V.3. MISCELLANEOUS WORDS, PART 3/10 (kil-kis)
Note: The “/” sign in the word definition separates two definitions of the same word depending on how it is pronounced.
– kila (bila) : thing, object
– (ki)labi : thief / a good rifle, a good gun / Rabbi, master
– (ki)lambu : space-time
– kilamizidi : TV channel, television set
– kilandi : deputy, alternate
– kilansi : provinces, native land, autonomous state
– kilari : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Balari
– (ki)lavadelo / (ki)lavendelo (bilavadelo / bilavendelo) : launderer, lavender, washerwoman
– (ki)lavi (bilavi) : beggar
– (ki)lawu : madman
– kilawuki : madman, madwoman
– (ki)lazi (bilazi) : house of the chief, house where the goods are specially guarded
– kileke : childhood, youth / child / blow, point, sting, chest pain
– kileko / kilekua (bileko/bilekua) : article, product, object, thing, element
– (ki)lela : something hanging, end of something / lie, useless chatter / skillful thief, pickpocket
– (ki)lele : danger, something dangerous to touch, taboo object to take
– (ki)lema : round and smooth stone that can be used for massaging / albinos
– kilema : load, weight
– kilembe / kimpoko : slowness, softness, tranquility, silence
– (ki)lembe-lembe : impossibility
– (ki)lembo : small trap / sort of large trap that is placed in the middle of the current / banneton
– kilemfu : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Balemfu
– kilendi : deputy, assistant, substitute
– kilendo : hatred, enmity, disdain, contempt
– kilenga : habit, custom, practice / lazybones, poor man, person deprived of everything
– kilengene : vagrant, vagabond, homeless person
– (ki)lengezia : magnificent object, precious object / dear, beloved
– kilengi : patient / sick person treated with the help of fetishes / child who is helped to be born
– (ki)lengidika : hypocrite, flatterer
– kilengila : delay, slowness / kite
– kilengisa : shortness of breath, breathlessness, fatigue, exhaustion / restless mind
– (ki)lengisa : habit of lingering, habit of dawdling / cause of delay
– kilengo : peace, peaceful character
– (ki)lengua : funnel made with a leaf
– kileso (bileso) : lesson, duty
– (ki)leta : letter, epistle
– (ki)lewa (bilewi) : thing spotted with red / red spot on the body
– (ki)lezi (bilezi) : child, boy, girl / younger brother / servant / official / subordinate
– kiliya : client, customer
– kiloba : green mud in the water
– kiloka : witchcraft, spell, enchantment / power to “eat” (kill) mystically
– (ki)loko : thing, object
– kilokolua : hour, moment, instant
– kilombo : army, band, herd, caravan / hostel, inn, logis, refuge, hospitality / choir
– (ki)lombo (bilombo) : payment for a trial, compensation to be paid for damage
– kilongianu : remedy, medicine
– kilongokelo : school
– kilota : delirium / clitoris
– kilotela : nightmare while sleeping
– kilotila : which is very burnt, which is scorched
– kilu : weight, load, respect, consideration
– kiluazi : palm wine drawer
– (ki)luazu : tool, instrument, weapon, machine, device
– (ki)ludikilua : rule, law, norm, standard
– kilumbu : day / cemetery, place where the dead are buried
– (ki)lundu (bilundu) : meteor / sound of gunshot
– kilunga : satisfaction, accomplishment
– kilunga : even number / peril, danger, imminence of danger
– (ki)lungu (bilungu) : meteor, aerolite
– (ki)lunzi : life, existence
– kima (bima) : thing, object
– kimaka : spirit, ghost, optical illusion, wonderful phenomenon, amazing spectacle or show
– kimalumalu : makeshift vehicle that runs fast and is used to transport people
– kimama : statue, humain representation
– kimangala : wonderful vision
– kimanianga : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bamanianga
– kimantinu : step, ladder, escalator, elevator
– kimayala : politics
– kimazayu : science
– kimbabazi : cruelty, brutality, desire to hurt
– kimbabu : deception, fraud, swindle, dishonesty, deceit, unfair taunting, unjust mockery
– kimbadi : messenger, representative, envoy, guest
– kimbala-mbala : papyrus basket
– kimbambala : rolling wreck, vehicle in poor condition
– kimbanda : rivalry, opposition / diviner
– kimbangi : testimony, statement, deposition / hostility, enmity, discord / deception, deceit
– kimbangu : skill, dexterity, ingenuity / square lidded basket
– kimbangula : skill, genius, ingenuity / change, variation
– kimbangumuna : variability of speech / conjugation / somersault, pirouette
– kimbangumuna : sum, total, total sum / small tattoo on the navel
– kimbawu : hearth, fireplace, woodshed, stake
– kimbeni : enmity, hostility
– kimbenza : justice, the law
– kimbevo : illness, sick state
– kimbisu : destitution / greens, raw vegetables
– kimbizi : bestiality, animal nature
– kimbodila : humus, rot, decay
– kimbola : rotating solidarity system for the execution of field work
– kimbongila : swirling wind, tornado
– kimbongo : banking, bank
– kimbuani : meeting
– kimbuki : recovery, cure, science of healing, medicine
– kimbuku : district, territory
– kimbulangana : chance encounter
– kimbulu : cunning character, ability, jackal’s mischief, fox’s cunning / crafty or wily manners
– kimbumba : high ground, pile of earth, heap of soil in which manioc is planted
– kimbumba : pregnant woman/ pottery work
– kimbumbudi : early in the morning
– kimbutiki : maternity
– kimene : the day after tomorrow
– kimenga : sacrifice by bloodshed
– kimeni : state of being fixed, of being firm like a rock / plant
– kimenta : land around the house
– kimenzami : idleness, good for nothing, lazy person, lazybones
– kimeta : metric system
– kimfiku : tenacity in the face of difficulty
– kimfini : neighborhood, proximity, contiguity, adjacency, immediate surroundings
– kimfinia / kimfiti / kimfuenene / kimfietene / kimfuetene : pinching, nipping, pinch
– kimfiti : insatiability, sulkiness
– kimfuelele : perseverance, firmness, love for action
– kimfuilu : large shield, great shield
– kimfuita : idol / spoiled wife / angry person / excluded thing or person
– kimfuitila : angry person, hot-tempered person
– kimfumfu : persistence, constancy, steadiness, firmness, zeal, ardour
– kimfumu : authority, power, government, nobility, royalty, dignity
– kimfumu : leadership, authority, power, reign, governance
– kimfunia : malice, bad intention, desire for destruction, machination, envy, jealousy
– kimfunia : malice, malevolence, ill intent, evil intention, plot, machination
– kimfuta / kikuma : cause, reason, argument / motive, fault, sin / justification, excuse / evidence
– kimfuta-mfuta : small gift
– kimfutika : chapter, verse
– kimfuzi : courage, boldness, liveliness, enthusiasm, tenacity, zeal, assiduity
– kiminu : faith, trust
– kimoko (bimoko) : talk, chat
– kimolo : laziness, idleness, lethargy, weakness, cowardice
– (ki)momo : immobility, inertia, inaction, stupor, astonishment
– kimona : newness, (in) new condition
– kimona-meso : visual evidence, appearance in broad daylight, tangible evidence
– kimonokuame : self-centeredness
– kimosi : in person, oneself, uniqueness
– kimoyo : life, vitality / raw state, uncooked state
– kimoyo / kimoya : alive, state of being alive
– kimpa : acting, sketch, theatre scene / riddle, mystery / fable, tale, story
– kimpaka-mpaka : subject of endless disputes
– kimpala : envy, jealousy in relation to material goods or the situation of the other
– kimpalu : miraculous vision, fantastic spectacle, spectre, returning, ghost, apparition
– kimpamba : ability to climb / object placed around the waist to climb into a palm tree
– kimpambala : strand
– kimpambuila : sharing, division, branch, tributary
– kimpampa : miracle, witchcraft / conventions for a wedding
– kimpampa : kind of roots that are crushed in order to make a scented ointment
– kimpampa : young tree / mushroom-shaped termite mound / black ant nest
– kimpamu : miracle
– kimpanga : miracle, remarkable accident / almond / kind of handcuffss / stretcher
– kimpangala : dilapidated house, ruin, unfinished construction / destitution
– kimpangi : brotherhood
– kimpangudi : separation
– kimpangula : witchcraft, magic, prodigy, wonder / spell, divination / extraordinary fact
– kimpangutu : thin support, tutor, thin pole ending with a fork to support
– kimpanina : generosity
– kimpasa / kimpaza : fish trap
– kimpasi / kimpasa : secret society for initiation to Kongo spirituality
– kimpata : sheath, case / species of fish
– kimpati : stubbornness, obstinacy, insistence on pursuing or bothering someone
– kimpati : power or gift of consecrating fetishes / larva serving as a magical medicine
– kimpaya : blow struck on a leaf placed on the hand to predict
– kimpekelekesa : ceremony
– kimpeku : wind / flag, something floating in the wind
– kimpela : something that desecrates the marabout
– kimpele : bushfire
– kimpene : nudity, nakedness
– (ki)mpenene : lust, desire for the good of others
– kimpesi : way of dancing, drum with a small hole / person who is not a witch
– kimpeve : spiritual form, spirituality
– kimpikiti : great fear, fright
– kimpilu : monster, deformed child, child with arched legs / hen with erect feathers
– kimpindi : idol / something unknown, mystery / something recurring / sinister, great misfortune
– kimpo : prophecy, prediction, omen / division of time defined according to the circumstances
– kimpo / kimpoba : : empty shell of an undeveloped peanut
– kimpola-nkanu : insubordination, vicious character
– kimpombo : gentleness, humility, restraint, moderation, sobriety
– kimpombo / kimpombolo / kimpompi / kimpompo : greatness, size
– kimpompo : chatter, gossip, tittle-tattling action
– kimpoto : slowness, laziness, inertia
– kimpovi : eloquence
– kimpovila : desire to speak, irrepressible desire to chat / lawyer, intercessor, mediator
– kimpoza : last fruits of a tree, late harvest
– kimpozi : shade, shading
– kimpuaka : worthless card, loser
– kimpuala : deception, lies
– kimpuangala : hangar, shed / dilapidated house, ruined house, unfinished construction
– kimpuanza : independence, freedom, sovereignty
– kimpuka : cave, part of a cave / attic / flag, banner / trick, scam
– kimpuka / kimpukanga : great sensuality, excessive voluptuousness
– kimpuka : heap of tapioca
– kimpumbulu : thug, outlaw, person who behaves like a wild animal
– kimpumpa : celibacy / practices, manners or rights relating to celibacy, prostitution
– kimpumpa : something put on top to serve as a blanket or shelter / skin cover
– kimpumpu : hangar, shed, roof with one or more temporary walls / refuge of spirit fish
– kimpuni : liar
– kimuala : line made on the body / loincloth
– kimuana : filiation, parentage, childhood, childish habits, childish character / candor, naivety
– (ki)muanga / (ki)muangina : shot, lead menu
– (ki)muesa : vision, visible thing
– (ki)muindi : short tail / fish or animal without tail
– kimuivi : habit of committing thefts, kleptomania
– kimuntu / kiwuntu : humanity, human nature, human quality, charity
– kimuntu : humanity, compassion, quality of human being
– kimvondi : crime
– kimvuama : wealth, possessions, assets, production, economy
– kimvuami : greed, desire for possession
– kimvuenze / kimvuenzi : humility, respectful submission
– kimvuka : meeting, union, group, association, set, total, sum
– kimvuka : meeting, union, group, association
– kimvula : anniversary
– kimvundu : surprise, astonishment / child born after a long period of infertility
– kimvungutu : rumor going around, hearsay / kind of yam
– kimvutu : answer, reply, response
– kinaka : address, finesse / part of something, thing, object / member of the body, organ
– kinami : member, follower, companion
– kinana : tenacity, stubbornness / lust / well-trained person, persevering person
– kinana : octagon, byte, set of eight elements
– kinanga : wealth, advantages, benefits, prerogatives of a good man
– kinanga : ascent, climbing / slavery, servitude
– kinani / kinaniyo : a certain, so-and-so, term that replaces a name that we no longer remember
– 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
– kindenda / kindende : small piece of wood, log
– kindende : kid, child, toddler, little boy, little girl, teenager, virgin girl / maid, servant
– kindeso (bindeso) : addition, supplement
– kindezi / kindesi : recognition, goodwill / children’s maid, nanny, teacher
– kindiafu : gluttony, voracity, greed, lust, covetousness
– kindibu : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bandibu
– kindima : laziness, slowness, tranquility, inertia / dislike, disgust, repulsion
– kindinga : laziness, slowness, tranquility, inertia / dislike, disgust, repulsion
– kindobika : dance performed by jerky movements at the hips
– kindoki : witchcraft, genius, expertise
– kindonga : beginner, apprentice
– kindotila (bindotila) : mania of talking in one’s sleep, somnambulism, sleepwalking, nightmare
– kindotila / kindoti : daydreaming, imagination, hallucination, delirium
– kinduelo : little, tiny
– kindumba : prostitution
– kinduvu : drunkenness, alcoholism, intemperance, gluttony, voracity, greed
– (ki)nengo : high fertility, great fertility
– (ki)nesi : pride
– kinga (binga) : torch / flame / discord, fiery, ardour, heat, fever / bike, bicycle
– kingamata : gendarmerie, police force
– kingamba : enslavement, slave state
– (ki)ngana : adage, proverb, saying, fable, allegory, legend, parable, 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
– kinguedi : chatter, chattering, babbling, gossip / potato in general
– kinguedi : susceptibility, irritability / rude person / cleanliness, neatness, accuracy, finesse
– kinguela : incision, notch, cut / notched ornament / stripe on a drum
– kingulungulu : friction drum
– kingundu : aerolite, bolide / shot of dynamite, bursting shot of a rifle
– kingutu : arthritic knot or knot on a tree
– kinguzi : : radio broadcasting, radio receiver
– kinguzi : radio and television channel, broadcast channel
– kinguzisala : radioacitvity
– kini (bini) : shadow, reflexion, image, portrait
– kiniafuni : help, assistance
– kiniama : animality, matter
– kiniambi : morning drizzle
– kiniani : leader, guide
– kiniemokono : press, something used to press, something used to squeeze out
– kiniemono : press / printing
– kinienge : sand / cassette
– (ki)nienie : who likes to bargain / cowardice, avarice / apostrophe
– (ki)nieta : piece of tree used to press into an animal trap
– (ki)nietokono : printing press, copying press
– kinima : back slang, language using words whose syllables are reversed
– kininga : ability to carry something on one’s head without holding / slimming product
– (ki)ningina : which is small
– (ki)ningisi : thin thing
– (ki)nini : economy, prudence, greed
– kiniumba-lemba : mask
– kiniunga : melancholy
– kinkabila / kinkayila / kinkanzi : generosity
– kinkakasa : fortress, castle
– kinkala : very old person
– kinkama : hundred, century
– kinkamala : democracy
– kinkamfi : brevity of growth
– kinkasa : bitterness, acuteness
– kinkaya : generosity / kinship
– kinkazi : middle age, age of reason / valour, courage
– kinkenda : fright, great fear, terror, consternation, dismay
– kinkenda : sadness
– kinkenza : skinny and short person
– kinkesi : anger, irascible character, violent disposition, irritability, fearlessness, intrepidity
– kinkeso : piece, part of something
– kinketa : subtlety, cunning, clandestine action / ability, skill, extreme dexterity
– kinkete / kinketi : ability, art, craft, skill, dexterity / dignity, honesty / mercy, pity
– kinkete / kinketi : benefit / person who does beautiful things / craftsman, artist
– kinketila : ability to do something good, clean or beautiful
– kinkeya : indiscrétion, curiosité malsaine, envie irrépressible de parler, babillage, bavardage
– kinkimba : academy, initiation school
– kinkimfi : state of a thing that is short, smallness, small person
– kinkimu : strength, energy
– kinkinda : strength, energy / kind of exorcism
– kinkinda-nkinda : consistency, solid form
– kinkindibidi : monster without arms or legs
– kinkindula : tumble, somersault
– kinkita : trickery, deception / revolt, anarchy / commerce / spirit that stays near water
– kinkitu : fear, dread, fright / treachery, betrayal, tendency to shy away / desire
– kinkitu : variability, fluctuation, instability, uncertainty, inconstancy
– kinkobe : fat person, corpulent person, stout person, obese person
– kinkobo : fatness, corpulence, stoutness, obesity, overweight, musculature
– kinkobo : corpulent person, stout person, muscular person, obese person
– kinkodi : cord, string
– kinkodia : snapping of the fingers and thumb / rifle, shotgun, pistol, gun
– kinkodisa : parsimony, meanness, pettiness, avarice, stinginess
– kinkodo : hollow
– kinkodunga : hole or hollow in the ground
– kinkofi / kinkufi : smallness, defect in size, defect in length / person of small stature
– kinkofi / kinkofia : strong clap with the thumb on the head to kill lice
– (ki)nkoki : hook
– kinkokila : amulet
– kinkokoto : avarice, stinginess, excessive economy, greed / tendency to deprive oneself of food
– kinkole : slavery, servitude
– kinkomfi : smallness / dwarf / clicking the thumb on the head to kill lice
– kinkonga : nudity, nakedness
– kinkongo : shooting ability, ability to aim accurately
– kinkonko : increase, addition / prescription, expression of one’s will
– kinkosi : region, province
– kinkuamba : speed, celerity, fast walking
– kinkuikisi / kinkuizi / kinkuisi : fidelity, constancy
– kinkuivi : dictatorship
– kinkulu : tradition, custom, authenticity, history
– kinkumba : swirling wind, whirlpool of water / chasm, abyss / virgin
– kinkumbi : deception
– kinkumbila : rain, sound of rain
– kinkumpi : direction / antlion larva
– kinkumvungulu : smallness, small man / arm tip, short and wide thing
– kinkundi : parasite
– kinlongo : temple, place of religious education / holiness
– (ki)nnienge / (ki)nniengese : sandy soil, sandbar
– (ki)nnieta : person who likes to cry, whiner, crybaby
– kinono : cause, reason / scar / oily tear of the skin / bad body odour
– kinsalaza : exercise
– kinsamu : tale, fable
– kinsangi : mixture, complexity, complicated thing / cassava distributed to workers
– kinsansi : maracas, hand percussion instrument
– kinsasa : initiation school
– kinse : army corps, detachment of soldiers / raw vegetable
– kinseka : clayey earth from which we obtain a toilet powder for the skin and hair
– kinseki : skill, ability or gift to strike up a song or to lead a choir
– kinsekua : bed bug, parasite
– kinsemi : creation
– kinseloka : gesture
– kinsemo : first-born, elder / customs concerning the eldest child, law of primogeniture
– kinsena : rolling up, curling up
– kinsense : eyes watering, tearfulness
– kinsenseva / kinseva-nseva : desire of laughing
– kinsesa : avarice, stinginess
– kinsesi : manners and peculiarities of the antelope / survival instinct, alertness, vigilance
– kinsevila : person who laughs convulsively
– kinsibundu : federalism
– kinsiekami : seat, localization, site, reserve
– kinsila-nsila : diploma, testimony, written promise
– kinsimba : customs concerning twins, love between twins
– kinsimbi : pledge, security, mortgage, hostage
– kinsimpi : short stature
– kinsina / kinsinda : depth
– kinsi-nkulu : ancient times, the past
– kinsinsi : joy of receiving something / kind of large mat
– kinsinsia / kinsisia : shadow
– kinsinsu : event / weight, pressure, gravity / noise
– kinsinzu : marvel, wonder, marvellous thing, wonderful thing
– kinsiona : loneliness, abandonment, orphan state
– kinsisa / kinsisia : shadow / surprise, astonishment, amazement / worthless man, weathercock
– kinsueki : in camera, hiding place, clandestinity, confidentiality, secret, private, intimacy
– kinsuekila : present, gift / secret payment, clandestine salary / mystery, confidence, secret
– kinsuena / kinsuenina : permeability, fluidity, ability to flow drop by drop
– kinsuka : security, pledge / lie, falsehood / extremity, end
– kinsukidi : temperance, abstinence
– kinsukina : end, tail
– kinsumba : jump, leap, bound, spring
– kinsunga : hatred, hate, jealousy, envy
– kinsungila : insomnia, sleepless night, wakefulness / nursing pay / vigilance, supervision
– kinsuza : prostitution, lust, debauchery, light manners
– kinta : friendship, relationship
– kintandu : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bantandu
– kintawudi / kintawuzi : childishness, silliness, foolishness stupidity, mischievous trick
– kintekoto : trembling, quivering, shiver
– kintete : priority, primacy, anteriority / beginning, origin, principle
– kintewa : harmful character
– kinti : nature of a plant
– kintiba : firmness, persistence
– kintinu : kingdom, monarchy
– kintiya : insomnia, sleepless night / night watchman
– kintombo : first rains and sowing season
– kintona : empiricism, experience through practice
– kintongi : ardour, insistence, tenacity
– kintongo : nudge, poke with the elbow
– kintuadi : together, group, union, unity
– kintuazi : presidency
– kintuenia : youth, young age
– kinuani : warrior, fighter, combatant
– kinunu : elderly person, old man
– kinza : pride, vanity, desire to appear, ostentation / love of beauty, taste for the ornaments
– kinza : worldliness, what is earthly / respect
– kinzambi-nzambi : sect, for-profit church
– kinzenza : foreigner status, diaspora
– kinziokoto : penchant for very spicy food / exclusive taste, insatiable appetite
– kinziongo : pinching, nipping
– kinziongololo : circle, circumference / roundabout, round hole / swirl, whirlpool
– kinziongololo : circle, whirlwind
– kinziototo / kinkokoto : extreme avarice, extreme greed
– kinzonia : insignia
– kinzonzi : palaver, conciliation talks between two families for the resolution of various disputes
– (ki)nzuiti : who is lascivious, who is lustful
– kinzuma : misfortune, misery, calamity, torment, torture
– kinzumba : wages, pledges / harvest salary in kind
– kinzundu : pressure, constraint, coercion
– kinzunga : round thing / bocage / solitude, isolation / manioc leaves boiled
– kinzungidila : entourage, vicinity, surroundings, suburbs
– kioko : steam bath, fumigation / bad breath / barking / first amniotic fluid
– kiololo : cry, clamour, applause / partridge
– kiototo : humidity, dampness, moistness / mood
– kiozi : cold
– kipa : cloth, strip of fabric, piece of woven canvas / team
– kipadi : morning
– kipelekese : panic, trouble, mental confusion, mental disorder
– kipemo : jump, leap, bound, spring
– (ki)pepele : lightness, thinness
– kipodi : credit granted without interest on condition of payment within the agreed deadlines
– kipoke : gene, genetics
– kipoke-mona : new gene
– (ki)pokongo : exhaustion, harassement, fatigue
– (ki)pokoti : pocket
– kipoyi / tshipoyi : sedan chair, stretcher
– kisadi : servant, worker, employee
– kisadilu : work instrument, tool
– (ki)sakesa : joke, insult
– kisakudi : something you don’t want to eat because it has been soiled / owl
– kisakununu : toy
– kisala-sala : operation, work, exercise, ceremony / love of work
– (ki)salu : work, action, activity, occupation, mission, duty / profession, job, function, role
– (ki)salu / (ki)salu-salu : multitude, quantity, number, crowd
– kisalu (bisalu) : instrument / household utensil / material for building the house
– kisama : termite mound, pyramid
– kisama : termite mound
– kisamba : end of a cord, end of a string / pan, basque, end of a fabric
– kisambu (bisambu) : prayer
– (ki)sambudulu : place of worship, chapel, temple, church, altar
– kisamu : danger
– (ki)sanga (bisanga) : island, islet / islet of brush, unburned grass, mound of grass
– kisanga : island, small island
– kisanganza : galaxy
– (ki)sangilila (bisangilila) : mixture
– kisansi : kind of portable musical instrument, lamellophone
– (ki)sansu : education / economy / administration, board of directors / management
– (ki)sanzi (bisanzi) : marimba game
– (ki)sasu : part
– (ki)sawu : kind of dance, drum / kind of game with songs for women or girls
– (ki)sawu : parable, riddle, mystery, tale, fable, anecdote, story
– (ki)sawu / kinsava : grimace with the intention of mocking / contempt
– (ki)sebo / (ki)sebozola / (ki)sebukila : piece, crumb, fragment of something
– (ki)sebula / (ki)sebuzuka) / (ki)sebuzula) : piece, crumb, fragment of something
– (ki)seda : great insatiable hunger
– (ki)sede / (ki)sele : piece, portion, slice, piece of meat
– kisedia : early childhood, infancy
– (ki)sefulu : what is laughable, what is funny
– kiseka : soft bottom and difficult to make waterproof
– kisekete : wealth
– kisekidila : ornament, decoration
– (ki)sekokelo : mobility
– (ki)sele : tree trunk placed under a canoe to roll it towards the watercourse
– kisele : material
– kiselo : East / servant, valet
– (ki)sengo / (ki)sengwa : metal, iron, metal object
– kisenso / kisensula : happiness, luck, prosperity, good fortune
– kisensolo : port, landing site, landing place
– kisi : of/from (place)
– (ki)siama : height of a person
– (ki)siatu : offensive term, insult, invective / defamation
– kisiba : curse
– kisida : accident
– (ki)sie : kindness, friendliness
– kisiedi / kisieli : romantic relationship, love affair
– kisiefi : leadership, quality of leader, command function, position of leader
– (ki)siekete (bisiekete) : stubbornness, indocility, restive mood, rebellious mood / obstinacy
– (ki)sielekete : of the nature of the dwarves
– (ki)sielo (bisielo) : servant, domestic, valet / slave / pallor, clarity, whitish color
– kisielo : servant, domestic
– kisika (bisika) : place, spot, empty space, space left free by someone
– kisiki-fuka : courtesy, politeness
– (ki)sikua : musical instrument
– (ki)sikukulu : armrest, support
– kisimbi : guardian angel, protective genius, gnome, river nymph
– (ki)simbudi : who is small and skinny
– kisimu : defense, prohibition
– kisinsa : friend, meeting of friends, friendship mark / stake
– kisinsi : nationality, local customs and habits
– kisinsia : image, reflection, representation
– kisinsingidi : of short size, of short stature
– kisinsu : sign, symbol, proof, evidence, indication, clue
– kisinza : stump, remains of a tree or shrub emerging from the ground, stop
– kisinza / nzinza (bisinza) : strain
– kisita : sterile, sterile person
– (ki)siusiu : fixed gaze, persistent gaze
– kisiwu : dry season, tropical winter
– kisoba : change, mutation, evolution
– (ki)sodi : field clearer
– kisolongo : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Basolongo
– kisoma : axis / fork
– kisombe : fasting and prayer, period of deprivations, Lent
– kisompi : habit of borrowing / one who borrows
– kisompisi (bisompisi) : borrower
– kisona : loneliness, solitude, isolation
– (ki)sonda / kitonda : strength or vigour of being able to throw a stone away
– kisonenua : brush
– kisongidila : counterfeiting, imitation
– (ki)songololo : care, attention, solicitude / pain, agitation, trouble, worry
– kisoni : pencil, pen
– (ki)su : mortar / pipe / big bundle of cloth, big pack of fabric
– kisuenginia : great fear, fright, fear, apprehension
– (ki)suisu (bisuisu) : fixed gaze / kind of skin disease
– kisukadi : sugar refinery
– kisuku : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Basuku
– kisula : respect, fright, fear, scare, terror / fatness, obesity / palm nut shell fragments
– (ki)sulazi : distance, direction
– (ki)sulu : habit of always showing up at people’s houses at mealtime, begging
– (ki)sulu (bisulu) : shell, scale, piece of a palm nut / dropsy of the belly
– kisumbula : accident, injury
– kisumiki : ability or skill to shoot and hit the target on the first shot
– kisumikinua : suction cup, sucker
– kisunga : attention, consideration, care / agility, vivacity, promptness / spirit, intelligence / zeal
– kisunga : distance, direction / snooze, nap
– (ki)sungi (bisungi) : season, epoch, era, period, time
– (ki)sungididi : perseverance, obstinacy, determination, zeal, assiduity, application
– (ki)susi : chance, luck, eventuality, fortuitous circumstance / misadventure, mishap, misfortune
– (ki)susi / (ki)susila / (ki)susu : something that frightens, something that scares / terrifying view
– (ki)susu : stem of the palm nut, peduncle by which the palm nut is attached to the cluster
– (ki)susula : shell, husk, scale, film, dandruff / bait
