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
– (ki)tadi / ntadi : waterfall, cataract, falls / supervisor, caretaker, warder, watchman
– (ki)tadi : appearance, look, sight / pledge, debt, claim / iron, metal, metallic object
– (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)tenso : superimposed layer, construction row
– (ki)tensomono : scaffolding
– (ki)tenta (bitenta) : jest, taunt, mockery, joke
– kitento : hill, mound, height
– (ki)tetila : fragment, piece, sample / border, strip, ribbon of a basket
– (ki)tezo : measurement, level, weight, model, size, quantity, proportion, dimension, degree
– kitezolo : measuring instrument, gauge
– kiti : chair, seat, stool
– (ki)tialungu (bitialungu) : slot / dash
– (ki)tibingi : negligence, stubbornness, disregard for advice or warnings
– (ki)tibu : depth, depth in water
– (ki)tibula : depth / joke, taunt, mockery
– (ki)tidi : will
– (ki)tietiekele (bitietiekele) : sonorous noise, sound of birds singing
– (ki)tiki : fabric made domestically in the country
– kitimbu : flick, flip
– kitinga : madness, ignorance, stupidity, silliness
– kitingu : lame
– kitini : piece, part, chapter
– kitinina : fear, fright, apprehension, insubordination, rebelliousness / habit to insubordination
– kitintibidi : size of the buttocks, thickness of the buttocks
– (ki)tiokila : problem, anxiety, worry, trouble, bother / noise, din, uproar, racket, row
– (ki)tiokula : joke, jest, trick / uproar, racket, row
– 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
– kitonga : size, height, length, thickness, stoutness, corpulence
– (ki)tontolo : weakness, illness, disease / disabled person, cripple, mental defective
– (ki)tontolo : coldness, cold, humidity
– kitota : bow, arrow, harpoon, pointed pole / old knife, remaining piece of a knife
– kitotolo : arrow, pole / goad from the abdominal fin of the fish Mormyrus Caballus
– kitotolo : splinter of wood / toothpick / fish scale / funnel made of a folded leaf / thing, object
– kitsuku : prominent ass
– (ki)tua / (di)tua : whiteness
– kituangu : fault, lack, shortage, deficiency
– (ki)tuba : time, epoch, era, period
– (ki)tuika (bituika) : thing, object / household good, utensil
– kituila : animal given as payment for the rearing of another’s animals
– kituimbi : missile
– kituku (bituku) : insult / disorder, confusion, loose living, misconduct
– (ki)tuku-tuku (bituku-tuku) : small chicken that grows, small plant that grows
– kitukutuku : moped, motorcycle
– (ki)tulumeta : trumpet
– (ki)tumba : post in the construction of a building, boundary post / tuft of hair
– kitumbi-diambu : adverb
– kitumbi-mutinu : viceroy
– kitumbi-zina : pronoun
– kitumbu : punishment
– (ki)tumpu (bitumpu) : funnel, leaf cone / bag, envelope
– (ki)tumpula (bitumpula) : hole, den, lair
– (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, artlessness, ingenuousness, simplicity
– kitungu : material, hardware / head, hump
– kitungununu : ignorant / disobedience, impertinence
– (ki)tunia : whiteness, excessive cleanliness, dazzling light, brilliant light
– kitunti : motor, engine
– (ki)tuntu : abundance of something / lively disposition / spot, pimple, flower bud / flowering
– (ki)tunu (bitunu) : refusal, negation / disobedience / disowning / temperance, moderation
– (ki)tununu : rebellion, impropriety / perfect cleanliness, healthiness, salubriousness
– (ki)tunzulu : tartness, acidity, crudeness, 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, height, thickness / male, breeding male
– kivama : tall person
– kivambala : size, height / fall, tumble / eighteen feet long fabric folded in half
– kivambala / mvambala : ferryman, ferrywoman, smuggler, boatman
– kivanda : corner, angle / roughness
– kivangilu : factory
– kivangu : act, action
– (ki)vangu (bivangu) : danger
– kivanua : gift, donation, benefit, good deed
– kivanza / luvanza : coin, money, button, medal
– kivasi (bivasi) : piece, bit, splinter, chip, flake, slice, shaving / piece, part, share, portion
– kivavila : very thin metal sheet
– (ki)vela : emptiness, empty space / vanity, frivolity / lightning, thunderclap, peal of thunder
– kivelele : dance performed only by hip movements
– kivemo : shortness of breath, breathlessness / shopping bag
– kivenene : desire, envy, covetousness, passion mixed with jealousy, passion going with cunning
– kivengenene / kigengenene : passion, keen feeling, desire, envy, covetousness
– kivenia : desire to obtain by trickery / corpse found in the wood or in the water
– kivesila : splinter, morsel, piece, bit, crumb, fragment, debris
– kiveta : shade of a tree, shelter / freshness, coolness / gable, under-roof, veranda / side stitch
– (ki)viavia : promptness to do something / speed, ardour, eagerness
– kivika : bedroom, adjoining room, vestibule, food storeroom / expenditure, expense / drum
– (ki)vila : something which is burned, which is consumed, which is greatly burned
– kivili : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bavili
– kivimbi : gulf, bay
– kivinda : deep hole, deep pit
– (ki)vindikidi : sphere, spherical object
– (ki)vindilua : purge, purgative, 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)vini-vini / (ki)vingu-vingu : slice, piece
– (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 illness, scourge, plague / wealth, accumulation of properties
– 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 / women’s ornament / rope or cord attached around the pig’s chest
– kivondo : voracity, greed, gluttony / big eater / victim / burden / foundation of a wall
– (ki)vonono : carelessness, slovenliness, negligence in the outfit
– (ki)vonza (bivonza) : great danger, peril
– kivovi : chatter
– (ki)vuadi / (ki)vuadu : hope, trust, confidence, faith
– (ki)vuakada (bivuakada) : disguise
– (ki)vuakanga (bivuakanga) : braided cone-shaped fishing equipment
– 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 oneself
– (ki)vuavua (bivuavua) : person without properties, destitute person, poor person
– (ki)vue (bivue) : owner, possessor, holder
– kivuelaka : power station
– (ki)vueto (bivueto) : talent or ability to acquire wealth / greed, gluttony
– (ki)vueto : heaviness, crushing weight, heavy burden
– (ki)vuka : thunderstorm, storm
– kivuku : fast movement, speed, haste / plague, epidemic, epizootic, affliction, scourge / danger
– kivuku : temptation, desire to try / outside room
– kivunda : stopping place, camp, camping place, resting place, resort place / sound cough
– kivundu : rest / camp, camping place, rest area / point / surprise, astonishment / humidity
– kivundu : which rises, which gets up, which stands up, which straightens up
– (ki)vundukina : sudden onset, sudden appearance
– kivundulu : rest, resting place
– kivungukulu : jungle, bush, brush
– (ki)vungukulu : house located away, remote place / hospital, hospice, lazaret, asylum
– (ki)vunzu : fault
– kivuvu : hope, wish, faith, trust / rumour, hearsay
– (ki)vuvudi : body without content, body without soul, corpse / unemployed, idiot
– (ki)vuvudi : husk, hull, bark, shell
– kivuvula : crust, bark, scale, skin / crumb, small leftover, small piece of something
– kiwadu : cosmos, universe
– (ki)walaka : delirium during illness, delirium during agony / bad dream
– kiwangi : architecture
– (ki)wasi (biwasi) : joyful person, cheerful person / mocker, scoffer, laugher, buffoon, clown
– (ki)wayi : slave, slavery / cat / pregnant woman with a small belly
– kiwelewele : vagrant
– kiwisu : energetics
– kiwiti : magic
– kiwoyo : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bawoyo
– (ki)wumuku : sigh, groan, moan
– kiwumunu : soul, spirit, life / resting place
– kiwundi : itinerant traveler who spends nights in the villages
– kiwundu : intermediate space, between-two
– (ki)wungi (biwungi) : shepherd
– kiwuntuka : personality
– kiwuti : gene, genetics
– kiya (makiya) : obstacle on which we stumble
– kiyabu : person who talks about everything, gossip, scandalmonger
– kiyaka : Kongo dialect spoken by the Bayaka / joke, jest, mockery, jeering, ridicule
– (ki)yakati (biyakati) : deceit, cheating, double-dealing, falseness, falsity
– 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
– kiyangala : plain, plateau, large peanut field / vitality, bragging, boastfulness, ostentation
– (ki)yanga-yanga (biyanga-yanga) : small lake
– (ki)yangidi (biyangidi) : piece of safou kernel
– kiyanu : place set up to dry the peanuts
– (ki)yaya : cry of joy, cry of triumph / quality or status of primogeniture
– (ki)yazuka : chatter of delirium
– (ki)yebe : beak, tip
– (ki)yebele : attribute of greatness, attribute of size
– kiyeki-yeki : cry of joy through which we proclaim and praise the names of our clans of origin
– kiyeloso : distant, distance, remoteness
– kiyelotima : devoutness, piety, fidelity
– kiyembekesi : desire to do like others
– kiyembele : destitution, poverty
– kiyembete : size, greatness
– kiyenda : something that goes away with childbirth, umbilical cord, afterbirth, delivery
– kiyenda : traveler who returns home, trade representative on the way back
– kiyenda : something that is in motion
– kiyendi-kiyendi : without precautions, without mistrust, headlong
– (ki)yendolo : means or remedy allowing to walk / gait / beaten track, trail, rut
– kiyene : chief, head, leader, leader status, head status
– (ki)yengele : large mass
– (ki)yengi : soloist, singing director, vocal director / peace, calmness
– (ki)yengila : person who wanders everywhere without wanting to work, vagrant / idiot person
– kiyengo / kiyengwa : red earth, scorched earth, charred earth
– (ki)yeye : derision, jest, taunt, mockery, jeering
– (ki)yeyila : stupidity, silliness, foolishness / idiot, good-for-nothing, worthless man
– kiyika : addition, appendix, appendage, extension
– kiyikamu : addition, adjective
– kiyikulu / kiyikua : articulation, joint, join
– kiyikulua : article
– kiyila / lubila : pit to trap game
– (ki)yimbu : poison / something not edible, something poisonous or dangerous to health
– (ki)yimpa : disobedience
– kiyindu : intention, purpose, idea / weight, heaviness / clumsiness in hunting
– kiyinga / kivinga : ignorant, uninitiated / grief, sorrow
– (ki)yisu : tartness, acidity, crudeness / raw food, what is unripe, what is uncooked
– kiyiza : water trap, water source / rat hole / hairy larva that corrodes
– kiyizi : trap, pitfall, snare with a noose
– kiyoko : scarcity, scarceness, rarity / hunger / noise, din, fuss, commotion, confusion, hubbub
– kiyombe : Kikongo dialect spoken by the Bayombe
– (ki)yondo / (ki)bondo : tuft, aigrette, crest, horn / tuft of hair arranged at the top of the head
– (ki)yongo (biyongo) : person who wants to steal / people, crowd
– kiyongo : state of being very mature, state of being quite ripe
– (ki)yota : old man, very mature man
– (ki)yoyelo : weakness
– (ki)yudi : insane speech, crazy speech / laziness, indifference / crazy, insane, mad person
– (ki)yuka : mad person, insane person, very unstable person, unfaithful person
– (ki)yuki : excess
– (ki)yula : lunatic, mad person, madness
– (ki)yumbulu : stupid person, fool, moron, idiot
– kiyumi / kiyumina : drought / something dry
– (ki)yunga : cassock, coat, cape, overcoat, apron, boubou / shirt, dress, suit / black fabric
– kiyunga : vagrant, person devoid of property, homeless / stupid person, silly person
– kiyungi : itinerant merchant, hawker, dealer, trader
– (ki)yungu : intolerance, irritability, flaring up character / furtive shadow, stealthy shadow
– (ki)yungudi : confused person, restless person, fidgety person / idiot, crazy, mad person
– (ki)yungudi / kiyunga : vagrant / poor man, fallen person, simple person, unaffected person
– (ki)yungudu : person out of work, unemployed person, person without intelligence
– kiyutiyeni : propaganda
– kiyuvudila : question mark
– kizabu : promptness, vivacity, agility / activity, speed in work / short cut, shortest way
– (ki)zadi-zadi : speed, swiftness, velocity / friendliness, kindness, sociability / quickness to learn
– kizala : speed, swiftness, promptness, liveliness, agility / activity, energy, speed in work / vigor
– kizamala : theocracy
– kizame : examination, exam, test
– kizami : disobedience
– (ki)zaminga : bragging, boastfulness, boast
– kizampele : example
– (ki)zangu : sudden indisposition / kind of trap for birds / branch that serves as a bridge
– (ki)zanguni : narrowness, little width
– (ki)zangulu : perch, roost
– (ki)zangi-zangi : top, summit, peak
– kizayi : wisdom, intelligence, reason
– (ki)zekulua : awl, gimlet, broach
– kizengenene / kizengenia : crazy, ninny, fool, madness
– kizengi : idiot, simpleton, mental defective, mentally deficient person
– kizenzo : herring barrel, small powder keg / basket / small piece from the entrails of an animal
– (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 / image, picture, portrait, photography / face mask / veneration, reverence
– (ki)ziezie : small, a little / narrowness of fabric / young boy
– kiziezu : stupidity, foolishness
– kizika : hospitality, friendship
– (ki)zikilu : conclusion, end
– (ki)ziki-ziki : particular sign to recognize each other, opinion, allusion, information
– (ki)ziku : certainty, assurance, trust, confidence, decision / marital fidelity / modesty
– (ki)zimu (bizimu) : mark on the skin, scar / withering / shadow
– kizinga : fishpond, pond, swimming pool / delay, slowness, hesitation / screw-shaped shell
– kizinga-mpinanza : satellite
– kizinu : carnal desire, carnal lust
– (ki)ziokoto : avarice, miserliness, caution in purchases, renunciation, deprivation
– (ki)zita (bizita) : chef’s hat, head’s hat, leadership, responsibility
– kizita : knot
– (ki)zitu : load, weight
– (ki)zitu : respect, deference, esteem, politeness / kinship by marriage
– (ki)ziuka (biziuka) : fountain, geyser
– (ki)ziunga (biziunga) : surroundings, neighborhood / funnel-shaped trap / vertigo, dizziness
– (ki)ziunu (biziunu) : mark on the skin, scar of a wound
– kizoba : idiocy, silliness, foolishness, stupidity
– (ki)zobo : elongated fish mouth like a sucker, spout, pipe, tube / tuft / clitoris
– (ki)zoki : bunch of grass, tuft of hair / peduncle / clearing
– (ki)zoko (bizoko) : pierced hole, drilled hole
– (ki)zokodolo / kizokolo (bizokodolo / kizokolo) : awl, gimlet, tool for drilling, drill, brace
– kizola : whim, caprice, desire of a pregnant woman
– (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)zongo (bizongo) : gunshot, rifle shot / follower, adherent, the one who cooks
– (ki)zongulu (bizongulu) : pair of scales, weighbridge, weighing machine
– (ki)zoni (bizoni) : qqch de sobre, qqch de modéré
– (ki)zonzo / (ki)zoto : tuft of thatch, tuft of herbs / something cut / something old fashioned
– 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 : vertigo, dizziness, epilepsy, awakening up after an epileptic seizure
– (ki)zuki (bizuki) : ferryman, smuggler
– kizulu : adolescent, teenager
– (ki)zumbi (bizumbi) : the one who builds on the land of others on the faith of a commitment
– (ki)zumbi : happiness, good luck, happy event / lucky charm / pledge, guarantee
– kizumunu : resemblance, likeness, analogy, similarity, image, copy, portrait
– (ki)zunga : vicinity, neighbourhood, surrounding country, zone, sector, district, territory, region
– (ki)zunga : rotational movement, turn, circumference / dizziness, syncope, epilepsy, fainting
– kizungi : circle of acquaintances, associates, attendants, entourage, neighbour
– kizungu : calmness, quiteness, peace
– kizunguzungu : dizziness, epilepsy, a whirlwind of feelings
– kizuzukulu : faint noise, tick-tock, ticking
– 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
– koka (makoka) : fall, drop, downturn, lowering, decrease, reduction, lessening, abatement
– koka (makoka / bikoka) : rifle hammer
– kokoso / kokoto : size, thickness
– 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) : part of the way, quite a distance away / 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) : ruse or trick in hunting
– kondolo : minus, decreased by, diminished by, missing / heir
– konga (makonga) : heap, pile / group, crowd, band, troop, gang, assembly / species, sort, kind
– kongi (makongi) : ring used to hang up something, pivot, hasp, metal ring / bow
– kongo : answer given by a Bena-kongo to the call of one’s name
– kongo : approval of a word or speech / scored goal
– kono (makono) : debris, wreckage, remains / piece / residue, a few drops / little, few
– 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
– koto (makoto) : handful, hollow of the hand / heap, bunch / raffia canvas, canvas, tent canvas
– kotsi / nkodi / nkole : prisoner
– kova (makova) : knot / navel
– koyo : cackling, prattling, twittering, chatter / joy, cry of joy, cry of call of the dogs to the hunt
– 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
– kueko / nkueko : edge, bank, shore, border
– kuelemvu : eternity, infinite
– kuelu : dimension, size
– kuenda-vutuka : back and forth
– kuende (makuende) : leopard / sleeping sickness
– 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 (bikuma) : cause, reason, ground, argument, proof, motive, grievance, fault, sin, crime
– 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
– kumbu (makumbu) : murmur, lowing, moan, roar, growl, grunt, twitter, babble, buzz, hum
– kumbu (makumbu) : cry of surprise / noise, distant murmur, rumour / fame, renown, cheers
– kumbu (makumbu) : scandal, noisy scene, slander, gossip, backbiting, disparagement
– kumiti (makumiti) : knot, protrusion on a branch
– kumi : ten
– kumu (makumu) : shore, beach, strand, coast, bank, edge / precipice, abyss
– kumu (makumu) : melody, rhythm, musical time / instrumental touch
– kumu (bikumu) : reputation, fame, renown
– kunda (makunda) : pile, stack, heap, hill, accumulation, concentration
– kundila : measuring rod, height gauge
– kundu : gift, talent, evil power, mania, obsession, possession, bewitchment, evil eye
– kundu (makundu) : knot, knot in a branch
– kundungu : height of a person
– kunku (makunku) : clapping of the hands with the palms in hollow as a sign of thanks
– kunzi : kind of fish trap, landing net, fishing net / pillar, support post, retaining post, beam
– kusu : great avarice, excessive miserliness / musky smell, strong odour
– kuti : rat trap / owl
– kutia : love, favour, kindness
– kutu (makutu) : folded corner of cloth, turned down book page corner / corner of hoe or shovel
– kutu : stomach, belly, stomach of the sorcerer, gland of witchcraft / ear
– kutu : pretext, bad reason / gather, fold, pleat / 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
– laku : zeal, speed / ruse, trick, cunning, shrewdness / happiness, good luck, fortune, chance
– lamba (malamba / bilamba) : space time, time, bar, rhythm, melody / ability, skill
– lambu (malambu) : meal, dish, prepared meat / festivity / case, business, dispute
– lambu (malambu) : trail, track or spoor in the grass, game track, game trail
– lambuka : length, width
– langu (malangu) : camp, encampment
– lanta : scrap metal, metal box used for preserving food or miscellaneous products
– lapolo : report
– latituda : latitude
– laza (malaza) : chatter, nonsense, meaningless word or phrase, absurdity, preposterousness
– lazi / lazia (malazi / malazia) : anger, fury, rage / envy, avidity, greed
– lekila (malekila / bilekila) : chest, case, box, crate
– lekua / kilekua : object, thing, article, product
– lela (malela) : box
– lele (malele) : thatch
– lema (malema) : oar, rowing
– lema : weight, load, heaviness
– lemba : peace, tranquility, peacefulness
– lembami : nonviolence, gentleness, kindness, considerateness, tact, humility
– lembe-lembe : habit of executing certain works slowly, nonchalance / perseverance
– lembi : impossibility to execute any task despite all efforts
– lenda (malenda) : height gauge / ribbon, headband
– lende (malende) : alley, path, plain, plateau / joke, mockery
– lendo (tulendo) : power, strength, energy, authority
– lenga (malenga) : deceit / haste / weakness, fatigue, weariness / path cleared through the grass
– lenga : difficulty, arduousness / quality of what lasts long, heaviness / sleeping sickness
– lengo-lengo : quality of being smooth, even, level / quality of speed, promptness or wisdom
– lengula (malengula) : blinking of the eyes to insult
– lentinia : lens
– lenzika / lenza : end
– lenzo (malenzo) : insult / 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, transgression, trespass, 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
– loba (ziloba) : wooden powder keg
– loko (toko) : action of burning
– loko : avarice, cowardice, cupidity, greediness, greed for goods / covetousness
– lombo / lombu : species of climbing plant producing gum, fruit of this plant
– lombolo : black mud used against burns or as a dye
– londe : upstream, top
– longo : wedding, marriage, matrimony
– loya (biloza, maloza) : shop, store, boutique, trading house / fishing
– luaka / muaka (miaka) : nettle hair, stinging
– luangu : resounding noise, loud 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, overpayment, excessive payment
– lubanguku / lubangulu : loss, corruption, violation, desecration, looting
– lubanu (mbanu): amulet, charm / spirit of meticulousness / insipidity / ruse, trickery, deception
– lubanza : palm branch stripped of its leaves and split used in the construction of houses
– lubanzi (tubanzi / mbanzi) : side / flank, rib, chest / chest pain
– lubanzi (mbanzi) : club / species of small-sized tree with prickles
– lubanzu / lubanzulu : thought, meditation, reason, recollection, memory
– lubanzuku : beauty, charm, attraction, adornment, finery
– lubanzukusu : suspicion
– lubanzulu : opinion, will, desire / recollection, memory
– lubanzululu : reflection, thought
– lubasa : rod, stem of the palm branch stripped of its leaves and which can be used as a pole
– lubasa (mbasa) : loom / piece of raffia / crossbow arrow
– lubasa / nlasu : measurement of approximately 4 meters
– lubasu / lubasu-basu : desire to fight, desire to torment / maliciousness, hatred / blame
– lubasu (mabasu) : incapacity, incompetence, disability
– lubata (mbata) : slap, hand stroke / sewing, needlework, basting, tacking, hem, pleats
– lubata (tubata / mbata) : debris on the bottom, residue, sediment, deposit, dregs, lees
– lubata / lubatu : great distance, great remoteness
– lubawu (mbawu) : nail, iron or rod nailed in a statuette during the taking of an oath
– lubaya : elegant young man, little master
– lubayu : hatred, contempt, enmity
– lubedoso : conviction, sentence, condemnation
– lubelo : hatred, enmity, detestation, hate
– lubembo : peaceful character, peaceful nature, peaceful spirit, 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 ankles or wrists for prisoners / demijohn
– lubiku : invulnerability
– lubikulu : pretentiousness, pretension, competence, rivalry
– lubila (tubila / mbila) : hole, pit / cross drawn on the chest with chalk / appeal, prayer
– lubilu : safety, salvation
– lubindu : mumbling, muttering, stammering, lisping / bad luck
– lubindu : difficulty to be understood or to execute something
– lubinduku : connection
– lubingu : victory, ovation
– lubisu : combustion
– lubodolo : corruption, decomposition
– lubokianu : loud cry, loud scream, howl
– luboko : great distance, long distance
– luboko / lubokolo : appeal, call, vocation, calling, cry, shout, exclamation, proclamation
– lubokoloso : calling together, convening, summons, invitation
– lubombo : consolation gift, reconciliation gift / nasal mucus, snot
– lubongo : find, discovery, invention / species of antelope
– lubota : rod, stick, club, cudgel, bludgeon, beater, beetle / species of tree with very hard wood
– 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
– lubutu : action of giving birth, childbearing action, fertility, progeny, offspring / fruit
– lubutuku /mbutuku : birth
– lubwu : fall, downfall, ruin, collapse
– ludede : fairness, loyalty, impartiality, integrity, uprightness, rectitude, probity, honesty
– ludede : eloquence, volubility of language, audacity to speak in public, spirit of initiative
– ludedemo : coincidence, concordance, equality / trembling, quivering, tremor, shaking
– ludedu : hatching, opening
– ludeke-deke : eloquence, promptness / ease in speaking, ease in performing something
– ludevo : insult / beard hair
– ludi : truth
– ludiaki : aura
– ludikitilu : frequency, assiduity, perseverance
– ludiku / ludikulu : feeding action / grazing / gift of food, hospitality
– ludilu : crying, tearing / great treat, feast
– ludimbu : vegetable glue, gluten
– luduku : nasty word, insult
– lufimfiti : laying on of hands, fondling, caress
– lufimpu : sounding of the ground / who smells out while groping
– lufindu : repugnance, unwillingness / repetition, useless repetition
– lufinga : clan, lineage, line of descendants / like, about, around, approximately, almost
– lufingu : offence, insult, abuse
– lufiniu : quarrel / maggot / jigger or tick 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, destruction, annihilation, disappearance
– lufuku (mfuku) : half a hundred, about fifty, some fifty
– lufukusi : slowness of execution, slow implementation
– lufulu (mfulu) : land, building site, location for building / foundation, founding, base
– lufuluku : fullness, plenitude, completeness, complement
– lufulumunu : rest / breathing, action of breathing, breath
– lufulusu : filling
– lufuma : disobedience / injustice / sin, offence, crime, infringement / grudge, cruelty / chapter
– lufuma : lack of obligingness or kindness, spitefulness, maliciousness, enmity, feeling of hatred
– (lu)fuma : home, fold, nest
– lufumanu : feat, exploit, heroic fact
– lufumba : vault, curve, arch
– lufumbu : curve, fold, bend
– lufundisu : judicial power
– lufundu : slander / accusation, request to file a lawsuit, motion to sue / appearance / confession
– lufunduba : obstinacy, 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, adjudication, verdict, trial, lawsuit
– lufungu : prohibition
– lufungulu / lufungunu : confession, action of confessing
– lufunusu : multiplication, increase / fermentation
– lufunzuku : stain, dirt, filth, muck / contamination suffered / anger, discontent
– lufunzulu : stain / obscuring, darkening
– lufuti / lufutu : anger, irritation
– lufutu (tufutu / mfutu) : payment, retribution, compensation, retaliation, reprisals
– lufutu : fumigation / action of perfuming / obstinacy, stubbornness / dust, cloud of sand
