note.
The Kikongo uses all the letters of the Roman alphabet, except the letters “q”, “r” and “x” which are unusual, even if the letter “r” may appear in some “Lari” words.
In Kikongo the “u” is pronounced “oo”, the “s” is pronounced “ss” regardless of its position in the word and the “g” is pronounced “gg” when preceded by the letter “n” and “ghe” if this is not the case and this only when the following letter is the vowel “a”, “e” or “o”, if the following letter is the vowel “i” or “u”, the “g” is pronounced “gg”.
The letters “y” and “w” which are used as vowels in Kikongo can also become consonants when they are at the beginning of the word or when they are preceded by the letters “n” and “m” respectively.
The words presented in the list below may have different spellings depending on the Kikongo dialect used by the speaker. This is how we can have the vowel “u” instead of “o”, the vowel “i” instead of “e”, the consonant “g” instead of “v” or anything else. In the Lari for example, the letter “k” in the first syllable of a word can be replaced by “ts” as in “tsitoko”/”kitoko” (beauty) or in “ntsila”/”nkila” (tail). Listening to our Bazombo brothers, I discovered that in them the “b” of “bantu” is transformed into “h” or “w” to hear “hantu”/”wantu”, “hana”/”wana” or “heto”/”weto” which also says “yeto”, so you have only to know it and to take it into account in the search for words, in any case this makes the richness of our language and does not prevent us from understanding each other very well and being able to dialogue.
Derived words.
To the list of words we give in this lexicon, we should add those that we have deliberately omitted because they are words derived from verbs when they are very rarely used, they are simple language constructions that can intervene in a conversation to indicate either the actor of the verb or the way in which the verb is accomplished. These words can be easily reconstructed by following the method presented below.
To indicate the actor of the verb, the derived word is obtained by replacing the letter “a” ending of the verb with the letter “i” unless the verb ends with the syllable “la”, in which case the letter is transformed into “di”, then by replacing the prefix “ku” of the verb with :
– the letter “n” if the consonant following “ku” is d, g, k, l, n, s, t, y or z,
example 1: “kulunda” which turns into “nlundi” which translates into “conservative”.
example 2: “kutula” which is transformed into “ntudi” which is translated as “layer”.
– the letter “m” if the consonant following “ku” is b, f, m, p, v, or w,
example 1: “kubonga” which is conjugated “mbongi” which is translated as “taker”.
example 2: “kufuta” which conjugates “mfuti” which translates as “payer”.
– the prefix “mu” as an alternative to the two previous cases in some Kikongo dialects, in which case the four examples above become respectively “mulundi”, “mutudi”, “mubongi” and “mufuti”.
To indicate the action of the verb or the way in which the verb is performed, the beginning of the derived word is obtained by following the same rule as described above to indicate the actor of the verb unless the consonant following the prefix “ku” of the verb is “l”, “n” or “m”, in which case “nl” and “n’ n” are replaced by “nd” while “m’m” is replaced by “mb”. As for the end of the word, the letter “a” ending of the verb is replaced by :
– the “ilu” termination (which can be transformed into “ulu”) in most cases,
example 1: “kulunda” which is transformed into “ndundilu” (conservation or way of conserving).
example 2: “kutula” which is transformed into “ntudilu” (way of posing).
– the ending “olo” in the particular case of verbs whose penultimate syllable contains the vowel “e” or “o”,
example 1: “kubonga” which is transformed into “mbongolo” (way of taking).
example 2: “kutenda” which is transformed into “ntendolo” (way of tearing).
When the word derived from the verb is entered in the common language, then this word normally appears in the list,
example 1: “kulonga” which is transformed into “nlongi” (teacher)
example 2: “kuvuluza” which is transformed into “mvuluzi” (liberator)
There are other words derived from verbs to indicate the result obtained by the action of the verb, most of them have become full-fledged words used in everyday language, in which case they are present in this list.
example 1: “kulonga” which is transformed into “di/malongi” (teaching)
example 2: “kufuta” which is transformed into “difuta” (pay)
Many words beginning with the prefix “ki” do not appear in this list although they are considered as words of the common language, they are words derived from other words already present in this list or from verbs and that we have deliberately omitted to avoid duplicating and overloading the file. These words can be easily reconstructed by placing the prefix “ki” at the head of the word whose quality, function, habit or state is to be indicated.
Example 1: The word “soda” (soldier) will give the word “kisoda” (soldier quality or function).
Example 2: The verb “kuyiba” gives the word “muyibi” (thief) which will give the word “kimuyibi” (quality or habit of thief).
Note: The “/” sign in the word definition separates two definitions of the same word depending on how it is pronounced.
– abakosi : collarless jacket created to reject the European jacket, Mao collar jacket
– angwalima : burglar, brigand named after a famous robber from the Kinois past
– asansele : elevator
– atalaku : animation cry of the Ntandu folklore, singer and dance animator initiated by Zaïko LL
– avio : plane
– avoka : lawyer
– baba : mute, deaf and dumb person
– bakala / yakala : male person, male, husband, spouse
– bakulu : ancestors / all (together)
– bala / bana : children
– balabala : street, avenue
– bale/balo : ball
– banata : freeloader, scrounger
– banda : downstream, bottom
– bandi : bandit, thug, outlaw
– bangi : hemp, cannabis
– bantu : people, humans, mankind
– base : basin
– batima : building
– bebo : in large quantities, full of
– beke : kiss
– belezi : Belgian
– benda-benda : hellish atmosphere
– benda-bika : conflict situation, crisis breaking point
– bendela : flag, standard
– benefisi : benefit, profit
– benga : ravine
– besi : kiss
– bidi : several, many
– bidilu : tears, distress cries
– bifu : sexual intercourse
– bigogolo / bivovolo : popular talks
– bikinda : cemetery, graveyard, land of the dead, world of the dead
– bikindu : footsteps / fight, struggle, brawl
– bila : motive, reason, cause
– bilanga : plantation, field
– bilo : office
– bilongo : medecines, drug
– bilungi : hell, inferno
– bilusu : vomit
– bimoko : talk about several topics, talks, chatter
– bimpovela : gossip, tittle-tattle
– bindotila (kindotila) : nightmare, sleepwalking
– bipale : manners
– bipola : who is used to losing, eternal loser
– bisadila : actions without palpable effects, sterile behaviour
– bisala-sala : multiple and unsuccessful activities, malicious acts
– bisi : those from (place), inhabitant of, native to / bus
– bisimba-simba : touch-and-go behaviour, behaviour of someone who dabbles in this and that
– bisi-nsi : citizens of the country, native people, indigenous people
– bisono : writings, writing
– bisosila : provocation
– bituku : abuse, insults
– bivanza : finances, funds
– biwezulu : cosmos, outer space
– biya : fourth
– biza : truth
– bize : kiss
– bizu : kiss
– bizumba : sexual act, adultery
– bizunga : communal school organised in boarding school or day school
– boloko : prison
– bombe : ash
– boyi : servant, domestic, waiter
– buala : village
– buangala : lie, twisting of the truth, illusion, going astray, misdirection
– buatu : pirogue
– bubatele : the hearsay, rumour, idle-gossip
– bubelo : state of illness
– bubi : evil, wrong, bad behaviour
– bubolo : laziness
– bubondia : dampness
– bubote : good, benefit, goodness, kindness
– budimbu : latex, lime, glue
– buelo : loss of pigmentaion, skin lightening, hense light skin, fair skin
– bueso : chance
– builu : evening, night
– buimi / buyimi : selfishness
– buisi : daylight
– buivi / buifi : habit of stealing, kleptomania
– bukadi-bukadi : incompetence, unstable behaviour
– bukaka : sorrow, grief, sadness, misfortune
– bukiedika : truth behaviour, the real
– bukolo : disobedience
– Bukongo : Kongo culture, set of laws governing the social and spiritual life of the Bakongo
– buku : book, booklet
– bukufi : summary, brevity
– bukuku : dirt
– bukukuma : stuttering, stammering
– bula : length
– bulabu : stealing, robbery, looting
– bula(wayo) : bitch
– bule : blue, novice
– bulemvo / bulemfo : obedience
– buluweti : wheelbarrow
– bumama : motherhood, womanhood
– bumbanda : rivalry, opposition, relationship between two people who love the same person
– bumolo : laziness
– bumona : novelty, newness
– bumosi : unity / likewise, in a similar manner, in the same way
– bumputu : poverty, destitution
– bumuana : childhood
– bumuntu : humanity, quality of being a human being, humaneness
– bundiafu : greediness, avidity, greed, gluttony
– bunene : importance, magnitude, size, width, immensity, gravity
– bunganga : expertise
– bungangi : now, at this moment
– bungu : reason, motive, cause, purpose, object(ive), aim
– bungungu : lie
– bunkete : cleanliness, hygiene
– bunkulu : age, antiquity, seniority
– bunkuta : fear
– bunsana : sadness, desolation, distress
– bunsuza : lust, fornication
– buntati : faithfulness, fidelity
– bununu : old age
– bunzimbu : ignorance, oblivion, going astray, misguidance
– busafu : gossip, defamation, slander, disparagement, denigration
– busho : cap, plug
– busita : sterility, infertility
– buta (mata) : rifle, firearm
– butike : shop
– buwayi : sorrow, grief, sadness, misfortune
– buyimi / buimi : selfishness
– buyoyo : absence of mind
– buyuku : habit
– buyungu : inventive spirit, inventiveness
– buzengi : stupidity, bullshit, idiocy, imbecility
– buzingi : slowness
– buzitu : respect, deference
– buzoba : idiocy, imbecility, stupidity
– dalapo : flag
– dati : date
– debaze : official spouse, main partner
– defile : parade
– dema : load, charge, heaviness
– detaye : detail
– devi : estimate, specification
– devualu : homework
– diamba : hemp, cannabis
– diambu (mambu) : statement, speech, subject, case, problem, reason, cause
– dibanga (mabanga) : stone, rock, boulder
– dibanza (mabanza) : thought, idea, opinion, concern
– dibeni (mabeni) : breast, udder, teat
– dibondo (mabondo) : footprint / kind of toy / consolation gift
– dibulu : hole, crevice, crevasse
– dibundu : religion, faith community, religious group, political party
– didofolo : hole in a fabric
– diduki (maduki) : elder, wise old man, dean, senator
– diela : intelligence, cunning
– diemba : swing, rope at the end of which you swing
– difekani : machine, apparatus, vehicle
– (di)fundu (mafundu) : fabric offered to wrap the dead
– difuta : pay, salary, remuneration
– dikabu : part
– (di)kalu (makalu) : (motor) car, automobile, vehicle
– (di)kanga : clod of earth, lump of soil
– dikani (makani) : intention
– dikata : testicle, paraplegic
– dikela : bullet, cartridge
– dikelazi : rocket
– dikembe : Central African musical instrument, lamellophone
– diki : jealousy
– diki-diki : tickle, palpitation, excitement
– dikolo / dikoyo : knot, node, joint
– dikome (makome) fist, punch
– dikonga : arrow, lance, clock hand
– dikuela (makuela) : wedding
– Dikulunsi : Earth (planet)
– (di)kumbi (makumbi) : vehicle
– (di)kuta (makuta) : penny, coin
– dikuti (makuti) : mouthful
– (di)lanta (malanta) : tin can, sheet metal, metal object
– dilekitele : director, manager
– (di)longi (malongi) : lesson, teaching
– (di)lulu (malulu) : wheel
– dimi : tithe
– dindanda (mandanda) : prayer
– dingisi : traditional judge, minister
– dingundu (mangundu) : shell, bomb, explosive, dynamite
– dionga : arrow
– dipanda : independence
– (di)papu (mapapu) : wing
– dipasa (mapasa) : twin(s)
– dipitivia : oil
– dipolomi (mapolomi) : diploma, certificate
– disasi (masasi) : cartridge, bullet from a firearm
– disikulu : speech
– (di)simu : opposite bank, the other side of the river
– (di)sina (masina) : origin, source, founder
– disumu : sin
– disungi : help, assistance
– ditenda : gun
– (di)titi (matiti) : grass, herb
– ditozoni : proton
– (di)tuku : founder, origin, source
– divangilu : industry
– diwezulu : cosmos, outer space
– (di)wuwu (mawuwu) : stem of the branch of a species of raffia palm
– (di)ya (maya) : agricultural field
– diyela (mayela) : intelligence, insight, cunning
– (di)yeza (mayeza) : idiot, good-for-nothing, worthless man
– diyoti (mayoti) : star
– (di)zayu (mazayu) : knowledge, science, expertise
– dizi : funeral wake, funeral
– (di)zikua : hearth around which the men of the clan gather to talk
– dizimba : sanctuary
– (di)zita : centre, center
– djelo : sand, desert
– do : interjection that expresses a entreaty, interjection to ask for grace
– dodokolo : apology
– dokotolo : doctor
– dokuta : doctor
– dongi : pants smaller than the required size, length far less than normal
– dongolameso : scarecrow, criminal, brigand
– dosie : file, dossier, record
– duane : customs
– duanie : customs officer
– duki : duke, village chief
– duya : nucleus
– duyani : nucleon
– edikasio : education
– ekipi : team
– ekonomi : economy
– enemi : enemy
– esansi : gasoline
– esipasi : space, area
– esipesi (bisipesi) : species
– esiti : East
– etirete : zipper
– fakitidi : invoice, bill
– falanka : franc, money
– fete : fete, festival, feast
– fiele : pride, vanity
– fioti : little, tiny, insignificant
– fioti-fioti : very young woman, very little, very small, in small quantities
– fiotinu : inferior
– foko-foko : suction pump for fountain
– fokolo : catafalque, funeral shelter
– fongo : meeting, assembly
– fote : fault
– foto : photograph, photo, shot
– fua : inheritance, succession
– fuafua : part of the inheritance, share of the inheritance, heir, heiress, descendant
– fualama : Flemish, Belgian colonist
– fualanse : French
– fuka : strength, power, vigour, robustness, grip, grasp / voracity, gluttony, greed
– fuki : laziness, sluggishness, slowness, indolence
– fuku : night
– fula : access road to the village, doorway, edge
– fulafula : truck equipped for public transport
– fulu : construction that allows the bricks to be fired using a central furnace / place, location
– fulu-fulu / fulu : foam
– fuma : home, fold, nest
– fumu : tobacco
– funda : thousand
– fundu : financial contribution to funeral or family events
– futu : fetish, amulet, charm, medallion
– galo : stripe, band
– gangi : a person who terrorizes others
– gata / vata : village
– gido : handlebar
– gola / wola : hour, o’clock, time
– gonga / wonga : fear, terror, fright, panic
– gumpulu / wumpulu : underground cavity, cave
– ibobo : totally agree, so be it
– idonongo : old single-stringed musical instrument
– inga : yes, affirmative
– ingelezia : English
– ingeta : amen, so be it
– kabu : unit, part, group
– Kadialo : West
– kadilu : behaviour
– kafukafu : extraordinary, sumptuous, terrible
– kafumba : enormity, gigantism, immensity, hugeness
– kala : charcoal, ember / grasshopper
– kalaka : secretary, bureaucrat, civil servant, office worker
– kalasi : classroom, school
– kale (bakale) : obstacle, impediment, traps
– kalu (makalu) : car, automobile, vehicle
– kalunga : ocean / omnipresence
– kamaladi : friend, comrade
– Kamalu : South
– kamba : part, group
– kamina : the constitution
– kaminio : truck
– Kamu : Asia
– kanaye : injustice, wilful wickedness, bad faith
– kanda : clan, tribe, people
– kandu : ban launched to resolve an unmanageable situation, rite of formulation of this ban
– kanga : hill
– kanga-muyibi : barbed wire fence, anti-theft device
– kani : no, negative
– kansansa : consciousness
– kansi : centre, center
– Kantu : North
– kapita : captain, assistant to the village chief
– kapu : chapter, part
– kara : indifference, dodge
– kasa-kasa : vivacity, hyperactivity, reactivity
– Kaselo : East
– kati : inside, interior
– kati-kati : centre, center, middle
– katula-kiadi : consoler, sentimental stopgap, consolation prize
– keba-keba : precaution
– kekete : intangibility, intransigence, firmness
– kemizi : chemistry
– kenko : point, spot, dot
– kesa : combatant, fighter, soldier
– kesi : case, box, chest, coffin
– kete : small, minimal, tiny, little
– kete-kete / keti-keti : hesitation, uncertainty, indecisiveness, trial and error, approximation
– keto : envy
– kiadi : sadness
– kiamvu : bridge seat, stool
– kiandu : seat, chair, furniture on which you can sit
– kiangioka : fuel, combustible element
– kiazi : palm nut bunch, fruit bunch
– kibakala/kiyakala : virility, quality of man
– (ki)belo : hamlet, village, district
– kibeni : really, certainly, self
– kibingulu : hunting instrument
– kibioko : to belch, to burp
– kiboba : old lady
– kibondo (bibondo) : lock of hair, mane, tuft, crest / big drum / club, cudgel, beater, beetle
– kibota : pestle used to pound food in a mortar, club, bludgeon
– kibuanga-ntu : uncontrollable person, stubborn person
– kibubakala : male quality, masculinity, virility
– kibukento : quality of woman, femininity
– kibuka : women’s camping place in the bush where they process harvest products
– kibuki : secret place
– kibuku : piece, slice, part / short drum with skin on both sides
– kibulu : animal, game
– kibuma : clayey soil
– kibumba : trap built over a deep hole to catch game
– (ki)bunda : old lady
– kibundesua : confederation, confederacy
– kibusu : influence
– kibutulu : conception
– kidemo : load, weight
– kidiamfuka : chronic debtor, who has the habit of borrowing and forgets to repay
– kidiba : forgetfulness, ignorance
– kidikidi : of all kinds
– kidilu (bidilu) : tear, crying
– kidimbu : sign, symbol, indication, clue, proof, symptom
– kidufuki : explosive
– kidundu : astral body
– kiduya : nuclear science
– kiduyani : nucleonics
– kiedika / kieleka : truth
– kielo : door, entrance
– kiese : joy, happiness, enjoyment
– kifingu : insult
– kifu : custom, practice, behaviour
– kifu : disability, infirmity, shortcoming, fault
– kifualanse : French language
– kifuani : example, image, reflection
– kifuanisu : picture, image, photo
– kifuidi : death, bereavement, decline
– kifuka (bifuka) : family talk
– kifulu : place, location
– kifunda (bifunda) : luggage, bundle
– kifuntinu : tractor
– kigeso : slice of a food, piece torn from an edible body
– kigogolo / kivovolo (bigogolo / bivovolo) : puplic talk
– kihodi : shell of a fruit species used in the manufacture of the rattle
– kikada : ladder, escalator
– (ki)kala : drought
– kikamba : protective wall, fence, guardrail / part, group
– kikangu : arrest
– kikata : paralytic, legless cripple
– kikayi : territory, territorial area
– kikento : femininity, womanhood, uterus, womb
– kikilu : really, surely, certainly, actually / truth, certainty, certitude, assurance
– kikobi : sacrifice, immolation
– kikodi : tribute
– kikokoni : instrument operator, device operator
– kikombi : sweeper
– kikondo-kisalu : unemployment
– (ki)konko : corner
– kikufi : small person, dwarf
– (ki)kuku : termite mound
– kikulu : tradition, custom, history, the past
– kikululu : humility, humbleness, simplicity
– kikuma (bikuma) : condition, requirement
– kikumbi : rite of initiation of young women to conjugal life
– kikumu : disobedience, insubordination, disrespect, contempt, scorn, dislike, disgust
– kikunda (bikunda) : chair, bench, seat, stool / small bell, maracas, rattle
– kikundi : friendship, camaraderie
– (ki)kundulu : perch, roost, place to relax, place to sleep, refuge
– kikungumunu : track made up on a slope and that one runs down on a slippery support
– kikunku (bikunku) : share, contribution
– kilansi : provinces, native land, autonomous state
– kilari : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Balari
– kilawu : madness, attribute of madness, insanity, lunacy, dementia, fearlessness, intrepidity
– kilawuki : madman, madwoman
– kileke : childhood
– kileko / kilekua (bileko/bilekua) : article, product, object, thing, element
– kilema : load, weight
– kilendi : deputy, assistant, substitute
– kileso (bileso) : lesson, duty
– kilokolua : hour, moment, instant
– kilombo : choir / army
– kilongokelo : school
– kilu : weight, load, respect, consideration
– kiluazi : palm wine drawer
– kiluazu : instrument, tool, device, machine, vehicle
– kilumbu : day / cemetery, place where the dead are buried
– kilunga : satisfaction, accomplishment
– (ki)lunzi : life, existence
– kima (bima) : thing, object
– kimalumalu : makeshift vehicle that runs fast and is used to transport people
– kimama : statue, humain representation
– kimanianga : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bamanianga
– kimantinu : step, ladder, escalator, elevator
– kimayala : politics
– kimbadi : messenger, representative, guest
– kimbambala : rolling wreck, vehicle in poor condition
– kimbanda : rivalry, opposition / diviner
– kimbangi : testimony, statement
– kimbawu : hearth, fireplace, woodshed, stake
– kimbeni : enmity, hostility
– kimbenza : justice, the law
– kimbevo : illness, sick state
– kimbodila : humus, rot, decay
– kimbola : rotating solidarity system for the execution of field work
– kimbongila : swirling wind, tornado
– kimbongo : banking, bank
– kimbuki : recovery, cure, science of healing, medicine
– kimbuku : district, territory
– kimenga : sacrifice by bloodshed
– kimfumu : leadership, authority, power, reign, governance
– kimfunia : malice, malevolence, ill intent, evil intention, plot, machination
– kimfuzi : courage, boldness, liveliness
– kiminu : faith, trust
– kimoko : chat, talk
– kimolo : laziness, weakness, cowardice
– kimona : newness, (in) new condition
– kimona-meso : visual evidence, appearance in broad daylight, tangible evidence
– kimonokuame : self-centeredness
– kimosi : in person, oneself, uniqueness
– kimoyo : alive, state of being alive
– kimpa : acting, sketch, theatre scene, riddle
– kimpa : instrument
– kimpala : envy, jealousy in relation to material goods or the situation of the other
– kimpangi : brotherhood
– kimpene : nudity, nakedness
– kimpeve : spiritual form, spirituality
– kimpovi : eloquence
– kimpuaka : worthless card, loser
– kimpuanza : independence, freedom, sovereignty
– kimpuka : heap of tapioca
– kimpumbulu : thug, outlaw, person who behaves like a wild animal
– kimpuni : liar
– kimuivi : habit of committing thefts, kleptomania
– kimuntu : humanity, compassion, quality of human being
– kimvuama : wealth, possessions, assets, production, economy
– kimvuka : meeting, union, group, association
– kimvula : anniversary
– kimvutu : answer, reply, response
– kinana : octagon, byte, set of eight elements
– kinanga : ascent, climbing / slavery, servitude
– kinati : carrier
– kinati-maza : water carrier, the zodiacal sign of Aquarius, constellation of Aquarius
– kinati-nkutu : servant, minion, flunkey
– kinatinu : way of carrying, means of transporting objects or people
– kindende : kid, child, toddler, little boy, little girl
– kindibu : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bandibu
– kindobika : dance performed by jerky movements at the hips
– kindoki : witchcraft, genius, expertise
– kinduelo : little, tiny
– kindumba : prostitution
– kinduvu : drunkenness, alcoholism
– kinga : bike, bicycle
– kingamata : gendarmerie, police force
– kingamba : enslavement, slave state
– kingana : proverb, parable, fable, tale
– kingandi : so-and-so
– kinganga : expertise, mystique, practice of fetishism, the art of healing through plants
– kingeziki : ingineering
– Kingilu : Pluto
– kingolo : constraint, coercion
– kingongo : fear, fright, terror
– kingudia : treachery
– kingulungulu : friction drum
– kinguzi : radio and television channel, broadcast channel
– kinguzisala : radioacitvity
– kini (bini) : shadow, reflexion, image, portrait
– kiniama : animality, matter
– kinima : back slang, language using words whose syllables are reversed
– kiniumba-lemba : mask
– kinkakasa : fortress, castle
– kinkama : hundred, century
– kinkamala : democracy
– kinkenda : sadness
– kinkimba : academy, initiation school
– (ki)nkoki : hook
– kinkole : slavery, servitude
– kinkonga : nudity, nakedness
– kinkulu : tradition, custom, authenticity, history
– kinlongo : temple, place of religious education / holiness
– kinsalaza : exercise
– kinsamu : tale, fable
– kinsansi : maracas, hand percussion instrument
– kinsasa : school
– kinsekua : bed bug, parasite
– kinsemi : creation
– kinsibundu : federalism
– kinsiekami : seat, localization, site, reserve
– kinsiona : loneliness, abandonment, orphan state
– kinsueki : in camera, hiding place, clandestinity, confidentiality, secret, private, intimacy
– kinsuza : prostitution, lust
– kinta : friendship, relationship
– kintandu : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bantandu
– kintekoto : trembling, quivering, shiver
– kintinu : kingdom, monarchy
– kintombo : first rains and sowing season
– kintona : empiricism, experience through practice
– kintuadi : together, group, union, unity
– kintuazi : presidency
– kintuenia : youth, young age
– kinuani : warrior, fighter, combatant
– kinunu : elderly person, old man
– kinzambi-nzambi : sect, for-profit church
– kinzenza : foreigner status, diaspora
– kinziongololo : circle, whirlwind
– kinzonzi : palaver, conciliation talks between two families for the resolution of various disputes
– kinzungidila : entourage, vicinity, surroundings, suburbs
– kiozi : cold
– kipadi : morning
– kipelekese : panic, trouble, mental confusion, mental disorder
– kipoke : gene, genetics
– kipoke-mona : new gene
– kipoyi / tshipoyi : sedan chair, stretcher
– kisadi : servant, worker, employee
– kisadilu : work instrument, tool
– kisakununu : toy
– kisalu : work
– kisama : termite mound, pyramid
– kisambu (bisambu) : prayer
– kisanga : island, small island
– kisanganza : galaxy
– kisansi : kind of portable musical instrument, lamellophone
– kisele : material
– kisengo / kisengwa : metal
– kisi : of/from (place)
– kisida : accident
– kisielo : servant, domestic
– kisika : place, spot
– kisimbi : guardian angel, protective genius, gnome, river nymph
– kisinsi : nationality, local customs and habits
– kisinsu : sign, symbol, proof, evidence, indication, clue
– kisinza : remains of a tree or shrub emerging from the ground, stop
– kisita : sterile, sterile person
– kisiwu : dry season, tropical winter
– kisoba : change, mutation, evolution
– kisolongo : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Basolongo
– kisoma : axis
– kisombe : fasting and prayer, period of deprivations, Lent
– kisukadi : sugar refinery
– kisumbula : accident, injury
– kitadi : waterfall
– kitambi : underfoot, footprint, foot length
– kitamina : space, universe
– kitandu : era, century
– kitantu : enmity, adversity, hatred
– kitanzi : machete, cutlass
– kiteki : statue
– kite-kite : incoherent words, words without impact, drivel
– kitembo : wind
– kitemo : solidarity contribution, participation fee
– kitenda : piece of fabric, tatter, linen, clothing
– kitezo : measure, measurement, level
– kitezolo : measuring instrument, gauge
– kiti : chair, seat, stool
– kitimbu : flick, flip
– kitini : piece, part, chapter
– kito : leg, a piece of meat from the leg of an animal with its bone
– kitoko : beauty, prettiness
– kitsuku : prominent ass
– kituimbi : missile
– kituku : insult
– kitukutuku : moped, motorcycle
– kitumbu : punishment
– kitunga : basket, bag
– kitunti : motor, engine
– kiumbu : lead, solder
– kiuvu / n’yuvu : question
– kivangilu : factory
– kivimbi : gulf, bay
– kivinga : residence, home
– kivitilu : prefix, title
– kivuelaka : power station
– kivunda : camp, resort place
– kivuvu : hope, wish
– kiwadu : cosmos, universe
– kiwangi : architecture
– kiwelewele : vagrant
– kiwisu : energetics
– kiwiti : magic
– kiwuntuka : personality
– kiwuti : gene, genetics
– kiyana : bragging, boastfulness
– kiyendi-kiyendi : without precautions, without mistrust, headlong
– kiyengi : peace, calmness
– kiyeyila : idiot, good-for-nothing, worthless man
– kiyika : addition, appendix, appendage, extension
– kiyinga : ignorant
– kiyombe : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bayombe
– kiyunga : cassock, coat, boubou, overcoat
– kiyutiyeni : propaganda
– kizamala : theocracy
– kizame : examination, exam, test
– kizampele : example
– kizengi : idiot, simpleton, mental defective, mentally deficient person
– kizidi / kizizi : face
– kizinga : fishpond, pond, pool, swimming pool
– kizinga-mpinanza : satellite
– kizita : knot
– (ki)zitu : load, weight
– kizitu / luzitu : respect, deference
– kizoba : idiocy, silliness, foolishness, stupidity
– kizombo : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bazombo
– kizunga : zone, sector, district, territory, region
– kizungu : calmness, quiteness, peace
– kizunguzungu : dizziness, epilepsy, a whirlwind of feelings
– ko : not, negation
– kodia /nkodia : snail shell, symbol of Kongo law, currency, fetish, talisman
– koka : paralytic
– kokoto : hardness
– koleze : secondary school, high school
– kolo : knot, node, joint
– koloha : colour
– koloko : trial, test
– koloni : colony
– kome : flat punch to the skull
– komisionele : (real) estate agent, commissionaire
– kompani : corporation, company, enterprise
– kongo : scored goal, answer given by a Mukongo to the call of one’s name
– konso : every, each, any
– kosukosu : cough
– kota-kala : practice that consists in going to school in the morning and returning in the evening
– kuba : stumble, obstacle on which you stumble / hardness/toughness attribute
– kudiantu : headbutt, head shot, header, whim
– kuelemvu : eternity
– kuenda-vutuka : back and forth
– kufua-ntangu : good-for-nothing, who wastes his time unnecessarily
– kuiti : drunkenness
– kulele : colour
– kulu (malu) : foot, sole, footprint
– kuluzu : cross
– kuma : place, spot / cause, reason
– kumba : padlock, mental block
– kumbi : car, automobile
– kumi : ten
– kumu : bank, edge
– kumu (bikumu) : reputation, fame, renown
– kunda (makunda) : pile, stack, heap, hill, accumulation, concentration
– kundu : mania, possession, bewitchment, evil eye
– kunzi : pillar, support post
– kusu : great avarice, excessive miserliness / musky smell, strong odour
– kuti : rat trap / owl
– kuzu : hiding place, refuge
