V.4. MISCELLANEOUS WORDS, PART 4/10 (kit-luf)
Note: The “/” sign in the word definition separates two definitions of the same word depending on how it is pronounced.
– (ki)ta : pledge, pawn / precious thing, something rare, jewel, wonderful thing, strange thing
– (ki)tabu (bitabu) : place of refuge, shelter, refuge, retreat / protection
– kitadi : waterfall
– (ki)tala (bitala) : bough, branch / hill, eminence, mound / bed, shelf
– (ki)talatala : bed on which the dead person is placed / table on which fish or meat is smoked
– (ki)talenta : talent / karma
– (ki)tama (bitama) : length, distance, extent
– kitamba : drop, remainder or dregs of a liquid / piece for tasting / silt, clay, clay paste
– kitamba : part of the palm wine that the suitor gives to his future wife after drinking
– (ki)tamba : stall, table set up to dry soaked cassava or other foods
– kitambi : underfoot, footprint, foot length
– (ki)tampa / kitampi : rot, decomposing body, decaying body
– (ki)tamu : day, daytime
– kitanda : market of everyday / Portuguese, Portuguese language and everything related
– (ki)tandu : era, period, year, generation / time, duration / distance / action of moving forward
– kitandu : era, century
– (ki)tandu : enmity / disavowal, denial, self-denial, self-sacrifice / screen to catch fish
– (ki)tandu : platform where the body of the dead person is placed to dry
– (ki)tandula : accordion
– (ki)tandulu : key, pin, wedge or point with which we split something
– (ki)tani / ntani : brigand, bandit, plunderer, pillager
– (ki)tanini : savior, liberator
– (ki)tantala : mourner, whimperer
– kitantu : enmity, adversity, hatred
– kitanzi : machete, cutlass
– (ki)tasi (bitasi) : foresight / consideration
– (ki)tasila (bitasila) : délibération, debate, discussion, consultation, conference
– (ki)tatamani / (ki)tatimini : perseverance, endurance
– (ki)tebula : delirium, dream / pair of scales, weighbridge, rocker / trap for rats
– kiteki : statue
– kite-kite : incoherent words, words without impact, drivel
– kitela : part of a loot / hunting companion, good shooter / burying man
– kitelua : bullet, projectile with which one hits a target / gunshot, firearm wound
– kitembo : wind, strong wind, storm, hurricane / bad luck at hunting / assistance work, help job
– kitembolo : postage stamp
– kitemo : solidarity contribution, participation fee, contribution to costs, interested gift
– kitenda : piece of fabric, tatter, linen, clothing
– (ki)tensomono : scaffolding
– (ki)tenta (bitenta) : jest, taunt, mockery, joke
– kitento : hill, mound, height
– kitezo : measure, measurement, level
– kitezolo : measuring instrument, gauge
– kiti : chair, seat, stool
– (ki)tialungu (bitialungu) : slot / dash
– (ki)tibula : depth
– (ki)tibula : depth / joke, mockery, taunt
– (ki)tidi : will
– (ki)tietiekele (bitietiekele) : noise, sound of the birds singing
– (ki)tiki : fabric made domestically in the country
– kitimbu : flick, flip
– kitinga : madness, ignorance, stupidity, stupidity
– kitingu : lame
– kitini : piece, part, chapter
– kitintibidi : size of the buttocks
– (ki)tiokula : joke, fuss
– kito : leg, a piece of meat from the leg of an animal with its bone
– kitobe : mixture of clay from a tomb and palm wine used as a good luck charm
– kitoko : beauty, prettiness
– (ki)tolo (bitolo) : stanza, words and melody of a song / chorus, refrain, funeral song
– kitsuku : prominent ass
– (ki)tua / (di)tua : whiteness
– (ki)tuba : time, era, epoch, period
– (ki)tuika (bituika) : thing, object / household item, utensil
– kituila : animal donated as payment for the rearing of animals of another
– kituimbi : missile
– kituku (bituku) : insult / disorder, misconduct
– (ki)tuku-tuku (bituku-tuku) : small chicken that grows, small plant that grows
– kitukutuku : moped, motorcycle
– (ki)tulumeta : trumpet
– kitumbi-diambu : adverb
– kitumbi-mutinu : viceroy
– kitumbi-zina : pronoun
– kitumbu : punishment
– (ki)tumpu (bitumpu) : funnel, leaf cone / bag, envelope
– (ki)tumpula (bitumpula) : hole, den
– (ki)tumpulu/tumpukulu : cone-shaped or spoon-shaped leaf for drinking or eating
– (ki)tumpulua (bitumpulua) : funnel made with a leaf
– (ki)tunda (bitunda) : beautiful landscape, beautiful view / famous thing
– kitunga : bag, basket / stupidity, silliness, naivety, ingenuity
– kitunga : basket, bag
– kitungu : hardware, material / head, hump
– kitungununu : ignorant / disobedience, impertinence
– (ki)tunia : whiteness, excessive cleanliness, bright light
– kitunti : motor, engine
– (ki)tununu : rebellion, impropriety / perfect cleanliness, healthiness, salubriousness
– (ki)tunzulu (bitunzulu) : greenness, freshness
– (ki)tutulu : hole, large den
– (ki)tuzu : very mean person, crook, scammer, scoundrel
– kiumbu : lead, solder
– kiuvu / n’yuvu : question
– (ki)vaka / kigaka : size / male, breeding male
– kivama : tall person
– kivambala : size / fall, tumble / three toises long fabric folded in half
– kivanda : corner, angle / roughness
– kivangilu : factory
– kivangu : act, action
– (ki)vangu (bivangu) : danger
– kivanua : gift, donation, benefit
– kivanza / luvanza : coin, money, button, medal
– (ki)vela : emptiness, empty space / vanity, frivolity / lightning, thunderbolt
– kivelele : dance only with hip movements
– kivemo : shortness of breath / shopping bag
– kivenene : desire, envy, lust
– kivengenene : passion, vivid feeling, lively feeling, desire, envy, lust
– kivenia : desire to obtain by trickery / corpse found in the wood or in the water
– kivika : bedroom, adjoining room, vestibule, room for provisions / expenses / drum
– (ki)vila : something which is burned, which is consumed, which is strongly burned
– kivili : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bavili
– kivimbi : gulf, bay
– kivinda : deep hole
– (ki)vindikidi : sphere, spherical object
– (ki)vindilua : purge, laxative / enema
– kivindu : large quantity, multitude, mass, crowd / something heavy, force / fall, crash
– kivinga : room (of an apartment), bedroom, the interior of a residence
– kivinga : residence, home
– (ki)vingi (bivingi) : beggar
– (ki)vinsa : round thing
– (ki)vinza (bivinza) : excuse / enigma, riddle, parable
– (ki)visa : thorough knowledge, know-how, skill, expertise
– (ki)visa : certification, authentication, checking, verification, certificate, seal, stamp, receipt
– kivita : epidemic, serious disease, serious illness, plague / wealth, accumulation of goods
– kivitilu : prefix, title
– (ki)vobudi : worn thing
– (ki)vodi : gentleness, leniency, kindness, kindlines, goodness, good-naturedness
– (ki)vodi : whistling produced in the hand with the fingers to reproduce the cry of the cuckoo
– (ki)vodi : noise, mocking din
– (ki)vodila : attraction, attractiveness, seduction, bait
– (ki)vodo : hole or opening through which something escapes / knife sheath, scabbard
– (ki)vokolo: person who castrates / castrated animal / fabric, clothing too wide off the shoulders
– (ki)vokonia: garment consisting of a long piece of fabric falling in folds at the back
– kivombo : murmur of a song
– kivombolo : yoke
– kivomi (bivomi) : brawler, fighter
– kivonda : headband / feminine ornament / rope or cord attached around the chest of the pig
– kivondo : voracity, greed, gluttony / big eater / victim / burden / foundation of a wall
– (ki)vonono : letting go, negligence in the outfit, carelessness in holding
– (ki)vonza (bivonza) : great danger, peril
– kivovi : chatter
– (ki)vuadi/vuadu (bivuadi/bivuadu) : hope, confidence
– (ki)vuakada (bivuakada) : disguise
– (ki)vuakanga (bivuakanga) : braided cone-shaped fishing gear
– kivuamvuala (bivuamvuala) : latecomer
– (ki)vuanganga (bivuanganga) : dumb person, stupid person, silly person / mute
– (ki)vuasa (bivuasa) : delirium, senseless chatter, insane chatter
– (ki)vuatu (bivuatu) : way of dressing, way of adorning
– (ki)vuavua (bivuavua) : person without property, person without goods, destitute person
– (ki)vue (bivue) : owner, possessor
– kivuelaka : power station
– (ki)vueto (bivueto) : talent of being able to acquire wealth / greed, gluttony
– (ki)vuka : thunderstorm, storm
– kivuku : fast movement, speed, haste / plague, epidemic, epizootic, wound / danger
– kivuku : temptation, desire to try / outdoor room
– kivunda : camp, resort place
– (ki)vundukina : sudden onset, sudden appearance
– kivundulu : rest, place of rest
– kivungukulu : jungle, bush
– (ki)vunzu : fault
– kivuvu : hope, wish
– (ki)vuvudi : body without content, body without soul, corpse / unemployed, idiot
– (ki)vuvudi : envelope, bark, shell
– kiwadu : cosmos, universe
– (ki)walaka : delirium during illness, delirium during agony / bad dream
– kiwangi : architecture
– kiwelewele : vagrant
– kiwisu : energetics
– kiwiti : magic
– kiwoyo : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bawoyo
– (ki)wumuku : sigh, groan, moan
– kiwumunu : soul, spirit, life / resting place
– kiwundu : intermediate space, between-two
– (ki)wungi (biwungi) : shepherd
– kiwuntuka : personality
– kiwuti : gene, genetics
– kiyabu : person who talks about everything, gossip
– kiyaka : Kongo dialect spoken by the Bayaka / joke, mockery
– (ki)yakati (biyakati) : deceit, falsehood
– kiyakisi : facilitator, representative, donor
– kiyala-moko : the one who beseeches, the one who asks, beggar
– kiyalu : way of governing, way of leading / seat of government / layer, row
– kiyana : bragging, boastfulness
– (ki)yanga-yanga (biyanga-yanga) : small lake
– (ki)yangidi (biyangidi) : piece of safou kernel
– kiyanu : place set up to dry the peanuts
– (ki)yebele : attribute of greatness
– kiyeki-yeki : cry of joy through which we proclaim and praise the names of our clans of origin
– kiyeloso : distant, distance, remoteness
– kiyelotima : devotion, fidelity
– kiyembekesi : desire to do like others
– kiyembele : poverty, destitution, indigence
– kiyembete : greatness, size
– kiyendi-kiyendi : without precautions, without mistrust, headlong
– kiyene : chef, état de chef
– (ki)yengele : large mass
– (ki)yengi : soloist, singing director, vocal director
– kiyengi : peace, calmness
– (ki)yengila : person who wanders everywhere without wanting to work, vagabond / idiot person
– kiyengo / kiyengwa : red earth, scorched earth, calcined earth
– (ki)yeye : derision, taunt, mockery
– (ki)yeyila : stupidity, nonsense / idiot, good-for-nothing, worthless man
– kiyika : addition, appendix, appendage, extension
– kiyikamu : addition, adjective
– kiyikulu / kiyikua : articulation, joint, joining, welding
– kiyikulua : article
– kiyila / lubila : pit to trap game
– (ki)yimbu : poison / something not edible, poisonous or dangerous to health
– (ki)yimpa : disobedience
– kiyinga / kivinga : ignorant, uninitiated / grief, sorrow
– kiyinga : ignorant
– (ki)yisu : greenery / rawness, which is unripe, which is uncooked
– kiyoko : scarcity, rarity / hunger / noise, fuss, commotion, hustle and bustle
– kiyombe : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bayombe
– (ki)yota : old man, very mature man
– (ki)yoyelo : weakness
– (ki)yudi : insane speech, senseless speech / laziness, indifference / crazy, senseless, insane
– (ki)yuka : crazy, very unstable person, unfaithful person
– (ki)yuki : excess
– (ki)yula : crazy, madness
– (ki)yumbulu : stupid person, moron, idiot
– kiyumi / kiyumina : drought / something dry
– (ki)yunga : cassock, coat, cape, overcoat, apron, boubou / shirt, dress, suit / black fabric
– kiyunga : vagabond, person devoid of property, homeless / stupid person
– (ki)yungudi : confused person, restless person, agitated person / idiot, crazy
– (ki)yungudi / kiyunga : vagabond, wanderer / poor man, fallen person, simple person
– (ki)yungudu : person without work, person without intelligence
– kiyutiyeni : propaganda
– kiyuvudila : question mark
– kizabu : promptness, liveliness, vivacity, agility / activity, speed in work / shortest path
– (ki)zadi-zadi : speed, velocity / friendliness, sociability / readiness or promptness to learn
– kizala : speed, promptness, liveliness, vivacity, agility / activity, speed in work / vigor
– kizamala : theocracy
– kizame : examination, exam, test
– kizami : disobedience
– (ki)zaminga : bragging, vantery, boast
– kizampele : example
– (ki)zangu : sudden indisposition / sort of trap for birds / branch which serves as a bridge
– (ki)zanguni : narrowness, little width
– (ki)zangi-zangi : summit, peak
– kizayi : wisdom, intelligence, reason
– kizengenene / kizengenia : madman, stupid, madness
– kizengi : idiot, simpleton, mental defective, mentally deficient person
– (ki)zezia : person who has deserted his home, person who has become invisible
– (ki)zia : pond
– kiziadada : gushing out, spurting out
– (ki)zibuku : diaphragm / door
– kizidi / kizizi : face, figure / image, portrait, photography / face mask / veneration
– (ki)ziezie : small, a little / narrowness of fabric / young boy
– kiziezu : stupidity, foolishness
– kizika : hospitality, friendship
– (ki)zikilu : conclusion, end
– (ki)ziku : certainty, assurance, confidence, decision / marital fidelity / modesty
– (ki)zimu : wilt, withering, mark, scar/shadow
– kizimu (bizimu) : mark on the skin, scar / wilt, withering
– kizinga : fishpond, pond, swimming pool / delay, slowness, hesitation / screw-shaped shell
– kizinga : fishpond, pond, pool, swimming pool
– kizinga-mpinanza : satellite
– (ki)ziokoto : greed, caution in shopping, prudence in purchases, renunciation, deprivation
– (ki)zita (bizita) : knot / chef’s hat, responsibility
– (ki)zitu : load, weight / kinship by marriage
– kizitu / luzitu : respect, deference, esteem, politeness
– (ki)ziuka (biziuka) : water jet, geyser
– (ki)ziunga (biziunga) : surroundings, neighborhood / funnel-shaped trap / vertigo
– (ki)ziunu (biziunu) : mark / scar of a wound
– kizoba : idiocy, silliness, foolishness, stupidity
– (ki)zoki : bunch of grass, tuft of hair / peduncle / clearing
– (ki)zoko (bizoko) : pierced hole, drilled hole
– (ki)zolua : darling, favourite
– (ki)zoma : kind of dance
– kizombo : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bazombo
– (ki)zone (bizone) : zone, area
– (ki)zonge (bizonge) : coffin
– (ki)zongelua / kizongolo (bizongelua / bizongolo) : measure
– (ki)zoni (bizoni) : qqch de sobre, qqch de modéré
– kizuanga : unburned grassy place / copse, grove
– (ki)zuangu : clearing / axe, machete, sickle or any other tool for clearing
– (ki)zuazu : flexible branch, cane, switch, rod
– kizuazua : small brush, duster / feather duster to chase away flies
– (ki)zuka : dizziness, vertigo, epilepsy, waking up after an epileptic seizure
– kizulu : teenager, adolescent
– kizumunu : likeness, resemblance, analogy, similarity, image, copy, portrait
– (ki)zunga (bizunga) surrounding country, zone, sector, district, territory, region
– (ki)zunga : rotational movement, turn / dizziness, vertigo, syncope, epilepsy, fainting
– kizungi : circle, associates, entourage, neighbour
– 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 (makoka) : corn, callus, callosity / who drags himself, who crawls, paraplegic person
– kokoto : hardness
– kolokoto : thickness, size / density
– kolado (makolado) : coral
– kolezi : secondary school, high school
– kolo : knot, node, joint
– koloha : colour
– koloko : trial, test
– koloni : colony
– kombe (makombe) : end of a path, a certain distance / wide space on a plateau
– kombe (makombe) : tooth pulled out, place where a tooth is missing
– kome : flat punch to the skull
– komisionele : (real) estate agent, commissionaire
– kompani : corporation, company, enterprise
– kondika (makondika) : cunning, artifice in hunting
– konga (makonga) : tas, monceau / groupe, foule, bande, troupe, assemblée / espèce, sorte
– kongo : answer given by a Bena-kongo to the call of one’s name
– kongo : approval of a word or speech / scored goal
– konsi-konsi : very skinny
– konso / konzo (makonso / makonzo) : market, fair, market day
– konso : every, each, any
– kontua : identity, resemblance, likeness, similarity
– konzi / konzo (makonzi / makonzo) : corner, angle of something / joint, knot of grass
– konzo (makonzo) : name of a market day
– kopaladi (makopaladi) : corporal, private first class
– koso (makoso) : what is large, what is great, what is big
– kota (makota) : firstborn, elder, eldest / bud, tree branch knot
– kota (bikota / makota) : leader or caravan driver / director, manager, superior, attendant
– kota : responsibility / tattoo on the inter-scapular back
– kota-kala : practice that consists in going to school in the morning and returning in the evening
– koto (makoto) : bump, hump, protuberance, knot / deliberation / knee
– kotsi / nkodi / nkole : prisoner
– kova (makova) : knot / navel
– koyo-koyo (bikoyo-koyo) : hunger, desire, envy, ardour of desire
– koza (makoza) : thought, reflection, idea, project, consideration, meditation, examination
– kuado : tire repairer
– kuakasa : harshness, tartness, bitterness
– kuata (makuata) : piece of copal gum
– kuata-kuata : haste, speed
– kuba : strong hunger / blow, missed blow / package, bunch, bundle, bale
– kuba : stumble, obstacle on which you stumble / hardness/toughness attribute
– kubilu (makubilu) : business center, trading post, manufacture / weaver’s workshop
– kubu (makubu) : misstep, accident, misfortune, bad luck, sin / helping hand, slap
– kubu (makubu) : trace of people passing through the grass, trampling of the grass / main road
– kubu (makubu) : gender, nature according to growth and age / size / generation, lineage
– kudiantu : headbutt, head shot, header, whim
– kuelemvu : eternity, infinite
– kuenda-vutuka : back and forth
– kufua-ntangu : good-for-nothing, who wastes his time unnecessarily
– kuilu (makuilu) : avarice, miserliness, rapacity, rapaciousness / mania for theft / greatness
– kuilunda : chastity, purity, virtue, modesty
– kuima : flame
– kuiti : drunkenness
– (ku)kosi : righteousness, honesty, integrity, sincerity / propriety, decency, courtesy
– (ku)kosi : whole state, good state, integrity, totality, fullness
– kuku (makuku) : dull clap in hands
– kulele : colour
– kulu (malu) : foot, sole, footprint
– kuluzu : cross
– kuma : place, spot / cause, reason
– kuma (muma) : place, spot
– kumba : padlock, mental block
– kumbi (makumbi) : tattoo design / pile, heap
– kumbi (makumbi) : car, automobile / steamboat, commercial ship
– kumbi : breeze, wind / powder keg
– kumi : ten
– kumu : bank, edge
– kumu (makumu) : melody, rhythm, musical time / instrumental touch
– 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
– kutia : love, grace, charm, favour
– kutu (makutu) : pretext, bad reason / wrinkle, frown, fold
– kutu : large deep-sea net, large open sea net
– kuzu : hiding place, refuge
– la / nla : length
– laki : lake / order
– laki (malaki) : fixed day, deadline
– lakidi : sealing wax
– lambu (malambu) : trace in the grass, game track
– lambuka : length, width
– lanta : scrap metal, metal box used for preserving food or miscellaneous products
– lapolo : report
– latituda : latitude
– laza (malaza) : chatter, nonsense, absurdity
– lazi / lazia (malazi / malazia) : anger, fury / envy, greed
– lekua / kilekua : object, thing, article, product
– lela (malela) : box
– lele (malele) : thatch
– lema : weight, load, heaviness
– lemba : peace, tranquility, peacefulness
– lembami : nonviolence, gentleness, kindness, considerateness, tact, humility
– lendo (tulendo) : power, strength, energy, authority
– lengula (malengula) : blinking of the eyes to insult
– lentinia : lens
– lenzika / lenza : end
– lenzo (malenzo) : insulte, offense / mouchoir
– lenzo (malenzo) : insult, offense / handkerchief
– leso (bileso) : lesson, lecture, homework
– Leta : public service, public authority
– letela (maletela) : alphabetical letter, printing character
– leto-leto : which is well burned, well cut or cut very short
– levo (malevo) : insult, offense, curse, unworthy act, shameful action
– leza : insubordination, disobedience
– lisitwalu : history
– lo (malo) : time to spend, opportunity to do something
– lo / loba (malo / maloba) : hook, fishhook
– loko (toko) : action of burning
– loko : avarice, cowardice, greed, greed for goods / covetousness
– loko : cupidity, greed, greediness
– lombo / lombu : species of climbing plant producing gum, fruit of that plant
– londe : upstream, top
– longo : wedding, marriage, matrimony
– loya (biloza, maloza) : shop, store, boutique, trading house / fishing
– luangu : resounding noise, din / chalk, chalky ground
– luaza : person who draws palm wine / noise, din, uproar, racket
– luazu (kiluazu) : instrument, tool, device, machine
– luba : luck, fortune / trace
– lubakala / luyakala : right hand (side)
– lubaku : action of understanding / action of obtaining / payment, salary, income
– lubamba : malacca cane, rattan, withy, wicker stem
– lubambu / lubambulu : reminder
– lubangala : rainbow
– lubangamu : persecution
– lubangisu : hardening, hardness / testimony
– lubangu (mbangu) : usury, interest, excessive payment, overpayment
– lubanguku / lubangulu : loss, corruption, violation, looting
– lubanzi (tubanzi / mbanzi) : side / flank, rib, chest / chest pain
– lubanzi (mbanzi) : club / species of small tree with spines
– lubanzu / lubanzulu : thought, meditation, reason, remembrance, memory
– lubanzuku : beauty, charm, adornment
– lubanzukusu : suspicion
– lubanzulu : opinion, will, desire / memory
– lubanzululu : reflection
– lubasa : stem of palm twig after stripping which can be used to bring down fruit
– lubasa / nlasu : measurement of about 4 meters
– lubasu (mabasu) : incapacity, disability
– lubata (tubata / mbata) : debris on the bottom, residue, sediment
– lubata / lubatu : long distance, great remoteness
– lubaya : elegant young man, little master
– lubayu : hatred, contempt, enmity
– lubedoso : conviction, condemnation
– lubelo : hatred, enmity, detestation
– lubembo : peaceful character, peaceful mind, harmony
– lubese (mbese) : game with cubes / species of big tree
– lubeta : fabric that covers a woman’s chest and indicates that she is no longer free for marriage
– lubete : small valley, small plain, small plateau
– lubezi (mbezi) : cube to play with
– lubiangumunu / lubiondomono : seduction
– lubiasu : consecration
– lubienga : chain or ring of the feet or hands for prisoners / demijohn
– lubiku : invulnerability
– lubila (tubila / mbila) : hole, pit / cross drawn on the chest with chalk / appeal, prayer
– lubilu : safety, salvation
– lubinduku : connection
– lubingu : victory, ovation
– lubisu : combustion
– lubodolo : corruption
– lubokianu : loud scream, howl
– luboko : long distance
– luboko / lubokolo : call, vocation, cry, exclamation, proclamation
– lubokoloso : convocation, summons, invitation
– lubota : club, bludgeon, big stick
– lubuetete / mbuetete : star
– lubuku : rescue, release, liberation
– lubukulu : healing action / cure, healing, recovery
– lubulanganu : discovery, find
– lubulu / luwulu : hole, pit
– lubuluku : stream
– lubulutu : tone of voice
– lubutuku /mbutuku : birth
– lubwu : fall, ruin
– ludede : eloquence, volubility of language, boldness or daring to speak in public
– ludede : fairness, loyalty, impartiality, integrity, probity
– ludede : initiative
– ludedemo : coincidence, concordance, equality / trembling, quivering, tremor, shaking
– ludedu : hatching, opening
– ludeke-deke : eloquence, promptness / ease in speaking or executing something
– ludevo : insult / beard hair
– ludi : truth
– ludiaki : aura
– ludikitilu : frequency, assiduity, perseverance
– ludimbu : vegetable glue, gluten
– luduku : nasty word, insult
– lufimfiti : touch, caress
– lufindu : repugnance, ill will / repetition, repeat
– lufingu : offense, insult
– lufiniu : quarrel / maggot / jigger under the skin
– lufinzuku / lufunzuku : anger
– lufionzo : skinny and spare little boy
– lufipa : mystery
– lufisu (tufisu / mfisu) : bit of thread, piece of thread
– lufisu : rubbing
– lufisumu : itching, tickling
– lufiuku : uncleanliness, dirtiness
– lufua : death, decease
– lufuba (tufuba / mfuba) : piece of land, plot of ground, small field
– lufubu : protective iron under the trigger of a rifle, safety catch / pineapple fiber
– lufufu (tufufu / mfufu) : scratch, scratch made with a metal / trembling, quivering
– lufufula : crumb
– lufukisu : extermination, annihilation, disappearance
– lufuku (mfuku) : half a hundred, fifty
– lufukusi : slow execution
– lufulu (mfulu) : land, location for building, building site
– lufulu : foundation, founding, base
– lufuluku : fullness, complement
– lufulumunu : rest / breathing, action of breathing, breath
– lufulusu : filling
– lufuma : disobedience / injustice / sin, offense, crime / grudge, resentment, cruelty / chapter
– lufuma : lack of complacency, malice, meanness, enmity, feeling of hatred
– (lu)fuma : home, fold, nest
– lufumbu : curvature, folding, bending
– lufundisu : judicial power
– lufunduba : stubbornness
– lufundulu : advocacy, plea, speech for the defence, oratory, art of declamation
– lufundumukinu : perseverance
– lufundumuku : care, zeal, application, indistriousness, exactness, accuracy
– lufundusu : judgment, sentence, punishment, verdict, trial
– lufungu : prohibition
– lufungulu / lufungunu : confession, action of confessing
– lufunusu : multiplication, increase / fermentation
– lufuti / lufutu : anger, irritation
– lufutu (tufutu / mfutu) : payment, retribution, compensation, retaliation, reprisals
– lufutu : fumigation / action of perfuming / obstinacy, stubbornness / dust, cloud of sand
