- VERBS (mpanga) 1/2.
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The list of verbs below is not exhaustive, to this list it is necessary to add all the verbs derived from certain verbs in this list according to the following rules:
- by replacing the letter “a” ending of the verb by “isa” if it is not preceded by the letter “l”, otherwise the ending “la” is replaced by “disa”.
In both cases, the meaning of the verb becomes (to make “verb”) or (action of helping to make “verb”), Example 1 case 1: kututa (to crush) which becomes kututisa (to make crush).
Example 2 case 1: kudia (to eat) which becomes kudisa (to make eating or to feed), the letter “i” before the “a” is swallowed to give “isa”.
Case example 2: kutala (to look) which becomes kutadisa (to help to look).
- by replacing the letter “a” ending of the verb by “ila” if it is not preceded by the letter “l”, otherwise the ending “la” is replaced by “dila”.
In both cases the meaning of the verb becomes (“verb” for or to),
Example 1 case 2: kututa (to crush) which becomes kututila (to crush for) and kutambika (to send) which becomes kutambikila (to send to).
Example 2 case 2: kudia (to eat) which becomes kudila (to eat for, even if you don’t eat for someone), the letter “i” before the “a” is swallowed to give “ila”.
Example 3 case 2: kusola (to choose) which becomes kusodila (to choose for).
- by replacing the letter “a” ending of the verb by “ina”, in this case the meaning of the verb becomes (to undergo the “verb”) or (“verb” for or to),
Example 1 case 3: kunoka (to rain) in kunokina mvula (to undergo the rain).
Example 2 case 3: kusonika (to write) in kusonikina (to write for or to),
4) by adding the suffix “ma” to the verb, in this case the meaning of the verb becomes (to be “verb participle” or to be made “verb”).
Example: kutunga (to build) which becomes kutungama (to be built or to be built).
5) by adding the suffix “na” to the verb, in which case the initial verb is transformed into a pronominal verb, the verb refers mutually to two persons towards each other.
Example: kuzonza (to speak) which becomes kuzonzana (to speak between two people).
Particularity: the suffix “sana“ added to the verb transforms the initial verb into a pronominal verb, this time referring reciprocally to the members of an entire group or set.
Example: kuzola (to love) that becomes kuzolasana (to love each other).
6) by interposing the syllable “ki” between the prefix “ku” of the verb and its radical, in this case the action of the verb is reflected to the subject himself, this means that it is transformed into a pronominal verb (“verb” oneself). Example: kutala (to look) which becomes kukitala (to look at oneself).
All derived verbs that are not included in the list can be reconstructed according to these rules.
Note: The “/” sign in the definition of a verb separates two definitions of the same verb depending on how it is pronounced.
– kuba : to be
– kubabula : to roast
– kubadika : to begin, to start / to calculate, to appraise, to value, to estimate
– kubadika : to think about, to reflect on, to meditate on, to think of
– kubadila : to scold, to blame, to lecture
– kubadisa : to think
– kubaka : to take, to catch, to get, to receive, to obtain, to be successful with / to prune
– kubakisa / kubakusa : to understand
– kubakisa : to add
– kubakula : to understand, to realize, to be aware of, to find out
– kubaluka : to turn round, to change, to be transformed
– kubalula : to turn, to change, to transform
– kubalumuna : to turn over completely / to spread, to sprinkle, to scatter, to open wide
– kubama : to thunder, to yell, to bawl
– kubamba : to sew, to stitch, to mend
– kubambuka : se remember, to remind, to recall
– kubambula : to recall, to remind
– kubamina : to give somebody hell, to yell against, to howl against, to thunder against
– kubandakana : to mix with, to see regularly
– kubandama : to bend over, to prostrate oneself, to lean forward
– kubandamana : to lean forward showing off one’s behind to the personn you want to curse
– kubandikisa : to declare, to assert, to claim
– kubanga : to turn
– kubangasa : to threaten, to frighten, to scare
– kubangisa : to deny, to reject, to contradict
– kubangula : to explain, to translate, to transform
– kubangumuka : to turn over/around, to roll, to turn on itself
– kubangumuna : to turn over/round, to make roll, to make turn on itself, to disrupt
– kubangusa : to deny, to reject, to contest, to dispute, not to acknowledge
– kubantika / kuyantika : to begin, to start, to be the origin of
– kubanza : to think
– kubasa : to split, to cleave, to saw longitudinally
– kubasuka : to split, to crack
– kubatika / kubadika : to begin, to start, to be the origin of
– kubatisa : to join
– kubeba : to spoil, to damage, to go bad, to become dirty
– kubebisa : to spoil, to damage, to waste, to dirty, to sully, to destroy, to ruin, to make a blunder
– kubedisa : to blame, to thwart, to punish, to beat, to defeat
– kubela : to suffer, to be sick, to catch a desease / to hate, to detest / to blame
– kubelasana : to hate each other
– kubelesa : to beat, to defeat
– kubeluka : to cure, to heal
– kubenda : to pull, to tow, to breathe (in), to draw (up), to attract
– kubeta : to beat, to hit, to strike, to knock, to tap, to clap, to stamp, to slap
– kubidika : to multiply
– kubieka : to enthrone, to crown
– kubika : to let, to leave, to give up, to abandon / to miss, to fail
– kubika : to tell, to name, to point out, to mention / to predict, to forecast
– kubikua : to be called, to call themselves, to be appointed
– kubikula : to predict the future, to prophesy
– kubila : to boil, to come in the boil
– kubima : to exit, to go out
– kubimba : to taste
– kubinda : to tie firmly, to bind firmly / to plait, to braid, to interlace, to interwine, to tangle
– kubindamana : to must, to apply oneself to, to buckle down to, to be obliged to
– kubindika : to knot, to tie, to bolt, to shut up, to lock up, to detain, to take hostage, to corner
– kubindula : to open with a key, to unlock, to unbolt, to untie, to undo, to loosen
– kubinga : to hunt
– kubingula : to invoke, to call upon/forth
– kubioka : to belch, to burp
– kubiola : to sing while talking about a bird
– kubisa : to refuse, to deny
– kubodisa / kubolesa : to wet, to moisten, to dampen / to make rot, to spoil, to go bad
– kuboka : to cry, to call out, to shout, to howl, to roar, to yell
– kubokidila : to name, to call by the name
– kubokila : to call, to hail, to name
– kubokota : to whisper
– kubola : to rot, to putrefy, to decompose, to go rotten / to get wet / to last long, to drag on
– kubola : to collect, to gather, to pick (up) / to bring up, to raise
– kubomba : to keep, to conserve, to preserve / to calm (down), to soothe, to console, to comfort
– kubombakana : to calm down, to stop worrying
– kubondeka : to wet, to soak, to dip
– kubonduka : to die, to pass away, tomber à la renverse, se tordre de rire
– kubondula : to kill, terrasser, to put an end to, to get it over with, to overturn, to knock down
– kubonga : to take, to pick up
– kubongidila : to depend on somebody, to be a kept man/woman, to take in the pocket of others
– kubongisa : to arrange, to fix, to repair
– kubota : to knock / to proliferate
– kubotana : to bump into each other, to collide with each other, to knock against one another
– kubotika : to dive into, to dip in, to dunk in, to immerse, to baptize
– kubua : to fall (down), to fail, to go bankrupt
– kubua : to occur, to break out
– kubuabuana : to meet
– kubuaka : to redden, to turn red, to ripen, to turn yellow, to yellow
– kubuana : to meet, to find on the spot, to welcome, to go meet
– kubuanga : to persist, to radiate, to hurt, to knock against, to hit, to strike / to weave
– kububa : to dupe, to fool, to take in
– kubudika : to break
– kubuela / kubuesa : to add
– kubueta : to pinch, to press, to squeeze in the hand
– kubufa : to defeat, to overcome, to beat, to crush
– kubuila : to capture, to catch, to fall on
– kubuitama : to darken, to grow dark, to become dark
– kubuka : to treat / to dupe, to fool, to deceive, to take in
– kubukula : to pour, to spread
– kubukumuna : to pour in abundance, to discharge, to flood
– kubulumuna : to cause a collapse, to cause a landslide, to demolish, to pull down
– kubukuna : to cut in half, to break (up)
– kubukuta : to crunch, to braze
– kubukuzuna : to cut into pieces
– kubula : to beat, to hit, to strike, to play, to ring, to sound, to resound
– kubula : to lance, to make an incision in, to disembowel
– kubuma : to visit by the way / to smear, to coat / to thunder, to growl, to scold, to fulminate
– kubumba : to catch / to create, to make / to plough, to plow, to till
– kubumbula : to go astray, to walk in the dark, to grope one’s way, to go round in circles
– kubuna : to graze, to scrape
– kubunda : to unite, to bring together, to gather, to add (up)
– kubundakana : to assemble, to get together, to gather
– kubundana : to add up, to join together to get together, to gather
– kubundika : to fold
– kubunduka : to collapse
– kubundula : to knock over, to floor, to uproot, to bring down / to offend, to infringe
– kubundula : to dig, to plough, to plow, to turn over / to open (out), to unfold, to undo
– kubundumuka : to overturn, to turn over, to flip over / to unfurl, to spread
– kubundumuna : to bang, to knock over, to floor / to unroll, to unwind, to unfold, to spread
– kubundumuna : to scare, to startle, to flush out / to plough, to plow, to turn over
– kubunga : to destroy, to demolish, to defeat / to play with dirt, to scribble, to doodle, to scrawl
– kubunuka : to graze oneself, to cast off one’s skin, to peel
– kubunza : to chew, to crunch, to munch, to nibble / to slander, to talk about, to mention
– kubuta : to give birth, to produce fruits
– kubutana : to reproduce, to breed
– kudada : to ooze, to drip
– kudadisa : to make it ooze, to make it trickle, to make it run
– kudasuka : to get angry, to fly into a rage
– kudedakana : to come to an agreement, to ressemble, to be comparable (to), to coincide
– kudedeka : to agree, to equal, to match (up to), to reach the level, to coincide with
– kudedekisa : to settle, to reconcile, to equalize, to level, to make equal
– kudenda : to bounce, to leap (about), to waddle
– kudeva : to borrow
– kudevisa : to lend, to loan
– kudia : to eat
– kudiama : to eclipse, to bury oneself
– kudiamisa : to bury, to put in the earth
– kudiata : to walk, to trample (down), to tread down, to crush
– kudiatikisa : to crush, to squash, to squish, to destroy completely
– kudiatisa : to work, to operate, to help to walk
– kudiemba : to hold on, to be hanging on
– kudiembika : to hang (up), to hang on/from
– kudiembila : to swing
– kudiengana : to whirl, to go around in circles
– kudiengila : to wheel, to wander (about)
– kudika : to feed, to give somebody something to eat
– kudikila : to poison
– kudikita : to ring, to sound, to roar
– kudila : to cry, to weep, to whine, to bewail, to snivel, to grizzle, to sob
– kudima : to sink, to drown, to submerge, to dive / to invoke, to call forth, to implore a fetich
– kudimba : to listen
– kudinda / kuzinda : to sink, to drown
– kudindisa / kuzindisa : to immerse, to drown
– kudinga : to look for, to seek, to scrutinize, to challenge / to wait, to immobilize oneself
– kudingalala : to stop talking, to be quiet, to quiten down, to keep still
– kudingama : to calm down
– kudiongudila : to eye, to watch out for, to spy on
– kudisa : to make eat, to help to eat
– kudoda : to peck (at)
– kudodoka : to be excused, to be forgiven
– kudodokela : to excuse, to apologize for, to forgive
– kudoka : to burst
– kudomoka : to exclaim, to shout out
– kudondua : to lay down the law, to have a hold
– kudongola : to detach the leaves or fruit from their branch, to stone
– kudongola : to glare, to look with disdain, to cast a scornful glance
– kududika : to calm (down), to lessen, to mitigate
– kudufuka : to explode
– kuduka / kutuka : to go out, to exit
– kuduka : to fill up, to block up
– kudukula : to poor
– kuduma : to reign, to rule, to lay down the law / to resound, to ring
– kudumuka : to jump (up), to skip (about), to hop (about), to leap (up), to get involved
– kudumuna : to get jumping, to get leaping
– kudzina : to burn
– kudzinina : to covet, to lust for, to burn with envy, to die of envy
– kudzioka : to run (away), to clear off
– kudzomina : to catch , to grab
– kufiakula : to whip, to flog, to slap
– kufiawuka : to express one’s satisfaction, to thank, to be delighted
– kufiba : to suck
– kufidisa : to send (off), to dispatch, to ship, to mail
– kufieta : to strangle, to squeeze in one’s hands
– kufika : to cover / to heap up, to stuff, to pad
– kufila : to send
– kufimfita : to feel
– kufimpa : to auscultate, to examine, to sound
– kufina : to pinch, to hip, to squeeze, to press sur / to bewitch, to cast a spell
– kufinama : to approach, to come closer / nearer, to go closer / nearer, to draw nearer
– kufinangana : to approach, to rub shoulders with
– kufinga : to insult, to abuse
– kufinika : to cover, to put a lid
– kufionoka : to shrink, to get thin(er), to deflate
– kufiotola : to express his disdain or his contempt by a sound near of “pshiiit”
– kufiotuka : to shrink, to make smaller, to reduce in size
– kufisuka : to break, to crack
– kufokola : to conclude, to end
– kufola : to seduce, to charm, to excite, to arouse
– kufonga : to seat down, to live, to reside
– kufua : to die, to decease, to pass away, to break down
– kufuaba : to overflow
– kufuana : to match, to coincide, to suit
– kufuanakana : to suit
– kufuanana : to ressemble (each other), to be alike
– kufuanda : to go through, to search through
– kufuasa : to erase, to remove, to make something disappear, to annihilate
– kufuatakana : to crumple, to crease, to flatten
– kufuatakasa : to crumple, to crease, to flatten
– kufuatika : to be tired (of it), to have had enough of it, to be fed up, to have had it up to here
– kufuema : to get angry, to get annoyed, to fly into a rage
– kufueta : to must, to be obliged to
– kufuila : to become infatuated with, to be under the influence of, to die of
– kufuila : to suffer the loss of a loved one, to be bereaved
– kufuka : to cover / to disappear, to die
– kufukama : to kneel (down)
– kufukisa : to exterminate, eliminate, to make disappear
– kufukusa : to boil
– kufula : to blow into, to pump air / to speed up, to go fast
– kufula : to forge / to stir up, to revive, to resuscite
– kufula : to flower, to bloom, to blossom / to destroy, to overthow
– kufulua : to miss, not to receive
– kufuluka : to fill up, to abound, to multiply / to resurrect
– kufulusa : to fill, to fill in
– kufumba : apply pressure to to bend or open out, déformer
– kufumbama : to bend, to twist, to buckle
– kufumbika : to bend a stem, to twist, to buckle
– kufunana : to increase, to multiply rapidly, to abound
– kufunda : to accuse
– kufundika : to hang, to let it rot
– kufundisa : to judge / to hang
– kufunga : to drive away, to chase out, to turn down / to forbid, to prohibit
– kufunga : to half-cook, to reheat, to warm up / to misfire, to miss, to fail
– kufungisa : to cook half way through, to make warm / to make misfire, to make grumble
– kufunguna / kufungula : to admit, to confess, to clean, to cleanse
– kufunisa : to multiply, to make abundant
– kufunta : to plough, to plow, to dig
– kufuombola : to bend, to flatten the herbs
– kufuta : to pay
– kufutumuka : to resurrect
– kufutumuna : to bring back to life, to reactivate, to rehabilitate
– kufuwula : to destroy, to exterminate
– kugala / kuvala : to plane, to scrape (off), to sharpen
– kugambana / kuvambana : to separate, to part, to split up, to get divorced
– kugambasa / kuvambasa : to separate, to split up, to divide
– kugambuka / kuvambuka : to separate, to put aside, to branch off
– kugambula / kuvambula : to separate, to put aside
– kugamuka : to half-open
– kugamuna : to get an orifice opened
– kugana / kuvana : to give, to offer (up)
– kuganga : to arrange, to position, to create, to invent, to make, to achieve
– kugangama : to get ready, to get into position, to be realized, to come true
– kugata / kuvata : to hoe up/out
– kugayika / kuvayika : to go out, to exit
– kugegomona : to throw, to launch, to project
– kugema : to pant, to gasp, to get out of breath, to puff
– kugemba : to wipe, to blow
– kugembula : to blow on/into
– kugenda / kuvenda : to lick
– kugengama / kuvengama : to move aside, to leap to one side
– kugesuna : to cut a piece of an edible body
– kugeta / kuveta : to throw, to chuck / to hunt, to make a battue
– kugezima : to shine, to gleam
– kugoga / kuvova : to speak, to say
– kugola / kuvola : to commit
– kugoma : to iron
– kugombila : to be lost unnecessarily, not to find buyers, to be wasted
– kugombisa : to waste
– kugonda / kuvonda : to kill, to assassinate
– kugonga / kuvonga : to deceive, to fool, to take in, to get round
– kugonzumuka : to collapse
– kuiza (kuwiza / kuyiza) : to come
– kukaba : to give, to distribute
– kukabana : to separate, to plit up, to divorce
– kukabasana : to share
– kukabila : to give
– kukabina : to defecate, to poop
– kukabuka : to separate, to divide, to plit up
– kukabula : to separate, to divide, to plit up, to distribute, to share
– kukadila : to prohibit, to ban, to forbid
– kukadinga : to fry
– kukakama : to jam, to get stuck, to fail
– kukakidila : to prevent, to obstruct, to forbid, to refuse, to oppose
– kukakinina : to prevent, to obstruct, to forbid, to prohibit
– kukakula : to come between, to referee / to bargain, to allow a discount
– kukala : to be / to refuse / to come back, to go back, to return
– kukama : to squeeze, to tighten, to press
– kukamba : to say, to tell, to announce, to inform
– kukambika : to hang by the neck
– kukamuna : to wring, to spin(dry)
– kukana : to decide, to project, to propose, to wish, to threaten
– kukandika : to prohibit, to ban, to forbid
– kukanga : to tie, to close, to shut, to arrest, to stop
– kukanga : to grill / to grab, to catch, to detain, to stick, to clutch, to close up, to cram together
– kukangama : to stick, to cling, to huddle together, to snuggle up, to pile up
– kukangama : to shut oneself up, to stop, to be caught, to be arrested
– kukangimisa / kukangamasa : to make arrested
– kukangisa : to make arrested, to link, to gather, to add up
– kukangula : to untie, to undo, to loosen
– kukangulula : to tie again
– kukanka : to eat gluttonously, to take big bites
– kukatuka : to leave, to retire, to move away/apart, to resign
– kukatula : to remove, to subtract, to take away, to dismiss
– kukawuka : to dry up, to become dehydrated, to die away
– kukawula : to be astonished, to be surprised
– kukaya : to cry, to call out, to shout / to give / to die away
– kukaza : to take a big bite, to bite off
– kukeba : to be careful
– kukebisa : to warn, to alert
– kukela : to wait for / to watch, to keep
– kukema : to pant during an effort
– kukemba : to delight, to gladden
– kukembesela : to celebrate in honour of
– kukembila : to commemorate, to celebrate, to rejoice, to glorify
– kukembisa : to celebrate, to organize the commemoration of
– kukenga : to supervise, to watch over, to take care of
– kukengidila : to spy on, to watch out for
– kukenza : to nibble, to eat to the economy, to eat by small bites
– kuketa : to be nearly, to be almost, to have been on the verge of
– kuketukila : to be envious, to be jealous
– kukia : to gather, to detach a fruit from its branch / to clear, to move from darkness to light
– kukiba : to work together, to walk together
– kukidiembika : to hang oneself
– kukienzoka : to light up, to shine
– kukienzola : to illuminate, to light (up), to shine, to clarify
– kukiesisa : to clarify, to clear up, to throw light, to shed light, to bring to light, to explain
– kukina : to dance
– kukinda : to grow stronger, to get boosted, to become hardened, to toughen up
– kukindikisa : to encourage, to comfort
– kukindisa : to strengthen, to boost, to motivate, to stimulate
– kukindumuka : to take a tumble, to topple over, to overturn, to roll over, to flip over
– kukinga : to wait
– kukingila : to wait
– kukinisa : to make dancing, to dance with
– kukita : to sell, to trade
– kukituka : to turn into, to change into, to be transformed into, to become
– kukitula : to turn into, to change into, to transform into, to convert into
– kukitumuka : to metamorphose, to change completely, to be transformed
– kukivana / kukigana : to devote oneself, to offer oneself, to get involved
– kukizodikisa : to flatter, to endear oneself, to gain favour
– kukoba : to resist, to become hard(ened)
– kukofola : to cough
– kukoka : to come down, to fall / to drag on the floor
– kukokisa : to bring down, to put down, to lower
– kukokola : to crow, to make his voice heard, to make oneself heard
– kukokomoka : to crawl, to drag oneself on all fours
– kukokona : to manipulate, to handle
– kukokota : to knock on the door / to gnaw (at)
– kukokuna : to wipe one’s backside, to wipe one’s buttocks by rubbing them on the ground
– kukola : to gather (in), to harvest / to be healthy, to cure / to cough
– kukola / kukula : to grow (up), to develop, to progress
– kukola / kukolua : to get drunk
– kukola : to disobey
– kukolamana : not to be obeyed
– kukoma : to nail / to ripen
– kukoma : to add
– kukomba / kukombola : to sweep
– kukominika : to communicate
– kukondua : to lack
– kukonka : to pick up
– kukonkuta : to knock on a hard surface, to knock on the door
– kukosona : to crush, to squash, to swat, to pound, to grind
– kukota : to enter, to go in/into, to come in, to get in/into / to knock on the skull
– kukuaka : to strike a match, to rub with a swift movement two hard bodies
– kukuakula : to scrape (off), to scratch / to shout (unnecessarily), to speak in a vacuum
– kukuala : to scratch, to graze
– kukuama : to persist, to slave away
– kukuama : to worry, to be anxious, to reproach oneself with/for, to feel guilty
– kukuamina : to apply oneself, to cling
– kukuamisa : to worry, to annoy, to harass, to torment, to bother, to reproach
– kukuanga : to cut down (a tree), to prune
– kukuanuka : to graze, to scrape, to suffer a scratch
– kukuanusa : to graze, to scrape
– kukuanza : to scratch
– kukuasa : to scratch, to graze
– kukuata : to wrest, to dispossess, to confiscate, to snatch (off)
– kukuata : to scratch, to scrape
– kukuaya : to cry, to call out, to shout, to scream, to howl, to roar, to yell
– kukuba : to drive away, to send away, to dismiss, to expel / to contribute
– kukuba : to become hard, to toughen up, to solidify, to get a thick skin
– kukubama : to get ready, to get organized
– kukubika : to arrange, to prepare, to organize, to plan
– kukubula : to fire, to shoot / to shake to remove dust
– kukudika : to add
– kukudikila : to add to, to add for
– kukudisa : to raise, to bring up, to breed, to grow, to develop, to make progress
– kukuedisa : to marry (off)
– kukuela : to marry
– kukufika : to shorten, to cut short
– kukuika : to light / to implicate, to make take the rap / to make believe, to mislead
– kukuikila : to believe, to let oneself be convinced
– kukuka : to be complete
– kukukula : to run, to flow
– kukukuma : to stutter
– kukula / kukola : to grow (up), to develop, to progress
– kukula : to chase out, to put to flight / to set free, to liberate
– kukuluka : to come down, to fall, to bend down, to shrink, to inherit
– kukulula : to take down, to bring down, to put down, to lower, to reduce, to belittle, to infringe
– kukulumuka : to come down, to move from a high to a low position
– kukulumuna : to bring down, to put down, to shift from a high to a low position
– kukuma : to command, to order / to arrive at one’s destination / to become
– kukuma : to chase out, to put to flight / to run away
– kukumba : to applaud, to acclaim, to cheer / to criticize
– kukumisa : to support, to glorify, to cense
– kukumpama : to lean forward, to prostrate oneself, to bend over, to bow
– kukuna : to plant, to sow
– kukunda : to greet, to mark one’s deference by beating the palm of one’s hands three times
– kukunda : to live, to reside, to rest
– kukundalala : to perch
– kukundasana : to greet each other, to give peace to each other
– kukungula : to dismantle
– kukungumuka : to slide downhill, to go down a slope standing or sitting on a slippery support
– kukusa : to smear with, to anoint, to brush
– kukusula : to wipe
– kukutakana : to get together, to assemble, to meet
– kukutula : to undress, to untie, to undo
– kulaba : to steal, to rob
– kulabisa : to wave, to hail
– kulakumuna : to explain, to tell, to talk about
– kulala : to lie down, to sleep, to make love
– kulamba : to cook, to prepare to eat / to sleep, to go to bed, to lie down, to make love
– kulambalala : to be stretched out full length, to stay completely lying down
– kulambudila : to cook again, to prepare a dish using the leftovers
– kulambuka : to lengthen, to grow longer, to stretch / to achieve cooking, to be cooked
– kulamika : to stick (up), to veneer
– kulanda : to follow, to pursue, to follow in the footsteps of, to go after, to succeed
– kulandakana : to pursue, to follow each other
– kulanda-landa : to keep following, to follow everywhere, to persist in pursuing
– kulangidila : to spy on, to watch
– kulawuka : to go mad, to lose one’s mind
– kulebakana : to soften, to become weak(er)
– kuleka : to lie down, to make love
– kulekita : to taste, to savour
– kulema : to come on, to power up
– kulemba : to soften, to get tired (out), to tire out
– kulembakana : to abandon, to fail, to become discouraged
– kulembama : to calm down, to be moved, to submit, to comply, to mellow, to grow softer
– kulembana : to be unable to, not to succeed to
– kulembanana : to abdicate, to give up, to get rid of
– kulembeka : to calm down, to mollify, to soften
– kulembikisa : to calm down, to mollify, to soften, to appease, to pacify, to alleviate, to reassure
– kulembina : to give up, to renounce, to chicken out
– kulembua : to lack
– kulembuka : to soften, to mellow, to calm down, to be weakened, to give up, to abdicate
– kulembula : to lick / to soften, to mollify, to weaken, to push into giving up
– kulemisa : to light, to turn on
– kulemoka : to run (away), to flee, to bolt
– kolempa : to lick, to lap up, to flatter, to coax, to wheedle, to cuddle, to cajole
– kulemvoka : to obey, to need a lot of persuasion, to accept an apology
– kulemvokila : to forgive, to excuse
– kulenda : to can, to be able to, to be capable of
– kulendakana : to materialize, to come true, to become possible
– kulenga : to smooth / to watch out / to flatter
– kulengomona : to polish, to make slippery
– kulesanesa : to deify, to sanctify, to beatify
– kulewula : to abuse, to insult, to blaspheme, to disparage, to denigrate
– kulezima : to shine, to gleam, to glitter, to twinkle
– kuloba : to fish for
– kuloka : to curse, to cast a spell, to bewitch / to shout, to yell
– kuloka : to run
– kulola : to resound, to echo, to ring
– kuloloka : to forgive, to absolve, to excuse
– kulomba : to ask for, to beg (for), to beseech, to claim / to become dark
– kulomba : to take a dark colour as a sign of maturity when speaking about certain fruits
– kulomboka : to turn black, to darken, to become/grow dark
– kulonda : to mend / to go away, to leave, to run away / to climb (up) / to say, to talk, to tell
– kulonga : to teach
– kulongisa : to make people learn, to make people revise
– kulongoka : to learn, to study
– kulongumuna : to teach tirelessly, to teach insistently, to keep on repeating
– kulongusa : to insert, to introduce, to thread, to stuff, to cram
– kulonguta : to enquire, to search for, to scrutinize, to explore, to ferret (about), to nose about
– kulosa : to throw, to launch
– kulota : to dream
– kuluaka : to arrive at one’s destination, to attain one’s objective
– kuluakila : to arrive by, to land at, to be welcomed by
– kuluakisa : to make arrive at destination, to make attain one’s objective
– kuluala : to wound, to injure
– kuluata : to clothe, to dress, to get dressed
– kuluaza : to gather palm wine, to suck, to suckle
– kulubula : to inform, to enlighten the mind, to shed/throw light on
– kulueka : to wound, to injure, to hurt, to offend
– kuluenga : to become wise, to learn the lesson, to become smarter, to show intelligence
– kuluengisa : to advise, to make wise, to awaken the mind, to make more perspicacious, to warn
– kuluika : to clothe, to dress, to get dressed
– kuluka : to vomit, to spew up / to give somebody his relative or his ancestor’s name
– kuluka : to use their intelligence, to be smart, to be crafty, to be on one’s guard, to be wary
– kulula : to brim over, to extend beyond
– kululumuka : to lengthen, to get taller, to stretch, to rise very high / to hurry, to bolt
– kulumba : to throw down, to drop
– kulumbalala : to be prominent, to be protuberant
– kulunda : to keep, to conserve
– kulundumuka : to hurry, to bolt, to move very quickly, to tumble down
– kulundumuna : to scare away, to drive fast, to throw off, to throw away
– kulunga : to reach the full amount, to be complete
– kulungana : to come true, to become reality, to become actual
– kulungisa : to make up (the full amount), to make equal, to accomplish
– kulungisa : to observe, to keep (to), to comply with, to abide by, to respect
– kuluta : to happen, to take place
– kuluta : to pass, to go past, to exceed, to overtake
– kulutisa : to let pass, to exaggerate, to go too far, to sacrifice
– kuma : to give hand to hand, to take, to catch, to grab
– kumaka : to climb (up)
– kumamika : to stick (up), to put up, to veneer
– kumana : to end, to come to an end, to dry up, to run out
– kumanga : to refuse, to decline, to disobey
– kumangama : to rise, to stand (up), to dominate
– kumanika : to hang, to hang up to dry, to hoist
– kumanisa : to finish, to end, to terminate, to use up, to exhaust
– kumanta : to increase, to rise, to climb (up), to take off
– kumantisa / kumantasa : to raise, to bring up
– kumeka : to try, to tempt, provoke
– kumena : to grow, to sprout, to succeed in doing something, to finish doing something
– kumiamia : to shine, to gleam
– kumina : to swallow, to gulp down, to wolf down, to engulf
– kumoka : to talk, to chat, to dialog, to converse
– kumona : to see
– kumonana : to see each other again, to meet again
– kumonika : to appear, to reveal oneself, to show oneself
– kumonisa : to make appear, to reveal, to demonstrate
– kumuala : to sulk
– kumuanga : to sow, to scatter, to spread
– kumuangana : to disperse, to scatter, to spread, to become disorganized
– kumuangasa : to disperse, to disintegrate
– kumuangumuna : to sprinkle, to spread here and there, to strew (about), to scatter
– kumuetuna : to tense then alternately relax the perineum muscle
– kunaka : to go up, to rise, to climb (up)
– kunama : to catch fire / to adhere, to stick to, to subscribe to
– kunamika : to light a flame, to turn on
– kunamisa : to set fire
– kunana : to pull, to tow, to draw
– kunanga : to climb (up), to mount, to go up, to rise, to ascend / to arrive, to come
– kunanguna : to lift
– kunata : to bring, to carry (away), to take (away), to transport, to drive
– kunatumuna : to carry away, to cart
– kunena : to defecate, to poop
– kunguzika : to radiate, to irradiate
– kuniafuna : to neglect, to bring into disrepute, to despise, to crush
– kuniaka : to be cured, to recover health
– kuniakuna : to eat, to nibble
– kuniakuta : to chew, to nibble
– kuniefuka : to squash, to crush, to crease, to crumple, to be squeezed
– kuniefula : to squash, to crush, to crease, to crumple, to squeeze
– kunieka : to emancipate, to libarate
– kuniekama : to lean on / againest, to rest on / againest
– kuniekisa : to release, to set free, to make independent
– kuniema : to press, to depress
– kunienga : to melt, to soften, se disintegrate
– kunietika : to print, to imprint, to impress, to stamp, to mark
– kunika : to rub, to crush
– kunikuka : to be shaken, to move
– kunikuna : to shake, to move
– kunimba : to drowse, to doze, to take a nap
– kuninga : to sing, to (re)sound
– kuningana : to move, to shake, to vibrate
– kuningisa : to shake, to make move, to make vibrate, to make quiver
– kuningusa : to shake
– kuniokuna : to torture, to make suffer, to martyr
– kunionga : to complain, to moan, to regret
– kunoka : to rain, to fall from the sky / to be tired être
– kunota : to peck (at)
– kunua : to drink
– kunuana : to fight
– kunuanisa : to fight (against)
– kunuika : to make drink
– kunuka : to stink, to smell bad
– kunukuta : to smell, to scent, to sniff (at)
– kununa : to grow old, to age
– kununga : to defeat, to win, to triumph, to conquer, to be successful, to become master of
– kunungana : to drowse, to doze, to take a nap
– kununguna : to push in the back
– kununuka : to age, to grow older, to be getting old
– kunzuluka : to wear out, to depreciate
