V.5. MISCELLANEOUS WORDS, PART 5/10 (lug-ma)
Note: The “/” sign in the word definition separates two definitions of the same word depending on how it is pronounced.
– lugaga : voracious hunger, scarcity, dearth
– lugaku : hook, fishhook
– luganana : harshness in selling or buying, avarice, miserliness, greed
– lugangu / luvangu : action of doing what has been agreed
– luganunu : demand for an exorbitant price / lack of restraint
– luge (mage) : herb, grass
– lugemo : wild state, wildness, savagery
– lugoso : trade
– luiba (tuiba/maluiba) : forgetting, forgetfulness, oblivion
– luika : shuddering, repugnance / hair
– lukahanu : participation
– lukaku (tukaku / nkaku) : fence, dam
– lukalu : train, locomotive
– lukamba (tukamba) : rattan belt used to climb palm trees / cord of pearls, bead cord
– lukambulu : order / story, narrative, sermon
– lukambunu : agreement
– lukamu : abandonment, neglect, violence, oppression, pressure
– lukananu : farewell, departure
– lukanda (tukanda / nkanda) : hoop, metal hooping, ring, sheet metal surrounding a bundle
– lukanda (tukanda / nkanda) : trigger guard, lower part of a palm tree slat
– lukanda : extreme thinness, extreme skinniness
– lukandala : protective part of the trigger of a rifle
– lukandiku : embarkation, boarding
– lukandu : fetish that prevents rain / rainbow
– lukandu : period during which hunting or fishing is prohibited
– lukanduilu : blessing, benediction, the one who implores blessing
– lukanga : location set up for dancing or for women to cook
– lukanga (tukanga) : enclosure usually with trap holes
– lukanga : wall where the front door is placed / handful of unground peanuts / crow, raven
– lukangala : veranda, outside, outdoor square, place reserved for dance
– lukangalu : walk
– lukangamu : nightmare
– lukangu : action of binding / bond
– lukangu / lukangulu : liberation, release, acquittal, safety, salvation
– lukangu / lukangulu : action of untying, resolution of a difficulty, settlement of a palaver
– lukanikinu : warning / threat, intimidation
– lukaniu : wish, vow / nap
– lukankumu : claiming
– lukankumusu : nastiness, spitefulness, maliciousness
– lukankanu / lukankunu : struggle, resistance, rivalry, pretension
– lukanu (tukanu / nkanu) : wish, vow, promise, intention, intent / decision, resolution, sentence
– lukanu (tukanu / nkanu) : proposition, proposal, plan, scheme, project, purpose, object, goal
– lukanu : threat, intimidation
– lukanunu : threat / confab, secret assembly
– lukati-kati : middle, half / uncertainty, doubt
– lukatumuku : resurrection
– lukatumunu : action of restoring life
– lukawu : gift, present, donation
– lukaya : leaf, sheet
– lukelekese : slimness, thinness
– lukelo : slander
– lukembolo : praise
– lukemboso : glorification, ornamentation / congratulation
– lukendo : cutting action, slicing action / split, crack, separation, cutting
– lukendolo : interruption
– lukeno : mania for criticizing
– lukento : left hand side
– lukinziu : confirmation
– lukinzu : cleanliness, neatness / esteem, tribute, homage, dignity, respect / banquet
– lukinzuku : impediment, obstacle
– lukitu : change, modification
– lukituku-muntu : incarnation
– lukitulu : transformation
– luko (nko) : black ring, iron mesh
– luko / muko : something that is frozen, something that is fixed
– lukobe : (financial) contribution
– lukobo : respect, esteem, regard
– lukoko (tukoko/nkoko) : crust, bread crouton
– lukokoko : action of hanging, action of hooking, action of attaching
– lukokomo : slowness, delaying, casualness, tendency to get comfortable or to take it easy
– lukokoto (tukokoto) : hardness of heart, selfishness, avarice, cowardice / dunce
– lukokoto : avarice, miserliness, selfishness, egoism, hard-heartedness / retardement, slowness
– lukolo : school
– lukolomono : insubordination, disobedience
– lukondo : fruit picking hook, notch in something / boathook, pole / buckle
– lukondo (tukondo/nkondo) : fastener, bag or pocket made from the bark of the nkondo tree
– lukongolo : circle, rainbow
– lukozi : tool made of rattan or braided ropes and used to climb palm trees
– lukozi : alarm call, general alert in the village
– lukuamu : running aground, beaching
– lukuamusu / nkuamusu : inconvenience, harassment
– lukufi : proximity, short cut
– lukuikilu / lukuikulu : belief, faith
– lukumu : glory, honour, dignity
– lukungu : unction, rubbing, rubdown / species of tree
– lukuni (nkuni) : piece of wood used as firewood, piece of a tree branch
– lukunku : cushion used to carry a burden on the head
– lukusu : cupidity, selfishness, miserliness, greediness, avidity
– lukutakanu : meeting, gathering, union
– lukutu (makutu) : leaves used in steam baths / ornamental bush / stomach
– lulebo : gentleness, kindness, patience / cunning, persuasion, gift of persuading / naivety
– lulembamu : gentle character
– lulendo : pride, vanity, arrogance, disobedience
– (lu)lendo (tulendo) : power, strength, energy, authority, ability, capability
– (lu)lesiu : exhibition, show / offering, gift
– lulevoko : shameful action
– lulevolo : blame, reproach
– lulewo / luleyo : blade, sword
– lulindu : request
– lulobo (ndobo) : fish hook
– (lu)loko (maloko) : desire to talk, gossip, chatter
– lulu (malulu) : wheel
– luluku : designation, name, denomination / vomiting
– lumba-mbadu : warmth, lukewarmness, tepidness, half-heartedness
– lumbana : spoke of a wheel
– lumbu : residential parcel, fence, hedge(row) / man in the mystical sense, masculinity
– lumingu : Sunday, week
– lumoso : left hand side
– lumoyo : life, existence
– lumputu : European language, European lifestyle
– lunamu : adhesion, sticking, result of sticking up
– lunana : eighty, eighth ten, set of eight elements
– lunana : set of eight elements, eighth ten
– lunana : energy, zeal, stubbornness / big argument, big fight, complicated argument
– lunangamenu : tenacity, obstinacy
– lunatu : transport, means of transport, transport costs
– lundala (mandala) : palm branch, palm leaf
– lundu (bilundu / malundu) : cone-shaped termite mound / color of the termite nest
– lundu (malundu) : hundred thousand / tuft of herbs, stem of grass / kind of grass
– lunduku : food, food supplies, pastures
– lundulu : action of feeding, action of grazing
– lunga (malunga) : noon, sun at the zenith
– lungonia : congratulations
– lungoyingoyi : two-stringed musical instrument
– lungu (malungu/tungu/matungu) : canoe
– luniakusu : recovery, healing
– lunima : half-turn, about-turn, U-turn
– luningu : sound, melody, music tune, song, singing
– luniongoto : curvature, arc
– lunitu : physical appearance, physical look, carnal envelope, physical nature
– lunsambodia : set of seven elements, seventh ten
– luntoko-ntoko : talkativeness, loquacity, volubility
– lunungu : justice / justification, what is justified / triumph, victory, victory, winning the case
– lunzambi : natural death, death from an ordinary illness
– lunzi (malunzi) : stake, stilts, pillar / foot / support, servant
– lunzingu : who runs here and there, jack-of-all-trades / embarrassment, disturbance
– lunzumbulu : agitation, bustle, disruption, disorder, disturbance, unrest, trouble
– lunzungulu : loneliness, abandonment of parents
– lupangu : residential parcel, enclosure, fence
– lupitalu : hospital
– lusadisu : help, assistance
– lusafuku : contamination
– lusafulu : desecration
– lusaka / lusaku : furnace, stove
– lusaki : splendor, brilliance, radiance
– lusakulu : overload
– lusakumunu (tusakumunu) : blessing
– lusakumunu : blessing, luck
– lusakusu : mockery, contempt, outrage, insult
– lusalu : economy, activity, production, manufacturing / help, assistance
– lusambanu : set of six elements, sixth ten
– lusambu : selflessness, spirit of sacrifice, charity, compassion, mercy
– lusambu / lusambulu : blessing, prayer to obtain a blessing, worship, religion
– lusambu (nsambu) : high-pitched cry, groan, moan / pan of a loincloth / kind of palm tree fiber
– lusambuadi / lusambudi : around seventy, seventy
– lusambuku : convalescence, healing, health, safety, salvation / transmission, derivation
– lusambulu : hospitality
– lusambulu : prayer
– lusamfi (nsamfi) : climbing plant stake
– lusamunu : announcement / narration, preaching
– lusandu : thorough research, investigation
– lusandululu : inquiry, interrogation, cross-examination / examination, analysis
– lusanga : parliament, legislative power / house for trials, court / gatehouse, cabin, shelter
– lusanga (nsanga) : house with three walls, open house for eating or drinking / household, table
– lusanga : upper half of the breast of a game offered as a reward
– lusangala : network
– lusansu : custom, culture / education, way of being, method of education
– lusansu : clan history, genealogy
– lusende : fish bone, thornbush
– lusiamusu : comfort, reassurance, encouragement, insurance
– lusikudukusu : assurance, determination / order, permission, certificate, proof, argument
– lusifu : curse
– lusikulu : consciousness, awareness, accuracy
– lusikululu : solidity, strength / esteem, honour, appreciation / reward, salary
– lusimu : repression, punishment, deterrence, dissuading
– lusimunu : action of uprooting
– lusimpuku : repression, punishment / completion, perfection, elegance
– lusimpumu : repression
– lusindu / lusindululu : exhortation, encouragement, advice
– lusindu : shipwreck, brawl / noise, din, uproar
– lusinduku : reward / gift of departure, words or speeches during a separation
– lusindukunu : damage, harm, loss
– lusindusu : action of fortifying, fortification / provocation, challenge
– lusinga (nsinga) : palm fibers / cord similar to fibers
– lusingu : imprecation
– lusinguku : support, forestay, prop
– lusingulu : malédiction
– lusingulu : curse
– lusingumu : direction, righteousness, rectitude, justice
– lusingungu : tutor
– lusingunuku : thinking, thought, meditation, reflection / weighing
– lusingusunu : alliance
– lusinsakenu : indication, index, mark, sign, report / comparison, parable
– lusinsamu : proportion, symmetry, ratio
– lusinsikilu : decree, sentence, judgment
– lusinsu : test, attempt / weight, weighing, gravity, preponderance
– lusinsuku : elegance, accuracy
– lusintu : end, time limit
– lusinu : depth, bottom of the sea
– lusoko : invention, song, poem / machine, mechanics / pallor, paleness, pale complexion
– lusokolo : representation, comedy, imitation, prelude
– lusolo : choice, election, sorting, selection / exception / long and red glass bead
– lusoma (nsoma) : point, tip, goad, prickle, sting
– lusonsi (nsonsi) : transport net
– lusosomo : sadness, sorrow, affliction
– lusotoko : ruin, fall
– lusotolo : failure
– lusuasuanu : difference
– lusukamini : young
– lusukiku : unfavourable disposition, importunity
– lusuku : noise, uproar, din, racket, row
– lusululu : neglect, negligence
– lusumba / lusumu : flavour, taste
– lusumbu : purchase
– lusumbulu : way to buy / purchase / lengthening of a vowel
– lusumbusu : sale, alienation
– lusumi : pearl of medium size to adorn oneself
– lusumu : dowry / taste, flavor
– lusumuku : bloodletting, phlebotomy / execution or perpetration of evil
– lusunga (masunga) : corner
– lusungi : new moon, crescent moon
– lusungu (nsungu) : branch, arm, limb
– lusungulu : designation, appointment, nomination, mention, recalling, reminder
– lusungumunu : understanding
– lusunsuku : fullness
– lutaku / ntaku : token used in the past as currency
– lutambi (ntambi) : underfoot, sole, footprint, step
– lutangu : number, counting
– lutaninu : security, action of protecting, manner of protecting
– lutanu : set of five elements, fifth ten
– lutanunu : protection
– lutatiku : communication, promotion
– lutayi : branch, bough
– lutedomoso : elevation
– lutekololo : anticipation
– lutekomo : obliquity, inclination
– lutekoto : charm, graciousness, courtesy
– lutekulu : remorse
– lutelo : announcement, formula, term, phrase, locution / shooting skill, shooting accuracy
– lutembolo : swinging, swaying, wobbling, trembling
– lutemueno : warning
– lutenda (ntenda) : tead bullet, piece of lead for shooting
– lutendebele : round, circle
– lutengo : side, slope
– luteteke / luteto : eloquence, habit of talking a lot, habit of speaking a lot
– lutetomo : trembling, shaking
– lutezolo : measurement
– lutiliki : electricity
– lutombo (ntombo) : seed
– lutumbu (ntumbu) : contempt, dishonour, shameful conduct / blame, chastisement, punishment
– lutumbu (ntumbu) : part of the bark of a palm tree from which palm wine flows
– lutumu : authority, subordination, leadership
– luvambanu : separation
– luvanga (mpanga) : chain, bar, line / handcuff / yoke / dance circle / small gunshot
– luvangilu : factory
– luvangu : creation, product
– luvanza : money, button, object that has the shape of a button
– luvava : famine, starvation
– luve : authorization, permission
– luveto : pleasant taste, appreciated taste, treat, delicacy / quality of what is thin
– luvetoko : tilt, inclination, tilt action, action of leaning
– luvevani : slenderness, slimness, thinness / pain under the foot due to a bloodshed
– luveve : rudder, propeller / tail fin, crocodile tail / breeze, wind
– luvevizia : thinness, slenderness, slimness
– luvevolo : breeze, breath of air / purity, cleanliness
– luveyaveya : attribute of lightness
– luviamvila (mviamvila) : rod, wicker branch
– luvibudulu : resistance, endurance
– luviduduku : banishment, exile
– luviduku : act of separating
– luvidulu : moderation, calm, patience
– luvika / luviku : curve, contour / side room, expense, addition
– luviku : action of burning, burning, cauterization
– luvila (mvila) : genealogical lineage, matrilineal lineage among the Bakongo
– luvila : action of binding, binding
– luvilu : error, misunderstanding, misdirection, misguidedness, misguidance
– luviluku : affliction, tribulation, misfortune, misery, despondency, discouragement / mobility
– luvimba : volume, size, thickness / extent
– luvinda : small depth
– luvovolo : pleading, oral argument, intercession
– luvovomo : calm, rest, peace, tranquility, safety
– luvovoso : curse, harsh words, summons, severe warning / speech, interview
– luvu (nduvu) : valley, narrow passage between two mountains
– luvu : good taste, treat, delicacy / joy, cheerfulness / kindness, sympathy, elegance, harmony
– luvu (mvu) : grey hair
– luvua : set of nine elements, ninth ten
– luvue / luvwu : possession, heritage, pesrsonal assets
– luvuezo : misestimation, contempt, disdain, denigration, disparagement, defamation
– luvuezo : contempt, scorn, disdain, disparagement, denigration, defamation, smear
– luvukusu : addition
– luvuluku : action of escaping from a danger
– luvulusuu : deliverance, rescue, safety
– luvumbu : red clay used as a powder or ointment
– luvumbumunu : inclination, sweat
– luvumbusu : threat
– luvumi : eagerness to seize something that one has been waiting for for a long time
– luvumu : fear, respect, shyness, apprehension, horror
– luvumuka : action of flying, flight
– luvumuku / luvumukunu / luvumunu : sigh, groan, moan, action of panting, puffing action
– luvumunu : life, existence, breathing / respect, veneration
– luvumununu pre-eminence, superiority
– luvundu / luvundulu : rest
– luvundusu : leave of absence
– luvungu : straw, wicker
– luvunu / luwunu : lie
– luvunu : lie
– luvuvamu : peace, peacefulness, tranquility
– luwawanu : agreement, understanding, convention, alliance, encounter, arrangement
– luwawasu : reconciliation, action of reconciling
– luwele : dusk, twilight, darkness, dim light
– luwete : kindness / good behavior, good conduct, good deed / charity / advantage, profit
– luwidukulu : insubordination
– luwona : flattery / honour
– luwondodolo : exhort, encouragement, consolation
– luwongi : multitude, quantity
– luwoni : praise, bragging, boasting
– luwu : flavour, taste / enjoyment, joy, cheerfulness / kindness, goodness / attention
– luwumba : clay, earth, clay pot, terracotta
– luya : set of four elements, fourth ten
– luyakala / lubakala : right hand (side)
– luyalu : political power, state institution, government
– luyalungunu : extent, area, space, universe
– luyambudulu : forgiveness, concession, yielding
– luyambulu : renunciation, surrender, abandonment, remission
– luyamu : fire, conflagration
– luyangudulu : joy, delight, cheerfulness, satisfaction, happiness / entertainment / comfort
– luyimi : selfishness, greed, avarice
– luyindu (ngindu) : idea, thought, reflection, opinion, intelligence, ability to think
– luyinu : contempt
– luyinuku : prohibition
– luyinunu : submission
– luyonzokolo / ngionzokolo : collection, piling up, harvest / association, grouping
– luzaba (nzaba) : lead / leaf of beans or spinach
– luzadisu : loading
– luzakamu : shiver, shudder, trembling, quivering, shivering
– luzaku (nzaku) : activity, speed, agility / promptness to shoot a lot to oneself when sharing
– luzakumu (nzakumu) : speed to, quickness to, eagerness to
– luzala : signature / fingernail, toenail, claw
– luzambu : suspension bridge, emergency bridge, culvert
– luzandulu : devastation, looting, ruin
– luzangi (nzangi) : branch, twig, offshoot, rod / bean
– luzawu : sensitivity
– luzawululu : review, examination, total
– luzayikusu (nzayikusu) : revelation
– luzayilu (nzayilu) : science, knowledge
– luzayilu : way of knowing / conviction, belief
– luzayisu (nzayisu) : warning, study
– luzayisu : communiqué, official statement, announcement
– luzeka (nzeka) : hole through which the winged termites escape
– luzeko / luzekolo : action of twisting, action of perforating / drilling, piercing, perforation
– luzengolokono : chaos, confusion, embarrassment
– luzengolokoso : overthrow, ruin, subversion
– luzenzo : sweetness, flavour, sweet taste, salty taste
– luzibu (tuzibu / nzibu) : grain
– luzibu : mystical symbol for the introduction of a request
– luzibuku : opening, inauguration
– luziku / luzikulu : closure / burial, funeral
– luzikudulu : certainty, assurance
– luzikuku : perfection, completion, beauty, fineness
– luzikululu : abbreviation, shortening
– luzimbu (tuzimbu / nzimbu) : blue glass pearl used as currency / shell
– luzimbulu / luzimbukunu / luzindukunu / luzindukusu : loss, damage, harm, injury, prejudice
– luzimu : extinction
– luzindalala : resistance, stubbornness, obstinacy
– luzinga / luzingu : duration, life, existence
– luzingu : life, existence
– luzingu : winding, envelope, circle, ring / complication, beating about the bush, detours
– luzingulu : duration, delay / explanation
– luzingulu / luzingudulu : statement, declaration, exhibition, explanation
– luzinu / luzinunu : lust, desire for money
– luzinusu : action of burning, burning
– luzitu / kizitu : respect, deference
– luzolo / luzolu : love, affection
– luzolo : affectionate feeling, benevolence, philanthropy, love of neighbour
– luzolo : friendship, complacency / will, wish, intention, purpose / desire, greed, appetite
– luzolosono : mutual love, mutual friendship
– mabanza : ideas, thoughts, concerns
– mabenza / mabenzama : which is split, which is cracked
– mabibi : fatigue / sensitivity, pain
– mabunga : smell, body odour, exhalation of the skin, sweet toilet perfume / flair
– mabuta : pregnancies, deliveries, childbirth, births, offspring, posterity
– madiata-ngo / madiata-nziongo : rifle, grass toy / species of grass
– madiela : intelligence, reason
– madiele : advice, exhortation / refinement, subtlety
– madiengila : oppression, vertigo, dizziness
– madilu : crying, cries of distress
– madimba : interior (of the country)
– madingu : serenity, silence, calm
– madinu : something of evil, something bad, tooth disease
– mafibiti : anger
– mafongo : conspiracy, secret meeting
– mafua / mafuila : funeral
– mafuku : place away from the public where a case is discussed
– mafula : surroundings of the village, outskirts of the villag
– mafulu : wickedness, malice, malevolence, anger, fury / edible fruit bush
– mafuluka : rashness, anger, fury, irritation
– mafuma : madness, insanity, dementia, absurdity
– mafumba : sorrow, grief, sadness, hatred, repressed anger
– magazini / makazini : shop
– maha : greatness, immensity
– mahaba / magaba : great beings from space
– mahanza : universe
– mahungu /mawungu : perfect being, asexual being, perfect fusion between man and woman
– maka : glue, gum, sticky sap from a tree, latex, wax, tallow / diversity / lazy person, lazybones
– makanga : bush, place in the bush where the clan’s plantations are located
– makangu : mistress, concubine
– makani : reason, intelligence, subtlety, shrewedness, cunning, inventiveness, purpose, finality
– makani : resolution / intentions, intents
– makanisa : mechanic
– makanyi : boldness, fearlessness, intrepidity
– makasi : anger, indignation, irritation, resentment / activity, energy
– makasi : anger, wrath
– makaya : leaves, medicinal plants
– makayabu : cod, salted fish
– makelele : noise, racket, uproar
– makengele : coarse-grained salt / manure heap, manure pile
– makinu : dance
– makuela : wedding, wedding ceremony
– makueta : disobedience, rebellion / species of fish
– makulu : former site of an abandoned village / cemetery, place where the ancestors are buried
– mala : distance
– maladi : illness, desease
– malaki : advice, educational messages, teaching
– malaki : feast, meal, funeral party, festivities, festival
– malala : small downpour, small rain, drizzle / person with a flat bottom, person with a flat butt
– malalanda : answer, reply, retort
– malanda-landa : answer, reply, retort
– malanda-ngulu : follow-the-herd attitude, follower
– malawu : happiness, (good) luck, welfare
– malema : persistent hunger, famine, suffering, time of dear life and deprivation
– malembe : slowness, calm, slowly, calmly
– malenga : inconsistency, lie, falsehood / haste, speed, promptness / kind of game
– malengo : demagogy, flattery
– malewo : insult
– malewula : abusive words, insults
– maleza : beautiful woman, young woman
– malimba : hypocrisy
– maloki : person completely integrated into another family through marriage
– maloko : evil, witchcraft
– malongi : lessons, teachings, training
– malu : speed, haste / legs
– malulu : bitterness, species of very bitter medicinal plant
– malundi : grass, turf, lawn, tall grass
– malungu / malungua : state of death, case of death
– malusu / malusuka : insult about big eyes or calf’s eyes
– mamba : water, liquid, juice, sap, stream / voracity
– mamba : water, watercourse
– mambemba / mambembama / kimbemba : on the back
– mambeta : shoes transformed into slippers
– mambi : evil, wrong, bad behaviour
– mambonani : face to face, in front of each other
– mambote : good, benefit, godsend
– mambu : twins, two twin fruits stuck to each other
– mamiwata : siren, mermaid
– mampia / mampiaka / mampiasa / mampiata : ruse, trick, cunning, lies, falsehood
– mampila : adjective
– manaka : calendar, schedule, process
– mandanda : ceremony, worship, rite
– mandangi : conspiracy, plot, cabal
– manenga : council, meeting, deliberation, consideration, reflection / conspiracy, plot
– manga (mamanga) : oracle, voice of the oracle, haruspice, augur, augury, spell, charm
– mangakina : bitterness, acridness
– mangofo /mangovo / mansufo : free of charge
– mangono : refusal, ill will
– mangunga : lie, trick, cunning, deceit, deception, tendency to trick
– mangungu : threats in the air, idle threats, shouts, yells, intimidation, bluff / buzzing
– mangungu : threats in words, intimidation, threats in the air
– mani : title given to a king or a head of an administrative district
– mania : stone, rock / small rain, drizzle / corn
– manianga / manianza : fine rain
– maniania large fold of loincloth on the front
– maniansikila / maniania / manianza / manianzina : drizzle, light rain after heavy rain
– maniekenge / maniekinga : back, backwards, behind
– maniele / mayele : intelligence, skill, dexterity
– maniema : printed work / kind of trap
– manienge : great grief, great sorrow, trial driving to despair, despairing ordeal
– manima : behind, back, the tail end
– manimba : sleep
– maniongo / maniongina : laments, lamentations, moans, groans, whining, complaining
– manko : persuation
– manoka : person who is weak or tired / rain
– mansatila : bitterness, pungency / safou acid, safou spoiled
– manseka : on the back, backwards
– mansoneki : writings
– mansonso / mansonsoni / mansuensina : drizzle, fine rain, light rain
– mansueki : secrets, hidden truths, mysteries / mysterious ways, customs or uses
– mansufo : free of charge
– mansukila : the last, aim, finality, conclusion, end, time limit, terminus / the last-born
– mansukina : the last-born / posterior, rearguard
– mantela : standing position
– mantela-ntela : instability
– mantungununu : fixed stares, fixed eyes, wide open eyes, big insect eyes
– manzakala : sitting position
– manzakama : trembling of the hands
– manzangu : haste, speed, vivacity, liveliness, enthusiasm
– mapada : bragging, pride, boasting
– mapala : size, greatness, thickness, fat
– mapamuka : fear, terror, fright
– mapasa : twins
– mapaya : talkative person, chatterbox, gossip
– mapela : robbery, looting, pillaging, depredation / famine period
– mapepele : wind
– mapesa : large quantity of food, abundance of goods
– mapi : geographical map
– mapilu-pilu : change, alteration
– mapindu / mayindu : thoughts, reflections
– masele : nun
– masembo : reprimand
– maseko-ngonda : changing mood
– masese : sandy land, moor, heath
– masika : evening, middle of the night / praise, esteem, good reputation / gorilla
– masikinu : bal dansant
– masini : machine, apparatus, vehicle
– maso : bricklayer, mason
– masuwa : boat, ship
– matabisi : tip, bonus, profit
– matanga : popular ball, music and dance with tom-tom, celebration, festivities
– matata : complications, difficulties
– matengula : payment of interest or donation of a gift to calm a creditor
– matilu : material
– matimuna : friction, wrangling, difficulties, suffering, desolation, devastation, ,distress
– matingu : disobedience, contempt, repugnance, insults
– matiti : weeds, waste, salad
– matondo (tondo) : thanks, thankfulness, gratitude
– mavanga : acts, actions, behaviour / machinations
– mavangilu : industry
– mavievie : instability, fidgety
– mavimpi : health, healthiness, salubriousness
– mavimpi : health
– mavuanga : misbehaviour, bad deeds / entanglement, confusion, disorder, business hassles
– mavueba : lead
– mavula : town, city
– mawawa : confused speech, language of the one who is unreasonable, inaudible words
– mawete : goodness, kindness, kindliness, friendliness, amiability, benevolence, charity, courtesy
– mawewele : whisper, whispering
– maweza / muwezi : unifier, who brings together
– mawile : happy fate, happiness, bliss, felicity, good fortune
– mawima : homeless person
– mayala : governing bodies, political power / exhibition, exhibitors, display
– mayama : bragging
– mayangi : joy, cheerfulness, happiness
– mayela : cunning, insight, intelligence
– mayengo : festivities, celebrations, fete, fair, festival, party
– mayeye : game, joke, jest, taunt, prank
– mayi : falseness, falsity, habit of lying
– mayidingi : lunatic, madman, madwoman
– mayindu : reflections, thoughts, worries, anxiety, uneasiness
– mayinga : inheritance, succession
– mayoyi / mayoyila : uproar, commotion, tumult, din, racket, gossip, disorder, confusion
– mayuma : quarrel, argument, dispute
– mayuya : deceit, behaviour contrary to the law, unlawful behaviour, illegality
– mayuya : behaviour contrary to the law, unlawful conduct, illegality
– maza / masa : deliberation, conciliatory meeting, place of deliberation
– maza : water, watercourse
– mazayu : knowledge, science
– mazimu : lateness, delay
– mazono : yesterday
– mazu : noise, uproar, din, racket, chattering, nattering
– mazuti : fuel oil, diesel fuel
– mazuzi : day before yesterday
